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J-ijugS.242 it. Khiugs.. 26 )5....2 25 1. Chrouieles........287...2.) II. Chronicles... 3 09... 3 36 E...... 335 lo.1 Neh~emiah 342.... 13 Esther.....353....10 Jloh....... 359.... 42 Psal ms...........378. 150 Pro-verbs.........426. 31 Ecclesiastes... The Song of S'olomo Isaiah.. Jeremiah..... Lamentations. Ezekiel...... Daniel...... Hlosea.... Joel........ Amos....... Obadiah. Jonah.. Micah.. ~Nahum...... Hahakkuk.... Zephaniahi.... Haggai..... Zechariah.. Malachi.. PACE. CHAPS....4435....12 Ii... 448.. 8.451....6 488. 52 A..5 9.... 5. 533.... 48S..571.... 1 2 582.... 1 4...587...3...590.... 9...594... I.595.. 4.596... 7.599... 3.01... 3).602. 3.001.. 2.05.... 14.11.... 4 TH11E BOOKS OF THLE 20121K TESTAMEINT. PA.GE. CHAPS. MATTHEW......617..... 28 M-Nark.......641.... 16 Luke............656... 24 John............62.... 21 The Acts..........702.... 28 E'pistle to the Romans... 727.... 16 I. Corinthians.......737.... 16 II. Corinthians.......746.... 13 Galatians..........753.... 6 Ephesians..........756.... 6 Philippians.........760...4 Colosians..........762....4 T. Thessaionilans,......764...5 11. Thessalonians..... 766,-.. 3 I I I VAGE. CHAPSR I. Timothy.........768.... 6 IL. Timothy. 770.... 4 Titus............772.... 3 Philemon..........775.... 1 To the Hebrewz.. 774.... 13 The Epistle of James....781.... ii I. Peter...........784.... 5 IT. Peter.......... 787....:3 1. John...........788.... 5 IT. John.........791.... III. John.792......... 9 1 Jude.792....... 79 Revel ation... -..... 7 2 FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. CHAPTER I. Creation of heaven and earth. [N the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 ~ And God Said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 If And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth Brass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. '3 And the evening and the morning were e third day. F And God said, Let there be lights in the lament of the heaven to divide the day i the night; and let them be for signs, r seasons, and for days, and years: id let them be for lights in the firmaf the heaven to give light upon the ud it was so. God made two great lights; the -ht to rule the day, and the lesser e the night: he made the stars set J Iem in the firmament of rive li4ht upon the earth, over the day and over the ide the light from the dark-v tht it iua goot, 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earti the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it Fwas good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in thei seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 ~i And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26 ~, And God said, Let us make man in oui image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 T And God said, Behold, I have givelr you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, i;i the which is the fruit of a tree yielding! seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb f(r meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth dity. CHAPTER II. The first sabbath. T HTTS the heavens and the earth were (inished, and all the host of them..g 1Te garnd, of Eden.S.GENESIS. The fall of man. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his taken from man, made he a woman, and work which he had made; and he rested on brought her unto the man. the seventh day from all his work which he 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my had made. bones, and flesh of ny flesh: she shall be 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and called Woman, because she was taken out sanctified it: because that in it he had rest- of man. ed from all his work which God created and 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father made. and his mother, and shall cleave unto his 4 ~ These are the generations of the heav- wife: and they shall be one flesh. ens and of the earth when they were cro- 25 And they were both naked, the man and ated, in the day that the LORD God made his wife, and were not ashamed. the earth and the heavens, CH PTER I1T. 5 And every plant of the field before it was HAP I. in the earth, and every herb of the field be- The fall of man. fore it grew: for the LORD God had not \TOW the serpent was more subtle thai caused it to rain upon the earth, and there f1 any beast of the field which the LORD wars not a man to till the ground. God had made. And he said unto the wo6 But there went up a mist from the earth, man, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat ol and watered the whole face of the,rround. every tree of the garden? 7 And the LORD God formed man of the 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, lust of the ground, and breathed into his We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the nostrils the breath of life; and man became garden: a living soul. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in tI e 8 T And the LORD God planted a garden midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall eastward in Eden; and there he put the man not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest whom he had formed. ye die. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 5 e God to grow every tree that is pleasant to shall not surely die: the sight, and good for food; the tree of life 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat also in the midst of the garden, and the tree thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and of knowledge of good and evil. ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil 10 And a river went out of Eden to water 6 And when the woman saw that the tree the garden; and from thence it wavs parted, Vas good for food, and that it was pleasant ami,; became into four heads. to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it ole wise, she took of the fruit thereof, ant which coumpasseth the whole land of Hav- did eat, and gave also unto her husband with ilah, where there is gold; her; and he did eat. 52 And the gold of that land is good: there 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, is bdellium and the onyx stone. and they knew that they were naked; and.3 And the name of the second river is Ci- they sewed fig leaves together, and made hon: the same is it that compasseth the themselves aprons. whole hlld of Ethiopia. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD 14 And the name of the third river is Hid- God walking in the garden in the cool of the dekel: that is it which goeth toward the east dty: and Adam and his wife hid themselves of Assyria. And the fourth river is Eu- from the presence of the LORD God amongst phrates. the trees of the garden. 15 And the LORD God took the man, and 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it said unto him, Where art thou? and to keep it. 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the gar16 And the LORD God commanded the man, den, and I was afraid, because I was naked saying, Of every tree of the garden thou and I hid myself. mayest freely eat: 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in tie whereof I commanded thee that thou day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt sure- shouldest not eat? ly die. 12 And the man said, The woman whom tho - 18 ~T And the LORD God said, It is not good gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tre that the man should be alone; I will make and I did eat. him a help meet for him. 13 And the LORD God said unto the wom 19 And out of the ground the LonD God What is this that thou hast done? And formed every beast of the field, and every woman said, The serpent beguiled me, f fowl of the air; and brought thloe unto did eat. Adam to see what he would call them: and 14 And the LORD God said unto the sF whatsoever Adam called every living creat- Because thou hast done this, thou ar ure, that was the name thereof. above all cattle, and above every )2 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and the field; upon thy belly shalt the to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of dust shalt thou eat all the days 6o th:= field; but for Adam there was not found 15 And I will put enmity betwr a help meet for him. the woman, and between thy i2 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep seed; it shall bruise thyhead, r to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he bruise his heel. took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh 16 Unto the woman he sal' insead thereof. multiply thy sorrow and tb 22 And the rib, which the LoRD Cod h1a e.:-orw thou shalt bri-.g fi 4 Birth of Cain and Abel. GENESIS. Birth of Seth aml Enos. thy desire shall be to tlhy husband, and he fugittive and a vag.-mld shalt thou be in the shall rule over thee. earth. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishhast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, nment is greater thuan I can bear. and hast eaten of the tree, of which I coin- 14 Behold, theo hast driven mre out this day manded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of from the face of the earth; and from thy it: cursed is the ground for thy srke; in face shall I Lei hid; and I shall be a fugfitive sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall life; come t s to Iass,; ttCtt every one that tindeth me 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring shall stay mi. forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of 15 And the Lo)nd said unto him, Therefore the field: whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat taken on hinm svenfold. And the LORD set a bread, till thou return unto the 'round; for mark up)ona1 Cain, lest any finding him should out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, kill him. and unto dust shalt thou return. 16 i And C;iin wrent ult from the presence 20 And Ad.l:n called his wife's nanme Eve; of the Lo(:iD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, because she wvas the mother of all living. on the east of Eden. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the 17 And Cain kni-,ew iis wife; and she conLORD God make coats of skins, and clothed ceived, and bare EInoch: Lrad le builded a them. city, and called the name of the city, after 22 ~ And the LORD (God said, Behold, the the name of his son, Enoc:h. man is become as one of us, to knowv good 18 And unto Enoch was born rVt ad: and Irad aiTLdl: and r ow, lest he pulT or- Tis begat Mehujael:;an.l i'chujaclt begat Methuhand, and take also of the tree of life, and sael: and Methusarci beg'at Lamech. eat, and live for ever: 19 ~ And Lamech tok(l unt: him two wives: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth the name of the o:e,eas Adah, land the name ftirom the garden of Eden, to till the groulnd of the other Zillah. frorm whence he was taken. 20 And Adail bare Jarl): he was the father 24 So he drove out the mnin: and he placed of such as dwlell in 11ets, and (fi stch as have, at the ~east of the garden of Eden cher:bim, cattle. an1d a flnaming sword which turned every 21 And his brother's mnano '?tc, Jubal: he vway, to keep the way of the tree of life. was the father of all such as handle the harp CTAPTET Tand organ. CttAPTER IV. I 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an Birth of Cain and Abel. instructor of every artificer in brass a.id AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was ETal conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I amah. have gotten a man from the LORD. 3 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah 2 And she again baret his brother Abel. And tad Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of LaAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a nmech, hearken unto my speech: for I have idller of the grounid. slain a man to mly wounding, and a young 3 And in process of time it came to pass, mana to my hurt. that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground 24 If Cain shall be avenged se enfold, truly an offering unto the LORD. 0Lanmech seventy and sevenfold. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstling's |25 ~ And Adam knew his wife again; and of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the she bare a son, and called his name Seth: LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offer- For God, said shie, lihath appointed me aning: other seed instead of Abel, whom Cain 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had slew. not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born his countenance fell. a son; and he called his, name Enos: thenl 6 And the LOrD saidl unto Cain, Why art beggan men to call tupon tie nanme of the thou wroth? aind why is thy countenancle LOlD. fallen? CIAPTrIER Y. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ac-iea f e atr (copted? and if thou doest not well, sin liethrealo te patr at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, THIS is the book of the generations o, and thou slalt rule over him. l Adam. In the day that God create:i 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: man, in the likeness of God made le him; and it came to pass, when they were in the 2 Male and female created he them; and field, that Cain rose up agfainst Abel his blessed them, and called their name Adam, brother, and slew him. in the day when they were created. 9 If And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is 3 8 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: years, and beg-at a son in his own likeness, Am I my brother's keeper? after his image:- and called his name Seth: 19 And he said, What hast thou done? the 4 And the days of Adam after he had bevoice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me gotten Seth were eight hundred years: and from the ground. he beg-at Sonls and daughters: 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, 5 And cl t he days that Adam lived were which hath opened her mouth to receive thy nine hunillred aind thirty years: and he died. brother's blood from thy hand. 6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not anld begat Enos: henceforth yield unto thee her strct.tgh: a 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight 5 Genealogy of the patriarchs. (IENESIS. Wickedlewss of the world. hundred and seven years, and begat sons flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and and daughters: twenty years. 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hin- 4 There were giants in the earth in those ired and twelve years: andl he died. days; and also after that, when the sons of 9 ~ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat God came in unto the daughters of men, Caiinan: and they bare children to them, the same 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan became mighty men which were of old, men right hundred alnd fifteen years, anld begal of renown. sons and dlaughters: 5 1i And GOD saw that the wickedness of t1 And all the days of Enos were ine hun- man was great in the earth, and that every dred and live years: and he died, imagination of the thoughts of his heart was 1 1T And Cainan lived seventy years, and only evil continually. begat Mahalalcel: 6 And it repented the LORD that he had 13 And Cainan lived after lie begat Mahala- made man on the earth, and it grieved him leel eight hundred and forty years, and be- at his heart. gat sons and daughters: 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy mar, 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine whom I have created from the face of the hundred and ten years: and he died. earth; both man, and beast, and the creep-. 15 ~ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five ing thing, and the fowls of the air: for it years, and begat Jared: repenteth me that I have made them. 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Jared eight hlndred and thirty years, and LORD. begat sons and daughters. 9 ~ These are the generations of Noah: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were Noah was a just man and perfect in his gen. eight hundred ninety and five years: land erations, and Noah walked with God. he died. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, 11am, 18 ~ And Jared lived a hundred sixty and and Japheth. two years, and he be t)it Enoch: 11 The earth also was corrupt before God; 19 And Jared lived after he beegat Enoch and the earth was filled with violence. eight hundred years, and begat sons and 112 And God looked upon the earth, and, daughters: behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had 20 And all the lays of Jared were nine hun- corrupted his way upon the earth. dred sixty and two years: and lte died. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all 21 ~ And Enoch lived sixty and live years, flesh is come before me; for the earth is and begat Methuiselat: filled with violence through them; anti, be. 22 And Enoch walked with (God after he hold, 1 will destroy them with the earth. begat Methuselah three hundred years, and 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; begat sons and daughters: rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and 23 And all the days of Enoch were three shalt pitch it within and without with hundred sixty and five years: pitch. 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt rwas not; for God took him. make it of: The length of the ark shall be 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty three hundred cubits, the breadth of it and seven years, and begat Lamech: fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat La- cubits. mech seven hundred eighty and two years, 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and begat sonls and daughters: and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; 27 And all the d:ays of Methuselah were nine and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. side thereof; with lower, second, and third 28 ~ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty stories shalt thou make it. and two years, and begat a son: 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, of waters upon the earth, to destroy all This same shall comfort us concerning our flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from work and toil of our hands, because of the under heaven;' and every thing that is in ground which the Lo RD hath cursed. the earth shall die. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah 18 But with thee will I establish my covelive hundred ninety and live years, and be- nant; and thou shalt come into the ark. gat sons and daughters: thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven sonls' wives with thee. hundred seventy and seven years: and he 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, died. two of every sort shalt thou bring into the 2 And Noah was five hundred years old: ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall md Noah begat Shem, Hami, and Japheth. be male and female. CHAPTER VI..20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle A Vl. dafter their kind, of every creeping thing The depravity of mankind. of the earth after his kind; two of every ND it came to pass, when men began to sort shall come unto thee, to keep them multiply on the face of the earth, and alive. daughters were born unto them, m 1 And take thou unto thee of all food that 2 That the sons of (l od saw the daughters is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; of men that they were fair; and they took and it shall be for food for thee, and for them wives of all which they chose. them. 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not al- 22 Thus did Noah: according to all that ways strive with man, for that he also is God commanded him, so did he. 6 Noah entereth the aerk. GENESIS.,lhe waters assuage. CHAPTER VII. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of Te gcrl dee life, of all that was in the dry land, died. gena e23e. And every living substance was destroyAND the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou ed which was upon the face of the ground, and all thy house into the ark; for thee both man, and cattle, and the (reepling have I seen righteous before me in this gen- things, tnd the fowl of the heaven; and eration. they were destroyed from the earth: and 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to Noah only remained alive, and they that thee by sevens, the male and his female: were with him in the ark. and of beasts that are not clean by two, the 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth male and his female. a hundred and fifty days. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the CA ITER VIIT male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 7e waters assuagc. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to AND God remntembered Noah, and every rain upon the earth forty days and forty At living thing, and all the cattle that was nights; and every living substance that I with him in the ark: and God made a wind have made will I destroy from off the face to pass over the earth, and the waters of the earth. assuaged. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the 2 The fountains also of the deep and the LORD commanded him. windows of heaven were stoplped, and the 6 And Noah was six hundred years old rain from heaven was restrained. when the flood of waters was upon the 3 And the waters returned from off the earth. earth continually: and after the end of the 7 It And Noah went in, and his sons, and his hundred and fifty days the waters were wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the abated. ark, because of the waters of the flood. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not i on the seventeenth day of the month, upon clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that the mountains of Ararat. ereepeth upon the earth, 5 And the waters decreased continually 9 There went in two and two unto Noah in- until the tenth mnonth: in the tenth month, to the ark, the male and the female, as God on the first day of the month, were the totps had commanded Noah. of the mountains seen. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, 6 T And it came to pass at the end of forty that the waters of the flood were upon the days, that Noah opened the window of the earth. ark which he had made: 11 I In the six hundredth year of Noah's 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went life, in the second month, the seventeenth forth to and fro, until the waters were dried day of the month, the same day were all the up from off the earth. fountains of the great deep broken up, and 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to the windows of heaven were opened. see if the waters were abated from off the 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty face of the ground. days and forty nights. 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and of her foot, and she returned unto hir into Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of the ark; for the waters were on the face of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives the whole earth. Then he put forth his of his sons with them, into the ark; hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto 14 They, and every beast after his kind, him into the ark. and all the cattle after their kind, and every 10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth again he sent forth the dove out of the after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, ark. every bird of every sort. 11 And the dove came in to him in the 15 And they went in unto Noah into the evening, and, lo, in her mouth was an olive ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the wathe breath of life. ters were abated from off the earth. 16 And they that went in, went in male and 12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and female of all flesh, as God had commanded sent forth the dove, which returned not him: and the LORD shut him in. again to him any more. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the 13 S And it came to pass in the six hunearth; and the waters increased, and bare dredth and first year, in the first month, the up the ark, and it was lifted up above the first day of the month, the waters were earth. dried up from off the earth: and Noah re18 And the waters prevailed, and were in- moved the covering of the ark, and looked, creased greatly upon the earth; and the ark and, behold, the face of the ground was went upon the face of the waters. dry. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly 14 And in the secondl month, on the seven upon the earth; and all the high hills, that and twentieth day of the month, was the w re under the whole heaven, were covered, earth dried. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters 15 ~ And God spake unto Noah, saying, prevail; and the mountains were covered. 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing beast, and of every creeping thing that that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, creepeth upon the earth, and every man: and of cattle, and of every creeping thing 7 God's covenant signified GENESIS. by the rainbowb that creepeth upon the earth; that they a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall may breed abundantly in the earth, and be be seen in the cloud: fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 15 And I will remember my covenant, which 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and is between me and you and every living his wife, and his sons' wives with him: creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and more become a flood to destroy all lesh. every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I the earth, after their kinds, went forth out will look upon it, that I may remember the of the ark. everlasting covenant between God and every 20 I And Noah builded an altar unto the living creature of all flesh that is upon the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and earth. of every clean fowl, and offered burnt of- 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the toferings on the altar. ken of the covenant, which I have establish21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; ed between me and all flesh that is upon the and the LORD said in his heart, I will not earth. again curse the ground any more for man's 18 If And the sons of Noah, that went forth sake; for the imagination of man's heart is bf the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Jaevil from his youth: neither will I again tpheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. smite any more every thing living, as I have 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of done. them was the whole earth overspread. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and he planted a vineyard: and winter, and day and night shall not 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunkcease. en; and he was uncovered within his tent. CHAPTER IX. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the God's covenanzt with Noah. nakedness of his father, and told his two s covenant w oah. rethren without. AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, 1 said unto them, Be fruitful, and mul- and laid it upon both their shoulders, and tiply, and replenish the earth. went backward, and covered the nakedness 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you of their father; and their faces were backshall be upon every beast of the earth, and ward, and they saw not their father's nakedupon every fowl of the air, upon all that ness. moveth upon the earth, and upon all the 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and fishes of the sea; into your hand are they knew what his younger son had done unto delivered. him. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant meat for you; even as the green herb have of servants shall he be unto his brethren. I given you all things. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall 5 And surely your blood of your lives will dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall I require: at the hand of every beast will I be his servant. require it, and at the hand of man; at the 28 ~ And Noah lived after the flood three hand of every man's brother will I require hundred and fifty years. thelife of man. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hun6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man dred and fifty years: and he died. shall his blood be shed: for in the image of CHAPTER X. God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; The generations of Noah. bring forth abundantly in the earth, and XTOW these are the generations of the sons multiply therein. I of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and 8 ~ And God spake unto Noah, and to his unto them were sons born after the flood. sons with him, saying, 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Mewith you, and with your seed after you; shech, and Tiras. 10 And with every living creature that is 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz and with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of Riphath, and Togarmah. every beast of the earth with you; from all 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarthat go out of the ark, to every beast of the shish, Kittim, and Dodanim. earth. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles 11 And I will establish my covenant with divided in their lands; every one after his you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any tongue, after their families, in their nations. more by the waters of a flood; neither shall 6 ~ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizrathere any more be a flood to destroy the im, and Phut. and Canaan. earth. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, 12 And God said, This is the token of the and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and covenant which I make between me and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. you, and every living creature that is with 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be you, for perpetual generations: a mighty one in the earth. 131 do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD, be for a token of a covenant between me wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the and the earth. mighty hunter before the LORD. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was 8 The sons of Shem. GENESIS. The confusion of tongue.. Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom cane Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 ~ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Ileth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 IT Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshblr, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name tas Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheisph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abinael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAPTER XI. The confusion of tongues. AND the whole earth was of one language, L and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top smay reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 T These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 1, Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot 9 Abram sojourneth in Egypt. GENESIS. Canaan promised to Abram. the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and house with great plagues, because of Sarai, they went forth with them from Ur of the Abram's wife. Uhaidees, to go into the land of Canaan; 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, and they came unto Haran, and dwelt hat is this that thou has done unto me? there. why didst thou not tell me that she wics thy 32 And the days of Terah were two hun- wife? dred and five years: and Terah died in 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I Haran. mioht have taken her to me to wife: now CHAPTER XII. therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go Goud callethi Abram. thy way. 2 Alnd Pharaoh commanded his men con\TOW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get cerning him: and they sent him away, and thee out of thy country, and from thy his wife, and all that he had. kindred, and from thy father's house, unto CHAPTER XIII. a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, Abram antd Lot separate. and I will bless thee, and make thy name AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and great; and thou shalt be a blessing: his wife, and all that he had, and Lot 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and with him, into the south. curse him that curseth thee: and in thee 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in shall all families of the earth be blessed. silver, and in gold. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had 3 And he went on his journeys from the spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: south even to Beth-el, unto the place where and Abram wzvas seventy and five years old his tent had been at the beginning, between when he departed out of Haran. Beth-el and Hai; 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had his brother's son, and all their substance made there at the first: and there Abram that they had g-athered, and the souls that called on the name of the LORD. they had gotten in ilaran; and they went 5 T And Lot also, which went with Abram, forth to go into the land of Canaan; and had flocks, and herds, and tents. into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, 6 1, And Abram passed through the land that they might dwell together: for their unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of substance was great, so that they could not Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the dwell together. lan.o 7 And there was a strife between the herd7 A-nd the LORD appeared unto Abram, men of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of and said, Unto thy seed will 1 give this Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perland: and there builded he an altar unto the izzite dwelt then in the land. LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be 8 And he removed from thence unto a no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitch- and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; ed his tent, 7hainaiq Beth-el on the west, and for we be brethren. Hai on the east: and there he builded an 9 Is not the whole land before thee? sepaaltar unto the LORD, and called upon the rate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou, name of the LORD. wilt tale the left hand, then I will go to the 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still to- right; or if thou depart to the right hand, ward the south. then I will go to the left. 10 S And there was a famine in the land: 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all and Abramn went down into Eg-ypt to so- the plain of Jordan, that it qwats well watered journ there; for the famine wa(s grievous in every where, before the LORD destroyed the land. Sodom and Gomorrah, vcen as the garden of 11 And it came to pass, when he was come the LoRD, like the land of Egypt, as thou near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto conest unto Zoar. Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that 11 Tnen Lot chose him all the plain of J.orthou art a fair womana to look upon: dan; and Lot journeyed east: and they sep12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the arated themselves the one front the other. Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and This is his wife: and they will kill lme, but Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and they will save thee alive. pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and it may be well with me for thy sake; and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. my soul shall live because of thee.14 i And the LORD said unto Abram, after 14 ~ And it camte to pass, that, when Abram that Lot was separated from him, Lift up was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld nows, thine eyes, and look from the place tho wonman that she was very fair. where thou art northward, and southward, 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and eastward, and westward: and commended her before Pharaoh: and 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee the woman was taken into Pharaoh's will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. house. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust os 16 And he entreated Abram well for her the earth: so that if a man can number the sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be asses, and menservants, and maidservants, numbered. and she asses, and camels. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the 10 Abram rescuh Lot. GEN ESISS. God eneouirageth Abram. length of it and in the bt'nadtli of it; for I IS8 And Mel-hizedek king of Salem brought will give it unto thee. forth bread anid wine: and he was the priest 18 Then Abramn removed h'is tent, and came of the most hwbh Cxod. and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in 19 And hi, blessed him, and said, Biessed be Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Abram oit the most ho,h God. possessor ol LORD. heaven and earth: CHAPTER XIV. 20' And blessed be the most high God, whieh Th ateof the keings. hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. 'The httie nd he gave himt tithes of all. A NDit ametoamis in the days of Amrn- 2ii And the k.ing ot Sodom said -unto Abram, tlhe kngofSinar, Arioch king of El- Give me the persons, and take the goods to laar Cedrlomr king of Elain, and Ti dal thy3self. king of nations; 22 And Abi ra said to the Icing of Sodomn, I 21 That those made war with Bera Icing of have liftedl up inine h'mnd -unto the Loin), Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomiorrah, the m.iost hnghn God, the possessor of heaven Shinab king of Adrnah, and Sheineber kcing mid earth, of Zebolim, and the king of Bela, which is 21 That I will not twlu/c from a thread even Zoar. to a shoelitchet, sod tnat I will not take an y, 3All these were joined together in the vale thin thti hn etthusoletsy1 of Siddim, which is the salt sea. have made Abraim roih 4 Twelve years they served Cliedorinommier, 24 Save only tim t ix hich thu young men and in the thirteeiith year they rebelled, have eaten, and the portion of the ni'cn 5 And in the fourteenth year caine Chedor- which went ii ithi me, Anjer, Esheol, arid laomer, anil the kings that wvere with him, Mainmre; let them take their portion. and smote the Rephaurn in Ashteroth Kar- CHAPTER XI". naim, and the Zv,.zirain Hs1am, and the EnmimaodspePetAhe. in Shaveh Kmiiathaim, 6dspoict ban 6 An d th e H orites in thei r mnount Seir, nnto FTER these thhing; the word of the Loan E'l-par a, whoch i.i hi the wilderness. A cam~e unto Abramu in avision, saying, 7 And tiiey retuirned,nid camie to En-mish- Fear not, Abram: I amaip thy shield, aud thy pat, which ' is Kadesh 'and smote all the exceeding great rewmaid. country of the Am dlelicites, and aiso time 21 And Abram s,,aid, Lerd GOD, what wilt Amorites, tli t dwelct in Hazezon-tamnar. thou give me, seeing ig,.,o childless, arid the 8 And theie we nt out the king of Sodom, steward of my house is~ this Elieze-r of BDaand the kin'g ot Goruoirraim, and the kiiig of mnascus? Admab, andl the kirm of Zeboiim, arid the 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast kiing of Bela, (the samne Jis Zoar;) and they Igiven no seed: and, lo, one, born in my house joined battle with their in the vale of Sid- i-s mine heir." dim; 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD camne 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and unto him, saying, This shall not he timine with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel heir; hut he that shall come forth oimt of king of Shnimr, and Arioch kiiig of Ellasar; thine own bowels shall be thiuc heir. four kings -with live. 5 And lie brought him forth abroad, and 111 And thre vale of Siddirni wes fo/l of slime- said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the pits; and the kings of Sodorn and Gomorrah tstars, if thou be able to number theni: arid lied, arid fell the-re; and they that remained lie said unto him, So shall thy seed be. lied to the mountain. 6I And lie believed hi the Lean_; and lire 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom (counted it to him for righteousness. rind Gomiorrah, and all their victuals, and And hie said unto him, I anm tire LORD that we'nt their way. brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's give thee this land to iidmerit it. son, who dwelt in Sodoni,tarid his goods, and S Arid lire said, Lord l)ion, whereby shall I departed. leinow that I shall inherit it? 13 ~ Anid there came one that hind escaped, hId And he said unto ihim, Take me a heifer taid told Abram the Hebrew; for lie dwelt of 'three years old, and a sue goat of three in the plain of Mariire time Amnorite, leother 3'ears old, amid a rar cit three years old, and of Eslicol, and brother of Armer: and these a turtledove, amid a yoniig, pigeon. irmaIC, confederate with Abrarm. i0 And lie tonic umito hiun ail these, anil di14 And when Ahirari heard that his brother vided thorn in the misand fiod each piece was taken captive, he armeil his trairroilser- ono against another: but tire birds divided ivants, born ini his own house-, three muindred lie, not. and eighteen, and pursued theme unto ilai. 11 And when the fciwls canine down -upon 15 And he divided himself against therm, lie tire carcasses, Abramn drove theni away. and Iris servants, by night, arid smmote themin, 12, Amid when the sunt was goinmg uiown, a Hand pursued tlemei unto Hobaim, which;is cii (loop sleep fell upomi Abiramm; mmid, 1o, a liorthre loft baird of IDamnascus. ror of great darkness toll upon him. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and 13 Arid he said umito Alnrairi, Know of a also brought again Iris brother Lot, amid his surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a goods, and the women also, and tire peoiple. land that is not theirs, and shall serve them;: 'I7 ~ Amid time king of Sodium worst om-it to and they shall afflict themn f our hundred ume~et him, after his return froim tire slaugh- years; -ter of Chedorinomer and of the kifings that 14 And also that nation, whom they shahl where with lhim, at the valley of uilaveln, serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they Which is the king's dale. ecuIme out with great substance. Pragar fieeth from Sara. GENESIS. Ishmnael is borrL 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in hai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh ant peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old Bered. lge. 15 1 And Hagar bare Abram a son: ard 16 But in the fourth generation they shall Abram called his son's name, which Hagar eome hither again: for the iniquity of the bare, Ishmael. Amorites is not yet full. ]6 And Abram wa.s fourscore and six vea-s 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun old, when Hagar bare Ishinael to Abram. went down, and it was dark, behold a smok- CHPTER XVII ing furnace, and a burning lamp that passedl The c TER XeeVII. between those pieces.The covenant renewed. 18 In that same day the LORD made a cove- AND when Abram was ninety years old nant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, have I given this land, from the river of and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; Egypt unto the great river, the river Eu- walk before me, and be thou perfect. phrates: 2 And T will make my covenant betwenp 19 The Kenitom, and the Kenizzites, a.n' he me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedKadmonites, ingly. 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God the Rephaim, talked with him, saying, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, 4 As for me. behold, my covenant is with and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. thee, and thou shalt be a father of many naCHAPTER XVI, tions. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be callStrai ituret7 th fHrar to A:b am. ed Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; XTOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no for a father of many nations have I made 1 children: and she had a handmaid, an thee. Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, and I will make nations of thee, and kings the LORD hath restrained m e from bearing: shall come out of thee, I pray thee. go in unto my maid; it may be 7 And I will establish my covenantbetweer that I may ob)tain children by her. And me and thee and thy seed after thee in their Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. generations, for an everlasting covenant, to 3 And Sarai, A bram's wife, took Hagar her be a God unto thee and to thy seed after" maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt thee. ten years in the land of Canaan. and gave 8 And T will give unto thee, and to thy seed her to her husband Abram to be his wife. after thee, the land wherein thou art a stran4 F And he went in unto Hagar, and she con- ger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting eelved: and when she saw that she had con- possession; and T will be their God. ceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 9 ~ And God said unto Abraham, Thou 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be shalt keep my covenant therefore, thovi, and upon thee: I have given my llmaid into thy thy seed after thee in their generations. bosom; and when she saw that she haid con- 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, ceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LlORD between me and you and thy seed after thee;,.udge between mie and thee. Every man child among you shall be circum6 But Abram said unto Sarai, i3ehold, thy cied. maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with foreskin; and it shall be a token of the coveher, she fled from her face. nant betwixt me and you. 7 1 And the angel of the LORn found her 12 And he that is eight days old shall be cirby a fountain of water in the wilderness, by clmcised amlong you, every man child in the fountain in the way to Shur. your genelrations, he that is born in the 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's manrid, whnce. house, or bought with money of any strancamest thou? andd whither wilt thoiu goj ger, which is not of thy seed. And she said, 1 tlee froTm the mace of imy 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that miistress Sa-rai. is ibought with thy money, must needs be 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto hcr, I circuimcised: and my covenant shall be in Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself your flesh for an everlasting covenant. under her hands. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it soul shall be cut olf from his people; he hath shall not be 1num1bered for multitude. broken my covenant. 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, 15 I And God said unto Abraham, As for Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; be- Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. cause the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be against every man, and every man's hand be a mother of nations; kings of people shall against him: and he shall dwell in the pres- be of her. ence of all his brethren. 1I Then Abraham fell upon his face, and 13 And she called the name of the LR()D laiughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be that spake unto her, Thou God seest inie: born unto him that is a hundred years old' for she said, Have I also here looked after and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear' him that seeth me? 1S And Abraham said unto God, C thii 14 Wherefore the well was called Irer-1b —] t i':nf l migbt live before thee! 18 Isaac is promised. GENESItS. Sarah is reproved. 19 And God said, Sarah thy -wife sha.ll bear 12 Therefore Saralh laughed within herself, thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his; saying, After I am waxed ol0( shall I have name Isaac: and I will estalalish my cove- pleasure, my lord being' old also? nant with him for an everlasting covenant, 113 And the LoIaD s,;aid unto Abraham, end with his seed after hiln. AWherefore did Sarah lauwgh, sayling, Shall I 10 And as for Ishmael, -I have heard thee: of a surety bear a child, which aln old? Blehold, I have blessed him, and will make 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At him fruitful, and will multiply him exceed- the tinle appointed I will return unto thee,;ugly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I according to the time of life, anld Sarah shall will make him a great nation. have a son. 21 But my covenant will I establish with 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay, this set time in the next year. but thou didst l-tugh. 22 And he left off talking with himn and 16ii And the men rose up fro)m thence, and God went up frorr Abraham. looked toward Sodom: and A blraham wennt 23 ~ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, with them to bring them on the svay. and all that were born in his house, and all 17 And the LoaRD satid, Shall I hide from that were bought with his money, every miale Abra.ham that thing whitch I do; among the men of Abraham's house; and 18 Seeing thati AbrahII shall surely become circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the a great and mighty nation, and all tIhe naselfsame day, as God had said unto him. tions of the eartlh shtall be blessed in him? 24 And Abraham wacs ninety years old and 19 For I know hint, that lie vi.ill ccmmand nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh his children and his household after him, and of his foreskin. they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do 25 And Ishmael his son twas thirteen years justice and judgment; that tlhe LORD may old, when he was circumcised in the llesh of bring upon Abraham that which he hath Iris foreskin. spoken of him. 2 Inl the selfsame day was Abraham cir- 20 And the LoRn said, BeIcause the cry of eutlmeised, and Ishmael his son. Sodomn and Gomorrah is great., and because q27 And all the tleil of his house, born inr the their sin is very grievous. itouse, and bcought with money of the stran- 21 1 will go down niow, andl see whether they ger, were circumcised with him. have done altogelthelr according to the cry of CHAPTER XVIII. it, which is come unto mae; and if not, I will know. Atbraham entertaineth three angels. k how. Abraham eltrtctieth thre el. 22 And tie men turnecd their faces from A ND the LORD appeared unto hiln in the thence, nird went toward Sodu: hbut AbraA plains of MIamre: and lie sat in the tent lhaitI stood yet before tihe Loin). door inll the heat of the day; -3 I And Abralchun drew nea:r, and said, 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with jo, three muen stood by him: and when he the wicked? vaw them, he ran to meet them from the tent 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous dloor, and bowed himself toward the ground, within the city: wilt thou also destroy and 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found not spare the place for the fifty righteous favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray that (tre therein? Ihee, from thy servant: 25 That be far from thee to do after this 4 Leot a little water, I pray you, be fetched, ainner, to slay the righteous with the wickvmnd wash your feet, and rest yourselves un- ed; and that the righteous should be as the dier the tree: wicked, that be far from thee: tShall not the 5 And I will fetch a nmorsel of bread, and Judgre of all the earth do right? comnfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall 26 Anid the LoD sa:id, If 1i find in Sodom pass on: for therefore are ye come to your fifty righteous within the city, then I will servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast soare all the place for their sakes. said. 21l And Abraham answered and said, Behold 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent ellto Iinow, I bave taken upon me to speak unto Sarah, and said, Make r eady quickly three the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: measures of fine meal, knead it, and imake 28 Peradventure there shall lack fi ve of the cakes upon the hearth. fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and for l(a;lck fl ive? And he said, If I find there fetched a calf tender and good, and g'ave it forty and five, I will noat destroy it. unto a young maln; and he hasted to dress it. 2'9 And he spake unto him yet again, and 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the said, PeradvTnture there shall be forty calf which he hlad dressed, and set it, before found thtere. And he slid, I will not do it them; and he stood by them under t;he tree, for forty's sake. and they did eat. 30 And lie said unto hiiar, Oh let not the 9 ~ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventhy wife? And he said, Behold, in tlre tent. tlre there shall thirty be found there. And 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto lie said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. thee according to the time of life; and, lo, 31 And he said, Behold now, I hliave taken Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradvenheard it in the tent door, which was behind ture there shall be twenty found there. And him, he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and sake. well striclien in age; and it ceased to be with 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be an3atrah after the manner of women., gry, and x wil I speak yet but this once: Per2 13 Lot is scnt out of Sodom. GENESIS. Destruction of Sododrm adventure ten shall be found there. And he wife, and upon the hand of his two daughsaid, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. ters; the LORD being merciful unto him: 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as and they brought him forth, and set him he had left communing with Abrahamn: and without the city. Abraham returned unto his place. 17 ~ And it came to pass, when they had CHAPTERT XIX. brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, Lot entertain eth two iagels. neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to AND there came two angels to Sodom at the mountain, lest thou be consumed. jI even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my and Lot seeing them, rose up to meet them; Lord: and he bowed himself with his face toward 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found the ground; grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in, I pray you, into your servant's house, in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the and it is a little one: 0, let me escape thithstreet all night. I er, (i's it not a little one?) and my soul shall 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and live. they turned in unto him,.and entered into 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepthis house; and he made them a feast, and ed thee concerning this thing also, that 1 did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. will not overthrow this city, for the which 4 I But before they lay down, the men of thou hast spoken. the city, even the men of Sodom, comnpassed 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot the house round, both old and young, all the do any thing till thou be coime thither. people from every quarter: Therefore the name of the city was called 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto Zoar. him, Where are the men which came in to 23 ~ The sun was risen upon the earth when thee this night? bring them out unto us, Lot entered into Zoar. that we may know them. 24 Then the Lorn rained upon Sodomn and 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, upon G iomorrah,brimstone and fire fronm the and shut the door after him, Lott) out of heaven; 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so' 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all wickedly. i the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cit8 Behold now, I have two daughters which ies, and that which grew upon the ground. have not known man; let me, I pray you, 26 ~ But his wife looked back from behind bring them out unto you, and do ye to them him, and she became a pillar of salt. as is good in your eyes: only unto these mien 27 And Abraham g-at up early in the do nothing; for therefore came they under morning to the place where he stood before the shadow of my roof. the LORD: 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Goagain, This one fellow came in to sojou:rn, morralh, and toward all the land of the plain, and he will needs be a judge: now will we and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the coundeal worse with thee than with them. And try went up as the smoke of a furnace. they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, 29 And it came to pass, when God deand came near to break the door. stroyed the cities of the plain, that God re11) But the men put forth their hand, and membered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew to the door. the cities in which Lot dwelt. 11 And they smote -the men that were at the 30 1 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and door of the house with blindness, both small dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughand great: so that they wearied themselves ters with him; for he feared to dwell in to find the door. Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two 12 ~ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou daughters. here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast Our father is old, and there is not a man in in the city, bring tlnem out of this place: the earth to come in unto us after the man13 For we will destroy this place, because ner of all the earth: the cry of them is waxen great before the 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent and we will lie with him, that we may preus to destroy it. serve seed of our father. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his 33 And they made their father drink wine sons in law, which married his daughters, that night: and the firstborn went in, and and said, Up, get you out of this place; for lay with her father; and he perceived not the LORD will destroy this city. But he seem- when she lay down, nor when she arose. ed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 15 T And when the morning arose, then the the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy lay yesternight with my father: let us wife, and thy two daughters which are here; make him drink wine this night also; and go lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the thou in, and lie with him, that we may precity. serve seed of our father. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold 35 And they made their father drink wine upon his hand, and upon the hand of his that night also: and the younger arose>, and 14 Abraheam desnfeth his wife. GENESIS. ITbo isc f fort. lay with himi; and he perceived mAt when 16 Andtunto Sarah he said, Behold I have she lay down, nor when she arose, given thy brother a thousand piecees of sitIt6 Thus were both the daughters of Lot ver:- behold, he is to thee, a coveriug of tic with child by their father, eyes, unto all that are with thee, and wills 37 And the firstborn hare a son, and called all other: thus she was rep~roved. his name Moab: the samne is the father of 17 ~ So Abraham prayed unto God: and 1he Mloabites unto this day. G-od healed. Ahinielech, and his wife, and his 3S And the youuger, she also hare a son, and niaidservants; and they hare children. called his name Ben-ammi; the saute is the IS For the LOan had fast closed uip all the father of the children of Ammon unto this wombs of the houise of Ahimidech, because day. of Sarah Abraham's wife. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. Abrathaam dentieth his wcife. The birth of Isaac. NDN Abraham journeyed from thence to- AND the Loan visited Sarah as lito had said, ward the south cootitry, atid dwelt be- A and the Loan dii unto Sarahl as he had tween Kadesh arid Shur, and sojourned in spoken. Gerar. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham 2 Atid Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She a son in his old age, at the set litte of' whieh is my sister: atid Abimelech king of Gerar hod ha:Id spokenti o him. sent, and took Sarah. 3 Atid Abraham enle'? the nam-e of his son 3 But God came to AIbimelech in a dreamn that was borti utito him, whom Sarahl bare to by ttight, and said to bin), Behold, thou art him, Isaac. bitt a dead man, for the woman which thou 4 And Abraham cirenmcehed hIs snmi Isaaic hast taken; for she is a mian's wife, beiing eight days old, as God had colua~nnidel 4 But Abimnelech hadi ot come near her: hJim. and he said, Lena, wilt thou slay also a right- 5 And Abraham was a hutidred years old, ('Ois tiatioti? wheti his sont Isaac was boris utito hitu. 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? 6i ~ Atid Sarah said, God hatit made rue to and she, even she herself said, Bie is my laugh, so that till that- hear will laugh withl arother: in the itategrity of my heart atid ii- ate. clocency of iny hands have. I dotie this. 7 And she said, Whlo would have said unto 6 Anid God said untto him its a dreamn, Yea, Abraham, that Sarah s5ou0511(1,hve given cliii. I knowv that thou didst this in the integrity dren suck? for I have borsie ists a'soti in his of thy heart; for I also withheld thee fronts old age. sWinitdtg agtisitis me: tisere!fore suffered I thee 8 And the child grew, and awas weaned imot to touch her. and Abrahamn iade a great tinst the ssiiie 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; day thtst Isaac was weaned. for he is a prophet, atid he shall psray for 9 ~ Atid Sarah saw the son of Hagar the thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore Egyptian, which she had born auto Abraher not, know thou thiti thou shialt surely die, bearn, msocking. thou, atid all that are thine. I10 Wherefore she said unto Abrahamn, Cast S Therefore Abimelech rose early in the out this 'botidwomati and her soti: for lihi morning, and called all his servants, atid tolil son of this bondwomoan shall tiot be heir till these thitigs in their ears: atid the meti with mny son, crecn with isaac. were sore afraid. ii Autd the tthing was very grievous its 9 Then Abiteelech called Abrahami, and Abraham's sight biecause of his sont. said unto hito, WNhat hast thou dotte utito 12 ~ Atid God said auto Abrahans, Let it, us? and what have I offended thee, that not he grievous its thy seight Itecausue of the thou liast brought on me and on tnv king- lasI, atud because of thy liondwoman; in all lJout a great siti? thou hast clone deeds uni-to tisat Sarah hath seid sinto thee, htearken unume that ought not ho he done. to her voice; for its Isaac shall thy seed be 10 Atid Abitnelech said unto Abralham,, called. What sawest thou, that thou hast dotte this 13 Atie al'o of the son of the bot(Idwoiuati thing? will I miake a nation, becasise hie is thy seeil. 11 And Abraham said. Because I thouight. 14 And Abraitaiss rose uip early in, the morn',isrely the fear of God is not its this place; itig, atid took bread, atid a bottle of waster, atid they Mill slay rae for my wife's sake. and gave it unto Hagar, putting it ott lien 12 Atid yet indeed she is my sister; she is, shoulder, and the child, atid sent her away: tlse daughter of my father, but not the and shte departed, atid wandered in (hi' wildaughter of my mother: and she became derness of Beer-sheba. my wife. 35 Atid the 'water was spent in the bottle, 13 Atid it caine to pass, when God caused anid site cast thle child under otie of the meap to wansder from my father's hionse, that I shrubs. said unto her, This is thy kindntess which 16 And she Meat, and sat her down over thou shalt siev unate) me; at every place against hi i a good way off, as it were a bowwhither we shalt come, say of me, le is my shot: for she said, Let me not see the death tirother. of the child. And she sat over against htrva, 11 And Abimelech took sheep, anti oxen, and lifthei up her voice, and wept. and metiservatits, and Mometiservatits, and~ 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; anti gave thens utito Abraham, and restored him the atigel of God called to Ilagar out of Sarah his wife. heaven, and said unuo her, What aileth thee, 15 And Ahtimehech said, Behold, my land is Hagar? fear siot; for God hath hear-d the before thee: dwell Mwhere it pleaseth thee, voice of the lad where he is. 1.5 The trial of GEN 18 Arise, lift up thb lah, and hold him in thine hand: for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 ~ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, oeither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of ihe flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba^ because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. '3 T And Abraham planted a grove in Beereheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 3i And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. CHAPTER XXII. The trial of Abraham's faith. ANDl it came to pass after these things, A that God did tempt Abraham, and said into him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 ~ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. S Then on the third day Abraham lifted u) his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the 16 ESIS. Abraham's faith. lad will go yonder and worship, and comes again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his fa. ther, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the Angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am i. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 15 T And the Angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. 20 I And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcahdid bearto Nahor,Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaharm, and Thahash, and Maachah. CHAPTER XXM. Death and burial of Sarah. ND Sarah was a hundred and seven and A twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. urchase of Machtpelah. GENESIS, Abraham sweareth his servant. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same CHAPTER XXIV. is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abra- A wife sought for Isaac. ham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep bor her. AND Abraham was old, and well stricken 3 T And Abraham stood up from before his a in age: and the LORD had blessed Abra, dlead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, say- ham in all things. i g, 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with of his house, that ruled over all that he had, you: give me a possession of a buryingplace Put, i pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: with you, that I may bury my dead out of 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, nmy sight. the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, 5 And the children of Heth answered Abra- that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son ham, saying unto him, of the daughters cf the Canaanites, among 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty whom I dwell: prince among us: in the choice of our sepul- 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and chres bury thy dead; none of us shall with- to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son hold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou Isaac. mayest bury thy dead. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradven7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed him- ture the woman will not be willing to follow self to the people of the land, even to the me unto this land: must I needs bring thy children of Heth. son again unto the land from whence thou 8 And he communed with them, saying, If eamest? It be your mind that I should bury my dead 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for that thou bring not my son thither again. roe to Ephron the son of Zohar, 7 ~ The LORD God of heaven, which took 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpe- me from my father's house, and from the lah, which he hath, which if in the end of land of my kindred, and which spake unto his field; for as much money as it is worth me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto he shall give it me for a possession of a thy seed will I give this land; he shall send turyingplace amongst you. his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children wife unto my son from thence. of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered 8 And if the woman will not be willing to Abraham in the audience of the children of follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of this my oath: only bring not my son thither his city, saying, again. 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I 9 And the servant put his hand under the thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to tlee; in the presence of the sons of my peo- him concerning that matter. ple give I it thee: bury thy dead. 10 1 And the servant took ten camels of the 12 And Abraham bowed down himself be- camels of his master, and departed; for all fore the people of the land. the goods of his master were in his hand: 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audi- and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unence of the people of the land, saying, But to the city of Nahor. If thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear rae: I 11 And he made his camels to kneel down will give thee money for the field; take it without the city by a well of water at the of me, and I will bury my dead there. time of the evening, even the time that wo14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying men go out to draw water. unto him,,1 And he said, O LORD God of my master 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed worth four hundred shekels of silver; what this day, and shew kindness unto my master is that betwixt me and thee? bury there- Abraham. fore thy dead. 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of wa16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; ter; and the daughters of the men of the and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, city come out to draw water: which he had named in the audience of the 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of sil- to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I ver, current money with the merchant. pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall 17 T And the field of Ephron, which was in say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the also: let the same be she that thou hast apfield, and the cave which was therein, and pointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby al the trees that were in the field, that were shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness in all the borders round about, were made unto my master. sure. 15 1[ And it came to pass, before he had done 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, presence of the children of Heth, before all who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the that went in at the gate of his city. wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah pitcher upon her shoulder. his wife in the cave of the field of Machpe- 16 And the dalnsel was very fair to look uplah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in on, a virgin, neither had any man known the bind of Canaan. her: and she went down to the well, and fill20 And the field, and the cave that is there- ed her pitcher, and came up. in, were made sure unto Abraham for a 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and possession of. a buryingplace by the sons of said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water tlbth. of thy pitcher. B 17 Abraham's,servant GENESIS. tellcth 71 iS errand. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she 40 And he said unto nme, The LOiR, before hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her whom: I walk, will send his angel with thee, hand, and gave him drink. and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a 19 And when she had done giving him drink, wife for my son of my kindred, and of my she said, I will draw (water for thy camels father's house: also, until they have done drinking. 41 Then shalt theou be clear from this my 20 And she hasted, and emlptied her pitcher oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and into the trough, and ran agfain unto the well if they give not thee one, thou shalt be cleai to draw water, and drew for all his camnels. from my oath. 21 And the man wondering at her lield his 42 And T came this day unto the well, and peace, to wit whether the LOeUD had mlade said, ( LORD God of my master Abraham, his journey prosperous or not. if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 22 And it came to patss, as the camels had 1 43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and done drinking,. that the man took a golden it shall come to pass, that when the virgin earring of half a shekel weight, and two cometh forth to draw 'water, and I say;to bracelets for her hands of ten slickiecl weight her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of of gold; thy pitcher to drink; 23 And said, Whose daughter art tlhou? tell 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's I will also draw for thy camels: let the same house for us to lodge in? 1be the wLman whom the LORD hath appoin t24 And she said unto him, 1 acm the daugh- ed out for my master's son. ter of Bethuel the son of Milcah. which she 45 And before I had done speaking in my bare unto Nahor. heart, behold, RBPbekah came forth with he:r 25 She said moreover unto hine, We have pitcher en her shoulder; and she went down both straw and provender enough, and room unto the wlell, aiid drew water: and I said to lodge in. unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, 26 And the man bowed down his head, and 46 And she made haste, and let down her worshipped the LORD. pitcher from her 7shoulder, and said, Drink, 27 And he said, Blessed he the LORD God of and I will give thy camels drink alsoe: so! my master Abraham, who hath not left des- driak, and she wade the camrels drink also. titute my master of his nlmrey and his trulth: 47 And i asked her, and sail, Whose daughI being in the way, the LORD led me to the ter a:r't thou? And she said, The daughter house of my master's brethren. of Blethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare 28 And the damsel ran, and told fthema of her unto him: and I put the earring upon hler' mother's house these things. -face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 29 1 And Rebekah had a brother, and his 48 And I bowed down my head, and woi, name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto shipped the LoRD, and blessed the LORD the man, unto the well. God of my master Abraham, which had le0 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the me in the right way to rake my master'Es earring, and bracelets upon his sister's brother's daughter unto his son. hands, and when he heard the words of Re- 49 And now, if y1e will deal kindly and trulyr bekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man with my master, tell me: and if not, tell. me unto me, that he came unto the man; and, that I may turn to the right hand, or to th! behold, he stood by the camels at the well. left. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and LORD; wherefore standest thou without? said, The thing pr-oceedeth from the LORD: for I have prepared the house, and room for we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. the camels. 51 Behold, Rebcekah is before thee; take 32 ~ And the man came into the house: and her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and wife, as the LORD hath spoken. provender for the camiels, and water to wash 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abrahis feet, and the men's feet that were with ham's servant h-eard their words, he worhim. shipped the LOUD, bowioPy 7hiamself to the 33 And there was set meat before him to earth. eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and 34 And he said, I eonm Abraham's servant. ga1ve therm to lbetkekah: he gave also to her 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master brother and to her mother precious things. greatly, and he is become great: and he hath 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and men that were with him, and tarried all gold, and menservants, and imaidservants, night; and they rose up in the morning, and camels, and asses. and he said, Send me away unto my master. 36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son 55 And her brother and her mother said. to my master when she was old: and unto Let the damsel abide with us a few dlays, at him hath he given all that he hath. the least ten: after that she shall go. 37 And my master made me swear, saying, 56 And lhe said unto them, Hinder rme not, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the seeing the LORD hath prospered my way: daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land send me away that I may go to my master. I dwell: 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and inquire at her mouth. and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my 58 And they called Rebekah. and said unto son. her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she 39 And I said unto my master. Peradventure said. I will go. the woman will not follow me. 59 And they sent away Rebekab their sister.: 18 Isaac meeteth Rebekah. GENESIS. Birth of Esau and Jacob. and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and enerations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebahis men. joth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, her, Thou art our sister; be thou the mother 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and of thousands of millions, and let thy seed Kedernah: possess the gate of those which hate them. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these 61 ~ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, are their names, by their towns, and by their and they rode upon the camels, and followed castles; twelve princes according to their the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and nations. went his way. 17 And these are the years of the life of 62 And Isaac came from the way of the Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south years: and he gave up the ghost and died, country. and was gathered unto his people. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the 18 And they dwelt fron HaNvilah unto Shur, field at the eventide: and he lifted up his that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels wercle Assyria: and he died in the presence of all coming. his brethren. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and 19 t And these are the generations of Isaac, when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: camel. 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he 65 For she had said unto the servant, What took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Beman is this that walketh in the field to meet thuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister as? And the servant had said, It is my mas- to Laban the Syrian. ter: therefore she took a vail, and covered 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his herself. wife, because she was barren: and the LORD 66 And the servant told Isaac all things was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife that he had done. conceived. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother 22 And the children struggled together Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she be- within her; and she said, If it bc so, why came his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac ant 1 thus? And she went to inquire of the was comforted after his mother's death. LORD. CHAPTER XXV. 23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nara,. tions are in thy womb, and two manner of Abrahacm's death and burial people shall be separated from thy bowels; rrHEN again Abraham took a wife, and and the one people shall be stronger than the I her name wcs Keturah. other people; and the elder shall serve the 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, younger. and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and 24 5 And when her days to be delivered Shuah. were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and )edan. her womb. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and 25 And the first came out red, all over like Letushim, and Leummim. a hairy garment; and they called his name 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Esau. Epher, and HIanoch, and Abidah, and El- 26 And after that came his brother out, and daah. All these were the children of Ke- his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his turah. name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three5 ~ And Abraham gave all that he had un- score years old when she bare them. to Isaac. 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cun6 But unto the sons of the concubines,which ning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent was a plain man, dwelling in tents. them away from Isaac his son, while he yet 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat lived, eastward, unto the east country. of hims venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. 7 And these are the days of the years of 29 ~ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred from the field, and he was faint: threescore and fifteen years. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and thee, with that same red pottage; for I am died in a good old age, an old man, and full faint: therefore was his name called Edom. of years and was gathered to his people. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried birthright. him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, to die: and what profit shall this birthright which is before Mamre; do to me? 10 The field which Abraham purchased of 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; the sons of Heth: there was Abraham bur- and he sware unto him: and he sold his led, and Sarah his wife. birthright unto Jacob. 11 1 And it came to pass after the death of 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. rose up, and went his way. Thus Esau de12 1 Now these are the generations of Ish- spised his birthright. mael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the APTR Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto CHAPTER XXVI. Abraham: Isaac sojourneth in Gerar. 13 And these are the names of the sons of AND there was a famine in the land, be(shmael, by their names, according to their A- sides the first famine that was in the 19 Isaac reproved by Albimeiech. GE.NLESIS. Abiaielech's covenant wvith Is aa days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto another well; and f or that they stirove not, Abinmelech king of the Philistines unto' and he called the name of it Rtehoboth; and Gerar. he said, For now the LORD hath made room 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and f or us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the 23 And he went up from thence to Beer.. land which I shall tell thee of. sheba. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with 124 And the LORD appeared unto him the thee, and will bless thee; f or unto thee, and same night, and said, I am the God of Abra, unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, hami thy father: feCar not, f or I am with thee, and I will perform the oath which I sware and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed unto Abraham thy father; f or my servant Abraham's salke. 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply, as 25 And he builded an altar there, and called the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his seed all these countries; and in thy seed tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: a well. 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, 26 ~~ Then Abimelech went to him fromn and kept my charge, my comimandmenets, may Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and statutes, and my laws. iPhichol the chief captain of his arumy. 6 ~, And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 27 And Isaac said unto theum, WhVIerefore 7 And the men of the place asked him, of his come ye to me,,-seeing ye hate mc, and have wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he sent mne aw ay from you? feared to say, She, is my wife; lest, said he, 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the men of the place should kill me for Rte- the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let bekah; because she was fair to look Upon. there be now an oath betwixt us, even be8 And it came to pass, when he had been; twixt us anid thee, and let us make a covethere a long time, that Abimelech king of nant with thee; the Philistines looked out at a window, and 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have, saw, and, behold, Isaac ices sporting with not. touched thee, and mis vie have done unto Rtebekah his wife. thee nothing but good, and have sent thee, 9 And Abinielech called Isaac, and sa2id, aw~ay in peace: thou art now the blessed of Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how the LoRD. saidst thou, She is my sister? An-d Isaac said 030 And he made themi a feast, and they did unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her, eat and drink. 10 And Abimielech said, What is this thou j31 And they sose up1 betimes in the morn. hast done unto us? one of the people might!ng and swar'n one to another: and 'Isaac lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou Iseat the ni awy, and they departed from shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. huin in peace. 11 And Abimelech charged all his peoplo, 82 And it tone to pass the same day, that saying, Ilie that toucheth this manl or his lIsma s servaint.s_ came, and told him concern.. wife shall surely be put to death. ing the well which they had diggd adsaid 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and to- unto hin, We have found water. ceived in the same year a hundredfold: and 33 And he called it Shebabi: therefere the the LORD blessed him, name of the city is Beer-slheba, unto this day. 13 And the man waxed great, and went for- 34 ~l Anid Esau was forty years old when he ward, and grew until he became very great: took to wif e Judith the daughter of Beeni 14 For he had possession of flocks, and pos- the Hittite, and Basheamath the daughter of session of herds, and great store of servants: Elon the Hittite: and the Philistines envied him. 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac 15 For all the wells which his father's ser- and to Rebekah. vants had digged in the days of Abraham his CHAPTER XXVII. father, the Philistines had stopped them, and IacsedhEaufrvno. filled theme with earth.1aa ndtEsufrvio. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from ~'D it came to pass, that when Isaac was us; for thou art much mightier than we. - old, and his eyes were dim, so that he 17 ~ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, his teat in the valley of Gerar, and dwvelt and said unto him, My son: and he said unto there. him, Behold, here, amn I. 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of 2 And he said., Behold now, I am old, I know water, which they had di-ged in the days of not the day cf my death: Abraham his father; for the Philistines had 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy stepped them after the death of Abraham: weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go and he called their names after the names out to the field, and take me sonme venison; by which his father had called themi. 4 And make me savoury meat, such as 19 And Isaac's servants diggad In the val- love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; ley, and found there a well of springing that ray soul may bless thee before I die. water. 5And Rtebekah heard when Isaac spake to 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive -,with Esau Isis son. And Esau went to the field tc Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: hunlt for venison, and to bring it. and he called the name of the well Esek; 6 ~ And Rebekah spalke unto Jacob her son, because they strove with him. saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak 21 And they digged another well, and strove unto Esau thy brother, saying, for that also: and he called the name of it 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury Sitnah. meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before 22 And he removed from thence, and digged the Lonun before my death. 20 Jacob obtaineth the blessing. GENESIS. Esau threateneth Jacob. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ac- cursed be every one that curseth thee, and cording to that which I command thee. blessd be he that blesseth thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from. 30 T And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac thence two good kids of the goats; and I will had made an end of blessing Jacob, and make them savoury meat for thy father, Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the such as he loveth: presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that brother came in from his hunting. he may eat, and that he may bless thee be- 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and fore his death. brought it unto his father, and said unto his 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, father, Let my father arise, and eat of his Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. I am a smooth man: 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who 12 My father peradventure will feel me, art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I firstborn, Esau. shall bring a curse upon me, and not a bless- 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly. ing. and said, Who? where is he that hath taken 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, of all before thou camest, and have blessed and go fetch me them. him? yea, and he shall be blessed. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought 34 And when Esau heard the words of his them to his mother: and his mother made father, he cried with a great and exceeding savoury meat, such as his father loved, bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of me, even me also, O ny father. her eldest son Esau, which were with her in 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subthe house, and put them upon Jacob her tilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. younger son: 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Ja16 And she put the skins of the kids of the cob? for he hath supplanted me these two goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth times: he took away my birthright; and, of his neck: behold, now he hath taken away my bless17 And she gave the savoury meat and the ing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a bread, which she had prepared, into the blessing for me? hand of her son Jacob. 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, 18 T And he came unto his father, and said, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all My father: and he said, Here am I; who art his brethren have I given to him for servthou, my son? ants: and with corn and wine have I sus19 And Jacob said unto his father, I amn tained him: and what shall I do now unto Esau thy firstborn; I have done according thee, my son? is thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou and eat of my venison, that thy soul may but one blessing, my father? bless me, even bless me. me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it his voice, and wept. that thou hast found it; so quickly, my son? 39 And Isaac his father answered and said And he said, Because the LoRD thy God unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the brought it to me. fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heav21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I en from above; pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and whether thou be my very son Esau or not. shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his fa- to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, ther; and he felt him, and said, The voice is that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands neck. of Esau. 41 iF And Esau hated Jacob because of the 23 And he discerned him not, because his blessing wherewith his father blessed hinm: hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's and Esau said in his heart, The days of hands: so he blessed him. mourning for my father are at hand; then 24 And he said, Art thou my very son will I slay my brother Jacob. Esau? And he said, I am. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I were told to Rebekah: and she sent and will eat of my son's venison, that my soul called Jacob her younger son, and said unto may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching him, and he did eat: and he brought him thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to wine, and he drank. kill thee. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; Come near now, and kiss me, my son. and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and Haran; he smelled the smell of his raiment, and 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my brother's fury turn away; son is as the smell of a field which the LORD 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away hath blessed: from thee, and he forget that which thou 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of hast done to him: then I will send, and heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be plenty of corn and wine: deprived also of you both in one day? 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, of my life because of the daughters of and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: IHeth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters 21 Jacob's vision of a ladder. GENESIS. IHe is entertained by Laban. of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? CHAPTER XXVIII. Jacob goeth to Padan-aram. AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 T When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10 ~ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the elath be blessed. 15 And, behold, I ani with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 T And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 1.8 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his 22 pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 2 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CHAPTER XXIX. Jacob meeteth Rachel. rTHEN Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone wos upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?.And they said, We know hie.t 6 And he said unto them, Is he well'? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter comieth with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 ' And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep.: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted upi his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that hoe ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And be abode with him the space of a month. 15 ~ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name Jacol; ftr)ucth, Leah o ad Rachel. GENESIS. 1?achel heareth Joseph. of tile eldervwas Leah, andl the niame of the who biath withnheld from thee the fruit of,Youiiger was, Rachel. the womb? 1B Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was 3 And she said, Behold my mnaid Bilbab, go bea~utiful and well favouired. in unto her; and she shall bear upon my 13 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, T will knees, that I may also have children by her. serve thee seven. years f or tin' hiel thy young- 4 And she g-ave hima lBilhah her handmaid er daughter. to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. Ii And Lahan said, It, is better that I give 5 And Biliah conceived, and bare Jacob a ber to thee, than that I should give her to son. 'another Man: abide with me. 0 And 11achel said, God bath judged me, 20 And Jacob served seven years for Ba- anid bath also beard my voice, and bath given chel; and they seemned -unto him beat a few me a son: therefore called she his namie Dan. diays, for the love hie had to her. 1i And Bilbab Rachel's mnaid conceived '21 ~~ And Jacob said unuo Laban, Gvive sac again, and hare Jacob a second son. my if, or iydasirc fulfdlled, that I1 S And Rachel said, With, great wrestlings lacty go in unto her. have I wrestled with mny sister, and I have 22 And Laban gathered together all the irevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. men of the place, and made a feast. 9 When Leabhsaw th-at shelhad ileft bearinlg, 23 And it ('aloe to pass in the evening-, that she took Zilpabh her maid, and gave, her Jahe took Leali hts daughter, and brought her eel) to wife. to him; and he went in u~nto her. 10 An d Zilpab Leab's maid bare Jacob a son. 241 And Laba n g ave unto his daughter Leah 11 And Leah said, A troop comneth: and she Zilpah his inaid for a handmnaid, called his name Gad. 25 And it caine topa. that in the morning, 1,2 And Zilpah Leab's maid hare. Jacob a behold, itinsa Leah:,and hie said to Laban, second son. What is this thou jiast done unto use? did 13 And Leah said, Happy am T, for the not I serve' with li te( icr iachel? wheref ore daughters will call me blessed: and she then host thou tieguield n.e ~ called his name Asber. 26 And Labain said, ft miust net be so done 14 ~1 And Reuben went in the lays of wheat in, our country, to give Ibe younger beforo harvest, and found mnandrakes in the field. t hO firstborn. and brought them unto his mother Leah. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give Ihee Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me', I pray Ibis alsoi for the service(. -which thou shalt thee, of thys son's mandrakes. serve with me oftsevee other years. 135 And Ishe said unto her, Is it a small iat'28 Amid 1Ja1)1)(did so, ai-,d futidhled her week: tar that thou hoast taken my husband? arid and hec gave him Rn acial his daughter to wife we eldest thou takie awavymyson's mandrakes also. also? And Rachel said, Theref ore he shall lie 291~ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter with thee to night f or thy soss's umandrakes. I~liah his handmt-aid to tbe her mnaid. 10 And Jacob came out of the field in the,10 And hie went in. also unto Rtach el, evening, and Leah went out to me,(!et him, and and he lov cd also Rachel ionic than Loch, said, Then must coae in unto mne; f or surely and -served with him yet seven other I have hired thee with my son's imandrakes. years. And hie lay with her flint nighbt. 31 ~~ And when the LoRtL) saw that Leah 1i And God hearkened unto Leab, and she?ras. hated, lie opened hier womb: hot tMichil conceived, and bare Jacob thre lifth son. wvas, barren, 13 And Leah said. G od bath, given mie mny 32, And feahl conc(-eived. anid bare a son; hiro, because I hale given iny inaideni to niy and she (,called his nanie Rleubeni: for she heshmaid: and she called his n~amie Issachar. said, SurelyJ tii(' tauni bath lookedl upon ml' 1-9 A nd Leoh concei-ved a~gain, and bare Jaaffliction; iiow therefore, ioy husbandl wlvl eel) the sixth son. love mI-e. 20 And Leabhsaid, God bath endued incwil 33 And shie concemved again, and bare a a good d'owry; now will my husband dwell son.; and said, Biecause the Loinn bath heard with Tne, because I heave borne bia six seas: that I was~ hated. he bath rtiereforc giv-en and she called his namne Zebulun. ale thlis see also:and she,ailleul his cinre 2 n ferad u br agheni Simen(O. called her nanme tDinah. 34 And silo conceived ag-in, ai —d lore a 11 And Gxod reinicmnb.ered Rachel, and God son: and said. Now this thinu wil ji~ ill )is- licomaro-n'-d to lien, anii illened her Ivomib. baini tie joined unI-to Inc. b Iecause I have 213 And si e clonccivd, and bare a seom; and borne himy thn'c sons: th'-ncfo:-o was lis 'red, God bathi taken away roy repiroach: namne called Loevi. 2f tAnd she c'alled his name Joseph; and 35 Aiid she crinecivedlagain. and lure a sou; sold, The Loan shall odid to inc another son. and she saidl, Now will 1 praise the( LoRn: 25 ~~ Aiid it caine to pass,, when Rachel had therefore she cailed his naiie Judali; and borne Joseph, that Jacob said mite Laban, l eft bearing. Send nie away, thatn It meay, go unto inine own CHfAPTEtR XXX. place, and to mny country. 206 Give'm inc y wives, and mny children, for Raedel',s eitrrieiicsi. wvhomn f hal-c served ihee, and let mie go: for AND when RMa-bel saw that she bare Jacob theru knowest n-iy service whiicli I have done A no children, Rtachel einvied hem' sister; thee. and said unto Jacob, Give ine children, or 2 7 And Lab,-an said unto him, I pray thee, if else I die. T have found favour in thmine eyes, tarry:- fos 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against I have learned by experience that time LoRD Rachel, anai he saul, An ciT in God's stead, hiatIt bilessed rue for thy sake. Jacob's policy to become rich. GENESIS. He depaurtethi fro~m tlhan,. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it..29 And he said unto him, Thou knowesthow I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now, when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said. Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. 32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 31 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, anl every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 1 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which lie had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks canme to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the rilstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER XXXI. Jacob departcth from Laban. AND he heard the words of Laban's sons, X saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of 24 Laban, and, behold, it was not toward hin as before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel arid Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as bh;fore; but the God of my father hath bete with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstreaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the ramse which leaped upon the cattle were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 And the Angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, anl see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted of him strang;ers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 ~ Then Jacob rose up,.nd set his sons and his wives upon camels; I8 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in PaI dan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face towa-rd the mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day, that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God caine to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either goqd or bad. faban pursneth Jacob. GENESIS. Laban and Jacob's covenant. 25 i Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now with me, surely thou hadst sent me away Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and Laban with his brethren pitched in the and the labour of my hands, and rebuked mount of Gilead. thee yesternight. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast 43 I And Laban answered and said unto thou done, that thou hast stolen away un- Jaoob, These daughters are my daughters, awares to me, and carried away my daugh- and these children are my children, and these tars, as captives taken with the sword? cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, is mine: and what can I do this day unto and steal away from me; and didst not tell these my daughters, or unto their children me, that I might have sent thee away with which they have borne? mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a harp? covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a wit28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons ness between me and thee. and my daughters? thou hast now done fool- 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for Ishly in so doing. a pillar. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gathburt: but the God of your father spake un- er stones; and they took stones, and made a to me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. that thou speak not to Jacob either good or 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: bad. but Jacob called it Galeed, 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness gone, because thou sore longedst after thy between me and thee this day. Therefore father's house, yet wherefore hast thou sto was the name of it called Galeed. ten my gods? 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, watch between me and thee, when we are Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradven- absent one from another. I;tre thou wouldest take by force thy daugh- 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if ters from me. thou shalt take other wives beside my daugh32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, ters, no man is with us; see, God is witness let him not live: before our brethren dis- betwixt me and thee. cern thou what is thine with me, and take it 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel heap, and behold this pillar, which I have had stolen them. cast betwixt me and thee; 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be into Leah's tent, and into the two maidserv- witness, that I will not pass over this heap ants' tents; but he found them not. Then to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over vwent he out of Leah's tent, and entered into this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. Rachel's tent. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and Nahor, the God of their father, judge beput them in the camel's furniture, and sat twixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of upon them. And Laban searched all the his father Isaac. tent, but found them not. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the 35 And she said to her father, Let it not mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: displease my lord that I cannot rise up be- and they did eat bread, and tarried all night fore thee: for the custom of women is upon in the mount. me. And he searched, but found not the 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, images. and kissed his sons and his daughters, and 36 A And Jacob was wroth, and chode with blessed them: and Laban departed, and reLaban: and Jacob answered and said to La- turned unto his place. ban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, CHAPTER XXXII. that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched alll my stuff, Jaob's message to Esau. what hast thou found of all thy household AND Jacob went on his way, and the anbtuff? set it here before my brethren and A gels of God met him. thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said. This us both. is God's host: and he called the name of that 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; place Mahanaim. thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to their young, and the rams of thy flock have Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the I not eaten. country of Edom. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servhand didst thou require it, whether stolen by ant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with day, or stolen by night. Laban, and stayed there until now: 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought con- 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and sumed me, and the frost by night; and my menservants, and womenservants: and I sleep departed from mine eyes. have sent to tell my lord, that I may find 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy grace in thy sight. house: I served thee fourteen years for thy 6 ~ And the messengers returned to Jacob, two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and and thou hast changed my wages ten times. also he cometh to meet thee, and four hun42 Except the God of my father, the God dred men with him. of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and cdi 25 .Jacob's message to Esael. GENESIS. ltco,)b lretet Esau. tressed: and he divided the peop;le that; rws no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince with him, and the ilocks, and herds, andl the hast thou powelr with God and with men, camels, into two bands; and hast prevailed. 3 And said, If Esau conle to the one coni- '29 And JEaco)b asked 1im, and said, Tell me, pany, and smite it, then the otlher couilpmay I1 prWay thee, thy name. And he said, Where, which is left shall escape. fore is it that thou lost ask after nmy namel 9 1 And Jaecob said, O God of my father And lie blessed hibin there. Abraham, and God( of my father Isaac, the:30 And Jacol) called the namete of the place LORD which saidst unto me, Return unlto Peniel: for I have seen God face to face. thy country, and to thy kiindroed, alnd I will and my life is preserved. deal well with thee: 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun 10 I am not worthy of the lealst of all the rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. mercies, and of all the truth, which thou.j 32 Therefore the children of Israel eatt not hast shewed unto thy servant; for with miny o," the sinew which shrank, which is upon staff I passed o-ver this Jordan; and now I the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; boe am become two bands. cause he touched the hollow of Jacob'si 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand thigh in the sinew that shrank. of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for CHAPTER XXXIII. I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. Jacob siid Esars mectieg. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked. good, and nlake thy seed as the sand of the -fh and, behold, Esau camne, and with him sea, which cannot be numbered for muulti- four hundred men. And he divided the tude. children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and 13 ~i And he lodged there that same nlight; into the two hlndllelids. and took of that which canme to his hanid a 2 And he put the baledminaids and their chil. present for Esau his brother; dren foremost, and Leah and her children 14 Two hundred she goaLts landd twenty lie after, muld Rachel amld Joseph hindeci-nost. goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rants, 3 Anid he I)passed overx before them, and 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, bowed himself to tile ground seveni times, forty kine and ten bulls, twenlty she asses until he camle nettr to his 1brother. and ten foals. 4 And Esau rani to mieet him, and ein-braced 16 And ihe delivered th em into the hand of him, and fell on his neck, and kissed huin; his servants, every drove. by themilselves; anld and they wept. said unto his servants, Pass over before moe, 5 And he lifted up his eyes, amnd saw the and put a space betwixt drove and drove. women and the children, and said, -Wrho a,7i: 17 And he commanded the foremost, say- those with thee? And he said, The chilb ing, When Esau my brother mieeteth thee, dren which God hath graciouisly g'iven thy and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou'? servant. and whither goest thou? and whose are 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they these before thee? and their clhilidren, and they bowed thern18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant selves. Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord 7 And Leah also with her children camen Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. near, and bowed themselves: and after caInmc 19 And so commanded he the second, and Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowedl the third, and all that followed the droves, themselves. saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto 8 And he said, What mscanest thou by all Esau, when ye fild him. this drove which I met? And he s, id, Thcs 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy serv- care to find grace in the sight of my lord. ant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my broth appease him with tile present that goeth er; keep that thou hast unto thyself. before me, and afterward I will see his face; 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now peradventure he will accept of me. I have found grace in thy sight, then receive 21 So went the present over before him; and my present at nmy hand: for therefore I himself lodged that night in the company. have seen thy face, as though I had seen the 22 And he rose up that night, and took his faice of God, and thoue wast pleased with me. two Nwives, and his two womenservan-cs, rand 11 Take, I pray thee, mny blessngff that is his eleven sons, andc pa-ssed over the ford Ibrought to thee; because God hiath dealt.: Jabbok. graciously wit;h ume, and because I have 23 And he took theim, and sent thenl over enough. And ihe urged him, and he took it. the brook, and sent over that he had. 12 And he said. Let us take our journey. 24 ~ And Jacob was left alone; and there and let us go, and t will go before thee. wrestled a man with him until the breaking 13 And he said ulnto hiin, My lord knowethl of the day. thalt the children civ tender, amnd the flocks 25 And when he?aw that he prevailed not Land herds with young are with me; and if against him, he touched the hollow of his men should overdriv-e thene one day, all the thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was flock will die. out of joint, as he wrestled with him. i Let may lord, I pray thee, pass over l)e26 And he said, Let mle gc, for the day fore his servlnt; and I will lead on softly, breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee according as the cattle that goeth before nme go, except thou bless me. and the children be able to endure, until I 27 And he said unto him,What is thy name? come unto rly lord unto Seir. And he said, Jacob. 15 And Esau said, let me now leave with '2? And he said, Thy name shall. caIlled theesetie of the folk tlht arc with mec. Aid Dinah is ravished. GENESIS. The Shechemites slain. he said, What needeth it? let me find grace you, and we will take your daughters to us, in the sight of my lord. and we will dwell with you, and we will be16 ~ So Esau returned that day on his way come one people. unto Seir. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and circumcised; then will we take our daughter, built him a house, and made booths for his and we will be gone. cattle: therefore the name of the place is 18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shecalled Succoth. chem Hamor's son. 18 ~ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of 19 And the young man deferred not to do Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's when he came from Padan-aram; and pitch- daughter: and he was more honourable than ed his tent before the city. all the house of his father. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where 20 ~T And Hamor and Shechem his son came he had spread his tent, at the hand of the unto the gate of their city, and communed children of Hamor, Sheclem's father, for a with the men of their city, saying, hundred pieces of money. 21 These men are peaceable with us; there20 And he erected there an altar, and called fore let them dwell in the land, and trade it El-Elohe-Israel. therein; for the land, behold it is large CHAPTER XXXIV. enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our Shechem defileth Dinah. daughters. AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which 22 Only herein will the men consent unto.l she bare unto Jacob, went out to see us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if the daughters of the land. every male among us be circumcised, as they 2 And when Shechern the son of Hamor are circumcised. the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance he took her, and lay with her, and defiled and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us her. consent unto them, and they will dwell with 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daugh- us. ter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his spake kindly unto the damsel. son hearkened all that went out of the gate 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Ha- of his city; and every male was circumcised, mor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. all that went out of the gate of his city. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Di- 25 ~ And it came to pass on the third day, nah his daughter: now his sons were with when they were sore, that two of the sons of his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, peace until they were come. took each man his sword, and came upon the 6 ~ And Hamor the father of Shechem went city boldly, and slew all the males. out unto Jacob to commune with him. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the son with the edge of the sword, and took field when they heard it: and the men were Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went grieved, and they were very wroth, because out. he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to and spoiled the city, because they had defiled be done. their sister. 8 And Hamor communed with them, say- 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, ing, The soul of my son Shechem longeth and their asses, and that which was in the for your daughter: I pray you give her him city, and that which was in the field, to wife. 29 And all their wealth, and all their little 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give ones, and their wives took they captive, and your daughters unto us, and take our daugh- spoiled even all that was in the house. ters unto you. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land have troubled me to make me to stink among shall be before you; dwell and trade ye the inhabitants of the land, among the Catherein, and get you possessions therein. naanites and the Perizzites: and I being few 11 And Shechem said unto her father and in number, they shall gather themselves to. unto her brethren, Let me find grace in gether against me, and slay me; and I shall your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I be destroyed, I and my house. will give. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, sister as with a harlot? and I will give according as ye shall say un- CHAPTER XXXV. to me: but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered She- Jacob sent to Beth-el. chem and Hamor his father deceitfully, ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up and said, because he had defied Dinah their IV to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make sister: there an altar unto God, that appeared unto 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do thee when thou fieddest from the face of this thing, to give our sister to one that is Esau thy brother. uncircumcised; for that were a reproach 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and unto us: to all that were with him, Put away the 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If strange gods that are among you, and be ye will be as we be, that every male of you clean, and change your garments: be circumcised; 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 16 Then will we give our daughters untoand I will make there an altar unto God, who 27 Rachel's deatf. GENESIS. The death of lsaac. answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shecherm. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 ~ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. 9 T And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place Where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place Where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 16 1 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: 'that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 21 IT And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: i6 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's hand28 maid; Gad, and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. 27 I And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Estau and Ja, cob buried him. CHAPTER XXXVI. Esau's family in Canaan. NOW these are the generations of Esau, who is Edon. 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of ETon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: 10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuei the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaa Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Ama. lek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Na, hath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau'e wife. 14i And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zib, con, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphtz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teran, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these were the sons of Adah. 17 91 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau't son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom: these art the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. 18 9 And these are the sons of Aholibamah KiqZgs and dukes of Edom. GENESIS. Joseph's two dreams. CHAPTER XXXVII. Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah; these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 ~ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, tnd Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon; Heimdan, and Eshban, and lthran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 I And these are the kings that reigned in Ihe land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 32 And Bela, the son of Beor reigned in 'Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in lhis stead. 34 And Jobab d.ed, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites. 3* Joseph hated of his brethren. AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his t father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 ~ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 T And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. 12 ~ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am L 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 ~ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying,What seekest thou? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.;'( Come now therefore, and let us slay him, 29 Joseph sold into Egypt. GENESIS. Tamar deeeiveth JTudah. and cast him into some pit, and we will 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; he called his name Er. and we shall see what will become of his 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; dreams. and she called his name Onan. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a him out of their hands; and said, Let us not son; and called his name Shelah: and he kill him. was at Chezib, when she bare him. 3 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstblood, but cast him into this pit that is in born, whose name was Tamar. the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in that he might rid him out of their hands, to the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew deliver him to his father again. him. 23 ~ And it came to pass, when Joseph was 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto come unto his brethren, that they stripped thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise Joseph out cf his coat, his coat of many col- up seed to thy brother. ours that was on him; 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not 24 And they took him, and cast him into a be his; and it came to pass, when he went pit: and the pit was empty, there was no in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it water in it. on the ground, lest that he should give seed 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and to his brother. they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, 10 And the thing which he did displeased behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down in law, Remain a widow at thy father's to Egypt. house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his profit is it if we slay our brother, and con- brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt ceal his blood? in her father's house. 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ish- 12 T And in process of time the daughter of maelites, and let not our hand be upon him; Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was for he is our brother and our flesh: and his comforted, and went up unto his sheepbrethren were content. shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hi28 Then there passed by Midianites mer- rah the Adullamite. chantmen; and they drew and lifted up Jo- 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, seph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the thy father in law goeth up to Tinnath to Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and shear his sheep. they brought Joseph into Egypt. 14 And she put her widow's garments off 29 I And Reuben returned unto the pit; from her, and covered her with a vail, and and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, he rent his clothes. wh'ch is by the way to Timnath; for she 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and sa v that Shelah was grown, and she was not said, The child is not; and I, whither shall -iven unto him to wife. I go? i5 When Judah saw her, he thought her to 31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed be a harlot; because she had covered her a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in face. the bloia)d; 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto and they brought it to their father; and thee; (for he knew not that she was his said, This have we found: know now wheth- daughter in law:) and she said, What wilt er it be thy son's coat or no. thou give me, that thou mayest come in 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's unto me? coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Jo- 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from seph is without doubt rent in pieces. the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sack- a pledge, till thou send it? cloth upon his loins, and mourned for his 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give son many days. thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy 35 And all his sons and all his daughters bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. rose up to comfort him; but he refused to And he gave it her, and came in unto her, be comforted; and he said, For I will go and she conceived by him. down into the grave unto my son mourning. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid IThus his father wept for him. by her vail from her, and put on the gar36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt ments of her widowhood. unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of captain of the guard. his friend the Adullamite, to receive his CHAPTER XXXVIII. pledge from the woman's hand: but he CHAPTER XXXVIII. found her not. found her not. Posterity of Judah. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, AND it came to pass at that time, that Ju- saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly dah went down from his brethren, and by the way side? And they said, There was turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose no harlot in this place. name was Hirah. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a cannot find her; and also the men of the certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; place said, that there was no harlot in this and he took her, and went in unto her. place. 30 Joseph resisteth his mistress, GENESIS. and is cast into prisona. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, seph day by day, that he hearkened not unto lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, her, to lie by her, or to be with her. and thou hast not found her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that 24 ~ And it came to pass about three Joseph went into the house to do his busimonths after, that it was told Judah, say- ness; and there was none of the men of the ing, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played house there within. the harlot; and also, behold, she is with 12 And she caught him by his garment, saychild by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring ing, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her forth, and let her be burnt. her hand, and fled, and got him out. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that her father in law, saying, By the man whose he had left his garment in her hand, and was these are, am I with child: and she said, Dis- fled forth, cern, I pray thee, whose are these, the sig- 14 That she called unto the men of her net, and bracelets, and staff. house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he 26 And Judahacknowledged them, and said, hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock She hath been more righteous than I; be- us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and cause that I gave her not to Shelah my son. I cried with a loud voice: And he knew her again no more. 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that 27 And it came to pass in the time of her I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left travail, that, behold, twins were in her his garment with me, and fled, and got him womb. out. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, 16 And she laid up his garment by her, un, that the one put out his hand: and the mid- til his lord came home. wife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet 17 And she spake unto him according tq thread, saying, This came out first. these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his which thou hast brought unto us, came in hand, that, behold, his brother came out: unto me to mock me: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my this breach be upon thee: therefore his voice and cried, that he left his garment name was called Pharez. with me, and fled out. 30 And afterward came out his brother, 19 And It came to pass, when his master that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: heard the words of his wife, which she spake and his name was called Zarah. unto him, saying, After this manner did thy CHAPTER XXXI. servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. I20 And Joseph's master took him, and put Joseph's advancemient. him into the prison, a place where the king's AND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; prisoners were bound: and he was there in and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the prison. captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought 21 ~ But the LORD was with Joseph, and him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in had brought him down thither. the sight of the keeper of the prison. 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he 22 And the keeper of the prison committed was a prosperous man; and he was in the to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were house of his master the Egyptian. in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, 3 And his master saw that the LORD was he was the doer of it. with him, and that the LORD made all that 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to he did to prosper in his hand. any thing that was under his hand; because 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and the LORD was with him, and that which he he served hira: and he made him overseer did, the LORD made it to prosper. over his house, and all chat he had he put nHAPTER XL into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he Pharaoh's butler and baker. had made him overseer in his house, and ND it came to pass after these things, that over all that he had, that the LORD blessed A the butler of the king of Egypt and his the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and baker had offended their lord the king of the blessing of the LORD was upon all that Egypt. he had in the house, and in the field. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's his officers, against the chief of the butlers, hand; and he knew not aught he had, save and against the chief of the bakers. the bread which he did eat. And Joseph 3 And he put them in ward in the house of was a goodly person, and well favoured. the captain of the guard, into the prison, the 7 T And it came to pass after these things, place where Joseph was bound. that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Jo- 4 And the captain of the guard charged Jo4eph; and she said, Lie with me. seph with them, and he served them: and 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's they continued a season in ward. Wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what 5 T And they dreamed a dream both of is with me in the house, and he hath corm- them, each man his dream in one night, each mitted all that he hath to my hand; man according to the interpretation of his 9 There is none greater in this house than I; dream, the butler and the baker of the king neither hath he kept back any thing from of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. me but thee, because thou art his wife: how 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the then can I do this great wickedness, and sin morning, and looked upon them, and, beagainst God?hold, they were sad. 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Jo- 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were 31 Pharaoh's butler and baker. GENESIS. Pharaoh's two dreams. with him in the ward of his lord's nouse, say- 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine ing, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? did eat up the seven well favoured and fat 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed kine. So Pharaoh awoke. a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpre- time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came tations belong to God? tell me them, I pray up upon one stalk, rank and good. you. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted 9 And the chief butler told his dream to with the east wind sprung up after them. Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, be- 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the hold, a vine was before me; seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh 10 And in the vine were three branches: and awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. it was as though it budded, and her blos- 8 And it came to pass in the morning that soms shot forth; and the clusters thereof his spirit was troubled; and he sent and brought forth ripe grapes: called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all 11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told took the grapes, and pressed them into Pha- them his dream; but there was none that raoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's could interpret them unto Pharaoh. hand. 9 ~ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharan 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the in- oh, saying, I do remember my faults this terpretation of it: The three branches are day: three days: 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift and put me in ward in the captain of the up thine head, and restore thee unto thy guard's house, both me and the chief place; and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup baker: into his hand, after the former manner when 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I thou wast his butler. and he; we dreamed each man according to 14 But think on me when it shall be well the interpretation of his dream. with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, 12 And there was there with us a young unto me, and make mention of me unto man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: the guard; and we told him, and he inter, 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the preted to us our dreams; to each man acland of the Hebrews: and here also have I cording to his dream he did interpret. done nothing that they should put me into 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to the dungeon. us, so it was; me he restored unto mine ol'16 When the chief baker saw that the inter- fice, and him he hanged. pretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I 14 1 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, also was in my dream, and behold, I had and they brought him hastily out of the dunithree white baskets on my head: geon: and he shaved himself, and changed 17 And in the uppermost basket there was his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I harte and the birds did eat them out of the basket dreamed a dream, and there is none that col upon my head. interpret it: and I have heard say of thea, 18 And Joseph answered and said, This is thatthou canst understand a dream to intelthe interpretation thereof: The three bask- pret it. ets are three days: 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, sayinl:, 19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh asu up thy head from off thee, and shall hang answer of peace. thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my flesh from off thee. dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the 20 1 And it came to pass the third day, which river: was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast 18 And, behold, there came up out of the unto all his servants: and he lifted up the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favourhead of the chief butler and of the chief ed; and they fed in a meadow: baker among his servants. 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up 21 And he restored the chief butler unto his after them, poor and very ill favoured and butlership again; and he gave the cup into leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the Pharaoh's hand: land of Egypt for badness: 22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Jo- 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine seph had interpreted to them. did eat up the first seven fat kine: 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember 21 And when they had eaten them up, it Joseph, but forgat him. could not be known that they had eaten HAPTER XL them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. Pharaoh's two dreams. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, AND it came to pass at the end of two full seven ears came up in one stalk, full and NA years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and be- good: hold, he stood by the river. 23 And, behold seven ears, withered, thin, 2 And, behold, there came up out of the and blasted with the east wind, sprung up river seven well favoured kine and fatflesh- after them: ed; and they fed in a meadow. 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up good ears: and I told this unto the magiafter them out of the river, ill favoured and cians; but there was none that could declare leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine up- it to me. on the brink of the river. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The 32 Joseph interpreteth them. G ENESIS. The favmine beginneth. dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the iand against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. 37 i And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over aU the land of Egypt. 46 ~ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of c Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth byhandfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons, before the years of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 ~ And the seven years of plenteousnes, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAPTER XLII. Jacob sends his sons to buy corn. TTOW when Jacob saw that there was corn 1I in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons,Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. 3 ~ And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto 33 Joseph's brethren' r'turn GEN ESIS. lvitl co!,nfrom 1iYj, i them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our fat the land ye are come. ther; one is not, and the youngest is this day 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, with our father in the land of Canaan. but to buy food are thy servants come. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, 11 We are all one man's sons; we arc true said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye men thy servants are no spies. are true men; leave one of your brethren 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see here with me, and take food for the famine the nakedness of the land ye are come. of your households, and be gone: 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve 34 And bring your youngest brother unto brethren, the sons of one man in the land me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this but that ye are true men: so will I deliver day with our father, and one is not. you your brother, and ye shall traflick in 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it the land. that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are 35 T And it came to pass as they emptied pies: their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of money was in his sack: and when both. of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, ex- they and their father saw the bundles of cept your youngest brother come hither. money, they were afraid. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your 36 And Jacob their father said unto them. brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph your words may be proved, whether there is not, and Sime.n is not, and ye will take be any truth in you: or else by the life of Benjamin away all these things are against Pharaoh surely ye are spies. me. 17 And he put them all together into ward 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saythree days. ing, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to 18 And Joseph said unto them the third thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will day, This do, and live; for I fear God: bring him to thee again. 19 If ye be true men, let one of your breth- 38 And he said, My son shall not go down ren be bound in the house of your prison: with you; for his brother is dead, and he is; go ye, carry corn for the famine of your left alone: if mischief befall him by the way Douses: in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down 20 But bring your youngest brother unto my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. me; so shall your words be verified, and ye CHAPTER XLIII. hall not die. And they did so. 21 ~ And they said one to another, We are Jacob sendeth Benjamin. verily guilty concerning our brother, in that AND the famine was sore in the land. we saw the anguish of his soul, when he be- 1 2 And it came to pass, when they had sought us, and we would not hear; therefore eaten up the corn which they had brought is this distress come upon us. out of Egypt, their father said unto them, 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Go again, buy us a little food. Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The against the child; and ye would not hear? man did solemnly protest unto us, saying. therefore, behold, also his blood is required. Ye shall not see my face, except your broth23 And they knew not that Joseph under- er be with you. stood them; for he spake unto them by an 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we interpreter. will go down and buy thee food: 24 And he turned himself about from them, 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will and wept; and returned to them again, and not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye communed with them, and took from them shell not see my face, except your brother Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. be with you. 25 T Then Joseph commanded to fill their 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill sacks with corn, and to restore every man's with me, as to tell the man whether ye had money into his sack, and to give them pro- yet a brother? vision for the way: and thus did he unto 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly them. of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, your father yet alive? have ye another and departed thence. brother? and we told him according to the 27 And as one of them opened his sack to tenor of these words: Could we certainly give his ass provender in the inn, he espied know that he would say, Bring your brother his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's down? mouth. 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money Send the lad with me, and we will arise and is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and their heart failed them, and they were and thou, and also our little ones. afraid, saying one to another, What is this 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt that God hath done unto us? thou require him: if I bring him not unto 29 ~T And they came unto Jacob their father thee, and set him before thee, then let mc unto the land of Canaan, and told him all bear the blame for ever: that befell unto them; saying, 10 For except we had lingered, surely now 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, we had returned this second time. spake roughly to us, and took us for spies 11 And their father Israel said unto them, of the country. If it must be so now, do this; take of the 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; best fruits in the land in your vessels, and we are no spies: carry down the man a present, a little balm, 34 Benjamin sent with the rest. GENESIS. Joseph feasteth h/is brethren.rL and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds: 12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 ~ And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 2:t And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. S3 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath gi ven you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 T And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomina. tion unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. CHAPTER XLIV. Joseph's policy to his brethren. AND he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good, 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. 6 ~ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 8 Behold, the money, which we found in outsacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 ~ And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found outthe iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my -c 35 ,,udah's humble supplication. GENESIS. Joseph sendeth for Jacob. lord's servants, both we, and he also with 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians whom the cup is found. and the house of Pharaoh heard. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am so: but the man in whose hand the cup is Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his found, he shall be my servant; and as for brethren could not answer him; for they you, get you up in peace unto your fa- were troubled at his presence. ther. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come 18 1 Then Judah came near unto him, and near to me, I pray you. And they came said, O my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, near. And he said, I am Joseph your brothspeak a word in my lord's ears, and let not er, whlom ye sold into Egypt. thine anger burn against thy servant: for 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry thou art even as Pharaoh. with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have God did send me before you to preserve ye a father, or a brother? life. 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a 6 For these two years hath the famine been father, an old man, and a child of his old in the land: and yet there are five years, in age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and the which there shall neither be earing nor he alone is left of his mother, and his father harvest. loveth him. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring you a posterity in the earth, and to save him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes your lives by a great deliverance. upon him. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hith. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad can- er, but God: and he hath made me a father not leave his father; for if he should leave to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a his father, his father would die. ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Ex- 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and cept your youngest brother come down with say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, you, ye shall see my face no more. God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come 24 And it came to pass when we came up down unto me, tarry not: unto thy servant my father, we told him the 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Go, words of my lord. shen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, 25 And our father said, Go again, and buy and thy children, and thy children's chilus a little food. dren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all 26 And we said,We cannot go down: if our that thou hast: youngest brother be with us, then will we go 11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet down: for we may not see the man's face, there are five years of famine; lest thou, except our youngest brother be with us. and thy household, and all that thou hast, 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, come to poverty. Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes 28 And the one went out from me, and I of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw that speaketh unto you. him not since: 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my 29 And if ye take this also from me, and glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my and ye shall haste and bring down my father gray hairs with sorrow to the grave, hither. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy ser- 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's vant my father, and the lad be not with us; neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon Seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's his neck. life; 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that wept upon them: and after that his breththe lad is not with us, that he will die: and ren talked with him. thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs 16 T And the fame thereof was heard in of thy servant our father with sorrow to the Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren grave. are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and 32 For thy servant became surety for the his servants. lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, )t my father for ever. and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy ser- 18 And take your father and your houses vant abide instead of the lad a bondman to holds, and come unto me: and I will give my lord; and let the lad go up with his you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye brethren. shall eat the fat of the land. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye: the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I take you wagons out of the land of Egypt,e the evil that shall come on my father. for your little ones, and for your wives, and CHAPTER XLVT bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good Joseph maketh himself known. of all the land of Egypt is yours. rTHEN Joseph could not refrain himself 21 And the children of Israel did so: and before all them that stood by him; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the he cried, Cause every man to go out from commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them me. And there stood no man with him, provision for the way. while Joseph made himself known unto his 22 To all of them he gave each man changes brethren. of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three 36 Jacob goeth into Egypt. GENESIS. Joseph meeteth his father. 'hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of 16 I And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, anod raiment. Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, 23 And to his father he sent after this man- and Areli. ler; ten asses laden with the good things of 17 ~ And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah bread and meat for his father by the way. their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they and Malchiel. departed: and he said unto them, See that 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laye fall not out by the way. ban gave to Leah his daughter; and these 25 I And they went up out of Egypt, and she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, their father, and Benjamin. 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive,20 a And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest them not. of On bare unto him. 27 And they told him all the words of Jo- 21 ~ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, seph, which he had said unto them: and and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, when he saw the wagons which Joseph had Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their Ard. father revived. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. son is yet alive: I will go and see him before 23 ~i And the sons of Dan; Hushim. die. 24 1 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and CHAPTER XLVI. Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which LaJacob comforted at Beer-sheba. ban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she AND Israel took his journey with all that bare these unto Jacob: all the souls we're he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and seven. offered sacrifices unto the God of his father 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Isaac. Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threeof the night, and said Jacob, Jacob. And score and six; he said, Here am I.27 And the sons of Joseph, which were 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy fa- borne him in Egypt, were two souls: all the ther: fear not to go down into Egypt; for souls of the house of Jacob, which came I will there make of thee a great nation. into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and 28 ~f And he sent Judah before him unto I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. they came into the land of Goshen. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, went up to meet Israel his father, to (G oshen, and their little ones, and their wives, in the and presented himself unto him; and he fell wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry on his neck, and wept on his neck a good him. while. 6 And they took their cattle, and their 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me goods, which they had gotten in the land of die, since I have seen thy face, because thou Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all art yet alive. his seed with him: 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his unto his father's house, I will go up, and daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethhis seed brought he with him into Egypt. ren, and my father's house, which were in 8 ~ And these are the names of the children the land of Canaan, are come unto me; of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and I And the men are shepherds, for their his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. trade hath been to feed cattle; and they 9 And the sons of Reuben; lanoch, and have brought their flocks, and their herds, Phallu, and lezron, and Carmi. and all that they have. 10 ~ And the sons of Simeon; Jemnuel, and 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, shall call you, and shall say, What is your and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. occupation? 11 ~ And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Ko- 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath, and Merari. hath been about cattle from our youth even 12 ~ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, until now, both we, ald also our fathers: and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And for every shepherd is an abomination unto the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. the Egyptians. 13 ~ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and CHAPTER XLVII Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 T And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Jacob introduced to Pharaoh. Elon, and Jahleel. rTIHEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she 1 said, My father and my brethren, and bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his their flocks, and their herds, and all that they daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and have, are come out of the land of Canaan; his daughters were thirty and three. and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 4 37 Jacob presented to Pharaoh. GENESIS. The Egyptians seU their kld. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even both we and our land? buy us and our land five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. for bread, and we and our lands will be ser3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren,What vants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that is your occupation? And they said unto we may live, and not die, that the land be Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both not desolate. we, and also our fathers. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every sojourn in the land are we come; for thy man his field, because the famine prevailed servants have no pasture for their flocks; over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: 21 And as for the people, he removed them now therefore, we pray thee, let thy ser- to cities from one end of the borders of vants dwell in the land of Goshen. Egypt even to the other end thereof. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, 22 Only the land of the priests bought he Thy father and thy brethren are come unto not; for the priests had a portion assigned thee: them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion 6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they best of the land make thy father and breth- sold not their lands. ren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Bedwell: and if thou knowest any men of hold, I have bought you this day and your activity among them, then make them rul- land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, ers over my cattle. and ye shall sow the land. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, 24 And it shall come to pass in the inci ease, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob that ye shall give the fifth part unto Phablessed Pharoah. raoh, and four parts shall be your own, for 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old seed of the field, and for your food, and for art thou? them of your households, and for food for 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days your little ones. of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: and thirty years: few and evil have the days let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and of the years of my life been, and have not we will be Pharaoh's servants. attained unto the days of the years of the 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land life of my fathers in the days of their pil- of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should grimage. have the fifth part; except the land of the 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. out from before Pharaoh. 27 ~ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, 11 ~ And Joseph placed his father and his in the country of Goshen; and they had brethren, and gave them a possession in the possessions therein, and grew, and multiland of Egypt, in the best of the land, in plied exceedingly. the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had com- 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt manded. seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his was a hundred forty and seven years. brethren, and all his father's household, 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must with bread, according to their families. die: and he called his son Joseph, and said 13 ~ And there was no bread in all the land; unto him, If now I have found grace in thy for the famine was very sore, so that the sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; fainted by reason of the famine. bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou that was found in the land of Egypt, and in shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they their buryingplace. And he said, I will do bought: and Joseph brought the money in- as thou hast said. ~o Pharaoh's house. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he 15 And when money failed in the land of sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the upon the bed's head. Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give CHAPTER XLVIII. as bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. Joseph visits his sick father. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and AND it came to pass after these things, I will give you for your cattle, if money that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father fail. is sick: and he took with him his two sons, 17 And they brought their cattle unto Jo- Manasseh and Ephraim. seph: and Joseph gave them bread in ex- 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy change for horses, and for the flocks, and son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. and he fed them with bread for all their 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Alcattle for that year. mighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land 18 When that year was ended, they came of Canaan, and blessed me, unto him the second year, and said unto 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make him, We will not hide it from my lord, how thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will that our money is spent; my lord also hath make of thee a multitude of people; and our herds of cattle; there is not aught left will give this land to thy seed after thee for in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and an everlasting possession. our lands: 5 ~ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes. Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the 38 Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. GENESIS. Jacob blesseth his sson land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into CHAPTER XLIX. Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, Jacob bleseth his sons. they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after ND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, ihem, shall be thine, and shall be called after - Gather yourselves together, that I may the name of their brethren in their inherit- tell you that which shall befall you in the ance. last days. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ys Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your the way, when yet there was but a little way father. to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her 3 tReuben,thou art my firstborn, my might, there in the way of Ephrath; the same is and the beginning of my strength, the exBeth-lehem. ccllency of dignity, and the excellency of 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, power: Who are these? 4 Unstable as water. thou shalt not excel; 9 And Joseph said unto his father,They are becuuse thou wxentest up to thy father's my sons, whom God hath given me in this bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up tc place. And he said, Bring- them, I pray thee, 1my couch. unto me, and I will bless them. 5 1 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instru 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for ag e, nents of cruelty are in their habitations. so that he could not see. And he brought 6 0 inm soul, come not thou into their sethem near unto him; and he kissed them, ret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be and embraced them. not thou united: for in their anger they 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath (own a wall. shewed me also thy seed. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; 12 Ard Joseph brought them out from be- and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will ditween his knees, and he bowed himself with vide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Ishis face to the earth. rael. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephrailn in 8 11 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and shall praise: thy hand 71hall he in the neck of Nlanasseh in his left lhnd toward Israel's thinue enemies; thy flther's children shall right hand, and broughlt them near unto bow down before thee him. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, sand laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who the younger, and his left hand upon Manas- shall rouse him up? seh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, iManasseh was the firstborn. nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until 15 T And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gatherbefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac ing of the people be. did walk, the God which fed me all my life 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his long unto this day, ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all his garments in wine, and his clothes in the evil, bless the lads; and let my name be blood of grapes: named on them, and the name of my fathers 12 His eyes shall he red with wine, and his Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into teeth white with milk. a multitude in the midst of the earth. 13 1 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the 17 And when Joseph saw that his father sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; laid his right hand upon the head of Ephra- and his border shall be unto Zidon. in, it displeased him: and he held up his 14, Issachar is a strong ass couching down father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's between two burdens: head unto Manasseh's head. 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Nt so, land that it was pleasant; and bowed his my fatheri for this is the firstborn; put thy shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto rig(ht hand upon his head. tribate. 19 And his father refused, and said, I knew 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a tribes of Israel. people, and he also shall be great: but truly 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an his younger brother shall be greater than he, adder in the path, that biteth the horse and his seed shall become a multitude of heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. nations. i8 I have waited for thy salvation, O LoRD. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In 19 1i Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee he shall overcome at the last. as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set 20 'C OuGlt of Asher his bread shall be fat, and Ephraim before Manasseh. he shall yield royal dainties, 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, 21 ' N iaphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth I die; but God shall be with you, and 0oodly words. bring you again unto the land of your 22 1 Joseph i.s a fruitful bough, even a fruitfathers. ful bough by a well; whose branches run 22 Moreover I have given to thee one por- over the wall: tion above thy brethren, which I took out of 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and the hand of the Amorite with my sword and shot at him, and hated him: with my bow, 2d But his bow abode in strength, and the 39 Jacob's death. GENESIS. He is buried in Canaan arms of his hands were made strong by the little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from they left in the land of Goshen. thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel;) 9 And there went up with him both chariots 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall and horsemen: and it was a very great corn.. help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall pany. bless thee with blessings of heaven above, 10 And they came to the threshing-floor ol blessings of the deep that lieth under, bless- Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and there ings of the breasts, and of the womb: they mourned with a great and very sore 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed lamentation; and he made a mourning for his above the blessings of my progenitors unto father seven days. the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the the crown of the head of him that was sepa- floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous rate from his brethren. mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the 27 ~ Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is morning he shall devour the prey, and at beyond Jordan. night he shall divide the spoil. 12 And his sons did unto him according as 28 ~ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; he commanded them: and this is it that their father spake unto 13 For his sons carried him into the land of them, and blessed them; every one according Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the to his blessing he blessed them. field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought 29 And he charged them, and said unto withthefieldforapossessionofaburying-place them, I am to be gathered unto my people: of Ephron the Hittite, before Maimre. bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in 14 ~ And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, the field of Ephron the Hittite, and his brethren, and all that went up with 30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach- him to bury his father, after he had buried pelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of his father. Canaan, which Abraham bought with the 15 ~ And when Joseph's brethren saw that field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of their father was dead, they said, Joseph will a burying-place. peradventure hate us, and will certainly re31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah quite us all the evil which we did unto him. his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebek- 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, ah his wife; and there I buried Leah. saying, Thy father did command before he 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave died, saying, that is therein was from the children of 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I Heth. pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, 33 And when Jacob had made an end of and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and of the servants of the God of thy father. was gathered unto his people. And Joseph wept when they spake unto CHAPTER L. him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down The mourning for Jacob. before his face; and they said, Behold, we be AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and thy servants. A wept upon him, and kissed him. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the am I in the place of God? physicians to embalm his father: and the 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against physicians embalmed Israel. me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for pass, as it is this day, to save much people so are fulfilled the days of those which are alive. embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish him threescore and ten days. you, and your little ones. And he comforted 4 And when the days of his mourning were them, and spake kindly unto them. past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, 22 1T And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his saying, If now I have found grace in your father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pha- and ten years. raoh, saying, 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I third generation: the children also of Machir die: in my grave which I have digged for the son of Man)asseh were brought up upon me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou Joseph's knees. bury me. Now therefore let tme go up, I pray 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; thee, and bury my father, and I will come and God will surely visit you, and bring you again. out of this land unto the land which he 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. father, according as he made thee swear. 25 And Joseph took an oath of the chil7 ~ And Joseph went up to bury his father: dren of Israel, saying, God will surely visit and with him went up all the servants of you, and ye shall carry up my bones from Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the hence. elders of the land of Egypt, 26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his years old: and they embalmed him, and he brethren, and his father's house; only their was put in a coffin in Egypt. 40 THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. CHAPTER I. 21 And it came to pass, because the midhe chldren of Israel incrase. wives feared God, that he made them houses. NTOW these are the names of the children 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, sayLof Israel, which came into Egypt; every ing, Every son that is born ye shall cast into onan and his household came with Jacob. the river, and every daughter ye shall save 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, alive. 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, CHAPTER II. 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Ms hd n th 5 And all the souls that came out of the Moses hd n loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Jo- AND there went a man of the house of Levi, ieph was in Egypt already. A and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and all that generation. and when she saw him that he was a goodly 7 ~ And the children of Israel were fruit- child, she hid him three months. ful, and increased abundantly, and multi- 3 And when she could not longer hide him, plied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and the land was filled with them. daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put 8 Now there arose up a new king over Ithe child therein; and she laid it in the flags Egypt, which knew not Joseph. by the river's brink. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what people of the children of Israel are more would be done to him. and mightier than we: 5 T And the daughter of Pharaoh came down 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; to wash herself at the river; and her maidlest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, ens walked along by the river's side: and when there falleth out any war, they join when she saw the ark among the flags, she also unto our enemies, and fight against us, sent her maid to fetch it. and so get them up out of the land. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the 11 Therefore they did set over them task- child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she masters to afflict them with their burdens. had compassion on him, and said, This is one And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, of the Hebrews' children. Pithom and Raamses. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, 12 But the more they afflicted them, the Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Henlore they multiplied and grew. And they brew women, that she may nurse the child were grieved because of the children of Is- for thee? rael. 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of And the maid went and called the child's Israel to serve with rigour: mother. 14 And they made their lives bitter with 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and Take this child away, and nurse it for me, in all manner of service in the field: all their and I will give thee thy wages. And the woservice, wherein they made them serve, was man took the child, and nursed it. with rigour. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him 15 1~ And the king of Egypt spake to the unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became hei Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the son. And she called his name Moses: and she one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other said, Because I drew him out of the water. Puah; 11 1r And it came to pass in those days, when 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a Moses was grown, that he went out unto his midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them brethren, and looked on their burdens: and upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shall he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she of his brethren. s.hall live. 12 And he looked this way and that way, 17 Butthe midwives feared God, and did not and when he saw that there woIs no man, he as the king of Egypt commanded them, but slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. Raved the men children alive. 13 And when he went out the second day, 18 And the king of Egypt called for the behold, two men of the Hebrews strove tomidwives, and said unto them, Why have ye gether: and he said to him that did the wrong, done this thing, and have saved the men Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? children alive? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, Blecause the Hebrew women are not as the as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses Egyptian women; for they are lively, and feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. are delivered ere the midwives come in unto:115 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he them. sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from 20 Therefore God dealt well with the mid- he face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Wives: and the people multiplied, and waxed lidian: and he sat down by a well. very mighty. i6 Now the priest of Midian had seven daugh. 4* 41 God sendeth Moses EXODUS. to deliver Israetl ters: and they came anddrew watcr, andfilled also seen the oppression wherewith the the troughs to water their father's flock. Eg'y-ptians oppress them. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee away: but Moses stood up and helped them, ulto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth and watered their flock. mly people the children of Israel out oF 18 And when they came to Reuel their fa- Egypt. ther, he said, How is it that ye are come so 1l T And Moses said unto God, Who am I, soon to day? that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us should bring forth the children of Israel out out of the hand of the shepherds, and also of Egypt? drew water enough for us, and watered the 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with flock. thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, '0 And he said unto his daughters, And th at I have sent thee: When thou hast where is he? why is it that ye have left the brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye man? call him, that he may eat bread. Sjhall serve God upon this mountain. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with.j3 And Moses said unto God, _Behold, when the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah hi;rome unto the children of Israel, and shall daughter. say unto them, The God of your fathers 22 And she bare him a son, and he called hath sent me unto you; and they shall say his name G ershom: for he said, I have been to me, What is his name? what shall I say a stranger in a strange land. unto them? 23 ~1 And it came to pass in process of time, 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT that the king of Egypt died: and the children I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me and they cried, and their cry came up unto unto you. God by reason of the bondage. 15) And God said moreover unto Moses,Thus 2-1 And God heard their groaning, and God shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, remembered his covenant with Abraham, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of with Isaac, and with Jacob. Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God 25 And God looked upon the children of Is- of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my rae!. -and God had respect unto them.! name for ever, and this is my memorial unto FCH A PEnt TI all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel to. God appeareth, to Moses. gether, and say unto them, The LORD God NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of father in law, the priest of Midian: and Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, sayhe led the flock to the back side of the desert, ing, I have surely visited you, and seen that and came to the mountain of God, even to which is done to you in Egypt: Horeb. 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of imn in a flame of fire out of the midst of a the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush Alnorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiburned with fire, and the bush was not con- vites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing sumed. with milk and honey. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and and see this great sight, why the bush is not thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israburnt. el, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews aside to see, God called unto him out of hath met with us: and now let us go, we bethe midst of the bush, and said, Moses, seech thee, three days' journey into the wilMoses. And he said, Here aml I. derness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD 5 And he said, Draw not nigh llither: put our God. off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place 19 T And I am sure that the king of Egypt whereon thou standest is holy ground. will not let you go, no. not by a mighty hand. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite father, the God of Abraham, the God of Egypt with all my wonders which I will do Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses in the midst thereof: and after that lie will hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon let you go. God. 21 And I will give this people favour in the 7 ~ And the LORD said, I have surely seen sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to the affliction of my people which are in pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason 22 But every woman shall borrow of her of their taskmasters; for I klnow their sor- neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her rows; house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, 8 And I am come down to deliver them out and raiment: and ye shall put them upon of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring your sons, andl upon your daughters; and them up out of that land unto a good land ye shall spoil the Egyptians. and a large, unto a land flowing with milk CAPTELi IV. and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Moses' rod changed. Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebu- AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, sites. they will not believe me. nor hearken 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the chil- unto my voice: for they will say, The 'ORD dren of Israel is come unto me: and I have bath not appeared unto thee 4l Aaron appointed to assist him. EXODUS. God's message to Pharaoh, 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 I And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thine bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 T And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slowof speech, and of a slowtongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of lim whonm thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine 'and, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 ~ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 30 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he re urned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod ot God in his hand. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. 24 ~ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27 T And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29 ~ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. CHAPTER V. Pharaoh chides Moses. AND afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, A and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we Dray thee,, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye 43 The Israelites' task increased. EXODUS. The promise renewed. shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. 10 ~ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 18 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? 15 T Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work: for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 20 ~ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; nelie "r hast thou delivered thy people at all. CHAPTER VI. God reneweth his promise. THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now l shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty; but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, 44 the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD. 9 ~ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses'for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he 16t the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaolt hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and un, to Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the. children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14T These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Ianoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. 16 ~ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mu, shi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 T And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel; M'shael, and El. zaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Moses goeth to Pharaoh. EXODUS. The river turned into blood. 24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elka- oh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the nah, and Abiasaph: these are the families people go. of the Korhites. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; 25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou the daughters of Putielto wife; and she bare shalt stand by the river's brink against he him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fa- come; and the rod which was turned to a thers of the Levites according to their fam- serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. ilies. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORE 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, whom the LORD said, Bring out the children saying, Let my people go, that they may of Israel from the land of Egypt according serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, to their armies. hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt king of Egypt, to bring out the children of know that I am the LORD: behold, I will Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon Aaron. the waters which are in the river, and they 28 ~ And it came to pass on the day when shall be turned to blood. the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, Egypt, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians 29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, shall loathe to drink of the water of the I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh river. king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 19 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon Pharaoh hearken unto me? their streams, upon their rivers, and upon CHA TER VII their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, tlhat they may become blood; and that Moses sent unto Pharaoh. there may be blood throughout all the land AND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vesJ- made thee a god to Pharaoh; and Aaron sels of stone. thy brother shall be thy prophet. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak un- smote the waters that were in tho river, in to Pharaoh, that he send the children of Is- the sight of Pharaoh, and in the eight of his rael out of his land. servants; and all the waters that were in the 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and river were turned to blood. multiply my signs and my wonders in the 21 And the fish that was in the river died; land of Egypt. and the river stank, and the Egyptians 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, could not drink of the water of the river; that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and and there was blood throughout all the bring forth mine armies, and my people the land of Egypt. children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with by great judgments. their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart And the Egyptians shall know that I am was hardened, neither did he hearken unto the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand them; as the LORD had said. upon Egypt, and bring out the children of 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his Israel from among them. house, neither did he set his heart to this 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD also. commanded them, so did they. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and about the river for water to drink; for they Aaron fourscore and three years old, when could not drink of the water of the river. they spake unto Pharaoh. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that 8 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and the LORD had smitten the river. unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, say- CHAPTER VIII. ing, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt The plague of frogs. say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it be- AND the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto fore Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. A Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith 10 ~ And Moses and Aaron went in unto the LORD, Let my people go, that they may Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had serve me. commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and I will smite all thy borders with frogs: it became a serpent. 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men abundantly, which shall go up and come into and the sorcerers: now the magicians of thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and Egypt, they also did in like manner with upon thy bed, and into the house of thy their enchantments. servants, and upon thy people, and into thine 12 For they cast down every man his rod, ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod 4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, swallowed up their rods. and upon thy people, and upon all thy serv13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he ants. hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had 5 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say said. unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with 14 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Phara- thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and 45 The plagues of lice and flies. EXODUS. Pharaoh is yet hardened, over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 ~ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13 And the LORD did according tc the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them together upon heaps; and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 16 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 20 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the aarth. 23 And I will put a division between my 46 people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 ~ And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. 28 And Pharaoh said I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAPTER IX. The murrain of beasts. THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 T And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking The plague of hail. EXODUS. Pharaoh still h(ardc~ncct,. forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, 28 lentreat the LORD (for it is enough) that throughout all the land of Egypt. there be no more mighty thunderings and 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled I no longer. It up toward heaven; and it became a boil 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I breaking forth with blains upon man, and am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad upon beast. j my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder 11 And the magicians could not stand be- shall cease, neither shall there be any more fore Moses because of the boils; for the boil hail; that thou mayest know how that the was upon the magicians, and upon all the earth is the LORD'S. Egyptians. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. for the barley was in the ear, and the flax 13 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise,n wcas bolled. early in the morning, and stand before Pha~ 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitraoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD ten: for they were not grown up. God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that 33 And Moses went out of the city from they may serve me. Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceasupon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and ed, and the rain was not poured upon the upon thy peop'le; that thou mayest know earth. that there is none like me in all the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that the hail and the thunders were ceased, he I may smite thee and thy people with pesti- sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he lence; and thou shalt be cut off from the and his servants. earth. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, 16 And in very deed for this cause have I neither would he let the children of Israe?.oised thee up, for to shew in thee my pow- go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. er; and that my name may be declared CHAPTER X. throughout all the earth. CHAPTER X. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my The plague of locusts. people, that thou wilt not let them go? iND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto 18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will A Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as and the heart of his servants, that I might bath not been m Egypt since the foundation shew these my signs before him: thereof even until now. 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cat- thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I tie, and all that thou hast in the field: for have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which upon every man and beast which shall be I have done among them; that ye may know found in the field, and shall not be brought how that I am the LORD. home, the hail shall come down upon them, 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Phaand they shall die. raoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD 20 He that feared the word of the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou among the servants of Pharaoh made his refuse to humble thyself before me? let my servants and his cattle flee into the houses: people go, that they may serve me. 21 And he that regarded not the word of the 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, LORD left his servants and his cattle in the behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts field. into thy coast: 22 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, forth thine hand toward heaven, that there that one cannot be able to see the earth: ansi nmay be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon they shall eat the residue of that wmcen is man, and upon beast, and upon every herb escaped, iwhich remaineth unto you from the of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward for you out of the field: heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the hail, and the fire ran along upon t,e ground; houses of all thy servants, and the houses of and the LORD rained hail upon the land of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, Egypt. nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with day that they were upon the earth unto this the hail, very grievous, sua;h as there was day. And he turned himself, and went out none like it in all the land of Egypt since it from Pharaoh. became a nation. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, 25 And the hail smote throughout all the How long shall this man be a snare unto us? land of Egypt all that wat in the field, both let the men go, that they may serve the LORD man and beast; and the hail smote every i their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt herb of the field, and brake every tree of is destroyed? the field. 8 Atd Moses and Aaron were brought again 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, children of Israel were, was there no hail. serve the LORD your God: but who are they 27 ff And Pharaoh sent, and called for that shall go? Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have 9 And Moses said,We will go with our young sinned this time: the LoRD is righteous. and and with our old, with our sons and with our 1 and my people are wicked. daughters, with our flocks and with our 47 The plague of darkness. EXODUS, God's message to the Isr'aclites. herds will we go; for we must hold a feast no more; for in that day thou seest my face unto the LORD. thou shalt die. 10 And he said unto them, Let the LORnD be 29 Aln Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, so with you, as I will let you go, and your I will see thy face again no mnore. little ones: look to it; for evil is before CHAPTER XI. you. 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and Death of the fi.tlborn. serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And ND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I they were driven out from Pharaoh's pres- bring one plague mvore upon Pharaoh, ence. and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you 12 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall out thine hand over the land of Egypt for surely thrust you out hence altogether. the locusts, that they may come up upon 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the let every man borrow of his neighbour, and land, even all that the hail hath left. every woman of her neighbour, jewels of sil13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over ver, and jewels of gold. the land of Egypt, and the LoID brought an 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in east wind upon the land all that day, and all the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the that night; and when it was morni'ng, the man Moses ewas very great in the land of east wind brought the locusts. Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, 14 And the locusts went up over all the and in the sight of the people. land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts 4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, of Egypt: very grievous were they; before About midnight will I go out into the midst them there were no such locusts as they, of Egypt: neither after them shall be such. 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt 15 For they covered the face of the whole shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that earth, so that the land was darkened; and sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstthey did eat every herb of the land, aand all born of the naidservant that is behind the the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: mill; asd aall the firstborn of beasts. and there remained not any green thing in 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt, such as there was none all the land of Egypt. like it, lnor shall be like it any more. 16 1~ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and 7 But against any of the children of Israel Aaron in haste; and he said, I have silnted shall not a dog move his tongue, against against the LORD your God, and against you. Iman or beast: that ye may know how that 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my the LORD doth put a difference between the sin only this once, and entreat the LOnD Egyptians and Israel. your God, that he may take away from me 8 And all these thy servants shall come this death only. down unto me, and bow down themselves 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and en- unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the treated the LORD. people that follow thee: and after that I 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh west wind, which took away the locusts, and in a great anger. cast them into the Red Sea; there remained 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. shall not hearken unto you; that my won20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, ders may be multiplied in the land of so that he would not let the children of Is- Egypt. rael go. 1) And Moses and Aaron did all these won21 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch ders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardenout thine hand toward heaven, that there ed Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even the children of Israel go out of his land. darkness which may be felt. CHAPTER XIT 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick dark- Passover izstituted. ness in all the land of Egypt three days: AND the LORD spake unto Moses and 23 They saw not one another, neither rose A Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,,any from his place for three days: but all the 2 This month shall be unto you the beginchildren of Israel had light in tteir dwellings. ning of months: it shall be the first month 24 ~} And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and of the year to you. said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your 3 ~ Speak ye unto all the congregation of flocks and your herds be stayed: let your Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month little ones also go with you. they shall take to them every lman a lamb, 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also according to the house of their fathers, a sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may lamb for a house: sacrifice unto the LoID our God. 4 And if the household be too little for the 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof his house take it according to the number of must we take to serve the LORD our God; the souls; every man according to his eating and we know not with what we must serve shall make your count for the lamb. the LORD, until we come thither. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a 27 ~ But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, male of the first year: ye shall take it out and he would not let them go. from the sheep, or from the goats: 23 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourfrom me, take heed to thyself, see my face teenth day of the same month: and the 48 The rite of thlle aseotv r. K.)DkI:;v,., The firstborn are slain whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the Dipper door post of the houses, wherein they ~,hall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his (egs, and with the plurtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain unil the morning; and that which remaineth of It until the morning ye shall burn with tire. 11 ' And thus shall ye eat it; with your ltoins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstlborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute j udgment: I am the LORD. 1 3 And the blood shall be to you for a token ulpon the houses where ye are: and when I wee the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a meilorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the '.ORD throughout your generations: ye shall kreep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened tread; even the first dtay ye- shall put away ',aven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off 'rom Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall he a holy conilvocation, and in the seventh day there thall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may te done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Eg'pt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 N In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even. ye shall eat unlecavened bread, until the une and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the hind. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 ~ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and lake you a lamb according to your families, ind kill the passover. 2 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and clip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 5 D 23 For the Loea wiflpass through to srni.t the Egyp)tians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LOnD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean yo by this service? 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LOIrD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when hle smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 ' And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, aand all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt: for there wnas not a, house where twre was not one dead. 31 ~ And he camleu for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 332 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 I And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39( And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. 40 Now the sojourning of the children of 49 Ordinance of the passover. EXODUS. The firstlings set apart, Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hun- thine hand, and for a lmemorial between dred and thirty years. thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be ir, 41 And it came to pass at the end of the thy mouth: for with a strong hand hrath the four hundred and thirty years, even the self- LORD brought thee out of Egypt. same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. in his season from year to year. 42 It is a night to be much observed unto 11 C And it shall be when the LORD shal the LORD for bringing them out from the bring thee into the land of the Canaanites land of Egypt: this i. that night of the LORD as he sware unto thee and to thy fathera to be observed of all the children of Israel in and shall give it thee, their generations. 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LoaN, 43 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses and all that openeth the matrix, and every firstl Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: ling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; There shall no stranger eat thereof: ihe male shall he the LORD'S. 44 But every man's servant that is bought 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt for money when thou hast circumcised him, redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not then shall he eat thereof. redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck, 45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not and all the firstborn of man among thy chil., eat thereof. dren shalt thou redeem. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt 14 ~ And it shall be when thy son asketh not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out thee in time to come, saying, What is this? of the house; neither shall ye break a bonethat thou shalt say unto him, By strength of thereof. hand the LORD brought us out from ]Egypt, 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep from the house of bondage: it. 15 A nd it cam e to pass, whenl Pharaoh would 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first. let all his males be circumcised, and then let born of man, and the firstborn of beast: him come near and keep it; and he shall be therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that as one that is born in the land: for no uncir- openeth the matrix, being males; but all th(e cumcised person shall eat thereof. firstborn of my children I redeem. 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine anduntothestrangerthatsojournethamong hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: you. for by strength of hand the LORD brought 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the us forth out of Egypt. LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did 17 ~ And it came to pass, when Pharaohl they. had let the people go, that (od led them not 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, through the way of the land of tile Philis. that the LORD did bring the children of Is- tines, although that was near; for God said, rael out of the land of Egypt by their armies. Lest peradventure the people repent when / CHAPTER XIII. they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through M2emorial of the passover. the way of the wilderness of the Red sea, AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, and the children of Israel went up harnessed 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, out of the land of Egypt. whatsoever openeth the womb among the 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with children of Israel, both of man and of beast: him: for he had straitly sworn the children it is mine. of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; 3 ~ And Moses said unto the people, Re- and ye shall carry up my bones away hence member this day, in which ye came out with you. from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; 20 T And they took their journey from Sucfor by strength of hand the LORD brought coth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge you out from this place: there shall no leav- of the wilderness. ened bread be eaten. 21 And the LORD went before them by da: 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; 5 T And it shall be when the LORD shall and by night in a pillar of fire, to give thelm bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, light; to go by day and night. and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from, unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing before the people. with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep CHAPTER XIV. this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened Pharaoh pursues the Israelites. bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, to the LORD. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, days; and there shall no leavened bread be between Migdol and the sea, over against seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by seen with thee in all thy quarters. the sea. 8 ~ And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of saying, This is done because of that which Israel, They are entangled in the land, tho the LoRD did unto me when I came forth wilderness hath shut them in. out of Egypt. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon he shall follow after them; and I will be 50 Pharaoh pulrsueth Israel. EXODUS. The Egyptiavs are drowneda. honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his back by a strong east wind all that night, hosts; that the Egyptians may know that I and made the sea dry land, and the waters ium the LORD. And they did so. were divided. 5 1i And it was told the king of Egypt that 22 And the children of Israel went into the the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and and of his servants was turned against the the waters were a wall unto them on their people, and they said, Why have we done right hand, and on their left. this, that we have let Israel go from serv- 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went Ing us? in after them to the midst of the sea, even 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his his people with him - horsemen. 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains watch the LORD looked unto the host of the over every one of them. Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pha- the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egypraoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after tians, the children of Israel: and the children of 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that Israel went out with a high hand. they drave them heavily: so that the Egyp9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all tians said, Let us flee from the face of Isthe horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his rael: for the LORD fighteth for them against horsemen, and his army, and overtook them the Egyptians. encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, 26 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch before Baal-zephon. out thine hand over the sea, that the waters 10 ~1 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the may come again upon the Egyptians, upon children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, their chariots, and upon their horsemen. behold, the Egyptians inarched after them; 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over and they were sore afraid: and the children the sea, and the sea returned to his strength of Israel cried out unto the LORD. when the morning appeared; and the Egyp11 And they said unto Moses, Because there tians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. Away to die in the wilderness? wherefore 28 Arid the waters returned, and covered hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the forth out of Egypt? host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee them; there remained not so much as one In Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may of them. Serve the Egyptians? For it had been better 29 But the children of Israel walked upon for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we dry land in the midst of the sea; and the Should die in the wilderness. waters uwere a wall unto them on their right 13 I~ And Moses said unto the people, Fear hand, and on their left. ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.r flay, ye shall see them again no more for 31 And Israel saw that great work which ever. the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye people feared the LORD, and believed the shall hold your peace. LORD, and his servant Moses. 15 ~1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Where- CHAPTER XV. tore criest thou unto me? speak unto the Te song of oses. Lhildren of Israel, that they go forward:The Sora of Moses 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out rIlHEN sang Moses and the children of Isthine hand over the sea, and divide it: and I rael this song unto the LORD, and spake, the children of Israel shall go on dry ground saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he through the midst of the sea. hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of his rider hath he thrown into the sea. the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, upon all his host, upon his chariots, and up- and I will prepare him a habitation; my faon his horsemen. ther's God, and I will exalt him. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is the LORD, when I have gotten me honour his name. upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he his horsemen. cast into the sea: his chosen captains also 19 I~ And the Angel of God, which went be- are drowned in the Red sea. fore the camp of Israel, removed and went 5 The depths have covered them: they sank behind them; and the pillar of the cloud into the bottom as a stone. went from before their face, and stood be- 6 Thy right hand, 0 LORD, is become glorihind them: ous in power; thy right hand, 0 LORD, hath 20 And it came between the camp of the dashed in pieces the enemy. Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency was a cloud and darkness to thenm, but it thou hast overthrown them that rose up gave light by night to these: so that the one against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, came not near the other all the night. which consumed them as stubble. 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go waters were gathered together, the floods 51 The waters of Marah. EXODUS. The people murmur for brca I. stood upright as a heap, and the depths ten palm trees: and they encamped there were congealed in the heart of the sea. by the waters. 9 The enema said, I will pursue, I will over- CHPT take, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall beCAPTR satisfied upon them; I will draw my swordThe Israelites murmur. my hand shall destroy them. AND they took their journey from Elim, 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea and all the congregation of the children covered them: they sank as lead in the of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, mighty waters. which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fif11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among teenth day of the second month after their the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holi- departing out of the land of Egypt. ness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 2 And the whole congregation of the chil12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the dren of Israel murmured against Moses and earth swallowed them. Aaron in the wilderness: 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast Would to God we had died by the hand of guided them in thy strength unto thy holy the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat habitation, by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: to the full; for ye have brought us forth into sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly of Palestina. with hunger. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amaz- 4 ~ Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, ed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall I will rain bread from heaven for you; and take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of the people shall go out and gather a certain Canaan shall melt away. rate every day, that I may prove them, 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by whether they will walk in my law, or no. the greatness of thine arm they shall be as 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O day they shall prepare that which they bring LORD, till the people pass over, which thou in; and it shall be twice as much as they hast purchased. gather daily. 17 Thou shaltbring them in, and plant them 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall place, O LORD, which thou hast made for know that the LORD hath brought you out thee to dwell in; in the sanctuary, O LORD, from the land of Egypt: which thy hands have established. 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. glory of the LORD; for that he heareth youl 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with murmurings against the LORD: and what his chariots and with his horsemen into the are we, that ye murmur against us? sea, and the LORD brought again the waters 8 And Moses said, This shall he, when the of the sea upon them; but the children of Is- LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to rael went on dry land in the midst of the sea. eat, and in the morning bread to the full; 20 ~ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister for that the LORD heareth your murmurings of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and which ye murmur against him: and what adre all the women went out after her with tim- we? your murmurings are not against us brels and with dances. but against the LORD. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to 9 ~ And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: all the congregation of the children of Israel, the horse and his rider hath he thrown into Come near before the LORD: for he hath the sea. heard your murmurings. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto sea, and they went out into the wilderness of the whole congregation of the children of Shur; and they went three days in the wil- Israel, that they looked toward the wilderderness, and found no water. ness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD 23 ~ And when they came to Marah, they appeared in the cloud. could not drink of the waters of Marah, for 11 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saythey were bitter: therefore the name of it ing, was called Marah. 12 have heard the murmurings of the chil24 And the people murmured against Mo- dren of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At ses, saying, What shall we drink? even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning 25 And he cried unto the LOR); and the ye shall be filled with bread and ye shall LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had know that I am the LORD your God. cast into the waters, the waters were made 13 And it came to pass, that at even the sweet: there he made for them a statute and quails came up, and covered the camp: and an ordinance, and there he proved them, in the morning the dew lay round about the 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken host. to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt 14 And when the dew that lay was gone do that which is right in his sight, and wilt up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness give ear to his commandments, and keep all there lay a small round thing, as small as his statutes, I will put none of these diseases the hoar frost on the ground. upon thee, which I have brought upon the 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth they said one to another, It is manna: for thee. they wist not what it was. And Moses said 27 1 And they came to Elim, where were unto them, This is the bread which the LORD twelve wells of water, and threescore and hath given you to eat. 52 TU O rdlering of the inanna. EXODUS. The people murmur for water. 16 This is the thing which the LORD bath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 ~ And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 T And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 ~ And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they did eat manna, until they came Unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 5* 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of asn ephah. CHAPTER XVII. Water miraculously supplied. AND all the congregation of the children I- of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 8 T Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEaovAii-nissi: 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAPTER XVIII. Moses enttrtaineth Jethro. W HEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God 53 Moses entertaineth Jethro. EXODUS Jethro's counsel to Moses. had done for Moses, and for Israel his peo- and laws, and shalt shew them the way pie, and that the LORD had brought Israel wherein they must walk, and the work that out of Egypt; they must do. 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her the people able men, such as fear God, men back, of truth, hating covetousness; and place 3 And her two sons; of which the name of such over them, to be rulers of thousands, the one was Gershom; for he said, I have and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, ald been an alien in a strange land: rulers of tens: 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; 22 And let them judge the people at all seafor the God of my father, said he, was mine sons: and it shall be, that every great mathelp, and delivered me from the sword of ter they shall bring unto thee, but every Pharaoh: small matter they shall judge: so shall it be 5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came easier for thyself, and they shall bear the with his sons and his wife unto Moses into burden with thee. the wilderness, where he encamped at the 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God cornm mount of God: mand thee so, then thou shalt be able to en6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in dure, and all this people shall also go to their law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy place in peace. wife, and her two sons with her. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his 7 T And Moses went out to meet his father father in law, and did all that he had said. in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Is and they asked each other of their welfare; rael, and made them heads over the people, and they came into the tent. rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rul8 And Moses told his father in law all that ers of fifties, and rulers of tens. the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the 26 And they judged the people at all sea. Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the trav- sons: the hard causes they brought unto ail that had come upon them by the way, Moses, but every small matter they judged and how the LORD delivered them. themselves. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness 27 1 And Moses let his father in law depart, which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he and he went his way into his own land. had delivered out of the hand of the Egyp- CHAPTER XIX. tians. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, The Israelites cone to Sinai. who hath delivered you out of the hand of TN the third month, when the children cr the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pha- 1 Israel were gone forth out of the land,f raoh, who hath delivered the people from Egypt, the same day came they into the wilunder the hand of the Egyptians. derness of Sinai. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater 2 For they were departed from Rephidin,, than all gods: for in the thing wherein they and were come to the desert of Sinai, and dealt proudly he was above them. had pitched in the wilderness; and there Is12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a rael camped before the mount. burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to LORD called unto him out of the mountain, eat bread with Moses' father in law before saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of God. Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 13 I And it came to pass on the morrow, 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egypt that Moses sat to judge the people: and the tians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, people stood by Moses from the morning and brought you unto myself. unto the evening. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall that he did to the people, he said, What is be a peculiar treasure unto me above all this thing that thou doest to the people? people: for all the earth is mine: Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of people stand by thee from morning unto priests, and a holy nation. These are the even? words which thou shalt speak unto the chil15 And Moses said unto his father in law, dren of Israel. iBecause the people come unto me to inquire 7 ~ And Moses came and called for the 4of God: elders of the people, and laid before their 16 When they have a matter, they come faces all these words which the LORiD comunto me; and I judge between one and an- manded him. other, and I do make them know the statutes 8 And all the people answered together, of God, and his laws. and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we 17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, will do. And Moses returned the words of The thing that thou doest is not good. the people unto the LORD. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come and this people that is with thee: for this unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not may hear when I speak with thee, and beable to perform it thyself alone. lieve thee for ever. And Moses told the 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give words of the people unto the LORD. thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be 10 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go thou for the people to God-ward, that thou unto the people and, and sanctify them to day mayest bring the causes unto God: and to morrow, and let them wash their 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances clothes, 54 God's presence on the mount. EXODUS. The ten commandments. a And be ready against the third day: for I fathers upon the children unto the third and the third day the LORtD will come down in fourth generation of them that hate me; the sight of all the people upon mount 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of Sinai. them that love me, and keep my command12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the peo- ments. pie round about, saying, Take heed to your- 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD selves, that ye go not up into the mount, or thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. the mount shall be surely put to death: 1 8 Remember the sabbath day,to keep it holy. 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he I 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy shall surely be stoned, or shot through; work: whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any come up to the mount. work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 14 ~ And Moses went down from the mount thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor unto the people, and sanctified the people; thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within,md they washed their clothes. thy gates: 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven ugainst the third day: come not at yourj and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, w'ives. and rested the seventh day: wherefore the 16 ~ And it came to pass on the third day in LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed the morning, that there were thunders and it. lightnings,and a thick cloud upon the mount, 12 ~ Honour thy father and thy mother: and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; that thy days may be long upon the land so that all the people that was in the camp which the LORD thy God giveth thee. trembled. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. oi the camp to meet with God; and they 15 Thou shalt not steal. stood at the nether part of the mount. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a thy neighbour. smoke, because the LORD descended upon it 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's In fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservquaked greatly. ant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing 19 Andwhen the voice of the trumpet sound- that is thy neighbour's. ed long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses 18 I And all the people saw the thunderspake, and God answered him by a voice. ings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the 20 And the LORD came down upon mount trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the when the people saw it, they removed, and LORD called Moses up to the top of the stood afar off. mount; and Moses went up. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Ge down, with us, and we will hear: but let not God charge the people, lest they break through speak with us, lest we die. unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear perish. not: for God is come to prove you, and that 22 And let the priests also, which come near his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin to the LORI), sanctify themselves, lest the not. LORD break forth upon them. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The peo- drew near unto the thick darkness where ple cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou God was. chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the 22 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus mount, and sanctify it. thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get Ye have seen that I have talked with you thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and from heaven. Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, the people break through to come up unto neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 24 S An altar of earth thou shalt make unto 25 So Moses went down unto the people, me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt ofand spake unto them. ferings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, CHAPTER XX. and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will The ten commandments gver- bless thee. AND God spake all these words, saying, 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of L 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast of the house of bondage. polluted it. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven mine altar, that thy nakedness be not disImage, or any likeness of any thing that is in covered thereon. heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, CHAPTER XXI or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, Laws for servants, &c. nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am NTOW these are the judgments which thou a jealous God, visiting the iniqvity of the Jl shalt set before them. 55 D)ivers laws EXODUS. and ordinances. 2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall stripe for stripe. go out free for nothing. 26 ~ And if a man smite the eye of his serv. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out ant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall let him go free for his eye's sake. shall go out with him. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's 4 If his master have given him a wife, and tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall she have borne him sons or daughters; the let him go free for his tooth's sake. wife and her children shall be her master's, 28 T If an ox gore a man or a woman, that and he shall go out by himself. they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the my master, my wife, and my children; I will owner of the ox shall be quit. not go out free: 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the horn in time past, and it hath been testified judges; he shall also bring him to the door, to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, or unto the door post; and his master shall but that he hath killed a man or a woman; bore his ear through with an awl; and he the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall serve him for ever. shall be put to death. 7 ' And if a man sell his daughter to be a 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, maidservant, she shall not go out as the men- then he shall give for the ransom of lis life servants do. whatsoever is laid upon him. 8 If she please not her master, who hath be- 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have trothed her to himself, then shall he let her gored a daughter, according to this judgbe redeemed: to sell her unto a strange na- ment shall it be done unto him. tion he shall have no power, seeing he hath 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or i dealt deceitfully with her. maidservant; he shall give unto their mastet 9 And if he hath betrothed her unto his thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be son, he shall deal with her after the manner stoned. of daughters. 33 ~ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a 10 If he take him another wife, her food, man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and au her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall ox or an ass fall therein; be not diminish. 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, 11 And if he do not these three unto her, and give money unto the owner of them; then shall she go out free without money. and the dead beast shall be his. 12 ~ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, 35 ~ And if one man's ox hurt another's, that shall be surely put to death. he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God divide the money of it; and the dead ox also deliver him into his hand; then I will ap- they shall divide. point thee a place whither he shall flee. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used 14 But if a man come presumptuously up- to push in time past, and his owner hath not on his neighbour, to slay him with guile; kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox: thou shalt take him from mine altar, that and the dead shall be his own. he may die. CHAPTER XXII. 15 ~ And he that smiteth his father, or hisHAP XXII. mother, shall be surely put to death. Laws against sundry offences. 16 ~ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth TF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall I kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen surely be put to death. for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 17 I And he that curseth his father, or his 2 ~ If a thief be found breaking up, and be mother, shall surely be put to death. smitten that he die, there shall no blood be 18 And if men strive together, and one shed for him. smite another with a stone, or with his fist, 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be and he die not, but keepeth his bed: blood shed for him; for he should make full 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall his staff, then shall he that smote him be be sold for his theft. quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he healed. shall restore double. 20 ~ And if a man smite his servant, or his 5 T If a man shall cause a field or vineyard maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and he shall be surely punished. shall feed in another man's field; of the best 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or of his own field, and of the best of his own two, he shall not be punished: for he is his vineyard, shall he make restitution. money. 6 ~ If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so 22 ~ If men strive, and hurt a woman with that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, child, so that her fruit depart from her, and or the field, be consumed therewith; he that yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely kindled the fire shall surely make restitupunished, according as the woman's husband tion. will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the 7 T If a man shall deliver unto his neigh. judges determine. bour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou out of the man's house; if the thief be found, shalt give life for life, let him pay double. 24 Eye for eve, tooth for tooth, hand for 8 If the thief be not found, then the master hand, foot fo foot, of the house shall be brought unto the Divers laws EXODUS. and ordinances. judges, to see whether he have put his hand ther shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of unto his neighbour's goods. beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be T for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for CHAP R any manner of lost thing, which another Sundry duties and offences. challengeth to be his, the cause of both par- rTHOU shalt not raise a false report: put ties shall come before the judges; and whom I not thine hand with the wicked to be an the judges shall condemn, he shall pay unrighteous witness. double unto his neighbour. 2 ~ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an evil; neither sha t thou speak in a cause to ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to decline after many to wrest judgment: keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, 3 T Neither shalt thou countenance a poor no man seeing it: man in his cause. 11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be be- 4 ~ If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass tween them both, that he hath not put his going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the to him again. owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee not make it good. lying under his burden, and wouldest for12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall bear to help him, thou shalt surely help make restitution unto the owner thereof. with him. 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy It for witness, and he shall not make good poor in his cause. that which was torn. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and 14 ~ And if a man borrow aught of his the innocent and righteous slay thou not: neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner for I will not justify the wicked. thereof beirn not with it, he shall surely 8 ~ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift make it good. blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he of the righteous. shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing,9 T Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: it came for his hire. for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing 16 T And if a man entice a maid that is not ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, endow her to be his wife. and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest unto him, he shall pay money according to and lie still; that the poor of thy people the dowry of virgins. may eat: and what they leave the beasts of 18 ~ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt 19 ~ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall deal with thy vineyard, and with thy olivesurely be put to death. yard. 20 1 He that sacrifioeth unto any god, save 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly de- the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine stroyed. ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be oppress him: for ye were strangers in the refreshed. land of Egypt. 13 And in all things that I have said unto 22 ~ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fa- you be circumspect: and make no mention therless child. of the name of other gods, neither let it be 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they heard out of thy mouth. cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their 14 ~ Three times thou shalt keep a feast cry; unto me in the year. 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will 16 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened kill you with the sword; and your wives bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread shall be widows,and your children fatherless. seven days, as I commanded thee, in the 25 ~ If thou lend money to any of my people time appointed of the month Abib; for in it that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to thou earnest out from Egypt: and none shall him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon appear before me empty:) him usury. 16 And the feast cf harvest, the first fruits 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's rai- of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the ment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto field: and the feast of ingathering, which is him by that the sun goeth down: in the end of the year, when thou hast gath27 For that is his covering only, it is his rai- ered in thy labours out of the field. ment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? 17 Three times in the year all thy males and it shall come to pass, when he crieth un- shall appear before the Lord GOD. to me, that I will hear; for I ami gracious. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sac28 ~ Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor rifice with leavened bread; neither shall the curse the ruler of thy people. fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 29 ~ Thou shalt not deay to offer the first of 19 The first of the first fruits of thy land thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first- thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, mother's milk. and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be 20 ' Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into give it me. the place which I have prepared. 31 1 And ye shall be holy men unto me: nei- 21 eware of him, and obey his voice, pro57 Blessing for obedience. EXODUS. The glory of God appeareh. coke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 ~ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come; and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And I will send hoi nets before thee,which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will ieliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. CHAPTER XXIV. Moses called up into the mount. AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto it the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: butthey shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 1 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments- and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel,which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificedpeaceofferingsof oxen unto theLoRD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, $8 and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath madi, with you concerning all these words. 9 ~ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders o: Israel; 10 And they saw the God of Israel: ann there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children ol Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law. and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; if any man have any matters to do, let hint come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode uponl mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it sia days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORa was like devouring fire on the top of thee mount in the eyes of the children of Israel, 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: anld Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. CHAPTER XXV. The offering for the tabernacle. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, - 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine. linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 T' And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half tbo height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure goll, within and without shalt thou overlay it, m,7e table, with the furniture. EXODUS. Curtains of the tabernacle, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof: and two rings shall he in the'one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 16 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, n the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth tlhr wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 31 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above Upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I Will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandInent unto the children of Israel. 28 ~ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 26 And thou shalt make unto it 1 border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of.[old, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me always. 31 ~ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other Bid', 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be, four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there, shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps, thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall he of Pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make It, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. CHAPTER XXVI. Dmoription of the tabernacle. OREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shaU be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of an-other curtain, in the c e second. 5 Fifty loops s ake in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in 'he edge of the curtain that is in the couping of the second; that the loops may take liold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the. taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. 7 1 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be, thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be, all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost In the coupling, and fifty log edge of the curtain which couplets the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches, of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one, 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall he of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. CHAPTER XXVI. Desription of the tabernacle. MOREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uppermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. 7 1 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one, 9 Boards of the tabernacle. EXODUS. Court of the tabernacle. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the within the vail the ark of the testimony: curtains of the tent, the half curtain that and the vail shall divide unto you between remaineth, shall hang over the back side of the holy place and the most holy. the tabernacle. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit the ark of the testimony in the most holy on the other side of that which remaineth place. in the length of the curtains of the tent, it 35 And thou shalt set the table without the shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, vail, and the candlestick over against the oa this side and on that side, to cover it. table on the side of the tabernacle toward '4 And thou shalt make a covering for the the south: and thou shalt put the table on,ent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering the north side. above of badgers' skins. 36 And thou shalt make a hanging for the 16 i And thou shalt make boards for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, needlework. and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five \of one board. pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, with gold, and their hooks shal be of gold: set in order one against another: thus shalt and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for thou make for all the boards of the taber- them. nacle. CHAPTER XXVII. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side The alta/r of burnt ofering. southward. AND thou shalt make an altar of shittim 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of a wood, five cubits long, and five cubits silver under the twenty boards; two sockets broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and under one board for his two tenons, and two the height thereof shall be three cubits. sockets under another board for his two 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon tenons. the four corners thereof: his horns shall be 20 And for the second side of the taber- of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with nacle on the north side there shall be twenty brass. boards. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and sockets under one board, and two sockets his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vesunder another board. sels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle west- 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of netward thou shalt make six boards. work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou 23 And two boards shalt thou make for th. make four brazen rings in the four corners corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. thereof. 24 And they shall be coupled together be- 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass neath, and they shall be coupled togeiier of the altar beneath, that the net may be above the head of it unto one ring: thus even to the midst of the altar. shall it be for them both; they shall be fcr 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, the two corners. states of shittim wood, and overlay them 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their with brass. sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sock- 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, ets under one board, and two sockets under and the staves shall be upon the two sides of another board. the altar, to bear it. 26 T And thou shalt make bars of shittim 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: wood; five for the boards of the one side of as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall the tabernacle, they make it. 17 And five bars for the boards of the other 9 ~ And thou shalt nake the court of the side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the tabernacle: for the south side southward boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the there shall be hangings for the court of fine two sides westward. twined linen of a hundred cubits long for 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the one side: boards shall reach from end to end. 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks gold, and make their rings of gold for places of the pillars and their fillets shall be of: for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars silver. with gold. 11 And likewise for the north side in length 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits according to the fashion thereof which was long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty shewed thee in the mount. sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and 31 ~ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and their fillets of silver. purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of 12 ~ And for the breadth of the court on the cunning work: with cherubim shall it be west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: made. their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars 13 And the breadth of the court on the east of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their side eastward shall be fifty cubits. hook shall be of gold, upon the four sockets 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall of silver. be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and 33 ~ And thou shalt hang up the vail under their sockets three. the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither 15 And on the other side shall he hangings 60 Aaron and his sos set apart. EXODUS. The breastplate of judgment. fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their memorial unto the children of Israel: and sockets three. Aaron shall bear their names before the 16 ~ And for the gate of the court shall be a LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial, hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and pur- 13 ~ And thou shalt make ouches of gold: pie, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; wrought with needlework: and their pillars of wreathen work shhlt thou make them, shall be four, and their sockets four. and fasten the wreathen chains totheouches. 17 All the pillars round about the court 15 if And thou shalt make the breastplate shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall of judgment with cunning work; after the be of silver, and their sockets of brass. work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of 18 MT The length of the court shall be a hun- gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, dred cubits, and the breadth fifty every and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Where, and the height five cubits of fine 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a twined linen, and their sockets of brass. span shall be the length thereof, and a span 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the shall be the breadth thereof. service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, all the pins of the court, shall be of brass, even four rows of stones: the first row shall 20 ~1 And thou shalt command the children be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle this of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive shall be the first row. beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, burn always. a sapphire, and a diamond. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and -without the vail, which is before the testi- an amethyst. mony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, evening to morning before the LORD: it shall and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their be a statute for eve- unto their generations inclosings. on the behalf of the children of Israel. 21 And the stones shall be with the names CHTAPTER xXVII of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a sigAaron and his sons separated. net; every one with his name shall they be AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy according to the twelve tribes. brother, and his sons with him, from 22 ~ And thou shalt make upon the breastamong the children of Israel, that he may plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of minister unto me in the priest's office, even pure gold. Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itha- 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastmar, Aaron's sons. plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for rings on the two ends of the breastplate. Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen 3 And thou shalt speak -unto all that are chains of gold in the two rings which are on wise hearted, whom I have filled with the the ends of the breastplate. spirit of wisdom, that they may make 25 And theother two ends of the two wreathAaron's garments to consecrate him, that he en chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouchmay minister unto me in the priest's office. es, and put them on the shoulderpieces of 4 And these are the garments which they the ephod before it. shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and 26 ~ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a and thou shalt put them upon the two ends girdle: and they shall make holy garments of the breastplate in the border thereof, f'or Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he which is in the side of the ephod inward. nmay minister unto me in the priest's office. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and make, and shalt put them on the two sides purple, and scarlet and fine linen. of the ephod underneatn, toward the fore6 t And they shal make the ephod of gold, part thereof, over against the other coupling of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine thereof, above the curious girdle of the twined linen, with cunning work. ephod. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpiecesthere- 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by of joined at the two edges thereof; and so it the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod shall be joined together. with a lace of blue, that it may be above the 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod,which curious girdle of the ephod, and that the is upon it, shall be of the same, according to breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. children of Israel in the breastplate of judg9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and ment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto grave on them the names of the children of the holy place, for a memorial before the Israel: LORD continually. 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the 30 \ And thou shalt put in the breastplate other six names of the rest on the other of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; stone, according to their birth. and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, wher. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, he goeth in before the LORD: and AaronshalJ like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou bear the judgment of the children of Israel engrave the two stones with the names of upon his heart before the LORD continually, the children of Israel: thou shalt make them 31 I And thou shalt make the robe of the to be set in ouches of gold. ephod all of blue. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon 82 And there shall be a hole in the top of it, the shoulders of the ephod for stones of in the midst thereof: it shall have a bindin 6 '- 61 Garmen~ts fo~r Aaron's sons. EXODUS. Of the consecration of the priests. of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 ~ And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 T And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. 40 1 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. CHAPTER XXIX. The consecrating of the priests. AND this is the thing that thou shalt do JJ unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, ard the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his 62 head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire with, out the camp: it is a sin offering. 15 ~ Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. The contiual burnt offering. EXODUS. The altar of incense. 25 And thou shalt receive them of their the tabernacle of the congregation before hands, and burn them upon the altar for a the LORD, where I will meet you, to speak burnt offering, for a sweet savour before there unto thee. the LORD: it is an offering made by fire 43 And there I will meet with the children unto the LORD. of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sancti26 And thou shalt take the breast of the fied by my glory. rain of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the a wave offering before the LORD: and it congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify shall be thy part. also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the me in the priest's office. wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave 45 T And I will dwell among the children of i ffering, which is waved, and which is heav- Israel, and will be their God. od up, of the ram of the consecration, even 4 And they shall know that I am the LORD of that which is for Aaron, and of that which their God, that brought them forth out of is for his sons: the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by them: I am the LORD their God. a statute for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave offering: and it shall CHAP be a heave offering from the children of Is- The altar of incense. rael of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, ND thou shalt make an altar to burn ineven their heave offering unto the LORD. A cense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou 29 ~ And the holy garments of Aaron shall make it. be his sons' after him, to be anointed there- 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a In, and to be consecrated in them. cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall 30 And that son that is priest in his stead it be: and two cubits shall be the height shall put them on seven days, when he com- thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the eth into the tabernacle of the congregation same. to minister in the holy place. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 31 ~ And thou shalt take the ram of the the top thereof, and the sides thereof round consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt place. make unto it a crown of gold round about. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the it under the crown of it, by the two corners basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou congregation. make it; and they shall be for places for the 33 And they shall eat those things where- staves to bear it withal. with the atonement was made, to consecrate 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim jnd to sanctify them: but a stranger shall wood, and overlay them with gold. not eat thereof, because they are holy. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that 34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecra- is by the ark of the testimony, before the tions, or of the bread, remain unto the morn- mercy seat that is over the testimony, where Ig, then thou shalt burn the remainder with I will meet with thee. fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet in35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and cense every morning: when he dresseth the to his sons, according to all things which I lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. have commanded thee: seven days shalt 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at thou consecrate them. even, he shall burn incense upon it, a per. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock petual incense before the LORD throughout for a sin offering for atonement: and thou your generations. shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, En atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neiIt, to sanctify it. ther shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atone- 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement tnent for the altar, and sanctify it; and it upon the horns of it once in a year with the shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever blood of the sin offering of atonements; toucheth the altar shall be holy. once in the year shall he make atonement 38 ~ Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon it throughout your generations: it is upon the altar; two lambs of the first year most holy unto the LORD. day by day continually. 11 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, say39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the ing, morning; and the other lamb thou shalt 12 When thou takest the sum of the chiloffer at even: dren of Israel after their number, then shall 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of they give every man a ransom for his soul Xlour mingled with the fourth part of a hin unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin that there be no plague among them, when of wine for a drink offering. thou numberest them. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at 13 This they shall give, every one that passeven, and shalt do thereto according to the eth among them that are numbered, half a meat offering of the morning, and according shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet shekel is twenty gerahs:) a half shekel shall savour, an offering made by fire unto the be the offering of the LORD. LORD. 14 Every one that passeth among them that 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering are numbered, from twenty years old and throughout your generations at the door of above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 63 aThe brazen altar. EXODUS. Observation of the sabbath. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. 171 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 ~ Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive a hiin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger shall even be cut off from his people. 34 i And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a 64 confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. CHAPTER XXXI. Bezaleel and Aholiab called. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Eiur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold. and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And the clothes of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 I And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you. Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sab bath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpet. ual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD Aaron malreth a golden calf. EXODUS. The idolaters are slatin. made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 ~ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. CHAPTER XXXII. The golden calf. AND when the people saw that Moses de-,, layed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together Iinto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. fi And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that T may consume them: and I will make of uIe a great nation. ii And Moses besought the LORD his God, andi said, LOPD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 6i* E 15 ~ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hard: the tables wee written on both their sid,s; on the one side and on the other were thay written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, g-raven upon the table,. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; bht the noise of themn that sing do I hear, 19 ~ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, trand the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 23 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said.unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 25 ~ And when Moses saw that the people were naked,(for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies,) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let himn come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30 ~ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto 65 7;ife Lord refu... EXODUS. God talkeh with Mfoses the place of wL;:. spoken unto thee: 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go behold, mine:; 11 go before thee: not with me, carry us not up hence. nevertheless, in v, vhen I visit, I will 16 For wherein shall it be known here that visit their sin up I and thy people have found grace in thy 35 And the LOI t.. 1 the people, be- sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? cause they made t.. e~ vch Aaron made. So shall we be separated, I and thy people, CSHAPE; _uTfrom all the people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord t ': M oses. 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do ND the LORD sa. ': l oses, Depart, this thing also dcat thou hast spoken; for and go up hene. d the people thou hast found grace in my sight, and I which thou hast brou t of the land know thee by name. of Egypt, unto the lai. i sware unto 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me Abraham, to Isaac, a;: Ii.;,Iob, saying, thy glory. Unto thy seed will I gih,.;' 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness 2 And I will send an l.l;-itl(,, the Am- name of the LORD before thee; and will be orite, and the Hittite, and the P'V rizzite, the gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will Hivite, and the Jebusite: shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 3 Unto a land flowing with in iIn 1 honey: 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for I will not go up in th., i(il:; t l f thee; for there shall no man see me, and live. for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I con- 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a sume thee in the way. place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a 4 ~ And when the people heard these evil rock: tidings, they mourned: and no man did put 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory on him his ornaments. passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft ol 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say the rock, and will cover thee with my hand unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff- while I pass by: necked people: I will come up into the midst 23 And I will take away mine hand, and of thee in a moment, and consume thee: thou shalt see my back parts; but my face therefore now put off thy ornaments from shall not be seen. thee, that I may know what to do untoCHAPTE XXXIV. thee. 6 And the children of Israel stripped them- The two tables renewed. selves of their ornaments by the mount Ho- ND the LOID said unto Moses, Hew the reb. J two tables of stone like unto the first: 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitch- and I will write upon these tables the words ed it without the camp, afar off from the that were in the first tables, which thou camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the brakest. congregation. And it came to pass, that 2 And be ready in the morning, and come every one which sought the LORD went out up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and unto the tabernacle of the congregation, present thyself there to me in the top of the which was without the camp. mount. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went 3 And no man shall come up with thee, netl out unto the tabernacle, that all the people ther let any man be seen throughout all the rose up, and stood every man at his tent mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed door, and looked after Moses, until he was before that mount. gone into the tabernacle. 4 ~ And he hewed two tables of stone like 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered in- unto the first; and Moses rose up early in to the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descend- the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, ed, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, as the LORD had commanded him, and took and the LORD talked with Moses. in his hand the two tables of stone. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stand at the tabernacle door: and all the stood with him there, and proclaimed the people rose up and worshipped, every man name of the LORD. in his tent door. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merface, as a man speaketh unto his friend. ciful and gracious, longsuffering,and abundAnd he turned again into the camp; but his ant in goodness and truth,,servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving man, departed not out of the tabernacle. iniquity and transgression and sin, and that 12 ~ And Moses said unto the LORD, See, will by no means clear the guilty; visiting thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: the iniquity of the fathers upon the chiland thou hast not let me know whom thou dren, and upon the children's children, unto wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I the third and to the fourth generation. know thee by name, and thou hast also 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his found grace in my sight. head toward the earth, and worshipped. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, If I have 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, way, that I may know thee, that I may find go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people: grace in thy sight: and consider that this and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and nation is thy people. take us for thine inheritance. 14 And he said, My presence shall go with 10 ~ And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: thee, and I will give thee rest. before all tby people I will do marvels, sLuc 66 6od's cov2enant with Israel. EXODUS. Moses' fitce shinclh. as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among Which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before lthee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the in — habitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call theo, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 ~ The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19 All that openeth the matrix,is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shaltredeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 ~ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 ~ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. 23 T Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go ulp to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And He wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29 ~ And it calne to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandmnent all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. CHAPTER XXXV. The sabbath to be observed. AND Moses gathered all the congregation A of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 T~ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets; 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering; 13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread; 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light; 15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle; (7 Di7e peopl2e's r~eadinesss to offer. EXODUS. The curtains of cherutbim. 16 The altar of burnt offering, with his bra- of them that do any work, and of those thaS gen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the devise cunning work. laver and his foot; C PT XX 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, CA VI. and their sockets, and the hanging for the Offerings given to the workmen. door of the court; lHEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins every wise hearted man, in whom the of the court, and their cords; LORD put wisdom and understanding to 19 The clothes of service, to do service in know how to work all manner of work fo! the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the service of the sanctuary, according to the priest, and the garments of his sons, to all that the LORD had commanded. minister in the priest's office. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, 20 ~ And all the congregation of the chil- and every wise hearted man, in whose heart dren of Israel departed from the presence the LORD had put wisdom, even every one of Moses. whose heart stirred him up to come unto 21 And they came, every one whose heart the work to do it: stirred him up, and every one whom his 3 And they received of Moses all the offerspirit made willing, and they brought the ing,which the children of Israel had brought LORD'S offering to the work of the taberna- for the work of the service of the sanctuary, cle of the congregation, and for all his serv- to make it withal. And they brought yet ice, and for the holy garments. unto him free offerings every morning. 22 And they came, both men and women, as 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all many as were willing hearted, and brought the work of the sanctuary, came every man bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tab- from his work which they made; lets, all jewels of gold: and every man that 5 T And they spake unto Moses, saying, The offered, offered an offering of gold unto the people bring much more than enough for LORD. the service of the work, which the LORD 23 And every man, with whom was found commanded to make. blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and caused it to be proclaimed throughout the badgers' skins, brought them. camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman:4 Every one that did offer an offering of make any more work for the offering of the silver and brass brought the LORD'S offer- sanctuary. So the people were restrained ing: and every man, with whom was found from bringing. shittim wood for any work of the service, 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for brought it. all the work to make it, and too much. 25 And all the women that were wise heart- 8 ~ And every wise hearted man among ed did spin with their hands, and brought them that wrought the work of the taber. that which they had spun, both of blue, and nacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cher4 26 And all the women whose heart stirred ubim of cunning work made he them. them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and? 27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtail stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the four cubits: the curtains were all of one breastplate; size. 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for 10 And he coupled the five curtains one un,' the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. to another: and the other five curtains h6 29 The children of Israel brought a willing coupled one unto another. offering unto the LORD, every man and wo- 11 And he made loops of blue on the edg' man,whose heart made them willing to bring of one curtain from the selvedge in the for all manner of work, which the LORD had coupling: likewise he made in the utter, commanded to be made by the hand of most side of another curtain, in the coup' Moses. ling of the second. 30 1 And Moses said unto the children of 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name fifty loops made he in the edge of the cur. Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of tain which was in the coupling of the sece the tribe of Judah; ond: the loops held one curtain to another. 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in coupled the curtains one unto another with knowledge, and in all manner of workman- the taches: so it became one tabernacle. ship; 14 ~ And he made curtains of goats' hail 32 And to devise curious works, to work in for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven gold, and in silver, and in brass, curtains he made them. 3 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, 15 The length of one curtain was thirty and in carving of wood, to make any man- cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of ner of cunning work. one curtain: the eleven curtains were of 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may one size. teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisa- 16 And he coupled five curtains by them. mach, of the tribe of Dan. selves, and six curtains by themselves. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, 17 And he made fifty loops upon the utterto work all manner of work, of the engrav- most edge of the curtain in the coupling er, and of the cunning workman, and of the and fifty loops made he upon the edge of embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scar- the curtain which coupleth the second. let, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, een 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to 68 1Te boards and bars EXODUS. The golden candlestickl touple the tent together, that it might be 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to 1)c One. set by the four corners of it; even two rings 19 And he made a covering for the tent upon the one siae of it, and two rings upon Df rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of the other side of it. badgers' skins above that. 4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and 20 1 And he made boards for the taber- overlaid them with gold. tiacle of shittim wood, standing up. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. and the breadth of a board one cubit and a 6 ~ And he made the mercy seat of pure half. gold: two cubits and a half was the length 22 One board had two tenons, equally dis- thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth tant one from another: thus did he make thereof. for all the boards of the tabernacle. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold, beat23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; en out of one piece made he them, on the twenty boards for the south side southward: two ends of the mercy seat; 24 And forty sockets of silver he made un- 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and ter the twenty boards; two sockets under another cherub on the other end on that one board for his two tenons, and two sock- side: out of the mercy seat made he the ets under another board for his two tenons. cherubim on the two ends thereof. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, 9 And the cherubim spread out their wings which is toward the north corner, he made on high, and covered with their wings over twenty boards, the mercy seat, with their faces one to an. 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two other; even to the mercy seatward were the sockets under one board, and two sockets faces of the cherubim. under another board. 10 T And he made the table of shittim wood: 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle west, two cubits was the length thereof, and a Ward he made six boards. cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a 28 And two boards made he for the corners half the height thereof: of the tabernacle in the two sides. 11 And he overlaid it with pt.re gold, and 29 And they were coupled beneath, and made thereunto a crown of gold round coupled together at the head thereof, to one about. ring: thus he did to both of them in both 12 Also he made thereunto a border of the corners. a handbreadth round about; and made a 30 And there were eight boards; and their crown of gold for the border thereof round 3sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under about. every board two sockets. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, aiid 3i1 ~ And he made bars of shittim wood; put the rings upon the four corners that five for the boards of the one side of the were in the four feet thereof. tabernacle, 14 Over against the border were the ring%, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other the places for the staves to bear the table. side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the 15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, boards of the tabernacle for the sides west- and overlaid them with gold, to bear the sard. table. o3 And he made the middle bar to shoot 16 And he made the vessels which were through the boards from the one end to the upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, other. and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, '4 And he overlaid the boards with gold, of pure gold. and made their rings of gold to be places for 17 T And he made the candlestick of pure the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. gold: of beaten work made he the candlec 35 ~ And he made a vail of blue, and pur- stick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, pie, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with his knops, and his flowers, were of the cherubim made he it of cunning work. same: 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of 18 And six branches going out of the sides shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: thereof; three branches of the candlestick their hooks were of gold; and he cast for out of the one side thereof, and three branchthem four sockets of silver. es of the candlestick out of the other side 37 ~ And he made a hanging for the taber- thereof: nacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 19 Tlree bowls made after the fashion cl and fine twined linen, of needlework; almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; 38 And the five pillars of it with their and three bowls made like almonds in an~ hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and other branch, a knop and a flower: so their fillets with gold: but their five sockets throughout the six branches going out of were of brass. the candlestick. CH APTER XXXVII20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowThe alrk, nmrcy seat, &c. ers: AND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim 21 And a knop under two branches of the X wood: two cubits and a half was the same, and a knop under two branches of the iength of it, and a cubit and a half the same, and a knop under two branches of the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the same, according to the six branches going helight of it: out of it. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within 22 Their knops and their branches were of and without, and made a crown of gold to it the same: all of it was one beaten wrek o' round about. ]pre gold, Thc altar of incense. EXODUS. The suem of the offerings, 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. their sockets three. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and 16 All the hangings of the court round all the vessels thereof. about were of fine twined linen. 25 1 And he made the incense altar of shit- 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of tim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fil the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; lets of silver; and the overlaying of their and two cubits was the height of it; the chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the horns thereof were of the same. court were filleted with silver. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both 18 And the hanging for the gate of the the top of it, and the sides thereof round court was needlework, of blue, and purple, about, and the horns of it: also he made un- and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and to it a crown of gold round about. twenty cubits was the length, and the height 27 And he made two rings of gold for it un- in the breadth was five cubits, answerable der the crown thereof, by the two corners to the hangings of the court. of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places 19 And their pillars were four, and their for the staves to bear it witl 1. sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver 28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and the overlaying of their chapiters and and overlaid them with gold. their fillets of silver. 29 S And he made the holy anointing oil, 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and and the pure incense of sweet spices, accord- of the court round about, were of brass. ing to the work of the apothecary. 21 IT This is the sum of the tabernacle, even CHAPTER XXXVIII. of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of IThe altar of burnt offerinq, &c. Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the; AND he made the altar of burnt offering of hand of Itamar, son to Aaron the priest. J shittim wood: five cubits was the length 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all thai; -he it was foursquare; and three cubits the LORD commanded Moses. height thereof. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahis2 And he made the horns thereof on the amach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, four corners of it; the horns thereof were of and a cunning workman, and an embroidthe same: and he overlaid it with brass. erer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, and fine linen. the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and 24 All the gold that was occupied for the the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the yes- ork in all the work of the holy place, even sels thereof made he of brass. the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine 4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate talents, and seven hundred and thirty shek-. of network, under the compass thereof, be- els, after the shekel of the sanctuary. heath unto the midst of it. 25 And the silver of them that were num.. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends bered of the congregation was a hundred of the grate of brass, to be places for the talents, and a thousand seven hundred and staves. threescore and fifteen shekels, after the 6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, shekel of the sanctuary: and overlaid them with brass. 26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a 7 And he put the staves into the rings on shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he every one that went to be numbered, from made the altar hollow with boards. twenty years old and upward, for six hun8 ~ And he made the laver of brass, and dred thousand and three thousand and five the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses hundred and fifty men. of the women assembling, which assembled 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the gation. sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets of 9 ~ And he made the court: on the south the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. aide southward the hangings of the court 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seva:ere of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits: enty and five shekels he made hooks for the 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their bra- pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filten sockets twenty; the hooks of the pil- leted them. iars and their fillets were of silver. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy 11 And for the north side the 7hangii.s were talents, and two thousand and four hundred a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, shekels. and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks 30 And therewith he made the sockets toe ef the pillars and their fillets of silver. the door of the tabernacle of the congrega12 And for the west side were hangings of tion, and the brazen altar, and the brazen fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sock- grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, ets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their 31 And the sockets of the court round fillets of silver. about, and the sockets of the court gate, 13 And. for the east side eastward fifty cu- and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all bits. t:he pins of the court round about. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gte CHAPTER XXXIX. were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. The garments for the priests. 15 And for the other side of the court gate, AND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, on this hand and that hand, were hangings they m.ade clothes of service, to do 70 she holzy arnments, EXODIUS. All approved by Moses. service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in She blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that waos upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. 6 ~ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. 8 ~ And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 And they set it in four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, rand a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches Af gold in their inclosings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious rirdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 ~ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. 27 T And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 ~ And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 ~ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets; 34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering; 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat; 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread; 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light; 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door; 39 The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot; 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation; 41 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LofrT 71 Tihe tabernacle is reared. EXODUS. A cloud covereth the tabertnaciz had commanded, even so had they done it: 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the and Moses blessed them. tabernacle, and put the covering of the teni CHAPTER XL. above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. The tabernacle to be reavred. 20! And he took and put the testimony into AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and 2 On the first day of the first month put the mercy seat above upon the ark: shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernaof the congregation. cle, and set up the vail of the covering, and 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of covered the ark of the testimony; as thle the testimony, and cover the ark with the LORD commanded Moses. vail. 22 T And he put the table in the tent of the 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set congregation, upon the side of the taber. in order the things that are to be set in order nacle northward, without the vail. upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candle- 23 And he set the bread in order upon it stick, and light the lamps thereof. before the LORD; as the LORD had corn5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for manded Moses. the incense before the ark of the testimony, 24 1 And he put the candlestick in the tent and put the hanging of the door to the tab- of the congregation, over against the table, ernacle. I on the side of the tabernacle southward. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt 25 And he lighted the lamps before 'he offering before the door of the tabernacle LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. of the tent of the congregation. 26 ~ And he put the golden altar in the tent 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the of the congregation before the vail: tent of the congregation and the altar, and 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as shalt put water therein. the LORD commanded Moses. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round 28 1 And he set up the hanging at the door about, and hang up the hanging at the court of the tabernacle. gate. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, congregation, and offered upon it the burnt and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels there- offering and the meat offering; as the LORD of: and it shall be holy. commanded Moses. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the 30 If And he set the laver between the tent burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanc- of the congregation and the altar, and put tify the altar: and it shall be an altar most water there, to wash withal. holy. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his washed their hands and their feet thereat: foot, and sanctify it. 32 When they went into the tent of the 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons congregation, and when they came near unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- unto the altar, they washed; as the ILOaD gregation, and wash them with water. commanded Moses. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy 33 And he reared up the court round about garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the that he may minister unto me in the priest's hanging of the court gate. So Moses finoffice. ished the work. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe 34 ~ Then a cloud covered the tent of the them with coats: congregation, and the glory of the LORD 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou filled the tabernacle. didst anoint their father, that they may 35 And Moses was not able to enter into tl t minister unto me in the priest's office: for tent of the congregation, because the cloudt their anointing shall surely be an everlast- abode thereon, and the glory of the LoIu) ing priesthood throughout their genera- filled the tabernacle. tions. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that over the tabernacle, the children of Israel the LORD commanded him, so did he. went onward in all their journeys: 17 1 And it came to pass in the first month 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then in the second year, on the first day of the they journeyed not till the day that it was month, that the tabernacle was reared up. taken up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the fastened his sockets, and set up the boards tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and night, in the sight of all the house of IsraeL reared up his pillars. throughout all their journeys. 72 THE THIRDI) BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS. CHAPTER I. 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings Of the burnt offe rings. thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and. the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon AND the LORD called unto Moses, and the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt..L spake unto him out of the tabernacle of sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a the congregation, sayin', sweet savour unto the LORD. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say CHAPTER II. 'anto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bringl your Of the meat offerings. offering of the cattle, even of the herd, andl AND when any will offer a meat offering of the flock. L unto the LORD, his offering shall be of 3 If his offering he a burnt sacrifice of the fine flour: and he shall pour oil upon it, and herd, let him offer ' male without blemish: put frankincense thereon. he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at 2 And -he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- priests: and he shall take thereout his handtion before the LORD. ful of the flour thereof, and of the oil there4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of, with all the frankincense thereof; and of the burnt offeringl; and it shall be accept- the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon ed for him to make atonement for him. the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the a sweet savour unto the LORD: LoRD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall 3 And the remnant of the meat offering bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing round about upon the altar that is by the most holy of the offerings of the LORD door of the tabernacle of the congrega- made by fire. ition. 4 ~ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and offering baken in the oven, it shall be uncut it into his pieces. leavened cakes of fine flour mingled with 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in oil. order upon the fire: 5 T And if thy oblation be a meat offering 8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay balen in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unthe parts, the head, and the fat, in order leavened, mingled with oil. upon the wood that is on the fire which is 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oi upon the altar: thereon: it is a meat offering. 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash7 T And if thy oblation be a meat offering in water: and the priest shall burn all on the balcen in the fryingpan, it shall be made oaltar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering fine flour with oil. made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering LORD. that is made of these things unto the LORD 10 ~ And if his offering be of the flocks, and when it is presented unto the priest, he namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a shall bring it unto the altar. burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male 9 And the priest shall take from the meat without blemish. offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn 1i And he shall kill it on the side of the it upon the altar: it is an offering made by altar northward before the LORD): and the lire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his 10 And that which is left of the meat offerblood round about upon the altar. ing shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a![2 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay made by fire. them in order on the wood that iks on the 11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring ire which is upon the altar: unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, legs with water: and the priest shall bring in any offering of the LORD made by fire. t1, all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a 12 ~ As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a shall offer them unto the LORD: but they sweet savour unto the LORD. shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet 14 ~ And if the burnt sacr-fice for his offer- savour. Ing to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering bring his offering of turtledoves, or of shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt young pigeons. thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the God to be lacking from thy meat offering: altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. the altar; and the blood thereof shall be 14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy wrung out at the side of the altar: firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green his feathers, and east it beside the altar on ears of corn dried by the fire, even cora the east part, by the place of the ashes, aten out of full ears. 7 73 The peace offerings. LEVITICUS. Offerings fo, 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. LORD'S. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and generations throughout all your dwellings, part of the oil thereof, with all the frankin- that ye eat neither fat nor blood. cense thereof: it is an offering made by fire CHAPTER IV. unto the LORD. I Of the fferings. Of the Sita off rit2s. CHAPTER III. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Of the peace offerings. jL 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, sayAND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace ing, If a soul shall sin through ignorance offering, if he offer it of the head, wheth- against any of the commandments of the er it be a male or female, he shall offer it LORD concerning things which ought not without blemish before the LORD. to be done, and shall do against any ol ~ And he shall lay his hand upon the head them: of his offering, and kill it at the door of the 3 If the priest that is anointed do sin actabernacle of the congregation: and Aa- cording to the sin of the people; then let ron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, upon the altar round about. a young bullock without blemish unto the 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the LORD for a sin offering. peace offering an offering made by fire unto 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the the LORD; the fat that covereth the in- door of the tabernacle of the congregation wards, and all the fat that is upon the in- before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upwards, on the bullock's head, and kill the bullock 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is before the LORD. on them, which is by the flanks, and the 5 And the priest that is anointed shall take caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the shall he take away. tabernacle of the congregation: 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the al- 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the tar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering before the LORD, before the vail of the sanemade by fire, of a sweet savour unto the tuary. LORD. 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood 6 T And if his offering for a sacrifice of upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense peace offering unto the LORD be of the before the LORD, which is in the tabernaclo flock, male or female, he shall offer it with- of the congregation; and shall pour all the out blemish. blood of the bullock at the bottom of the al7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then tar of the burnt offering, which is at the door shall he offer it before the LORD. ot tne tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 8 And he shall take off from it all the -fat of of his offering, and kill it before the taber- the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that nacle of the congregation: and Aaron's covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round upon the inwards, about upon the altar. 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that i.i 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the upon them, which is by the flanks, and the peace offering an offering made by fire unto caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole shall he take away, rump, it shall he take off hard by the back- 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of bone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the and all the fat that is upon the inwards, priest shall burn them upon the altar of the 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is burnt offering. upon them, which is by the flanks, and the 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and shall he take away. his inwards, and his dung, 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the al- 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry tar: it is the food of the offering made by forth without the camp unto a clean place, fire unto the LORD. where the ashes are poured out, and burn 12 ~ And if his offering be a goat, then he him on the wood with fire: where the ashes shall offer it before the LORD. are poured out shall he be burnt. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 13 T And if the whole congregation of Israel of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall from the eyes of the assembly, and they have sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar done somewhat against any of the commandround about. ments of the LORD concerning things which 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, should not be done, and are guilty; even an offering made by fire unto the 14 When the sin, which they have sinned LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, against it, is known, then the congregation and all the fat that is upon the inwards, shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that isbring him before the tabernacle of the conupon them, which is by the flanks, and the gregation. caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it 15 And the elders of the congregation shall shall he take away. lay their hands upon the head of the bullock 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the before the LORD; and the bullock shall be altar: it is the food of the offerinr madl., y killed before the LORD. 74 Sins of ignorance. LEVITICIUS. The trespass offering. 16 And the priest that is anointed shall of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offer. bring of the bullock's blood to the taberna- ing in the place where they kill the burnt ele of the congregation: offering. 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven the sin offering with his finger, and put it times before the LORD, even before the vail. upon the horns of the altar of burnt offer18 And he shall put some of the blood upon ing, and shall pour out all the blood thereof the horns of the altar which is before the at the bottom of the altar: LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the con- 35 And he shall take away all the fat theregregation, and shall pour out all the blood of, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from at the bottom of the altar of the burnt of- the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the f'ering, which is at the door of the taberna- priest shall burn them upon the altar, accordcle of the congregation. ing to the offerings made by fire unto the 19 And he shall take all his fat from him, LORD: and the priest shall make an atoneand burn it upon the altar. ment for his sin that he hath committed, 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he and it shall be forgiven him. did with the bullock for a sin offering, so CHAPTER V. shall he do with this: and the priest shall'ivs make an atonement for them, and it shallOf dis or. be forgiven them. AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock 1'k swearing, and is a witness, whether he without the camp, and burn him as he burn- hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter ed the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the it, then he shall bear his iniquity. congregation. 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, 22 ~ When a ruler hath sinned, and done whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast,:omewhat through ignorance against any of or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass the commandments of the LORD his God of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidoncerning things which should not be done, den from him; he also shall be unclean, and nd is guilty; guilty. 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, some to his knowledge; he shall bring his whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall offering, a kid cf the goats, a male without be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; blemish: when he knoweth of it, then he shall be?A And he shall lay his hand upon the head guilty. of the goat, and kill it in the place where 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be It is a sin offering. that a man shall pronounce with an oath, 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of and it be hid from him; when he knoweth the sin offering with his finger, and put it of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. upon the horns of the altar of burnt offer- 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in Ing, and shall pour out his blood at the pot- one of these things, that he shall confess that,om of the altar of burnt offering. he hath sinned in that thing: 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace of- unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinferings: and the priest shall make an atone- ned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a ment for him as concerning his sin, and it kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the shall be forgiven him. priest shall make an atonement for him con27 ~ And if any one of the common people cerning his sin. gin through ignorance, while he doeth some- 7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, what against any of the commandments of then he shall bring for his trespass, which the LORD concerning things which ought not he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two to be done, and be guilty; young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come offering, and the other for a burnt offering. to his knowledge; then he shall bring his of- 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, fering, a kid of the goats, a female without who shall offer that which is for the sin offerblemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. ing first, and wring off his head from his 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head neck, but shall not divide it asunder: of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the in the place of the burnt offering. sin offering upon the side of the altar; and 30 And the priest shall take of the blood the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at thereof with his finger, and put it upon the the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall 10 And he shall offer the secondfor a burnt pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom offering, according to the manner: and the of the altar. priest shall make an atonement for him for 31 And he shall take away all the fat there- his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be of, as the fat is taken away from off the sac- forgiven him. rifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall 11 IT But if he be not able to bring two turburn it upon the altar for a sweet savour tledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that unto the LORD; and the priest shall make sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth an atonement for him, and it shall be for- part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offergiven him. Ing; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin-offering, he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a he shall bring it a female without blemish. sin offering. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and 75 The trespass offering. LEVITICUS. Law of the meat offering. the priest shall take his handful of it, even a and the fire of the altar shall be burning memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, in it. according to the offerings made by fire unto 10 And the priest shall put on his linen gar. the LORD: it is a sin offering. ment, and his linen breeches shall he put 13 And the priest shall make an atonement upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which for him as touching his sin that he hath sin- the fire hath consumed with the burnt offer, ned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven ino on the altar, and he shall put them be. him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, side the altar. as a meat offering. 1 And he shall put off his garments, and 14 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, say- put on other garments, and carry forth the ing, ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burnthrough ignorance, in the holy things of the ing> in it; it shall not be put out: and the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass priest shall burn wood on it every morning, unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of and he shall burn thereon the fat of the silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for peace offerings. a trespass offering: 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon 16 And he shall make amends for the harm the altar; it shall never go out. that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall 14 T And this is the law of the meat offeradd the fifth part thereto, and give it unto ing: The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the priest: and the priest shall make an the LORD, before the altar. atonement for him with the ram of the tres- 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of pass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil 17 I And if a soul sin, and commit any of thereof, and all the frankincense which is these things which are forbidden to be done upon the meat offering, and shall burn it by the commandments of the LORD; though upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear memorial of it, unto the LORD. his iniquity. j 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron 18 And he shall bring a ram without blem- and his sons eat: with unleavened bread ish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for shall it be eaten in the holy place; in thy a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the court of the tabernacle of the congregation priest shall make an atonement for him con- they shall eat it. cerning his ignorance wherein he erred and 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. given it unto them for their portion of my 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath cer- offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is tainly trespassed against the LORD. the sin offering, and as the trespass offerCHAPTER VI. ing. 18 All the males among the children cf Of the trespass offering. Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, for ever in your generations concerning the A 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass offerings of the LORD made by fire: every against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour one that toucheth them shall be holy. in that which was delivered him to keep, or 19 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD 3 Or have found that which was lost, and in the day when he is anointed; the tenth lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat of. any of all these that a man doeth, sinning fering perpetual, half of it in the morning, therein: and half thereof at night. 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; atnd and is guilty, that he shall restore that which when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: he took violently away, or the thing which and the baken pieces of the meat offering he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing LORD. which he found. 23 And the priest of his sons that is anoint5 Or all that about which he hath sworn ed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute falsely; he shall even restore it in the prin- for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly cipal, and shall add the fifth part more there- burnt. to, and give it unto him to whom it apper- 23 For every meat offering for the priest taineth, in the day of his trespass offering. shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering 24 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, sayunto the LORD, a ram without blemish out ing, of the flock, with thy estimation, for a tres- 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saypass offering, unto the priest: ing, This is the law of the sin offering: In 7 And the priest shall make an atonement the place where the burnt offering is killed for him before the LORD: and it shall be shall the sin offering be killed before the forgiven him for any thing of all that he LORD: it is most holy. hath done in trespassing therein. 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall 8 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, the court of the tabernacle of the congregaThis is the law of the burnt offering: It is tion. the burnt offering, because of the burning 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof upon the altar all night unto the morning, shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled 76 Latwv of the trcspaess offerilng LEVITICUS. L -; (ff t ee peace offer' of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou rifice; and on the morrow also the remainshalt wash that whereon it was sprinklled in der of it shall be eaten: the holy place. iT But the remainder( of the flesh of tbe 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sod- sacrifice on the thi;i day shall be burnt with den shall be broken: and if it be sodden in lire. a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and 18 And if ani of the flesh of the sacrifice of rinsed in water. his tasace offerings be eaten at all on the 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thlird day, it shall not be accepted, neither thereof: it is most holy. siall it be imputod unto him that offereth 30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul blood is brought into the tabernacle of the that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. congregation to reconcile withal in the holy 19 And the flesh that touncheth any unclean place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the ti in- shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt fire. itii fire: and as for the flesh, all that be CHAPTER VII. clean shall eat thereof. The cclaw of the trespass offetring. 0 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of thle sacrifice of peace oierings, that pertain IKEWISE this is the law of the trespass unto the LORD, havinrg his uncleanness upon Joffering: it is most holy. him, even that soul shall be cut off from his 2 In the place where they kill the burnt of -people. fering shall they kill the trespass offering: 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle unclean thig, as the uncleanness of man, or round about upon the altar. any unclean beast, or any abominable un3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; clean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrithe rump, and the fat that covereth the in- fice of peace offerings, which pertain unto wards, the LOfD, even that soul shall be cut off 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is from his people. lon them, which is by the flanks, and the 22 ~ And the LRDn spake unto Moses, saycaul that is above the liver, with the kidneys,ing, it shall he take away: 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of altar for an offering made by fire unto the sheep, or of goat. LORD: it is a trespass offering.?24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itS Every male among the priests shall eat self, and the fat of that which is torn with thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: beasts, may be used in any other use: but it is most holy. ye shall in no wise eat of it. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the offering: there is one law for them: the beast, of which men offer an offering made priest that maketh atonement therewith by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that shall have it. eteth it shall be cut off from his people. 8 And the priest that offereth any man's 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of burnt offering, even the priest shall have to blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in himself the skin of the burnt offering which any of your dwellings. he hath offered. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any 9 And all the meat offering that is baken manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut im the oven, and all that is dressed in the ol' from his people. fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the 28 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saypriest's that offereth it. ing, 10 And every meat offering, mingled with 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace one as much as another. offerings unto the LORD, shall bring his ob11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of lation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his poace offerings, which he shall offer unto peace offerings. tLie LORD. 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving breast; it shall he bring, that the breast may unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and un- be waved for a wave offering before the leavened wafers anointed with oil, and calkes LORD. mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of and his sons'. thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the the priest for a heave offering of the sacriwhole oblation for a heave offering unto fces of your peace offerings. the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that 33 Hle among the sons of Aaron, that offersprinkleth the blood of the peace offer- eth the blood of the peace offerings, and the ings. fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace34 For the wave breast and the heave shout. offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the der have I taken of the children of Israel same day that it is offered; he shall not from off the sacrifices of their peace offerleave any of it until the morning. ings, and have given them unto Aaron the 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a priest and unto his sons, by a statute foc vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be ever, from among the children of Israel. eaten the same day that he offereth his sac- 35 This is the portion of the anointing of 7* 77 Aaron and his sons consecrated. LEVITICUS. The ram of consecration. Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out the inwards, and the caul above the liver, of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Mothe day when he presented them to minister ses burned it upon the altar. unto the LORD in the priest's office; 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, 36 Which the LORD commanded to be given and his dung, he burnt with fire without the them of the children of Israel, in the day camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. that he anointed them, by a statute for ever 18 T And he brought the ram for the burnt throughout their generations. offering: and Ataron and his sons laid their 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of hands upon the head of the ram. the meat offering, and of the sin offering, 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled and of the trespass offering, and of the con- the blood upon the altar round about. secrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and offerings; Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in the fat. mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs the children of Israel to offer their oblations in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a CHAPTER VIII. sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Aaron and his sons consecrated. Moses. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22 ~ And he brought the other ram, the A 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, ram of consecration: and Aaron and his and the garments, and the anointing oil, and sons laid their hands upon the head of the a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, ram. and a basket of unleavened bread; 23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the 3 And gather thou all the congregation to- blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's gether unto the door of the tabernacle of right ear, and upon the thumb of his right the congregation. hand, and upon the great toe of his right 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded foot. him; and the assemby was gathered to- 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses gether unto the door of the tabernacle of put of the blood upon the tip of their right the congregation. ear, and upon the thumbs of their right 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, hands, and upon the great toes of their right This is the thing which the LORD command- feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon ed to be done. the altar round about. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and and washed them with water. all the fat that was upon the inwards, and 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded the caul above the liver, and the two kid him with the girdle, and clothed him with neys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and 26 And out of the basket of unleavened he girded him with the curious girdle of the bread, that was before the LORD, he tool, ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled 8 And he put the breastplate upon him: bread, and one wafer, and put them on the also he put in the breastplate the Urim and fat, and upon the right shoulder: the Thummim. 27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and 9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon his sons' hands, and waved them for e upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did wave offering before the LORD. he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as 28 And Moses took them from off their the LORD commanded Moses. hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and burnt offering: they were consecrations for anointed the tabernacle and all that was a sweet savour: it is an offering made by therein, and sanctified them. fire unto the LORD. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar 29 And Moses took the breast, and waved ii seven times, and anointed the altar and all for a wave offering before the LORD: for of his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; sanctify them. as the LORD commanded Moses. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon 30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify of the blood which was upon the altar, and him. sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his gar13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and ments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' put coats upon them, and girded them with garments with him; and sanctified Aaron. girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' LORD commanded Moses. garments with him. 14 And he brought the bullock for the sin 31 ' And Moses said unto Aaron and to his offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the taberhands upon the head of the bullock for the nacle of the congregation; and there eat it sin offering. with the bread that is in the basket of con. 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the secrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar and his sons shall eat it. round about with his finger, and purified 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh the altar, and poured the blood at the bot- and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. tom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the reconciliation upon it. tabernacle of the congregation in seven 16 And he took all the fat that was upon days, until the days of your consecration be 78 .'irst offerings of Aaron. LEVITIC US. Th'ie people's oftersi)lY. it an end: for seven days shall he conse- 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and orate you. offered it according to the manner. 34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD 17 And he brought the meat offering, and hath commanded to do, to make an atone- took a handful thereof, and burnt it upon ment for you. the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of morning. the tabernacle of the congregation day and 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for nightt seven days, and keep the charge of the a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for LORD, that ye die not: for so I am com- the people: and Aaron's sons presented unmanded. to him the blood, which he sprinkled upon 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things the altar round about, which the LORD commanded by the hand 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the of Moses. ram, the runip, and that which covereth the CHAPTER IX. inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above Aaron's sin offering.the live: the liver: Aaro0 sin ering. And they put the fat upon the breasts, AND it came to pass on the eighth day, thatand he burnt the fat upon the altar: A Moses called Aaron and his sons, and 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder the elders of Israel; Aaron waved for a wave offering before the 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a LORD; as Moses commanded. young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer people, and blessed them; and came down them before the LORD. from offering of the sin offering, and the 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt burnt offering, Lnd peace offerings. speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the taba sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of ernacle of the congregation, and came out, the first year, without blemish, for a burnt and blessed the people: and the glory of the offering; LORD appeared unto all the people. 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offer- 24 And there came a fire out from before Ings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the meat offering mingled with oil; for to day burnt offering and the fat: which when all the LORD will appear unto you. the people saw, they shouted, and fell on 5 ~ And they brought that which Moses their faces, commanded before the tabernacle of the CHAPTER X. congregation: and all the congregation Ndal a d Abih burnt. drew near and stood before the LORD. and Ah brnt 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, the LORD commanded that ye should do:. took either of them his censer, and put and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto fire therein, and put incense thereon, and gou. offered strange fire before the LORD, which 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the he commanded them not. altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, burnt offering, and make an atonement for and devoured them, and they died before thyself, and for the people: and offer the the LORD. offering of the people, and make an atone- 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it ment for them; as the LORD commanded. that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sancti8 ~ Aaron therefore went unto the altar, fled in them that come nigh me, and before end slew the calf of the sin offering, which all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was for himself. held his peace. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, unto him: and he dipped his finger in the the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, said unto them, Come near, carry yorae and poured out the blood at the bottom of brethren from before the sanctuary out the altar: of the camp. 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the 5 So they went near, and carried them in caul above the liver of the sin offering, he their coats out of the camp; as Moses had burnt upon the altar; as the LORD cor- said. manded Moses. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover fire without the camp. not your heads, neither rend your clothes; 12 And he slew the burnt offering; and lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, people: but let your brethren, the whole which he sprinkled round about upon the house of Israel, bewail the burning which altar. the LORD hath kindled. 13 And they presented the burnt offering 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye head: and he burnt them upon the altar. die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is up14 And he did wash the inwards and the on you. And they did according to the word legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offer- of Moses. ing on the altar. 8 1 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, say15 ~ And he brought the people's offering, ing, and took the goat, which was the sin offer- 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, lug for the people, and slew it, and offered nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the it for sin, as the first. tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die. 79 Law of eating holy things. LEVITICUS. The distinction of meats. it shall be a statute for ever througihout your 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, generations: and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the 10 And that ye may put difference between cud; he is unclean to you. holy and unholy, and between unclean and 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their clean; carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean 11 And that ye may teach the children of to you. Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath 9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the spoken unto them by the hand of AMoses. waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in 1. ~ And Moses spake unto Aaron, and un- the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, to Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that them shall ye eat. were left, Take the meat offering that re- 10 And all that have not fins and scales in naineth of the offerings of the LORD made the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move, by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the in the waters, and of any living thing which altar: for it is most holy. is in the waters, they shall be an abomina13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, be- tion unto you: cause it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the 11 They shall be even an abomination unto sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye I am commanded. shall have their carcasses in abomination. 14 And the wave breast arnd heave shoulder 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy the waters, that shall be an abomination un.. sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they to you. be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are giv- 13 ' And these are they which ye shall have en out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of in abomination among the fowls; they shall the children of Israel. not be eaten, they are an abomination: the 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, shall they bring with the offerings made by 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his I 3 of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering kind; Before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and 15 Every raven after his kind; thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; 16 And the owl, and the nighthawk, and as the LORD hath commanded. the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 16 ~ And Moses diligently sought the goat of 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and the great owl, and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamnar, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the the sons of Aaron which were left alive, say- gier eagle, ing, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin and the lapwing, and the bat. offering in the holy place, seeing it s most 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, holy, and God hath given it you to bear shall be an abomination unto you. the iniquity of the congregation, to make 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying atonement for them before the LORD? creeping thing that goeth upon all four, 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought which have legs above their feet, to leap in within the holy place: ye should indeed withal upon the earth; have eaten it in the holy place, as I com- 22 Even these of them ye may eat; the lo. manded. cust after his kind, and the bald locust after 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and day have they offered their sin offering and the grasshopper after his kind. their burnt offering before the LORD; and 23 But all other flying creeping things, such things have befallen me: and if I had which have four feet, shall be an abomina,eaten the sin offering to day, should it have tion unto you. been accepted in the sight of the LORD? 24 And for these ye shall be unclean: who20 And when Moses heard that, he was soever toucheth the carcass of them shall content. be unclean until the even. CHAPTER XI. 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carOf meats clean and uncclean cass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. AND the LORD spake unto Moses and to 26 The carcasses of every beast which dividAaron, saying unto them, eth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: evThese are the beasts which ye shall eat cry one that toucheth them shall be unclean. among all the beasts that are on the earth. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoot, and is clo- among all manner of beasts that go on all venfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the four, those are unclean unto you: whose beasts, that shall ye eat. toucheth their carcass shall be unclean un4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not:at of til the even. them that chew the cud, or of them that 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them divide the hoof: as the camel, because he shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: the even: they are unclean unto you. he is unclean unto you. 29 T These also shall be unclean unto you 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the among the creeping things that creep upon cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and unto you. the tortoise after his kind, 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and cud, but d(ivideth not the hoof; he is unclean the lizard, and the snail, and t-te mole. unto you. 31 These are unclean to you among all that 80 elean an uinclean. LEVITICUS. Tokens to discern,eproR.jf ireep: whosoever doth touch them, when ing, If a woman have conceived seed, and they be dead, shall be unclean until the borne a man child, then she shall be unclean ben. seven days; according to the days of the 3o And upon whatsoever any of them, when separation for her infirmity shall she be unthey are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; clean. whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his fore. or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, skin shall be circumcised. wherein any work is done, it must be put 4 And she shall then continue in the blood into water, and it shall be unclean until the of her purifying three and thirty days; she wven; so it shall be cleansed. shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come in33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto to the sanctuary, until the days of her puri. any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall lying be fulfilled. hve unclean; and ye shall break it. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on shall be unclean two weeks, as in her sepawhich such water cometh shall be unclean: ration: and she shall continue in the blood and all drink that may be drunk in everyof her purifying threescore and six days. sush vessel shall be unclean. 6 And when the days of her purifying are 35 And every thing whereupon any part of fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she their carcass falleth shall be unclean; wheth- shall bring a lamb of the first year for a er it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a be broken down: for they are unclean, and turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door shall be unclean unto you. of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto 36 Nevertheless a, fountain or pit, wherein the priest: there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and that which toucheth their carcass shall be make an atonement for her; and she shall tnclean. be cleansed from the issue of her blood. 37 And if any part of their carcass fall up- This is the law for her that hath borne a male it any sowing seed which is to be sown, it or a female.,tlwU be clean. 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb,,8 But if any water be put upon the seed, then she shall bring two turtles, or two ind any part of their carcass fall thereon, it young pigeons; the one for the burnt offershtall be unclean unto you. ing, and the other for a sin offering: and the 30 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, priest shall make an atonement for her, and die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof she shall be clean. si8all be unclean until the even. 10 And he that eateth of the carcass of it APTER EsilaU wash his clothes, and be unclean until kens in discerning the leprosy. the even: he also that beareth the carcass AND the LORD spake unto Moses and if it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean J Aaron, saying, tuatil the even. 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be apon the earth shall be an abomination; it in the skin of his flesh like the plague of lepihall not be eaten. rosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and the priest, or unto one of his sons the W'hatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatso-priests: ever hath more feet among all creeping 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in things that creep upon the earth, them ye the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in shall not eat; for they are an abomina- the plague is turned white, and the plague lion. in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall With any creeping thing that creepeth, nei- look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 1her shall ye make yourselves unclean with 4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of them, that ye should be defiled thereby. his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall skin, and the hair thereof be not turned therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall white; then the priest shall shut up him that be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye de- hath the plague seven days: llUe yourselves with any manner of creeping 5 And the priest shall look on him the sevthing that creepeth upon the earth. enth day: and, behold, if the plague in his 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not (,ut of the land of Egypt, to be your God: in the skin; then the priest shall shut him ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. up seven days more: 46 This 'is the law of the beasts, and of the 6 And the priest shall look on him again I owl, and of every living creature that mov- the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague Qth in the waters, and of every creature be somewhat dark, and the plague spread that creepeth upon the earth: not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce 17 To make a difference between the un- him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall clean and the clean, and between the beast wash his clothes, and be clean. thtat may be eaten and the beast that may 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the ot be eaten. skin, after that he hath been seen of the CHAPTER XII. epriest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: Purification of women. 8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall. 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy..81 The laws and tokcnis LEVITICUS. to dicern leptrosy. 9 I When the plague of leprosy is in a man, 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place,.hen he shall be brought unto the priest; and spread not in the skin, but it be some10 And the priest shall see him: and, be- what dark; it is a rising of the burning, and hold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it have turned the hair white, and there be is an inflammation of the burning. quick raw flesh in the rising; 29 ~ If a man or woman have a plague upo 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his the head or the beard; lesh, and the priest shall pronounce him i 30 Then the priest shall see the plague. anclean, and shall not shut him up: for he and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the is unclean. skin, and there be in it a yellow thin hair; 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the then the priest shall pronounce him unskin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of clean; it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon him that hath the plague from his head even the head or beard. to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 31 And if the priest took on the plague of 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, be- the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deep.. Shold if the leprosy have covered all his er than the skin, and that there is no black flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him the plague: it is all turned white. he is that hath the plague of the scall seven days: clean. 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he look on the plague: and, behold, if the scaE shall be unclean. spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the and pronounce him to be unclean: for the skin; raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be not shave; and the priest shall shut up hirm changed unto white, he shall come unto the that hath the scall seven days more: priest; 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall 17 And the priest shall see him: and, be- look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be hold, if the plague be turned into white; not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper then the priest shall pronounce him clean than the skin; then the priest shall prio that hath the plague: he is clean. nounce him clean: and he shall wash hi: 18 ~ The flesh also, in which, even in the clothes, and be clean. skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin 19 And in the place of the boil there be a after his cleansing; white rising, or a bright spot, white, and 36 Then the priest shall look on him; and, somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest; priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, unclean. it be in sight lower than the skin, and the 37 But if the scal be in his sight at a stay, hair thereof be turned white; the priest and that there is black hair grown up thereshall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague in; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the of leprosy broken out of the boil. priest shall pronounce him clean. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, 38 T If a man also or a woman have in the there be no white hairs therein, and if it be skin of their flesh bright spots, even whil e not lower than the skin, but be somewhat bright spots; dark; then the priest shall shut him up sev- 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, an days: if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, be darkish white, it is a freckled spot that then the priest shall pronounce him un- groweth in the skin: he is clean. clean: it is a plague. 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, head, he is bald; yet is he clean. and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from priest shall pronounce him clean. the part of his head toward his face, he i.s 24 ~ Or if there be any flesh, in the skin forehead bald; yet is he clean. whereof there is a hot burning, and the 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald quick flesh that burneth have a white bright forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leproepot, someiwhat reddish, or white; sy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, forehead. behold, if the hair in the bright spot be 43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, turned white, and it be in sight deeper than behold, if the rising of the sore be white the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the reddish in his bald head, or in his bald foreburning: wherefore the priest shall pro- head, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin nounce him unclean: it is the plague of lep- of the flesh; rosy. 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; there be no white hair in the bright spot, and his plague is in his head. it be no lower than the other skin, but he 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, him up seven days: and he shall put a covering upon his upper 27 And the priest shall look upon him the lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. seventh day: and if it be spread much 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pro- in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he nounce him unclean: it is the plague of lep- shall dwell alone; without the camp shall rosy. his habitation be. 82 Tokens to discern leprosy. IEVITICUS. Of cleansing the lepe. 47 ~ The garment also that the plague of 1 of the birds oe killed in an earthen vesse leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garmeint, over rnnling water. or a linen garment; 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it. 48 Whether it he in the warp, or woof, of and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in hyssop, and shall dip them and the living any thing made of skin; bird in the blood of the bird that was killed 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish over the running water: in the garment, or in the skin, either in the 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of be cleansed from theleprosy seven times, and skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the snewed unto the priest: living bird loose into tlie open field. 50 And the priest shall look upon the plagu e, 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash and shut up it, that hath the plague seven hi, clothes, and shave off all his hair. and days: washi himself in water, that he may be clean: 51 And he shall look on the plague on the and after that he shall coine into the camp, seventh day: if the plague be spread in the and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, days. or in a skin, or in any work that is made of 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is shall shave all his hair off his head and his unclean. beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: shall be clean. for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two in the fire. h: lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, of the first year without blemish, and three the plague be not spread in the garment, tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any mingled with oil, and one log of oil. thing of skin; 11 And the priest that maketh iim clean 54 Then the priest shall command that they shall present the man that is to be made wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he clean, and those things, before the LORD, at shall shut it up seven days more: the door of the tabernacle of the congrega55 And the priest shall look on the plague, tion. after that it is washed: and, behold, if the | 12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, plague have not changed his colour, and the and offer him for a trespass offering, and the plague be not spread, it &is unclean; thou log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering shalt burn it in the fire; it 'is fret inward, before the LORD: whether it be bare within or without. 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the where he shall kill the sin offering and the plague be somewhat dark after the washing burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the of it; then he shall rend it out of the gar- sin offering is the priest's so i.s the trespass nent, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, offering: it is most holy: or out of the woof: 14 And the priest shall take some of the 57 And if it appear still in the garment, blood of the trespass offering, and the priest either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou him that is to be cleansed, and upon the shalt burn that wherein the plague is with thumb of his right hand, and upon the great fire. toe of his right foot. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, 15 And the priest shall take some of the log or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed left hand: from them, then it shall be washed the 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger second time, and shall be clean. in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven in a garment of woollen or linen, either in times before the LORD: the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to 17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it un- hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the clean. right ear of him that is to be cleanse:d, and CHAPTER XIV. upon the thumb of his right hand, and Rites in cleaning the le erp. upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: AND the,ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the A 2 This,;hall be the law of the leper in priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of the day of his cleansing: He shall be him that is to be cleansed: and the priest brought unto the priest: shall make an atonement for him before the 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the LORD. camp; and the priest shall look, and, be- 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, hold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in and make an atonement for him that is to the leper; be cleansed from his uncleanness; and after4 Then shall the priest command to take ward he shall kill the burnt offering: for him that is to be cleansed two birds 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offeralive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, ing and the meat offering upon the altar: and hyssop: and the priest shall make an atonement for 5 And the priest shall command that one j him, and he shall be clean83 ~us of leprosy in a house. LEVITICUS. Ihe clcansi.W of that house,;1 And if he be poor, and cannot get so if the plague be spread in the walls of the auch; then he shall take one lalmb for a i house; trespass offering a be waved, to make an 40 Then the priest shall command that they atonement for him, and one tenth deal of take away the stones in vwhich the plague is, fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offer-; and they shall cast them into an unclean ing, and a log of oil; place without the city: 22 And two turtledoves, or two young pig- 41 And eb shall cause the house to be scrapeons, such as he is able to get; and the one ed within round about, and they shall pour shall b- a sin offering, and the other a burnt out the dust that they scrape off without the offeringo city into an unclean place: 23 Andhe shallbring them on tie eighth day 42 And they shall take other stones, and for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the put them in the place of those stones; and door of the tabernacle of thle congregation, he shall take other mortar, and shall plasbefore the LORD. ter the house. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of 43 And if the plague come again, and break the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and out in the house, after that he hath taken the priest shall wave them for a wave offer- away the stones, and after he hath scraped ing before the LORID: the house, and after it is plastered; 25 And he shall kill the lamb of thie tre,'pass 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, offering, and the priest shall take some of the behold, if the plague be spread in the house, blood of the trespass offering, and put it it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unupon the tip of the right ear of him that is clean. to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 45 And he shall break down the house, the right hand, and upon the great toe of his stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all right foot. the mortar of the house; and he shall carry 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into them forth out of the city into an unclean the palm of his own left hand: place. 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his 46 Moreover, he that goeth into the house right finger some of the oil that is in his left all the while that it is shut up shall be unhand seven times before the LORD: clean until the even. 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is 47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of his clothes; and he that eateth in the house him that is to be cleansed, and upon the shall wash his clothes. thumb of his right hand, and upon the 48 And if the priest shall come in, and look great toe of his right foot, upon the place upon it, and, behold, the ph:,gue hath not of the blood of the trespass offering: spread in the house, after the house was 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the plastered; then the priest shall pronounce priest's hand he shall put upon the head of the house clean, because the plague is healed. him that is to be cleansed, to make an atone- 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house ment for him before the LORD. two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and 30 And he shall offer the one of the turtle- lyssop: doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in can get; an earthen vessel over running water: 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living offering, with the meat offering: and the bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain priest shall make an atonement for him that bird, and in the running vwater, and sprinkle is to be cleansed before the LORD. the house seven times: 32 This is the law of him in whom is the 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to blood of the bird, and with the running waget that which pertaineth to his cleansing. ter, and with the living bird, and with tile 33 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with unto Aaron, saying, tie scarlet: 34 When ye be come into the land of Ca- 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of naan, which I give to you for a possession, the city into the open fields, and make an and I put the plague of leprosy in a house atonement for the house: and it shall be of the land of your possession; clean. 35 An i he that owneth the house shall come 54 This is the law for all manner of plague and tel,. the priest, saying, It seemeth to me of leprosy, and scall, there is as it were a plague in the house: 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of 36 Then the priest shall command that they a house, empty the house, before the priest go into it Sd And for a rising, and for a scab, and for to see the plague, that all that is in the house a bright spot: be not made unclean: and afterward the 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it priest shall go in to see the house: is clean: this is the law of leprosy. 37 And lie shall look on the plague, and, CH TT XT behold, if the plague be in the walls of the CHAPER n v house with hollow streaks, greenish or red- Of uneclncness bh iszues. dish, which in sight are lower than the wall; AND the LORD spake unto Moses and to 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house A Aaron, saying, to the door of the house, and shut up the 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say house seven days: unto them, When any mnan hath a running 39 Apd the priest shall come again the issue out of his flesh. because of his issue he sevenfh day, and shall look; and, behold, is unclean. 84 7he uncleane.ss of men LEVITICUS. The unelfeanness of woamen 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his I she sat upon shall wash his clothes, anr issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, bathe himself in water, and be unclean until) or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is the even. his uncleanness.2b And if it be on her bed, or on any thing 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he shall be unclean until the even. he sitteth, shall be unclean. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth and be unclean until the even. shall be unclean. 6 And he that sitteth on any thing where- 25 And if a woman have an issue of hei on he sat that hath the issue shall wash his blood many days out of the time of her sepclothes, and bathe himself in water, and be aration, or if it run beyond the time of her unclean until the even. separation; all the days of the issue of her 7 And be that toucheth the flesh of him uncleanness shall be as the days of her sepathat hath the issue shall wash his clothes, ration: she shall be unclean. and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days until the even. of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth him that is clean; then he shall wash his upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be her separation. unclean until the even. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, that hath the issue shall be unclean. and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that until the even. was under him shall be unclean until the 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then even: and he that beareth any of those she shall number to herself seven days, and things shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- after that she shall be clean. self in water, and be unclean until the even. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take un11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath to her two turtles, or two young pigeons, the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in and bring them unto the priest, to the door water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe of the tabernacle of the congregation. himself in water, and be unclean until the 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a even. sin offering, and the other for a burnt offer12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth ing: and the priest shall make an atonement which hath the issue, shall be broken: and for her before the LORD for the issue of her every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in wa- uncleanness. tor. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Is13 And when he that hath an issue is rael from their uncleanness; that they die cleansed of his issue, then he shall number I not in their uncleanness, when they defile to himse, f seven days for his cleansing, and my tabernacle that is among them. wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in run- 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, ning water, and shall be clean. and of him whose seed goeth from him, and 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to is defiled therewith; hidm two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers,,ind come before the LORD unto the door of and of him that hath an issue, of the man, th lie tabernacle of the congregation, and give and of the woman, and of him that lieth them unto the priest: with her that is unclean. 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one A I for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt CHAPTER XVI. offering; and the priest shall make an atone- The sacrifices of atonement. ment for hillt before the LORD for his issue. AND the LORD spake unto Moses after the 16 And if any man's seed of copulation go A death of the two sons of Aaron, when out from him, then he shall wash all his they offered before the LORD, and died; flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak un17 And every garment, and every skin, to Aaron thy brother, that he come not at Whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be all times into the holy place within the vail washed with water, and be unclean until the before the mercy seat, which is upon the T-en. ark; that he die not: for I will appear in 18 The woman also with whom man shall the cloud upon the mercy seat. ie with seed of copulation, they shall both 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy bathe themselves in water, and be unclean place; with a young bullock for a sin offeruntil the even. ing, and a ram for a burnt offering. 39 ~ And if a woman have an issue, and 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be he shall have the linen breeches upon his put apart seven days: and whosoever touch- flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, eth her shall be unclean until the even. and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in these are holy garments; therefore shall he her separation shall be unclean: every thing wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 5 And he shall take of the congregation of 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall the children of Israel two kids of the goats wash his clothes, and bathe himself In water, for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt and be unclean until the even. offering. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the The sin offering for the people. LEVITICUS. gYearly feast of expiations. sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LoinD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: 12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and brine it within the vail: 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upo. the mercy seat eastward; and before t'!e mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 ~ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 20 I And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 86 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 ~ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on tne tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar: and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER XVII. Blood forbidden to be eaten. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people; Bating of blood forbidden. LEVITICUS. Unlawful marriages. 5 To the end that the children of Israel may 6 ~ None of you shall approach to any that bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedopen field, even that they may bring them ness: I am the LORD. n nto the LORD, unto the door of the taberna- 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedile of the congregation, unto the priest, and ness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover i And the priest shall sprinkle the blood her nakedness. upon the altar of the LORD at the door of 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedthe fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. ness. T And they shall no more offer their sacri- 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter X 3es unto devils, after whom they have gone of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, % whoring. This shall be a statute for ever whether she be born at home, or born abroad, unto them throughout their generations. even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. B ~ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatso- 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, ever man there be of the house of Israel, or of or of thy daughter's daughter, even their tae strangers which sojourn among you,that nakedness thou shalt not uncover; for theirs e ffereth a burnt offering or a sacrifice, is thine own nakedness. 'I And brlngeth it not unto the door of the 11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedoff from among his people. ness. iO ~ And whatsoever man there be of the 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness house of Israel, or of the strangers that so- of thy father's sister: she is thy father's Journ among you, that eateth any manner of near kinswoman. blood; I will even set my face against that 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's firom among his people. near kinswoman. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of and I have given it to you upon the altar to thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach make an atonement for your souls: for it is to his wife: she is thine aunt. tie blood that maketh an atonement for 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of he soul. thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Is,- thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ael, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness shall any stranger that sojourneth among of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's 'ou eat blood. nakedness. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the chil- 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of iren of Israel, or of the strangers that so- a woman and her daughter, neither shalt Journ among you, which hunteth and catch- thou take her son's daughter or her daugheth any beast or fowl that maybe eaten; he ter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; shall even pour out the blood thereof, and for they are her near kinswomen; it is wick(over it with dust. edness. 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sisit is for the life thereof: therefore I said ter, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, unte the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the beside the other in her life time. blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woall flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever man to uncover her nakedness, as long as eateth it shall be cut off. she is put apart for her uncleanness. 15 And every soul that eateth that which 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with died of itself, or that which was torn with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, her. or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed and bathe himself in water, and be unclean pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt until the even: then shall he be clean, thou profane the name of thy God: I am the 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his LORD. flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity, 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with CHAPTER XVIII. womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to Of unlawful marriages, &c. defile thyself therewith: neither shall any AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, woman stand before a beast to lie down./ 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and thereto: it is confusion. way unto them, I am the LORD your God. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these 8 After the doings of the land of Egypt, things: for in all these the nations are dewherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after filed which I cast out before you: the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the walk in their ordinances. land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD my judgments, and shall not commit any of your God. these abominations; neither any of your 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and own nation, nor any stranger that sojournmy judgments: which if a man do, he shall eth among you: 7ve m them; am the LORD. 27 (For all these abominations have the 87 A repetition LEVITICTlS. of sundry laos men of the land Ftine, which were before!8 " Thon shalt not avenge, nor bear ani you, and the land is defiled;) r or udge against the children of thy peophl, 28 That the land spew not you out also, but thou shalt love thy neighboux as trhwhen ye defile it, as it spewced out the a - self: I am the LORD. tions that were before you. 19 T Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt 29 Forwhosoever shall commit any of these not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: abominations, even the souls that commit thou shalt not sow thy seed with mingled them shall be cut off from among their peo- I seed: neither shall a garment mingled of pie. I linen and woollen come upon thee. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, 20 I And whosoever lieth carnally with a that ye commit not any one of these abomni- woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to F nable customs, which were committed b- husband, and not at all redeemed, nor free fore you, and that ye defile not yourselves dom given her; she shall be scourged: the3 therein: I am the LORD your G od, shall not be put to death, because she was not free. CHAAPTER not free.I, rCHAPTi XXr l 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering A 'repetitioe i sundry laws. j unto the LORD, unto the door of the taber. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, nacle of the congregation, even a ram for a S 2 Speak unto all the congregation of trespass offering. the children of Israel, and say unto them, 22 And the priest shall make an atonement Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God for him with the ram of the trespass offering am holy. before the LORD for his sin which he hath 3 ~ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and done; and the sin which he hath done shall his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the be forgiven him. LORD n1your God. 23 1 And when ye shall come into the land, 4 ~ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to and shall have planted all manner of trees yourselves molten gods: I amn the LORi) for food, then ye shall count the fruit there, your God. of as uncircumcised: three years shall it be 5~ And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offer- as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be Ings unto the LORD. ye shall offer it at your eaten of. own will. 24 lBut in the fourth year all the fruit there. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, of shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. and on the morrow: and if aught remain 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the until the third day. it shall be burnt in the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you fire. the increase thereof: I art the LOR1 your 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, God. it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 26 ~ Ye shall not eat any? thing with toe 8 Therefore every onz that eateth it shall blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned nor observe times. the hall wed thing of the LORD; and that 27 Ye shall not round the corners of yoir.-oul shall be cut off from among his people. heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of 9 T And when ye reap the harvest of your thy beard. land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in yomu of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the flesh for the dead, nor print any marks ua-,leanings of thy harvest. on you: I am th LORD. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, 29 T Do not prostitute thy daughter, to neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor to whoredom, and the land become full of and stranger: I am the LORD your God. wickedness. 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, 30 ~ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and roveCrneither lie one to another. ence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. 12 T And ye shall not swear by my name 31 ~ Regard not them that have familiar falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be deof thy God I am the LORD. filed by them: I am the LORD your God. 13 T Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, 32 T Thou shalt rise up before the hoary neither rob him: the wages of him that is head, and honour the face of the old man, hired shall not abide with thee all night un- and fear thy God: I am the LORD. til the morning. 33 ~ And if a strang, r sojourn with thee in 14 T Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put your land, ye shall not vex him. a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt 34 B.tt the stranger that dwelleth with you fear thy God: I am the LORD. shall be unto you as one born among you, 15 ~ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judg- and thou shalt love him as thyself; for yoe ment; thou shalt not respect the person were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am of the poor, nor honour the person of the the LORD your God. mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou 35 1T Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judge thy neighbour. judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in 16 ~[ Thou shalt not go up and down as a measure. talebearer among thy people; neither shalt 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, thou stand against the blood of thy neigh- and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORrn hour: I am the LORD. your God, which brought you out of the 17 1~ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in land of Egypt. thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my stat. thy neighbour. and not suffer sin upon utes, and all my judgments, and do them: I him. am the LORD. 88 A repetition LEV' ITCUS, of sundry laws, CHAPTER XX. A repetition of sundry laws. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, S 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely.be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not; 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 6 i And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 ~ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for 1 am the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. 9 ~ For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 10 ~ And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. bi And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he halJl bear hbs iniquity, 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister; for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 T Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. 27 ~ A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. CHAPTER XXI. Ordinances for the priests. AND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unA to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman 89 Divers laws LEVITICUS. and ordinances put away from her husband: for he is holy a leper, or hath a running issue; he shalh unto his God. not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he And whoso toucheth any thing that is un, offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be clean by the dead, or a man whose seed goe holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanc- eth from him; tify you, am holy. 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creepinji 9 ~ And the daughter of any priest, if she thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or profane herself by playing the whore, she a man of whom he may take uncleannes, profaneth her father: she shall be burnt whatsoever uncleanness he hath; with fire. 6 The soul which hath touched any su(,ia 10 And he that is the high priest among shall be unclean until even, and shall not his brethren, upon whose head the anoint- eat of the holy things, unless he wash hiF ing oil was poured, and that is consecrated flesh with water. to put on the garments, shall not uncover 7 And when the sun is down, he shall to his head, nor rend his clothes; clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, things; because it is his food. nor defile himself for his father, or for his 8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with mother; beasts, he shall not eat to defile himsel! 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, therewith: I am the LOnD. nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for 9 They shall therefore keel mine ordinance, the crown of the anointing oil of his God is lest they bear sin for it, and (lie therefore, if upon him: I am the LORD. they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or pro- thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired' fane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. he shall take a virgin of his own people to 11 But if the priest buy ctny soul with his wife. nmoney, he shall eat of it, and he that is bora 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among in his house: they shall eat of his meat. his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. 12 If the priest's dauughter also be marri e 16 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, say- unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offe:' - ing, ing of the holy things. 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widotr, be of thy seed in their generations that hath or divorced, and have no child, and is r., any blemish, let him not approach to offer turned unto her father's house, as in het the bread of his God. youth, she shall eat of her father's meat l 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a but there shall no stranger eat thereof. blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, 14 ~ And if a man eat of the holy thing u, - or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any wittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thing superfluous, thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or bro- priest with the holy thing. kenhanded, 15 And they shall not profane the holr 20 Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath things of the children of Israel, which theiy a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scab- offer unto the LORD; bed, or hath his stones broken; 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity cf 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed trespass, when they eat their holy thingsv of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer for I the LORD do sanctify them. the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he 17 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, sayx hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to ing, offer the bread of his God. 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both unto all the children of Israel, and say unto of the most holy, and of the holy. them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Is23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor rael, or of the strangers in srael, that will come nigh unto the altar, because he hath aoffer his oblation for all his vows, and for all blemish; that he profane not my sanctu- his freewill offerings, which they will offer aries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. unto the LORD for a burnt offering; 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his 19 Ye shalt offer at your own will a malo sons, and unto all the children of Israel. without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, CHAPTER XXIT. or of the goats. C P 1 L 1.20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall Priests' abstaining from holy things. ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, for you. i 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of that they separate themselves from the holy peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish things of the children of Israel, and that his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or they profane not my holy name in those sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; things which they hallow unto me: I am the there shall be no blemish therein. LORD. 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or havinl 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not your seed among your generations, that go- offer these unto the LORD, nor make an of-. eth unto the holy things, which the children fering by fire of them upon the altar unto of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his the LORD. uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any off from my presence: I am the LORD. thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, What man soever of the seed of Aaron is, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offer The feasts of the Lord. LEVITICUS. The feast of Pentecost. ing; but for a vow it shall not be ac- the sheaf a he lamb without blemish of the cepted. first year for a burnt offering unto the 24 Ye shal not offer unto the LORD that LORD. which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or 13 And the meat offering thereof shall be cut; neither shall ye make any offering two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with thereof in your land. oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye for a sweet savour: and the drink offering offer the bread of your God of any of these; thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a because their corruption is in them, and hin. blemishes be in them: they shall not be ac- 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parchcepted for you. ed corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame 26 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, say- day that ye have brought an offering unto ing, your God: it shall hbe a statute for ever 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is throughout your generations in all your brought forth, then it shall be seven days dwellings. under the dam; and from the eighth day15 ~T And ye shall count unto you from the and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an morrow after the sabbath, from the day that offering made by fire unto the LORD. ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall seven sabbaths shall be complete: not kill it and her young both in one day. 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your shall offer a new meat offering unto the own will. LORD. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations shall leave none of it until the morrow: I two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they am the LORD. shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken 31 Therefore shall ye keep my command- with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto tients, and do them: I am the LORD. the LORD.,2 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven tut I will be hallowed among the children lambs without blemish of the first year, and cntinual burnt offering, and his meat he shall not break his word, he shall do acoffering, and his drink offering. cording to all that proceedeth out of his 23 ~ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, mouth. two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the year without blemish: LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in 24 Their meat offering and their drink of- her father's house in her youth; ferings for the bullocks, for the rams, and 4 And her father hear her vow, and her for the lambs, shall be according to their bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, number, after the manner: and her father shall hold his peace at her; 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offer- then all her vows shall stand, and every ing; beside the continual burnt offering, bond wherewith she hath bound her soul his meat offering, and his drink offering. shall stand. 26 I And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two 5 But if her father disallow her in the day rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year that he heareth, not any of her vows, or of without spot: her bonds wherewith she hath bound her 27 And their meat offering and their drink soul, shall stand; and the LORD shall forgive offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and her, because her father disallowed her. for the lambs, shall be according to their 6 And if she had at all a husband, when she numin)er, after the manner: vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, 38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside wherewith she bound her soul; the continual burnt offering, and his meat 7 And her husband heard it, and held his offering, and his drink offering. peace at her in the day that he heard it: then 29 ~ And on the sixth day eight bullocks, her vows shall stand, and her bonds where-i two rains, and fourteen lambs of the first with she bound her soul shall stand. year without blemish: 8 But if her husband disallowed her on the 30'And their meat offering and their drink day that he heard it, then he shall make her offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and vow which she vowed, and that which she for the lambs, shall be according to their uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound number, after the manner: her soul, of none effect; and the LORD shall 81 And one goat for a sin offering; beside forgive her. the continual burnt offering, his meat offer- 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her ing, and his drink offering. that is divorced, wherewith they have bound 32 ~ And on the seventh day seven bull- their souls, shall stand against her. ocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, first year without blemish: or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 33 And their meat offering and their drink 11 And her husband heard it, and held his offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and peace at her, and disallowed her not: then for the lambs, shall be according to their all her vows shall stand, and every bond 4A.irber, after the manner: wherewith she bound her soul shall stand, 123 The Midianites spoiled. NUMBERS. How the prey is to be divided. 12 But if her husband hath utterly made 15 And Moses said unto them, Iave ye them void on the day he heard them; then saved all the women alive? whatsoever proceeded out of her lips con- 16 Behold, these caused the children of Iscerning her vows, or concerning the bond rael, through the counsel of Balaam, to of her soul, shall not stand: her husband commit trespass against the LORD in th(i hath made them void; and the LORD shall matter of Peeor, and there was a. plague forgive her. among the congregation of the LORD. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to 17 Now therefore kill every nmale among thba afflict the soul, her husband may establish little ones, and kill every woman that hath it, or her husband may make it void. known man by lying with him. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his 18 But all the women children, that h:ve. peace at her from day to day; then he estab- not known a man by lying with him, keele lisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which alive for yourselves. are upon her: he confirmeth them, because 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven he held his peace at her in the day that he days: whosoever hath killed any person, heard them. and whosoever hath touched any slain, pu15 But if he shall any ways make them void rify both yourselves and your captives on after that he hath heard them; then he shall the third day, and on the seventh day. bear her iniquity. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all that 16 These are the statutes, which the LORD is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, commanded Moses, between a man and his and all things made of wood. wife, between the father and his daughter, 21 ~ And Eleazar the priest said unto the being yet in her youth in her father's house. men of war which went to the battle, This is CHAPTER XXXI. the ordinance of the law which the LORD C R commanded Moses; The MEidianites destroyed. 2 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, AND the LORD spako unto Moses, saying, the iron, the tin, and the lead, I 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gather- shall make it go through the fire, and it sball ed unto thy people. be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, with the water of separation: and all that Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and abideth not the fire ye shall make go through let them go against the Midianites, and the water. avenge the LORD of Midian. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after. the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. ward ye shall come into the camp. 5 So there were delivered out of the thou- 26 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, SEl,. sands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, ing, twelve thousand armed for war. 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thou- both of man and of beast thou, and Eleazal sand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the the priest, and the chief iathers of the con. son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with gregation: the holy instruments, and the trumpets to 27 And divide the prey into two parts; tbe blow in his hand. tween them that took the war upon them, 7 And they warred against the Midianites, who went out to battle, and between all the as the LORD commanded Moses; and they congreration. slew all the males. 28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside men of war which went out to battle: one the rest of them that were slain; nammel, soul of five hundred, both of the persons. Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the the sheep: son of Beor they slew with the sword. 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto 9 And the children of Israel took all the Eleazar the priest, for a heave offering of women of Midian captives, and their little the LORD. ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou and all their flocks, and all their goods. shalt take one portion of fifty, of the per10 And they burnt all their cities wherein sons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give fire. them unto the Levites, which keep the 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. prey, both of men and of beasts. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did rs 12 And they brought the captives, and the the LORD commanded Moses. prey, and the spoil, unto Moses and Eleazar 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey the priest, and unto the congregation of the which the men of war had caught, was six children of Israel, unto the camp at the hundred thousand and seventy thousand plains of Moab, which re by Jordan near and five thousand sheep, ericho. 33 And threescore and twelve thousand 13 ~ And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and beeves, all the princes of the congregation, went 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, forth to meet them without the camp. 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers all, of women that had not known man by of the host, with the captains over thou- lying with him. sands, and captains over hundreds, which 6 And the half, which was the portion of came from the battle, them that went out to war, was mn nuumber 124 T7ie Reubcaitch; and Gadites NUMBERS. sue for their inheritance. three hundredthousand and seven andthirty 4 Even the country which the LORD smote thousand and five hundred sheep: before the congregation of Israel, is a land 37 And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thou- grace in thy sight, let this land be given unsandl; of which the LORD'S tribute wa.s to thy servants for a possession, and bring us threescore and twelve. not over Jordan. 39 And the asses were thirty thousandnd d 6 T And Moses said unto the children of Gad live hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute and to the children of Reuben, Shall your twal three score and one. brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and the children of Israel from going over into two persons. the land which the LORD hath given them? 41 And Moses gave the tribute, whichl aws 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of 4? And of the children of Israel's half,which Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged Moses divided from the men that warred, the heart of the children of Israel, that they 4:3 (Now the half that pertainedl unto the should not go into the land which the LORD congregation was three hundred thousand had given them. and thirty thousand and seven thousand and 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the five hundred sheep, same time, and he sware, saying, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 11 Surely none of the men that came up 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hun- out of Egypt, from twenty years old and updred, ward, shall see the land which I sware unto 4i And sixteen thousand persons,) Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; be47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Mo- cause they have not wholly followed me: sIs took one portion of fifty, both of man 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the and of beast, and gave theim unto the Le- Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for vites, which kept the charge of the taberna- they have wholly followed the LORD. t.ie of the LORD; as the LoRD commanded 13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled Hoses. agnaiiist Israel, and he made them wander in ti. And the officers which were over thou- the wilderness forty years, until all the genm1inds of the host, the captains of thousands, eration, that had done evil in the sight of dlt captains of hundreds, came near unto the LORD, was consumed. ht oses; 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your faelU And they said unto Moses, Thy servants tiers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to hive taLken the sum of the men of war which augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD I 'Ce Under our charge, and there lacketh not toward Israel.,) le m11an of us. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he i0 We have therefore brought an oblation will yet again leave them in the wilderness; hr the LORD, what every man hath gotten, and ye shall destroy all this people. )If jewels of gold,chains, and bracelets,rings, 16 ~ And they came near unto him, and,iqrrings, and tablets, to make an atonement said, We will build sheepfolds here for our?!or our souls before the LORD. cattle, and cities for our little ones: 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed -he gold of them, even all wrought jewels. before the children of Israel, until we 52 And all the gold of the offering that they have brought them unto their place: and offered up to the LORD, of the captains of our little ones shall dwell in the fenced citthousands, and of the captains of hundreds, ies, because of the inhabitants of the land. 'was sixteen thousand seven hundred and 18 We will not return unto our houses, un-.ffty -hekels. til the children of Israel have inherited 5; V'frr the men of war had taken spoil, every man his inheritance: every man for himself.) 19 For we will not inherit with them on 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took yonder side Jordan, or forward; because the gold of the captains of thousands and of our inheritance is fallen to us on this side hundreds, and brought it into the taberna- Jordan eastward. cle of the congregation, for a memorial for 20 ~ And Moses said unto them, If ye will thc, children of Israel before the LORD. do this thing, if ye will go armed before the CHAPTER A 'KXXII. LORD to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over JorReuben, &c., solicit an inheritance. dan before the LORD, until he hath driven I OW the children of Reuben and the chil- out his enemies from before him, dren of Gad had a very great multitude 22 And the land be subdued before the of cattle: and when they saw the land of LORD: then afterward ye shall return,and be Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; the place was a place for cattle; and this land shall be your possession before 2 The children of Gad and the children of the LORD. Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of sinned against the LORD: and be sure your the congregation, saying, sin will find you out. 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nim- 24 Build you cities for your little ones, and rah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, folds for your sheep; and do that which and Neb, and Beon, hath proceeded out of your mouth. 125 Two and forty journeys NUMBERS. of the Isadites. 25 And the children of Gad and the chil- first month, on the fifteenth day of the first dren of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, month; on the morrow after the passover Thy servants will do as my lord command- the children of Israel went out with a high eth. hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstall our cattle, shall be there in the cities of born, which the LORD had smitten among Gilead: them: upon their gods also the LORD exe27 But thy servants will pass over, every cuted judgments. man armed for war, before the LORD to 5 And the children of Israel removed from battle, as my lord saith. Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 28 So concerning them Moses commanded 6 And they departed from Succoth, and Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the wilderness. the children of Israel: 7 And they removed from Etham, and 29 And Moses said unto them, If the chil- turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is bedren of Gad and the children of Reuben will fore Baal-zephon: and they pitched before pass with you over Jordan, every man arm- Aligdol. ed to battle, before the LORD, and the land 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahishall be subdued before you; then ye shall roth, and passed through the midst of the give them the land of Gilead for a posses- sea into the wilderness, and went three sion: days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, 30 But if they will not pass over with you and pitched in Marah. armed, they shall have possessions among 9 And they removed from Marah, and came you in the land of Canaan. unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fount. 31 And the children of Gad and the children ains of water, and threescore and ten palm of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD trees; and they pitched there. hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 10 And they removed from Elim, and en, 32 We will pass over armed before the camped by the Red sea. LORD into the land of Canaan, that the pos-11 And they removed from the R?d soa session of our inheritance on this side Jor- and encamped in the wilderness of Sn. dan may he ours. 12 And they took their journey out of th, 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dopbchildren of Gad, and to the children of Reu- kah. ben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the 13 And they departed from Dophkah, and son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of encamped in Alush. the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king 14 And they removed from Alush, and en. of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof camped at Rephidim, where was no wate? in the coasts, even the cities of the country for the people to drink. round about. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and 34 ~ And the children of Gad built Dibon, pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. and Ataroth, and Aroer, 16 And they removed from the desert cf 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. Jogbehah, 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hatta36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenc- vah, and encamped at Hazeroth. ed cities; and folds for sheep. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and 37 And the children of Reuben built Hesh- pitched in Rithmah. bon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names pitched at Rimmon-parez. being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, other names unto the cities which they and pitched in Libnah. builded. 21 And they removed from Libnah, and 39 And the children of Machir the son of pitched at Rissah. Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. pitched in Kehelathah. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. pitched in mount Shapher. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, took the small towns thereof, and called and encamped in Ilaradah. them Havoth-jair. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and pitched in Makheloth. the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, 26 And they removed from Makheloth, and after his own name. encamped at Tahath. CHAPTER XXXIII. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. Journeys of the Israelites. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and THESE are the journeys of the children pitched in Mithcah. of Israel, which went forth out of the 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitchland of Egypt with their armies under the ed in Hashmonah. hand of Moses and Aaron. 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, 2 And Moses wrote their goings out accord- and encamped at Moseroth. ing to their journeys by the commandment 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and of the LORD: and these are their journeys pitched in Bene-jaakan. according to their goings out. 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakaa 3 And they departed from Rameses in the and encamped at Hor-hagidgad 126 Tile Canaanites to be destroyed. NUMBERS. The borders of the Iand 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.;34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the and of Edonm. 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount H1r. 40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 43 Arnd they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamnped in Almon-diblathaim. 47 And they removed from Almon-diblathainr, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 50 ~ And the LOgRD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 52: Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families; and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritanee: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you In the land wherein ye dwell, 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. CHAPTER XXXIV. The borders of the land. ND the LORD spale unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall nlto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then your south quarter shall be fron the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be th( outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: 4 And your border shall turn from tlh south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmnon: 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border; from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: 9 1 And the border shall go on to Ziphron and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar. enan: this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham: 11 And the coast shall go down from She. pham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinner. eth eastward: 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coast& thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Ma. nasseh have received their inheritance: 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephun. neh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of SimO6ae Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 127 ~Thc cities of the Lcvites. NUMBERS. The laws of murder. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son uge from the avenger; that the manslayes of Chislon. die not, until he stand before the congrega:.2 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- tion in judgment. dren of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give, 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, six cities shall ye have for refuge. for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Hanniel the son of Ephod. Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the 24 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refdren of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiph- uge. tan. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for 25 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- the children of Israel, and for the stranger, dren of Zebulun, Elisaphan the son of Par- and for the sojourner among them; that nach. every one that killeth any person unawares 26 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- may flee thither. dren of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 16 And if he smite him with an instrument 27 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the dren of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomni. murderer shall surely be put to death. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- 17 And if he smite him with throwing a dren of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Am- stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he mihud. is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be 29 These are they whom the LORD corn- put to death. manded to divide the inheritance unto the 18 Or if he smite him with a hand weapon children of Israel in the land of Canaan. of wood, wherewith he may die, and be die, CHAPTER XX he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely CHAPTER XXXV. be put to death. Cities given to the Levites. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the the murderer: when he meeteth him, he L plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, shall slay him. sayir, 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at 2 Command the children of Israel, that they him by laying of wait, that he die; give unto the Levites, of the inheritance of 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, their possession, cities to dwell in; and ye that he die: he that smote him shall surely shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for be put to death; for he is a murderer: the the cities round about them. revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, 8 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; when he meeteth him. and the suburbs of them shall be for their 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without cattle, and for their goods, and for all their enmity, or have cast upon him any thing beasts. without laying of wait, 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a mal shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon the wall of the city and outward a thousand him, that he (lie, and was not his enemy, nei. cubits round about. ther sought his harm: 5 And ye shall measure from without the 24 Then the congregation shall judge becity on the east side two thousand cubits, tween the slayer and the revenger of blood and on the south side two thousand cubits, according to these judgments: and on the west side two thousand cubits, 25 And the congregation shall deliver the and on the north side two thousand cubits; slayer out of the hand of the revenger of and the city shall be in the midst: this shall blood, and the congregation shall restore be to them the suburbs of the cities. him to the city of his refuge, whither he 6 And among the cities which ye shall give was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the unto the Levites there shall he six cities for death of the high priest, which was anointed refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man- with the holy oil. slayer, that he may flee thither: and to them 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come ye shall add forty and two cities. without the border of the city of his refuge, 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the whither he was fled; Levites shall he forty and eight cities: them 27 And the revenger of blood find him shall ye give with their suburbs. without the borders of the city of his ref. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall he uge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayo)f the possession of the children of Israel: er; lie shall not be guilty of blood: from them that have many ye shall give 28 Because he should have remained in the many; but from them that have few ye shall city of his refuge until the death of the high give few: every one shall give of his cities priest: but after the death of the higlh priest unto the Levites according to his inherit- the slayer shall return into the land of his ance which he inheriteth. possession. 9 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, say- 29 So these things shall be for a statute of ing, judgment unto you throughout your gener. 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and ations in all your dwellings. say unto them, When ye be come over Jor- 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer dan into the land of Canaan, shall be put to death by the mouth of wit, 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be nesses: but one witness shall not testify cities of refuge for you; that the slayer against any person to cause him to die. may flee thither, which killeth any person 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction at unawares. for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of 12 And they shall be unto you cities for ref- death: but he shall be surely put to death. 128 Of the marriage of heirsesses. DEUTERlONOMY. Law oJ liLcrItui), 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for hi 1 5 And Moses commanded the children of that is fled to the city of his refuge, that ho Israel according to the word of the LORD, should come again to dwell in the land, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath until the death of the priest. said well. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and command concerning the daughters of Zelothe land cannot be cleansed of the blood phehad, saying, Let them marry to whom that is shed therein, but by the blood of him they think best; only to the family of the that shed it. tribe of their father shall they marry. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye 7 So shall not the inheritance of the chilshall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the dren of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: LORD dwell among the children of Israel. for every one of the children of Israel shall CHAPTER XXXVI. keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. Of the inheritance of daughters. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an AND the chief fathers of the families of inheritance in any tribe of the children of jL the children of Gilead, the son of Ma- Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family chir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of of the tribe of her father, that the children the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritbefore Moses, and before the princes, the ance of his fathers. chief fathers of the children of Israel: 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove 2 And they said, The LORD commanded my from one tribe to another tribe; but every lord to give the land for an inheritance by one of the tribes of the children of Islot to the children of Israel: and my lord rael shall keep himself to his own inheritwas commanded by the LORD to give the ance. inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so his daughters. did the daughters of Zelophehad: 3 And if they be married to any of the sons 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and of the other tribes of the children of Israel, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophethen shall their inheritance be taken from had, were married unto their father's broththe inheritance of our fathers, and shall be ers' sons: put to the inheritance of the tribe where- 12 And they were married into the families unto they are received: so shall it be taken of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, from the lot of our inheritance. and their inheritance remained in the tribe 4 And when the jubilee of the children of of the family of their father. Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance 13 These are the commandments and the be put unto the inheritance of the tribe judgments, which the LORD commanded, by whereunto they are received: so shall their the hand of Moses, unto the children of Isinheritance be taken away from the inherit- rael in the plains of Moab by Jordan near ance of the tribe of our fathers. Jericho. THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY. CHAPTER I. Moses rehearseth God's promise. IHESE be the words which Moses spake l unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red t;:, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.: (There are eleven days' journey from Hoircb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshlrnea.) 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; ~4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the A morites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of hMoab, began Moses to declare this law, saying. 6 The LORD our God spake unto us ir HoI reb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. 9 ~ And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, 129 What befel Israel DEUiT'ERONOMY. on their way to Canaa'r and known among your tribes, and I will as a man doth bear his son, in all the way make them rulers over you. that ye went, until ye came into this place. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The 32 Yet in this thirg ye did not believe the thing which thou hast spoken is good for LORD your God, us to do. 33 Who went in the way before you, to 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise search you out a place to pitch your tents men, and known, and made them heads over in, in fire by night, to shew you by what you, captains over thousands, and captains way ye should go, and in a cloud by (lay. over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and 34 And the LoRD heard the voice of yol.r captains over tel*S and officers among your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, tribes. 35 Surely there shall not one of these men 16 And I charged your judges at that time, of this evil generatien see that good land, saying, Hear the causes between your breth- which I sware to give unto your fathers, ren, and judge righteously between every 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he man and his brother, and the stranger that shall see it, and to him will I give the land is with him. that he hath trodden upon, and to his chil17 Ye shall not respect persons in judg- dren, because he hath wholly followed the ment; but ye shall hear the small as well as LORD. the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for of man; for the judgment is God's: and the your sakes, saying, TholA also shalt not go in cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto thither. me, and I will hear it. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which stand18 And I commanded you at that time all eth before thee, he shall go in thither: the things which ye should do. encourage him: for he shall cause Israel te 19 ~ And when we departed from Horeb, inherit it. we went through all that great and terrible 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the should be a prey, and youl children, which mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our in that day had no knowledge between good God commanded us; and we came to Ka- and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto desh-barnea. them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your the mountain of the Amorites, which the journey into the wilderness by the way of LORD our God doth give unto us. the Red sea. 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We land before thee: go up and possess it, as have sinned against the LORD, we will go up the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto and fight, according to all that the LORD our thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. God commanded us. And when ye had 22 I And ye came near unto me every one girded on every man his weapons of war, of you, and said, We will send men before ye were ready to go up into the hill. us, and they shall search us out the land, and 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto bring us word again by what way we must them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not go up, and into what cities we shall come. among you; lest ye be smitten before your 23 And the saying pleased me well; and I enemies. took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not 24 And they turned and went up into the hear, but rebelled against the command. mountain, and came unto the valley of ment of the LORD, and went presumnptu. Eshcol, and searched it out. ously up into the hill. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that their hands, and brought it down unto us, mountain, came out against you, and chased and brought us word again, and said, It is a you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, good land which the LORD our God doth even unto Hormah. give us. 45 And ye returned and wept before the 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to but rebelled against the commandment of your voice, nor give ear unto you. the LORD your God: 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, ac. 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and cording unto the days that ye abode there. said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath CHAPTER II. brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, Israel's journey to Canaan. to destroy us. THEN we turned, and took our journey 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren J into the wilderness by the way of the have discouraged our heart, saying, The Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and people is greater and taller than we; the we compassed mount Seir many days. cities are great and walled up to heaven; 2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, and moreover we have seen the sons of the 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long Anakim there. enough: turn you northward. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither 4 And command thou the people, saying, be afraid of them. Ye are to pass through the coast of your 30 The LORD your God which goeth before brethren the children of Esau, which dwell you, he shall fight for you, according to all in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: that he did for you in Egypt before your take ye good heed unto yourselves thereeyes; fore: 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, you of their land, no, not so much as a foot. 130 What befell Jsrav, DEUTERONOMY. on their way to Canaa.,. breadth; because I have given mount Seir king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to posunto Esaufor a possession. sess it, and contend with him in battle. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations them for money, that ye may drink, that are under the whole heaven, who shall 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy in anguish because of thee. valking through this great wilderness: these 26 ~[ And I sent messengers out of the wilderforty years the LORD thy God hath ben with ness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshthee; thou hast lacked nothing. bon with words of peace, saying, 8 And when we passed by from our brethren 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, along by the high way, I will neither turn through the way of the plain from Elath, and unto the right hand nor to the left. from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that the way of the wilderness of Moab. I may eat; and give me water for money, that 9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not I may drink: only I will pass through on my the Moabites, neither contend with them in feet: battle: for I will not give thee of their land 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in for a possession; because I have given Ar Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, unlto the children of Lotfor a possession. did unto me:) until I shall pass over Jordan 10 The, Emim dwelt therein in times past, a into the land which the LOR) our God givpeople great, and many, and tall, as the eth us. Anakin; 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardAnakim; but the Moabites called them Emnim. ened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, 12 The Horim also dwelt in Seir beforetime; that he might deliver him into thy hand, as but the children of Esau succeeded them, appeareth this day. when they had destroyed them from before 3L And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did have begun to give Sihon and his land before unto the land of his possession, which the thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inLORD gave unto them. herit his land. 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and brook Zered. And we went over the brook all his people, to fight at Jahaz. Zered. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him 14 And the space in which we came from before us; and we smote him, and his sons, Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the and all his people. brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until 34 And we took all his cities at that time, all the generation of the men of war were and utterly destroyed the men and the women, wasted out from among the host, as the LORD and the little ones, of every city, we left none sware unto them. to remain: 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto against them, to destroy them from among ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we the host, until they were consumed. took. 16 ~ So it came to pass, when all the men of 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the war were consumed and dead from among river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the people, the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, city too strong for us: the LORD our God de18 Thou ait to pass over through Ar, the livered all unto us: coast of Moab, this day: 37 Only unto the land of the children of 19 And when thou comest nigh over against Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place the children of Ammon, distress them not, of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in nor meddle with them: for I will not give the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD thee of the land of the children of Ammon our God forbade us. any possession; because I have given it unto CHAPTER II. the children of Lotfor a possession. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: Isrel's jo:urey recited. giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Am- rHEN we turned, and went up the way to monites call them Zamzummim; J Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the out against us, he and all his people, to battle Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before at Edrei. them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him in their stead: not: for I will deliver him, and all his peo22 As he did to the children of Esau, which pie, and his land, into thy hand; and thou dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horim shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon from before them; and they succeeded them, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshand dwelt in their stead even unto this bon. day: 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our 23 And the Avim which dwelt in Hazerim, hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his even unto Azzah, the Caphtorim which came people: and we smote him until none was left forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and to him remaining. dwelt in their stead.) 4 And we took all his cities at that time, 24 ~ Ris e ve up, take your journey, and there was not a city which we took not from pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have them, threescore cities, all the region of Argiven into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, gob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan, 131 T']e conquest of Og. DEUTERONOMY. Moses' prayer co see eie land. 5 All these cities were fenced with high servant thy greatness, andthy mighty handt walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled for what God is there in heaven or in earth, towns a great many. that can do according to thy works, and ac6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did cording to thy might? unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly de- 25 1 pray thee, let me go over, and see the stroying the men, women, and children, of good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodevery city. ly mountain, and Lebanon. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. your sakes, and would not hear me: and the 8 And we took at that time out of the hand LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak of the two kings of the Amorites the land no more unto me of this matter. that was on this side Jordan, from the river 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, ar4 of Arnon unto mount Hermon; lift up thine eyes westward, and northward 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and southward, and eastward, and behold it and the Amorites call it Shenir;) with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go ovoe 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, this Jordan. and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. and strengthen him: for he shall go over be. 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of fore this people, and he shall cause them to the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead inherit the land which thou shalt see. was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath 29 So we abode in the valley over against of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was Beth-peor. the length thereof, and four cubits the CHAPTER IV. breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.. 12 And this land, which we possessed at that T cis o time, from Aroer, which is by the river TOW therefore hearken,O Israel, unto the Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the jl statutes and unto the judgments, which cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and to the Gadites. and go in and possess the land which the 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, LORD God of your fathers giveth you. being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Ar- command you, neither shall ye diminish gob, with all Bashan, which was called the aught from it, that ye may keep the conU land of giants. mandments of the LORD your God which ~ 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the command you. country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did and Maachathi; and called them after his because of Baal-peor: for all the men thai own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hate day. destroyed them from among you. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD youI 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the God are alive every one of you this day. Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and river Arnon half the valley, and the border judgments, even as the LORD my God com, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the manded me, that ye should do so in the land border of the children of Ammon; whither ye go to possess it. 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea your wisdom and your understanding in the of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ash- sight of the nations, which shall hear a-ll doth-pisgah eastward. these statutes, and say, Surely this great na18 And I commanded you at that time, tion is a wise and understanding people. saying, The LORD your God hath given you 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath this land to possess it: ye shall pass over God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God armed before your brethren the children of is in all things that we call upon him for? Israel, all that are meet for the war. 8 And what nation is there so great, that 19 But your wives, and your little ones, hath statutes and judgments so righteous as and your cattle, (for I know that ye have all this law, which I set before you this day? much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy I have given you; soul diligently, lest thou forget the things 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your which thine eyes have seen, and lest they de. brethren, as well as unto you, and until they part from thy heart all the days of thy life: also possess the land which the LORD your but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; God hath given them beyond Jordan: nd 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest bethen shall ye return every man unto his pos- fore the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the session, which I have given you. LORD said unto me, Gather me the people 21 ~ And I commanded Joshua at that time, together, and I will make them hear my saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the words, that they may learn to fear me all LORD your God hath done unto these two the days that they shall live upon the earth, rings: so shall the LORD do unto all the and that they may teach their children. kingdoms whither thou passest. 11 And ye came near and stood under the 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD mountain; and the mountain burned with tour God he shall fight for you. fire unto the midst of heaven, with dark23 And I besought the LORD at that time, ness, clouds, and thick darkness. aying, 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the Eo 0 Lord Go, thou hast begun to shew thy midst of the fire: ye heard the voioe of the 132 An exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. - God's mercy to Israel, words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard these things are come upon thee, even in a voice. the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; which he commanded you to perform, even 31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful ten commandments; and he wrote them God;) he will not forsake thee, neither deupon two tables of stone. stroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy 14 And the LORD commanded me at that fathers, which he sware unto them. time to teach you statutes and judgments, 32 For ask now of the days that are past, that ye might do them in the land whither which were before thee, since the day that ye go over to possess it. God created man upon the earth, and ask 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto your- from the one side of heaven unto the other, selves; for ye saw no manner of similitude whether there hath been any such thing as on the day that the LORD spake unto you in this great thing is, or hath been heard like Horeb out of the midst of the fire; it? 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God a graven image, the similitude of any figure, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou the likeness of male or female, hast heard, and live? 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that a nation from the midst of another nation, flieth in the air, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by on the ground, the likeness of any fish that a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, is in the waters beneath the earth: according to all that the LORD your God did 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto for you in Egypt before your eyes? heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou the moon, and the stars, even all the host of mightest know that the LORD he is God; heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, there is none else beside him. and serve them, which the LORD thy God 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his hath divided unto all nations under the voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon whole heaven. earth he shewed thee his great fire; and 20 But the LORD hath taken you, and thou heardest his words out of the midst of brought you forth out of the iron furnace, the fire. even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people 37 And because he loved thy fathers, thereof inheritance, as ye are this day. fore he chose their seed after them, and 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with brought thee out in his sight with his mighty me for your sakes, and sware that I should power out of Egypt; not go over Jordan, and that I should not go 38 To drive out nations from before thee in unto that good land, which the LORD thy greater and mightier than thou art, to bring God giveth thee for an inheritance: thee in, to give thee their land for an inher22 But I must die in this land, I must not itance, as it is this day. go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it possess that good land. in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: the covenant of the LORD your God, which there is none else. he made with you, and make you a graven 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, image, or the likeness of any thing, which and his commandments, which I command the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. thee this day, that it may go well with thee, 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming and with thy children after thee, and that fire, even a jealous God. thou mayest prolong thy days upon the 25 ~ When thou shalt beget children, and earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, children's children,and ye shall have remain- for ever. ed long in the land, and shall corrupt your- 41 T Then Moses severed three cities on this selves, and make a graven image, or the like- side Jordan toward the sunrising; ness of any thing, and shall do evil in the 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him should kill his neighbour unawares, and to anger; hated him not in times past; and that flee. 26I call heaven and earth to witness against ing unto one of these cities he might live: you this day, that ye shall soon utterly per- 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the ish from of the land whereunto ye go over plain country, of the Reubenites; and RaJordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong moth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan your days upon it, but shall utterly be in Bashan, of the Manassites. destroyed. 44 ~ And this is the law which Moses set 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among before the children of Israel: the nations, and ye shall be left few in num- 45 These are the testimonies, and the statber among the heathen, whither the LORD utes, and the judgments, which Moses spake shall lead you. unto the children of Israel, after they came 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work forth out of Egypt, of men's hands, wood and stone, which nei- 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over ther see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou whom Moses and the children of Israel seek him with all thy heart and with all thy smote, after they were come forth out of soul. Egypt: 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all 47 And they possessed his land, and the 12!3 The ten commandments. DEUTERONOMY. Lr1ses receiveth the raw land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Amorites, which were on this side Jordan 19 Neither shalt thou steal. toward the sunrising; 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the against thy neighbour. river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's is Hermon, wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neigh49 And all the plain on this side Jordan bour's house, his field, or his manservant, or eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any under the springs of Pisgah. thing that is thy neighbour's. CHAPTER V. 22 T These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the 7he covenant in Horeb. midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the AND Moses called all Israel, and said untothick darkness, with a great voice; and he them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and added no more. And he wrote them in two judgments which I speak in your ears this tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. day, that ye may learn them, and keep and 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the do them. voice out of the midst of the darkness, Jfor 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye us in Horeb. came near unto me, even all the heads of 3 The LORD lmade not this covenant with your tribes, and your elders; our fathers, but with us, even us, who are 24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God all of us here alive this day. hath shewed us his glory and his greatneass, 4 The LORD talked with you face to face in and we have heard his voice out of the midst the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the fire: we have seen this day that God 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at doth talk with man, and he liveth. that time, to shew you the word of the 25 Now therefore why should we die? for LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the this great fire will consume us: if we hear fire, and went not up into the mount), say- the voice of the LORD our God any more, ingthen we shall die. 61 I am the LORD thy God, which brought 26 For who is there of all flesh, that hatb thee out of the land of Egypt, from the heard the voice of the living God speaking house of bondage. out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before lived? me. 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven im- our God shall say; and speak thou unto us age, or any likeness of any thing that is in all that the LORD our God shall speak unto heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, thee; and we will hear it, and do it. or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 28 And the LORD heard the voice of yous 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto words, when ye spake unto me; and the them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the words of this people, which they have of the fathers upon the children unto the spoken unto thee: they have well said all third and fourth generation of them that that they have spoken. hate me, 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, 10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of that they would fear me, and keep all my them that love me and keep my command- commandments always, that it might be well ments. with them, and with their children for ever I 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold again. him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as and I will speak unto thee all the commandthe LORD thy God hath commanded thee. ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy which thou shalt teach them, that they may work: do them in the land which I give them to 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the possess it. LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, LORD your God hath commanded you: ye nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, shall not turn aside to the right hand or to nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy the left. cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the gates; that thy manservant and thy maid- LORD your God hath commanded you, that servant may rest as well as thou. ye may live, and that it may be well with you, 15 And remember that thou wast a servant and that ye may prolong your days in the in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy land which ye shall possess. God brought thee out thence through a CHAPTER VI mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded The end of the law is obedience. thee to keep the sabbath day. NTOW these are the commandments, the 16 ~ Honour thy father and thy mother, as N statutes, and the judgments, which the the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; LORD your God commanded to teach you, that thy days may be prolonged, and that it that ye might do them in the land whither may go well with thee, in the land which the ye go to possess it: LORD thy God giveth thee. 2 That thou mightest fear the LORn thy 17 Thou shalt not kill. God, to keep all his statutes and his corn 134 An exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. Threatenings and promises. mandments, which I command thee, thou, he might bring us in, to give us the land and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days which he sware unto our fathers. of thy life; and that thy days may be pro- 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all longed. these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for 3 i\ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to our good always, that he might preserve us do it; that it may be well with thee, and alive, as it is at this day. that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the observe to do all these commandments before land that floweth with milk and honey. the LORD our God, as he hath commanded 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one us. LoaD: LORD: CHAPTER VITI. 5 And thou shalt love the loRD thy God CAP. with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, Communion with the nations forbidden. and with all thy might. HEN the LORD thy God shall bring thee 6 And these words, which I command thee V into the land whither thou goest to this day, shall be in thine heart: possess it, and hath cast out many nations 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently un- before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, to thy children, and shalt talk of them when and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and thou sittest in thine house, and when thou the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebuwalkest by the way, and when thou liest sites, seven nations greater and mightier than down, and when thou risest up. thou; 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets them before thee; thou shalt smite them, between thine eyes. and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto of thy house, and on thy gates.them: 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with shall have brought thee into the land which them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and thy son. goodly cities, which thou buildest not, 4 For they will turn away thy son from fol11 And houses full of all good things, which lowing me, that they may serve other gods: thou filledst not, and wells digged, which so will the anger of the LORD be kindled thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, against you, and destroy thee suddenly. which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall have eaten and be full; destroy their altars, and break down their 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, images, and cut down their groves, and burn which brought thee forth out of the land of their graven images with fire. Egypt, from the house of bondage. 6 For thou art a holy people unto the LORD 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee serve him, and shalt swear by his name. to be a special people unto himself, above 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the all people that are upon the face of the gods oi the people which are round about earth. you; 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you 15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God nor choose you, because ye were more in among you;) lest the anger of the LORD thy number than any people; for ye were the God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee fewest of all people: from off the face of the earth. 8 But because the LORD loved you, and be16 ~ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, cause he would keep the oath which he had as ve tempted him in Massah. sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD 17 Ye shall diligently keep the command- brought you out with a mighty hand, and rements of the LORD your God, and his testi- deemed you out of the house of bondmen, monies, and his statutes, which he hath cor- from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. manded thee. 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, 18 And thou shalt do that which is right he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth and good in the sight of the LORD; that it covenant and mercy with them that love him may be well with thee, and chat thou mnayest and keep his commandments to a thousand go in and possess the good land which the generations; LORD sware unto thy fathers, 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to thee, as the LORD hath spoken. him that hateth him, he will repay him to 20 And when thy son askth thee in time to his face. come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandthe statutes, and the judgments, which the ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, LORD our God hath commanded you? which I command thee this day, to do them. 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We 12 ~ Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the hearken to these judgments, and keep and do LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto hand: thee the covenant and the mercy which he 22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, sware unto thy fathers: great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, 13 And be will love thee, and bless thee, and upon all his household, before our and multiply thee: he will also bless the eves: fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land,?. And he brought us out from thence, that thv corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the 135 The reward of obedience. )DEUTERONOCMY. An exhortation to obedfemn increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy know; that he might make thee know that sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy man doth not live by bread only, but by ev, fathers to give thee. ery word that proceedeth out of the mouth 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: of the LORD doth man live. there shall not be male or female barren 4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, among you, or among your cattle. neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, all sickness, and will put none of the evil that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, LORD thy God chasteneth thee. upon thee; but will lay them upon all them 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandthat hate thee. ments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his 16 And thou shalt consume all the people ways, and to fear hi'n. which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into thine eye shall have no pity upon them: nei- a good land, a land of brooks of water, of ther shalt thou serve their gods; for that fountains and depths that spring out of valwill be a snare unto thee. leys and hills; 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, nations are more than I; how can I dispos- and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of sess them? oil olive, and honey; 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: hut 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread withshalt well remember what the LORD thy out scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thine God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; in it: a land whose stones are iron, and out 19 The great temptations which thine eyes of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the whereby the LORD thy God brought thee good land which he hath given thee. out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all 11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD the people of whom thou art afraid. thy God, in not keeping his commandments, 20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send and his judgments, and his statutes, which the hornet among them, until they that are I command thee this day: left, and hide themselves from thee, be de- 1 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, stroyed. and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: therein; for the LORD thy God is among you, a 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks mulmighty God and terrible. tiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multi22 And the LORD thy God will put out plied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; those nations before thee by little and little: 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou thou mayest not consume them at once, lest forget the LORD thy God, which brought the beasts of the field increase upon thee. thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from 23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them the house of bondage; unto thee, and shall destroy them with a 15 Who led thee through that great and mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery ser24 And he shall deliver their kings into pents, and scorpions, and drought, where thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their there was no water; who brought thee forth name from under heaven: there shall no water out of the rock of flint; man be able to stand before thee, until thou 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manhave destroyed them. na, which thy fathers knew not, that he 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye might humble thee, and that he might prove burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the sil- thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; ver or gold that 'is on them, nor take it unto 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is and the might of mine hand hath gotten me an abomination to the LORD thy God. this wealth. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination 18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing God: for it is he that giveth thee power to like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and get wealth, that he may establish his cove. thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed nant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it thing. is this day. CHAPTER VIII. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget An exhortation to obedience. the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, LL the commandments which I command I testify against you this day that ye shall thee this day shall ye observe to do, that surely perish. ye may live, and multiply, and go in and 20 As the nations which the LORD destroypossess the land which the LORD sware unto eth before your face, so shall ye perish; your fathers. because ye would not be obedient unto the 2 And thou shalt remember all the way voice of the LORD your God. which the LORD thy God led thee these forty CHAPTER IX years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and CA ER I to prove thee, to know what was in thine Moses rehearseth Israel's rebellons. heart, whether thou wouldest keep his corn.- EAR, O Israel: Thou art to pass over mandments, or no. Il Jordan this day, to go in to possess na. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee tions greaterand mightierthan thyself,ci de to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which great and fenced up to heaven, thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers 2 A ieople great and tall, the children of 136 Moses rehearseth the DEUTERONOMY. several rebellions of Israel. the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of quickly out of the way which the LORD had whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand commanded you. before the children of Anak! 17 And I took the two tables, and cast them 3 Understand therefore this day, that the out of my two hands, and brake them beLORD thy God is he which goeth over before fore your eyes. thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at them, and he shall bring them down before the first, forty days and forty nights: I did thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and neither eat bread nor drink water, because destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing unto thee. wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to pro4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that yoke him to anger. the LORD thy God hath cast them out from 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot before thee, saying, For my righteousness displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wrott the LORD hath brought me in to possess this against you to destroy you. But the LORD land: but for the wickedness of these na- hearkened unto me at that time also. tions the LORD doth drive them out from 20 And the LORD was very angry with before thee. Aaron to have destroyed him: and I pray5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the up- ed for Aaron also the same time. ightness of thine heart, dost thou go to pos- 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye sess their land: but for the wickedness of had made, and burnt it with fire, and stampthese nations the LORD thy God doth drive ed it, and ground it very small, even until it them out from before thee, and that he may was as small as dust: and I cast the dust perfcrm the word which the LORD sware un- thereof into the brook that descended out to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. of the mount. 6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy 2 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at God giveth thee not this good land to pos- Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD sess it fo.' thy righteousness; for thou art a to wrath. stiffnecked people. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from 7 t Remeiaber, and forget not, how thou Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the land which I have given you; then ye the wilderness: from the day that thou didst rebelled against the commandment of the depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye LORD your God, and ye believed him not, came unto this place, ye have been rebel- nor hearkened to his voice. lious against the LORD. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to from the day that I knew you. wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you 25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty to have destroyed you. days and forty nights, as I fell down at the 9 When I was gone up into the mount to first; because the LORD had said he would receive the tables of stone, even the tables destroy you. of the covenant which the LORD made with 26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and you, then I abode in the mount forty days said, 0 Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and forty nights; I neither did eat bread and thine inheritance, which thou hast renor drink water: deemed through thy greatness, which thou 10 And the LORD delivered unto me two hast brought forth out of Egypt with a tables of stone written with the finger of mighty hand. God; and on them was written according to 27 Remember thy servants,Abraham, Isaac,all the words which the LORD spake with and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness you in the mount, out of the midst of the of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor fire, in the day of the assembly. to their sin: 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us days and forty nights, that the LORD gave out say, Because the LORD was not able to me the two tables of stone, even the tables bring them into the land which he promised of the covenant. them, and because he hated them, he hati 12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get brought them out to slay them in the wilthee down quickly from hence; for thy derness. people which thou hast brought forth out 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inherof Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are itance, which thou broughtest out by thy quickly turned aside out of the way which I mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. commanded them; they have made them a CHAPTER X. molten image. 13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, God's mercy in restoring the tables. saying, I have seen this people, and, behold,AT that time the LORD said unto me, Hew it is a stiffnecked people: thee two tables of stone like unto the 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, first, and come up unto me into the mount, and blot out their name from under heaven: and make thee an ark of wood. and I will make of thee a nation mightier 2 And I will write on the tables the words and greater than they. that were in the first tables which thou brak15 So I turned and came down from the est, and thou shalt put them in the ark. mount, and the mount burned with fire: 3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and and the two tables of the covenant were in hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, my two hands. and went up into the mount, having the two 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned tables in mine hand. igainst the LORD your God, and had made 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to iou a molten calf: ye had turned aside the first writing, the ten commandments, 12 137 The two tables restored. DEUTERONOMY. An exhortation to obediene which the LORD spake unto you in the statutes, and his judgments, and his coti mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the mandments, alway. day of the assembly: and the LORD gave 2 And know ye this day: for I speak ne them unto me. with your children which have not known 5 And I turned myself and came down front and which have not seen the chastisemenr the mount, and put the tables in the ark of the LORD yoI:r God, his greatness, hit. which I had made; and there they be, as the mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, LORD commanded me. 3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he 6 1 And the children of Israel took their did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh thi journey from Beeroth of the children of Ja- king of Egypt, and unto all his land; akan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt he was buried; and Eleazar his son minis- unto their horses, and to their chariots; hew tered in the priest's office in his stead. he made the water of the Red sea to overflow 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgo- them as they pursued after you, and how the dah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; of rivers of waters. 5 And what he did unto you in the wilder8 1 At that time the LORD separated the ness, until ye came into this place; tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the cove- 6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abi. nant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD ram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; to minister unto him, and to bless in his how the earth opened her mouth, and swal name, unto this day. lowed them up, and their households, and 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inherit- their tents, and all the substance that was in ance with his brethren; the LORD is his in- their possession, in the midst of all Israel: heritance, according as the LORD thy God 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts promised him. of the LORD which he did. 10 And I stayed in the mount, according to 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandthe first time, forty days and forty nights; ments which I command you this day, that and theLoRD hearkened unto me at that time ye may be strong, and go in and possess the also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. i land, whither ye go to possess it; 11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the thy journey before the people, that they may land, which the LORD sware unto your fa. go in and possess the land, which I sware thers to give unto them and to their seed, a unto their fathers to give unto them. land that floweth with milk and honey. 12 1 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD 10 T For the land, whither thou goest in to thy God require of thee, but to fear the possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and whence ye came out, where thou sowedst to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as with all thy heart and with all thy soul, a garden of herbs: 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, and his statutes, which I command thee this is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh day for thy good? water of the rain of heaven: 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of 12 A land which the LORD thy God careth heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are also, with all that therein is. always upon it, from the beginning of the 15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fa- year even unto the end of the year. thers to love them, and he chose their seed 13 ~ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall after them, even you above all people, as it hearken diligently unto my commandments is this day. which I command you this day, to love the 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. your heart and with all your soul, 17 For tihe LORD your God is God of gods, 14 That I will give you the rain of your land and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, in his due season, the first rain and the and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy nor taketh reward: corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fa- 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy therless and widow, and loveth the stranger, cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. in giving him food and raiment. 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and Were strangers in the land of Egypt. serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Thou shalt fear the LORa thy God; him 17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou against you, and he shut up the heaven, that cleave, and swear by his name. there be no rain, and that the land yield not 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off hath done for thee these great and terrible the good land which the LORD giveth you. things, which thine eyes have seen. 18 'r Therefore shall ye lay up these my 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with words in your heart and in your soul, and threescore and ten persons; and now the bind them for a sign upon your hand, that LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars they may be as frontlets between your eyes. of heaven for multitude. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, CHAPTER XI. speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, An exhortation to obedience. when thou liest down, and when thou riseet TVHEREFORE thou shalt love the LORD Up..thy God, and keep his charge, and his 20 And thou shalt write nuem upon the 138 Idols to be destroyed DEUTERONOMYf.!attiy of blood forbiddnc., door posts of thine house, and upon thy put his name there, even unto his habitation u'ates: shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 21 That your days may be multiplied, and 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt the days of your children, in the land which offerings, and your sacrifices, and your the LORD sware unto your fathers to give tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. and your vows, and your freewill offerings, 223 For if ye shall diligently keep all these and the firstlings of your herds and of your co)mmandments which I command you, to flocks: do them, to love the LORD your God, to 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye him; put your hand unto, ye and your house33 Then will the LORD drive out all these holds, wherein the LORD thy God hath eations from before you, and ye shall pos- blessed thee. less greater nations and mightier than your- 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we selves. do here this day, every man whatsoever is 24 Every place whereon the soles of your right in his own eyes. feet shall tread shall be yours: from the 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the to tb. inheritance, which the LORD your river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost God giveth you. sea shall your coast be. 10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell 25 There shall no man be able to stand be- in the land which the LORD your God giveth fore you: for the LORD your God shall lay you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest the fear of you and the dread of you upon from all your enemies round about, so that all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he ye dwell in safety; hath said unto you. 11 Then there shall be a place which the 26 ~ Behold, I set before you this day a LORD your God shall choose to cause his blessing and a curse; name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring 27 A blessing, if ye obey the command- all that I command you; your burnt offermaents of the LORD your God, which I com- ings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and mand you this day: the heave offering of your hand, and all 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the com- your choice vows which ye vow unto the riandments of the LORD your God, but turn LORD: aside out of the way which I command you 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD this day, to go after other gods, which ye your God, ye, and your sons, and your have not known. daughters, and your menservants, and your 29 And it shall coime to pass, when the maidservants, and the Levite that is within Lotu) thy God hath brought thee in unto your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part the land whither thou goest to possess it, nor inheritance with you. that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. thy burnt offerings in every place that thou 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, seest: by the way where the slun goeth down, in 14 But in the place which the LORD shall the land of the Canaanites,which dwell in the choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt champaign over against Gilgal, beside the offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou plains of Moreh? shalt do all that I command thee. 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to 15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and possess the land which the LORD your God eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy,iveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell soul lusteth after, according to the blessing therein. of the LORD thy God which he hath given 32 And ye shall observe to do all the stat- thee: the unclean and the clean may eat tites and judgments which I set before you thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the this (lay. hart. CHAPTER XII. 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall do ust be destoe pour it upon the earth as water. Idols must be destroyed. 17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates THESE are the statutes and judgments, the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of which ye shall observe to do in the land, thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou thee to possess it, all the days that ye live vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave Upon the earth. offering of thine hand: 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, 18 But thou must eat them before the LORn wherein the nations which ye shall possess thy God in the place which the LORD thy served their gods, upon the high mountains, God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy and upon the hills, and under every green daughter,and thy manservant,and thy maidtree: servant, and the Levite that is within thy 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the break their pillars, and burn their groves LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thins With tire;, nd ye shall hew down the graven hands unto. Images of their gods, and destroy the names 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake of them out of that place. not the Levite as long as thou livest upon 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your the earth., God. 20 ~ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge b But unto the place which the LORD your thy border, as he hath promised thee, and god shall choose out of all your tribes to thou shalt say, I will eat fleh, because thy 139 Enticers to idolatry DEUTERONOMY, to be stoned, soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat hath spoken to turn you away from the flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. LORD your God, which brought you out of 21 If the place which the LORD thy God the land of Egypt, and redeemled you out hath chosen to put his name there be too of the house of bondages, to thrust thee out far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy of the way which the LORD thy God comherd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath mranded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put given thee, as I have commanded thee, and the evil away from the midst of thee. thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy 6 ~ If thy brothe<, the son of thy mother, soul lusteth after. or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of 22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eat- thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine en, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let the clean shall eat of them alike. us go and serve other gods, which thou hast 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: not known, thou, nor thy fathers; for the blood is the life; and thou mayest 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which not eat the life with the flesh. i are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it off from thee, from the one end of the earth upon the earth as water. even unto the other end of the earth; 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor well with thee, and with thy children after hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye thee, when thou shalt do that which is right pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither in the sight of the LORD. shalt thou conceal him: 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto hand shall be first upon him to put him the place which the LORD shall choose: to death, and afterwards the hand of all 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the people. the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacri- that he die; because he hath sought to thrust fices shall be poured out upon the altar of thee away from the 'LORD thy God, which the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from flesh. the house of bondage. 28 Observe and hear all these words which 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and I command thee, that it may go well with shall do no more any such wickedness as thee, and with thy children after thee for this is among you. ever, when thov- doest that which is good and 12 ~ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy right in the sight of the LORD thy God. cities, which the LORD thy God hath given 29 ~ When the LORD thy God shall cut off thee to dwell there, saying, the nations from before thee, whither thou 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are goest to possess them, and thou succeedest gone out from among you, and have withthem, and dwellest in their land; drawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, 30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not Let us go and serve other gods, which ye snared by following them, after that they be have not known; destroyed from before thee; and that thou 14 Then shalt thou inquire,and make search, inquire not after their gods, saying, How did and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, these nations serve their gods? even so will and the thing certain, that such abomination I do likewise. is wrought among you; 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants God: for every abomination to the LORD of that city with the edge of the sword, dewhich he hateth have they done unto their stroying it utterly, and all that is therein, gods; for even their sons and their daugh- and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the ters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. sword. 32 What thing soever I command you, ob- 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it serve to do it: thou slllt not add thereto, into the midst of the street thereof, and nor diminish from it. shalt burn with fire the city, and all the CHAPTER XIII. spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be a heap for ever; it Against enticers to idolatry. shall not be built again. IF there arise among you a prophet, or a 17 And there shall cleave nought of the dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD sign or a wonder, may turn from the fierceness of his anger, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath go after other gods, which thou hast not sworn unto thy fathers; known, and let us serve them; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandthat prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: ments which I command thee this day, to do for the LORD your God proveth you, to that which is right in the eyes of the LORD know whether ye love the LORD your God thy God. with all your heart and with all your soul. CHAPTER XIV. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, Of meats clean and unclean. and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, VTE are the children of the LORD your God and cleave unto him. l ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of baldness between your eyes for the dead. dreams, shall be put to death; because he 2 For thou art a holy people unto the LORM 140 Of meats clean DEUTERONOMY. and unclean. thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong be a peculiar people unto himself, above all drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: the nations that are upon the earth. and thou shalt eat there before the LORD 3~ Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: thine household, the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates: 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow thou shalt not forsake him: for he hath no deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and part nor inheritance with thee. the wild ox, and the chamois. 28 T At the end of three years thou shalt 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and chew- same year, and shalt lay it up within thy eth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall gates: eat. 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat, of nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, them that chew the cud, or of them that di- and the fatherless, and the widow, which are vide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the within thy gates, shall come, and shall eal hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may but divide not the hoof; therefore they are bless thee in all the work of thine hand unclean unto you. which thou doest. 8 And the swine, because it divideth the CHAPTER XV. hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor Of the year of release. touch their dead carcass. AT the end of every seven years thou shalt 9 1 These ye shall eat, of all that are in the A make a release. waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye 2 And this is the manner of the release: eat: Every creditor that lendeth aught unto his 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. it of his neighbour, or of his brother; be11 ~ Of all clean birds ye shall eat. cause it is called the LORD'S release.; 12 But these are they of which ye shall not 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the but that which is thine with thy brother ospray, thine hand shall release; 13And the glede, and the kite, and the vul- 4 Save when there shall be no poor among ture after his kind, you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee 14 And every raven after his kind, 1 in the land which the LORD thy God giveth 15 And the owl, and the nighthawk, and the thee for an inheritance to possess it: ouckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do swan, all these commandments which I command 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and thee this day. the cormorant, 6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he 18 And the stork, and the heron after her promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is and thou shalt reign over many nations, but unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. they shall not reign over thee. 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. 7 ~ If there be among you a poor man of one 21 ~ Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of thy brethren within any of thy gates in of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger thy land which the LORD thy God giveth that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou shut thine hand from thy poor brother: art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unThou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient milk. for his need, in that which he wanteth. 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year by year. year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be 23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy evil against thy poor brother, and thou givGod, in the place which he shall choose to est him nought; and he cry unto the LORD place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, against thee, and it be sin unto thee. of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first- 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine lings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that heart shall not be grieved when thou givest thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God unto him: because that for this thing the always. LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so works, and in all that thou puttest thine that thou art not able to carry it; or if the hand unto. place be too far from thee, which the LORD 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the thy God shall choose to set his name there, land: therefore I command thee, saying, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in 5ind up the money in thine hand, and shalt thy land. go unto the place which the LORD thy God 12 ~ And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or shall choose: a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for serve thee six years; then in the seventh whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 141 The feast of the passover. DEUTERONOMY. The feast of tabernacles. 13 And when thou sendest him out free i shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the from thee, thou shalt not let him go away going down of the sun, at the season that empty: thou caunest forth out of Egypt. 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of place which the LORD thy God shall choose' thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD and thou shalt tarn in the morning, and go thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto thy tents. unto him. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast and on the seventh day s1hall be a solemn asa bondman in the land of Egypt, and the sembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt (,) LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I no work therein. command thee this thing to day. 9 M~ Seven weeks shalt thou number unto 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I thee: begin to number the seven weeks will not go away from thee; because he from such, time as thou beginnest to put the loveth thee and thine house, because he is sickle to the corn. well with thee; 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks 17 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a it through his ear unto the door, and he freewill offering of thine hand, which theou shall be thy servant for ever. And also shalt give unto the LoaRD thy God, according unto thy maidservant thou shalt do like- as the LORI thy God bath blessed thee: wise. 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy (hl-aighthou sendest him away free from thee; for ter, and thy manservant, and thy mai'lservhe hath been worth a double hired servant ant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, 'to thee, in serving thee six years: and the and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that widow, that are among you, in the place thou doest. which the LORD thy God hath chosen to 19 ~ All the firstling males that come of thy place his name there. herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify un- 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast to the LoRD thy God: thou shalt do no work a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt ohwith the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear serve and do these statutes. the firstling of thy sheep. 13 1 Thou shalt observe the feast of taber. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy nacles seven days, after that thou hast gathGod year by year in the place which the ered in thy corn and thy wine: LORD shall choose, thou and thy house- 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, hold. and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as manservant, and thy maidservant, and the if it he lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, Levite, the strang'er, and the fatherless, and thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy the widow, that are within thy gates. God. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the feast unto the LORD thy God in the place unclean and the clean person shall, eat it which the LORD shall choose: because thEl alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood there- increase, and in all the works of thinei of; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. water. 16 ~ Three times in a year shall all thy CHAPTER XVI. males appear before the LoRD thy God in The solemn yearly feasts. the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles J the passover unto the LORD thy God: and they shall not appear before the LORD for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God empty: brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 17 Every man shall give as he is able, taccord2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the pass- ing to the blessing of the LORD thy God over unto the LORD thy God, of the flock which he hath given thee. and the herd, in the place which the LORD 18 1 Judges and officers shalt thou make shall choose to place his name there. thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread they shall judge the people with just judgtherewith, even the bread of affliction; for ment. thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou in haste: that thou mayest remember the shalt not respect persons, neither take a day when thou carnest forth out of the land gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the of Egypt all the days of thy life. wise, and pervert the words of the right4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen cous. with thee in all thy coast seven days; nei- 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou ther shall there any thiny of the flesh, which follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit thou sacrificedst the first day at even, re- the land which the LORD thy God giveth main all night until the morning. thee. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover 21 ~ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of within any of thy gates, which the LORD any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God giveth thee: thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 6 But at the place which the LORD thy God 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up arti shall choose to place his name in, there fhou_ image; which the LORD thy God hateth. 142 Rdolators are to be slain. DEUTERONOMY. The priests' due. CHAPTER XVII. self, nor cause the people to return to Idolatlrs to be pnt to death. Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmnuch as the LORD hath said tIOU shalt not sacritfce unto the LORD unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein more that way. s blemish, or tny evilfavouredness: for that 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himis an abomination unto tit L)RaD thy God. self, that his heart turn not away: neither 2 ~ If there be found amon-g you, within shall he greatly multiply to himself silver any of thy gates which the LORD thy God and gold. giveth thee, man or w(oman, that hath 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD throne of his kingdom, t shae shall write thy God, in transgressing his covenant, him a copy of this law in a book out of that 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and wh ich is before the priests the Levites: Worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall or any of the host of heaven, which I have read therein all the days of his life; that he not commanded; may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of all the words of this law and these statutes, it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be to do them: true, and the thing certain, that such abeon- 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his ination is wrought in Israel: brethren, and that he turn not aside from 5 Then shalt thou bring forth chat man or the commandment, to the right hand, or to that woman, which have committed that the left: to the end that he may prolong his wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in or that woman, and shalt stone them with the midst of Israel. stones, till they die. HAPTER XVIII 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death Priests' and Levites' portion. be put to death; but at the mouth of one HE priests the Levites, and all the tribe witness he shall not be put to death. of -Levi, shall have no part nor inherit7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first ance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings upon him to put him to death, and after- of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritward the hands of all the people. So thou ance. shalt put the evil away from among you. 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance 8 ~ If there arise a matter too hard for thee among their brethren: the LORD is their in. in judgment, between blood and blood, be- heritance, as he hath said unto them. tween plea and plea, and between stroke and 3 i And this shall be the priest's due from stroke, being matters of controversy within the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall up into the place which the LORD thy God give unto the priest the shoulder, and the shal1 choose; two cheeks, and the maw. 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the 4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of those days, and inquire; and they shall thy sheep, shalt thou give him. shew thee the sentence of judgment: 5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him 10 And thou shalt do according to the sen- out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in tence, which they of that place which the the name of the LORD, him and his sons for LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou ever. shalt observe to do according to all that 6 ~ And if a Levite come from any of thy they inform thee: gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, 11 According to the sentence of the law and come with all the desire of his mind which they shall teach thee, and according unto the place which the LORD shall choose; to the jud-rment which they shall tell thee, 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites the sentence which they shall shew thee, to do, which stand there before the LORD. the right hand, nor to the left. 8 They shall have like portions to eat, be12 And the man that will do presumptuous- sides that which cometh of the sale of his ly, and will not hearken unto the priest that patrimony. standeth to minister there before the LORD 9 T When thou art come into the land which thy God, or unto the judge, even that man the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil not learn to do after the abominations of from Israel. those nations. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, 10 There shall not be found among you any and do no more presumptuously. one that maketh his son or his daughter to 14 'i When thou art come unto the land pass through the fire, or that useth divinawhich the LORD thy God giveth thee, and tion, or an observer of times, or an enchantshalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and er, or a witch, shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with famiL all the nations that are about me; iar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over 12 For all that do these things are an abomthee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: ination unto the LORD: and because of these one from among thy brethren shalt thou set abominations the LORD thy God doth drive king over thee: thou mayest not set a stran- them out from before thee. t er over thee, which is not thy brother. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy 16 But he shall not multiply horses to him- God. 143 The case of the lanslayer. DEUTERONOMY. Of a false witness. 14 For these nations, which tiou shalt pos- and give thee all the land which he prom. sess, hearkened unto observers of times, ised to give unto thy fathers; and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandthy God hath not suffered thee so to do. ments to do them, which I command thee 15 ~ The LORD thy God will raise up unto this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye add three cities more for thee, beside thest shall hearken; three: 16 According to all that thou desiredst of 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the for an inheritance, and so blood be upon voice of the LORD my God, neither let me thee. see this great fire any more, that I die 11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and not. lie in wait for him, and rise up against him. 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have and smite him mortally that he die, and well spoken that which they have spoken. tleeth into one of these cities: 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and among their brethren, like unto thee, and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the will put my words in his mouth; and he hand of the avenger of blood, that he may shall speak unto them all that I shall com- die. mand him. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou 19 And it shall come to pass, that whoso- shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood ever will not hearken unto my words which from Israel, that it may go well with thee. he shall speak in my name, I will require it 14 T Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour'' of him. landmark, which they of old time have se20 But the prophet, which shall presume in thine inheritance, which thou shalt into speak a word in my name, which I have herit in the land that the LORD thy God not commanded him to speak, or that shall giveth thee to possess it. speak in the name of other gods, even that 15 D One witness shall not rise up against a prophet shall die. man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two we know the word which the LORD hath not witnesses, or at the mouth of three witspoken? nesses, shall the matter be established. 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of 16 ~ If a false witness rise up against an) the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come man to testify against him that whirch /i, to pass, that is the thing which the LORD wrong; hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spok- 17 Then both the men, between whom the en it presumptuously: thou shalt not be controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, afraid of him. before the priests and the judges, which CHAPTER XIX. shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent in, The cities of refuge. quisition: and, behold, if the witness be a, W HEN the LORD thy God hath cut off false witness, and hath testified falsely the nations, whose land the LORD thy against his brother; God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he hai and dwellest in their cities, and in their thought to have donie unto his brother: houses; o so shalt thou put the evil away from among 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee you. in the midst of thy land, which the LORD 20 And those which remain shall hear, anCd thy God giveth thee to possess it. fear, and shall henceforth commit no more 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide any such evil among you. the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, that every slayer may flee thither. hand for hand, foot for foot. 4 1 And this is the case of the slayer, whichr APTER XX shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he Piest's exhortation precious to battle. hated not in time past; 7TXHEN thou goest out to battle against 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with thine enemies, and seest horses, and his neignbour to hew wood, and his hand chariots, and a people more than thou, be fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is the tree, and the head slippeth from the with thee, which brought thee up out of the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that land of Egypt. he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh and live: unto the battle, that the priest shall ap6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the proach and speak unto the people, slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, him, because the way is long, and slay him; ye approach this day unto battle against whereas he was not worthy of death, inas- your enemies: let not your hearts faint, much as he hated him not in time past. fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye: 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou terrified because of them; shalt separate three cities for thee. 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth 8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy with you, to fight for you against your enecoast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, mies. to save you. A44 Laws to be observed in war. DEUTERONOMY. Of a captive taken to wife 5 T And the officers shall speak unto the peo- CHAPTER XXI. pie, saying, What man is there that hath built xpiation of uncertnin mrder. a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let xption o uncerta ur him go and return to his house, lest he F one be found slain in the land which the die in the battle, and another man dedi- _ LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, cate it. lying in the field, and it be not known who 6 And what man is he that hath planted a hath slain him: vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come him also go and return unto his house, lest forth, and they shall measure unto the cities he die in the battle, and another man eat which are round about him that is slain: of it. 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed unto the slain man, even the elders of that a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go city shall take a heifer, which hath not been and return unto his house, lest he die in the wrought with, and which hath not drawn in battle, and another man take her. the yoke; 8 And the officers shall speak further unto 4 And the elders of that city shall bring the people, and they shall say, What man is down the heifer unto a rough valley, which there that is fearful and fainthearted? let is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike him go and return unto his house, lest off the heifer's neck there in the valley. his brethren's heart faint as well as his 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall heart. come near; for them the LORD thy God 9 And it shall be, when the officers have hath chosen to minister unto him, and to made an end of speaking unto the people, bless in the name of the LORD; and by their that they shall make captains of the armies word shall every controversy and every to lead the people. stroke be tried: 10 ~ When thou comest nigh unto a city to 6 And all the elders of that city, that are fight against it, then proclaim peace un- next unto the slain mnan, shall wash their to it. hands over the heifer that is beheaded in 11 And it shall be if it make thee answer of the valley: peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands that all the people that is found therein shall have not shed this blood, neither have our be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve eves seen it. thee. 8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Is12 And if it will make no peace with thee, rael, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not but; will make war against thee, then thou innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's shalt besiege it: charge. And the blood shall be forgiven 13 And when the LORD thy God hath deliv- them. ered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innoevery male thereof with the edge of the cent blood from among you, when thou sword: shalt do that which is right in the sight of 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the LORD. the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all 10 'f When thou goest forth to war against the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thy- thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath self; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine delivered them into thine hands, and thou enemies, which the LORD thy God hath giv- hast taken them captive, eln thee. 11 And seest among the captives a beauti15 Thus sha;t thou do unto all the cities ful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that which are very frar off from thee, which are thou wouldest have her to thy wife; not of the cities of these nations. 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine 16 But of the cities of these people, which house; and she shall shave her head, and the LORD thy God doth give theefor an in- pare her nails; heritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that 13 And she shall put the raiment of her brearheth: captivity from off her, and shall remain in 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; thine house, and bewail her father and her namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the mother a full month: and after that thou Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God and she shall be thy wife. hath commanded thee: 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight 18 That they teach you not to do after all in her, then thou shalt let her go whither their abominations, which they have done she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all unto their gods; so should ye sin against for money, thou shalt not make merchanthe LORD your God. dise of her, because thou hast humbled her. 19 ~ When thou shalt besiege a city a long 15 ~ If a man have two wives, one beloved, time, in making war against it to take it, and another hated, and they have borne him thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by children,both the beloved and the hated; and forcing an axe against them: for thou may- if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: eat eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to inherit that which he hath, that he may to employ them in the siege: not make the son of the beloved firstborn 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that before the son of the hated, which is indeed ttey be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy the firstborn. and cut them down; and thou shalt build 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the bulwarks against the city that maketh war hated for the firstborn, by giving him a rith thee, until it be subdued. double nortion of all that he hatl for he is 13 K 145 Divers laws ',):UTERrNOitfi. and ordinanes the beginning of his strength; the right of divers sorts, as of woollen and iinen to. the firstborn is his. gether. l18 ~ If a man have a stubborn and rebel- 1:*. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the lious son, which will not obey the voice of four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith his father, or the voice of his mother, and thou coverest thyself. that, when they have chastened him, will ~. If anly maln take a wife, and go in unto not hearken unto them: her and lhite hir, 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay 14 An l ativ-e occasions of speech aga'inst her, hold on him, and bring him out unto the and brirng up an evil name upon her, and elders of his city, and unto the gate of his say, I took tiis woman, and when I catme to place; her, I found her not a maid: 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his 15 Then shall the father of the damnsel, and city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, her mother, take and brinag forth the tokin?. he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of and a drunkard. the city in the gate: 21 And all the men of his city shall stone 18 And the damsel's father shall say unto him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou the elders, I gave my daughter unto this put evil away from among you; and all Is- man to wife, and he hateth her; rael shall hear, and fear. 17 And, io, he hath given occasions of 22 ~ And if a man have committed a sin speech against her,, saying, I found not thy worthy of death, and he be to be put to daughter a maid; and yet these are the todeath, and thou hang him on a tree: kens of my daughter's virginity. And they 23 His body shall not remain all night upon shall spread the cloth before the elders of the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury the city. him that day; (for he that is hanged is ac- 18 And the elders of that city shall take thai cursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, man and chastise him; which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an 19 And they shall amerce him in a hundred inheritance. shekels of silver, and give theil unto the fat CHAPT1ERt XXII. ther of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virlin of Israel: Sundry laws and ordinances, and she shall be his wife; lie may not pul tHOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his her away all his days. T sheep go astray, and hide thyself from 20 But if this thing be true, alnd the tokecs them: thou shalt in any case bring them. of virginity be not found for the damsel: again unto thy brother. 21 Then they shall bring out tie damisel to And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, the door of her father's house, and the men or if thou know him not, then thou shalt of her city shall stone her with stones that bring it unto thine own house, and it shall she die; because she hath wrolught folly in be with thee until thy brother seek after it, Israel, to play the whore in her father's and thou shalt restore it to him again. house: so shalt thou put evil away from 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; among you. and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and 22 1 If a man be found lying with a woman with all lost things of thy brother's, which married to a husband, then they shall both he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou of them die, both the man that lay with the do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. woman, and the woman: so shalt thou pAu 4 ~ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or away evil from Israel. his ox fall down by the way, and hide thy- 23 If a damsel thait is a virgin be betroth, -'1 self from them: thou shalt surely help him unto a husband, and a man find her in tile to lift them up again.. city, and lie with her; 5 I The woman shall not wear that which 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man the gate of that city, and ve shall stone put on a woman's garment: for all that do so them with stones that they die; the damsel. are abomination unto the LORD thy God. because she cried not, being in the city; and 6 ~ If a bird's nest chance to be before thee the man, because he hath humbled his in the way in any tree, or on the ground, neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the evil from among you. dam sitting upon the young, or upon the 25 ~I But if a man find a betrothed damsel ir eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the the field, and the man force her, and lie with young: her; then the man only that lay with her 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the damn go, shall die: and take the young to thee; that it may be 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothwell with thee, and that thou mayest pro- ing; there is in the damsel no sin uworthy of long thy days. death: for as when a man riseth against his 8 ~ When thou buildest a new house, then neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, matter: that thou bring not blood upon thine house, 27 For he found her in the field, and the if any man fall from thence. betrothed damsel cried, and there was none 9 T Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with to save her. divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed 28 i If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, vineyard, be defiled. and lie with her, and they be found; 10 1 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and 29 Then the man that lay with her shall an ass together. give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of 11 I Thou shall not wear a garment of silver, and she shall be his wife; because be I#14 Divers aws DEUTERONOMY. and ordinances. hath humbled her, he may not put her away or the price of a dog, into the house of the all his days. LORD thy God for any vow: for even both 30 ~ A man shall not taike his father's wife, these are abomination unto the LORD thy nor discover his father's skirt. God. CHAPTER X19 ~ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy CHAPTER XXII.brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, Sundry laws and ordiCnces. usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: TE that is wounded in the stones, or hath 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon his privy member cut off, shall not usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not enter into the conllregation of the LORD. lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congre- may bless thee in all that thou settest thine gation of the LORD: even to his tenth gen- hand to in the land whither thou goest to eration shall he not enter into the congre- possess it. gation of the LORD. 21 ~1 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: into the conr:ceg ation of the LORD; even to for the LORD thy God will surely require it their tenth generation shall they not enter of thee; and it would be sin in thee. into the cong regation of the LORD forever: 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall 4 Because they met you not with bread and be no sin in thee. with water in the way, when ye came forth 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou out of Eg'ypt; and because they hired shalt keep and perform; even a freewillofagainst thee Balaarm the son of Beor of fering, according as thou hast vowed unto Pethor of Mesopotatmia, to curse thee. the LORD thy God, which thou hast prom5 Nevertheless, the LORD thy God would ised with thy mouth. not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD 24 ~ When thou comest into thy neighbour's thy God turned the curse into a blessing vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt thee. not put any in thy vessel. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their 25 When thou comest into the standing prosperity all thy days for ever. corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest 7 ~ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for pluck the cars with thine hand; but thou he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in standing corn. his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them CAPTER XIV. shall enter into the congregation of the The law of divorce, &c. Lortr in their third generation. VTHEN a man hath taken a wife, and ma — 9 ~ When the host goeth forth against thine W ried her, and it come to pass that she enemies, then keep thee from every wicked find no favour in his eyes, because he hath thing. found some uncleanness in her: then let him 10 ~ If there be among you any man, that write her a bill of divorcement, and give it is not clean by reason of uncleanness that in her hand, and send her out of his house. chanceth him by night, then shall he go 2 And when sheis departed outof his house, abroad out of the camp, he shall not come she may go and be another man's wife. Within the camp: 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth he shall wash himself with water: and when it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his the sun is down, he shall come into the camp house; or if the latter husband die, which agirn. took her to be his wife; 12 Thou shalt have a place also without 4 Herformer husband, which sent heraway, the camp, whither thou shalt go forth may not take her again to be his wife, after abroad: that she is defiled; for that is abomination 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy before the LonD: and thou shalt not cause Weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt case the land to sin, which the LoiD thy God thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and giveth thee for an inheritance. Shalt turn back and cover that which com- 5 ~ When a man hath taken a new wife, he eth from thee: shall not go out to war, neither shall he be 1. For the LORD thy God walketh in the charged with any business: but he shall be midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to free at home one year, and shall cheer up give up thine enemies before thee; there- hi3 wife which he bath taken. fore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no (6 No man shall take the nether or the Unclean thing in thee, and turn away from upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a thee. wan's life to pledge. 15 ~ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master 7 I If a man be found stealing any of his the servant which is escaped from his master brethren of the children of Israel, and makBnto thee: eth merchandise of him, or selleth him; then 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil you, in that place which he shall choose in away from among you. One of thy gates, where it liketh him best: 8 1 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou shalt not oppress him. thou observe diligently, and do according to 17 ~ There shall be no whore of the daugh- all that the priests the Levites shall teach ters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of you: as I commanded them, so ye shall obIsrael. serve to do. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, 9 Remember what the LoRD thy God id 147 Divers laws DEUTERONOMY. and ordinanccs unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 10 ~ When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not ileep with his pledge: 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that e may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. 14 T Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 ~ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 I When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward - it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing, CHAPTER XXV. Sundry laws and ordinances. TF there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man he worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 T Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 5 ~ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the 148 dead shall not marry without unto a stran ger; her husband's brother shall go in untO her, and take her to him to wife, and per form the duty of a husband's brother untc her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brotn er's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My hus. band's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not performr the duty of my husband's brother. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him: and if he stand to it. and say, I like not to take her; 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unta him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 ~ When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 13 T Thou shalt not have in thy bag diver. weights, a great and a small: 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house diver, measures, a great and a small: 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengtheiiec in the land which the LORD thy God givett thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination untc the LORD thy God. 17 T Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth o-u of Egypt; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were fee. ble behind thee, when thou wast faint and. weary; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thv God hath given thee rest from all thine ene mies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven: thou shalt not forget it. CHAPTER XXVI. Of offering the firstfruits. AND it shall be, when thou art come fit A unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possese est it, and dwellest therein; 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all th3 fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shaJl bq in those days, and say unto him, I The offering of firstfruits. DEUTERONOMY. iTe law written on stone. profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that 19 And to make thee high above all nations n am come unto the country Nwhich the LORD which he hath made, in praise, and in name, aware unto our fathers for to give us. and in honour; and that thou mayest be a 4 And the priest shall take the basket out holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he of thine hand, and set it down before the hath spoken. altar of the LORD thy God. CHAPTER XXVII 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was The law to be written on stones. my father; and he went down into Egypt, AND Moses with the elders of Israel comr and sojourned there with a few, and became manded the people, saying, Keep all the there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: commandments which I command you this 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and day. afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 2 And it shall be, on the day when ye shall 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of pass over Jordan unto the land which the our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt looked on our affliction, and our labour, and set thee up great stones, and plaster them our oppression: with plaster: 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out- words of this law, when thou art passed stretched arm, and with great terribleness, over, that thou mayest go in unto the land and with signs, and with wonders: which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land 9 And he hath brought us into this place, that floweth with milk and honey; as the and hath given us this land, even a land that LORD God of thy fathers hath promised floweth with milk and honey. thee. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, over Jordan, that ye shall set up these hast given me. And thou shalt set it before stones, which I command you this day, in the LORD thy God, and worship before the mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them LORD thy God: with plaster. 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto which the LORD thy God hath given unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. Invite, and the stranger that is among you. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD 12 T When thou hast made an end of tithing thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt all the tithes of thine increase the third year, offer burnt offerings thereon unto the which is the year of tithing, and hast given it LORD thy God: unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and and the widow, that they may eat within thy shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD gates, and be filled; thy God. 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all God, I have brought away the hallowed the words of this law very plainly. things out of mine house, and also have 9 T And Moses and the priests the Levites given them unto the Levite, and unto the spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become according to all thy commandments which the people of the LORD thy God. thou hast commanded me: I have not trans- 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of gressed thy commandments, neither have I the LORD thy God, and do his commandforgotten them: ments and his statutes, which I command 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourn- thee this day. ing, neither have I taken away aught there- 11 I And Moses charged the people the of for any unclean use, nor given aught same day, saying, thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to the voice of the LORD my God, and have to bless the people, when ye are come over done according to all that thou hast com- Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and manded me. Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 15 Look down from thy holy habitation 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zeb., the land which thou hast given us, as thou ulun, Dan, and Naphtali. swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth 14 ~ And the Levites shall speak, and say with milk and honey. unto all the men of Israel with a loud 16 ~ This day the LORD thy God hath com- voice, manded thee to do these statutes and judg- 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any rents: thou shalt therefore keep and do graven or molten image, an abomination them with all thine heart, and with all thy unto the LORD, the work of the hands of soul. the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day place: and all the people shall answer and to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, say, Amen. and to keep his statutes, and his command- 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his faments, and his judgments, and to hearken ther or his mother: and all the people shall unto his voice: say, Amen. 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighday to be his peculiar people, as he hath bour's landmark: and all the people shall promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep say, Amen. Ml his commandments; 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind tU 13* 149 *he blessings for obedience, D)EUTERONOMY, ihe curses for dtisobedieya. wander out of the way: and all the people and not the tail; and thou shalt be above shall say, Amen. only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that, 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judg- thou hearken unto the commandments of ment of the stranger, fatherless, and wid- the LORD thy God, which I command thee ow: and all the people shall say, Amen. this (lay, to observe and to do them: 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any coi wife; because he uncovereth his father's the words which I command thee this day, skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen. to the right hand, or to the left, to go after 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner other gods to serve them. of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen. 15 ~ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy the daughter of his father, or the daughter God, to observe to do all his commandments of his mother: and all the people shall say, and his statutes which I command thee this Amen. day; that all these curses shall come upon 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother thee, and overtake thee: in law: an all the people shall say, Amen. 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, an, 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour cursed shalt thou be in the field. secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store., 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and an innocent person: and all the people shall the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy say, Amen. kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest words of this law to do them: and all the in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goesi people shall say, Amen. out. CHAPTER XXVIIT. 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest Blessinls promised on obedience. thine hand unto for to do, until thou be de4ND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt stroyed, and until thou perish quickly; beAt hearken diligentlyunto the voice of the cause of the wickedness of thy doings, LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his whereby thou hast forsaken me. commandments which I command thee this 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on cleave unto thee, until he have consumed high above all nations of the earth: thee from off the land, whither thou goest 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, to possess it. and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken un- 22 The LORD shall smate thee with a con. to the voice of the LORD thy God. sumption, and with a fever, and with an in3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and bless- flammation, and with an extreme burning, ed shalt thou be in the field. and with the sword, and with blasting, and 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee Lhe fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy until thou perish. cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head flocks of thy sheep. lshall be brass, and the earth that is undei 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. thee shall be iron. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy Ind in, and blessed shadit thou be when thou go- powder and dust: from heaven shall it come est out. down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten rise up against thee to be smitten before thy before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one face: they shall come out against thee one way against theml, and flee seven ways bleway, and flee before thee seven ways. fore them; and shalt be removed into al 8 The LORD shall command the blessing up- the kingdoms of the earth. on thee in thy storehouses, and in all that 26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto alt thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall fowls of the air,: ond unto the beasts of the bless thee in the land which the LORD thy earth, and no man shall fray them away. God giveth thee. 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch a ' ic LORD shall establish thee a holy peo- of Egypt, and with the enerods, and with ile unto himself, as he hath sworn unto the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments canst not be healed. of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madnesq, 10 And all people of the earth shall see and blindness, and astonishment of heart: that thou art called by the name of the 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt 11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt bo in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy no man stall save thee. ground, in the land which the LORD sware 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another unto thy fathers to give thee. man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not thy land in his season, and to bless all the gather the grapes thereof. work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, unto many nations, and thou shalt not and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass borrow. shall be violently taken away from before 13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, thy face, and sbsll not be restored to thee 150 the curses DE UTERONOMY. for disobediencer thy sheep sholl be given unto thine enemies, stroyed: which also shall not leave thee and thou shalt have none to res_ 2 themt. either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shtll be thy line, or flocks of thy sheep, until he given unto another people, and thine eyes have destroyed thee. t;hall look, and fail with ltorlili for them all 521 And lie shall besiege thee in all thy gates, the day long: and there shaltl be no mighlt in until thy high and fenced walls come down, thine hand. wiherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy,' Thle fruit of thy land, and all thy ]a- land: and lhe shall besiege thee in all thy l)ours, shall a nation which thou knowevst,gates throughout all thy land, which the not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed LORD thy God hath given thee. and crushed alway: 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own 34 So that thou shalt be rnad for the sight body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughof thine eyes which thou shalt see. teers, which the Lo(Di thy God hath given 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, and in the legs, with a sore botch that can- wherewith thine enemrries shall distress thee: not be healed, from the sole of thy foot on- 54 So trhat the mantl that is tender among to the top of thy head. you, and very delicate, his eye shall be 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king evil toward his brother, and toward the wife whlich thou shalt set over thee, unto a na- of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his tion which neither thou nor thy fathers children which he shall leave: have known; and there shalt thou serve.5, So thfat he will not give to any of them other gods, wood and sto;ne. of the flesh of his children whon he shall 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, eat: because he hath nothing, left him in the a proverb, and a byword, among all nations siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine whither the LORD shall lead thee. enemies shall distress Iltee in all thy gates. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the 56 The tender and delicate woman among field, and shalt gather but little in; for the you, which would not adventure to set the locust shall consume it. sole of her foot upon tlhe ground for delicate39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress ness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil tothem, but shalt neither drink of the wine, ward the husband of her bosom, and toward nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall her son, and toward her daughter, eat them. 57 And toward her young one that cometh 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout out from between her feet, and toward her all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thy- children which she shall bear: for she shall t,.f with the oil; for thine olive shall cast eat them for want of all things secretly in h i fruit. the siege and straitness, wherewith thine 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, enemy shall distress thee in thy g-ates. but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they 58 It thou wilt not observe to do all the shall go into captivity. words of this law that are written in this 42, All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall book, that thou mnayest fear this glorious and the locust consume. fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 43 T'he stranger that is within thee shall get 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues np above thee very high; and thou shalt wonderful, and the platgues of thy seed, even come down very low. great plagues, and of long continuance, 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not and sore sicknesses, and of long continulend to him: he shall be the head, and thou ance. shalt be the tail. 60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the 45 Moreover all these curses shall come up- diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid on thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake of; and they shall cleave unto thee. thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD which 'is not written in the book of this law, thy God, to keep his commandments and them will the LORD bring upon thee, until hi; statutes which he commanded thee. thou be destroyed. 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign 62 And ye shall be left few in number,whereand for a wonder, and upon thy seed for as ye were as the stars of heaven for multiever. tude; because thou wouldest not obey the 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy voice of the LORD thy God. God with joyfulness, and with gladness of 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the heart, for the abundance of all things; LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine ene- to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice lmies, which the LORD shall send against over you to destroy you, and to bring you thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in naked- to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off ness, and in want of all thin.gs: and he shall the land whither thou goest to possess it. put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among have destroyed thee. all people, from the one end of the earth even 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against unto the other; and there thou shalt serve thee from far, from the end of the earth, as other gods, which neither thou nor thy faswvift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose theirs have known, even wood and stone. tongue thou shalt not understand; 65 And among these nations shalt thou find 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot shall not regard the person of the old, nor have rest: but the LORD shall give thee shew favour to the young: there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and sorrow of mind: and the fruit of thy land, until thou be de- 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before 151 _.xhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. God's wrath on the wicked. thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. CHAPTER XXIX. An exhortation, to obedience. THESE are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 f And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of lashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the RIeubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 10 T Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God mnaketh with thee this day: 13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; 152 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them: 18 Lest there should be among you man, oi woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD ou1 God, to go and serve the gods of these na. tions; lest there should be among you a roct that beareta gall and wormwood; 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himiself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that a I, written in this book of the law: 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORU hath laid upon it; 23 And that the whole land thereof is brim stroe, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Adiah and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what mreaneth the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when hle brought them forth out of the landt of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto theml: 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindle.d against this land, to bring upon it all tlhe curses that are written in this book: 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another lanLd as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. CHAPTER XXX. Alercies to the penitent. AND it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and tby children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy Lifc and death proposed. DEUTERONOMY. 3~oscs cncour(vcIJhi Josh):.a. captivity, and have compassion upon thee, the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraand will return and gather thee from all the ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. nations, whither the LORD thy God hath CHAPTER XXXI. scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the Moses encourageth the people. outmost parts of heaven, from thence will AND Moses went and spake these words the LORD thy God gather thee, and from _A unto all Israel. thence will he fetch thee: 2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred 5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee and twenty years old this day; I can no into the land which thy fathers possessed, more go out and come in: also the LORD and thou shalt possess it * and he will do thee hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. this Jordan. 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise 3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love thee, and he will destroy these nations from the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and before thee, and thou shalt possess them: with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these the LORD hath said. curses upon thine enemies, and on them 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he that hate thee, which persecuted thee. did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amo8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice rites, and unto the land of them, whom he of the LORD, and do all his commandments destroyed. which I command thee this day. 5 And the LORD shall give them up before 9 And the LORD thy God will make thee your face, that ye may do unto them acplenteous in every work of thine hand, in the cording unto all the commandments which fruit of thy body and in the fruit of thy I have commanded you. cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: 6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear for the LORD will again rejoice over thee not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. the LORD thy God, to keep his command- 7 I And Moses called unto Joshua, and said ments and his statutes zhich are written in unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong this book of the law, and if thou turn unto and of a good courage: for thou must go the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and Iwith this people unto the land which the with all thy soul. LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give 11 ~ For this commandment which I com- them; and thou shalt cause them to inhermnand thee this day, it is not hidden from it it. thee, neither is it far off.! 8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do be dismayed. it? 9 ~ And Moses wrote this law, and deliver13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou ed it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear and unto all the elders of Israel. it, and do it? 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in the end of every seven years, in the solemni. thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou may- ty of the year of release, in the feast of tabest do it. ernacles, 15 ~ See, I have set before thee this day life 11 When all Israel is come to appear before and good, and death and evil; the LORD thy God in the place which he shall 16 In that I command thee this day to love choose, thou shalt read this law before all the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and Israel in their hearing.;, keep his commandments, and his statutes, 12 Gather the people together, men, and aid his judgments, that thou mayest live women, and children, and thy stranger that and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall is within thy gates, that they may hear, and bless thee in the land whither thou goest to that they may learn, and fear the LORD possess it. your God, and observe to do all the words 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou of this law: wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and 13 And that their children, which have not worship other gods, and serve them; known any thing, may hear, and learn to 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live shall surely perish, and that ye shall not pro- in the land whither ye go over Jordan to long your days upon the land, whither thou possess it. passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 14 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses, Be19 I call heaven and earth to record this hold, thy days approach that thou must die: day against you, that I have set before you call Joshua, and present yourselves in the life and death, blessing and cursing: there- tabernacle of the congregation, that I ma, fore choose life, that both thou and thy give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua seed may live: went, and presented themselves in the tab20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy ernacle of the congregation. God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, 15 And the LORD appeared in the taberand that thou mayest cleave unto him: for nacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar he is thy life, and the length of thy days: of the cloud stood over the door of the tabthat thou mayest dwell in the land which ernacle. 1 St3 & caarge, given to Joshua DEUTERONOMY. The song of MInwS 16 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Be- I CHAPTER XXXII. hold, thou shba sleep with thy fathers;:lnd Tl s MIses this people wi I rise up, and go a whorin e sog of es after the gods of the strang ers of the ltand, l IVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; whither they go to he among them, and will v and hea', 0 earth, the words of my forsake me, and break my covenant which I mouth. have made with them. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against speech shall distil as the dew. as the srnal: them in that day, and I will forsake them, rain upon the tender herb, and as the showand I will hide my face from them, and they ers upon the grass: shall be devoured, and many evils and troub- 3 Because I will publish the name of the les shall befall them; so that they will say LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. in that day, Are not these evils come upon 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for us, because our God is not among us? all his ways are judgment: a God of truth 18 And I will surely hide my face in that iand without iniquity, just and rig'ht is he. day for all the evils which they shall have 5 They have corrupted themselves, their wrought, in that they are turned unto oth- sp)ot is not the spot of his children: they are er gods. a perverse and crooked generation. 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you. i Do ye!t's requite the LORD, O foolish and teach it the children of Israel: put it people and unwise? is not he thy father in their mouths, that this song may be a wit- that hath bought thee? hath he not made ness for me agalinst the children of Israel. V thee, and established thee? 20 For when 1 shall have brought theml into 7 *' Relnc-mber the lays of old, consider the the land which I sware unto their fath(ers, ea;rs of In.my generations: ask thy father, that floweth with milk and honey; an(l they 1n1d he will rhcew thee; thy elders, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and w^ill tell thee. waxen fat; then will they turn unto other 1 8 When the Miost High divided to the nagods, and serve them, and provoke me, and ti( ns their inheritance, when he separated break my covenant. the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the 21 And it shall come to pass, when many ipeople according to the number of the chilevils and troubles are betallen them, that drenl of Israel. this song shall testify against them as a wit- 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Janess; for it shall not be forgotten out of tile cob is the lot of his inheritance. mouths of their seed: for I know their 10 He found him in a desert land, and i-, imagination which they go about, even now, the waste howling wilderness: he led him before I have brought them into the land about, he instructed him, he kept him as the which I sware. apple of his eye. 22 ~ Moses therefore wrote this song the 11 As an eagle stirreth upher nest,fluttr reth same day, and taught it the children of Is- over her young, spreadeth abroad her wing, rael. taketh them, beareth them on her wings: Y3 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there charge, and said, Be strong and of a good wzas no strange god with him. courage: for thou shalt bring the children 13 He made him ride on the high places of of Israel into the land which I sware unto the earth, that he might eat the increase of them: and I will be with thee. the fields; and he made him to suck honey 24 1 And it came to pass, when Moses had out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; made an end of writing the words of this law 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with in a book, until they were finished, fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Ba25 That Moses commanded the Levites, shan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of which bare the ark of the covenant of the wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood LORD, saying, of the grape. 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in 15 ~ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: the side of the ark of the covenant of the thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, LORD your God, that it may be there for a thou art covered with fettness; then he forwitness against thee. sook God which made him, and lightly es27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stilt teemed the Rock of his salvation. neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you 16 They provoked him to jealousy with this day, ye have been rebellious against strange Cods, with abominations provoked the LORD; and how much more after my they him to anger. death? 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; 28 ~ Gather unto me all the elders of your to gods whom they knew not, to new gods tribes, and your officers, that I may speak that came newly up, whom your fathers these words in their ears, and call heaven feared not. and earth to record against them. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art 29 For I know that after my death ye will unmindful, and hast forgotten God that utterly corrupt yourselvres, and turn aside formed thee. from the waywhich I have commanded you; 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred and evil will befall you in the latter days; I them, because of the provoking of his sons, because ye will do evil in the sight of the and of his daughters. LORD, to provoke him to anger through the 20 And he said, I will hide my face from work of your hands. i them, I will see what their end shall he: for 30 And Moses spake in the cars of all the they are a very froward generation, chilcongregation of Israel the words of this dren in whom is no faith. ssong, until they were ended. 21 They have moved me to jealousy wit8!,5 The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY. The song of Jloses. that which, is not God; they have provoked captives, from the beginning of revenges me to anger with their vanities: and I will upon the enemy.:-cove them to jealousy with those which are 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people? not a people; I will provoke them to anger for he will avenge the blood of his servants, with a foolish nation. and will render vengeance to his adversaries, 22 For a fre is kindled in mine anger, and and will be merciful unto his land, and to shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall his people. consume the earthl with Ie r increase, and set 44 ~t And Moses came and spake all the on fire the foundations of the mountains. words of this song in the ears of the people, 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; 1 will he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. spend mine arrows upon them. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all 24 They shall he burnt with hunger, and de- these words to all Israel: voured with burning heat, and with bitter 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts ldstruction: I will also send the teeth of unto all the words which I testify among beasts upon them, with the poison of ser- you this day, which ye shall command your pents of the dust. children to observe to do, all the words of 25 The sword without, and terror within, this law. shall destroy both the young man and the 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; be. virgin, the suckling also with the man of cause it is your life: and through this thing gray hairs. ye shall prolong your days in the land, whith'i said, I would scatter them into corners, er ye go over Jordan to possess it. I would make the renmembrance of them 48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that to cease from among mDen: selfsame day, saying, 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, the enemy, lest their adversaries should be- unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of have themselves strangely, anld lest they Moab, that is over against Jericho; and beshould say, Our hand is high, and the LOuD hold the land of Canaan, which I give unto hath not done all this. the children of Israel for a possession: 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest neither is there any understanding in them. up, and be gathered unto thy people; as 29 0 that they were wise, that they under- Aaron thy brother died in mount Her, and stood this, that they would consider their was gathered unto his people: latter end! 51 Because ye trespassed against me among 30 How should one chase a thousand, and the children of Israel at the waters of Meritwo put ten thousand to flight, except their bah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; beRock had sold them, and the LORD had shut cause ye sanctified me not in the midst or theml up? the children of Israel. 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; our enemies themselves being judges. but thou shalt not go thither unto the lan4 3t For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, which I give the children of Israel. and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes CHAPTER XXXIII. are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: '3 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and Moses blesseth the tribes. the cruel venom of asps. ND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and the man of God blessed the children of sealed up among my treasures? Israel before his death. 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recom- 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, pense; their foot shall slide in due time: for and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined the day of their calamity is at hand, and the forth from mount Paran, and he came with things that shall comle upon them make ten thousands of saints: from his right hand haste. went a fiery law for them. 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints repent himself for his servants, when he are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy seeth that their power is gone, and there is feet; every one shall receive of thy words. none shut up, or left. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the in37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, heritance of the congregation of Jacob. thefir rock in whom they trusted, 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, heads of the people and the tribes of Israel;ad drank the wine of their drink offerings? were gathered together. let them rise up and help you, and be your 6 ~ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let protection. not his men be few. 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there 7 T And this is the blessing of Judah: and is no god with me I kill, and I make alive; he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and I wound, and I heal: neither is there any bring him unto his people: let his hands be that can deliver out of my hand. sufficient for him; and be thou a help to him 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and from his enemies. say, I live for ever. 8 ~ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine and thy UJrim be with thy holy one, whom hand take hold on judgment; I will render thou didst prove at Massah, and wlith vengeanceto mine enemies, andwill reward whom thou didst strive at the waters of them that hate me. Meribah; 42 1 will make mine arrows drunk with 9 Who said unto his father and to his mothblood, and my sword shall devour flesh: and er, I have not seen him; neither did he acthat with the blood of the slain and of the knowledge his brethren, nor knew his own '' " 3,5 Blessings of the tribes. DEUTERONOMY. Moses' age and death. children: for they have observed thy word, 26 ~ There is none like unto the God of and kept thy covenant. Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. and Israel thy law: they shall put incense 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underbefore thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon neath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thine altar. thrust out the enemy from before thee; and 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept shall say, Destroy them. the work of his hands: smite through the 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: loins of them that rise against him, and of the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land them that hate him, that they rise not again. of corn and wine; also his heavens shall 12 ~ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved drop down dew. of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like and the LORD shall cover him all the day unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the long, and he shall dwell between his shoul- shield of thy help, and who is the sword of ders. thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be 13 ~ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread LORD be his land, for the precious things of upon their high places. heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that CHAPTER XXXIV. coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth Moses vieweth the pronised land. by the sun, and for the precious things putA ND Moses went up from the plains of forth by the moon, Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to 15 And for the chief things of the ancient the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jerk mountains, and for the precious things of icho: and the LORD shewed him all the land the lasting hills, of Gilead, unto Dan, 16 And for the precious things of the earth 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraand fulness thereof, and for the good will of im, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing unto the utmost sea, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon 3 And the south, and the plain of the valthe top of the head of him that was sepa- ley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto rated from his brethren. Zoar. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bull- 4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the ock, and his horns are like the horns of uni- land which I sware unto Abraham, unto corns: with them he shall push the people Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it together to the ends of the earth: and they unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over are the thousands of Manasseh. thither. 18 ~ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebu- 5 ~ So Moses the servant of the LORD died lun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy there in the land of Moab, according to the tents. word of the LORD. 19 They shall call the people unto the 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no of righteousness: for they shall suck of the man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid day. in the sand. 7 ~ And Moses was a hundred and twenty 20 ~ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that years old when he died: his eye was not enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and dim, nor his natural force abated. teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 8 ~ And the children of Israel wept for 21 And he provided the first part for him- Moses in the plains of Moab thirty (lays: so self, because there, in a portion of the law- the days of weeping and mourning for Mogiver, was he seated; and he came with the ses were ended. heads of the people, he executed the justice 9 ~ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of of the LORD, and his judgments with Is- the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his rael. hands upon him: and the children of Israel 22 ~ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's hearkened unto him, and did as the LOJD i whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. commanded Moses. 23 ~ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, 10 ~ And there arose not a prophet since in satisfied with favour, and full with the bless- Israel like unto Moses, whom the LoiD ing of the LORD, possess thou the west and knew face to face, the south. 11 In all the signs and the wonders which 24 T And of Asher he said, Let Asher be the LORD sent him to do in the land of blessed with children; let him be acceptable Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in and to all his land, oil. 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and the great terror which Moses shewed in ceae as thy days, so shall thy strength be. sight of all Israel. 156 THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. CHAPTER I. unto the land of your possession, and enjoy Joshua succeedth oses. it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave Joshua succeedeh Moses. ad you on this side Jordan toward the sun.. NOW after the death of Moses the servant rising. of the LORD, it came to pass, that the 16 ~ And they answered Joshua, saying, All LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, that thou commandest us we will do, and Moses' minister, saying, whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore 17 According as we hearkened unto Moss arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: people, unto the land which I do give to only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he them, even to the children of Israel. was with Moses. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against shall tread upon, that have I given unto thy commandment, and will not hearken you, as I said unto Moses. unto thy words in ail that thou commandest 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon him, he shall be put to death only be strol: even unto the great river, the river Eu- and of a good courage. phrates, all the land of the Hittites, and un- C CHAPTER I. to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. Rahab receieth the spiesa 5 There shall not any man be able to stand AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of before thee all the days of thy life: as I was jL Shittim two men to spy secretly, saywith Moses, so I will be with thee: T will not ing, Go view the land, even Jericho. And fail thee, nor forsake thee. they went, and came into a harlot's house, 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto named Rahab, and lodged there. this people halt thou divide for an inherit- 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, sayance the land, which I sware unto their fa- ing, Behold, there came men in hither to thers to give them. night of the children of Israel to search out 7 Only be thou strong and very cour- the country. ageous, that thou mayest observe to do ac- 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, cording to all the law, which Moses my saying, Bring forth the men that are oome servant commanded thee: turn not from it to thee, which are entered into thine house: to the right hand or to the left, that thou for they be come to search out all the nayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. country. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out 4 And the woman took the two men, and )f thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate hid them, and said thus, There came men therein day and night, that thou mayest ob- unto me, but I wist not whence they were: serve to do according to all that is written 5 And it came to pass about the time of shuttherein: for then thou shalt make thy way ting of the gate, when it was dark, that the prosperous, and then thou shalt have good men went out; whither the men went, I Success. wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong shall overtake them. and of a good courage; be not afraid, nei- 6 But she had brought them up to the roof ther be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy of the house, and hid them with the stalks Lod is with thee whithersoever thou goest. of flax, which she had laid in order upon the 10 T Then Joshua commanded the officers roof. )f the people, saying, 7 And the men pursued after them the way 11 Pass through the host, and command the to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for they which pursued after them were gone Within three days ye shall pass over this out, they shut the gate. Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which 8 ' And before they were laid down, she %he LORD your God giveth you to possess it. came up unto them upon the roof; 12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gad- 9 And she said unto the men, I know that Ites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake the LORD hath given you the land, and that Joshua, saying, your terror is fallen upon us, and that all 13 Remember the word which Moses the the inhabitants of the land faint because of servant of the LORD commanded you, say- you. ing, The LORD your God hath given you 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried rest, and hath given you this land. up the water of the Red sea for you, when 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did uncattle, shall remain in the land which Moses to the two kings of the Amorites, that were gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, pass before your brethren armed, all the whom ye utterly destroyed. mighty men of valour, and help them; 11 And as soon as we had heard these thingsc 15 Until the LORD have given your breth- our hearts did melt, neither did there reren rest, as he hath given you, and they also main any more courage in any man, behave possessed the land which the LORD cause of you: for the LORD your God, he is your God giveth them: then ye shall return God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 14 157 The spies' r!lation. JOSHUA. Waters of Jordan divided, 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto and it, about two thousand cubits by ineaame by the Lo-D, since I have shewed you ure: come not near unto it, that ye may know kindness, that ye will also shew kindness the way by which ye must go: for ye have enot unto my fatlher's house, and give me a true passed this way heretofore. token: 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, wonders among you. and all that they have, and deliver our lives 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, sayfrom death. ing, Take up the ark of the covenant, and 14 And the men answered her, Our life for pass over before the people. And they took yours, if ye utter not this our business. And up the ark of the covenant, and s entt before t shall be, when the LORD hath given us the the people. land, that we will deal kindly and truly with 7 n And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day thee. will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all 15 Then she let them down by a cord Israel, that they may know that, as I was with through the window: for her house was Moses, so I will be with thee. upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the 8 And thou shalt command the priests that wall. bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the ye are come to the brink of the water of Jormountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and dan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. hide yourselves there three days, until the 9 9 And Joshua said unto the children of pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the go your way. LORD your God. 17 And the men said unto her, We will be 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know blameless of this thine oath which thou hast that the living God is among you, and that he made us swear. will without fail drive out from before you 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou I the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivshalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the ites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, window which thou didst let us down by: and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's Lord of all the earth passeth over before you household, home unto thee. into Jordan. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go 12 Now therefore take you twelve nen out out of the doors of thy house into the street, of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a his blood shall be upon his head, and we will man. be guiltless; and whosoever shall be with thee 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if soles of the feet of the priests that bear the any hand be upon him. ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, 20 And if thou utter this our business, then shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast waters of Jordan shall be cut off fr'om the made us to swear. waters that come down from above; and they 21 And she said, According unto your words, shall stand upon a heap. so be it. And she sent them away, and they 14 ~ And it came to pass, when the people departed: and she bound the scarlet line in removed from their tents to pass over Jordan, the window. aCd the priests bearing the ark of the coveu22 And they went, and came unto the molin- ant before the people; tain, and abode there three days, until the 15 And as they that bare the ark were corn, pursuers were returned: and the pursuers unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that sought them throughout all the way, but found bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the thenm not. water, (for Jordan overfioweth all his banks 23 11 So the two men returned, and descended all the time of harvest,) from the mountain, and passed over, and 16 That the waters which came down froon came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him above stood and rose up upon a heap very lar all thin2gs that befell them: from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the and those that came down toward the sea of LORD hath delivered into our hands all the the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were land; for even all the inhabitants of the coun- cut off: and the people passed over right try do faint because of us. against Jericho. CHAPTER III. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm oil dry Joshua cometh to Jordan. ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the AND Joshua rose early in the morning; Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all and they removed from Shittim, and the people were passed clean over Jordan. came to Jordan, he and all the children of CHAP TER IV. Israel, and lodged there before they passedThe people passer Jorda Over. t The people pass over Jor dan. over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that ND it came to pass, when all the people the officers went through the host; A were clean passed over Jordan, that the 3 And they commanded the people, saying, LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, LORD your God, and the priests the Levites out of every tribe a man, bearing it, then ye shall remove from your 3 And commald ye them, saying, Take yoe place, and go after it. hence out of the midst of Jordan, out oi 4 Yet there shall be a space between you the place where the priests' feet stood firm. 158 i.' p)eopte pass OVGT. JOSHUA. Joshua~t ren;)eweth arlcu~~mcisunk twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over 20 And those twelve stones. which they with you, and leave them in the lodging took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilplice, where ye shall lodge this night. gal. i Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom 21 And ihe spake unto the children of Israel., hlad prepared of the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their o it of every tribe a man: fathers in time to come, saying, What mean: And Joshua said unto them, Pass over be- these stones? fore the ark of the LORD your God into the 22 Then ye shall let your children know, midst of Jordan, and take you up every man saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry ot you a stone upon his shoulder, according land. unto the number of the tribes of the chil- 23 For the LoRD your God dried up the wadren of Israel: ters of Jordan from before you, until ye 3 That this may be a sign among you, that were passed over, as the LORD your God did when your children ask their fathers in time to the ted sea, which he dried up from beto come, saying, What meanl ye by these fore us, until we were g-one over: ston es? 24 That all the people of the earth might 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the wa- know the hand of the LORD, that it is ters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your the covenant of the Lo-rD; when it lpassed God for ever. over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut CHAPTER V. )ft': and these stones shall be for a memorial Josa r h unlto the children of Israel for ever. Atnd the children of Israel did so as Josh- ND it came to pass, when all the kiigs of lia commanded, and tookl up twelve stones A- the Amorites, which were on the side of out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD Jordan westward, and all the kings of the spake unto Joshua, accorditng- to the numi- Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard her of the tribes of the chilaren of Israel, that the LORD had dried up the waters of and carried them over with them unto the Jordan from before the children of Israel, lace where they lodged, and laid them until we were passed over, that their heart d)wnI there. melted, neither was there spirit in them any 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the more, because of the children of Israel. midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet 2 ~ At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, of the priests which bare the ark of the cove- Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise n4nt stood: and they are there unto this again the children of Israel the second time. day. 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and 10 ~ For the priests which bare the ark circumcised the children of Israel at the hill stood in the midst of Jordan, until every of the foreskins. thing was finished that the LORD command- 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did cired Joshua to speak unto the people, accord- cumcise: All the people that came out of ing to all that Moses commanded Joshua: Egypt, that were males, even all the men of and the people hasted and passed over. war, died in the wilderness by the way, after 11 And it came to pass, when all the people they came out of Egypt. were clean passed over, that the ark of the 5 Now all the people that came out were LORD passed over, and the priests, in the circumcised; but all the people that were siesence of the people. born in the wilderness by the way as they 12 And the children of Reuben, and the came forth out of Egypt, them they had not ahildren of Gad, and half the tribe of Manas- circumcised. ieli, passed over arrmed before the children 6 For the children of Israel walked forty s)f Israel, as Moses spake unto them: years in the wilderness, till all the people 13 About forty thousand prepared for war that were men of war, which came out of passed over before the LORD unto battle, to Egypt, were consumed, because they obeythe plains of Jericho. ed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom 14 t On that day the LORD magnified Josh- the LORD sware that he would not shew aa in the sight of all Israel; and they feared them the land, which the LORD sware unto him, as they feared Moses, all the days of their fathers that he would give us, a land his life. that floweth with milk and honey. 15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, say- 7 And their children, whom he raised up in ng, their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for 16 Command the priests that bear the ark they were uncircumcised, because they had cf the testimony, that they come up out of not circumcised them by the way. Jordan. 8 And it came to pass, when they had done 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, circumcising all the people, that they abode -aying, Come ye up out of Jordan. in their places in the camp, till they were 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that whole. )are the ark of the covenant of the LORD 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day vere oone up out of the midst of Jordan, have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt.ind the soles of the priests' feet were lifted from off you. Wherefore the name of the 'ip unto the dry land, that the waters of Jor- place is called Gilgal unto this day. Ian returned unto their place, and flowed 10 ~ And the children of Israel encamped in,ver all his banks, as they did before. Gilgal, and kept the passover on the four19 1 And the people came up out of Jordan teenth day of the month at even in the on the tenth day of the first month, and en- plains of Jericho. campad in Gilgal, in the east border of Jeri- 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the che- land on the morrow after the passover, un. 1.59 An angel appeareth to Joshua. JOSHUA. Jericho utterly destroyed. leavened cakes, and parched corn in the self- 12 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning, same day. and the priests took up the ark of the 12 ~ And the manna ceased on the morrow LORD. after they had eaten of the old corn of the 13 And seven priests bearing seven trump, land; neither had the children of Israel man- ets of rams' horns before the ark of the na any more; but they did eat of the fruit LORD went on continually, and blew with of the land of Canaan that year. the trumpets: and the armed men went be13 I And it came to pass, when Joshua was fore them; but the rearward came after the by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over blowing with the trumpets. against him with his sword drawn in his 14 And the second day they compassed thl hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said city once, and returned into the camp. Se, unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adver- they did six days. saries? 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the that they rose early about the dawning of host of the LORD am I now come. And the day, and compassed the city after the Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did same manner seven times: only on that day worship, and said unto him, What saith my they compassed the city seven times. lord unto his servant? 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time 15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said when the priests blew with the trumpets, unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for thl foot; for the place whereon thou standest LORD hath given you the city. is holy. And Joshua did so. 17 ~ And the city shall be accursed, even it, CHAPTE VI. and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that Jericho besieged and taken. re with her in the house, because she hid ITOW Jericho was straitly shut up because the messengers that we sent..L of the children of Israel: none went 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from out, and none came in. the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves 2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I accursed, when ye take of the accursed have given into thine hand Jericho, and thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, the king thereof, and tXe mighty men of and trouble it. valour. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the of war, and go round about the city once. LORD: they shall come into the treasury ot Thus shalt thou do six days. the LORD. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the 20 So the people shouted when the priests ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the blew with the trumpets: and it came to sevench day ye shall compass the city seven pass, when the people heard the sound of times, and the priests shall blow with the the trumpet, and the people shouted with a trumpets. great shout, that the wall fell down fiat, so 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they that the people went up into the city, every make a long blast with the ram's horn, and man straight before him, and they took the when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all city. the people shall shout with a great shout 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, in the city, both man and woman, young and the people shall ascend up every man and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the straight before him. edge of the sword. 6 ~ And Joshua the son of Nun called the 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark that had spied out the country, Go into the of the covenant, and let seven priests bear harl-t s house, and bring out thence the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swair ark of the LORD. unto h. 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and 23 And the young men that were spies went compass the city, and let him that is armed in, and brought out Rahab, and her father pass on before the ark of the LORD. and her mother, and her brethren, and all 8 ~ And it came to pass, when Joshua had that she had; and they brought out all her spoken unto the people, that the seven kindred, and left them without the camp of priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' Israel. horns passed on before the LORD, and blew 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and with the trumpets: and the ark of the cove- all that was therein: only the silver, and the nant of the LORD followed them. gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron 9 1 And the armed men went before the they put into the treasury of the house of priests that blew with the trumpets, and the the LORD. rearward came after the ark, the priests 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot going on, and blowing with the trumpets, alive, and her father's household, and all 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any even unto this day; because she hid the mesnoise with your voice, neither shall any sengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jeri. word proceed out of your mouth, until the cho. day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 26 ~~ And Joshua adjured them at that time, 11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the saying, Cursed be the man before the LoRD, city, going about it once: and they came that riseth up and buildeth this city Jeriiato the camp, and lodged in the camp. cgo: he shall lay the foundation thereof in 160 Athan, 'roubleth Israel. JOSHUA, lAchan is put to d(at'i. his flritborn, and in his youngest son shall shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takbe set up the gates of it. eth shall come according to the familie? o7 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his thereof; and the family which the LORB fame was noisel throughout all the country7 shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take CHAPTER VII. shall come man by man. Israelites smitten at Ai. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with B)UT the children of Israel committed a the accursed thing shall be burn+ with fire, trespass in the accursed thing: for he and all that he hath: because he hath Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took because he hath wrought folly in Israel. Of the accursed thing: and the anger of the 16 ~ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, LORD was kindled against the children of and brought Israel by their tribes; and the Israel. tribe of Judah was taken: 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, 17 And he brought the family of Judah; which isbeside Beth-aven, on the east side of and he took the family of the Zarhites: and Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up he brought the family of the Zarhites man and view the country. And the men went by man; and Zabdi was taken: up and viewed Ai. 18 And he brought his household man by 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son unto him, Let not all the people go up; but of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of let about two or three thousand men go up Judah, was taken. and smite Ai; and make not all the people 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, to labour thither; for they are but few. give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of 4 So there went up thither of the people Israel, and make confession unto him; and about three thousand men; and they fled tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not before the men of Ai. from me. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, thirty and six men: for they chased them Indeed I have sinned against the LORD from before the gate even unto Shebarim, God of Israel, and thus and thus have I and smote them in the going down: where- done: fore the hearts of the people melted, and 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly became as water. Babylonish garment, and two hundred shek. 6 ~ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to els of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty the earth upon his face before the ark of the shekels weight, then I coveted them, and LORD until the eventide, he and the elders took them; and, behold, they are hid in the of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, under it. wherefore hast thou at all brought this peo- 22 T So Joshua sent messengers, and they pie over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to his tent, and the silver under it. God we had been content, and dwelt on the 23 And they took them out of the midst of other side Jordan! the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, 8 0 Lord, what shall I say, when Israel and unto all the children of Israel, and laid ttlrneth their backs before their enemies! them out before the LORD. 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took of the land shall hear of it, and shall envir Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and us round, and cut off our name from the the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and ramre? his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all 10 T And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get that he had: and they brought them unto t hee up; wherefore best thou thus upon thy the valley of Achor. ace? 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. trarsgressed my covenant which I com- And all Israel stoned him with stones, and ulanded them: for they have even taken of burned them with fire, after they had stoned the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and them with stones. dissembled also, and they have put it even 26 And they raised over him a great heap am ong their own stuff. of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned 12 Therefore the children of Israel could from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore not stand before their enemies, but turned the name of that place was called, The valtheir backs before their enemies, because ley of Achor, unto this day. they were accursed: neither will I be with C T V you any more, except ye destroy the ac- CHAPTER VIII. cursed from among you. Joshua's stratagem against At. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanc- AND the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, tify yourselves against to morrow: for thus P neither be thou dismayed: take all the saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an ac- people of war with thee, and arise, go up to cursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king thou canst not stand before thine enemies, of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his until ye take away the accursed thing from land: among you. 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only brought according to your tribes: and it the spoilthereof, and the cattle thereof, shall 14 * I, 161 Tihe stratagem whereby JOSHUA al was takeir ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee into the city, and took it, and hasted a id set an ambush for the city behind it. the city on fire. 3 ~T So Joshua arose, and all the people of 20 ALd when the men of Ai looked behind war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, the city ascended up to heaven, and they and sent them away by night. had no power to flee this way or that way: 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, and the people that fled to the wilderness ye shall lie in wait against the city, even be- turned back upon the pursuers. hind the city: go not very far from the city, 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that but be ye all ready the ambush had taken the city, and that the 5 And I, and all the people thatarewith me, smoke of the city ascended, then they turnwill approach unto the city: and it shall ed again, and slew the men of Ai. come to pass, when they come out against 22 And the other issued out of the city us, as at the first, that we will flee before against them; so they were in the midst of them, Israel, some on this side, and some on that 6 (For they will come out after us,) till we side: and they smote them, so that they leI have drawn them from the city; for they none of them remain or escape. will say, They flee before us, as at the first: 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and therefore we will flee before them. brought him to Joshua. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had and seize upon the city: for the LORD your made an end of slaying all the inhabitants Sod will deliver it into your hand. of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the they chased them, and when they were all city, that ye shall set the city on fir-: accord- fallen on the edge of the sword, until they ing to the commandment of the LORD shall were consumed, that all the Israelites reye do. See, I have commanded you. turned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge a ~ Joshua therefore sent them forth; and of the sword. they went to lie in ambush, and abode be- 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of both of men and women, were twelve thouA': but Joshua lodged that night among the sand, even all the men of Ai. people. 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back 10 And Joshua rose up early in the morn- wherewith he stretched out the spear, until ing, and numbered the people, and went up, he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants he and the elders of Israel, before the peo- of Ai. pie to Ai. 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city 11 And all the people, even the people of war Israel took for a prey unto themselves, acthat were with him, went up, and drew nigh, cording unto the word of the LORD which and came before the city, and pitched on he commanded Joshua. the north side of Ai: now there was a valley 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap between them and Ai. for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 12 And he took about five thousand men, 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree and set them to lie in ambush between Beth- until eventide: and as soon as the sun was el and Ai, on the west side of the city. down, Joshua commanded that they should 13 And when they had set the people, even take his carcass down from the tree, and all the host that was on the north of the city, cast it at the entering of the gate of the and their liers in wait on the west of the city, and raise thereon a great neap of city, Joshua went that night into the midst stones, that remaineth unto this day. of the valley. 30 T Then Joshua built an altar unto the 14 ~ And it came to pass, when the king of LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, 31 As Moses the servant of the LORD conand the men of the city went out against Is- manded the children of Israel, as it is written rael to battle, he and all his people, at a time in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of appointed, before the plain; but he wist not whole stones, over which no man hath lifted that there were liers in ambush against him up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt behind the city. offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if offerings. they were beaten before them, and fled 32 T And he wrote there upon the stones a by the way of the wilderness. copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote i:n 16 And all the people that were in Ai were the presence of the children of Israel. called together to pursue after them: and 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and offithey pursued after Joshua, and were drawn cers, and their judges, stood on this side the away from the city. ark and on that side before the priests the 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that they left the city open, and pursued after was born among them; half of them over Israel. against mount Gerizim, and half of them 18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servout the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; ant of the LORD had commanded before,that for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua they should bless the people of Israel. stretched out the spear that he had in his 34 And afterward he read all the words of hand toward the city. the law, the blessings and cursings, accord19 And the ambush arose quickly out of ing to all that is written in the book of the their place, and they ran as soon as he had law. stretched out his hand: and they entered 35 There was not a worda of all that Moses 162 f7he Gibeonites' crcaf JOSHUA. They are made londszmen. commanded, which J oshua read not before their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and ail the congregation of Israel, with the wo- Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. men, and the little ones, and the strangers 18 And the children of Israel smote them that;ere conversant among them. not, because the princes of the congregation CHAPTER IX, had sworn unto them by the LORD God of ' Israel. And all the congregation murmurThe Gibeonites' craft. ed against the princes. ND it came to pass, when all the kings 19 But all the princes said unto all the conwhich were on this side Jordan, in the gregation, We have sworn unto them by the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may of the great sea over against Lebanon, the not touch them. Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaauite, the 20 This we will do to them; we will even Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because thereof; of the oath which we sware unto them. 2 That they gathered themselves together,21 And the princes said unto them, Let them to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with live; but let them be hewers of wood and one accord. drawers of waver unto all the congregation; 3 ~ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon as the princes had promised them. heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho 22 ~ And Joshua called for them, and he and to Ai,, ake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye 4 They did work wilily, and went and made beguiled us, saying, We are very far from as if they had been ambassadors, and took you; when ye dwell among us? old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there old, and rent, and bound up; shall none of you be freed from being bond5 And old shoes and clouted upon their men, and hewers of wood and drawers of feet, and old garments upon them; and all water for the house of my God. the bread of their provision was dry and 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Bemouldy. cause it was certainly told thy servants, 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp how that the LORD thy God commanded his at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men servant Moses to give you all the land, and of Israel, Wie be come from a far country: to destroy all the inhabitants of the land now therefore make ye a league with us. from before you, therefore vwe were sore 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hi- afraid of our lives because of you, and have rites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and done this thing. how shall we make a league with you? 25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who unto us, do. are ye? and from whence come ye? 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered 9 And they said unto him, From a very far them out of the hand of the children of Iscountry thy servants are come, because of rael, that they slew them not. the name of the LORD thy God: for we have 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers heard the fame of him, and all that he did of wood and drawers of water for the conin Egypt, gregation, and for the altar of the LORD, 10 And all that he did to the two kings of even unto this day, in the place which he the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to should choose. Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of CHAPTER X. Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabit-ve kngs combine. ants of our country spake to us, saying, Take XTOW it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek victuals with you for the journey, and go to Il king of Jerusalem had heard howJoshua meet them, and say unto them, We are your had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; servants: therefore now make ye a league as he had done to Jericho and her king, so with us. he had done to Ai and her king; and how 12 This our bread we took hot for our pro- the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace vision out of our houses on the day we came with Israel, and were among them; forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is 2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon dry, and it is mouldy: was a great city, as one of the royal cities, 13 And these bottles of wine, which we fill- and because it was greater than Ai, and all ed, were now; and, behold, they be rent: and the men thereof were mighty. these our garments and our shoes are be- 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusa come old by reason of the very long journey. lemr sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and 14 And the men took of their victuals, unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king LORD. of Eglon, saying, 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we made a league with them, to let them live: may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace and the princes of the congregation sware with Joshua and with the children of Israel. unto them. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, 16 ~ And it came to pass at the end of three the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, days after theyhad made a league with them, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, that they heard that they were their neigh- the king of Eglon, gathered themselves tolours, and that they dwelt among them. gether, and went up, they and all their hosts 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and and encamped before Gibeon, and made *amle unto their cities on the third day. Now war against it. 163 The sun and moon stand still. JOSHUA. The five klngs are haneld. 6 T And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua 24 And it came to pass, when they brought to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua hand from thy servants; come up to us called for all the men of Israel, and said unto quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the the captains of the men of war which went kings of the Amorites that dwell in the with him, Come near, put your feet upon the mountains are gathered together against us. necks of these kings. And they came near, 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and and put their feet upon the necks of them. all the people of war with him, and all the 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, mighty men of valour. nor be dismayed, be strong and of good 8 1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all them not: for I have delivered them into your enemies against whom ye fight. thine hand; there shall not a man of them 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and stand before thee. slew them, and hanged them on five trees: 9 Joshua therefore came unto them sudden- and they were hanging upon the trees until ly, and went up from Gilgal all night. the evening. 10 And the LORD discomfited them before 27 And it came to pass at the time of the Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter going down of the sun, that Joshua comat Gibeon, and chased them along the way manded, and they took them down off the that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote trees, and cast them into the cave wherein them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. they had been hid, and laid great stones in 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from be- the cave's mouth, which remain until this fore Israel, and were in the going down to very day. Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great 28 ~ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and and they died: they were more which died the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, with hailstones than they whom the chil- and all the souls that were therein; he let dren of Israel slew with the sword. none remain: and he did to the king of Mak12 T Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the kedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. day when the LORD delivered up the Amo- 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, rites before the children of Israel, and he and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou fought against Libnah: still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the valley of Ajalon. king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon smote it with the edge of the sword, and all stayed, until the people had avenged them- the souls that were therein; he let none reselves upon their enemies. Is not this writ- main in it; but did unto the king thereof as ten in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood he did unto the king of Jericho. still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not 31 ~ And Joshua passed from Libnah, and to go down about a whole day. all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and en14 And there was no day like that before it camped against it, and fought against it: Dr after it, that the LORD hearkened unto 32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the the voice of a man: for the LORD fought hand of Israel, which took it on the second for Israel. day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, 15 IF And Joshua returned, and all Israel and all the souls that were therein, accordwith him, unto the camp to Gilgal. ing to all that he had done to Libnah. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid them- 33 I Then Horam king of Gezer came up to selves in a cave at Makkedah. help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five his people, until he had left him none rekings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. maining. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon 34 ~ And from Lachish Joshua passed unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they enfor to keep them: camped against it, and fought against it: 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your 35 And they took it on that day, and smote enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; it with the edge of the sword, and all the suffer them not to enter into their cities: souls that were therein he utterly destroyeo for the LORD your God hath delivered them that day, according to all that he had done into your hand. to Lachish. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and the children of Israel had made an end of all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they slaying them with a very great slaughter, fought against it: till they were consumed, that the rest which 37 And they took it, and smote it with the remained of them entered into fenced cities. edge of the sword, and the king thereof. 21 And all the people returned to the camp and all the cities thereof, and all the souls to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none that were therein; he left none remaining, moved his tongue against any of the chil- according to all that he had done to Eglon; dren of Israel. but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of that were therein. the cave, and bring out those five kings un- 38 ~ And Joshua returned, and all Israel to me out of the cave. with him, to Debir; and fought against it: 23 And they did so, and brought forth those 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and five kings unto him out of the cave, the king all the cities thereof; and they smote them of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king with the edge of the sword, and utterly de*, of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the stroyed all the souls that were therein; he king of Eglon. left none remaining: as he had done to He164 Divers kings smitten. JOSHUA. The Anakim are cut off. bron, so he did to Debir, and to the king cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and unto themselves; but every man they smote to her king. with the edge of the sword, until they had 40 I So Joshua smote all the country of the destroyed them, neither left they any to hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and breathe. of the springs, and all their kings: he left 15 ~ As the LORD commanded Moses his none remaining, but utterly destroyed all servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all commanded. that the LORD commanded Moses. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh- 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills. barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, 42 And all these kings and their land did and the mountain of Israel, and the valley Joshua take at one time, because the LORD of the same; God of Israel fought for Israel. 17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley him, unto the camp to Gilgal. of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all CHAPTER XI. their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. Divers iings overcome. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all AND it came to pass, when Jabin king of those kings. ~ Hazor had heard those things, that he 19 There was not a city that made peace Bent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king with the children of Israel, save the Hivites of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they 2 And to the kings that were on the north took in battle. of the mountains, and of the plains south of 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the hearts, that they should come against Israel borders of Dor on the west, in battle, that he might destroy them utter3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on ly, and that they might have no favour, but the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hit- that he might destroy them, as the LORD tite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in commanded Moses. the mountains, and to the Hivite under Her- 21 IT And at that time came Joshua, and cut mon in the land of Mizpeh. off the Anakim from the mountains, from 4 And they went out, they and all their Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from hosts with them, much people, even as the all the mountains of Judah, and from all sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed with horses and chariots very many. i them utterly with their cities. 5 And when all these kings were met to- 22 There was none of the Anakim left in the gether, they came and pitched together at land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 6 T And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not 23 So Joshua took the whole land, accordafraib because of them: for to morrow ing to all that the LORD said unto Moses; about this time will I deliver them up all and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto slain defore Israel: thou shalt hough their Israel according to their divisions by their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. tribes. And the land rested from war. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war CAPTER XII with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. Conquests of 3Moses and Joshua. 8 And the LORD delivered them into the NTOW these are the kings of the land, which hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased I the children of Israel smote, and posthem unto great Zidon,andunto Misrephoth- sessed their land on the other side Jordan maim, and unto the valley of Mispeh east- toward the rising of the sun, from the river ward; and they smote them, until they left Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the them none remaining. plain on the east: 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in bade him: he houghed their horses, and Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is burnt their chariots with fire. upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from 10 ~ And Joshua at that time turned back, the middle of the river, and from half Giland took Hazor, and smote the king thereof ead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the with the sword: for Itazor beforetime was border of the children of Ammon; the head of all those kingdoms. 3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinner11 And they smote all the souls that were oth on the east, and unto the sea of the therein with the edge of the sword, utterly plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way destroying them: there was not any left to to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, unbreathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. der Ashdoth-pisgah: 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all 4 T And the coast of Og king of Bashan, the kings of them, did Joshua take, and which was of the remnant of the giants, that smote them with the edge of the sword, dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in the servant of the LORD commanded. Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border 13 But as for the cities that stood still in of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and their strength, Israel burned none of them, half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. Heshbon. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the 6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD 165 Thirty-one kings smitten. JOSHUA. The inheritance of Reuben. and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 7 ~ And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 9 ~ The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one; 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. CHAPTER XIII. Boundaries of the unsubdued land. NOW Joshuawas old and stricken in yeai s; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward,which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites,and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. 166 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 1 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16 And their coast was from Aroer, that i/ on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that arc in thie plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth. baal-meon, 18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Meph. aath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22 f Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Moses gave inheritanee unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of that The. inheritance of Manasseh. JOSHUA. The borders of Judah's lot. children of Arr.mon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 T And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. CHAPTER XIV. Nine tribes and a half inherit by lot. AND these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. i For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 6 1 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of JeDhunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou nowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy ont the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: tiut I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD thy God. 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as 1 was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakiin were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be thb LORD will be witt. me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And Joshua blessed b hiz and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER XV. Borders of the lot of Judah. fTHIS then was the lot of the tribe of the 1 children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass tt Karkaa: 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, ant went out unto the river of Egypt; and the. goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that ie before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: 8 And the border went up by the valley ol the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: aind the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Tintnuo 1I67 Caleb's portion and conquest. JOSHUA. The cities of Judah. westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah. and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: 10 And the border compassed from laalal westward unto mount Seir, and passed altong unto the side of mount Jearin, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border Iwas to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. 13 T And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, evenl the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 16 T And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezon, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31 And Ziglag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, tnd Ashnah, 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, %nd Enam, 168 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Aze kah, 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naalmah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 4i3 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 47 Ashdod, with her towns and her villages; Gaza, with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 48 T And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and El. tekon; six cities with their villages: 60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. 63 T As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. CHAPTER XVI. Borders of the sons of Joseph. AND the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho o.i the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth alongg unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 5 ~i And the border of the children of Ephrailn according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the !'he lot and JOShUA2. coast of Manasseh, east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-ho- ward it wac. Ma{casseh's, and the sea is his ron the upper; border; and they met together in Asher on 6 And the border went out toward the sea the north, and in Issachar on the east. to Michmethah on the north side; and the 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in border went about eastward unto Taanath- Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Ja- and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor nohah: and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ata- and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taaroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, nach and her towns, and the inhabitants of and went out at Jordan. Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 8 The border went out from Tappuah west- 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not ward unto the river Kanah; and the goings drive out the,ihlabitants of those cities; but out thereof were at the sea. This is the the Canaanites would dwell in that land. inheritance of the tribe of the children of 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children Ephraim by their families. of Israel were waxen strong, that they put 9 And the separate cities for the children the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterof Ephrainm were among the inheritance of ly drive them out. the children of Manasseh, all the cities with 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto their villages. Joshua, saying, Why hast thoeu given me but 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites am7 a great people, forasrmuch as the LORD dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, hath blessed mne hitherto? and %erve under tribute. 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a CHAPTER A XVI. great people, then get thee up to the wood counltry, and cut down for thyself there in The lot of Manasseh, &c. the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, rpHERE was also a lot for the tribe of Ma- if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. _ nasseh; for he was the firstborn of Jo- 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill seph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Ma- is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites nasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was that dwell in the land of the valley have a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and chariots of iron, bloth they who are of BethBashan. shean and her towns, and they who are of 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the the valley of Jezrecl. children of Manasseh by their families; for 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Jothe children of Abiezer, and for the children seph, evern to Ephraim and to Manasseh, sayof Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and ing, Thou art a great people, and hast great for the children of Shechem, and for the power: thou shalt not have one lot only: children of Hepher, and for the children of 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it 8hemida: these were the male children of i; a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and Manasseh the son of Joseph bytheirfamilies. the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou; " But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they t;oi of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of have iron chariots, and though they be Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and strong. these are the names of his daughters, Mah- CHAPTER XVIII. lah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Tie tablr)inle set up at Shiloh. 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest,and before Joshua the son of Nun, and AND the whole congregation of the chilbefore the princes, saying, The LoRD corn- - dren of Israel assembled together at hmanded Moses to give us an inheritance Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the conm!nong our brethren. Therefore, according gregation there: and the land was subdued to the commandment of the LORD, he gave before them. them an inheritance among the brethren of 2 And there remained among the children their father. of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet re5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, ceived their inheritance. besides the land of Gilead and Bashan,which 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Is-,ere on the other side Jordan; rael, How long are ye slack to go to possess 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had the land, which the LORD God of your fa-:n inheritance among his sons: and the rest thers hath given you? of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. 4 Give out from among you three men for 7 T And the coast of Manasseh was from each tribe: and I will send them, and they Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before She- shall rise, and go through the land, and detehem; and the border went along on the scribe it according to the inheritance of right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tap- them; and they shall conie again to me. puah. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: Judah shall abide in their coast on the but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh Ie- south, and the house of Joseph shall abide longed to the child-en of Ephraim; in their coasts on the north. 9 And the coast descended unto the river 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into Kanah, southard of the river: these cities seven parts, and bring the description hither of Ephraim tre among the cities of Manas- to me, that I may cast lots for you here beaeh: the coast of Manasseh also twas on the fore the LORD our God. north side of the river, and the outgoings of 7 But the Levites have no part among you; it were at the sea: for the priesthood of the LORD is their in10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and north- heritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half 1s 169 The lot of Benjamin. JOSHUA. The lot of Zebulun, Tssachar, the tribe of Manasseh, have received -their 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, IBeth-e, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, them. 24 And Chephar-haammnonai, and Ophni, 8 T And the men arose, and went away: and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: and Joshua charged them that went to de- 25 Gibeon, and Rainah, and Beeroth, scribe the land, saying, Go and walk through 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, the land, and describe it, and come again to i 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, me, that I may here cast lots for you before 28' And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is the LORD in Shiloh. Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen 9 And the men went and passed through cities with their villages. This is the inherthe land, and described it by cities into sev- itance of the children of Benjamin accord en parts in a book, and came again to Josh- ing to their families. na to the host at Shiloh. C PTE 10 1 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh XI before the LORD: and there Joshua divided The lot of Simeon, Zchblun, Ac. the land unto the children of Israel accord- AND the second lot came forth to Simeon, ing to their divisions. A even for the tribe of the children of 11 ~ And the lot of the tribe of the children Simeon according to their families: and of Benjamin came up according to their their inheritance waswithin the inheritance families: and the coast of their lot came I of the children of Judah. forth between the children of Judah and 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer. the children of Joseph. sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 12 And their border on the north side was [ 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, from Jordan; and the border went up to 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, the side of Jericho on the north side, and 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and went up through the mountains westward; Hazar-susah, and the goings out thereof were at the wil- 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirderness of Beth-aven. teen cities and their villages: 13 And the border went over from thence 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which 'is four cities and their villages: Beth-el, southward; and the border descend- 8 And all the villages that were round about ed to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the on the south side of the nether Beth-ho- south. This is the inheritance of the tribe ron. of the children of Simeon according to their 14 And the border was drawn thence, and families. compassed the corner of the sea southward, 9 Out of the portion of the children of Jufrom the hill that lieth before Beth-horon dah was the inheritance of the children of southward; and the goings out thereof were Simeon: for the part of the children of Juat Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a dah was too much for them: therebfre tlhe city of the children of Judah: this was the children of Simeon had their inheritanca west quarter. within the inheritance of them. 15 And the south quarter was from the end 10 ~ And the third lot came up for the chilof Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out dren of Zebulun according to their families: on the west, and went out to the well of and the border of their inheritance was unwaters of Nephtoah: to Sarid: 16 And the border came down to the end of 11 And their border went up toward the the mountain that lieth before the valley of sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbathe son of Hinnom, and which is in the val- sheth, and reached to the river that is beley of the giants on the north, and descend- fore Jokneam; ed to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward Jebusi on the south, and descended to En- the sunrising unto the border of Chislotbrogel, tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and 17 And was drawn from the north, and goeth up to Japhia, went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth 13 And from thence passeth on along on the toward Geliloth, which is over against the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and going up of Adummim, and descended to goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah; the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 14 And the border compasseth it on the 18 And passed along toward the side over north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings against Arabah northward, and went down thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: unto Arabah: 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimroln, 19 And the border passed along to the side and Idalah, and Beth-lehemn: twelve cities of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgo- with their villages. ings of the border were at the north bay of 16 This is the inheritance of the children of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this Zebulun according to their families, these was the south coast. cities with their villages. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the 17 T And the fourth lot came out to Issaeast side. This was the inheritance of the char, for the children of Issachar according children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof to their families. round about, according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the chil- and Chesulloth, and Shunem, dren of Benjamin according to their fam- 19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaha, flies were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the rath, valley of Keziz, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 176 Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. JOSHUA. Six cities of refuge appointed. 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and Enhaddah, and Beth-pazzez; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their famflies, the cities and their villages. 24 T And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 ~ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: 34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer. and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adamah, and Ranah, and Hazor, 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This isthe inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 ~ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gathrimmon, 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 ~ When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, ac the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. CHAPTER XX. Appointment of six cities of refuge. TrHE LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city fron whence he fled. 7 ~ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashr.n out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. CHAPTER XXI. The cities assigned to the Levites. THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, 171 Eight and forty eitesO JOSHUA, given to the Levites, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the cornmandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by jot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the itribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 9 ~ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave;jey to Caleb the son of Jephunleh for his possession. 13 ~ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-sheinesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Allon with her suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron. the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 I And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of,neir lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of 172 refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 2G All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. 27. And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her sub.. urbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Ilehob with her suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites accord. ing to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 A And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokaneam with her suburbs, and Kartall with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer wit h her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaatll with her suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaiim with her suburbs, 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remain. ing of the families of the Levites, were bit their lot twelve cities. 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. 43 1T And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And the LORD gave them rest roun& about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man o all their enemies before them; the LORE' delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not aught of any good thing 114R two tribe- and half~f JOSHUA. build an altar by Jordan. which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. CHAPTER XXII. The two tribes and a half dismissed. THEN Joshua called the Reubenites, and L the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD coinmanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. 4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. 5 But take diligent heed to do the cominandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with l11 your heart and with all your soul. 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. 7 T Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very mnuch raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 ~ Ana the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to:;he word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 10 ~ And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 11 ~ And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Slhiloh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 1* 14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. 15 ~ And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God. 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 ~ Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say 173 yhe deputies are satisfied. JOSHUA. Joshua's exhortation aqain, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LoRD,which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 ~ And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and f he children of Manasseh spak;, it pleased them. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD:,wow ye have delivered the children of Israel out of th hand of the LORD. 32 ~ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from th children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. CHAPTER XXIII. Joshua exhorteth the Israelites. AND it came to pass, a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. 5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 174 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the LORD hath driven out from be. fore you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand be. fore you unto this day. 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else, if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shalh make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you: so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. CHAPTER XXIV. Joshua relateth God's benefits. AND Joshua gathered all the tribes o? Is. rael to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham. and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham froir the other side of the flood, and led hirm throughout all the land of Canaan, and mui, tiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau, and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 1 sent Moses also and Aaron,and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariot& and horsemen unto the Red sea. ,lod's goodess unto Israe. JUDGES. Joshua's age and death, 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye caniut darkness between you and the Egyp- not serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; ians, and brought the sea upon them, and he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your covered them; and your eyes have seen transgressions nor your sins. what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange in the wilderness a long season. gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and 8 A.nd I brought you into the land of the consume you, after that he hath done you Amorites, which dwelt on the other side good. Jordan; and they fought with you: and I 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; gave them into your hand, that ye might but we will serve the LORD. Possess their land; and I destroyed them 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are trom before you. witnesses against yourselves that ye have 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of chosen you the LORD to serve him. And Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and they said, We are witnesses. sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to 23 Now therefore put away, said he, tha curse you: strange gods which are among you, and in10 Bilt I would not hearken unto Balaam; cline your heart unto the LORD God of Istherefore he blessed you still: so I delivered rael. you out of his hand. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The 11 And ye went over Jordan, and came un- LORD our God will we serve, and his voice to Jericho - and the men of Jericho fought will we obey. against you, the Amorites, and the Periz- 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the peozites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, pie that day, and set them a statute and an and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the ordinance in Shechem. Jebusites; and I delivered them into your 26 T[ And Joshua wrote these words in the band. book of the law of God, and took a great 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which stone, and set it up there under an oak, that drave them out from before you, even the was by the sanctuary of the LORD. two kings of the Amorites; but not with 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Bethv sword, nor with thy bow. hold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; 13 And I have given you a land for which for it hath heard all the words of the LORD ye did not labour, and cities which ye built which he spake unto us: it shall be therenot, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards fore a witness unto you, lest you deny your and oliveyardswhich ye plantednotdo ye eat. God. 14 ~ Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every him in sincerity and in truth; and put away man unto his inheritance. the gods which your fathers served on the 29 ~ And it came to pass after these things, othe. side of the flood, and in Egypt; and that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of serve ye the LORD. the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the years old, LORD, choose ye this day whom ye will 30 And they buried him in the border of his serve; whether the gods which your fathers inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in served that were on the other side of the mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose of Gaash. land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days We will serve the LORD. of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 16 And the people answered and said, God overlived Joshua, and which had known all forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to the works of the LORD, that he had done for serve other gods; Israel. 17 Fci the LORD our God, he it is that 32 ~T And the bones of Joseph, which the brought us up and our fathers out of the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of and which did those great signs in our sight, ground which Jacob bought of the sons of and preserved us in all the way wherein we Hamor the father of Shechem for a hunwent, and among all the people through dred pieces of silver; and it became the inwhom we passed: heritance of the children of Joseph. 18 And the LORD drave out from before us 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and all the people, even the Amorites which they buried him in a hill that pertained to dwelt in the land: therefore will we also Phinehas his son, which was given him in serve the LORD; for he is our God. mount Ephraim. THE BOOK OF JUDGES. CHAPTER I. 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: The acts of Judah and Simeon. behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. XOW after the death of Joshua it came to 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother,. pass. that the children of Israel asked Come up with me into my lot, that we may the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise against the Canaanites first, to fight againt will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon them? went with him. 175 erwsalem is taken. JUDGES. The Canaanites not driven out. 4 And Judah went up, and the LORD de- 23 And tihe house of Joseph sent to descry livered the Canaanites and the Pcrizzites Beth-el. Now the name of the city before into their hand: and they slew of them in was Luz. Bezek ten thousand men. 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, and they fought against him, and they slew we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites. we will shew thee mercy. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued 25 And when he shewed them the entrance after him, and caught him, and cut off his into the city. they smote the city with the thumbs and his great toes. edge of the sword; but they let go the man 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and and all his family. ten kings, having their thunibs and their 26 And the man went into the land of the great toes cut off, gathered their teat under Hittites, and built a city, and called the my table: as I have done, so God hath re- name thereof Luz: which is the name therequited me. And they brought him to Jeru- of unto this day. salem, and there he died. 27 1 Neither did Manasseh drive out the in8 Now the children of Judah had fought habitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants smitten it with the edoe of the sword, and of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of set the city on fire. Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants 9 ~ And afterward the children o)f Judah of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanwent down to fight against the Canaanites, ites would dwell in that land. that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was and in the valley. strong, that they put the Canaanites to trib10 And Judah went against the Canaan- ute, and did not utterly drive them out. ites that dwelt in Hebron: now the name of 29 ~ Neither didEphraim drive out the CaHebron before was Kirjath-arba: and they naanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Caslew Sheshail and Ahiman, and Talmai. naanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 11 And from thence he went against the 30 ~! Neither did Zebulun drive out the ininhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir habitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of before was Kirjath-sepher: Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among 12 And Caleb said, Hle that smiteth Kir- them, and became tributaries. jath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give 31 ~ Neither did Asher drive out the inhabAchsah my daughter to wife. itants of Aecho, nor the inhabitants of Zi, 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's don, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor (of younger brother, took it: and he gave him HIelbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: Achsah his daughter to wife. 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Ca14 And it came to pass, when she came to naanites, the inhabitants of the land: for him, that she moved him to ask of her father they did not drive them out. a field: and she lighted from off her ass; 33 T Neither did Naphtali drive out the inand Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? habitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhab15 And she said unto him, Give me a bless- itants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among, ing: for thou hast given me a south land; the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land give me also springs of water. And Caleb nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shegave her the upper springs and the nether mesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries springs. unto them. 16 T~ And the children of the Kenite, Moses' 34 And the Amorites forced the children i-A father in law, went up out of the city of Dan into the mountain: for they would not palm trees with the children of Judah into suffler them to come down to the valley: the wilderness of Jud:il, which lieth in the 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount south of Arad; and they went and dwelt Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the among the people. hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so 17 And Judah went with Simeon his broth- that they became tributaries. er, and they slew the Canaanites that inhab- 36 And the coast of the Amorites was front ited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, the name of the city was called Hlormnah. and upward. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast CHAPTER II. thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, srael rebnlkcd at Boehimm and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he AND an Angel of the LORD came up from drave out the inhabita.nts of the mountain; _A Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you but could not drive out the inhabitants of to go up out of Egypt, and have brought the valley, because they had chariots of iron. you unto the land which I sware unto your 20 And they gave Ilebron unto Caleb, as frathers; and I said, I will never break my Moses said: and he expelled thence the covenant with you. three sons of Anak. 2 And ye shall make no league with the in21 And the children of Benjamin did not habitants of this land; ye shall throw down drive out the Jebusites that inhabited J e- their altars: but ye have not obeyed my rusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the voice; why have ye done this? children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive this day. them out from before you; but they shall 22 T And the house of Joseph, they also be as thorns in your sides, and their gods went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was shall be a snare unto you. with them. 4 And it came to pass, when the Angel ol The idolatry of Israel. JUDGES. Nations left to prove Israel. the LORD spake these words unto all the which I commanded their fathers, and have children of Israel, that the people lifted up not hearkened unto my voice; their voice, and wept. 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any 5 And they calked the name of that place from before them of the nations which Bochim: and 2ley sacrificed there unto the Joshua left when he died: LORD. 22 That through them I may prove Israel, 6 T And whe;n Joshua had let the people go, whether they will keep the way of the LORD the childrepn of Israel went every man unto to wvalk therein, as their fathers did keep it, his inheritnce to possess the land. or not. 7 Xfitffhe people served the LORD all the 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders without driving them out hastily; neither that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. great works of the LORD, that he did for CHAPTER III. Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant The nations left to prove Israel. of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten 1TOW these are the nations which the years old. N LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even 9 And they buried him in the border of his as many of Israel as had not known all the inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount wars of Canaan; of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill 2 Only that the generations of the children Gaash. of Israel might know to teach them war, 10 And also all that generation were gath- at the least such as before knew nothing ered unto their fathers: and there arose thereof; another generation after them, which knew 3 Namnely, five lords of the Philistines, and not the LORD, nor yet the works which he all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and had done for Israel. the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, 11 I And the children of Israel did evil in from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: in of Hamath. 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, fathers, which brought them out of the land to know whether they would hearken unto of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the the commandments of the LORD, which he gods of the people that were round about commanded their fathers by the hand of them, and bowed themselves unto them, Moses. and provoked the LORD to anger. 5 ~ And the children of Israel dwelt among 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Baal and Ashtaroth. Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 14 1 And the anger of the LORD was hot 6 And they took their daughters to be their against Israel, and he delivered them into wives, and gave their daughters to their the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and sons, and served their gods. he sold them into the hands of their enemies 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the round about, so that they could not any sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their longer stand before their enemies. God, and served Baalim and the groves. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand 8 1 Therefore the anger of the LORD was of the LORD was against them for evil, as hot against Israel, and he sold them into the the LORD had said, and as the LORD had handofChushan-rishathaimkingofMesoposworn unto them: and they were greatly tamia: and the children of Israel served distressed. Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 16 ~ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judg- 9 And when the children of Israel cried es, which delivered them out of the hand of unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a delivthose that spoiled them. erer to the children of Israel, who delivered 17 And yet they would not hearken unto them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's their judges, but they went a whoring after younger brother. other gods, and bowed themselves unto 10 And the spirit of the LORD came upon them: they turned quickly out of the way him, and he judged Israel, and went out to which their fathers walked in, obeying the war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishacommandments of the LORD; but they did thaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; not so. and his hand prevailed against Chushan18 And when the LORD raised them up rishathaim. judges, then the LORD was with the judge, 11 And the land had rest forty years: and and delivered them out of the hand of their Othniel the son of Kenaz died. enemies all the days of the judge: for it re- 12 ~ And the children of Israel did evil pented the LORD because of their groanings again in the sight of the LORD: and the by reason of them that oppressed them and LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab vexed them. against Israel, because they had done evil in 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was the sight of the LORD. dead, that they returned, and corrupted 13 And he gathered unto him the children lhemselves more than their fathers, in fol- of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote lowing other gods to serve them, and to Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. bow down unto them; they ceased not from 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon their own doings, nor from their stubborn the king of Moab eighteen years. way. 15 But when the children of Israel cried 20 ~ And the anger of the LORD was hot unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a sgaiusk Israel; and he said, Because that deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjatlil peeple hath transgressed my covenant mite, a man lefthanded: and by him the XM 177 Ehud killeth Eglfin..UDIGES. Deborah and Barak deliver Inram. children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon zor; the captain of whose host was Sise. the king of Moab. ra, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gen16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had tiles. two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the it under his raiment upon his right thigh. LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon iro; and twenty years he mightily oppressking of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat ed the children of Israel. man. 4 IT And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of 18 And when he had made an end to offer Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. the present, he sent away the people that 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of bare the present. Deborah, between Ralnah and Beth-el in 19 But he himself turned again from the mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have came up to her for judgment. a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Keep silence. And all that stood by him Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said went out from him. unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was commanded, sayiyg, Go and draw toward sitting in a summer parlour, which he had mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thoufor himself alone: and Ehud said, I have a sand men of the children of Naphtali and of message from God unto thee. And he arose the children of Zebulun? out of his seat. 7 And I will draw unto thee, to the river 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and Kishon, Sisera the captain of Jabin's army, took the dagger from his right thigh, and with his chariots and his multitude; and I thrust it into his belly: will deliver him into thine hand. 22 And the haft also went in after the 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not that he could not draw the dagger out of his go with me, then I will not go. belly; and the dirt came out. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: 23 Then Ehud went forth through the notwithstanding the journey that thou takporch, and shut the doors of the parlour est shall not be for thine honour; for the upon him, and locked them. LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a wo24 When he was gone out, his servants man. And Deborah arose, and went with came; and when they saw that, behold, the Barak to Kedesh. doors of the parlour were locked, they said, 10 ~ And Barak called Zebulun and NaphSurely he covereth his feet in his summer tali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten chamber. thousand men at his feet: and Deborah 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: went up with him. and, behold, he opened not the doors of the 11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and children of Hobab the father in law of Moopened them: and, behold, their lord was ses, had severed himself from the Kenites, fallen down dead on the earth. and pitched his tent unto the plain of Za26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, anaim, which is by Kedesh. and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the unto Seirath. son of Abinoam was gone up to mount 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, Tabor. that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of 13 And Sisera gathered together all his Ephraim, and the children of Israel went chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, down with him from the mount, and he be- and all the people that were with him, from fore them. Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of 28 And he said unto them, Follow after Kishon. me: for the LORD hath delivered your ene- 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for mies the Moabites into your hand. And this is the day in which the LORD hath delivthey went down after him, and took the ered Sisera into thine hand:is not the LORD fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered gone out before thee? So Barak went down not a man to pass over. from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men 29 And they slew of Moab at that time after him. about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and men of valour; and there escaped not a all his chariots, and all his host, with the man. edge of the sword before Barak; so that 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled hand of Israel. And the land had rest four- away on his feet. score years. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, 31 T And after him was Shamgar the son of and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Anath, which slew of the Philistines six Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon hundred men with an oxgoad: and he also the edge of the sword; and there was not a delivered Israel. man left. CHAPTER IV. 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the KenDeborah and Barak deliver Israel. ite: for there was peace between Jabin the AND the children of Israel again did evil king of Hazor and the house of Heber the in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud Kenite. was dead. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Ha- me; fear not. And when he had turned in W78 Jael killeth Sisera. JUD( unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of mil:, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any nan doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Is-ael. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Tabin king of Canaan. CHAPTER V. Song of Deborah and Barak. THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of 1 Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, 0 ye princes; 1, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have GES. Song of Deborah and Barak. dominion over the nobles among the peo. ple: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought; then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariot? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them, that take the spoil? 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his imight. Anhe land had rest forty years. CHAPTER VI. Israel oppressed by Midian. AND the children of Israel did evil in the 1. sight of the LORD: and the LORD deliv179 The Mlidianlitcs oppress Israel. JUDGES. Gideon dsltroyeth Baal's al(ars. ered them into the hand of Midian seven flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he years. put the broth in a pot, and brought it out 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against unto him under the oak, and presented it. Israel: and because of the Midianites the 20 And the angel of God said unto him, children of Israel made them the dens which Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, are in the mountains, and caves, and strong and lay them upon this rock, and pour out holds. the broth. And he did so. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that 21 T Then the angel of the LORD put forth the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, the end of the staff that was in his hand, and and the children of the east, even they came touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; up against them; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and 4 And they encamped against them, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou cakes. Then the angel of the LORD depart, come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for ed out of his sight. Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was 5 For they came up with their cattle and an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, () their tents, and they came as grasshoppers Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel for multitude; for both they and their cam- of the LORD face to face. els were without number: and they entered 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peacae be into the land to destroy it. unto thee: fear not: thou shalt not die. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished be- 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto cause of the Midianites; and the children of the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: Israel cried unto the LORD. unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi7 ~ And it came to pass, when the children ezrites. of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the 25 T And it came to pass the sanme night, Midianites, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy fa8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the ther's young bullock, even the second bullchildren of Israel, which said unto them, ock of seven years old, and throw down the Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut you up from Egypt, and brought you forth down the grove that is by it: out of the house of bondage; 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of God upon the top of this rock, in the orthe Egyptians, and out of the hand of all dered place, and take the second bullock. that oppressed you, and drave them out and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of from before you, and gave you their land; the grove which thou shalt cut down. 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servyour God; fear not the gods of the Amo- ants, and did as the LORD had said unto rites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have him: and so it was, because he feared his not obeyed my voice. father's household, and the men of the city, 11 ~ And there came an angel of the LORD, that he could not do it by day, that he did it and sat under an oak, which was in Ophrah, by night. that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: 28 ~ And when the men of the city arose and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the early in the morning, behold, the altar of wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites. Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared un- down that was by it, and the second bullock to him, and said unto him, The LORD is with was offered upon the altar that zas built. thee, thou mighty man of valour. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath 13 And Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, if done this thing? And when they inquired the LORD be with us, why then is all this be- and asked, they said, Gideon the son of fallen us? and where be all his miracles Joash hath done this thing. which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not 30 Then the men of the city said unto the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, us into the hands of the Midianites. and because he hath cut down the grove 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and that was by it. said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt 31 And Joash said unto all that stood save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: against him, Will ye plead for Btal? will ye have not I sent thee? save him? he that will plead for him, let 15 And he said unto him, O my Lord, him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my if he be a god, let him plead for himself, befamily is poor in Manasseh, and I am the cause one has cast down his altar. least in my father's house. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Je16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I rubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the because he hath thrown down his altar. Midianites as one man. 33 ~ Then all the Midianites and the Ama17 And he said unto him, If now I have lekites and the children of the east were found grace in thy sight, then shew me a gathered together, and went over, and sign that thou talkest with me. pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I 34 But the spirit of the LORD came upon come unto thee, and bring forth my pres- Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abient, and set it before thee. And he said, I ezer was gathered after him. will tarry until thou come again. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all 19 T And Gideon went in, and made ready Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of and he sent messengers unto Asher, and un180 Gideon's signs. JUDGES. Thle Midianites are defeated. to Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they dlown unto the host; for I have delivered it came up to meet them. into thine hand. 36 ~ And Gideon said unto God, If thou 10 Butif thou fear to go down, go thou with wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast Phurah thy servant down to the host: said, 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; ana 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the afterward shall thine hands be strengthened floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, to go down unto the host. Then went he and it be dry upon all the earth besid, then down with Phurah his servant unto the outshall I know that thou wilt save LI tel by side of the armed mer that were in the host. mine hand, as thou hast said. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on and all the children of the east lay along in the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a and their camels were without number, as bowl full of water. the sand by the sea side for multitude. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, anger be hot against me, and I will speak there was a man that told a dream unto his but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, but this once with the fleece; let it now be and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, ground let there be dew. and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, 40 And God did so that night: for it was that the tent lay along. dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is ou all the ground. nothing else save the sword of Gideon the CAPTER V. son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his C PTER VIIhand hath God delivered Midian, and all the The Midianitish host put to flight, host. THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all 15 ~T And It was so, when Gideon heard the _L the people that were with him, rose up telling of the dream, and the interpretation early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: thereof, that he worshipped, and returned BO that the host of the Midianites were on into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, the LORD hath delivered into your hand the In the valley. host of Midian. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The peo- 16 And he divided the three hundred men pie that are with thee are too many for me into three companies, and he put a trumpet to give the Midianites into their hands, lest in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, [srael vaunt themselves against me, saying, and lamps within the pitchers. Mine own hain hath saved me. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears do likewise: and, behold, when I come to of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I and afraid, let him return and depart early do, so shall ye do. from mount Gilead. And there returned of 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all the people twenty and two thousand; and that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets there remained ten thousand. also on every side of all the camp, and say, 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The peo- Tle sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. pie are yet too many; bring them down unto 19 I So Gideon, and the hundred men that the water, and I will try them for thee were with him, came unto the outside of the there: and it shall be, that of whom I say camp in the beginning of the middle watch; unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same and they had but newly set the watch: and shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchunto thee, This shall not go with thee, the ers that were in their hands. same shall not go. 20 And the three companies blew the trum5 So he brought down the people unto the pets, and brake the pitchers, and held the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets Every one that lappeth of the water with in their right hands to blow withal: and his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of set by himself; likewise every one that bow- Gideon. eth down upon his knees to drink. 21 And they stood every man in his place 6 A nd the number of them that lapped, put- round about the camp: and all the host ran, ti',, their hand to their mouth, were three and cried, and fled. hundred men: but all the rest of the people 2 And the three hundred blew the trumbowed down upon their knees to drink pets, and the LORD set every man's sword water. against his fellow, even throughout all the 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in three hundred men that lapped will I save Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meho~ you, and deliver the Midianites into thine lah, unto Tabbath. band: and let all the other people go every 23 And the men of Israel gathered them, man unto his place. selves together out of Naphtali, and out of 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest after the Midianites. of Israel every man unto his tent, and retain- 24 ~ And Gideon sent messengers throughed those three hundred men: and the host out all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down Of Midian was beneath him in the valley. against the Midianites, and take before them 9 ~ And it came to pass the same night, that the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan, the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee Then all the men of Ephraim gatheres 16 181 Zebah and Zalmunna taken. JUDGES. 77; e death of Gideon, themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took two princes of the MidianItes, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. CHAPTER VIII. Zebah and Zalmunna taken. AND the men of Ephraim said unto him,. Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 4 1 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 ~ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 i And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 1 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. 11 9 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure. 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. 13 1 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zeoah and Zalmunna no-v in thine 182 hand, that we should give bread unto th; men that are weary? 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Suecoth. 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 18 T Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, T would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the or' naments that were on their camels' necks. 9f Then the men of Israel said unto Gid. eon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou nast de. livered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. 24 T And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks. 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 28 [ Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 I And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 32 1 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God. 34 And the children of Israel rememberW A Slmelech is made king. JUDGES. Tl7e conspiracy of Gaal not the LORD their God, who had delivered 17 (For my father fAught for you, and adthem out of the hands of all their enemies ventured his life far, and delivered you out on every side: of the hand of Midian: 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the 18 And ye are risen up against my father's house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, ac- house this day, and have slain his sons, threecording to all the goodness which he had score and ten persons, upon one stone, and shewed unto Israel. have made Abimelech, the son of his maidCHAPTER IX. servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he i.: your brother:) Abimelech's conspiracy. 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went with Jerubbaal and with his house this day,.L to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him and communed with them, and with all the also rejoice in you: family of the house of his mother's father, 20 But if no';, let fire come out from Abimesaying, lech, and devour the men of Shechem, and 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the the house of Millo; and let fire come out men of Shechern. Whether is better for you, from the 'nen of Shechem, and from the1 either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, wzhich house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. are threescore and ten persons, reign over 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went you, or that one reign over you? remember to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimalso that I amr your bone and your flesh. elech his brother. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him Ij ~2 When Abimelech had reigned three in the ears of all the men of Shechem all years over Israel, these words: and their hearts inclined to "3 Then God sent an evil spirit between follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and brother. the men of Shechem dealt treacherously 4 And they gave him threescore and ten with Abimelech: pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-be- 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore rith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and light persons, which followed him. their blood be laid upon Abimelech their 5 And he went unto his father's house at brother, which slew them, and upon the men Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of of Shehoem, which aided him in the killing Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, of his brethren. upon one stone: notwithstanding, yet Jo- 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in tham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was wait for him in the top of the mountains, left; for he hid himself. and they robbed all that came along that 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered to- way by them: and it was told Abimelech. gether, and all the house of Millo, and went 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his and made Abimelech king, by the plain of brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the pillar that was in Shechem. the men of Shechem put their confidence in 7 ~1 And when they told it to Jotham, he Ihim. went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, 27 And they went out into the fields, and and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said gathered their vineyards, and trode the unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of grapes, and made merry, and went into the Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. house of their god, and did eat and drink, 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint and cursed Abimelech. a king over them; and they said unto the 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is olive tree, Reign thou over us. Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should should serve him? is not he the son of JeI leave my fatness, wherewith by me they rubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the honour God and man, and go to be promot- men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for ed over the trees? why should we serve him? 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come 29 And would to God this people were thou, and reign over us. under my hand! then would I remove 11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Inforsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, crease thine army, and come out. and go to be promoted over the trees? 30 IT And when Zebul the ruler of the city 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his thou, and reign over us. anger was kindled. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should 1 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech.aver my wine, which cheereth God and privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed man, and go to be promoted over the trees? and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, behold, they fortify the city against thee. Come thou, and reign over us. 33 Now therefore up by night, thou and the 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If people that ie with thee, and lie in wait in in truth ye anoint me king over you, then the field: come and put your trust in my shadow; and 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, devour the cedars of Lebanon. and set upon the city: and, behold, when he 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and and the people that is with him come out sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech against thee, then mayest thou do to them king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerub- as thou shalt find occasion. baal and his house, and have done unto him 34 i And Abimelech rose up, and all the according to the deserving of his hands: people that were with him, by night, and 183 The Shechemites overcome. JUDGES. Abimelech slain at Thelem. they laid wait against Shechem in four com- and fought against it, and went hard unto the panies. door of the tower to burn it with fire. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a stood in the entering of the gate of the city: Imillstone upon Abimelcch's head, and all to and Abimelech rose up, and the people that brake his skull. were with him, from lying in wait. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said man his armourbearer, and said unto him, to Zebul, Behold, there come people down Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say from the top of the mountains. And Zebul not of me, A woman slew him. And his said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the young man thrust him through, and he mountains as if they were men. died. 37 And Gaal spake again and said, See, 55 And when the men of Israel saw that there come people down by the middle of Abimelech was dead, they departed every the land, and another company come along man unto his place. by the plain of Meonenim.56 ~ Thus God rendered the wickedness of 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is slaying his seventy brethren: Abimelech, that we should serve him? is 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem not this the people that thou hast despised? did God render upon their heads: and upon go out, I pray now, and fight with them. them came the curse of Jotham the son of 39 And Gaal went out before the men of Jerubbaal. Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. CHAPTER X. 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled ad Jir d before him, and many were overthrown o a nd Ja udge Ie wounded, even unto the entering of the AND after Abimelech there arose to de gate. I fend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. they should not dwell in Shechem. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. the people went out into the field; and they 3 ~ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, told Abimelech. and judged Israel twenty and two years. 43 And he took the people, and divided 4 And he had thirty sons that rode ois them into three companies, and laid wait in thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities. the field, and looked, and, behold, the people which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, were come forth out of the city; and he which are in the land of Gilead. rose up against them, and smote them. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 44 And Abimelech, and the company that 6 ~ And the children of Israel did evil again was with him, rushed forward, and stood in in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, the entering of the gate of the city: and the and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and two other companies ran upon all the people the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, that were in the fields, and slew them. and the gods of the children of Ammon, 45 And Abimelech fought against the city and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook all that day; and he took the city, and slew the LORD, and served not him. the people that was therein, and beat down 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot the city, and sowed it with salt. against Israel, and he sold them into the 46 ~ And when all the men of the tower of hands of the Philistines, and into the hands Shechem heard that, they entered into a of the children of Ammon. hold of the house of the god Berith. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the the children of Israel: eighteen years, all men of the tower of Shechem were gathered the children of Israel that were on the other together. side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount which is in Gilead. Zalmon, he and all the people that were 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, against Benjamin, and against the house of and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. said unto the people that were with him, 10 T And the children of Israel cried unto What ye have seen me do, make haste, and the LORD, saying, We have sinned against do as I have done. thee, both because we have forsaken our 49 And all the people likewise cut down God, and also served Baalim. every man his bough, and followed Abime- 11 And the LORD said unto the children of lech, and put them to the hold, and set the Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyphold on fire upon them; so that all the men tians, and from the Arorites, from the of the tower of Shechem died also, about a children of Ammon, and from the Philisthousand men and women. tines? 50 ' Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, encamped against Thebez, and took it. and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye 51 But there was a strong tower within the cried to ume, and I delivered you out of their city, and thither fled all the men and wo- hand. men, and all they of the city, and shut it 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served to them, and gat them up to the top of the other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no tower. more. _ And Abimelech came unto the tower, 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have 184 jephthah chosen captain. JUDGES. His embassy to Ammomk chosen; let them deliver you in the time of therefore restore those lands again peaceyour tribulation, ably. 15 ~ And the children of Israel said unto 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unthe LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto to the king of the children of Ammon: us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; de- 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, liver us only, we pray thee, this day. Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor 16 And they put away the strange gods the land of the children of Ammon: from among them, and served the LORD: 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and his soul was grieved for the misery and walked through the wilderness unto the of Israel Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 17 Then the children of Ammon were gath- 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the ered together, and encamped in Gilead. And king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, the children of Israel assembled themselves pass through thy land: but the king of Edom together, and encamped in Mizpeh. would not hearken thereto. And in like 18 And the people and princes of Gilead manner they sent unto the king of Moab; said one to another, What man is he that but he would not consent: and Israel abode will begin to fight against the children of in Kadesh. Ammon? he shall be head over all the in- 18 Then they went along through the wilhabitants of Gilead. derness, and compassed the land of Edom, CHAPTER XI. and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the Jephthaeh's covenant, &c. other side of Arnon, but came not within V'OW Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty the border of Moab: for Arnon was the man of valour, and he was the son of a border of Moab. harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt pray thee, through thy land into my place. not inherit in our father's house; for thou 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass art the son of a strange woman. through his coast: but Sihon gathered all 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there and fought against Israel. were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered went out with him. Sihon and all his people into the hand of Is4 ~ And it came to pass in process of time, rael, and they smote them: so Israel possessthat the children of Ammon made war ed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitagainst Israel. ants of that country. 5 And it was so, that when the children of 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Ammon made war against Israel, the elders Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. land of Tob: 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dis6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and possessed the Amorites from before his peobe our captain, that we may fight with the pie Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? children of Ammon. 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Che7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gil- nosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So *ead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive of my father's house? and why are ye come out from before us, them will we possess. unto me now when ye are in distress? 25 And now art thou any thing better than 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jeph- Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did thah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever that thou mayest go with us, and fight fight against them, against the children of Ammon, and be our 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gil- all the cities that be along by the coasts of ead, If ye bring me home again to fight Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore against the children of Ammon, and the did ye not recover them within that time? LORD deliver them before me, shall I be 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, your head? but thou doest me wrong to war against me: 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jeph- the LORD the Judge be judge this day bethah, The LORD be witness between us, if tween the children of Israel and the children we do not so according to thy words. of Ammon. 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of 28 Howbeit the king of the children of AmGilead, and the people made him head and mon hearkened not unto the words of Jephcaptain over them: and Jephthah uttered thah which he sent him. all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. 29 ~ Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon 12 ~ And Jephthah sent messengers unto Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and the king of the children of Ammon, saying, Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over come against me to fight in my land? unto the children of Amnmon. 13 And the king of the children of Ammon 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail Because Israel took away my land, when deliver the children of Ammon into mine they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon hands, even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometb 16. 185 Issue of Jephthah's rash vow. JUDGES. An angel appeareth to Mlanoah. forth of the doors of my house to meet me, Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was when I return in peace from the children of so, that when those Ephraimites which were Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I escaped said, Let me go over, that the men will offer it up for a burnt offering. of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephra32 ~ So Jephthah passed over unto the chil- imite? If he said, Nay; dren of Ammon to fight against them; and 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibthe LORD delivered them into his hands. Loleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even not frame to pronounce it right. Then they till they come to Minnith, even twenty cities, took him, and slew him at the passages o( and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a Jordan: and there fell at that time of thk very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ephraimites forty and two thousand. Ammon were subdued before the children 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six yeass. of Israel. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was 34 ~ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto buried in one of the cities of Gilead. his house, and, behold, his daughter camue 8 ~ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem out to meet him with timbrels and with judged Israel. lances: and she was his only child; beside 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daug hher he had neither son nor daughter. ters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thii ty 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, daughters from abroad for his sons. And he that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my judged Israel seven years. daughter! thou hast brought me very low, 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at BeLthand thou art one of them that trouble me: lehem. for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, 11 T And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, jucdgand I cannot go back. ed Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. me according to that which hath proceeded 13 ~ And after him Abdon the son of Hill out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD lel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. hath taken vengeance for thee of thine ene- 14 And he had forty sons and thirty neph. mies, even of the children of Ammon. ews, that rode on threescore and ten ass 37 And she said unto her father, Let this colts: and he judged Israel eight years. thing be done for me: let me alone two 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirat months, that I may go up and down upon thonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I the land of Ephraim, in the mount of tho and my fellows. Amalekites. 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away CHAPTER XIII. for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity up- Birth of Samson foretold. on the mountains. AND the children of Israel did evil again 39 And it came to pass at the end of two _ in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD months, that she returned unto her father, delivered them into the hand of the Philiswho did with her according to his vow which tines forty years. he had vowed: and she knew no man. And 2 T And there was a certain man of Zorab, it was a custom in Israel, of the family of the Danites, whose name 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gil- bare not. eadite four days in a year. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto CHAPTER XII the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou Ephraimites discerned by Shibboleth. shalt conceive, and bear a son. AND the men of Ephraim gathered them- 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and selves together, and went northward, drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst not any unclean thing: thou over to fight against the children of 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a Ammon, and didst not call us to go with son; and no razor shall come on his head: thee? we will burn thine house upon thee for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God with fire. from the womb: and he shall begin to de: 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my liver Israel out of the hand of the Philispeople were at great strife with the children tines. of Ammon; and when I called you, ye deliv- 6 1 Then the woman came and told her husered me not out of their hands. band, saying, A man of God came unto me, 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, and his countenance was like the counteI put my life in my hands, and passed over nance of an angel of God, very terrible: but against the children of Ammon, and the I asked him not whence he was, neither told LORD delivered them into my hand: where- he me his name: fore then are ye come up unto me this day, 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt to fight against me? conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unmen of Gilead, and fought with Ephrlirrm: clean thing: for the child shall be a Nazaand the men of Gilead smote Ephraim. be- rite to God from the womb to the day of cause they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives his death. of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and 8 ~ Then Manoah entreated the LORD, aTnd among the Manassites. said, O my Lord, let the man of God which 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of j thou didst send come agaif unto us, and 186 Samson is born. JUDGES. ils marri xe and riddke teach us what we shall do unto the child Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: that shall be born. now therefore get her for me to wife. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Ma- 3 Then his father and his mother said unto noah; and the angel of God came again un- him, Is there never a woman among the to the woman as she sat in the field: but daughters of thy brethren, or among all my Manoah her husband was not with her. people, that thou goest to take a wife of the 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson and shewed her husband, and said unto him, said unto his father, Get her for me; for Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, she pleaseth me well. that came unto me the other day. 4 But his father and his mother knew not 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his that it was of the LORD, that he sought an wife, and came to the man, and said unto occasion against the Philistines: for at that him, Art thou the man that spakest unto time the Philistines had dominion over Isthe woman? And he said, I am. rael. 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words 5 ~ Then went Samson down, and his father come to pass. How shall we order the child, and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the and how shall we do unto him? vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto lion roared against him. Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily let her beware. upon him, and he rent him as he would have 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: of the vine, neither let her drink wine or but he told not his father or his mother strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all what he had done. that I commanded her let her observe. 7 And he went down, and talked with the 15 ~ And Manoah said unto the angel of the woman; and she pleased Samson well. LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until 8 T And after a time he returned to take we shall have made ready a kid for thee. her, and he turned aside to see the carcass 16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Ma- of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm noah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. of thy bread: and if thou will offer a burnt 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. went on eating, and came to his father and For Manoah knew not that he was an angel mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: of the LORD. but he told not them that he had taken the 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the honey out of the carcass of the lion. LORD, What is thy name, that when thy say- 10 ~ So his father went down unto the woIngs come to pass we may do thee honour? man: and Samson made there a feast; for 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto so used the young men to do. hin, Why askest thou thus after my name, 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, seeing it is secret? that they brought thirty companions to be 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offer- with him. ing, and offered it upon a rock unto the 12 ~ And Samson said unto them, I will LoRD: and the angel did wondrously; and now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can Manoah and his wife looked on. certainly declare it me within the seven 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went days of the feast, and find it out, then I will up toward heaven from off the altar, that give you thirty sheets and thirty change of the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame garments: of the altar: and Manoah and his wife look- 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ed on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change 21 But the angel of the LORD did no more of garments. And they said unto him, Put appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. Manoah knew that he was an angel of the 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater LORD. came forth meat, and out of the strong 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall came forth sweetness. And they could not surely die, because we have seen God. in three days expound the riddle. 23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, were pleased to kill us, he would not have that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice received a burnt offering and a meat offer- thy husband, that he may declare unto us ing at our hands, neither would he have the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's shewed us all these things, nor would as at house with fire: have ye called us to take this time have told us such things as these. that we have? is it not so? 24 T And the woman bare a son, and called 16 And Samson's wife wept before him, his name Samson: and the child grew, and and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest the LORD blessed him. me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to the children of my people, and hast not told move him at times in the camp of Dan be- it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have tween Zorah and Eshtaol. not told it my father nor my mother, and CHAPTER XIV. shall I tell it thee? IV. X17 And she wept before him the seven days, Samson's marriage and riddle, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass AND Samson went down to Timnath, and on the seventh day, that he told her, besaw a woman in Timnath of the daugh- cause she lay sore upon him: and she told ters of the Philistines. the riddle to the children of her people. 2 And he came up, and told his father and 18 And the men of the city said unto him his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in op the seventh day before the sun went 187 Samson slayeth JUDGES. the Philistie:s. down, What is sweeter than honey? and 14 I And when he came unto Lehi, the Phiwhat is stronger than a lion? And he said listines shouted against him: and the Spirit unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my of the LORD came mightily upon him, and heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. the cords that were upon his arms became as 19 ~ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and loosed from off his hands. slew thirty men of them, and took their 15 And he found a new jawbone of an as', spoil, and gave change of garments unto and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew them which expounded the riddle. And his a thousand men therewith. anger was kindled, and he went up to his 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone ot father's house. an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an 20 But Samson's wife was given to his com- ass have I slain a thousand men. panion, whom he had used as his friend. 17 And it came to pass, when he had made CHAPTER 7X. an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that Samson's revenge on the Philistines. place Ramath-lehi. IUT it came to pass within a while after, 18 T And he was sore athirst, and called on in the time of wheat harvest, that Sam- the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this son visited his wife with a kid; and he said, great deliverance into the hand of thy servI will go in to my wife into the chamber. ant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall But her father would not suffer him to go into the hand of the uncircumcised? in. 19 But God clave a hollow place that was in 2 And her father said, I verily thought that the jaw, and there came water thereout; thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I and when he had drunk, his spirit came gave her to thy companion: is not her again, and he revived: wherefore he called younger sister fairer than she? take her, I the name thereof En-hakkore, which is il pray thee, instead of her. Lehi unto this day. 3 And Samson said concerning them, 20 And he judged Israel in the days of th e Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines twenty years. Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. CHAPTER XVI. 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned Delilah betrayeth Samson. tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst THEN went Samson to Gaza, and satw between two tails. 1 there a harlot, and went in unto her. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Sam. he let them go into the standing corn of the son is come hither. And they compassed Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, him in, and laid wait for him all night in the and also the standing corn, with the vine- gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, yards and olives. saying, In the morning, when it is day, we 6 ~1 Then the Philistines said, Who hath shall kill him. done this? And they answered, Samson, 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose the son in law of the Timnite, because he at midnight, and took the doors of the gato had taken his wife, and given her to his of the city, and the two posts, and went away companion. And the Philistines came up, with them, bar and all, and put them upon and burnt her and her father with fire. his shoulders, and carried them up to the 7 ~ And Samson said unto them, Though top of a hill that is before Hebron. ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of 4 ~ And it came to pass afterward, that he you, and after that I will cease. loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a name was Delilah. great slaughter: and he went down and 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and 9 ~ Then the Philistines went up, and pitch- see wherein his great strength lieth, and by ed in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. what means we may prevail against him, 10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye that we may bind him to afflict him: and we come up against us? And they answered, will give thee every one of us eleven hunTo bind Samson are we come up, to do to dred pieces of silver. him as he hath done to us. 6 ~T And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, to the top of the rock Etam, and said to and wherewith thou mightest be bound te Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philis- afflict thee. tines are rulers over us? what is this that 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind thou hast done unto us? And he said unto me with seven green withs that were never them, As they did unto me, so have I done dried, then shall 1 be weak, and be as anothunto them. er man. 12 And they said unto him, We are come 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought down to bind thee, that we may deliver up to her seven green withs which had not thee into the hand of the Philistines. And been dried, and she bound him with them. Samson said unto them, Swear untco ine, that 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding ye will not fall upon me yourselves. with her in the chamber. And she said untc 13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow 1tto their hand: but surely we will not kill is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his thee. And they bound him with two new strength was not known. cords, and brought him up from the rock. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold 188 LDellahi cnticeth him. JUDGES. Samsonl's deathc thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fust with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell m e wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. iI And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, SamSon. And he awaked out of his sleep, and 'went away with the pin of the beam, and 'with the web. 15 T And she said unto him, How canst thou qay, I love thee, when thine heart is not with nje? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon n ine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven. then my strength will go from me, and 9 shall become weak, and be like any other.nan. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed ine all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she callec for a man, and she caused him to shave olf the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 ~ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to aa and ounid him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Eowbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which alew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that lie may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, 0 God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down,andtook him,and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. CHAPTER XVII. Of Micah's idolatry. AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 T And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I g o o so journ where I may find a place. 189 The spies of Dan. JUDGES. Laish taken by surprise. 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with Ephraim, and came unto the house of Mime, and be unto me a father and a priest, cah. and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by 14 ~ Then answered the five men that went the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy vict- to spy out the country of Laish, and said uals. So the Levite went in. unto their brethren, Do ye know that there 11 And the Levite was content to dwell is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, with the man; and the young man was and a graven image, and a molten image? unto him as one of his sons. now therefore consider what ye have to do. 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite: and 15 And they turned thitherward, and came the young man became his priest, and was to the house of the young man the Levite in the house of Micah. even unto the house of Micah, and saluted 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the him. LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Le- 16 And the six hundred men appointed vite to my priest. with their weapons of war, which were if CHAPTER XVIII. the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. The Danites seek an inheritance. 17 And the five men that went to spy out TN those days there was no king in Israel: the land went up, and came in thither, ard and in those days the tribe of the Danites took the graven image, and the ephod, and sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for the teraphim, and the molten image: and unto that day all their inheritance had not the priest stood in the entering of the gate fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. with the six hundred men that were ap2 And the children of Dan sent of their pointed with weapons of war. family five men from their coasts, men of 18 And these went into Micah's house, and valour, from Jorah, and from Eshtaol, to fetched the carved image, the ephod, and spy out the land, and to search it; and they the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said unto them, Go, search the land: who said the priest unto them, What do ye? when they came to mount Ephraim, to the 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, house of Micah, they lodged there. lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with 3 When they were by the house of Micah, us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it they knew the voice of the young man the better for thee to be a priest unto the house Levite: and they turned in thither, and said of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a unto him, Who brought thee hither? and tribe and a family in Israel? what makest thou in this place? and what 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he hast thou here? took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus graven image, and went in the midst of the dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, people. and I am his priest. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we little ones and the cattle and the carriage pray thee, of God, that we may know wheth- before them. er our way which we go shall be prosperous. 22 And when they were a good way from 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in the house of Micah, the men that were in the peace: before the LORD is your way where- houses near to Micah's house were gathered in ye go. together, and overtook the children of Dan. 7 T Then the five men departed, and came 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan, to Laish, and saw the people that were And they turned their faces, and said unto therein, how they dwelt careless, after the Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; with such a company? and there was no magistrate in the land 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my that might put them to shame in any thing; gods which I made, and the priest, and ye and they were far from the Zidonians, and are gone away: and what have I more? and had no business with any man. what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth 8 And they came unto their brethren to thee? Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, unto them, What say ye? Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose against them: for we have seen the land, thy life, with the lives of thy household. and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? 26 And the children of Dan went their way: be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess and when Micah saw that they were too the land. strong for him, he turned and went back 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people unto his house. secure, and to a large land: for God hath 27 And they took the things which Micah given it into your hands; a place where had made, and the priest which he had, and there is no want of any thing that is in the came unto Laish, unto a people that were at earth. quiet and secure: and they smote them with 11 Tf And there went from thence of the the edge of the sword, and burnt the city family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out with fire. of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with 28 And there was no deliverer, because it weapons of war. was far from Zidon, and they had no busi12 And they went up, and pitched in Kir- ness with any man; and it was in the valley iath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they call- that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a ed that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: city, and dwelt therein. behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 29 And they called the name of the city 13 And they passed thence unto mount Dan, after ilie name of Dan their father, 190 / Levite cometh JUDGES. to lodge in Gibeah. eho was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. 30 ~ And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of D]an until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was ir Shiloh. CHAPTER XIX. The Benjamites' wlckedness. AND it came to pass in tbhse days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 ~ And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward g(o your way. 6 Aind they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I ray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. 13 And he said unLv nis servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went dvwn upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamuin. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 16 1' And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever, let all thy wants wie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 ~ Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but un to this man do not so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him. so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down ct the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man 191 The Levete decdareth (its Uwrng.sf JUDGES. The 1sC~raelites dezfeattA, took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 ~ And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. CHAPTER XX. The Levite's complaint. THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that btlongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. 8 ~ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; 10 And we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. 12 ~ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel: 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto 192 Gibeah, to go out to battle against the chil. dren of Israel. 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people there were seve.n hundred chosen men lefthanded: every on e could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss. 17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousan, I men that drew sword: all these were men o e war. 18 T And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) 4 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 26 ~ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of The Benjamites smitten, JUDGESi Their desolation bvwailed. the people, and kill, as at other times, in the 48 And the men of Israel turned again highways, of which one goeth up to the upon the children of Benjamin, and smote house of God, and the other to Gibeah in them with the edge of the sword, as well the field, about thirty men of Israel. the men of every city, as the beast, and all 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They that came to hand: also they set on fire all are smitten down before us, as at the first. the cities that they came to. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, CHAPTER XXI. and draw them from the city unto the high- A a I. ways. Bernamin's desolation bewailed. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of XTOW the men of Israel had sworn in Miztheir place, and put themselves in array at i1 peh, saying, There shall not any of us Baal-tamar: and the liers in Trait of Israel give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. trame forth out of their places, even out of 2 And the people came to the house of the meadows of Gibeah. God, and abode there till even before God, 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thou- and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; sand chosen men out of all Israel, and the 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is battle was sore: but they knew het that evil this come to pass in Israel, that there should was near them. be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 35 And the LORD r.mote Benjamin before 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed the people rose early, and built there an uf the Benjamiten tht day twenty and five altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace thousand and a hundred men: all these offerings. drew the sword.. 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is 36 So the child'ea of Benjamin saw that they there among all the tribes of Israel that were smitten: for the men of Israel gave came not up with the congregation unto place to the Brjamites, because they trust- the LORD? For they had made a great oath ed unto the liers in wait which they had set concerning him that came not up to the beside Gibeah. LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed put to death. upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew 6 And the children of Israel repented them themselves along, and smote all the city with for Benjamin their brother, and said, There the edge of the sword. is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 38 Now there was an appointed sign be- 7 How shall we do for wives for them that.ween the men of Israel and the liers in remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, Wait, that they should make a great flame that we will not give them of our daughters with smoke rise up out of the city. to wives? 39 And when the men of Israel retired in 8 I And they said, What one is there of the the battle, Benjamin began to smite and tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh sill of the men of Israel about thirty per- to the LORD? And, behold, there came sons: for they said, Surely they are smitten none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to lown before us, as in the first battle. the assembly. 40 But when the flame began to arise up 9 For the people were numbered, and, beout of the city with a pillar of smoke, the hold, there were none of the inhabitants of l3enjamites looked behind them, and, be- Jabesh-Gilead there. hold, the flame of the city ascended up to 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve heaven. thousand men of the valiantest, and com41 And when the men of Israel turned manded them, saying, Go and smite the inagain, the men of Benjamin were amazed: habitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of for they saw that evil was come upon them. the sword, with the women and the children. 42 Therefore they turned their backs be- 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, fore the men of Israel unto the way of the Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and wilderness; but the battle overtook them; every woman that hath lain by man. and them which came out of the cities they 12 And they found among the inhabitants destroyed in the midst of them. of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young vir43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round gins, that had known no man by lying with about, and chased them, and trode them any male: and they brought them unto the down with ease over against Gibeah toward camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Cathe sunrising. naan. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen 13 And the whole congregation sent some to thousand men; all these were men of val- speak to the children of Benjamin that were our. in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably 45 And they turned and fled toward the unto them. wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and 14 And? Benjamin came again at that time; they gleaned of them in the highways five and they gave them wives which they had thousand men; and pursued hard after saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand and yet so they sufficed them not. men of them. 15 And the people repented them for Ben46 So that all which fell that day of Benja- jamin, because that the LORD had made a min were twenty and five thousand men breach in the tribes of Israel. that drew the sword; all these were men of 16 T Then the elders of the congregation valour. said, How shall we do for wives for them 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to that remain, seeing the women are destroythe wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and ed out of Benjamin? altode in the rock Rimmon four months. 17 And they said, There must be an inherit17 N 193 Wives, are pazioi d for~o RUTH. the Benjanmites that escaped. ance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a -ribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly, in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechemn, and on the south of Lebonah. 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of hiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be when their fathers of their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their in. heritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. THE BOOK CHAPTER I. Of Naomi and Ruth. TOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-leher-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. 6 1[ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I an too old to have a husband. If I 194 OF RUTH. should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speak. ing unto her. 19 ~ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest. CHAPTER II. Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. AND Naomi had a kinsman of her busj band's, a mighty man of wealth, of!hi _.... rtoaz sheweth favour to Ruth. P.[UTH. Ruth lieth at Boa' Jeert. family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 4 1 And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 11 And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother in law saw that she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother in law sald unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man 'is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It 'is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean until the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law, CHAPTER III. Ruth lieth at Boaz' feet. THEiN Naomi her mother in law said unto X her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now 'is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 ~ And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 T And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followest not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. i95 The nearest of kin declining, RUTH. Boaz taketh Ruth to wif, 12 And now it is true that I am thy near 7 Now this was the manner in former time kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer inIsrael concerning redeeming and concern. than I. ing changing, for to confirm all things; s 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his morning, that if he will perform unto thee neighbour: and this was a testimony in the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the Israel. kinsman's part: but if he will not do the 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liv- 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto eth: lie down until the morning. all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that 14 ~ And she lay at his feet until the morn- I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and ing: and she rose up before one could know all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the another. And he said, Let it not be known hand of Naomi. that a woman came into the floor. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, upon thee, and hold it. And when she held to raise up the name of the dead upon his ins it, he measured six measures of barley, and heritance, that the name of the dead be not laid it on her: and she went into the city. cut off from among his brethren, and from 16 And when she came to her mother in law, the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And day. she told her all that the man had done to her. 11 And all the people that were in the gate. 17 And she said, These six measures of bar- and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The ley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not LORD make the woman that is come into empty unto thy mother in law. thine house like Rachel and like Leah,which 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, un- two did build the house of Israel: and do til thou know how the matter will fall: for thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous the man will not be in rest, until he have in Beth-lehem: finished the thing this day. 12 And let thy house be like the house of CHAPTER IV. Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of Boaz marrieth Ruth. this young woman. T]HEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat 13 T So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his him down there: and, behold, the kins- wife: and when he went in unto her, the man of whom Boaz spake came by; unto LORD gave her conception, and she bare a whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, son. sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessdown. ed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the day without a kinsman, that his name may city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they be famous in Israel. sat down. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of 3 And he said unto the kinsman, N, Naomi,thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: that is come again out of the country of Mo- for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee. ab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our which is better to thee than seven sons, hath brother Elimelech's: borne him. 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the her bosom, and became nurse unto it. elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, 17 And the women her neighbours gave it redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, a name, saying, There is a son born to Naothen tell me, that I may know: for there is mi; and they called his name Obed: he is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am the father of Jesse, the father of David. after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 18 ~ Now these are the generations of Pha5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest rez: Pharez begat Hezron, the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat buyit also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Amminadab, the dead, to raise up the name of the dead 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and upon his inheritance. Nahshon begat Salmon, t6 1 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: Obed, redeem thou my right to thyself; for I can- 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat aot redeem it. David. 196 THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. The birth of Samuel. rOW there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. 4 ~ And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, portions. 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hant ih, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou lot? and why is thy heart grieved? am n, t I better to thee than ten sons?.9 ~ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of 17 * my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 19 ~ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24 ~ And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, 0 my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. CHAPTER II. Hannah's song of thanksgiving. AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart jL rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none besides thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, 197 The wickedness of Eli's sons. I. SAMUEL. Prophecy agaist Eli's houl.e. and they that stumbled are girded with the door of the tabernacle of the congregastrength. tion. 5 They that were full have hired out them- 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such selves for bread; and they that were hungry things? for I hear of your evil dealings by ceased: so that the barren hath borne sev- all this people. en; and she that hath many children is A2 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report waxed feeble. that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he transgress. bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth 25 If one man sin against another, the judge up. shall judge him: but if a man sin against the 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithhe bringeth low, and lifteth up. standing, they hearkened not unto the voice 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, of their father, because the LORD would and lifteth up the beggar from the dung- slay them. hill, to set them, among princes, and to make 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was them inherit the throne of glory: for the in favor both with the LORD, and also wAth pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he men. hath set the world upon them. 27 ~ And there came a man of God unto 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD. the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy by strength shall no man prevail. father, when they were in Egypt in Phara10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be oh's house? broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine the ends of the earth; and he shall give altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod bestrength unto his king, and exalt the horn fore me? and did I give unto the house oi of his anointed. thy father all the offerings made by fire of 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his the children of Israel? house. And the child did minister unto the 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and al LORD before Eli the priest. mine offering, which I have commanded in 12~ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; vy habitation; and honourest thy sone they knew not the LORD. above me, to make yourselves fat with the 13 And the priest's custom with the people chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, people? the priest's servant came, while the flesh 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, was in seething, with a fleshhook of three I said indeed that thy house, and the house teeth in his hand; of thy father, should walk before me for 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook from me; for them that honour me I will brought up the priest took for himself. So honour, and they that despise me shall be they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites lightly esteemed. that came thither. 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, priest's servant came, and said to the man that there shall not be an old man in thine that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the house. priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habthee, but raw. itation, in all the wealth which God shall give 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them Israel: and there shall not be an old man in not fail to burn the fat presently, and then thine house for ever. take as much as thy soul desireth; then he 33 And the man of thine, wvhom I shall not would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give cut off from mine altar, shall he to consume it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was all the increase of thine house shall die in very great before the LORD: for men ab- the flower of their age. horred the offering of the LORD. 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that 18 ~ But Samuel ministered before the shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni LORD, being a child, girded with a linen and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both ephod. of them. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, coat, and brought it to him from year to that shall do according to that which is in year, when she came up with her husband mine heart and in my mihd: and I will build to offer the yearly sacrifice. him a sure house; and he shall walk before 20 ~ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, mine anointed for ever. and said, The LORD give thee seed of this 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one woman for the loan which is lent to the that is left in thine house shall come and LORD. And they went unto their own crouch to him for a piece of silver and a home. morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that pray thee, into one of the priests' offices she conceived, and bare three sons and two that I may eat a piece of bread. daughters. And the child Samuel grew be- CHAPTER III. fore the LORD. 22 ~ Now Eli was very old, and heard all God calleth Samuel. that his sons did unto all Israel; and how AND the child Samuel ministered unto the,hey lay with the women that assembled at IA LOR) before Eli. And the word of the 198 God calleth Samuel. I. SAMUEL. The Israelites overcome. LORD was precious in those days; there was for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in no open vision. Shiloh by the word of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when CrPT IV Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; The ark taken by the Thilistines. 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the AND the word of Samuel came to all Istemple of the LORD, where the ark of God iL rael. Now Israel went out against the uas, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; Philistines to battle, and pitched beside 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in answered, Iere am I. Aphek. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; 2 And the Philistines put themselves in arfor thou calledst me. And he said, I called ray against Israel: and when they joined not; lie down again. And he went and lay battle, Israel was smitten before the Philisdown. tines: and they slew of the army in the 3 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. field about four thousand men. Arnd Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, 3 ~ And when the people were come into tiere am I; for thou didst call me. And he the camp, the elders of Israel said, Whereanswered, I called not, my son; lie down fore hath the LORD smitten us to day beagain, fore the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloneither was the word of the LORD yet re- unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it vealed unto him. may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 8 iAnd the LORD called Samuel again the 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they third time. And he arose and went to Eli, might bring from thence the ark of the covand said, Here amn I; for thou didst call me. cant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth And Eli perceived that the LORD had called between the cherubim: and the two sons of the child. Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie the ark of the covenant of God. lown: and it shall be, if he call thee, that 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy serv- LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted ant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down with a great shout, so that the earth rang in his place. again. 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and call- 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise di as at other times, Somuel, Samuel. Then of the shout, they said, What meaneth the Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant noise of this great shout in the camp of the heareth. Hebrews? And they understood that the 11 ~ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, ark of the LORD was come into the camp. I will dc a thing in Israel, at which both 7 And the Philistines were afraid; for they the ears of every one that heareth it shall said, God is come into the camp. And they tingle. said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all such a thing heretofore. th inTs which I have spoken concerning his 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of house: when I begin, I will also make an the hana of these mighty Gods? these are snd. the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all 13 For I have told him that I will judge his the plagues in the wilderness. house for ever for thae iniquity which he 9 Be strong, aad quit yourselves like men, knoweth; because his sons made themselves 0 ye Philistines, that ye be not servants untile, and he restrained them not. to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the quit yourselves like men, and fight. house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house 10 ~ And the Philistines fought, and Israel shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offer- was smitten, and they fled ever- man into ing for ever. his tent: and there was a very great slaugh15 ~ And Samuel lay until the morning, and ter; for there fell of Israel thirty Thousand opened the doors of the house of the LORD. footmsn. Anld;amuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Sam- two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were llel, my son. And he answered, Here slain. tm I. 12 T And there ran a man of Benjamin out 17 And he said, What is the thing that the of the army, and came to Shiloh the same LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide day with his clothes rent. and with earth it not from me: God do so to thee, and more upon his head. tlso, if thou hide any thing from me of all 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a the things that he said unto thee. seat by the way side watching: for his heart 18 And Samael told him every whit, and trembled for the ark of God. And when the hid nothing from him. And he said, It is man came into the city, and told it, all the the LORD: let him do what seemeth him city cried out. good. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the cry19 ~ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was ing, he said, What meaneth the noise of this with him, and did let none of his words fall tumult? And the man came in hastily, and to the ground. told Eli. 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer- 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; sheba knew that Samuel was established to and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. be a prophet of the LORD. 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that lB And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: came out of the army, and I fled to day out 129 T71e death of Eli. I. SAMrEL. The Philistines of the army. And he said, What is there he smote the men of the city, both small and done, my son? great, and they had emerods in their secret 17 And the messenger answered and said, parts. Israel is fled before the Philistines, and 10 ~ Therefore they sent the ark of God to there hath been also a great slaughter Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of among the people, and thy two sons also, God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark out, saying, They have brought about the of God is taken. ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and 18 And it came to pass, when he made men- our people. tion of the ark of God, that he fell from off 11 So they sent and gathered together all the seat backward by the side of the gate, the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send and his neck brake, and he died: for he was away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it an old man and heavy. And he had judged go again to his own place that it slay us not, Israel forty years. and our people: for there was a deadly de19 I And his daughter in law, Phinehas' struction throughout all the city; the hand wife, was with child, near to be delivered: of God was very heavy there. and when she heard the tidings that the ark 12 And the men that died not were smitten of God was taken, and that her father in with the emerods: and the cry of the city law and her husband were dead, she bowed went up to heaven. herself and travailed; for her pains came CHAPTER VI. upon her. 20 And about the time of her death the The Philistines send back the ark. women that stood by her said unto her, AND the ark of the LORD was in the coun. Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But IA try of the Philistines seven months. she answered not, neither did she regard it. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests 21 And she named the child I-chabod, say- and the diviners, saying, What shall we do ing, The glory is departed from Israel: be- to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith cause the ark of God was taken, and because we shall send it to his place. of her father in law and her husband. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of 22 And she said, The glory is departed from the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in Israel: for the ark of God is taken. any wise return him a trespass offering: CHAPTER V. then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed Dagon falleth before the ark. from you. AND the Philistines took the ark of God, 4 Then said they, What shall be the tres1 and brought it from Eben-ezer unto pass offering which we shall return to him? Ashdod. They answered, Five golden emerods, and 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, five golden mice, according to the number they brought it into the house of Dagon, of the lords of the Philistines: for one and set it by Dagon. plague was on you all, and on your lords. 3 ~ And when they of Ashdod arose early 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen emerods, and images of your mice that mar upon his face to the earth before the ark of the land; and ye shall give glory unto the the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten him in his place again. his hand from off you, and from off your 4 And when they arose early on the morrow gods, and from off your land. morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts. face to the ground before the ark of the as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully palms of his hands were cut off upon the among them, did they not let the people go. threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left and they departed. to him. 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, two milch kine, on which there hath come nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto bring their calves home from them: this day. 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy up- upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, which ye return him for a trespass offering, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it and the coasts thereof. away, that it may go. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his was so, they said, The ark of the God of Is- own coast to Beth-shemnesh, then he hath rael shall not abide with us: for his hand is done us this great evil: but if not, then we sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. shall know that it is not his hand that smote 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the us; it was a chance that happened to us. lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, 10 T And the men did so; and took two What shall we do with the ark of the God milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark shut up their calves at home: of the God of Israel be carried about unto 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon1 Gath. And they carried the ark of the God the cart, and the coffer with the mice of of Israel about thither. gold and the images of their emnerods. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried 12 And the kine took the straight way to it about, the hand of the LORD was against the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the city with a very great destruction: and the highway, lowing as they went, and 200 send back the ark. I, SAMUEL. The Philistines subdued. turned not aside to the right hand or to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the the left; and the lords of the Philistines LORD. went after them unto the border of Beth- 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, shemesh. and drew water, and poured it out before 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said their wheat harvest in the valley: and they there, We have sinned against the LORD. lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and And Samuel judged the children of Israel rejoiced to see it. in Mizpeh. 14 And the cart came into the field of 7 And when the Philistines heard that the Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, children of Israel were gathered together to where there was a great stone: and they Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up clave the wood of the cart, and offered the against Israel. And when the children of kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. Israel heard it, they were afraid of the 15 And the Levites took down the ark of Philistines. the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel. wherein the jewels of gold were, and put Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for them on the great stone: and the men of us, that he will save us out of the hand of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and the Philistines. sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the 9 I And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and LORD. offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto 16 And when the five lords of the Philis- the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD tines had seen it, they returned to Ekron for Israel; and the LORD heard him. the same day. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt 17 And these are the golden emerods which offering, the Philistines drew near to battle the Philistines returned for a trespass offer- against Israel: but the LORD thundered with ing unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for a great thunder on that day upon the PhilisGaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, tines, and discomfited them; and they were for Ekron one; smitten before Israel. 18 And the golden mice, according to the 11 And the men of Israel went out of Miznhumber of all the cities of the Philistines peh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote belonging to the five lords, both of fenced them, until they came under Beth-car. cities, and of country villages, even unto 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it bethe great stone of Abel, whereon they set tween Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name down the ark of the LORD: which stone re- of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the maineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, LORD helped us. the Beth-shemite. 13 ' So the Philistines were subdued, and 19 ~ And he smote the men of Beth-she- they came no more into the coast of Israel: mesh, because they had looked into the ark and the hand of the LORD was against the of the LORD, even he smote of the people Philistines all the days of Samuel. ffty thousand and threescore and ten men: 14 And the cities which the Philistines had and the people lamented, because the LORD taken from Israel were restored to Israel, had smitten many of the people with a great from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts slaughter. thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands 2'0 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who of the Philistines. And there was peace beis able to stand before this holy LORD God? tween Israel and the Amorites. and to whom shall he go up from us? 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of 21 ~ And they sent messengers to the inhab- his life. itants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philis- 16 And he went from year to year in circuit tines have brought again the ark of the to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judgLORD; come ye down, aind fetch it up to ed Israel in all those places. you. 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there CHAPTER VII. was his house; and there he judged Israel; Samuel exhorteth to repentance. and there he built an altar unto the LORD. ANI) the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and CHAPTER VIII tA fetched up the ark of the LORD, and The Israelites desire a king. brought it into the house of Abinadab in the AND it came to pass, when Samuel was hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep -l old, that he made his sons judges over the ark of the LORD. Israel. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; and the name of his second, Abiah: they for it was twenty years: and all the house lwere judges in Beer-sheba. of Israel lamented after the LORD. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but 3 ~ And Samuel spake unto all the house turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the and perverted judgment. LORD with all your hearts, then put away 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among themselves together, and came to Samuel you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, unto Ramah, and serve him only: and he will deliver you 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, out of the hand of the Philistines. and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make 4 Then the children of Israel did put away us a king to judge us like all the nations. Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD 6 T But the thing displeased Samuel, when only. they said, Give us a king to judge us. And 6 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 201 Manner of a king foretold. I. SAMUEL. Saul cometh to Samuel, 7 And the LoRD said unto Samuel, Hearken lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take unto the voice of the people in all that they now one of the servants with thee, and arise, say unto thee: for they have not rejected go seek the asses. thee, but they have rejected me, that I 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, should not reign over them. and passed through the land of Shalisha, bu h 8 According to all the works which they they found them not: then they passed have done since the day that I brought them through the land of Shalim, and there they up out of Egypt even unto this day, where- were not: and he passed through the land of with they have forsaken me, and served the Benjamites, but they found them not. other gods, so do they also unto thee. 5 And when they were come to the land of 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with howbeit yet protest solemlaly unto them, him, Come, and let us return; lest my father and shew them the manner of the king- that leave caring for the asses, and take thought shall reign over them. for us. 10 I And Samuel told all the words of the 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, t7here LORD unto the people that asked of him a is in this city a man of God, and he is an honking. ourable man; all that he saith cometh surely 11 And he said, This will be the manner of to pass: now let us go thither; peradventhe king that shall reign over you: He will ture he can shew us our way that we should take your sons, and appoint them for him- go. self, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, beholld and some shall run before his chariots. if we go, what shall we bring the man? for 12 And he will appoint him captains over the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is thousands, and captains over fifties; and not a present to bring to the man of God: will set them to ear his ground, and to reap what have we? his harvest, and to make his instruments of 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and war, and instruments of his chariots. said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth 13 And he will take your daughters to be part of a shekel of silver: that will I give tc. confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be the man of God, to tell us our way. bakers. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to 14 And he will take your fields, and your inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best us go to the seer: for he that is now called a of them, and give them to his servants. Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; and of your vineyards, and give to his offi- come, let us go. So they went unto the city cers, and to his servants. where the man of God was. 16 And he will take your menservants, and11 And as they went up the hill to the city, your maidservants,and yourgoodliest young they found young maidens going out to draw men, and your asses, and put them to his water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? work. 12 And they answered them, and said, Hie 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: is; behold, he is before you: make haste and ye shall be his servants. now, for he came to day to the city; for 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because there is a sacrifice of the people to day il of your king which ye shall have chosen the high place: you; and the LORD will not hear you in 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye that day. shall straightway find him, before he go up 19 T Nevertheless the people refused to to the high place to eat: for the people will obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, not eat until he come, because he doth bless Nay; but we will have a king over us; the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that 20 That we also may be like all the nations; be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for and that our king may judge us, and go out about this time ye shall find him. before us, and fight our battles. 14 And they went up into the city: and 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the when they were come into the city, behold, people, and he rehearsed them in the ears Samuel came out against them, for to go up of the LORD. to the high place. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken 15 ~ Now the LORD had told Samuel in his unto their voice, and make them a king. ear a day before Saul came, saying, And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, 16 To morrow about this time I will serd Go ye every man unto his city. thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and CHAPTER IX. thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people Saul seeks his father's asses. outof the hand of the Philistines: for I have NrOW there was a man of Benjamin, whose looked upon my people, because their cry is 1 name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son come unto me. of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORI Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of said unto him, Behold the man whom I power. spake to thee of! this same shall reign over 2 And he. hkd a son, whose name was Saul, my people. a choice young man, and a goodly: and there 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the: was not among the children of Israel a good- gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where lier person than he: from his shoulders and the seer's house is. upward he was higher than any of the peo- 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I pie. am the seer: go up before me unto the high 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and 202 Samuel anointeth Saul. I. SAMUEL. Saul's heaort is changed. to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me'? 23 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 ~ And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. CHAPTER X. Samuel anointeth Saul. rHIEN Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, Ic, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 6 And the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down untol thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do 9 i And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him: and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of proph esying, he came to the high place, 14 ~ And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 ~ And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, NVay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither, And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence and when he stood among the people, he 203 Saul is proclaimed king. I. SAMUEL. Samuel reproveth the people. was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 ~ And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. CHAPTER XI. Saul smiteth the Ammonites. THEN Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covedant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 ~ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites 204 until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 T And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us ' bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD: and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. CHAPTER XII. Samuel's solemn address at Gilgal. AND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD and before his anointsd: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. 6 ~ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and saidi We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hands of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt safe. Saul's selected band. I. SAMUEL. ' Samuel reproveth hint 12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. 13 Now therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. 14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD; then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD; then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. 16 ~ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 20 ~ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear hot: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but verve the LORD with all your heart; 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit aor deliver; for they are vain. 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how treat things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. CHAPTER XIII. Saul reproved by Samuel. CAUL reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the 18 Philistines. And the people were called tc gether after Saul to Gilgal. 5 11 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.. 8 T And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. 11 1 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thykingdom upon Israelfor ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 ~ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-heron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 T Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mat. tock. ms Jv.ditihaln onileth f.Uie I. SAMUEL. Philisti7eCs' ga'i rison. 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. CHAPTER XIV. Jonathan smiteth the Philistines. XTOW it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 1 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves 'unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenIV ty men, within as it were a half acre of land, 7which a yoke of oxen might plough. 15 And there was trembling in the host, ii the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled and the earth quaked: so it was a very grea trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 19 ~ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and in, creased: and Saul said unto the priest, With. draw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that we'e with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there wae a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, ev;en they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 24 T And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth ana food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: where. fore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 31 And they smote the Philistines that davy Te7 people rescue Jonathan. I. SAMUEL. Saul sent to destroy Amanleh, from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the were very faint. hands of them that spoiled them. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his them on the ground: and the people did eat two daughters were these; the name of the them with the blood. firstborn Merab, and the name of the young33 ~ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the er Michal: people sin against the LORD, in that they eat 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinowith the blood. And he said, Ye have trans- am, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name pressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. of the captain of his host was Abner the son '4 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among of Ner, Saul's uncle. the people, and say unto them, Bring me 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and hither every man his ox, and every man his Ner the father of Abner was the son of sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin Abiel. hot against the LORD in eating with the 52 And there was sore war against the Phiblood. And all the people brought every listines all the days of Saul: and when Saul tnan his ox with him that night, and slew saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he them there. took him unto him. 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built un-CHA R to the LORD. Saul sent to destroy Amalek. '36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the AMUEL also said unto Saul, The LORD Philistines by night, and spoil them until the 0 sent me to anoint thee to be king over his morning light, and let us not leave a man of people, over Israel: now therefore hearken them. And they said, Do whatsoever seem- thou unto the voice of the words of the 0th good unto thee. Then said the priest, LORD. Let us draw near hither unto God. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid go down after the Philistines? wilt thou de- wait for him in the way, when he came up liver them into the hand of Israel? But he from Egypt. answered him not that day. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all destroy all that they have, and spare them the chief of the people: and know and see not; but slay both man and woman, inwherein this sin hath been this day. fant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Is- ass. rael, though it be in Jonathan my son, he 4 And Saul gathered the people together, shall surely die. But there was not a man and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred among all the people that answered him. thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one JruLah. side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and the other side. And the people said unto laid wait in the valley. Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 6 ~ And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, de41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God part,'get you down from among the Amalekcf Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and ites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye Jnathan were taken; but the people es- shewed kindness to allthe children of Israel, caped. when they came up out of Egypt. So the 42 Aid Saul said, Cast lots between me and Kenites departed from among the AmalekJonathan my son. And Jonathan was ites. taken. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that iv what thou hast done. And Jonathan told over against Egypt. him, and said, I did but taste a little honey 8 And he took Agag the king of the AmaWith the end of the rod that was in mine lekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the hand, and, lo, I must die. people with the edge of the sword. 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jon- of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that athan die, who hath wrought this great sal- was good, and would not utterly destroy vation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD them: but every thing that was vile and liveth, there shall not one hair of his head refuse, that they destroyed utterly. fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with 10 ~ Then came the word of the LORD unto God this day. So the people rescued Jona- Samuel, saying, than, that he died not. 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul 46 Then Saul went up from following the to be king: for he is turned back from folPhilistines: and the Philistines went to lowing me, and hath not performed my their own place. commandments. And it grieved Samuel; 47 ~ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and he cried unto the LORD all night. and fought against all his enemies on every 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet side, against Moab, and against the children Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, sayof Ammon, and against Edom, and against ing, Saul came to Carnel, and, behold, he the kings of Zobah, and against the Philis- set him up a place, and is gone about, and tines: and whithersoever he turned himself, passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. he vexed them. 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said 48 And he gathered a host. and smote the unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD; I 29? Saul's huimiliation. I. SAMUEL. Samuel anointeth D(vrid. have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little In thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and light against them until they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the toice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Anmalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD) as Y lcat delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rej ected thee from being king. 24 T And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. 32 ~ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And 208 Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 34 ~ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul; and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. CHAPTER XVI. Samutel cometh to Beth-lehem. AND the LORD said unto Samuel, How long A_ wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send tb.e to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have piovided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the LoRID spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called theIn to the sacrifice. 6 ~ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, LooK not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Loira chosen this. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Arid Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful couin tenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this it he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 But the Spirit of the LORD departeP (Gliath drfictf Islracl.I. SAMUEL. ]Javid cometh to tlhc a(rmy. from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD me, then will we be your servants: but if I troulled him. prevail against him, and kill him, then shall 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Be- ye be our servants, and serve us. hold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies thee. of Israel this day; give me a man, that we 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, may fight together. which are before thee, to seek out a man,who 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those is a cunning player on a harp: and it shall words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, come to pass, when the evil spirit from God and greatly afraid. is upon thee, that he shall play with his 12 ~ Now David was the son of that Ephhand, and thou shalt be well. rathite of Beth-lehemn-judah, whose name 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the me now a man that can play well, and bring man went among men for an old man in the him to me. days of Saul. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the and followed Saul to the battle: and the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, names of his three sons that went to the batand a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, tie were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto and prudent in matters, and a comely per- him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. son, and the LORD is with him. 14 And David was the youngest: and the 19 ~ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto three eldest followed Saul. Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, 15 But David went and returned from Saul which is with the sheep. to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent and evening, and presented himself forty them by David his son unto Saul. days. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood be- 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take fore him: and he loved him greatly; and he nor for thy brethren an ephah of this parchbecame his armourbearer. ed corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let Da- camp to thy brethren; vid, I pray thee, stand before me; for he 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the caphath found favour in my sight. tain of their thousand, and look how thy 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit brethren fare, and take their pledge. from God was upon Saul, that David took a 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit with the Philistines. departed from him. 20 ~ And David rose up early in the mornCHAPTER XVII. ing, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded Goliath's proud challenge. him; and he came to the trench, as the host NOW the Philistines gathered together was going forth to the fight, and shouted for their armies to battle, and were gather- the battle. ed together at Shochoh, which belongeth to 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and battle in array, army against army. Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 22 And David left his carriage in the hand 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gath- of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into ered together, and pitched by the valley of the army, and came and saluted his brethElah, and set the battle in array against the ren. Philistines. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain there came up the champion, the Philistine io the one side, and Israel stood on a mount- of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies ain on the other side: and there was a valley of the Philistines, and spake according to between them. the same words: and David heard them. 4 ~ And there went out a champion out of 24 And all the men of Israel, when they the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, saw the man, fled from him, and were sore of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a afraid. epan. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his this man that is come up? surely to defy Ishead, and he was armed with a coat of mail; rael is he come up: and it shall be, that the and the weight of the coat was five thousand man who killeth him, the king will enrich Shekels of brass. him with great riches, and will give him his 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, daughter, and make his father's house free and a target of brass between his shoulders, in Israel. 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weav- 26 And David spake to the men that stood er's beam; and his spear's head weighed six by him, saying, What shall be done to the hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh shield went before him. away the reproach from Israel? for who is 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come defy the armies of the living God? ouc to set your battle in array? am not I a 27 And the people answered him after this Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose manner, saying, So shall it be done to the you a man for you, and let him come down man that killeth him. fn me. 28 T And Eliab his eldest brotherheard when t If he be able to fight with me, and to kill he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anges 18* 0 - Q3 Derid, withotil earmouer, I. SAMUEL. sllrych lhe.ianlt. was kindled against Davia, andt he said, Why 48 This day will the LORD deliver thee inti earnest thou down hither? and with whom mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take hast thou left those few sheep in the wilder- thine head from thee; and I will give the ness? I know thy pride, and the naughti- carcasses of the host of the Philistines thi: ness of thine heart; for thou art come down day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild that thou mightest see the battle. beasts of the earth; that all the earth main 29 And David said, What have I now done? know that there is a God in Israel. Is there not cause? 47 And all this assembly shall know that the 30 1 And he turned from him toward anoth- LORD saveth not with sword and spear; for er, and spake after the same manner: and the battle is the LORi'S, and he will give you the people answered him again after the for- into our hands. mer manner. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine 31 And when the words were heard which arose, and came and drew nigh to meet Da. David spake, they rehearsed them before vid, that David hasted, and ran toward the Saul: and he sent for him. army to meet the Philistine. 32 ~ And David said to Saul, Let no man's 49 And David put his hand In his ~rag, and heart fail because of him; thy servant will took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote go and fight with this Philistine. the Philistine in his forehead. that the stone 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not I sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his able to go against this Philistine to fight face to the earth, with him: for thou art but a youth, and he 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine a man of war from his youth. with a sling and with a stone, and smote the 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant Philistine, and slew him; but there was no kept his father's sheep, and there came a sword in the hand of David. lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the 51. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the flock: Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it 35 And I went out after him, and smote out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and cut off his head therewith. And when the when he arose against me, I caught him by Philistines saw their champion was dead his beard, and smote him, and slew him. they fled, 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the 52 And the men of Israel and of Judas bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philisshall be as one of them, seeing he hath de- tines, until thou come to the valley, and t( fled the armies of the living God. the gates of Ekron. And the wounded ol 37 David said moreover, The LORD that de- the Philistines fell down by the way to Shalivered me out of the paw of the lion, and araim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver 53 And the children of Israel returned me out of the hand of this Philistine. And from chasing after the Philistines, and they Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be spoiled their tents, with thee. 54 And David took the head of the Philis. 38 1 And Saul armed David with his arm- tine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he our, and he put a helmet of brass upon his put his armour in his tent. head; also he armed him with a coat of 55 ~ And whe,. Saul saw David go forth mail. against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, 39 And David girded his sword uponhis arm- the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is our, and he assayed to go; for he had not this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul proved it. And David said unto Saul, I can- liveth, O king, I cannot tell. not go with these; for I have not proved 56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose them. And David put them off him. son the stripling is, 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and 57 And as David returned from the slaugbchoose him five smooth stones out of the ter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag brought him before Saul with the head of which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling the Philistine in his hand. was in his hand" and he drew near to the 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art, Philistine. thou, thou young man? And David answer41 And the Philistine came on and drew ed, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the near unto David; and the man that bare the Beth-lehemite. shield went before him. CHAPTER XV EI 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was Saul' envy against Davct but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair coun- AND It came to pass, when he had made tenance. X an end of speaking unto Saul, that the 43 And the Philstine said unto David, Am soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? David, and Jonathan loved him as his own And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. soul. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come 2 And Saul took him that day and would to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the let him go no more home to his father's fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the house. field. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a cove45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou nant, because he loved him as his own soul. comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the and with a shield: but I come to thee in the robe that was upon him, and gave it to Da, name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the vid, and his garments, even to his swor4, xrmies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. and to his ox,, -.nd to his girdle, IMO Saul's jealousy of David. I, SAMUEL. He secscth to kill Daridt 5 1 And David went out whithersoever in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: lightly esteemed? and Saul set him over the men of war, and 24 And the servants of Saul told him, sayhe was accepted in the sight of all the peo- ing, On this manner spake David. ple, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to Da6 And it came to pass as they came, when vid, The king desireth not any dowry, but a David was returned from the slaughter of hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be the Philistines, that the women came out of avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to thought to make David fall by the hand of meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and the Philistines. with instruments of music. 26 And when his servants told David these 7 And the women answered one another as words, it pleased David well to be the king's they played, and said, Saul hath slain his son in law: and the days were not expired. thousands, and David his ten thousands. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying! his men, and slew of the Philistines two displeased him; and he said, They have as- hundred men; and David brought their;ribed unto David ten thousands, and to me foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to they have ascribed but thousands: and what the king, that he might be the king's son in;an he have more but the kingdom? law. And Saul gave him Michal his daugh9 And Saul eyed David from that day and ter to wife. forward. 28 ~ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD 10 ~ And it came to pass on the morrow, was with David, and that Michal Saul's chat the evil spirit from God came upon daughter loved him. Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of ihe house: and David played with his hand, David; and Saul became David's enemy its at other times: and there was a javelin in continually. iaul's hand. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went U And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I forth: and it came to pass, after they went will smite David even to the wall with it. And forth, that David behaved himself more David avoided out of his presence twice. wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that 12 ~ And Saul was afraid of David, because his name was much set by. ihe LORD was with him, and was departed CHAPTER XIX. Frem Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, Jonathan's friendship for David and made him his captain over a thousand AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, ant and he went out asnd came in before the A- to all his servants, that they should kiL people. David. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all 2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much fis ways; and the LORD was with him. in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, 15 Whereforewhen Saul sawthathe behaved Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now iimself very wisely, he was afraid of him. therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, until the morning, and abide in a secret be ause he went out and came in before place, and hide thyself: them. 3 And I will go out and stand beside my 17 ~ And Saul said to David, Behold my father in the field where thou art, and I will elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to commune with my father of thee: and what wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight I see, that will I tell thee. the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not 4 ~ And Jonathan spake good of David mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let the Philistines be upon him. not the king sin against his servant, against 18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? David; because he hath not sinned against and what is my life, or my father's family in thee, and because his works have been to Israel, that I should be son in law to the thee-ward very good: king? 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and 19 But it came to pass at the time when slew the Philistines, and the LORD wrought a Merab Saul's daughter should have been great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, given to David, that she was given unto and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou Adriel the Meholathite to wife. sin against innocent blood, to slay David 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved Da- without a cause? irid: and they told Saul, and the thing 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of pleased him. Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liv21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that eth, he shall not be slain. She may be a snare to him, and that the hand 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonof thePhilistinesmaybeagainsthim. Where- athan shewed him all those things. And fore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was be my son in law in the one of the twain. in his presence, as in times past. 22 'I And Saul commanded his servants, 8 I And there was war again: and David Raying, Commune with David secretly, and went out, and fought with the Philistines, say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and slew them with a great slaughter; and and all his servants love thee: now there- they fled from him. -ore be the king's son in law. 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was 23 And Saul's servants spake these words in upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his the ears of David. And David said, Seem- javelin in his hand: and David played with 4Ja it to you a Light thing to be a king's son _/is hand, 211 Jonathan and David I. SAMUEL. renew their oveanarx, 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but the wall with the javelin; but he slipped truly, as the LORD liveth, and as thy souw away out of Saul's presence, and he smote liveth, there is but a step between me and the javelin into the wall: and David fled, death. and escaped that night. 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, What11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's soever thy soul desireth, I will even do it house, to watch him, and to slay him in the for thee. morning: and Michal David's wife told him, 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to to morrow is the new moon, and I should not morrow thou shalt be slain. fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me 12 I So Michal let David down through a go, that I may hide myself in the field unto Window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. the third day at even. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, Dathe bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for vid earnestly asked leave of me that he might his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take yearly sacrifice there for all the family. David, she said, He is sick. 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the sure that evil is determined by him. bed, that I may slay him. 8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy 16 And when the messengers were come in, servant; for thou hast brought thy servant behold, there was an image in the bed, with into a covenant of the LORD with thee: nota pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. withstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring thou deceived me so, and sent away mine me to thy father? enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal an- 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: swered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; for if I knew certainly that evil were dewhy should I kill thee? termined by my father to come upon thee, 18 t So David flep, and escaped, and came then would not I tell it thee? to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel tell me? or what if thy father answer thee went and dwelt in Naioth. roughly? 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, 11 ~ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, David is at Naioth in Ramah. and let us go out into the field. And they 20 And Saul sent messengers to take Da- went out both of them into the field. vid: and when they saw the company of the 12 And Jonathan said unto David, 0 LORD prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing God of Israel, when I have sounded my faas appointed over them, the Spirit of God ther about to morrow any time, or the third was upon the messengers of Saul, and they day, and, behold, if there be good toward also prophesied. David, and I then send not unto thee, and 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other shew it thee; Inessengers, and they prophesied likewise. 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jon. And Saul sent messengers again the third athan: but if it please my father to do thee time. and they prophesied also. evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and cam e away, that thou mayest go in peace, and the to a great well that is in Sechu: and he LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my asked and said, Where are Samuel and Da- father. vid? And one said, Behold, they be at 14 And thou shalt not only while vyet I live Naioth in Ramah. shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ra- die not: mah: and the Spirit of God was upon him 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindalso, and he went on, and prophesied, until ness from my house for ever: no, not when he came to Naioth in Ramah. the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and every one from the face of the earth. prophesied before Samuel in like manner, 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the and lay down naked all that day and all that house of David, saying, Let the LORD evetn night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also require it at the hand of David's enemies. among the prophets? 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear CHAPTER XX. again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. David consulteth with Jonathan. 18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morAND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, row is the new moon: and thou shalt be w and came and said before Jonathan, missed, because thy seat will be empty. What have I done? what is mine iniquity? 19 And when thou hast stayed three days, and what is my sin before thy father, that then thou shalt go down quickly, and come he seeketh my life? to the place where thou didst hide thyself 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou when the business was in hand, and shalt shalt not die: behold, my father will do noth- remain by the stone Ezel. ing either great or small, but that he will 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side shew it me: and why should my father hide thereof, as though I shot at a mark. this thing from me? it is not so. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto father certainly knoweth that I have found the lad, Behold, the arrows are cn this side grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not of thee, take them; then come thou; fog 212 Saul seeketh to kill Jonathan. I. SAMUEL. David obtaineth hallowed bread. fthere is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to LORD liveth. the city. 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, 41 ~ And as soon as the lad was gone, David Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy arose out of a place toward the south, and way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. fell on his face to the ground, and bowed 23 And as touching the matter which thou himself three times: and they kissed one and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be another, and wept one with another, until between thee and me for ever. David exceeded. 24 ~ So David hid himself in the field: and 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, when the new moon was come, the king sat forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in him down to eat meat. the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at between me and thee, and between my seed other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and thy seed for ever. And he arose and and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by departed: and Jonathan went into the city. Saul's side, and David's place was empty. CHPTER XXI 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing zaat day: for he thought, Something hath Ahimelech receiveth David. befallen him, he is not clean; surely he THEN came David to Nob to Ahimelech is not clean. J the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at 27 Al i it came to pass on the morrow, which the meeting of David, and said unto him, was the second day of the month, that Da- Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? vid's place was empty: and Saul said unto 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not priest, The king hath commanded me a busithe son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, ness, and hath said unto me, Let no man nor to day? know any thing of the business whereabout:.8 And Jonathan answered Saul, David I send thee, and what I have commanded earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth- thee: and I have appointed my servants to lehem: such and such a place. 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? ou, family hath a sacrifice in the city; and give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or mny brother, he hath commanded me to be what there is present. there: and now, if I have found favour in 4 And the priest answered David, and said, thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and There is no common bread under mine hand, see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not but there is hallowed bread; if the young unto the king's table. men have kept themselves at least from 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against women. J3onathan, and he said unto him, Thou son 5 And David answered the priest, and said of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I unto him, Of a truth women have been kept know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse from us about these three days, since I came to thine own confusion, and unto the con- out, and the vessels of the young men are fusion of thy mother's nakedness? holy, and the bread is in a manner common, 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth up- yea, though it were sanctified this day in the on the ground, thou shalt not be established, vessel. nor thykingdom. Wherefore nowsend and 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. for there was no bread there but the shew32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, bread, that was taken from before the LORD, sand said unto him, Wherefore shall he be to put hot bread in the day when it was slain? what hath he done? taken away. 13 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite 7 Now a certain man of the servants of him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was Saul was there that day, detained before the determined of his father to slay David. LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second to Saul. clay of the month: for he was grieved for 8 T And David said unto Ahimelech, And is ]avid, because his father had done him there not here under thine hand spear or shame, sword? for I have neither brought my 35 And it came to pass in the morning, sword nor my weapons with me, because that Jonathan went out into the field at the the king's business required haste. time appointed with David, and a little lad 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath With him. the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the val36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out ley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a now the arrows which I shoot. And as the cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. that, take it: for there is no other save that 37 And when the lad was come to the place here. And David said, There is none like of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jon- that; give it me. athan cried after the lad, and said, Is not 10 I And David arose, and fled that day for the arrow beyond thee? fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make of Gath. speed, haste; stay not. And Jonathan's lad 11 And the servants of Achish said unto gathered up the arrows, and came to his him, Is not this David the king of the land? master. did they not sing one to another of him in 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, Jonathan and David knew the matter. and David his ten thousands? 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his 12 And David laid up these words in his 213 iDoeg accuseth Ahimerech. 1. SAMUTEL, The priests of Nob slain heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the and a sword, and hast inquired of God foi king of Gath. him, that he should rise against me, to lie in 13 And he changed his behaviour before wait, as at this day? them, and feigned himself mad in their 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the said, And who is so faithful among all thy gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his servants as David. which is the king's son in beard. law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honour14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, able in thine house? ye see the man is mad: wherefore then 15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for have ye brought him to me? him? be it far from me: let not the king im15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have pute any thing unto his servant, nor to all brought this fellow to play the madman in the house of my father: for thy servant my presence? shall this fellow come into knew nothing of all this, less or more. my house? 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, CHAPTER XXII. Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. Doeg accseti c S17 ~ Ahimnd the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests DAVID therefore departed thence, and es- of the LORD; because their hand also is with caped to the cave Adullam: and when David, and because they knew when he fled, his brethren and all his father's house heard and did not shew it to me. But the servants it, they went down thither to him. of the king would not put forth their hand 2 And every one that was in distress, and to fall upon the priests of the LORD. every one that was in debt, and every one 18 And the king said to Doeg, Tunl thou, that was discontented, gathered themselves and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the unto him; and he became a captain over Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, them: and there were with him about four and slew on that day fourscore and five per. hundred men. sons that did wear a linen ephod. 3 IF And David went thence to Mizpeh of 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smott Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, he with the edge of the sword, both men and Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, women,children and sucklings,andoxen,and come forth, and be with you, till I know asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. what God will do for me. 20 ~ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the 4 And he brought them before the king of son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and 'Moab: and they dwelt with him all the fled after David. Yhile that David was in the hold. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul 5 T And the prophet Gad said unto David, had slain the LoPrT's priests Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee 22 And David sa-d unto Abiathar, I knew it into the land of Judah. Then David depart- that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, ed, and came into the forest of Hareth. that he would surely tell Saul, I have occa6 T When Saul heard that David was dis- sioned the death of all the persons of thy facovered, and the men that were with him, ther's house. (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in 23 AbidJ thou with me, fear not: for he Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but his servants were standing about him;) with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that CHAPTER XXIII stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you David rescueth Keilah. fields and vineyards, and make you all rHEN they told David, saying, Behold, captains of thousands, and captains of the Philistines fight against Keilah, and hundreds; they rob the threshingfloors. 8 That all of you have conspired against me, 2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD. and there is none that sheweth me that my saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? son hath made a league with the son of Jes- And the LORD said unto David, Go, and se, and there is none of you that is sorry for smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath 3 And David's men said unto him, Behold. stirred up my servant against me, to lie in we be afraid here in Judah: how much mor e wait, as at this day? then if we come to Keilah against the armies 9 ~ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which of the Philistines? was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I 4 Then Drvid inquired of the LORD yet saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to again. And the LORD answered him and Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will de10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, liver the Philistines into thine hand. and gave him victuals, and gave him the 5 So David and his men went to Keilah sword of Goliath the Philistine. and fought with the Philistines, and broughb: 11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the away their cattle, and smote them with i priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's great slaughter. So David saved the inhabhouse, the priests that were in Nob: and itants of Keilah. they came all of them to the king. 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, Ahitub. And ne answered, Here I am, my that he came down with an ephod in his lord. hand. 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye 7 ~ And it was told Saul that David was conspired against me, thou and the son of come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, delivered him into mine hand; for he io 214 Treaehery of the AKeiliis... SA M iEL. David pa retlh,Sa l's life. shut in, by entering Into a town that hath And they told David wherefore he came gates and bars, down into a rock, and abode in the wilder. 8 And Saul called all the people together ness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, lo war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege he pursued after David in the wilderness of David and his men. Maorn 9 ~ And David knew that Saul secretly 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountpractised mischief against him; and he ain, and David and his men on that side of said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the mountain: and David made haste to get the ephod. away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men 10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, compassed David and his men round about thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul to take them. seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the 27 ~ But there came a messenger unto Saul, city for tmy sake. saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Phi11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up listines have invaded the land. into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuint servant hath heard? 0 LORD God of Israel after David, and went against the Philis I beseech thee, tell thy servant, And, the tines. therefore they called that place Sela LORD said, He will come down. hammahlekoth. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah 29 ~ And David went up from thence, an( deliver me and my men into the hand of dwelt i. strong holds at En-gedi Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliverCHAPTER XXIV. hoe up. 13 ~ Then David and his men, which were David spareth Saul's ife, about six hundred, arose and departed out of ND it came to pass, when Saul was re Keilah, and went whithersoever they could A turned from following the Philistines, go. And it was told Saul that David was that itwas told him, saying, Behold, David is escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to in the wilderness of En-gedi. go forth. 2 Then Saul took three thousand cnosen 14 And David abode in the wilderness in men out of all Israel, and went to seek Dastrong holds, and remained in a mountain vid and his men upon the rocks of the wild in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought goats. him every day, but God delivered him not 3 And he calme to the sheepcotes by the into his hand. way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to 15 And David saw that Saul was come out cover his feet: and David and his men reto seek his life: and David was in the wil- mained in the ides of the cave. derness of Ziph in a wood. 4 And the men of David said unto him, Be16 T And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and hold the day of which the LORD said unto went to David into the wood, and strength- thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into tened his hand in God. thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it 17 And he said unto him, Fear net for the shall seem good unto thee. Then David hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe Cnmd thou shalt be king over Israel, and I privily, bha ll be next unto thee; and that also Saul 5 And it came to pass afterward, that DaImy father knoweth. vid's heart smote him, because he had cut 18 And they two made a covenant before off Saul's skirt, the LORD: and David abode in the wood, 6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forand Jonathan went to his house. bid that I should do this thing unto my mas19 ' Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to ter, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself mine hand against him, seeing he is the with us in strong holds in the wood, in' the anointed of the LORD. hill of Hachilah, wbh - is on the south of 7 So David stayed his servants with these Jeshimon? words, and suffered them not to rise against 20 Now therefore, O Ring, come down ac- Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, an? cording to all the desire of thy soul to come went on his way. down; and our part shall be to deliver him 8 David also arose afterward, and went oil Into the king's hand. of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, a 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the lord the king. And when Saul looked beLO RD; for ye have compassion on me. hind him, David stooped with his face to the 22 Go, I pray you, p-epare yet, and know earth, and bowed himself. and see his place where his haunt is, and 9 ~ And David said to Saul, Wherefore Wrho hath seen him there: for it is told me hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, that he dealeth very subtilely. David seeketh thy hurt? 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen the lurking places where he hideth himself, how that the LORD had delivered thee to and come ye again to me with the certainty, day into mine hand in the cave: and some and I will go with you: and it shall come to bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; pass, if he be in the land, that I will search and I said, I will not put forth mine hand him out throughout all the thousands of against my lord; for he is the LORD'S Judah. anointed. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the Saul: but David and his men were in the wil- skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I derness of Maon, in the plain on the south of cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee Jeshimon. not, know thou and see that there is neither 23 Saul also and his mexr. wpnt to seek irn evil uor transgression in mine hand, and 1 215 'antl acincfjoledgethJ his fault, I. SAMUEL. Ncabal's churlishness. have not sinned against thee: yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine band shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. 16 ~ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil, 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 21 Swear row therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. CHAPTER XXV. Nabal's churlishness. AND Samuel died; and all the Israelites.Xt were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Rainah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4 ~ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was 216 there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find fa vour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 And vhen David's young men came. they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 ~ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants nowadays that break away every man from his master, 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my wa. ter, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whonm I know not whence they be? 12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girdei on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. 14 ~ But one of the young men told Abigail; Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we an! thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields, 16 They were a wall unto us both by nigbl and day, all the while we were with thelr keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household; for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. 18 ~ Then Abigail made haste, and took twe hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters oj raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. Bul she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. 22 So and more also do God unto the eneimies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning ligL; any that pisseth against the wall. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: anld let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of tbhin handmaid~ Abigail's discreet conduct. f. bAMIUEL. Saul pursueth David. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name [ And David sent and communed withAbigail, is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is to take her to him to wife. with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the 40 And when the servants of David were young men of my lord, whom thou didst come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto send. her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liv- thee to him to wife. eth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her hath withholden thee from coming to shed face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine blood, and from avenging thyself with thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of own hand, now let thine enemies, and they the servants of my lord. that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, ard rode 27 And now this blessing which thine hand- upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that maid hath brought unto my lord, let it even went after her; and she went after the mesbe given unto the young men that follow sengers of David, and became his wife. my lord. 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine and they were also both of them his wives. handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make 44 ~ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, my lord a surehouse; because my lordfight- David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, eth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath which was of Gallim. not been found in thee all thy days. CHAPTER XXVI. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall Saul goeth against David. be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibethy God; and the souls of thine enemies, i -L ah, saying, Doth not David hide himself them shall he sling out, as out of the middle in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshiof a sling. mon? 30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the shall have done to my lord according to all wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand the good that he hath spoken concerning chosen men of Israel with him, to seek Da. thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler vid in the wilderness of Ziph. over Israel: 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But offence of heart unto my lord, either that David abode in the wilderness, and he saw thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my that Saul came after him into the wilderness. l:)rd hath avenged himself: but when the 4 Davidtherefore sentoutspies, and underIORD shall have dealt well with my lord, stood that Saul was come in very deed. then remember thine handmaid. 5 ~ And David arose, and came to the place 32 f And David said to Abigail, Blessed be where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son day to meet me: of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be in the trench, and the people pitched round thou, which hast kept me this day from corn- about him. ing to shed blood, and from avenging myself 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimewith mine own hand. lech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of 84 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Is- Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will rael liveth, which hath kept me back from go down with me to Saul to the camp? And hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and Abishai said, I will go down with thee. come to meet me, surely there had not been 7 So David and Abishai came to the people left unto Nabal by the morning light any by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping withthat pisseth against the wall. in the trench, and his spear stuck in the 35 So David received of her hand that which ground at his bolster: but Abner and the she had brought him, and said unto her, Go l people lay round about him. up in peace to thine house; see, I have 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath dehearkened to thy voice, and have accepted livered thine enemy into thine hand this thy person. day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray 36 T And Abigail came to Nabal; and, be- thee, with the spear even to the earth at hold, he held a feast in his house, like the once, and I will not smite him the second feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry time. within him, for he was very drunken: where- 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him fore she told him nothing, less or more, un- not: for who can stretch forth his hand' til the morning light. against theLoRD's anointed,and be guiltless? 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day wife had told him these things, that his shall come to die; or he shall descend into heart died within him, and he became as a battle, and perish. stone. 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointthat the LoRD smote Nabal, that he died. ed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the 39 T And when David heard that Nabal was spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath water, and let us go. pleaded the cause of my reproach from the 12 So David took the spear and the cruse hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat from evil: for the LORD hath returned the them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, 1 2 7 David reproveth Ahner, i'. SAMUEL. David fleeth to Acht.W-h, neither awaked: for they were all asleep: the six hundred men that were with him because a deep sleep from the LORn was unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath fallen upon them. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, hb13 ' Then David went over to the other and his men, every man with his household, side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off; even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the a great space being between them: 1 ezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, 14 And David cried to the people, and to Nabal's wife. Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answereth 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered to Gath: and he sought no more again for and said, Who art thou that criest to the him. king? 5 ~ And David said unto Achish, If I have 15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou now found grace in thine eyes, let them a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Is- give me a place in some town in the country, rael? wherefore then hast thou not kept that I may dwell there: for why should th3 thy lord the king? for there came one of tile servant dwell in the royal city with thee? people in to destroy the king thy lord. 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: 16 This thing is not good that thou hast wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to of Judah unto this day. die, because ye have not kept your master, 7 And the time that David dwelt in the the LORD'S anointed. And now see where country of the Philistines was a full year the king's spear is, and the cruse of water and four months. that was at his bolster. 8 T And David and his men went up, and 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Da- and the Amalekites: for those nations were vid said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. thus pursue after his servant? for what have 9 And David smote the land, and left neiI done? or what evil is in mine hand? ther man nor woman alive, and took away 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the king hear the words of his servant. If the the camels, and the apparel, and returned, LORD have stirred thee up against me, let and came to Achish. him accept an offering: but if they be the 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made children of men, cursed be they before the a road to day? And David said, Against the LORD; for they have driven me out this day south of Judah, and against the south of the from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, Jerahmeelites, and against the south oi the saying, Go, serve other gods. Kenites. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to 11 And David saved neither man nor woman the earth before the face of the LORD: for alive, to bring tidizng to Gath, saying, Lest the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, they should tell on us, saying, So did David, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the and so will be his manner all the while he mountains. dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, 12 And Achish believed David, saying, lie my son David; for I will no more do thee hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor harm, because my soul was precious in thine him; therefore he shall be my servant for eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, ever, and have erred exceedingly. CHAPTER XXVTTI. 22 And David answered and said, Behold l con h itc ndor the king's spear! and let one of the young al c et a at or. men come over and fetch it. ND it came to pass in those days, that 23 The LORD render to every man his right- A the Philistines gathered their armies toeousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD gether for warfare, to fight with Israel. delivered thee into my hand to day, but I And Achish said unto David, Know thou would not stretch forth mine hand against assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me tc the LORD'S anointed. battle, thou and thy men. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much shalt know what thy servant can do. And set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him Achish said to David, Therefore will I make deliver me out of all tribulation. thee keeper of mine head for ever. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, 3 IF Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel my son David; thou shalt both do great had lamented him, and buried him in Rathings, and also shalt still prevail. So David mah, even in his own city. And Saul had went on his way, and Saul returned to his put away those that had familiar spirits, and place. the wizards, out of the land. CHAPTER XXVII. 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves David fleeth to Gath. together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and AND David said in his heart, I shall now they pitched in Gilboa. l perish one day by the hand of Saul: 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phithere is nothing better for ime than that I listines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly should speedily escape into the land of the trembled. Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, tile seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so LoIs) answered him not, neither by dreamrs, shall I escape out of his hand. nor by Urim, nor by prophets.? And David arose, and he passed over with 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek 218 Saul seeketh tr a I. SAMUEL. witch at En-dnr me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that let me set a morsel of bread before thee - [ may go to her, and inquire of her. And and eat, that thou mayest have strength, his servants said to him, Behold, there is a when thou goest on thy way. awoman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on But his servants, together with the woman, other raiment, and he went, and two men compelled him; and he hearkened unto their with him, and they came to the woman by voice. So he rose from the earth, and sat night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto upon the bed. me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the up, whom I shall name unto thee. house; and she hasted, and killed it, and 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unthou knowest what Saul hath done, how he leavened bread thereof: hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, 25 And she brought it before Saul, and beand the wizards, out of the land: wherefore fore his servants; and they did eat. Then then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause they rose up, and went away that night. me to die? rn to die? CHAPTER XXIX. 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, say- C R ing, As the LORD liveth, there shall no pun- The Philistines suspect David. ishment happen to thee for this thing. NTOW the Philistines gathered together all 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I I. their armies to Aphek: and the Israelbring up unto thee? And he said, B sng me ites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezup Samuel. reel. 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed cried with a loud voice: and the woman on by hundreds, and by thousands: but DaEpake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou de- vid and his men passed on in the rearward ceived me? for thou art Saul. with Achish. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, afraid: for what sawest thou? And the wo- What do these Hebrews here? And Achish man said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending said unto the princes of the'Philistines; 1s out of the earth. not this David, the servant of Saul the king 14 And he said unto her, What form is he of Israel,whichhathbeenwithmethesedays, of? And she said, An old man cometh up; or these years, and I have found no fault in and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul him since he fell unto me unto this day? perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped 4 And the princes of the Philistines were With his face to the ground, and bowed him- wroth with him; and the princes of the Phiself. listines said unto him, Make this fellow re15 ~ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast turn, that he may go again to his place which thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And thou hast appointed him, and let him not go Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the down with us to battle, lest in the battle he Philistines make war against me, and God is be an adversary to us: for wherewith should departed from me, and answereth me no he reconcile himself unto his master? should more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: it not be with the heads of these men? therefore I have called thee, that thou may- 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one est make known unto me what I shall do. to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thousands, and David his ten thousands? thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed 6 ~ Then Achish called David, and said unto from thee, and is become thine enemy? him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast 17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he been upright, and thy going out and thy spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the coming in with me in the host is good in my kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to sight: for I have not found evil in thee since thy neighbour, even to David: the day of thy coming unto me unto this 38 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of day: nevertheless the lords favour thee the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath not. upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, this thing unto thee this day. that thou displease not the lords of the 19 Moreover the LORD will also deli ter Is- Philistines. rael with thee into the hand of the Philis- 8 ~ And David said unto Achish, But what tines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy have I done? and what hast thou found in sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver thy servant so long as I have been with thee the host of Israel into the hand of the Philis- unto this day, that I may not go fight against tines. the enemies of my lord the king? 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on 9 And Achish answered and said to David, 1 the earth, and was sore afraid, because of know that thou art good in my sight, as an the words of Samuel: and there was no angel of God: notwithstanding, the princes strength in him; for he had eaten no bread of the Philistines have said, He shall not go all the day, nor all the night. up with us to the battle. 21 ~ And the woman came unto Saul, and 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the mornsaw that he was sore troubled, and said unto ing with thy master's servants that are come hilt, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in they spice, and I have put my life in my the morning, and have light, depart. haf1l and have hearkened unto thy words 11 So David and his men rose up early to W:Qna thou spakest unto me. depart in the morning, to return into the 2?~>pw therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou land of the Philistines. And the Philistines nSqc udnto the voice of thine handmaid, andl went up to Jezreel. 219 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag. I. SAMUEL. David pursueth after themn. CHAPTER XXX. The Amalekites spoil Ziklag. AND it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 ~ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: bat David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 11 ~ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 16 ~ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and eancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 2Vm) 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camn els, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those otmer cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. 21 ~ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that went with David and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead thcri away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, msr brethren, with that which the LOID hatb given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in thf matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26 ~ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judat, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of ta1l LORD: 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and tc them which were in Siphmoth, and to thear which were in Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Je. rahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 And to them which were in Hormah, andc to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAPTER XXXI. Saul and his sons slain. NOW the Philistines fought against Is, rael: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul Oeath of Saul II. SAMUEL. and his sons. and the archers hit him; and he was sore 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when wounded of the archers. the Philistines came to strip the slain, that 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Draw thy sword, and thrust me through mount Gilboa. therewith; lest these uncircumcised come 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped and thrust me through, and abuse me. But off his armour, and sent into the land of the his armourbea.er would not; for he was Philistines round about, to publish it in the sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, house of their idols, and among the people. and fell upon it. 10 And they put his armour in the house of 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his the wall of Beth-shan. sword, and died with him. 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his gilead heard of that which the Philistines armourbearer, and all his men, that same had done to Saul, day together. 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all 7 ~ And when the men of Israel that were night, and took the body of Saul and the on the other side of the valley, and they that bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth. were on the other side Jordan, saw that the shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his there. sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and 13 And they took their bones, and buried fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted them. seven days. THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. that he was fallen: and I took the crown David lamenteth Saul, &c. that was upon his head, and the bracelet d that was on his arm, and have brought them OW it came to pass after the death of hither unto my lord. Saul, when David was returned from 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David rent them; and likewise all the men that had abode two days in Ziklag; were with him: 2 It came even to pass on the third day, 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted that, behold, a man came out of the camp until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his frc~m Saul with his clothes rent, and earth son, and for the people of the LORD, and for upon his head: and so it was, when he came the house of Israel; because they were fallto David, that he fell to the earth, and did en by the sword. obesiance. 13 ~1 And David said unto the young man 3 And David said unto him, From whence that told him, Whence art thou? And he comest thou? And he said unto him, Out answered, I am the son of a stranger, an of the camp of Israel am I escaped. Amalekite. 4 And David said unto him, How went the 14 And David said unto him, How wast matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he an- thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand swered, That the people are fled from the to destroy the LORD'S anointed? battle, and many of the people also are 15 And David called one of the young men, fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And son are dead also. he smote him that he died. 5 And David said unto the young man that 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be told him, How knowest thou that Saul and upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified Jonathan his son be dead? against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S 6 And the young man that told him said, anointed. As I happened by chance upon mount Gil- 17 I~ And David lamented with this lamentboa, behold, Saul leaned upon Lis spear; ation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of hard after him. Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is writ7 And when he looked behind him, he saw ten in the book of Jasher:) me, and called unto me. And I answered, 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy Here am I. high places: how are the mighty fallen? 8 And he said i"'to me, Who art thou? 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is uncircumcised triumph. tome upon me, because my life is yet whole 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be nc in me. dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, be- fields of offerings: for there the shield of cause I was sure that he could not live after the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield jof 19'.R David made king over Judah. II. SAMUEL, Joab defeateth.Abnei. Saul, as though he had not been anointed 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the with oil. servants of David, went out, and met to22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat getner by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned down, the one on the one side of the pool not back, and the sword of Saul returned and the other on the other side of the pool. not empty. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleas- men now arise, and play before us. And ant in their lives, and in their death they Joab said- Let them arise. were not divided: they were swifter than 15 Then there arose and went over by numeagles, they were stronger than lions. ber twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of who clothed you in scarlet, with other de- the servants of David. lights; who put on ornaments of gold upon 16 An: tChey iaglt every one his fellow by your apparel. the head, and itrust his sword in his fellow's 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst side; so they fIll down together: wherefore of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain that place wag called Helkath-hazzurim, in thine high places. which is in Grieeon. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jon- 17 And there was a very sore battle that athan: very pleasant hast thou been unto day; anc Abner was beaten, and the men of me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing Israel, 'efore the servants of David. the love of women. 18 ~ And there were three sons of Zeruiah 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and weapons of war perished! Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. CHAPTER 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and CHAPTEI II. in going he turned not to the right hand David made king of Judah. nor to the left from following Abner. AND it came to pass after this, that David 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said.. inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. up into any of the cities of Judah? And 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside the LORD said unto him, Go up. And Da- to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee vid said, Whither shall I go up? And he hold on one of the young men, and take thee said, Unto Hebron. his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside 2 So David went up thither, and his two from following of him. wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. thee aside from following me: wherefore 3 And his men that were with him did Da- should I smite thee to the ground? how vid bring up, every man with his house- then should I hold up my face to Joab thy hold: and they dwelt in the cities of He- brother? bron. 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: where, 4 And the men of Judah came, and there fore Abner with the hinder end of the spear they anointed David king over the house of smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear Judah.- And they told David, saying, That came out behind him; and he fell down the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that there, and died in the same place: and it buried Saul. came to pass, that as many as came to the 5 T And David sent messengers unto the place where Asahel fell down and died men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, stood still. - Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after shewed this kindness unto your lord, even Abner: and the sun went down when they unto Saul, and have buried him. were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth 6 And now the LORD shew kindness and before Giah by the way of the wilderness of truth unto you: and I also will requite you Gibeon. this kindness, because ye have done this 25 ~ And the children of Benjamin gathered thing. themselvestogetherafterAbner,and became 7 Therefore now let your hands be strength- one troop, and stood on the top of a hill. ened, and be ye valiant: for your master 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not have anointed me king over them. that it will be bitterness in the latter end? 8 ~ But Abner the son of Ner, captain of how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth, the son of people return fromfollowingtheirbrethren? Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over people had gone up every one from followEphraim, and over Benjamin, and over all ing his brother. Israel. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the peo. 10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years pie stood still, and pursued after Israel no old when he began to reign over Israel, and more, neither fought they any more. reigned two years. But the house of Judah 29 And Abner and his men walked all that followed David. night through the plain, and passed over 11 And the time that David was king in He- Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and bron over the house of Judah was seven they came to Mahanaim. years and six months. 30 And Joab returned from following Alb 12 T And Abner the son of Ner, and the ner: and when he had gathered all the peoe servants of-sh-bosheth the son of Saul, pie together, there lacked of David's ser'e weat out from Mahanaim to Gibeon, ants nineteen men and Asahek ^22 Abter revolteth to David. II. SAMUEL. Jobab kileth Abner. 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 32 ~ And they took up Asahel, and buried tim in the sepulchre of his father, which as in Beth-lehemn. And Joab and his men Went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. CHAPTER III. Abner revolteth to David. NOW there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 ~ And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's Wife. These were born to David in Hebron. 6 T And it came 'to pass, while there was War between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner maue himself strong for the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, Which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault con'erning this woman? U So do God to Abner, and more also, exept, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even V)i do to him; 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of' Saul, and to set up the throne of David Over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. I1 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. 13 ~ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? aaying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 13 ' And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter,when thou comest to see my face. 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Mtchal, which I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from he? husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. Iii And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 ~ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: 18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 22 ~ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 28 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 28 ~1 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 31 ~ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? 'i Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feew 6%ao &VW*~ Ish-bosheth murdered. II. SAMUEL. David made king over Israel, put into fetters: as a man falleth before house upon his bed? shall I not therefore wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the now require Lis blood of your hand, ancl people wept again over him. take you away from the earth? 35 And when all the people came to cause 12 And David commanded his young tlen. David to eat meat while it was yet day, Da- and they slew them, and cut off their hands vid sware, saying, So do God to me, and and their feet, and hanged them up over more so, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the pool in Hebron. But they took the head the sun be down. of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepul36 And all the people took notice of it, and chre of Abner in Hebron. it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did CHAPTER V. pleased all the people.HAP V. 37 For all the people and all Israel under- David made king over all Israel. stood that day that it was not of the king to rHEN came all the tribes of Israel to Daslay Abner the son of Ner. I vid unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Be38 And the king said unto his servants, hold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Know ye not that there is a prince and a 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king groat man fallen this day in Israel? over us, thou wast he that leddest out and 39 And I am this day weak, though anoint- broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to ed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward thou shalt be a captain over Israel. the doer of evil according to his wickedness. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king CHAPTER IV. to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and Ish-bosheth murdered. they anointed David king over Israel. AND when Saul's son heard that Abner 4 ~ David was thirty years old when he bewas dead in Hebron, his hands were fee- gan to reign, and he reigned forty years. ble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven 2 And Saul's son had two men that were years and six months: and in Jerusalem he captains of bands: the name of the one was reigned thirty and three years over all IsBaanah, and the name of the other Rechab, rael and Judah. the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the 6 T And the king and his men went to Jeruchildren of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was salem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of reckoned to Benjamin: the land: which spake unto David, saying, 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and Except thou take away the blind and the were sojourners there until this day.) lame, thou shalt not come in hither: think4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that ing, David cannot come in hither. was lame of his feet. He was five years old 7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan of Zion: the same is the city of David. out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever and fled: and it came to pass, as she made getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that And his name was Mephibosheth. are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and captain. Wherefore they said, The Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about blind and the lame shall not come into the the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bo- house. sheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it 6 And they came thither into the midst of the city of David. And David built round the house, as though they would have fetch- about from Millo and inward. ed wheat; and they smote him under the 10 And David went on, and grew great, and fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his broth- the LORD God of hosts was with him. er escaped. 11 ~ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messen7 For when they came into the house, he gers to David, and cedar trees, and 3arpeiilay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they ters, and masons: and they built David la smote him, and slew him, and beheaded house. him, and took his head, and gat them away 12 And David perceived that the LORD had through the plain all night. established him king over Israel, and that 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth he had exalted his kingdom for his people unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Israel's sake. Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of 13 ~ And David took him more concubines Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was and the LORD hath avenged my lord the come from Hebron: and there were yet king this day of Saul, and of his seed. sons and daughters born to David. 9 ~ And David answered Rechab and Ba- 14 And these be the names of those that anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the were born unto him in Jerusalem; ShamBeerothite, and said unto them, As the muah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and SoloLORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul mon, out of all adversity, 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and 10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul Japhia, is dead, thinking to have brought good ti- 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet dings, I took hold of him, and slew him in 17 ~ But when the Philistines heard that Ziklag, who thought that I would have given they had anointed David king over Israel, him a reward for his tidings: all the Philistines came up to seek David; 11 How much more, when wicked men and David heard of it, and went downto the have slain a righteous person in his own hold, 224 The ark brought to Zion. II. SAMUEL, Michal reproveth David. 18 The Philistines also came and spread the house of Obed-edom, the Gittite three themselves in the valley of Rephaim. months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, 19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, and all his household. Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou de- 12 11 And it was told king David, saying, The liver them into mine hand? And the LOR] LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless and all thatpertaineth unto him, because of deliver the Philistines into thine hand. the ark of God. So David went and brought 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and up the ark of God from the house of ObedDavid smote them there, and said, The LORD edom into the city of David with gladness. hath broken forth upon mine enemies before 13 And it was so, that when they that bare me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 21 And there they left their images, and 14 And David danced before the LORD with David and his men burned them. all his might; and David was girded with a 22 11 And the Philistines came up yet again, linen ephod. and spread themselves in the valley of Reph- 15 So David and all the house of Israel aim. brought up the ark of the LORD with shout23 And when David inquired of the LORD, ing, and with the sound of the trumpet. he said, Thou shalt not go up; butt fetch a 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into compass behind them, and come upon them the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter over against the mulberry trees. looked through a window, and saw king 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the David leaping and dancing before the LORD; sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry and she despised him in her heart. trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for 17 ~ And they brought in the ark of the then shall the LORD go out before thee, to LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of smite the host of the Philistines. the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: 25 And David did so, as the LORD had corn- and David offered burnt offerings and peace manded him; and smote the Philistines from offerings before the LORD. Geba until thou come to Gazer. 18 And as soon as David had made an end CHAPTER VI. of offering burnt offerings and peace offer-. ings, he blessed the people in the name of The ark brought to Zion. he LORD of hosts. PGAIN, David gathered together all the 19 And he dealt among all the people, even chosen mnen of Israel, thirty thousand. among the whole multitude of Israel, as well 2 And David arose, and went with all the to the women as men, to every one a cake of people that were with him from Baale of Ju- bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon dal, to bring up from thence the ark of God, of wine. So all the people departed every whose name is called by the name of the one to his house. LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the 20 ~ Then David returned to bless his houseclerubim. hold. And Michal the daughter of Saul 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new came out to meet David, and said, How glocait, and brought it out of the house of rious was the king of Israel to day, who unAbinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah covered himself to day ir the eyes of the and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain new- cart. fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 4 And they brought it out of the house of 21 And David said unto Michal, It was beAbinadab which was at Gibeah, accompany- fore the LORD, which chose me before thy ing the ark of God: and Ahio went before father, and before all his house, to appoint the ark. me ruler over the people of the LORD, over 5 And David and all the house of Israel Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. played before the LORD on all manner of in- 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, struments made of fir wood, even on harps, and will be base in mine own sight: and of and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on the maidservants which thou hast spoken cornets, aId on cymbals. of, of them shall I be had in honour. 6 ~ And when they came to Nachon's 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul thleshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to had no child unto the day of her death. the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the CHAPTER VII. oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled God's promise to David. against Uzzah, and God smote him there forA ND it came to pass, when the king sat in his error; and there he died by the ark of his house, and the LORD had given him God. rest round about from all his enemies; 8 And David was displeased, because the 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophLORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and et, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. to this day. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD thee. come to me? 4 ~ And it came to pass that night, that the 10 So David would not remove the ark of word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saythe LORD unto him into the city of David: ing, but David carried it aside into the house of 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Obed-edom the Gittite. the LORD, Shalt thou build me a house for 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in me to dwell in? P 225 ,Jamv'cs prayer II. SAMUITELe ind thantsgtvng 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou vwentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetim e, 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee a house. 12 ~ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 ~ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy ight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken lso of thy servant's house for a great while to come, And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GoD, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these treat things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, D LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there wny God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to 226 make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before th.y people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. 25 And now, 0 LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, 0 LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore bath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer iu-to thee. 28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou crt that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may con. tinue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. i CHAPTER VIII. David subdueth the Philistines. AND after this it came to pass, that La. vid smote the Philistines, and subdusd them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 8 ~ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 ~ When Tol king of HIamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him,. because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him for Hadadezer had wars w4th Toi, Amd J am brought with him vessels David's offcers. - I. SAMUEL. The Syrians dereatea. of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my brass: table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto servants. the LORD, with the silver and gold that he 11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According had dedicated of all nations which he sub- to all that my lord the king hath commanded dued; his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the chil- Mephibosheth, said tihe king, he shall eat at dren of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and my table, as one of the king's sons. of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt 13 And David gat him a name when he in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mereturned from smiting of the Syrians in the phibosheth. valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; through- for he did eat continually at the king's table; out all Edom put he garrisons, and all they and was lame on both his feet. of Edom became David's servants. And the C PTE LORD preserved David whithersoever he CA. went. David's messengers ill treated. 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and AND it came to pass after this, that the David executed judgment and justice unto. king of the children of Ammon died, all hio people. and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahi- unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father lud was recorder; shewed kindness unto me. And David sent 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahim- to comfort him by the hand of his servants elech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; for his father. And David's servants came and Seraiah was the scribe; into the land of the children of Ammon. 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was 3 And the princes of the children of Amover both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; mon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest and David's sons were chief rulers, thou that David doth honour thy father, TAr Tthat he hath sent comforters unto thee? CHATE I hath not David rather sent his servants unto David's kindness to Mephibosheth. thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, AND David said, Is there yet any that is and to overthrow it? left of the house of Saul, that I may 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants. shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? and shaved off the one half,f their beards, 2 And there was of the house of Saul a serv- and cut off their garments in the middle, ant whose name was Ziba. And when they even to their buttocks, and sent them away. had called him unto David, the king said 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy meet them, because the men were greatly servant is he. ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jeri3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of cho until your beards be grown, and then the house of Saul, that I may shew the kind- return. ness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto 6 ~ And when the children of Ammon saw the king, Jonathan hath yet a son which is that they stank before David, the children lame on his feet. of Ammlon sent and hired the Syrians of 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thouLo-debar. sand men. 5 ~ Then king David sent, and fetched him 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, out of the house of Machir, the son of Am- and all the host of the mighty men. miel, from Lo-debar. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jona- and put the battle in array at the entering than, the son of Saul, was come unto David, in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and he fell on his face, and did reverence. And of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, themselves in the field. Behold thy servant! 9 When Joab saw that the front of the bat7 ~ And David said unto him, Fear not: for tie was against him before and behind, he I will surely shew thee kindness for Jona- chose of all the choice men of Israel, and than thy father's sake, and will restore thee put them in array against the Syrians: all the land of Saul thy father; and thou 10 And the rest of the people he delivered shalt eat bread at my table continually. into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is might put them in array against the children thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon of Ammon. such a dead dog as I am 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong 9 ~ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's serv- for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the ant, and said unto him, I have given unto children of Ammon be too strong for thee, thy master's son all that pertained to Saul then I will come and help thee. and to all his house. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy men for our people, and for the cities of our servants, shall till the land for him, and thou God: and the LORD do that which seemertl shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's him good. son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people ta 227 David's adultery. II. SAMUEL. Uriah is slain in battle were with him, unto the battle against the Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and met Syrians: and they fled before him. lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are 4 And when the children of Ammon saw encamped in the open fields; shall I then go that the Syrians were fled, then fled they into mine house, to eat and to drink, and toc also before Abishai, and entered into the lie with my wife? as thou livest, and a6 th3 city. So Joab returned from the children soul liveth, I will not do this thing. of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to 15 T And when the Syrians saw that they day also, and to morrow I will let thee de, were smitten before Israel, they gathered part. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that themselves together. day, and the morrow. 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out 13 And when David had called him, he aid the Syrians that were beyond the river; and eat and drink before him: and he made him they came to Helam: and Shobach the cap- drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his tain of the host of Hadarezer went before bed with the servants of his lord, but went them. not down to his house. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered 14 T And it came to pass in the morning, all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, that David wrote a letter to Jzab, and sent and came to Helam. And the Syrians set it by the hand of Uriah. themselves in array against David, and 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set fought with him. ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest bat18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and tie, and retire ye from him, that he may be David slew the men of seven hundred chari- smitten, and die. ots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horse- 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed men, and smote Shobach the captain of their the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place bost, who died there. where he knew that valiant men were. 19 And when all the kings that were servants 17 And the men of the city went out, and to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten be- fought with Joab: and there fell some of the fore Israel, they made peace with Israel, and people of the servants of David; and Uriah served them. So the Syrians feared to help the Hittite died also. the children of Ammon any more. 18 ~ Then Joab sent and told David all the CHAPTER XI. things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, David's sin concerning Uriah. When thou hast madea-end ofteling the AND it came to pass, after the year was et- matters of the war unto the kmg,. pired, at the time when kings go forth to 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise. battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants and he say unto thee, Wherefore approach with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed ed ye so nigh unto the city when ye did the children of Ammon, and besieged Rab- fight? knew ye not that they would shoot bah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. from the wall? 2 T And it came to pass in an eveningtide, 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerub. that David arose from off his bed, and besheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a walked upon the roof of the king's house: millstone upon him from the wall, that he and from the roof he saw a woman washing died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? herself; and the woman was very beautiful then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hitto look upon. tite is dead also. 3 And David sent and inquired after the 22 ~ So the messenger went, and came and woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-she- shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. ba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surethe Hittite? ly the men prevailed against us, and came 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; out unto us into the field, and we were upand she came in unto him, and he lay with on them even unto the entering of the gate. her; for she was purified from her unclean- 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall ness: and she returned unto her house. upon thy servants; and some of the king's 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the told David, and said, I am with child. Hittite is dead also. 6 f And David sent to Joab, saying, Send 25 Then David said unto the messenger, me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this to David. thing displease thee, for the sword devour7 And when Uriah was come unto him, Da-eth one as well as another: make thy battle vid demanded of him how Joab did, and how more strong against the city, and overthrow the people did, and how the war prospered.J it: and encourage thou him. 8 And David said tc Uriah, Go down to ty 26 I And when the wife of Uriah heard that house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah de- Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned parted out of the king's house, and there fol-for her husband. lowed him a mess of meat from the king. 27 And when the mourning was past, David 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's sent and fetched her to his house, and she house with all the servants of his lord, and became his wife, and bare him a son. But went not down to his house. the thing that David had done displeased 10 And when they had told David, saying, the LORD. Uriah went not down unto his house, David CHAPTER XII. said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy than reprove journey? why then didst thou not go downathan reproveth Dav unto thine house? AND the LORD sent Nathan unto David, U And Uriah said unto David, The ark. and iL And he came unto him, and said unte 228 - David confesseth his sin, II. SAMUEL. Solomon is born him, There were two men in one city; the was dead: for they said, Behold, while the one rich, and the other poor. child was yet alive, we spake unto him, 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and he would not hearken unto our voice: and herds: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him 3 But the poor man had nothing, save oue that the child is dead? Little ewe lamb, which he had bought and 19 But when David saw that his servants nourished up: and it grew up together with whispered, David perceived that the child him, and with his children; it did eat of his was dead: therefore David said unto his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and servants, Is the child dead? And they said, lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a He is dead. daughter. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich washed, and anointed himself, and changed man, and he spared to take of his own flock his apparel, and came into the house of the and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfar- LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his ing man that was come unto him; but took own house; and when he required, they set the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the bread before him, and he did eat. man that was come to him. 21 Then said his servants unto him, What 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst against the man; and he said to Nathan, As fast and weep for the child, while it was the LORD liveth, the man that hath done alive; but when the child was dead, thou this thing shall surely die: didst rise and eat bread. 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, 22 And he said, While the child was yet because he did this thing, and because he alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who had no pity. can tell whether GOD will be gracious to 7 ~ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the me, that the child may live? man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I anointed thee king over Israel, and I deliv- fast? can I bring him back again? I shall ered thee out of the hand of Saul; go to him, but he shall not return to me. 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and 24 T And David comforted Bath-sheba his thy master's wives into thy bosom, and wife, and went in unto her, and lay with gave thee the house of Israel and of Ju- her: and she bare a son, and he called his dah; and if that had been too little, I would name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. moreover have given unto thee such and 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the such things. prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the corn- because of the LORD. mandment of the LORD, to do evil in his 26 ~ And Joab fought against Rabbah of sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite the children of Ammon, and took the royal with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be city. thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and of the children of Ammon. said, I have fought against Rabbah, and 10 Now therefore the sword shall never de- have taken the city of waters. part from thine house; because thou hast 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the despised me, and hast taken the wife of people together, and encamp against the Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise be called after my name. ap evil against thee out of thine own house, 29 And David gathered all the people toand I will take thy wives before thine eyes, gether, and went to Rabbah, and fought and give them unto thy neighbour, and he against it, and took it. shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this 30 And he took their king's crown from off sun. his head, the weight whereof was a talent of 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do gold with the precious stones: and it was set this thing before all Israel, and before the on David's head. And he brought forth the sun. spoil of the city in great abundance. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have 31 And he brought forth the people that sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said were therein, and put them under saws, and Unto David, The LORD also hath put away under harrows of iron, and under axes of thy sin; thou shalt not die. iron, and made them pass through the 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the given great occasion to the enemies of the cities of the children of Ammon. So DaLORD to blaspheme, the child also that is vid and all the people returned unto Jeborn unto thee shall surely die. rusalem. 15 ~ And Nathan departed unto his house. CHAPTER XIII. And the LORD struck the child that Uriahl'sAnn dih Ta wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.non deh T r. 16 David therefore besought God for the ND it came to pass after this, that Absachild; and David fasted, and went in, and A loin the son of David had a fair sister, lay all night upon the earth. whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the 17 And the elders of his house arose, and son of David loved her. Went to him, to raise him up from the 2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell earth: but he would not, neither did he eat sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virbread with them. gin and Amnon thought it hard for him to 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, do any thing to her. that the child died. And the servants of 3 But Amnoon had a friend, whose name bavid feared to t4w 'rim that the child was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's 20 229 Amnon defileth Tamar. II. SAMUEL. Absalom 7killeth hirt brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle but hold now thy peace, my sister: he au man. thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tar 4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, be- mar remained desolate in her brother Absa, ing the king's son, lean from day to day? lom's house. wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said 21 ~ But when king David heard of all these unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absa- things, he was very wroth. lom's sister. 22 And Absalom spake unto his brother 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: hated Amnon, because he had forced his and when thy father cometh to see thee, sister Tamar. say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister 23 ~ And it came to pass after two full Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in the meat in my sight, that I may see it, Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and and eat it at her hand. Absalom invited all the king's sons. 6 ~ So Amnon lay down, and made himself 24 And Absalom came to the king., and sick: and when the king was come to see said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheephim, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, shearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and let Tamar my sister comre, and make me a his servants go with thy servant. couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my at her hand. son, let us not all now go, lest we be charge, 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, able unto thee. And he pressed him: howGo now to thy brother Amnon's house, and belt he would not go, but blessed him. dress him meat. 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's let my brother Amnon go with us. And the house; and he was laid down. And she took king said unto him, Why should he go with flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his thee? sight, and did bake the cakes. 27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. before him; but he refused to eat. And 28 T Now Absalom had commanded his serAmnon said, Have out all men from me. vants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's And they went out every man from him. heart is merry with wine, and when I say 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear teat into the chamber, that I may eat of not: have not I commanded you? be courthine hand. And Tamar took the cakes ageous, and be valiant. which she had made, and brought them into 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto the chamber to Amnon her brother. Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then 11 And when she had brought them unto all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him to eat, he took hold of her, and said un- him up upon his mule, and fled. to her, Come lie with me, my sister. 30 I And it came to pass, while they were 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, in the way, that tidings came to David, saydo not force me; for no such thing ought to ing, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. and there is not one of them left. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garto go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one ments, and lay on the earth; and all his serof the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I vants stood by with their clothes rent. pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will 32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah Danot withhold me from thee. vid's brother, answered and said, Let not 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her my lord suppose that they have slain all the voice: but, being stronger than she, forced young men the king's sons; for Amnon culy her, and lay with her. is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom 15 ~ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; this hath been determined from the day so that the hatred wherewith he hated her that he forced his sister Tamar. was greater than the love wherewith he had 33 Now therefore let not my lord the king loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, take the thing to his heart, to think that alh be gone. the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is 16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: dead. this evil in sending me away is greater than 34 But Absalom fled. And the young mall the other that thou didst unto me. But he that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and would not hearken unto her. looked, and, behold, there came much peo17 Then he called his servant that minis- ple by the way of the hill side behind him. tered unto him, and said, Put now this wo- 35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold man out from me, and bolt the door after the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so her. it is. 18 And she had a garment of divers col- 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had ours upon her: for with such robes were made an end of speaking, that, behold, the the king's daughters that were virgins ap- king's sons came, and lifted up their voice parelled. Then his servant brought her out, and wept: and the king also and all his serand bolted the door after her. vants wept very sore. 19 ~ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and 37 T But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, rent her garment of divers colours that was the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And on her, and laid her hand on her head, and David mourned for his son every day. went on crying. 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, 20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, and was there three years. Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? 39 And the soul of king David longed to gr 230 Ioab's artifice to II. SAMUEL. bring Absalom home. forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. CHAPTER XIV. Joab procureth Absalom's return. 1OW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words In her mouth. 4 T And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, 0 king. 5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there wlas none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord, the king. And he said, Say on. 13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou brought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. 14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. 16 For the king wLll hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 17 Then thy handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 21 T And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. 25 T But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. 27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. 28 T So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. 29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab,to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. 30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now thereforelet me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. 33 So J oab came to the king, and told him: 231 {bsalom's conspiracy. II. SAMUEL. The ark sent back, and when he had called for Absalom, he him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pe. came to the king, and bowed himself on his lethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred face to the ground before the king: and the men which came after him from Gath, king kissed Absalom. passed on before the king. CHA PTER XV. 19 ~ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return Absalom's treason and rebellion. to thy place, and abide with the king: foi AND it came to pass after this, that Absa- thou art a stranger, and also an exile.. lom prepared him chariots and horses, 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, and fifty men to run before him. should I this day make thee go up and down 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood be- with us? seeing I go whither I may, return side the way of the gate: and it was so, that thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy when any man that had a controversy came and truth be with thee. to the king for judgment, then Absalom call- 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, ed unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king And he said, Thy servant is of one of the liveth, surely in what place my lord the king tribes of Israel. shall be, whether in death or life, even there 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy mat- also will thy servant be. ters are good and right; but there is no man 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass deputed of the king to hear thee. over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were and all his men, and all the little ones that made judge in the land, that every man were with him. which hath any suit or cause might come 23 And all the country wept with a loud unto me, and I would do him justice! voice, and all the people passed over: the 5 And it was so, that when any man came king also himself passed over the brook nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth Kidron, and all the people passed over, tohis hand, and took him, and kissed him. ward the way of the wilderness. 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Is- 24 TI And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites rael that came to the king for judgment: were with him, bearing the ark of the cove. so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of nant of God: and they set down the ark of Israel. God; and Abiathar went up, until all the 7 ~ And it came to pass after forty years, people had done passing out of the city, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry let me go and pay my vow, which I have back the ark of God into the city: if I shall vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I bring me again, and shew me both it, and abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the his habitation: LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusa- 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in lem, then I will serve the LORD. thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. seemeth good unto him. So he arose, and went to Hebron. 27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, 10 I But Absalom sent spies throughout all Art not thou a seer? return into the city in the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wil11 And with Absalom went two hundred derness, until there come word from you to men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and certify me. they went in their simplicity, and they knew 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried not any thing. the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the they tarried there. Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, 30 ~ And David went up by the ascent of even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices, mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and And the conspiracy was strong; for the peo- had his head covered, and he went barefoot: pie increased continually with Absalom. and all the people that was with him cover13 ~ And there came a messenger to David, ed every man his head, and they went up, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are weeping as they went up. after Absalom. 31 ~ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel 14 And David said unto all his servants that is among the conspirators with Absalom. were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn 3ee; for we shall not else escape from Absa- the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. lom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake 32 T And it came to pass, that when David us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and was come to the top of the mount, where he smite the city with the edge of the sword. worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite 15 And the king's servants said unto the came to meet him with his coat rent, and king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do earth upon his head: whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passeth 16 And the king went forth, and all his on with me, then thou shalt be a burden household after him. And the king left ten unto me: women, which were concubines, to keep the 34 But if thou return to the city, and say house. unto A bsalom, I will be thy servant, O king; 17 And the king went forth and all the as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, people after him. and tarried in a place that so will t now also be thy servant: then may. was far off. est thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahith18 And all his servants passed on beside oDhel, 232 Shimei curseth David. II. SAMUEL. Ahithophel's counsel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok way, Shimei went along on the hill's side and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall over against him, and cursed as he went, be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear and threw stones at him, and cast dust. out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to 14l And the king, and all the people that Zadok and Abiathar the priests. were with him, came weary, and refreshed 36 Behold, they have there with them their themselves there. two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jona- 15 T And Absalom, and all the people the than Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and send unto me every thing that ye can hear. Ahithophel with him. 37 So Hushai David's friend came into the 16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. Archite, David's friend, was come unto AbCHAPTER XVI. salom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. Ziba's treachery to Mephibosheth. 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy AND when David was a little past the top kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou A} of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of not with thy friend? Mephibosheth met hhn, with a couple of 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; asses saddled, and upon them two hundred but whom the LORD, and this people, and all loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, with him will I abide. and a bottle of wine. 19 And again, whom should I serve? should 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What mean- I not serve in the presence of his son? as I est thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses have served in thy father's presence, so will be for the king's household to ride on; and I be in thy presence. the bread and summer fruit for the young 20 F Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, men to eat; and the wine, that such as be Give counsel among you what we shall do. faint in the wilderness may drink. 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go 3 And the king said, And where is thy mas- in unto thy father's concubines, which he ter's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Be- hath left to keep the house; and all Israel hold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy faTo day shall the house of Israel restore me ther: then shall the hands of all that are the kingdom of my father. with thee be strong. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. top of the house; and Absalom went in unAnd Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I to his father's concubines in the sight of all may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. Israel. 5 T And when king David came to Bahuriml, 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which behold, thence came out a man of the fam- he counselled in those days, was as if a man ily of the house of Saul, whose name was had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and the counsel of Ahithophel both with David cursed still as he came. and with Absalom. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the CHAPTER XVII servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right Ahithophel's counsel rejected. hand and on his left. l/TOREOVER Ahithophel said unto Absa7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, U lom, Let me now choose out twelve Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thousand men, and I will arise and pursue thou man of Belial: after David this night: 8 The LORI hath returned upon thee all 2 And I will come upon him while he is;he blood of the house of Saul, in whose weary and weak handed, and will make him stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath afraid: and all the people that are with him delivered the kingdom into the hand of Ab- shall flee; and I will smite the king only: salom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken 3 And I will bring back all the people unto in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all man. returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 9 1 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, unto the king, Why should this dead dog and all the elders of Israel. curse my lord the king? let me go over, 1 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the pray thee, and take off his head. Archite also, and let us hear likewise what 10 And the king said, What have I to do he saith. with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Absalom spake unto him, saying, AhithC*urse David. Who shall then say, Where- ophel hath spoken after this manner: shall fore hast thou done so? we do after his saying? if not, speak thou. 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The servants, Behold, my son, which came forth counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not of my bowels, seekest my life: how much good at this time. more now may this Benjamite do it? let him 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy faalone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath ther and his men, that they be mighty men, bidden him. and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear 12 It may be that the LORD will look on robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy mine affliction, and that the LORD will re- father is a man of war, and will not lodge quite me good for his cursing this day. with the people. 13 And as David and his men went by the 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in 20 * 233 Ahithophel's counsel defeated. II. SAMEUEIL The Israelttes defeated some other place: and it will come to pass, and arose, and gat him home to his house when some of them be overthrown at the to his city, and put his household in order first, that whosoever heareth it will say, and hanged himself, and died, and was There is a slaughter among the people that buried in the sepulchre of his father. follow Absalom. 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: men of Israel with him. for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a 25 T And Absalom made Amasa captain of mighty man, and they which be with him are the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was valiant men. a man's son, whose name was Ithra an 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughgenerally gathered unto thee, from Dan ter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by mother. the sea for multitude; and that thou go to 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the battle in thine own person. land of Gilead. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place 27 T And it came to pass, when David was where he shall be found, and we will light come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Amand of him and of all the men that are with mon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lohim there shall not be left so much as one. debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of loge13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, lim, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, 28 Brought beds, and basins, and earthen and we will draw it into the river, until vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, there be not one small stone found there. and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel and parched pulse, said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is 29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For cheese of kine, for David, and for the people the LORD had appointed to defeat the good that were with him, to eat: for they said, counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the The people is hungry, and weary, and thirstr, LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. in the wilderness. 15 ~ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to AT III Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalorn and the elders Absalom defeated and slain. of Israel; and thus and thus have I coun- ND David numbered the people that wers selled. AL with him, and set captains of thousands 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell Da- and captains of hundreds over them. vid, saying, Lodge not this night in the 2 And David sent forth a third part of the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass people under the hand of Joab, and a third over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all part under the hand of Abishai the son of the people that are with him. Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part un17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by der the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the En-rogel; for they might not be seen to king said unto the people, I will surely go come into the city: and a wench went and forth with you myself also. told them; and they went and told king 3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not David. go forth: for if we flee away, they will not 18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told care for us; neither if half of us die, will Absalom: but they went both of them away they care for us: but now thou art worth quickly, and came to a man's house in Ba- ten thousand of us: therefore now it is hurim, which had a well in his court; better that thou succour us out of the city. whither they went down. 4 And the king said unto them, What seem19 And the woman took and spread a cov- eth you best I will do. And the king stood ering over the well's mouth, and spread by the gate side, and all the people came out ground corn thereon; and the thing was by hundreds and by thousands. not known. 5 And the king commanded Joab and 20 And when Absalom's servants came to Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for the woman to the house, they said, Where is my sake with the young man, even with Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman Absalom. And all the people heard wheie said unto them, They be gone over the the king gave all the captains charge con brook of water. And when they had sought cerning Absalom. and could not find them, they returned to 6 1 So the people went out into the field Jerusalem. against Israel: and the battle was in the 21 And it came to pass, after they were de- wood of Ephraim; parted, that they came up out of the well, 7 Where the people of Israel were slain beand went and told king David, and said un- fore the servants of David, and there was to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the there a great slaughter that day of twenty water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled thousand men. against you. 8 For the battle was there scattered over 22 Then David arose, and all the people the face of all the country: and the wood that were with him, and they passed over devoured more people that day than ths Jordan: by the morning light there lacked sword devoured. not one of them that was not gone ever 9 And Absalom met the servants of DaJordan. vid. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and 23 t And when Ahithophel saw that his the mule went under the thick boughs of V counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, great oak, and his head caught hold of ini *4 Ab.salom is slain. II, SAMUEL. David mourneth for him. oak, and he was taken up between the heav- 26 And the watchman saw another man en and the earth; and the mule that was running: and the watchman called unto the under him went away. porter, saying, Behold another man run10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, ning alone. And the king said, lie also hT -. and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in bringeth tidings. an oak. 27 And the watchman said, Mefinketh the 11 And Joab said unto the man that told running of the foremost is like the running him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king didst thou not smite him there to the said, He is a good man, and cometh with ground? and I would have given thee ten good tidings. shekels of silver, and a girdle. 28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I king, All is well. And he fell down to the should receive a thousand shekels of silver earth upon his face before the king, and in mine hand, yet would I not put forth said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which mine hand against the king's son: for in our hath delivered up the men that lifted up hearing the king charged thee and Abishai their hand against my lord the king. and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touti,, 29 And the king said, Is the young man Abthe young man Absalom. salom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When 13 Otherwise I should have wrought false- Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy hood against mine own life: for there is no servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew matter hid from the king, and thou thyself not what it was. wouldest have set thyself against me. 30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus and stand here. And he turned aside, and with thee. And he took three darts in his stood still. hand, and thrust them through the heart of 31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi Absalom, while he was yet alive in the said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD midst of the oak. hath avenged thee this day of all them that 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's rose up against thee. armour compassed about and smote Absa- 3 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the lom, and slew him. young man Absalom safe? And Cushi an16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the swered, The enemies of my lord the king, people returned from pursuing after Israel: and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, for Joab held back the people. be as that young man is. 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him 33 ~ And t kn h s much mved, and into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very went up to the chamber over the gate, and great heap of stones upon him; and all wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my Israel fled every one to his tent. son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom! 18 ~ Now Absalom in his lifetime had would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, taken and reared up for himself 'a pillar, my son, my son! which is in the king's dale: for he said, I CHAPTER XIX. have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his David mourneth for Absalom. own name: and it is called unto this day, AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king Absalom's place. weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 19 ~T Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, 2 And the victory that day was turned into Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, mourning unto all the people: for the peohow that the LORD hath avenged him of his pie heard say that day how the king was enemies. grieved for his son. 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not 3 And the people gat them by stealth that bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear day into the city, as people being ashamed tidings another day: but this day thou shalt steal away when they flee in battle. bear no tidings, because the king's son is 4 But the king covered his face, and the dead. king cried with a loud voice, O my son Ab21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king salom! 0 Absalom, my son, my son! what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, himself unto Joab, and ran. and said, Thou hast shamed this day the 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet faces of all thy servants, which this day again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing wives, and the lives of thy concubines; that thou hast no tidings ready? 6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz this day, that thou regardest neither princes ran by the way of the plain, and overran nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Cushi. Absalom had lived, and all we had died this 24 And David sat between the two gates: day, then it had pleased thee well. and the watchman went up to the roof over 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear eyes, and looked, and behold a man running by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will alone. not tarry one with thee this night: and that 25 And the watchman cried, and told the will be worse unto thee than all the evil that king. And the king said, If he be alone, there befell thee from thy youth until now. is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. and drew near. And they told unto all the people, saying, 235 Shimei is pardoned. II. SAMUEL. Mephibosheth is excused Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. 9 T And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 11 ~ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. 16 ~ And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed? 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. 24 1 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul name down to meet the king, and had nei236 ther dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? 29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his owi house. 31 T And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the kin? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and he buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me. and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatb soever thou shalt require of me, that will T do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan, And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimnham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41 ~ And, behold, all the men of Israel camer to the king, and said unto the king, Why Amasa slain by Joab. II. SAMUEL. Joab pursueth Sheba, have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. CHAPTER XX. Sheba rebelleth against David. AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: Dvery man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 ~ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and tLe king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were Shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 4 ~ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Juda wvithin three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of 3ichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which t8 in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a Sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not.gain; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 ~ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachar, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 ~ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom: and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 23 ~ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: 25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. CHAPTER XXI. Seven of Saul's sons hanged, &c. THEN there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonitei, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saui sought W37 David burieth Saul's bones. II. SAMUEL. David's psalm to slay them in his zeal to the children of with us to battle, that thou quench not the Israel and Judah:) light of Israel. 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeon- 18 And it came to pass after this, that there ites, What shall I do for you? and where- was again a battle with the Philistines at with shall I make the atonement, that ye Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew may bless the inheritance of the LORD? Saph, which uwe of the sons of the giant. 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We 19 And there was again a battle in Gob will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the man in Israel. And he said, What he shall brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of say, that will I do for you. whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 5 And they answered the king, The man 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, that consumed us, and that devised against where was a man of great stature, that us that we should be destroyed from re- had on every hand six fingers, and on every maining in any of the coasts of Israel, foot six toes, four and twenty in number; 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered and he also was born to the giant. unto us, and we will hang them up unto the 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did son of Shimeah the brother of David slew choose. And the king said, I will give them. him. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the 22 These four were born to the giant in son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the LORD'S oath that was between them, be- the hand of his servants. tween David and Jonathan the son of Saul., 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah CHAPTER XXII. the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto David's psalm of thanksgiving. Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the AND David spake unto the LORD the wordc five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, X of this song, in the day that the LoR n whom she brought up for Adriel the son of had delivered him out of the hands of all hit Barzillai the Meholathite: enemies, and out of the hands of Saul: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, anal the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the my fortress, and my deliverer; hill before the LORD: and they fell allseven 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: together, and were put to death in the days he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, of-harvest, in the first days, in the beginning my high tower, and my refuge, my savof barley harvest. iour; thou savest me from violence. 10 T And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the be praised: so shall I be saved from mine rock, from the beginning of harvest until enemies. water dropped upon them out of heaven, 5 When the waves of death compassed me, and suffered neither the birds of the air to the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; field by night. the snares of death prevented me. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the 7 In my distress I called upon the LOR,). daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, and cried to my God: and he did hear my had done. voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter 12 ~ And David went and took the bones of into his ears. Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen foundations of heaven moved and shook, them from the street of Beth-shan, where because he was wroth. the Philistines had hanged them, when the 9 There went up a smoke out of his nosPhilistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: trils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: 13 And he brought up from thence the coals were kindled by it. bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came son; and they gathered the bones of them down; and darkness was under his feet. that were hanged. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. son buried they in the country of Benjamin 12 And he made darkness pavilions round in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his fa- about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of ther: and they performed all that the king the skies. commanded. And after that God was en-;3 Through the brightness before hin were treated for the land. coals of fire kindled. 15 T Moreover the Philistines had yet war 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and again with Israel; and David went down, and the Most High uttered his voice. his servants with him, and fought against 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered the Philistines: and David waxed faint. them; lightning, and discomfited them. 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, of the giant, the weight of whose spear the foundations of the world were discoverweighed three hundred shekels of brass in ed, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast weight, he being girded with a new sword, of the breath of his nostrils. thought to have slain David. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succour- mie out of many waters: ed him, and smote the Philistine, and killed 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, him. Then the men of David sware unto and from them that hated me; fcr they him. saying, Thou shall go no more out were too strong for meo 9"4g of thanksgiving. II. SAMUEL. David's profession of fatth. 19 They prevented me in the day of any ca- 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall lamity: but the LORD was my stay. be afraid out of their close places. 20 He brought me forth also into a large 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my place: he delivered me, because he delight- rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of ed in me. my salvation. 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that righteousness; according to the cleanness bringeth down the people under me, of my hands hath he recompensed me. 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high and have not wickedly departed from my above them that rose up against me: thou God. hast delivered me from the violent man. 23 For all his judgments were before me: 50 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, and as for his statutes, I did not depart from O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing them. praises unto thy name. 24 I was also upright before him, and have 51 IHe is the tower of salvation for his king: kept mvself from mine iniquity. and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto 25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed David, and to his seed for evermore. me according to my righteousness; accord- CHA XXIII ing to my cleanness in his eyesight. 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself David's faith in God's promises. merciful, and with the upright man thou 'XTOW these be the last words of David. wilt shew thyself upright. I David the son of Jesse said, and the man 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself who was raised up on high, the anointed of pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of thyself unsavoury. Israel, said, 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that his word was in my tongue. thou mayest bring them down. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the spake to me, He that ruleth over men must LORD will lighten my darkness. he just, ruling in the fear of God. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, by my God have I leaped over a wall. when the sun riseth, even a morning without 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word clouds; as the tender grass springing out of of the LORD is> tried: he is a buckler to all the earth by clear shining after rain. them that trust in him. 5 Although my house be not so with God; 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who yet he hath made with me an everlasting is a rock, save our God? covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: 33 God is mny strength and power; and he for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, rnaketh my way perfect. although he make it not to grow. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet; and 6 T But the sons of Belial shall be all of them setteth me upon my high places. as thorns thrust away, because they cannot 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a be taken with hands: bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 7 But the man that shall touch them must 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made and they shall be utterly burned with fire in me great. the same place. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; 8 ~ These be the names of the mighty men so that my feet did not slip. whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and de- in the seat, chief among the captains; the stroyed them; and turned not again until I same was Adino the Eznite: he lifted up his had consumed them. spear against eight hundred, whom he slew 39 And I have consumed them, and wound- at one time. ed them, that they could not arise: yea, they 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of are fallen under my feet. Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty 40 For thou hast girded me with strength men with David, when they defied the Philisto battle: them that rose up against me hast tines that were there gathered together to thou subdued under me. battle,and the men of Israel were gone away: 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until mine enemies, that I might destroy them his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto that hate me. the sword: and the LORD wrought a great 42 They looked, but there was none to save; victory that day; and the people returned zven unto the LORD, but he answered them after him only to spoil. not. 11 And after him was Shammah the son of 43 Then did I beat them as small as the AgeetheHararite. And thePhilistineswere dust of the earth: I did stamp them as the gathered together into a troop, where was a mire of the street, and did spread them piece of ground full of lentiles: andthepeoabroad. pie fled from the Philistines. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to and defended it, and slew the Philistines: 'be head of the heathen: a people which I and the LORD wrought a great victory. knew not shall serve me. 13 And three of the thirty chief went down, 45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto and came to David in the harvest time unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obe- the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the flient unto me. Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. 239 David's mighty nme. II. SAMUEL. The people numberec 14 And David was then in a hoid, and the t, APTER XXIV. garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth- David numbereth the people. lehem. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one AND again the anger of the LORD was kin.. would give me drink of the water of the well A died against Israel, and he moved David of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! against them to say, Go, number Israel and 16 And the three mighty men brake through Judah. the host of the Philistines, and drew water 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the host, which was with him, Go now the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da- through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan vid: nevertheless he would not drink there- even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the peoof, but poured it out unto the LORD. ple, that I may know the number of the 17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, people. that I should do this: is not this the blood of 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? LORD thy God add unto the people, hoW therefore he would not drink it. These many soever they be, a hundredfold, and things did these three mighty men. that the eyes of my lord the king may see 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the it: but why doth my lord the king delight son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And in this thing? he lifted up his spear against three hundred, 4 Notwithstanding the king's word urevailand slew them, and had the name among ed against Joab, and against the capttains of three. the host. And Joab and the captains of the 19 Was he not most honourable of three? host went out from the presence of the king, therefore he was their captain: howbeit he to number the people of Israel. attained not unto the first three. 5 ~ And they passed over Jordan, and pitch20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son ed in Aroer, on the right side of the city that of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done lieth in the midst of the river of Gad and many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Mo- toward Jazer: ab: he went down also and slew a lion in the 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land midst of a pit in time of snow. of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: jaan, and about to Sidon, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and but he went down to him with a staff, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the plucked the spear out of theEgyptian's hand, Canaanites: and they went out to the south and slew him with his own spear. of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Je- 8 So when they had gone through all the hoiada, and had the name among three land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of mighty men. nine months and twenty days. 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number but he attained not to the first three. And of the people unto the king: and there were David set him over his guard. in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was ore of men that drew the sword; and the men of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth- Judah were five hundred thousand men. lehem, 10 ~ And David's heart smote him after that 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Ha- he had numbered the people. And David rodite, said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, the Tekoite, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy serv. 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the ant; for I have done very foolishly. Hushathite, 11 For when David was up in the morning, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Ne- the word of the LORD came unto the proph. tophathite, et Gad, David's seer, saying, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netopha- 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the thite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee the children of Benjamin, one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and brooks of Gaash, said unto him, Shall seven years of famine 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou 'Barhumite, flee three months before thine enemies, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of while they pursue thee? or that there be Jashen, Jonathan, three days' pestilence in thy land? now ad33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son vise, and see what answer I shall return to of Sharar the Hararite, him that sent me. 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahitho- strait: let us fall now into the hand of the phel the Gilonite, LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, not fall into the hand of man. 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani 15 ~ So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Isthe Gadite, reel from the morning even to the time ap37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beeroth- pointed: and there died of the people from ite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeru- Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand iah, men. 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 16 And when the angel stretched out his 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the 240 The generous offer I. KINGS, of Araunah. LORD repented him of the evil, and said to said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to the angel that destroyed the people, It is build an altar unto the LORD, that the enough: stay now thine hand. And the plague may be stayed from the people. angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace 2 And Araunah said unto David, Let my {of Araunah the Jebusite. lord the king take and offer up what seemeth 17 And David spake unto the LORD when good unto him: behold, here be oxen for he saw the angel that smote the people, and burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done and other instruments of the oxen for wood. wickedly: but these sheep, what have they 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against give unto the king. And Araunah said unme, and against my father's house. to the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. 18 ~ And Gad came that day to David, and 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Jebusite. LORD my God of that which doth cost me 19 And David, according to the saying of nothing. So David bought the threshingGad, went up as the LORD commanded. floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king silver. and his servants coming on toward him: 25 And David built there an altar unto the and Araunah went out, and bowed himself LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace before the king on his face upon the ground. offerings. So the LORD was entreated for 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the land, and the plague was stayed from the king come to his servant? And David Israel. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. COMMONLY CALLED, THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. Abishag cherisheth David. NOW king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and broug it her to the -king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 5 1 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and tbey following Adonijah helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, t1 Q and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 T Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, 0 king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 15 ~ And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was veri old; and Abishag the Shunammite minis. tered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obei sance unto the king. And the king said What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 241 David's oath to Bati-sheba. I. KINGS. Solomon anointed kingp. 20 And thou, my lord, 0 king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 22 ~ And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the kingr, saying. Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 28 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah th, son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, Lath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto my servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 ~ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 ~ And king David said, Call me Zado'r the priest, and Nathan the prophet, ana Benaiah the son of Jehoida. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Isra-: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, 242 went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of oi: out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and al. the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 ~ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and B,. naiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cher-. ethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihorn: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's servants canme to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 ~ And A'ionijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold,. Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth: ut if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 3 So king Solomo-, sent, and they brought him down fr-m the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. CHAPTER II. David' charge to Solomon. XTOW the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solornon his son, sayin", 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thcu strong therefore, and shew thyself a nan irne death o Dalvid. i. KINGSo Adon ahf is put to death. 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, 1 20 Then she said, I desire one small petition t- walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And his commandments, and his judgments, and the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; is testimonies, as it is written in the law of for I will not say thee nay. Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamthou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest mite be given to Adonijah thy brother to tayself: wife. 4 That the LORD may continue his word 22' And King Solomon answered and said which he spake concerning me, saying, If unto his mother, And why dost thou ask thy children take heed to their way, to walk Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask before me in truth with all their heart and for him the kingdom also; for he is mine with all their soul, there shall not fail thee elder brother; even for him, and for Abia(said he) a man on the throne of Israel. thar the priest, and for Joab the son of Ze5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab ruiah. the son of Zeruiah did to me, cDa what he 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if unto Abner the son of Ncr, and unto Amasa Adonijah hath not spoken thisword against the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed his own life. the blood of war in peace, and put the blood 24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which of war upon his girdle that was about his hath established me, and set me on the loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. throne of David my father, and who hath 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah and let not his hoar head go down to the shall be put to death this day. grave in peace. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Bar- Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those on him that he died. that eat at thy table: for so they came to me 26 ~T And unto Abiathar the priest said the when I fled because of Absalomr thy brother. king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own 8 An-, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, will not at this time put thee to death, beWhich cursed me with a grievous curse in the cause thou barest the ark of the Lord Gol day when I went to Mahana'm: but he came before David my father, and because thol down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to hast been afflicted in all wherein my father him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee was afflicted. to death with the sword. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from be9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for ing priest unto the LORD; thathe might fulthou art a wise man, and knowest what thou fil the word of the LORD, which he spake oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. bring thou down to the grave with blood. 28 ~ Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was had turned after Adonijah, though he turned buried in the city of David. not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the 11 And the days that David reigned over Is- tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on rael were forty years: seven years reigned the horns of the altar. he in Hebron, and thirty and three years 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab reigned he in Jerusalem. was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; 12 1 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of and, behold, he is by the altar. Then SoloDavid his father; and his kingdom was es- mon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saytablished greatly. ing, Go, fall upon him. 13 ~ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I said, Peaceably. will die here. And Benaiah brought the 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, say unto thee. And she said, Say on. and thus he answered me. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; their faces on me, that I should reign: how- that thou mayest take away the innocent belt the kingdom is turned about, and is be- blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from come my brother's: for it was his from the the house of my father. LORD. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood up16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny on his own head, who fell upon two men me not. And she said unto him, Say on. more righteous and better than he, and slew 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Sol- them with the sword, my father David not omon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa wife. the son of Jether, captain of the host of 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak Judah. for thee unto the king. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon 19 ~ Bath-sheba therefore went unto king the head of Joab, and upon the head of his Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijb. seed for ever: but upon David, and upon And the king rose up to meet her, anidbow- his seed, and upon his house, and upon his ea himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, shall there be peace for ever from throne, and caused a seat to be set for the the LORD. king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, 243 Shimzei is put to death. I. KINGS. Solomon asketh wisdom. and fell upon him, and slew him. and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 ~ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 36 T And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimci had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The words that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father; therefore the LORD shall returr thy wickedness upon thine own head: 45 And king Solomon shall he blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. CHAPTER III. Solomon's choice of wisdom. ND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 ~ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 244 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great Imercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who ill able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself uriderstanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked,both riches,and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke: and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 M Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, T and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my sen, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the deadt Solomon's officers. I. KINGS. His greatness and wisdom. and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan: dea d, and my son is the living. and he was the only officer which was in the 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. land. An d they brought a sword before the king. 20 ~ Judah and Israel were many, as the 25 And the king said, Divide the living sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating I:.hld in two, and give half to the one, and and drinking, and making merry. half to the other. 21 And Solomon reigned overall kingdoms 26 Then spake the woman whose the living from the river unto the land of the Philis-hild was unto the king, for her bowels tines, and unto the border of Egypt: they yearned upon her son, and she said, 0 my brought presents, and served Solomon all lord, give her the living child, and in no the days of his life. wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be 22 ~ And Solomon's provision for one day neither mine nor thine, but divide it. was thirty measures of fine flour, and three27 Then the king answered and said, Give score measures of meal, her the living child, and in no wise slay it: 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of she is the mother thereof. the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and which the king had judged; and they feared, fatted fowl. the king: for they saw that the wisdom of 24 For he had dominion over all the region (God was in him to do judgment. on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to CHAPTER IV. Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round Solomon's princes and officers. bout him. S0 king Solomon was king over all Israel. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, SI 2 And these were the princes which he every man under his vine and under his fig had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, days of Solomon. scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the 26 ~ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls recorder. of horses for his chariots, and twelve thou4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was sand horsemen. over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were 27 And those officers provided victuals for the priests: king Solomon, and for all that came unto 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over king Solomon's table, every man in his the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan month: they lacked nothing. was principal officer, and the king's friend: 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and 6 And Ahishar was over the household: and dromedaries brought they unto the place Adoniram the son of Abda was over the where the officers were, every man according tribute. to his charge. 7 T And Solomon had twelve officers over 29 1~ And God gave Solomon wisdom and all Israel, which provided victuals for the understanding exceeding much, and largeking and his household: each man his ness of heart, even as the sand that is on the month in a year made provision. sea shore. 8 And these are their names: The son of 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisHur, in mount Ephraim: dom of all the children of the east country, 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaal- and all the wisdom of Egypt. bim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-ha- 31 For he was wiser than all men; than nan: Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chal10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him co!, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: fame was in all nations round about. 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: I)or; which had Taphath the daughter of and his songs were a thousand and five. Solomon to wife: 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him per- tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop tained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth- that springeth out of the wall: he spake also shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even things, and of fishes. unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 34 And there came of all people to hear the 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the him pertained the towns of Jair the son of earth, which had heard of his wisdom. Manasseh, which are in Gilead: to him also CHAPTER V. pertained the region of Argob, which is in CHAPTER V. Bashan, threescore great cities with walls Hiram congratulateth Solomon. and brazen bars: AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Maha- _ unto Solomon; for he had heard that naim: they had anointed him king in the room of 15 Ahimaas was in Naphtali; he also took his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of Biasmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: David. 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, and in Aloth: 3 Thou knowest how that David my father 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issa- could not build a house unto the name of char: the LORD his God, for the wars which were 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: about him on every side, until the LORD put 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country them under the soles of his feet. of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of 4 But now the 1tORD my God hath given 21* 245 Solomon's worlkmen. 1. KINGS. Building of the temple me rest on every side, so that there is neither 12 And the house which iking Solomon built adversary nor evil occurrent. for the LORD, the length thereof was three5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house score cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty unto the name of the LORD my God, as the clbits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. LORD spake unto David my father, saying, 3 And the porch before the temple of the Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, in thy room, he shall build a house unto my according to the breadth of the house; ant name. ten cubits was the breadth thereof before 6 Now therefore command thou that they the house. hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my 4 And for the house he made windows of servants shall be with thy servants: and narrow lights. unto thee will I give hire for thy servants 5 S And against the wall of the house he according to all that thou shalt appoint: for built chambers round about, against the thou knowest that there is not among us any walls of the house round about, both of the that can skill to hew timber like unto the temple and of the oracle: and he made Sidonians. chambers round about. 7 ~ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this and the third was seven cubits broad: for day, which hath given unto David a wise without in the wall of the house he made son over this great people. narrowed rests round about, that the beans 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I should not be fastened in the walls of the have considered the things which thou sent- house. est to me for: and I will do all thy desire 7 And the house, when it was in building', concerning timber of cedar, and concerning was built of stone made ready before it wal timber of fir. brought thither: so that there was neithec 9 My servants shall bring them down from hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard Lebanon unto the sea; and I will convey in the house, while it was in building. them by sea in floats unto the place that 8 The door for the middle chamber was i; thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them the right side of the house: and they went to be discharged there, and thou shalt re- up with winding stairs into the middle chamceive them: and thou shalt accomplish my er, and out of the middle into the third. desire, in giving food for my household. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and covered the house with beams and boards fir trees according to all his desire. of cedar. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thou- 10 And then he built chambers against all sand measures of wheatforfood to his house- the house, five cubits high: and they rested hold, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus on the house with timber of cedar. wave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 11 ~ And the word of the LORD came to 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as Solomon, saying, je promised him: and there was peace be- 12 Concerning this house which thou art in tween Hiram and Solomon; and they two building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, made a league together. and execute my judgments, and keep all my 13 ~ And king Solomon raised a levy out of commandments to walk in them; then will all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand I perform my word with thee, which I spak e men. unto David thy father: 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thou- 13 And I will dwell among the children of sand a month by courses: a month they were Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel, in Lebanon, and two months at home: and 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished Adoniram was over the levy. it. 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten 15 And he built the walls of the house withthousand that bare burdens, and fourscorein wvith boards of cedar, both the floor of the thousand hewers in the mountains; house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he 16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers covered them on the inside with wood, and which were over the work, three thousand covered the floor of the house with planks and three hundred, which ruled over the of fir. people that wrought in the work. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides 17 And the king commanded, and they of the house, both the floor and the warUs brought great stones, costly stones, anid hew- with boards of cedar: he even built them for ed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. it within, even for the oracle, even for the 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's most holy place. builders did hew them, and the stonesquar- 17 And the house, that is, the temple before ers: so they prepared timber and stones to it, was forty cubits long. build the house. 18 And the cedar of the house within was CHAPTER VI. carved with knops and open flowers: all wts cedar; there was no stone seen. Building of Solomon's temple. 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house AND it came to pass in the four hundred within, to set there the ark of the covenant and eightieth year after the children of of the LORD. Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in 20 And the oracle in the forepart was twen - the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Is- ty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in rael, in the month Zif, which is the second breadth, and twenty cubits il the height month, that he began to build the house of thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; the LoRD, and so covered the altar which lwas of cedare 2mA*. The cherubim. L KINGS, Beuilding of Solomon's house, 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 T And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and w;ithout. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 ~ And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overla:id them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.;33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubim and ipalm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36 ~ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 37 1 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So Was he seven years in building it. CHAPTER VII. The ornaments of the temple. 3UT Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his ouse. 2 T He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams aIpon the pillars, 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. 6 T And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. 7 ~ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. 8 ~ And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. 13 I And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jazhin: and he 247 Of the ten lavers, I. KINGS. and all the vessel, set up the left pillar, and called the name 39 And he put five bases on the right side of thereof Boaz. the house, and five on the left side of the 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily house: and he set the sea on the right side work: so was the work of the pillars finished. of the house eastward, over against the 23 I~ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits south. from the one brim to the other: it was round 40 ~I And Hiram made the lavers, and the all about, and his height was five cubits: and shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an a line of thirty cubits did compass it round end of doing all the work that he made king about. Solomon for the house of the LORD: 24 And under the brim of it round about 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the there were knops compassing it, ten in a cu- chapiters that were on the top of the two bit, compassing the sea round about: the pillars; and the two networks, to cover the knops were cast in two rows, when it was two bowls of the chapiters which were upon cast. the top of the pillars; 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three look- 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the ing toward the north, and three looking two networks, even two rows of pomegrantoward the west, and three looking toward ates for one network, to cover the two the south, and three looking toward the bowls of the chapiters that were upon the east: and the sea was set above upon them, pillars; and all their hinder parts were inward. 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the 26 And it was a handbreadth thick, and the bases; brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two sea; thousand baths. 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the 27 1 And he made ten bases of brass; four basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram cubits was the length of one base, and four made to king Solomon for the house of the cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits LORD, were of bright brass. the height of it. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast 28 And the work of the bases was on this them, in the clay ground between Succoth manner: they had borders, and the borders and Zarthan. were between the ledges: 47 And Solomon left all the vessels un29 And on the borders that were between weighed, because they were exceeding many: the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: neither was the weight of the brass found and upon the ledges there was a base above: out. and beneath the lions and oxen were certain 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that additions made of thin work. pertained unto the house of the LORD: the 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereand plates of brass: and the four corners upon the shewbread was, thereof had undersetters: under the laver 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five were undersetters molten, at the side of on the right side, and five on the left, before every addition. the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and the tongs of gold, and above was a cubit: but the mouth 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the thereof was round after the work of the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of base, a cubit and a half: and also upon the pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for mouth of it were gravings with their bor- the doors of the inner house, the most holy ders, foursquare, not round. place, and for the doers of the house, to wit, 32 And under the borders were four wheels; of the temple. and the axletrees of the wheels were joined 51 So was ended all the work that king Solto the base: and the height of a wheel was a omon made for the house of the LORD. cubit and half a cubit. And Solomon brought in the things which 33 And the work of the wheels was like the David his father had dedicated; even the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he and their naves, and their felloes, and their put among the treasures of the house of spokes, were all molten. the LORD. 34 And there were four undersetters to the CHAPTER VIII. four corners of one base: and the underset-n dedication of the em ters were of the very base itself. en n o e teple. 35 And in the top of the base was there a THEN Solomon assembled the elders of Isround compass of half a cubit high: and on L rael, and all the heads of the tribes, the the top of the base the ledges thereof and chief of the fathers of the children of Isthe borders thereof were of the same. rael, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, they might bring up the ark of the covenant and on the borders thereof, he graved cher- of the LORD out of the city of David, which ubim, lions, and palm trees, according to is Zion. the proportion of every one, and additions 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themround about. selves unto king Solomon at the feast in 37 After this manner he made the ten the month Ethanim, which is the seventh bases: all of them had one casting, one month. measure, and one size. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the 38 ~ Then made he ten lavers of brass: one priests took up the ark. laver contained forty baths: and every laver 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, was four cubits: and upon every one of the and the tabernacle of the congregation, aid Aen bases one laver. all the holy vessels that were in the taberna248, Solomon's prayer at the I. KINGS. dedication of the temple. cle, even those did the priests and the Le- no God like thee, in heaven above, or on vites bring up. earth beneath, who keepest covenant and 5 And king Solomon, and all the congrega- mercy with thy servants that walk before tion of Israel, that were assembled unto thee with all their heart: him, were with him before the ark, sacrific- 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David ing sheep and oxen, that could not be told my father that thou promisedst him: thou nor numbered for multitude. spakest also with thy mouth, and hast ful6 And the priests brought in the ark of the filled it with thine hand, as it is this day. covenant of the LORD unto his place, into 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep the oracle of the house, to the most holy with thy servant David my father that thou place, even under the wings of the cherubim. promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail 7 For the cherubim spread forth their two thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne wings over the place of the ark, and the of Israel; so that thy children take heed to cherubim covered the ark and the staves their way, that they walk before me as thou thereof above. hast walked before me. 8 And they drew out the staves, that the 26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, ends of the staves were seen out in the ho iy I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest place before the oracle, and they were uot unto thy servant David my father. seen without: and there they are unto this 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? day. behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two cannot contain thee; how much less this tables of stone, which Moses put there at house that I have builded? Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer the children of Israel, when they came out of thy servant, and to his supplication, O of the land of Egypt. LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and 10 And it came to pass, when the priests to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth were come out of the holy place, that the before thee to day: cloud filled the house of the LORD, 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this 11 So that the priests could not stand to min- house night and day, even toward the place ister because of the cloud: for the glory of which thou hast said, My name shall be of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. there: that thou mayest hearken unto the 12 ~ Then spake Solomon, The LORD said prayer which thy servant shall make toward that he would dwell in the thick darkness. this place. 13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of in, a settled place for thee to abide in for thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when ever. they shall pray toward this place: and hear 14 And the king turned his face about, and thou in heaven thy dwellingplace: and when blessed all the congregation of Israel: and thou hearest, forgive. all the congregation of Israel stood; 31 ~ If any man trespass against his neigh15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of bour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause Israel, which spake with his mouth unto Da- him to swear, and the oath come before vid my father, and hath with his hand ful- thine altar in this house: filled it, saying, 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and 16 Since the day that I brought forth my judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city to bring his way upon his head; and justifyout of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, ing the righteous, to give him according to that my name might be therein; but I chose his righteousness. David to be over my people Israel. 33 ~ When thy people Israel be smitten 17 And it was in the heart of David my fa- down before the enemy, because they have ther to build a house for the name of the sinned against thee, and shall turn again to LORD God of Israel. thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and 18 And the LORD said unto David my fa- make supplication unto thee in this house: ther, Whereas it was in thine heart to build 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive a house unto my name, thou didst well that the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them it was in thine heart. again unto the land which thou gavest unto 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the their fathers. house; but thy son that shall come forth out 35 I When heaven is shut up, and there is of thy loins, he shall build the house unto no rain, because they have sinned against my name. thee; if they pray toward this place, and 20 And the LORD hath performed his word confess thy name, and turn from their sin, that he spake, and I am risen up in the room when thou afflictest them: of David my father, and sit on the throne36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have the sin of thy servants, and of thy people built a house for the name of the LORD God Israel, that thou teach them the good way of Israel. wherein they should walk, and give rain 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which people for an inheritance. he made with our fathers, when he brought 37 ~ If there be in the land famine, if there them out of the land of Egypt. be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if 22 ~ And Solomon stood before the altar of there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege the LORD in the presence of all the congre- them in the land of their cities; whatsoever ration of Israel, and spread forth his hands plague, whatsoever sickness there be; toward heaven: 38 What prayer and supplication soever be 23 And he said, LorD God of Israel, there is.a.e by any man, or by all thy people Is249 Solomon's prayer at the I. KINGS. dedication of thie tee~p71nr. rael, which shall know every man the plague Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest of his own heart, and spread forth his hands our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. toward this house: 54 And it was so that when Solomon had 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling- made an end of praying all this prayer and place, and forgive, and do, and give to every supplication unto the LORD, he arose from man according to his ways, whose heart thou before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest on his knees with his hands spread up to the hearts of all the children of men;) heaven. 40 That they may fear thee all the days that 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congrethey live in the land which thou gavest unto gation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, our fathers. 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is rest unto his people Israel, according to all not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of that he promised: there hath not failed one a far country for thy name's sake; word of all his good promise, which he 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, promised by the hand of Moses his servand of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched ant. out arm;) when he shall come and pray to- 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was ward this house: with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace, forsake us: and do according to all that the stranger call- 58 That he may incline our hearts unto eth to thee for: that all people of the him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as commandments, and his statutes, and his do thy people Israel; and that they may judgments, which he commanded our foaknow that this house, which I have builded, thers. is called by thy name. 59 And let these my words, wherewith I 44 1 If thy people go out to battle against have made supplication before the LORD, their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send be nigh unto the LORD our God day and them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward night, that he maintain the cause of his the city which thou hast chosen, and to- servant, and the cause of his people Israel ward the house that I have built for thy at all times, as the matter shall require: name: 60 That all the people of the earth may 45 Then hear thou i.n heaven their prayer know that the LORD is God, and that there.s and their supplication, and maintain their none else. cause. 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect 46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no with the LORD our God, to walk in his man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry statutes, and to keep his commandments, as with them, and deliver them to the enemy, at this day. so that they carry them away captives unto 62 T And the king, and all Israel with him, the land of the enemy, far or near; offered sacrifice before the LORD. 47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace the land whither they were carried captives, offerings, which he ofered unto the LORD, and repent, and make supplication unto two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hunthee in the land of them that carried them dred and twenty thousand sheep. So the captives, saying, We have sinned, and have king and all the children of Israel dedicated done perversely, we have committed wick- the house of the LORD. edness; 64 The same day did the king hallow the 48 And so return unto thee with all their middle of the court that was before the heart, and with all their soul, in the land of house of the LORD: for there he offered their enemies, which led them away captive, burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the and pray unto thee toward their land, which fat of the peace offerings: because the thou gavest unto their fathers, the city brazen altar that was before the LORD was which thou hast chosen, and the house too little to receive the burnt offerings, and which I have built for thy name: meat offerings, and the fat of the peace 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their offerings. supplication in heaven thy dwellingplace, 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and maintain their cause. and all Israel with him, a great congregation, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned from the entering in of Hainath unto the against thee, and all their transgressions river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, wherein they have transgressed against seven days and seven days, even fourteen thee, and give them compassion before days. them who carried them captive, that they 66 On the eighth day he sent the people may have compassion on them: away: and they blessed the king, and went 51 For they be thy people, and thine inher- unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for itance, which thou broughtest forth out of all the goodness that the LORD had done Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of for David his servant, and for Israel his iron: people. 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the CHAPTER IX. supplication of thy servant, and unto the'o i ooo. supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken wth Solomo unto them in all that they call for unto ND it came to pass, when Solomon had thee. A finished the building of the house of the 53 For thou didst separate them from LORD, and the king's house, and all Soloamongall the people of the earth, to be thine mon's desire which he was pleased to do, hiheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon tho,a5 Solotmo buildeth divers cities, I. KINGS. Queen of Shcba's visit. second time, as he had appeared unto him sired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, at Gibeon. and in all the land of his dominion.?i And the LORD said unto him, I have 20 And all the people that were left of the heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that Ainorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and thou hast made before me: I have hallowed Jebusites, which were not of the children of this house, which thou hast built, to put Israel, my name there for ever; and mine eyes and 21 Their children that were left after them mine heart shall be there perpetually. in the land, whom the children of Israel also 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as Da- were not able utterly to destroy, upon those vid thy father walked, in integrity of heart, did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice and in uprightness, to do according to all unto this day. that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon mny statutes and my judgments; make no bondmen: but they were men of 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy war, and his servants, and his princes, and kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I prom- his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and ised to David thy father, saying, There his horsemen. shall not fail thee a man upon the throne 23 These were the chief of the officers thai of Israel. were over Solomon's work, five hundred and i; Put if ye shall at all turn from following fifty, which bare rule over the people that me, ye or your children, and will not keep wrought in the work. my commandments and rmy statutes which 24 ~ But Pharaoh's daughter came up out 1 have set before you, but go and serve of the city of David unto her house which other gods, and worship them; Solomon had built for her: then did he build 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land Millo. Whi,.h I have given them; and this house, 25 T And three times in a year did Solomon wlhiih I have hallowed for my name, will I offer burnt offerings and peace offeringsupcast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a on the altar which he built unto the LORD, proverb and a byword among all peopleo: and he burnt incense upon the altar that was 8 And at this house, wthicl, is high, every before the LORD. So he finished the house. one that passeth by it shall be astonished, 26' And king Solomon made a navy of ships and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why hath in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the the LORD done thus unto this land, and to shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. this house? 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, 9 And they shall answer, Because they for- shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with sook the LORD their God. who brought forth the servants of Solomon. their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and 2S And they came to Ophir, and fetched havl taken hold upon other gods, and have from thence gold, four hundred and twenty worshipped them, and served them: there- talents, and brought it to king Solomon. fore hath the LORD brought upon them all CHAPTER X. this evil 10 'l And it came to pass at the end of Qveen of Sheba visits Solomon. twenty years, when Solomon had built the ND when the queen of Sheba heard of the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the fame of Solomon concerning the name king's house, of the LORD, she came to prove him with 11 (Nowv Hiram the king of Tyre had fur- hard questions. nishaed Solomon with cedar trees and fir 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very trees, and with gold, according to all his great train, with camels that bare spices, and desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram very much gold, and precious stones: and twenty cities in the land of Galilee. when she was come to Solomon, she com1' A(nd Hiram came out from Tyre to see mruned with him of all that was in her heart. the cities which Solomon had given him; 3 And Solomon told her all her questions: and they pleased him not. there was not any thing hid from the king, 13 And he said, What cities are these which whlich he told her not. thou hast given me, my brother? And he| 4 Ard when the queen of Sheba had seen called them the land of Cabul unto this day. all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he 14 And H iram sent to the king sixscore tal- had built, ents of gold. 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting 15 T And this is the reason of the levy which of his servants, and the attendance of his king Solomon raised; for to build the house ministers, and their apparel, and his cupof the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, bearers, and his ascent by which he went up and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and unto the house of the LORD; there was no Megiddo, and Gezer. more spirit in ler. 1 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, 6 And she said to the king, It was a true reand taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and port that I heard in mine own land of thy slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, acts and of thy wisdom. and given it for a present unto his daughter, 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I Solomon's wife. came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, be17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-ho- hold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom ron the nether, and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilder- heard. ness, in the land, 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon servants, which stand continually before had. and cities for his chariots, and cities for thee, and that hear thy wisdom. his horsemen, and that which Solomon de- 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which de. 25, Solomon's greatness. I. KINGS. He is drawn to idolatry lighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for abundance. ever, therefore made he thee king, to do 28 T And Solomon had horses brought out of judgment and justice. Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants 10 And she gave the king a hundred and received the linen yarn at a price. twenty talents of gold, and of spices very 29 And a chariot came up and went out of great store, and precious stones: there came Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and no more such abundance of spices as these a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for which the queen of Sheba gave to king Sol- all the kings of the Hittites, and for the omon. kings of Syria, did they bring them out by 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought their means. gold fromOphir,brought in fromOphir great CHAPTER XI plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug trees Solomon seduced to idolatry. pillars for the house of the LORD, and for B UT king Solomon loved many strange the king's house, harps also and psalteries J) women, together with the daughter ot for singers: there came no such almug trees, Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonnor were seen unto this day. ites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD of Sheba all her desire,whatsoever she asked, said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not besides that which Solomon gave her of his go in to them, neither shall they come in royal bounty. So she turned and went to unto you: for surely they will turn away her own country, she and her servants. your heart after their gods: Solomon clave 14 ~ Now the weight of gold that came to unto these in love. Solomon in one year was six hundred three- 3 And he had seven hundred wives, prinscore and six talents of gold, cesses, and three hundred concubines: and 15 Besides that he had of the merchantmen, his wives turned away his heart. and of the traffick of the spice merchants, 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the old, that his wives turned away his heart aftgovernors of the country. er other gods: and his heart was not perfect 16 ~ And king Solomon made two hundred with the LORD his God, as was the heart of targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels David his father. of gold went to one target. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the 17 And he made three hundred shields of goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to the abomination of the Ammonites. one shield: and the king put them in the 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the house of the forest of Lebanon. LORD, and went not fully after the LORn), 18 5 Moreover, the king made a great throne as did David his father. of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the the throne was round behind: and there were hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, stays on either side on the place of the seat, the abomination of the children of Ammon. and two lions stood beside the stays. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed side and on the other upon the six steps: unto their gods. there was not the like made in any king- 9~T And the LORD was angry with Solomon, dom. because his heart was turned from the LORD 21 ~ And all king Solomon's drinking ves- God of Israel, which had appeared unto him sels were of gold, and all the vessels of the twice, house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure 10 And had commanded him concerning gold; none were of silver: it was nothing ac- this thing, that he should not go after other counted of in the days of Solomon. gods: but he kept not that which the LORD 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Thar- commanded. shish with the navy of Hiram: once in three 11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and pea- hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, cocks. which I have commanded thee, I will surely 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it of the earth for riches and for wisdom. to thy servant. 24 ~ And all the earth sought to Solomon, to 12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not hear his wisdom, which God had put in his do it for David thy father's sake: but I will heart. rend it out of the hand of thy son. 25 And they brought every man his present, 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son garments, and armour, and spices, horses, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusaand mules, a rate year by year. lem's sake which I have chosen. 26 ~ And Solomon gathered together char- 14 I And the LORD stirred up an adversary lots and horsemen: and he had a thousand unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he woas and four hundred chariots, and twelve thou- of the king's seed in Edom. sand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the 15 For it came to pass, when David was in cities for chariots, and with the king at Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was Jerusalem. gone up to bury the slain, after he had smit27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusa- ten every male in Edom; lem as stones, and cedars made he to be as 16 'For six months did Joab remain there 252 Solomon's adversariesK I. 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His reign and death, with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites uf his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh'shousehold amongthe sons of Pharaoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad naid to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 I And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his-lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Selomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 26 T And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an liphrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, Whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and theytwo were alone in the field: 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the L6RD, the God of Israel, Behold I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten tribes to thee: 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) 83 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children 22 of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I choose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, ever ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light a.. way before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shall be king over Israel. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken un. to all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servants did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee, 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jero, boam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 i And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XII. Rehoboam succeedeth Solomon. AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all IsrafeTwere come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. And he said unto them, Depart yet f,' three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 T And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 253 Ten tribes revolt. I. KINGS. Jeroboam's hand withereth. 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give turned to depart, according to the word oX ye that we may answer this people, who the LORD. have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke 25 H Then Jeroboam built Shechlem in which thy father did put upon us lighter? mount Ephraim, an- dwelt therein; and 10 And the young men that were grown up went out from thence, and built Penuel. with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall thou speak unto this people that spake unto the kingdom return to the house of David: thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall thus shalt thou say unto them, My little the heart of this people turn again unto finger shall be thicker than my father's their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Juloins. dah, and they shall kill me, and go again to 11 And now whereas my father did lade you Rehoboam king of Judah. with a heavy yoke. I will add to your yoke: 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and; my father hath chastised you with whips, but made two calves of gold, and said unto them, I will chastise you with scorpions. It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: 12 ~ So Jeroboam and all the people came behold thy gods,0 Israel, which brought thee to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had up out of the land of Egypt. appointed, saying, Come to me again the 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the third day. other put he in Dan. 13 And the king answered the people rough- 30 And this thing became a sin: for the peely, and forsook the old men's counsel that ple went to worship before the one, even unthey gave him; to Dan. 14 And spake to them after the counsel of 31 And he made a house of high places, and the youngmen, saying, My father made your made priests of the lowest of the people, yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my which were not of the sons of Levi. father also chastised you with whips, but I 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the will chastise you with scorpions. eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, the people; for the cause was from the LORD, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in that he might perform his saying, which the Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto had made: and he placed in Beth-el the Jeroboam the son of Nebat. priests of the high places which he had 16 1 So when all Israel saw that the king made. hearkened not unto them, the people an- 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had swered the king, saying, What portion have made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the we in David? neither have we inheritance in eighth month, even in the month which ha the son of Jesse: to your tents, 0 Israel: had devised of his own heart; and ordained now"see to thine own house, David. So Is- a feast unto the children of Israel: and ho rael departed unto their tents. offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. 17 But as for the children of Israel which CHAPTER XIII. dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam Pr as IIa reigned over them. Prophecy aganst the altar at Beth-el. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who AND, behold, there came a man of God ou' was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned of Judah by the word of the LORD untt him with stones, that he died. Therefore Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to king Rehoboam made speed to get him up burn incense. to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 2 And he cried against the altar in the wore 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of of the LORD, and said, 0 altar, altar, thin David unto this day. saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be bort 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard unto the house of David, Josiah by name that Jeroboam was come again, that they and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the sent and called him unto the congregation, high places that burn incense upon thee, and and made him king over all Israel: there was men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. none that followed the house of David, but 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying the tribe of Judah only. This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken 21 T And when Rehoboam was come to Je- Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashe, rusalem, he assembled all the house of Ju- that are upon it shall be poured out. dab, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboan. and fourscore thousand chosen men, which heard the saying of the man of God, which were warriors, to fight against the house of had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Reho- put forth his hand from the altar, saying, boam the son of Solomon. ay hold on hihm. And his hand, which he 22 But the word of God came untc Shemai- put forth against him, dried up, so that he ah the man of God, saying, could not pull it in again to him. 23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solo- 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes mon, king of Judah, and unto all the house poured out from the altar, according to the of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant sign which the man of God had given by the of the people, saying, word of the LORD. 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, 6 And the king answered and said unto the nor fight against your brethren the children man of God, Entreat now the face of the of Israel: return every man to his house; LORD thy God, and pray for me, that m, for this thing is from me. They hearkened hand may be restored me again. And the therefore to the word of the LORD, and re-man of God besought the LORD and the254 ithe disobedient prophet slaini I. KINGS. 1ie old prophet burieth him. king's hand was restored him again, and be- 26 And when the prophet that brought him.ame as it was before. back from the way heard thereof, he said, It 7 And the king said unto the man of God, is the man of God, who was disobedient unto Come home with me, and refresh thyself, the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD and I will give thee a reward. hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath 8 And the man of God said unto the king, torn him, and slain him, according to the If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will word of the LORD, which he spake unto not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread him. nor drink water in this place: 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle 9 For so was it charged me by the word of me the ass. And they saddled him. the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink 28 And he went and found his carcass cast water, nor turn again by the same way that in the way, and the ass and the lion standing thou camest. by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the 10 So he went another way, and returned carcass, nor torn the ass. not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 29 And the prophet took up the carcass of 11 I Now there dwelt an old prophet in the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all brought it back: and the old prophet came the works that the man of God had done that to the city, to mourn and to bury him. day in Beth-el: the words which he had 30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave; spoken unto the king, them they told also and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, to their father. my brother! 12 And their father said unto them, What 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried way went he? For his sons had seen what him, that he spake to his sons, saying, Whei. way the man of God went, which came from I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre Judah. wherein the man of God is buried; lay my 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the bones beside his bones: ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he 32 For the saying which he cried by the rode thereon, word of the LORD against the altar in Beth14 And went after the man of God, and el, and against all the houses of the high found him sitting under an oak: and he said places which are in the cities of Samaria. unto him, Art thou the man of God that shall surely come to pass. camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 33 ~ After this thing Jeroboam returned 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with not from his evil way, but made again of me, and eat bread. the lowest of the people priests of the high 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, places: whosoever would, he consecrated nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread him, and he became one of the priests of the nor drink water with thee in this place: high places. 17 For it was said to me by the word of the 34 And this thing became sin unto the house LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to dewater there, nor turn again to go by the way stroy it from off the face of the earth. that thou camest. APTER XIV 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the Prophecy against Jeroboam. word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back T that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam with thee into thine house, that he may eat A_ fell sick. bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, ' 19 So he went back with him, and did eat pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be bread in his house, and drank water. not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and 20 ~ And it came to pass, as tLey sat at the get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet, which told me that I should be the prophet that brought him back: king over this people. 21 And he cried unto the man of God that 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and crackcame from Judah, saying, Thus saith the nels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed shall tell thee what shall become of the child. the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, the commandment which the LORD thy God and went to Shiloh, and came to the house commanded thee, of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread his eyes were set by reason of his age. and drunk water in the place, of the which 5 ~ And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing drink no water; thy carcass shall not come of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, 23 T And it came to pass, after he had eaten when she cometh in, that she shall feign bread, and after he had drunk, that he sad- herself to be another woman. died for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet 6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the whom he had brought back. sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboby the way, and slew him: and his carcass am; why feignest thou thyself to be another? was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. the lion also stood by the carcass. 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing from among the people, and made thee by the carcass: and they came and told it in prince over my people Israel, the city where the old prophet dwelt. 8 And rent the kingdom away from the 255 Jeiroboam's ruizt foretold. 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KINGS. xRehoboam's death. house of David, and gave it ttee: and yet abominations of the nations which the LORD thou hast not been as my servant David, cast out before the children of Israel. who kept my conmmandments, and who fol- 25 ~ And it came to pass in the fifth year of lowed me with all his heart, to do that only king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt. which was right in mine eyes; caine up against Jerusalem: 9 But hast done evil above all that were be- 26 And he took away the treasures of the fore thee: for thou hast gone and made thee house of the LORD, and the treasures of the other gods, and molten images, to provoke king's house; he even took away all; and he me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy took away all the shields of gold which Soloback: mon had made. 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off brazen shields, and committed them unto from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the the hands of the chief of the guard, which wall, and him that is shut up and left in Is- kept the door of the king's house. ~rael, and will take away the remnant of the 28 And it was so, when the king went into. Jiouse of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away the house of the LORD, that the guard bare K, dung, till it be all gone. them,and brought them back into the guardHl1 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city chamber. shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the 29 ~ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the and all that he did, are they not written in LORD hath spoken it. the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine Judah? own house: and when thy feet enter into 30 And there was war between Rehoboam the city, the child shall die. and Jeroboam all their days. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall was buried with his fathers in the city of come to the grave, because in him there is David. And his mother's name was Naamah found some good thing toward the LORD anAmmonitess. AndAbijamhis son reignGod of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. ed in his stead. 14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a CHAPTER XV. king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. Reigns of Abi'am, and Asa. 15 Forthe LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed XTOW in the eighteenth year of king Jerois shaken in the water, and he shall root up Jl boam the son of Nebat reigned Abijain Israel out of this good land, which he gave over Judah. to their fathers, and shall scatter them be- 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. yond the river, because they have made their And his mother's name was Maachah, the groves, provoking the LORD to anger. daughter of Abishalom. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of 3 And he walked in all the sins of his fathe sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who ther, which he had done before him: and his made Israel to sin. heart was not perfect with the LORD his 17 T And Jeroboam's wife arose, and de- God, as the heart of David his father. parted, and came to Tirzah: and when she 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the came to the threshold of the door, the child LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, died. to set up his son after him, and to establish 18 And they buried him; and all Israel Jerusalem: mourned for him, according to the word of 5 Because David did that which was right the LORD, which he spake by the hand of in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not his servant Ahijah the prophet. aside from any thing that he commanded 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, him all the days of his life, save only in the how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, matter of Uriah the Hittite. they are written in the book of the Chroni- 6 And there was war between Rehoboam cles of the kings of Israel. and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and were two and twenty years: and he slept all that he did, are they not written in the with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned book of the Chronicles of the kings of Juin his stead. dah? And there was war between Abijam 21 ~ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon and Jeroboam. reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and one years old when he began to reign, andthey buried him in the city of David: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, Asa his son reigned in his stead. the city which the LORD did choose out of 9 ~ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. And his mother's name was Naamah an Am- 10 And forty and one years reigned he in monitess. Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the Maachah, the daughter of Abishaiom. LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy 11 And Asa did that which was right in the with their sins which they had committed, eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. above all that their fathers had done. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of 23 For they also built them high places, and the land, and removed all the idols that his images, and groves, on every high hill, and fathers had made. under every green tree. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her 24 And there were also sodomites in the he removed from being queen, because she land: and they did according to all the had made an idol in a grove; and Asa dea 256 Asa's good reign..I. KINGS. Prophecy against Baasha. stroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which Kidron. he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by 14 But the high places were not removed: his provocation wherewith he provoked the nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with LORD God of Israel to anger. the LORD all his days. 31 T Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and 15 And he brought in the things which his all that he did, are they not written in the father had dedicated, and the things which book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? himself had dedicated, into the house of the 32 And there was war between Asa and BaaLORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. sha king of Israel all their days. 16 ~ And there was war between Asa and 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah Baasha king of Israel all their days. began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four against Judah, and built Ramah, that he years. might not suffer any to go out or come in to 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, Asa king of Judah. and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold his sin wherewith he made Israel to sip.._.r that were left in the treasures of the house A of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's CHAPTER XVI. Dn douse, and delivered them into the hand of Jehu's prophecy against Baasha. his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben- rT1HEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of He- 1 the son of Hanani against Baasha, sayzion,Jking of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, ing, saying, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the 19 There is a league between me and thee, dust, and made thee prince over my people alnd between my father and thy father: be- Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of hold, I have sent unto thee a present of sil- Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel ver and gold; come and break thy league to sin, to provoke me to anger with their With Baasha king of Israel, that he may de- sins; part from me. 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, Baasha, and the posterity of hishouse; and and sent the captains of the hosts which he will make thy house like the house of Jerohad against the cities of Israel, and smote boam the son of Nebat. Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and and dwelt in Tirzah. what he did, and his might, are they not 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation written in the book of the Chronicles of throughout all Judah; none was exempted: the kings of Israel? and they took away the stones of Ramah, 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, anc and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son had builded; and king Asa built with them reigned in his stead. Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his the son of Hanani came the word of the might, and all that he did, and the cities LORD against Baasha, and against his house, which he built, are they not written in the even for all the evil that he did in the sight book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ju- of the LORD, in provoking him to anger dah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age with the work of his hands, in being like he was diseased in his feet. the house of Jeroboam; and because he 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was killed him. buried with his fathers in the city of David 8 ~ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha in his stead. to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 25 ' And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his to reign over Israel in the second year of chariots, conspired against him, as he was Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the two years. house of Arza steward of his house in Tir26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, zah. and walked in the way of his father, and in 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. killed him, in the twenty and seventh year 27 t And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his house of Issachar, conspired against him; stead. and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which 11 ~ And it came to pass, when he began belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of him not one that pisseth against a wall, Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. his stead. 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam: he which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, un- prophet, til he had destroyed him, according unto the 13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins caying of the LORD, which he spake by the of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and servant Ahijah the Shilonite: by which they made Israel to sin, in pro. 22* R 257 Omri's wicked reign. I. KINGS.,Etcah fed by ravens. voking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 15 ~ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 21 ~ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. 22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 23 ~ In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. 25 ~ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samara: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 29 T And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king 258 of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in ~the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 34 T In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. CHAPTER XVII. Elijah fed by ravens, and by a widow. AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word, 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ra. yens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan, 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that tho brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 ~ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, 1 have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according Co the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat nma;ty days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, i)ei. Iae, widow's son restored. I. KINGS. Maiich reproveth Ahab.~ ther did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 17 ~ And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay lmy son? 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and car-. ried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 214 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. CHAPTER XVIII. Priests of Baat put to death. A ND it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LoaD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a Hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 I And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou not my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy Kord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 T And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? IS And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Letthem therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will (dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying,. O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut them259 Baal's prophets are slain. I. KINGS. Elijah fleeth to Beer-sheba. selves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. 34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. 40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. 41 ~ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and Z-60 wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. CHAPTER XIX. Elijah threatened by Jezebel. AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had I done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life oone of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, le arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which heSlongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 ~ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and carne and sat dowa under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And'the angel of the LORD came againi the second time, and touched him, and saidl, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 9 ~ And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LoRD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LOR: was not in the wind: and after the wind all earthquake; but the LORD was not in irh earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; bet the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return Elisha followeth Elijah I. KINGS. The Syrians defeated. on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: I 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said.:md when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be The gods do so unto me, and more also, it king over Syria: the dust of Samaria shall suffice for hand16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou fuls for all the people that follow me. anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the 11 And the king of Israel answered and son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on anoint to be prophet in thy room. hish harness boast himself as he that putteth 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that it off. escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu 12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad slay: and him that escapeth from the sword heard this message, as he was drinking, he \)f Johu shall Elisha slay. and the kings in the pavilions, that he said 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Is- unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. raol, all the knees which have not bowed And they set themselves in array against the unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not city. kissed him. 13 1 And, behold, there came a prophet unto 19 ~ So he departed thence, and found Eli- Ahab, kingl of Israel. saying, Thus saith the sha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multiwith twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he tude behold, I will deliver it into thine with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, hand this day; and thou shalt know that I and cast his mantle upon him. amn the LORD. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Eli- 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said,;ah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young jrather and my mother, and then I will fol- men of the princes of the provinces. Then low thee. And he said unto him, Go back he said, Who shall order the battle? And again: for what have I done to thee? he answered, Thou. 21 And he returned back from him, and 15 Then he numbered the young men of took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and the princes of the provinces, and they were boiled their flesh with the instruments of two hundred and thirty-two: and after them the oxen, and gave unto the people, and he numbered all the people, even all the they did eat. Then he arose, and went after children of Israel, being seven thousand. Elijah, and ministered unto him. 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben. CI APTER XX. ihadad was drinking himself drunk in the A pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and Ben-hadad besiegeth Samaria. two kings that helped him. AND Ben-hadad the king of Syria gath-17 And the young men of the princes of the ered all his host together: and there provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad were thirty and two kings with him, and sent out, and they told him, saying, There horses, and chariots: and he went up and are men come out of Samaria. besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 18 And he said, Whether they be come out 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of for peace, take them alive; or whether they Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus be come out for war, take them alive. saith Ben-hadad, 19 So these young men of the princes of the 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy provinces came out of the city, and the army wives also and thy children, even the good- which followed them. liest, are mine. 20 And they slew every one his man: and 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them; My lord, 0 king, according to thy saying, I and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on am thine, and all that I have. a horse with the horsemen. 5 And the messengers came again, and said, 21 And the king of Israel went out, and Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although smote the horses and chariots, and slew the I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt de- Syrians with a great slaughter. liver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy 22 T And the prophet came to the king of wives, and thy children; Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: morrow about this time, and they shall for at the return of the year the king of search thine house, and the houses of thy Syria will come up against thee. servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is 23 And the servants of the king of Syria pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in said unto him, Their gods are gods of the their hand, and take it away. hills; therefore they were stronger than 7 Then the king of Israel called all the eld- we; but let us fight against them in the ers of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, plain, and surely we shall be stronger than and see how this man seeketh mischief: for they. he sent unto me for my wives, and for my 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, children, and for my silver, and for my every man out of his place, and put captains gold; and I denied him not. in their rooms: 8 And all the elders and all the people said 25 And number thee an army, like the army unto him, Hearken not 'tluto h im, nor coin- that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and charsent. iot for chariot: andwewill fight against them 9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger Ften-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that than they. And he hearkened unto their thou didst send for to thy servant at the voice, and did so. first I will do: but this thing I may not do. 26 And it came to pass at the return of the And the messengers denarted, and brought year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, him word again. and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel 261 Ahab's unseasonable lenity. I. KINGS. Ahab's death foretold 27 And the children of Israel were number- 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes awa. ed, and were all present, and went against from his face; and the king of Israel discernthem: and the children of Israel pitched be- ed him that he was of the prophets. fore them like two little flocks of kids; but 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the the Syrians filled the country. LORD, Because thou hast let go out of th3 28 T And there came a man of God,and spake hand a man whom I appointed to utter deunto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith struction, therefore thy life shall go for his the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, life, and thy people for his people. The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not 43 And the king of Israel went to his house God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. all this great multitude into thine hand, and CHAPTER XXI. ye shall know that I am the LORD. 29 And they pitched one over against the Ahab coveteth Naboth's vineyard. other seven days. And so it was, that in the AND it came to pass after these things, that seventh day the battle was joined: and the a Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hun- which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of dred thousand footmen in one day. Ahab king of Samaria. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a thousand of the men that were left. And garden of herbs, because it is near unto my Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into house: and I will give thee for it a better an inner chamber. vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, 31 ~ And his servants said unto him, Behold I will give thee the worth of it in money. now, we have heard that the kings of the 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forhouse of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I bid it me, that I should give the inheritance pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and of my fathers unto thee. ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. displeased because of the word which Naboth 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for lie had and put ropes on their heads, and came to said, I will not give thee the inheritance ol the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben- my fathers. And he laid him down upon hi, hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he bed, and turned away his face, and would eat said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. no bread. 33 Now the men did diligently observe 5 ~ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and whether any thing would come from him, said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy thou eatest no bread? brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unbring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, him; and he caused him to cdme up into the Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if chariot. it please thee, I will give thee another vine34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, yard for it: and he answered, I will not give which my father took from thy father, I will thee my vineyard. restore; and thou shalt make streets for 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thee in Damascus, as my father made in Sa- thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? maria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be away with this covenant. So he made a merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Nacovenant with him, and sent him away. both the Jezreelite. 35 1 And a certain man of the sons of the 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and prophets said unto his neighbour in the sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. unto the elders and to the nobles that were And the man refused to smite him. in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Pronot obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, s claim a fast, and set Naboth on high among soon as thou art departed from me, a lion the people: shall slay thee. And as soon as he was de- 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before parted from him, a lion found him, and slew him, to bear witness against him, saying, him Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. 37 Then he found another man, and said, And then carry him out, and stone him, that Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote he may die. him, so that in smiting he wounded him. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for and the nobles who were the inhabitants in the king by the way, and disguised himself his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, with ashes upon his face. and as it was written in the letters which she 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto had sent unto them. the king: and he said, Thy servant went out 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a on high among the people. man turned aside, and brought a man unto 13 And there came in two men, children of me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means Belial, and sat before him: and the nen of he be missing, then shall thy life be for his Belial witnessed against him, even against life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. Naboth, in the presence of the people, say40 And as thy servant was busy here and ing, Nabeth did blaspheme God and the there, he was gone. And the king of Israel king. Then they cartned him forth out of said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; the city, and stoned hibm witIt stones, that thyself hast decided it. he died. 262 Ahab seduced I. KINGS. by false prophets. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servis stoned, and is dead. ants, Know ye that Rtamoth in Gilead is 15 ~ And it came to pass, when Jezebel ours, and we be still, and take it not out of heard that Naboth was stoned, and was the hand of the king of Syria? dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou possession of the vineyard of Naboth the go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, for money: for Naboth is not alive, but I am as thou art, my people as thy people, dead. my horses as thy horses. 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jez- the LORD to day. reelite, to take possession of it. 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the 17 t And the word of the LORD came to prophets together, aboutfour hundred men, Elijah the Tishbite, saying, and said unto them, Shall I go against 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is And they said, Go up: for the Lord shall in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is deliver it into the hand of the king. gone down to possess it. 7 An_- Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, a prophet of the LORD besides, thai we Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and might inquire of him? also taken possession? And thou shalt speak 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshunto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In aphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the the place where dogs licked the blood of son of Imlah, by whom v-' may inquire of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou prophesy good concerning me, but -.vil. found me, O mine enemy? And he an- And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say swered, I have found thee: because thou so. hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, the LORD. and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and Imlah. will take away thy posterity, and will cut 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat of? from Ahab him that pisseth against the the king of Judah sat each on his throne, wall, and him that is shut up and left in having put on their robes, in a void place in Israel, the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and 22 And will make thine house like the all the prophets prophesied before them. house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, made him horns of iron: and he said, Thua for the provocation wherewith thou hast saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push provoked me to anger, and made Israel to the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. sin. 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, say23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, say- ing, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: ing, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's of Jezreel. hand. 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the 13 And the messenger that was gone to call dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold field shall the fowls of the air eat. now, the words of the prophets declare good 25 ~ But there was none like unto Ahab, unto the king with one mouth: let thy which did sell himself to work wickedness word, I pray thee, be like the word of one in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his of them, and speak that which is good. wife stirred up. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, 26 And he did very abominably in following what the LORD saith unto me, that will I idols, according to all things as did the Am- speak. orites, whom the LORD cast out before the 151 So he came to the king. And the king children of Israel. said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shallwe forbear? those words, that he rent his clothes, and And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of lay in sackcloth, and went softly. the king. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Eli- 16 And the king said unto him, How many jah the Tishbite, saying, times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself nothing but that which is true in the name before me? because he humbleth himself of the LORD? before me, I will not bring the evil in his 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered days: but in his son's days will I bring the upon the hills, as sheep that have not a evil upon his house. shepherd: and the LORD said, These have CHAPATER XXII. no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. Ahab slain at Ranoth-gilead. 18 And the king of Israel said unto JehoshaAND they continued three years without phat, Did I not tell thee that he would proph1 war between Syria and Israel. esy no good concerning me, but evil? 2 And it came to pass in the third year, 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting 4pwn to the king of Israel, on his throne, and all the host of heaved a6? Micaiah's prophecy I. KINGS. Ahaziah's evil reigns standing by him on his right hand and on 36 And there went a proclamation through, his left. out the host about the going down of the 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth- man to his own country. gilead? And one said on this manner, and 37 S So the king died, and was brought to another said on that manner. Samaria; and they buried the king in Sa21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood maria. before the LORD, and said, I will persuade 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool him. of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his 22 And the LORD said unto him, Where- blood; and they washed his armour; accordwith? And he said, I will go forth, and I ing unto the word of the LORD which he will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his spake. prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. that he did, and the ivory house which he 23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath made, and all the cities that he built, are put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these they not written in the book of the Chronithy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken cles of the kings of Israel? evil concerning thee. 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Aha24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went ziah his son reigned in his stead. near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and 41 ~ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD to reign over Judah in the fourth year of from me to speak unto thee? Ahab king of Israel. 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see 42 Jehoshaphat wtas thirty and five years in that day, when thou shalt go into an old when he began to reign; and he reigned inner chamber to hide thyself. twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Mica- his mother's name was Azubah the daughter iah, and carry him back unto Amon the of Shilhi. governor of the city, and to Joash the king's 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his son; father; he turned not aside from it, doing 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this that which vas right in the eyes of the LORD: fellow in the prison, and feed him with nevertheless the high places were not taken bread of affliction and with water of artlic- away; for the people offered and burnt in, tion until I come in peace. cense yet in the high places. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. king of Israel.. nd he said, Hearken, O people, every one 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, of you. and his might that he shewed, and how he 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the warred, are they not written in the book o:l king of Judah went up to Ramot'h-gilead. the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehosh- 46 And the remnant of the sodomites) aphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into which remained in the days of his father the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And Asa, he took out of the land. the king of Israel disguised himself, and 47 There was then no king in Edom: a dep. went into the battle. uty was king. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to thirty and two captains that had rule over go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; foi his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto 32 And it came to pass, when the captains Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And would not. they turned aside to fight against him: and 50 I And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, Jehoshaphat cried out. and was buried with his fathers in the city 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of David his father: and Jehoram his son of the chariots perceived that it was not the reigned in his stead. king of Israel, that they turned back from 51t Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign pursuing him. over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year 34 And a certain man drew a bow at a ven- of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned ture, and smote the king of Israel between two years over Israel. the joints of the harness: wherefore he said 52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine and walked in the way of his father, and in hand, and carry me out of the host; for I the way of his mother, and in the way oi' am wounded. Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel 35 And the battle increased that day: and to sin: the king was stayed up in his chariot against 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood and provoked to anger the LORD God of san out of the wound into the midst of the Israel, according to all that his father had chariot. done. 264, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS, COMMONLY CALLED, THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. let my life, and the life of these fifty thy Ahaziah's messengers destroyed. servants, be precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heav1HEN Moab rebelled against Israel after en, and burnt up the two captains of the the death of Ahab. former fifties with their fifties: therefore 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice let my life now be precious in thy sight. in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Eliand was sick: and he sent messengers, and jah, Go down with him: be not afraid of said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub him. And he arose, and went down with the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of him unto the king. this disease. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messenthe Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the mes- gers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Eksengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto ron, is it not because there is no God in Isthem, Is it not because there is not a God in rael to inquire of his word? therefore thou Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub shalt not come down off that bed on which the god of Ekron? thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou 17 I So he died according to the word of the shalt not come down from that bed on which LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehothou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And ram reigned in his stead, in the second year Elijah departed. of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of 5 And when the messengers turned back Judah; because he had no son. unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah now turned back? which he did, are they not written in the 6 And they said unto him, There came a book of the Chronicles of the kings of Isinan up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, rael? turn again unto the king that sent you, and CHAPTER II. say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou lah taken up ito haven sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of AND it came to pass, when the LORD would Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down -A] take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlfrom that bed on which thou art gone up, wind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilhut shalt surely die. gal. 7 And he said unto them, What manner of 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I man was he which came up to meet you, and pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to told you these words? Beth-el. And Elisha said imto him, As the 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will m1an, and girt with a girdle of leather about not leave thee. So they went down to Bethhis loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tish- el. bite. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take and, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And away thy master from thy head to-day he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your king- hath said, Come down. peace.,10 And Elijah answered and said to the cap- 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry tain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent fire come down from heaven, and consume me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD thee and thy fifty. And there came down liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave tire from heaven, and consumed him and thee. So they came to Jericho. his fifty. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at 11 Again also he sent unto him another cap- Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, tain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered Knowest thou that the LORD will take away,ind said unto him, O man of God, thus hath thy master from thy head to-day? And he the king said, Come down quickly. answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, peace. If I be a man of God, let fire come do vn 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray from heaven, and consume thee and thy thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to fifty. And the fire of God came down from Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 13 f And he sent again a captain of the third And they two went on. fifty with his fifty. And the third captain 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets of fifty went up, and came and fell on his went, and stood to view afar off and they knees before Elijah, and besought him, and two stood by Jordan. said unto him, 0 ma of God, I pray thee. 8 A8e Bn lifah took his mantle, and wrapped m' 26t FlJah taken up into heaven. TI. KINGS. Jehoram's r'eign it together, and smote the waters, and they the wood, and tare forty and two children of were divided hither and thither, so that they them. two went over on dry ground. 25 And he went from thence to mount Car9 ~ And it came to pass, when they were mel, and from thence he returned to Samagone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask ria. what I shall do for thee, before I be taken CHAPTER III. away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray Moab rebelleth aganst Israel thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 'TOW Jehoram the son of Ahab began toa 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard l) reign over Israel in Samaria in the eight thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am eenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; and reigned twelve years. but if not, it shall not be so. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, LORD; but not like his father, and like bis and talked, that, behold, there appeared a mother: for he put away the image of Baal chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted that his father had made. them both asunder; and Elijah went up by 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of a whirlwind into heaven. Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Cs12 T And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My fa- rael to sin; he departed not therefrom. ther, my father, the chariot of Israel, and 4 ~ And Mesha king of Moab was a shenpthe horsemen thereof! And he saw him no master, and rendered unto the king of Is nel more: and he took hold of his own clothes, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred and rent them in two pieces. thousand rams, with the wool. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, fell from him, and went back, and stood by that the king of Moab rebelled against the the bank of Jordan; king of Israel. 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that 6 ~ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria fell from him, and smote the waters, and the same time, and numbered all Israel. said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the when he also had smitten the waters, they king of Judah,saying,The king of Moab hath parted hither and thither: and Elisha went rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me over. against Moab to battle? And he said, I will 15 And when the sons of the prophets which go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, people, and my horses as thy horses. The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up And they came to meet him, and bowed And he answered, The way through the wil. themselves to the ground before him. derness of Edom. 16 ~ And they said unto him, Behold now, 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king there be with thy servants fifty strong men; of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy mas- fetched a compass of seven days' journey: ter: lest peradventure the Spirit of the and there was no water for the host, and for LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon the cattle that followed them. some mountain, or into some valley. And 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the he said, Ye shall not send. LORD hath called these three kings together, 17 And when they urged him till he was to deliver them into the hand of Moab 1 ashamed, he said, Send. They sent there- 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here fore fifty men; and they sought three days, a prophet of theLORD, that we may inquire but found him not. of the LORD by him? And one of the king 18 And when they came again to him, (for of Israel's servants answered and said, Here he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured Did I not say unto you, Go not? water on the hands of Elijah. 19 ~ And the men of the city said unto Eli- 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the sha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went water is naught, and the ground barren. down to him. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, put salt therein. And they brought it to What have I to do with thee? get thee to the him. prophets of thy father, and to the prophets 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the of thy mother. And the king of Israel said waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these wa- these three kings together, to deliver them ters; there shall not be from thence any into the hand of Moab. more death or barren land. 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it according to the saying of Elisha which he not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaspake. phat the king of Judah, I would not look 23 ~ And he went up from thence unto toward thee, nor see thee. Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And ii there came forth little children out of the came to pass, when the minstrel played, that city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go the hand of the LORD came upon him. up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, this valley full of ditches. and cursed them in the name of the LORD. 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see Aa!l there came forth two she bears out of wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that vas4 266 The Moabites defeated II. KINGS. The Shunammite's son dietb. ley shall be filled with water, that ye may yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is drink. both ye, and your cattle, and your not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. beasts. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites and live thou and thy children of the rest. also into your hand. 8 ~ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and to Shunemn, where was a great woman; and every choice city, and shall fell every good she constrained him to eat bread. And so it tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned every good piece of land with stones. in thither to eat bread. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold the meat offering was offered, that, behold, now, I perceive that this is a holy man of there came water by the way of Edom, and God, which passeth by us continually. the country was tilled with water. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, 21 ~ And when all the Moabites heard that on the wall; and let us set for him there a the kings were come up to fight against bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlethem, they gathered all that were able to stick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, put on armour, and upward, and stood in that he shall turn in thither. the border. 11 And it fell on a day, that he came thith22 And they rose up early in the morning, er, and he turned into the chamber, and lay and the sun shone upon the water, and the there. Moabites saw the water on the other side as 12 And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Call red as blood: this Shunammite. And when he had called 23 And they said, This is blood: the kings her, she stood before him. are surely slain, and they have smitten one 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. Behold, thou hast been careful for us with 24 And when they came to the camp of Is- all this care; what is to be done for thee? rael, the Israelites rose up and smote the wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or Moabites, so that they fled before them: but to the captain of the host? And she answerthey went forward smiting the Moabites, ed, I dwell among mine own people. even in their country. 14 And he said, What then is to be done for 25 And they beat down the cities, and on her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath every good piece of land cast every man his no child, and her husband is old. stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had wells of water, and felled all the good trees: called her, she stood in the door. only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones 16And he said, About this season, according thereof; howbeit the stingers went about it, to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. and smote it. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of 26 ~ And when the king of Moab saw that God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. the battle was too sore for him, he took with 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a him seven hundred men that drew swords, to son at that season that Elisha had said unto break through even unto the king of Edom: her, according to the time of life. but they could not. 18 ~ And when the child was grown, it fell 27 Then he took his eldest son that should on a day, that he went out to his father to have reigned in his stead, and offered himfor the reapers. a burnt offering upon the wall. And there 19 And he said unto his father, My head, was great indignation against Israel: and my head! And he said to a lad, Carry him they departed from him, and returned to to his mother. their own land. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought CHAPTER IV. him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. Elisha increaseth the widow's oil. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the NTOW there cried a certain woman of the bed of the man of God, and shut the door L) wives of the sons of the prophets unto upon him, and went out. Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is 22 And she called unto her husband, and (lead; and thou knowest that thy servant did said, Send me, 1 pray thee, one of the young fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to men, and one of the asses, that I may run to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. the mnan of God, and come again. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I 23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the him to day? it is neither new moon, nor house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty thy riding for me, except I bid thee. vessels; borrow not a few. 25 So she went and came unto the man of 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, when the man of God saw her afar off, that and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonthou shalt set aside that which is full. der is that Shunammite: 5 So she went from him, and shut the door 26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and upon her and upon her sons, who brought say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well the vessels to her; and she poured out. with thy husband? is it well with the child? 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were And she answered, It is well. full, that she said unto her son, Bring me 27 And when she came to the man of God 267 The Shunarmmite's son restored. II. KINGS. Y2aoman's leprosy curea. to the hill, she caught him by the feet: butt eat, and left thereof, according to the word Gehazi came near to thllst; her away. And of the LORPD. the man of God said, Let her alone; for her CHAPTER V. soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. Elisha healeth Naaman's leprosy. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my NTOW Naaman, captain of the host of the lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? ~Y king of Syria, was a great man with his 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, master, and honourable, because by him the and take niy staff in thine hand, and go thy LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; was also a mighty man in valour, but he Was and if any salute thee, answer him not again: a leper. and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by compa30 And the mother of the child said, As the nies, and had brought away captive out of LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will the land of Israel a little maid; and she waitnot leave thee. And he arose, and followed ed on Naaman's wife. her. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would 31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and God nly lord were with the prophet that i9s laid the staff upon the face of the child; in Samaria! for he would recover him of but there was neither voice, nor hearing. his leprosy. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and 4- And one went in, and told his lord, saying, told him, saying, The child is not awaked. Thus and thus said the maid that is of the 32 And when Elisha was come into the land of Israel. house, behold, the child was dead, and laid 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and upon his bed. I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door And he departed, and took with him ten upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of 34 And he went up, and iay upon the child, gold, and ten changes of raiment. and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his 6 And he brought the letter to the king of eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come hands: and he stretched himself upon the unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Naaman my servant to thee, that thou may35 Then he returned, and walked in the est recover him of his leprosy. house to and fro; and went up, and stretched 7 And it came to pass, when the king of himself upon him: and the child sneezed Israel had read the letter, that he rent his seven times, and the child opened his eyes. clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to 36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this make alive, that this man doth send unto Shunammite. So he called her. And when me to recover a man of his leprosy? Whereshe was come in unto him, he said, Take up fore consider, I pray you, and see how he thy son. seeketh a quarrel against me. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and8 F And it was so, when Elisha the man of bowed herself to the ground, and took up God had heard that the king of Israel had her son, and went out. rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, 8 11 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy there was a dearth in the land; and the sons clothes? let him come now to me, and he of the prophets were sitting before him: and shall know that. there is a prophet in Israel. he said unto his servant, Set on the great 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the his chariot, and stood at the door of the prophets. house of Elisha. 39 And one went out into the field to gather 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and and shred them into the pot of pottage: for thou shalt be clean. they knew them not. 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely And it came to pass, as they were eating of come out to me, and stand, and call on the the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O name of the LORD his God, and strike his thou man of God, there is death in the pot. hand over the place, and recover the leper. And they could not eat thereof. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of 41 But he said, Then bringr meal. And he Damascus, better than all the waters of Is. cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out rael? may I not wash in them. and be clean? for the people, that they may eat. And So he turned and went away in a rage. there was no harm in the pot. 13 And his servants came near, and spake 42 ~ And there came a man from Baal-shall- unto him, and said, My father, if the prophsha, and brought the man of (God bread of et had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and thou not have done it? how much rather full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be he said, Give unto the people, that they may clean? eat. 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself 43 And his servitor said, What, should I set seven times in Jordan, according to the saythis before a hundred men? He said again, ing of the man of God: and his flesh canio Give the people, that they may eat: for again like unto the flesh of a little child, and thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and he was clean. shall leave thereof. 15 ~ And he returned to the man of God, he 44 So he set it before them, and they did and all his company, and came, and stood i68 Gehazi smitten with leprosy. II. KINGS. The Syrians struck blind. before him: and he said, Behold, now I go with thy servants. And he answered, I know that there is no God in all the earth, will go. but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, 4 So he went with them. And when they take a blessing of thy servant. came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 16 But he said, As the LoRD liveth, before 5 Bunt as one was felling a beam, the axe whom I stand, I will receive none. And he head fell into the water: and he cried, and urged him to take it; but he refused. said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 17 And Naanaan said, Shall there not then, I 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? pray thee, be given to thy servant two And he shewed him the place. And he cut mules' burden of earth? for thy servant down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the will henceforth offer neither burnt offering iron did swim. nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. LORD. And he put out his hand, and took it. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy serv- 8 Then the king of Syria warred against ant, thai when my master goeth into the Israel, and took counsel with his servants, house of Rimmon to worship there, and he saying, In such and such a place shall be my leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in camp. the house of Rimmon: when I bow down 9 And the man of God sent unto the king myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD of Israel. saying, Beware that thou pass not pardon thy servant in this thing. such a place; for thither the Syrians are 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So come down. he departed from him a little way. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place 20 ~ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the which the man of God told him and warned man of God, said, Behold, my master hath him of, and saved himself there, not once spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving nor twice. at his hands that which he brought: but, as 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and was sore troubled for this thing; and he take somewhat of him. called his servants, and said unto them, Will 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And ye not shew me which of us is for the king when Naaman saw him running after him, of Israel? he lighted (own from the chariot to meet 12 And one of his servants said, None, my him, and said, Is all well? lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that 2 And he said, All is well. My master hath s in Israel, telleth the kir.g of Israel the sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be words that thou speakest in thy bedcome to me from mount Ephraim two young chamber. men of the sons of the prophets: give them, 13 T And he said, Go and spy where he is, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two that I may send and fetch him. And it changes of garments. was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Do23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two than. talents. And he urged him, and bound two 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and talents of silver in two bags, with two chariots, and a great host: and they came changes of garments, and laid them upon by night, and compassed the city about. two of his servants; and they bare them be- 15 And when the servant of the man of fore him. God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, 24 And when he came to the tower, he took a host compassed the city both with horses them from their hand, and bestowed them in and chariots. And his servant said unto the house: and he let the men go, and they him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? departed. 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they 25 But he went in, and stood before his that be with us are more than they that be master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence with them. c(mest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy serv- 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I ant went no whither. pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine And the LORD opened the eyes of the young heart with thee, when the man turned again man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountfrom his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time ain was full of horses and chariots of fire to receive money, and to receive garments, round about Elisha. and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, 18 And when they came down to him, and oxen, and menservants, and m1aidserv- Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, ants? Smite this people, I pray thee, with blind27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall ness. And he smote them with blindness cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. according to the word of Elisha. And he went out from his presence a leper 19 1f And Elisha said unto them, This is not as white as snow. the way, neither is this the city: follow me, CHA PTER VT and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. A great famine in Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they were AND the sons of the'prophets said unto cone into Samtaria, that Elisha said, LORD, Elisha, Behold now, the place where we open the eyes of these vmen,:hat they may dwell with thee is too strait for us. see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the take thence every man a beam, and let us midst of Samaria. make us a place there, where we may dwell. 21 And the king of Isra-l said unto Elisha, And he answered, Go ye. when he saw them, My father, shall I s tit 8 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and them? shall I smite thbemr X* 269 (rreat famine in Samaria. II. KINGS. Ftiglt of the Syrtans. 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 24 ~ And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for feurscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, 0 king. 27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. 30 T And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? CHAPTER VII. A sudden plenty in Samaria. THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 3 ' And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, 970 then the famine is in the city, anld we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another* Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they. arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it 'as, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence aleo, and went and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another, We (lo not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within. 12 ~ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. 14 They took therefore two chariot aorses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had east away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 17 T And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of Shlunammitc's land restored. II. KINGS. Ahnziah's wicked reian. the gate: and the people trode upon him in And he answered, Because I know the evil 'he gate, and he died, as the man of God had that thou wilt do unto the children of Isravaid, who spake when the king came down el: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, -o him. and their young men wilt thou slay with 18 And it came to pass as the man of God the sword, and wilt dash their children, and had spoken to the king, saying, Two meas- rip up their women with child. ures of barley for a shekel, and a meas- 13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servire of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to ant a dog, that he should do this great thing? morrow about this timie in the gate of Sa- And Elisha answered,The LORD hath shewed maria: me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 19 And that lord answered the man of God, 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to andl said, Now, behold, if the LORD should his master; who said to him, What said Elimrake windows in heaven, might such a thing sha to thee? And he answered, He told me te? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it that thou shouldest surely recover. with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the peo- ie took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, pie trode upon him in the gate, and he died. and spread it on his face, so that he died: CHAPTER VITI. and Hazael reigned in his stead. 16 1~ And in the fifth year of Joram the son The Shunammite's land restored. of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of JeL whose son he had restored to life, say- hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. ing, Arise, and go thou and thine house- 17 Thirty and two years old was he when hold, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst he began to reign; and he reigned eight sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a years in Jerusalem. famine; and it shall also come upon the 18 And he walked in the way of the kings land seven years. of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for the 2 And the woman arose, and did after the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did saying of the man of God: and she went evil in the sight of the T IRD. with her household, and sojourned in the 19 Yet the LORD would \ot destroy Judah land of the Philistines seven years. for David his servant's sane, as he promised 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' him to give him always a light, and to his end, that the woman returned out of the children. land of the Philistines: and she went forth 20 ~ In his days Edom revolted from under to cry unto the king for her house and for the hand of Judah, and made a king over her land. themselves. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the serv- 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the -lnt of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I chariots with him: and he rose by night, pray thee, all the great things that Elisha and smote the Edomites which compassed hath done. him about, and the captains of the chariots: 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the and the people fled into their tents. king how he had restored a dead body to life, 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand that, behold, the woman, whose son he had of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah rerestored to life, cried to the king for her volted at the same time. house and for her land. And Gehazi said, 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this all that he did, are they not written in the ins her son, whom Elisha restored to life. bookof theChronicles of thekings ofJudah? 6 And when the king asked the woman, she 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and tMid him. So the king appointed unto her was buried with his fathers in the city of a, certain officer, saying, Restore all that was David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his hers, and all the fruits of the field since the stead. day that she left the land, even until now. 25 1 In the twelfth year of Joram the son 7 ~ And Elisha came to Damascus; and of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. it was told him, saying, The man of God is 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah come hither. when he began to reign; and he reigned 8 And the king said unto HIazael, Take a one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's present in thine hand, and go, meet the man name zas Athaliah, the daughter of Omri of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, king of Israel. saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 27 And he walked in the way of the house 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the present with him, even of every good thing LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was cf Damascus, forty camels' burden, and the son in law of the house of Ahab. came and stood before him, and said, Thy 28 ~[ And he went with Joram the son of son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to Ahab to the war against Hazael king of thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? Syria in Ramoth-Gilead; and the Syrians 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto wounded Joram. him, Thou mayest certainly recover: how- 3? And king Joram went back to be healed beit tile LORD hath shewed me that he shall in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians surely die. had given him at Hamah, when he fought 11 And he settled his countenance stead- against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah fastly, until he was ashamed: and the man the son of Jehoram king of Judah went of God wept. down to see Joram the son of Ahab in 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? Jezreel, beceuse he was sick. 271 Jehu is anointed king. II. KINGS. Jehu killeth Jotamn CHAPTER IX. Jehu anointed king over Israel. AND Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramnotth-gilead: 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LGRD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 ~ So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 11 ~ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, an( blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. 15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company 272 of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a coinlpany. And Joram said, Take a horseman. and send to meet them, and let him say, Is iit peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to mee; him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith,the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving ofc Jehu the son of Ninmshi; for he driveth furiously. 21 And Joram said, Make ready. A.nd his chariot was made ready. And Jorar king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of IN aboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the wheredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, () Ahaziah. 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remermber how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. 27 i But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign ovor Judah. 30) And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a wint dow. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew bis mister? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuclis. Ahab's seventy sons stain. it. KINGS. Baal's worshizppers slain 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they house of Ahab in Jezrecl, and all his great threw her down: and some of her blood was men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: he left him none remaining. and he trode her under foot. 12 T1 And he arose and departed, and came 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed wo- house in the way, man, and bury her: for she is a king's 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah daughter. king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And 35 And they went to bury her: but they they answered, We are the brethren of Ahafound no more of her than the skull, and ziah; and we go down to salute the children the feet, and the palms of her hands. of the king and the children of the queen. 36 Wherefore they came again, and told 14 And he said, Take them alive. And they him. And he said, This is the word of the took them alive, and slew them at the pit of LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the shearing house, even two and forty men; the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jez- neither left he any of them. reel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 15 ~ And when he was departed thence, he 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab dung upon the face of the field in the por- comting to m(et him: and he saluted him, tion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my This is Jezebel. heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab CHAPTER X. answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him Sons of Ahab slain in Sanaria. up to him into the chariot. AND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Sa- zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in maria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the eld- his chariot. ers, and to them that brought up Ahab's 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew children, saying. all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, he had destroyed him, according to the sayseeing your master's sons are with.you, and ing of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. there are with you chariots and horses, a 18 ~ And Jehu gathered all the people tofenced city also, and armour; gether, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal 3 Look even out the best and meetest of a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. your master's sons, and set himt on his fa- 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophther's throne, and fight for your master's ets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; house. let none be wanting: for I have a great sac4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and rifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wantsaid, Behold, two kings stood not before ing, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subhim: how then shall we stand? tilty, to the intent that he might destroy the 5 And he that was over the house, and he worshippers of Baal. that was over the city, the elders also, and 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assernthe bringers up of the chiltdren, sent to Jehu, bly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. saying, We are thy servants, and will do all 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make the worshippers of Baal came, so that there any king: do thou that which is good in thine was not a man left that came not. And they eyes. came into the house of Baal; and the house 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to of Baal was full from one end to another. them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will 22 And he said unto him that ewas over the hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worthe mlen your master's sons, and come to me shippers of Baal. And he brought them forth to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the vestments. king's sons, being seventy persons, were with 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son the great men of the City, which brought of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said them up. unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came look that there be here with you none of the to them, that they took the king's sons, and servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of slew seventy persons, and put their heads in Baal only. baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices 8 11 And there came a messenger, and told and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed four-score him saying, They have brought the heads of nien without, and said, If any of the men the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them whom I have brought into your hands escape, in two heaps at the entering in of the gate he that letteth him go, his life shall be for until the morning. the life of him. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had he went out, and stood, and said to all the made an end of offering the burnt offering, people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired that Jehu said to the guard and to the capagainst my master, and slew him: but who tains, Go in, and slay them; let none conme slew all these? forth. And they smote them with the edge 10 Know now that there shall fall unto the of the sword; and the guard and the captains earth nothing of the word of the LORD, cast them out, and went to the city of the which the LORD, spake concerning the house house of Baal. of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which 26 And they brought forth the images out of he spake by his servant Elijah. the house of Baal, and burned them. It So Jehu slew all that remained of the 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, S 273 Joasn, saved from Athaliah's II. KINGS. massacre, is anointed king. and brake down the house of Baal, and made according to all things that Jehoiada the it a draught house unto this dav. priest commanded: and they took every 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. man his men that were to come in on the 29 ~ Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam sabbath, with them that should go out on lhe son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and the priest give king David's spears and that were in Dan. shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because 11 And the guard stood, every man with his thou hast done well in executing that which weapons in his hand, round about the king, is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the from the right corner of the temple to the house of Ahab according to all that was in left corner of the temple, along by the eltar mine heart, thy children of the fourth gen- and the temple. eration shall sit on the throne of Israel. 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law put the crown upon him, and gave him the of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: testirony; and they made him king, and for he departed not from the sins of Jerobo- anointed him; and they clapped their handls, am, which made Israel to sin. and said, God save the king. 32 I In those days the LORD began to cut Is- 13 ~ And when Athaliah heard the noise of rael short: and Hazael smote them in all the the guard and of the people, she came to the coasts of Israel; people into the temple of the LORD. 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of 14 And when she looked, behold, the king Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her that he did, and all his might, are they not clothes, and cried, Treason, treason. written in the book of the Chronicles of the 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the kings of Israel? captains of the hundreds, the officers of the 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and host, and said unto them, Have her forth they buried him in Samaria, And Jehoahaz without the ranges; and him that followetl; his son reigned in his stead. her kill with the sword. For the priest had 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Is- said, Let her not be slain in the house of the rael in Samaria was twenty and eight years. LORD. CHAPTER XI 16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses Athaliah usurps the throne, came into the king's house: and there was AND when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah she slain. ^ saw that her son was dead, she arose and 17 T And Jehoiada made a covenant bedestroyed all the seed royal. tween the LORD and the king and the pea2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Jo- pie, that they should be the LORD'S people; ram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of between the king also and the people. Ahaziah, and stole him from among the 18 And all the people of the land went into king's sons which ewere slain; and they hid the house of Baal, and brake it down; his him, even him and his nurse, in the bed- altars and his images brake they in pieces chamber from Athaliah, so that he was not thoroughly, and slew Matts? the priest of -lain. Baal before the altars. And the priest ap, 3 And he was with her hid in the house of pointed officers over the house of the LORD. the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, over the land. and the captains, and the guard, and all the 4 ~ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and people of the land; and they brought down fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the the king from the house of the LORD, and captains and the guard, and brought them to came by the way of the gate of the guard to him into the house of the LORD, and made a the king's house. And he sat on the throne covenant with them, and took an oath of of the kings. them in the house of the LORD, and shewed 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, them the king's son. and the city was in quiet: and they slew 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is Athaliah with the sword beside the king's the thing that ye shall do; A third part of house. you that enter in on the sabbath shall even 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he be keepers of the watch of the king's house; began to reign. 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of CHAPTER IIl Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard so shall ye keep the watch of the Jehoash's ood rcig.. house, that it be not broken down. TN the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash be7 And two parts of all you that go forth on I gan to reign; and forty years reigned be the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was of the house of the LORD about the king. Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 8 And ye shall compass the king round 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in about, every man with his weapons in his the sight of the LORD all his days wherein hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, Jehoiada the priest instructed him. let him be slain: and be ye with the king as 3 But the high places were not taken away: he goeth out and as he cometh in. the people still sacrificed and burnt incetxe 9 And the captains over the bhudreds did iu the higb placeA 274 l'Ve temple repaired. II. KINGS. Joash is slain, 4 ~ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the 20 And his servants arose, and made a conmtoney of the dedicated things that is spiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Milbrought into the house of the LORD, evenI lo, which goeth down to Silla. the money of every one that passeth the 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and account, the money that every man is set at, J ehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, and all the money that cometh into any smote him, and he died; and they buried man's heart to bring into the house of the him with his fathers in the city of David: LORD, and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead., Let the priests take it to them, every man CHAPTER XIII. of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any Jehoahaz' wicked reign. breach shall be found. TN the three and twentieth year of Joash 6 But it was so, that in the three and twen- I the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoatieth year of king Jehoash the priests had haz the son of Jehu began to reign over Isranot repaired the breaches of the house. el in Samaria, and reigilne seventeen years. k Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada 2 And he did that which was evil in the the priest, and the other priests, and said un- sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of to them, Why repair ye not the breaches of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Isthe house? now therefore receive no more rael to sin; he departed not therefrom. tnoney of your acquaintance, but deliver it 3 ~ And the anger of the LORD was kindled F(r the breaches of the house. against Israel, and he delivered them into 8 And the priests consented to receive no the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into More money of the people, neither to repair the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all the breaches of the house. their days. 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and bored a hole irn the lid of it, and set it beside the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the altar, on the right side as one cometh the oppression of Israel, because the king into the house of the LORD: aind the priests of Syria oppressed them. that kept the door put therein all the money 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that was brought into the house of the LORD. that they went out from under the hand of 10 And it was so, when they saw that there the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt was much money in the chest, that the in their tents, as beforetime. king's scribe and the high priest came up, 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the and they put up in bags, and told the money sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Isthat was found in the house of the LORD. rael sin, but walked therein: and there re11 And they gave the money, being told, nained the grove also in Samaria.) into the hands of them that did the work, 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jethat had the oversight of the house of the hoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, LORDD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and ten thousand footmen; for the king of and builders, that wrought upon the house Syria had destroyed them, and had made iof the LORD, them like the dust by threshing. 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and 8 T Now the rest of the acts of jehoahaz, to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the and all that he did, and his might, are they breaches of the house of the LORD, and for not written in the book of the Chronicles of all that was laid out for the house to repair it. the kings of Israel? 13 Howbeit there were not made for the 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or ves- son reigned in his stead. sels of silver, of the money that was brought 10 ~ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash into the house of the LORD: king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Je14 But they gave that to the workmen, and hoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. reigned sixteen years. 15 Moreover they reckoned not with the 11 And he did that which was evil in the men, into whose hand they delivered the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all.money to be bestowed on workmen: for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who they dealt faithfully, made Israel sin: but he walked therein. 16 The trespass money and sin money was 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and not brought into the house of the LORD: it all that he did, and his might wherewith he was the priests'. fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are 17 1 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, they not written in the book of the Chroniand fought against Gath, and took it: and cles of the kings of Israel? Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jeho- was buried in Samaria with the kings of ram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Ju- Israel. dah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed 14 T Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickthings, and all the gold that was found in ness whereof he died. And Joash the king the treasures of thehouse of the LORD, and of Israel came down unto him, and wept in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael over his face, and said, O my father, my fakting of Syria: and he went away from Je- ther! the chariot of Israel, and the horseJ'usalem. men thereof. 19 T And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and that he did, are they not written in the book arrows. And he took unto him bow and of the Chronicles of the kings of Judab? arorws. 275 AOmazfah 's good retlyn. II. KINGS. He is slain. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 20 T And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coining in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 ~ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. CHAPTER XIV. War between Israel and Judah. TN the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 ~ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, Wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 276 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 8 1 Then Amaziah sent messengers to JI,hoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, -iing of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, ant trode down the thistle. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up; glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Ther,fore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amnta ziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and carme to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephrain unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 15 ~ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, (are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 T And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aire they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 T And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 T In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the sort of Joash king of Israel began to reign ini Salnaria, and reignied forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. who made Israel to sin. The reigns of Shallum, II. KINGS. Menahenm, and Pekahiah, 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, smote Shallurn the son of Jabesh in Samaria, according to the word of the LORD God of and slew him, and reigned in his stead. Israel, which he spake by the hand of his 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the his conspiracy which he made, behold, they prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. are written in the book of the Chronicles of 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, the kings of Israel. that it was very bitter: for there was not any 16 ~ Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Is- that were therein, and the coasts thereof rael. from Tirzah: because they opened not to 27 And the LORD said not that he would him, therefore he smote it; and all the woblot out the name of Israel from under men therein that were with child he ripped heaven: but he saved them by the hand of up. Jeroboam the son of Joash. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Aza28 ~ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, riah king of Judah began Menahem the son and all that he did, and his might, how he of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten warred, and how he recovered Damascus, years in Samaria. and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for 18 And he did that which was evil in the Israel, are they not written in the book of sight of the LORD: he departed not all his the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, Nebat, who made Israel to sin. etven with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came his son reigned in his stead. against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a CHUAPTER Xoar thousand talents of silver, that his hand lHiAPn Xm. ight be with him to confirm the kingdom Reigns of Azariah, Zachariah, &c. in his hand. JN the twenty and seventh year of Jero- 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Isi boam king of Israel began Azariah son of rael, even on all the mighty men of wealth, Amaziah king of Judah to reign. of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years turned back, and stayed not there in the land, in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 21, And the rest of the acts of Menahem, Jecholiah of Jerusalem. and all that he did, are they not written in 3 And he did that which was right in the the book of the Chronicles of the kings of sight of the LORD, according to all that his Israel? father Amaziah had done; 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; 4 Save that the high places were not re- and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. moved: the people sacrificed and burnt in- 23 T In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of cense still on the high places. Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began 5 ~ And the LORD smote the king, so that he to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned was a leper unto the day of his death, and two years. dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the 24 And he did that which was evil in the king's son was over the house, judging the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the people of the land. sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all made Israel to sin. that he did, are they not written in the book 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? of his, conspired against him, and smote him 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and in Samaria, inthe palace of the king's house, they buried him with his fathers in the city with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, stead. and reigned in his room. 8 ~ In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jer- all that he did, behold, they are written in oboam reign over Israel in Samaria six the book of the Chronicles of the kings of months. Israel. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Aza-riah of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he de- king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah parted not from the sins of Jeroboam the began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. reigned twenty years. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired 28 And he did that which was evil in the against him, and smote him before the peo- sight of the LORD: he departed not from the pie, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, made Israel to sin. behold, they are written in the book of the 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Chronicles of the kings of Israel. Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took 12 This was the word of the LORD which he Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, Spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galion the throne of Israel unto the fourth gen- lee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried,ration. And so it came to pass. them captive to Assyria. 13 ~ Shallum the son of Jabesh began to 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conreign in the nine and thirtieth year ofUzziah spiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Judah; and he reigned a full month and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in Samaria. in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jothaw 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up the son of Uzziah. 24 277 The wicked reign of Ahaz. II. KINGS. Hte spoileth the temple. 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all the altar, and the pattern of it, according tI that he did, behold, they are written in the all the workmanship thereof. book of the chronicles of the kings of Is- 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar acn rael. cording to all that king Ahaz had sent from 32 ~ In the second year of Pekah the son of Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the against king Ahaz came from Damascus. son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 12 And when the king was come from Da33 Five and twenty years old was he when mascus, the king saw the altar: and the king he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen approached to the altar, and offered thereon. years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. meat offering, and poured his drink offering, 34 And he did that which was right in the and sprinkled the blood of his peace offer, sight of the LORD: he did according to all ings, upon the alta., that his father Uzziah had done. 14 And he brought also the brazen altar, 35 ~ Howbeit the high places were not re- which was before the LORD, from the fore. moved: the people sacrificed and burned in- front of the house, from between the altar cense still in the high places. He built the and the house of the LORD, and put it on higher gate of the house of the LORD. the north side of the altar. 36 ~ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the all that he did, are they not written in the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ju- morning burnt offering, and the evening dah? meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, 37 In those days the LORD began to send and his meat offering, with the burnt offeragainst Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and ing of all the people of the land, and their Pekah the son of Remaliah. meat offering, and their drink offerings; 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the was buried with his fathers in the city of burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacri. David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned fice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to in his stead. inquire by. CHAPTER XVI. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to Ahaz joins with Tiglath-pileser all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 ~ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of TN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son the bases, and removed the laver from off of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham them; and took down the sea from off the king of Judah began to reign. brazen oxen that were under it, and put it 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began upon a pavement of stones. to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jeru- 18 And the covert for the sabbath thatthey salem, and did not that which was right in had built in the house, and the king's entry the sight -f the LORD his God, like David without, turned he from the house of the his father. LORD for the king of Assyria. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of 19 1 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through he did, are they not written in the book ol the fire, according to the abominations of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and waA before the children of Israel. buried with his fathers in the city of David: 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. high places, and on the hills, and under every CHAPTER XVII green tree, 5 ~ Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah Israel carried into captivity. son of Remaliah king of Israel, came up to TN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judat Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, I began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign it but could not overcome him. Samaria over Israel nine years. 6 At that time Rezin king of SSTia recover- 2 And he did that which was evil in the ed Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and Israel that were before him. dwelt there unto this day. 3 i Against him came up Shaimaneser king 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, king of Assyria, saying, I an thy servant and gave him presents. and thy son: come up, and save me out of 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to hand of the king of Israel, which rise up So king of Egypt, and brought no present to against me. the king of Assyria, as he had done year by 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him was found in the house of the LORD, and in up, and bound him in prison. the treasures of the king's house, and sent it 5 ~ Then the king of Assyria came up for a present to the king of Assyria. throughout all the land, and went up to Sa9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto maria, and besieged it three years. him: for the king of Assyria went up against 6 ~F In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Damascus, and took it, and carried the peo- Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israei ple of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. away into Assyria, and placed them in Halab 10 T And king Ahaz went to Damascus to and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and the cities of the Medes. saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel Ahaz sent to UriIah the priest the famhior e had sinned against the LORD their God, 278 Israet is carried II. KINGS. into captivity. which had brought them up out of the land out of their own land to Assyria unto this of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh day. king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 24 1 And the king of Assyria brought men 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, from Babylon, an from Cuthah, and from whom the LORD cast out from before the Ava. and from Iamath, and from Sepharchildren of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, vaim, and placed them in the cities of Samawhich they had made. ria instead of the children of Israel: and 9 And the children of Israel did secretly they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the those things that were not right against the cities thereof. LORD their God, and they built them high 25 And so it was at the beginning of their places in all their cities, from the tower of dwelling there, that they feared not the the watchmen to the fenced city. LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among 10 And they set them up images and groves them, which slew some of them. in every high hill, and under every green 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Astree: syria, saying, The nations which thou hast 11 And there they burnt incense in all the removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, high places, as did the heathen whom the know not the manner of the God of the LORD carried away before them; and land: therefore he hath sent lions among wrought wicked things to provoke the them, and, behold, they slay them, because LORD to anger: they know not the manner of the God of the 12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD land. had said unto them, Ye shall not do this 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, thing. saying, Carry thither one of the priests 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and whom ye brought from thence; and let them tgainst Judah, by all the prophets, and by go and dwell there, and let him teach them all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil the manner of the God of the land. ways, and keep my commandments and my 28 Then one of the priests whom they had statutes, according to all the law which I carried away from Samaria came and dwelt eommanded your fathers, and which I sent in Beth-el, and taught them how they should to you by my servants the prophets. fear the LORD. 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of but hardened their necks, like to the neck their own, and put them in the houses of the of their fathers, that did not believe in the high places which the Samaritans had made, LORD their God. every nation in their cities wherein they 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his dwelt. covenant that he made with their fathers, 30 And the men of Babylon made Succothand his testimonies which he testified against benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, them; and they followed vanity, and be- and the men of Hamath made Ashima, came vain, and went after the heathen that 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, Were round about them, concerning whom and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the LORD had charged them, that they fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the should not do like them. gods of Sepharvaim. 16 And they left all the commandments of 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto tie LORD their God, and made them molten themselves of the lowest of them priests of images, even two calves, and made a grove, the high places, which sacrificed for them and worshipped all the host of heaven, and in the houses of the high places. served Baal. i 33 They feared the LORD, and served their 17 And they caused their sons and their' own gods, after the manner of the nations daughters to pass through the fire, and used whom they carried away from thence. divination andenchantments,and sold them- 34 Unto this day they do not after the forsilves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to mer manners: they fear not the LORD, neiro>v oke him to anger. ther do they after their statutes, or after 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with their ordinances, or after the law and comIsrael, and removed them out of his sight: mandment which the LORD commanded the tiere was none left but the tribe of Judah children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 1lsy. 35 With whom the LORD had made a cov19 Also Judah kept not the commandments enant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall of the LORD their God, but walked in the not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to s;atutes of Israel which they made. them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 30 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Is- 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out riel, and afflicted them, and delivered them of the land of Egypt with great power and into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and them out of his sight. him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do 21 For he rent Israel from the house of Da- sacrifice. vid; and they made Jeroboam the son of 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel and the law, and the commandment, which from following the LORD, and made them he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for sin a great sin. evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all 38 And the covenant that I have made with the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they de- you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear parted not from them; other gods. 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; h-is sight, as he had said by all his servants and he shall deliver you out of the hand of Wxe prophets. So was Israel carried away all your enemies. 279 Ot7e invasionl of Sennacherib, II. KINGS. Rab-shakeh's blasphemy. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the did after their former manner. gold from the doors of the temple of the 41 So these nations feared the LORD, and LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekial served their graven images, both their chil- king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to dren, and their children's children: as did the king of Assyria. their fathers, so do they unto this day. 17, And the king of Assyria sent Tartan CHAPTER XVIII. and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against The good reign of Hczekiah. Jerusalem: and they went up and came to NOW it came to pass in the third year of Jerusalem. And when they were come up, Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that they came and stood by the conduit of the Ifezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah upper pool, which is in the highway of the began to reign. fuller's field. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when 18 And when they had called to the king, he began to reign; and he reigned twenty there came out to them Eliakim the son of and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's Hilkiah, which was over the household, and name also was Abi, the daughter of Zacha- Shebna the scribe, and Joab the son of riah. Asaph the recorder. 3 And he did that which was right in the 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak sight of the LORD, according to all that Da- ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great vid his father did. king, the king of Assyria, What confidence 4 IT He removed the high places, and brake is this wherein thou trusteth? the images, and cut down the groves, and 20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain brake in pieces the brazen serpent that words,) l have counsel and strength for the Moses had made: for unto those days the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that children of Israel did burn incense to it: thou rebellest against me? and he called it Nehushtan. 21 Now, behold, thou trusteth upon the 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, so that after him was none like him among on which if a man lean, it will go into hli all the kings of Judah, nor any that were hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of before him. Egypt unto all that trust on him. 6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the not from following him, but kept his cornm- L D our God: is not that he, whose high mandments, which the LORD commanded places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken Moses. away, and hath said to Judah and Jeru7 And the LORD was with him; and he salem, Ye shall worship before this altar in prospered whithersoever he went forth: and Jerusalem? he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges served him not. to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will de8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza. liver thee two thousand horses, if thou be and the borders thereof, from the tower of able on thy part to set riders upon them. the watchmen to the fenced city. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face 9 ~ And it came to pass in the fourth year of one captain of the least of my master's of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, chariots and for horsemen? that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up 2,5 Am I now come up without the LORD against Samaria, and besieged it. against this place to destroy it? The LORD 10 And at the end of three years they took said to me, Go up against this land, and deSt: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that stroy it. is the ninth year of Heoshea king of Israel, 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkial, Samaria was taken. and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeb1, 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in tie Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah Syrian language; for we understand it: ard and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in talk not with us in the Jews' language in the cities of the Medes: the ears of the people that are on the wall 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Halh the LORD their God, but transgressed his my master sent me to thy master, and ';o covenant, and all that Moses the servant of thee, to speak these words? hath he not seit the LORD commanded, and would not hear me to the men which sit on the wall, thit them, nor do them. they may eat their own dung, and drirk 13 1 Now in the fourteenth year of king their own piss with you? Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with come up against all the fenced cities of Ju- a loud voice in the Jews' language, and dah, and took them. spake, saying, Hear the word of the great 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king, the king of Assyria: king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have 29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah offended; return from me: that which thou deceive you: for he shall not be able to deputtest on me will I bear. And the king of liver you out of his hand: Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust ir Judah three hundred talents of silver and the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely dethirty talents of gold. liver us, and this city shall not be delivered 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver into the hand of the king of Assyria. that was found in the house of the LoKn, 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith and in the treasures of the king's house. the king of Assyria, Make an agreement 280 ) Iczckiah sendeth to IsaiahII. II. KINGS. Isaiah's prophecy. with me by a present, and come out to me, thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusaand then eat ye every man of his own vine, lem shall not be delivered into the hand of and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye the king of Assyria. every one the waters of his cistern: 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings 32 Until I come and take you away to a of Assyria have done to all lands, by deland like your own land, a land of corn and stroying them utterly: and shalt thou be wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land delivered? of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered and not die: and hearken not unto Heze- them which my fathers have destroyed, as kiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the chilLORD will deliver us. dren of Eden which were in Thelasar? 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations de- 13 Where is the king of Hamath, an(d the livered at all his land out of the hand of king of Arpad, and the king of the city of the king of Assyria? Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?;;4 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of 14 ~[ And Hezekiah received the letter of A rpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, the hand of the messengers, and read it: and lena, and Ivah? have they delivered Sama- Hezekiah went up into the house of the ria out of mine hand? LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 35 Who are they among all the gods of the 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, countries, that have delivered their country and said, 0 LORD God of Israel, which dwellout of mine hand, that the LORD should de- est between the cherubim, thou art the God, liver Jerusalem out of mine hand? even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the 36 But the people held their peace, and an- earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. swered him not a word: for the king's com- 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: nmandment was, saying, Answer him not. open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent which was over the household, and Shebna him to reproach the living God. the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, have destroyed the nations and their lands, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: CHAPTER XIX. for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore Isaiah comforteth Hezekiah. they have destroyed them. AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beheard it, that he rent his clothes, and seech thee, save thou us out of his hand, covered himself with sackcloth, and went that allthe kingdoms of the earth may know into the house of the LORD. that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the 20 ~ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to household, and Shebna the scribe, and the Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Heze- have heard, kiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of re- 21 This is the word that the LORD hath buke, and blasphemy: for the children are spoken concerning him; The virgin the. come to the birth, and there is not strength daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and to bring forth. laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Je4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all rusalem hath shaken her head at thee. the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasAssyria his master hath sent to reproach phemed? and against whom hast thou exthe living God; and will reprove the words alted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on which the LORD thy God hath heard: where- high? even against the Holy One of Israel. fore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached are left. the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to of my chariots I am come up to the height Isaiah. of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, 6 T And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, of, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I Be not afraid of the words which thou hast will enter into the lodgings of his borders, heard, with which the servants of the king and into the forest of his Carmel. of Assyria have blasphemed me. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and and with the sole of my feet have I dried up he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to all the rivers of besieged places. his own land; and I will cause him to fall by 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have the sword in his own land. done it, and of ancient times that I have 8 ~ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the formed it? now have I brought it to pass, king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced he had heard that he was departed from La- cities into ruinous heaps. cbish. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king power, they were dismayed and confoundof Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight ed; they were as the grass of the field, and against thee; he sent messengers again unto as the green herb, as the grass on the houseHezekiah, saying, tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of up Judah, saying, Let not thy God in wholm 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going 2-* 281 The Assyriams destroyed. IT. KINGS. T7ic captivity foretold. out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against I will defend this city for mine own sake, me. and for my servant David's sake. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tu- 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And mult is come up into mine ears, therefore I they took and laid it on the boil, and he will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle recovered. in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the 8 ~ And HIezekiah said unto Isaiah, What way by which thou camest. shall be the sign that the LORD will heal 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye me, and that I shall go up into the house of shall eat this year such things as grow of the LORD the third day? themselves, and in the second year that 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have which springeth of the same; and in the of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vine- that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go foryards, and eat the fruits thereof. ward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the 10 And Iezekiah answered, It is a light house of Judah shall yet again take root thing for the shadow to go down ten dedownward, and bear fruit upward. grees: nay, but let the shadow return back~ 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a ward ten degrees. remnant, and they that escape out of mount 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do LORD: and he brought the shadow ten dethis. grees backward, by which it had gone down 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concern- in the dial of Ahaz. ing the king of Assyria, tie shall not come 12 ~ At that time Berodach-baladan, the son into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters come before it with shield, nor cast a bank and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had against it. heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 33 By the way that lie came, by the same 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, shall he return, and shal not come into this and shewed them all the house of his precity, saith the LORD. cious things, the silver, and the gold, and 34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for the spices, and the precious ointment, and mine own sake, and for my servant David's all the house of his armour, and all that was sake. found in his treasures: there was nothing 35 1 And it catme to pass that night, that the in his house, nor in all his dominion, that angel of the LORD went out, and smote in Hezekiah shewed thrie not. the camp of the Assyrians a hundred four- 14 ~ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto score and five thousand: and when they king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What arose early in the morning, behold, they said these men? and from whence came were all dead corpses. they unto thee? And Hlezekiah said, They 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria depart- are come from a far country, even from ed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Babylon. Nineveh. 15 And he said, What have they seen in 37 And it came to pass, as he was worship- thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All ping in the house of Nisroch his god, that the things that are in mine house have they Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote seen: there is nothing among my treasures him with the sword: and they escaped into that I have not shewed them. the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the son reigned in his stead. word of the LORD. CHAPTER A XP. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. laid up in store unto this day, shall be carIN those days was Hezekiah sick unto ried unto Babylon: nothing shall be left. death. And the prophet Isaiah the son saith the LORD. of Amoz came to him, and said unto 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take in order; for thou shalt die, and not away; and they shall be eunuchs in the pallive. ace of the king of Babylon. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is prayed unto the LORD, saying, the word of the LORD which thou hast spok3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now en. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and how I have walked before thee in truth and truth be in my days? with a perfect heart, and have done that 20 1 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah and all his might, and how he made a pool. wept sore. and a conduit, and brought water into the 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was city, are they not written in the book of gone out into the middle court, that the the Chronicles of the kings of Judah word of the LORD came to him, saying, 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God CAT XX of David thy father, I have heard thy pray-IA R I. er, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal Reigns of Manasseh and Amon. thee: on the third day thou shalt go up un- U/[ANASSEII was twelve years old when to the house of the LORD. IML he began to reign, and reigned fifty and 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's years; and I will deliver thee and this city name was Hephzi-bah. out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and 2 And he did that which wns evil in the sight 2m3 M1anasseh's wicked reignc. i. KINGS. Aeon's wicked reign. of the LORD, after the abtominations of the when he began to reign, and he reigned two heathen, whom the LOl) cas t out before years in Jerusalem. And hismother's name the children of Israel. was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz; For he built up again the high places of Jotbah. which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; 2:0 And he did that which was evil in the and he reared up altars for Baal, and made sight of the LORDt, as his father Manasseh did. a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and 21 And he walked in all the way that his worshipped all the host of heaven, and serv- ftfathr walked in, and served the idols that eel them. his father served, and worshipped them: 4 And he built altars in the house of the 2'2 Andl he forsook the LORD God of his faLT )ID, of which the LORD said, In Jerusa- tlere, and walked not in the wayof the LORD. cem will I put my name. 23 1. And the servants of Amon conspired 5 And he built altars for all the host of against him, and slew the king in his own heaven in the two courts of the house of house. the LORD. 21 And the people of the land slew all them 6 And he made his son pass through the that had conspired against king Amon; and fire, and observed times, and used enchant- the people of the land made Josiah his son ments, and dealt with familiar spirits and king in his stead. wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. he did, are they not written in the book of 7 And he set a graven image of the grove the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? that lie had made in the house, of which the i:'6 And he was buried in his sepulchre in LRD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hodst heard; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LOTRD. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 1 Then the king sent and gathered to. gether all the elders of Judahand Jerusalem. 30 And the king weat up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, an the inhabitants of Jerusalem,and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and smnall: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the Covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. CHAPTER XXXV. Josiah keepeth a solemn passover. n OREOVER, Josiah kept a passover unto L the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his peopie Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son: 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. i And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and tHashabiah and Jeiel and J ozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divi. sios of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerinys sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were bsied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the LORD was pre. pared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept. and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 20 T After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying What have I to do with thee, thou kin of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commaided me to make haste fe 333 Jfchoahaz made kin 11. CHIRONICLES. Jerusalem wholly destroyed. bear thee from mneddling wi.th God. who is Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to with me, that he destroy thee not. Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his face from him, but disguised himself, that brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, he might fight with him, and hearkened not 11 1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years olc unto the words of Necho from the mouth when he began to reign, and reigned elever of God, and came to fight in the valley of years in Jerusalem. Megiddo. 12 And he did that which was evil in the 33 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not *he king said to his servants, Have me away; himself before Jeremiah the prophet speakfor I am sore wounded. ing from the mouth of the LORD. 24 His servants therefore took him out of 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebu.. that chariot, and put him in the second chadnezzar, who had made him swear by chariot that he had: and they brought him God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardy to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in ened his heart from turning unto the LORD one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all God of Israel. Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 14 ~ Moreover all the chief of the priests, 25 1 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and the people, transgressed very much and all the singing men and the singing wo- after all the abominations of the heathen; men spake of Josiah in their lamentations and polluted the house of the LORD which to this day, and made them an ordinance in he had hallowed in Jerusalem. Israel: and, behold, they are written in the 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent lamentations. to them by his messengers, rising up be26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and times, and sending; because he had comhis goodness, according to that which was passion on his people, and on his dwellingwritten in the law of the LORD. place: 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they 16 But they mocked the messengers of God. are written in the book of the kings of Isra- and despised his words, and misused his el and Judah. prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose CHAPTER T X V. against his people, till there was no remedy. 17 Therefore he brought upon them ihe Zedekiah's wicked reign. king of the Chaldees, who slew their young THEN the people of the land took Jehoa- men with the sword in the house of their haz the son of Josiah, and made him sanctuary, and had no compassion upon king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. young man or maiden, old man, or him that 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old stooped for age: he gave them all into his when he began to reign, and he reigned hand. three months in Jerusalem.18 And all the vessels of the house of God, 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at great and small, and the treasures of the Jerusalem, and condemned the land in a house of the LORD, and the treasures of the hundred talents of silver and a talent of king, and of his princes; all these he brought gold. to Babylon. 4 Ano the king of Egypt made Eliakim his 19 Ana they burnt the house of God, and brother king overJudah and Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. to Egypt. 20And themn that had escaped from the 5 iT Jeholakim was twenty and five years sword carried he away to Babylon; where old when he began to reign, and he reigned they were servants to him and his sons until eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that the reign of the kingdonm of Persia: which was evil in the sight of the LORD his 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the God. mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had en6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar joyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threeto carry him to Babylon. score and ten years. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the ves- 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of sels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by and put them in his temple at Babylon. the mouth of Jeremiah might be accom8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakm, plished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of and his abominations which he did, and that Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclawhich was found in him, behold, they are mation h- ughout all his kingdom, and pci writter in the book of the kings of Israel it also in writing, saying, and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the in his stead, kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God 9 1i Jehoiachin ewas eight years old when he of heaven given me; and he hath charged began to reign, and he reigned three months me to build him a house in Jerusalem, and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which is in Judah. Who is there among you which was evil in the sight of the LORD. of all his people? The LORD his God be 1 And when the year was expired, king with him, and let him go up. 3M54 EZRA. CHAPTER I. The proclamation of Cyrus. rOW 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 spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation 'throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. 5 ~ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had. raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods. and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. ~A T Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty chaigers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. CHAPTER II. Number that returned from Babylon. OW these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of' Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 21 The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 21 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of Kirjath-aram, Chephirah, and Bee.oth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of Led, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 ~T The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer. a thousand fifty and two. 235 The number of the people EZRA. who returned from Babylon, 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two 65 Besides their servants and their maids, hundred forty and seven. of whom there were seven thousand three 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and hundred thirty and seven: and there were seventeen. i among them two hundred singing men and 40 1 The Levites: the children of Jeshua singing women. 'and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty seventy and four. and six; their mules, two hundred forty and 41 T The singers: the children of Asaph, a five; hundred twenty and eight. 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and 42 ~ The children of the porters: the chil- five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred dren of Shallum, the children of Ater, the and twenty. children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, 68 ~ And some of the chief of the fathers, the children of Hatita, the children of Sho- when they came to the house of the LORD bai, i all a hundred thirty and nine. which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the 43 ~ The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, house of God to set it up in his place: the children of Hasupha, the children of 69 They gave after their ability unto the Tabbaoth, treasure of the work threescore and one 44 The children of Keros, the children of thousand drams of gold, and five thousand Siaha, the children of Padon, pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of garments. Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some' 46 The children of Hagab, the children of of the people, and the singers, and the porShalmai, the children of Hanan, ters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of and all Israel in their cities. Gahar, the children of Reaiah, CHA TE III 48 The children of Rezin, the children of R Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, Foundation of the temple laid. 49 The children of Uzza, the children of AND when the seventh month was come, Paseah, the children of Besai, A and the children of Israel were in the 50 The children of Asnah, the children of cities, the people gathered themselves toMehunim, the children of Nephusim, gether as one man to Jerusalem. 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, Hakupha, the children of Harhur, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubba52 The children of Bazluth, the children of bel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, Mehida, the children of Harsha, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to 53 The children of Barkos, the children of offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written Sisera, the children of Thamah, in the law of Moses the man of God. 54 The children of Neziah, the children of 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for Hatipha. fear was upon them because of the people of 55 1 The children of Solomon's servants: those countries: and they offered burnt ofthe children of Sotai, the children of Sophe- ferings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt reth, the children of Peruda, offerings morning and evening. 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles. Darkon, the children of Giddel, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children offerings by number, according to the cusof Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Ze- torn, as the duty of every day required; balm, the children of Ami. 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt 58 All the Nethinim, and the children of offering, both of the new moons, and of all Solomon's servants, were three hundred the set feasts of the LORD that were conseninety and two. crated, and of every one that willingly of59 And these were they which went up from fered a freewill offering unto the LORD. Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and 6 From the first day of the seventh month Immer: but they could not shew their fa- began they to offer burnt offerings unto tha ther's house, and their seed, whether they LORD. But the foundation of the temple of were of Israel: the LORD was not yet laid. 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of 7 They gave money also unto the masons, Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and to the carpenters: and meat, and drink, fifty and two. and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of 61 ~ And of the children of the priests: the Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that the children of Barzillai; which took a wife they had of Cyrus king of Persia. of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, 8 ~ Now in the second year of their coining and was called after their name: unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the 62 These sought their register among those second month, began Zerubbabel the son of that were reckoned by genealogy, but they Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and were not found- therefore were they, as the remnant of their brethren the priests polluted, put from the priesthood. and the Levites, and all they that were come 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and they should not eat of the most holy things, appointed the Levites, from twenty years till there stood up a priest with Urim and old and upward, to set forward the work of with Thummim. the house of the LORD. 64 ~ The whole congregation together was 9 Then stood Jeshua wzith his sons and his forty and two thousand three hundred and brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons ot threesorae, i Judah, together, to set forward the workmern The building hindered. EZRA. h:e decree of Artaxerxes. in the house of God: the sons of Henada!, great and noblle Asnapper brought over., with their sons and their brethren the Le- and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest vites. that are on this side the river, and at such a, 10 And when the builders laid the founda- time. tion of the temple of the LORD, they set the11 ~ This is the copy of the letter that they priests in their apparel with trumpets, and sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the the Levites the sons of Asaphl with cymbals, king; 'Thy servants the men on this side the tc praise the LORD, after the ordinance of river, and at such a time. David king of Israel. 12 ie it known unto the king, that the Jews 11 And they sang together by course in which came up from thee to us are come praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and because he is good, for his mercy endureth the bad city, and have set up the walls therefor ever toward Israel. And all the people of, a;id joined the foundations. shouted with a great shout, when they 13 le it known now unto the king, that, if praised the LRn), because the foundation this city be builded, and the walls set up of the house of the LORD was laid. again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, 1L But many of the priests and Levites and and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, revenue of the kings. that had seen the first house, when the foun- 14 Now because we have maintenance from dation of this house was laid before their the king's palace, and it was not meet for us eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many to see the king's dishonour, therefore have shouted aloud for joy: we sent and certified the king; 13 So that the people could not discern the 15 That search may be made in the book of noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find the weeping of the people: for the people in the book of the records, and know that:houted with a loud shout, and the noise this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful uneas heard afar off. to kings and provinces, and that they have CHAPTER IV. moved sedition within the same of old time: CH A. for which cause was this city destroyed. The adversaries hinder the building. 16 We certify the king that, if this city be TOW when the adversaries of Judah and builded again, and the walls thereof set up, Benjamin heard that the children of the by this means thou shalt have no portion on captivity builded the temple unto the LORD this side the river. God of Israel; 17 I T7en sent the king an answer unto 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, scribe, and to the rest of their companions Let us build with you: for we seek your that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beGod, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him yond the river, Peace, and at such a time. since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath which brought us up hither. been plainly read before me. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest 19 And I commanded, and search hath been of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said un- made, and it is found that this city of old tA them, Ye have nothing to do with us to time hath made insurrection against kings, build a house unto our God; but we our- and that rebellion and sedition have been Selves together will build unto the LORD made therein. God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of 20 There have been mighty kings also over Persia hath commanded us. Jerusalem, which have ruled over all courn4 Then the people of the land weakened the tries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and hands of the people of Judah, and troubled custom, was paid unto them. 'hem in building, 21 Give ye now commandment to cause 5 And hired counsellors against them, to these men to cease, and that this city be not frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cy- builded, until another commandment shall rus king of Persia, even until the reign of be given from me. Darius king of Persia. 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the be- this: why should damage grow to the hurt ginning of his reign, wrote they unto hmho an of the kings? accusation against the inhabitants of Judah 23 T Now when the copy of king Artaxand Jerusalem. erxes' letter wCas read before Rehum, and 7 ~ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Jews, and made them to cease by force and Persia; and the writing of the letter ias power. written in the Syrian tongue, and interpret- 24 Then ceased the work of the house of ed in the Syrian tongue. God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased un8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the to the second year of the reign of Darius scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to king of Persia. Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and C V. Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their The building again set forward. companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsath- THEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, chites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the I and Zechariah the son of Iddo, propheArchevites, the Babylonians, the Susan- sled unto the Jews that were in Judah and,ates, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, 1C And the rest of the nations whom the even unto them. 2a W 37 Letter to Darius. EZRAn. Trhe decree of Darius. 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Jerusalem, and letthe king send his pleasure Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, to us concerning this matter. and began to build the house of God which CHAPTER VI is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. Darius' decree in the Jews' favour. 3 ~ At the same time came to them Tatnai, THEN Darius the kin, made a decree, and governor on this side the river, and Shethar- TJ search was made in the house of the boznai, and their companions, and said thus rolls, where the treasures were laid up in unto them, Who hath commanded you to Babylon. build this house, and to make up this wall? 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the 4 Then said we unto them after this man- palace that is in the province of the Medes, a ner, What are the names of the men that roll, and therein was a record thus written: make this building? 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, the 5 But the eye of their God was upon the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerrtelders of the Jews, that they could not cause ing the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the them to cease, till the matter came to Dari- house be builded, the place where they ofus: and then they returned answer by letter fered sacrifices, and let the foundations concerning this matter. thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof 6 ~ The copy of the letter that Tatnai, gov- threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof ernor on this side the river, and Shethar- threescore cubits; boznai, and his companions the Apharsa- 4 With, three rows of great stones, and a ch-ites, which were on this side the river, sent row of new timber: and let the expenses be unto Darius the king: given out of the king's house: 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar peace. I took forth out of the temple which is at Je8 Be it known unto the king, that we went rusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be reinto the province of Judea, to the house of stored, and brought again unto the temple the great God, which is builded with great which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and and place them in the house of God. this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in 6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond their hands. the river, Shethar-boznai, and your comr 9 Then asked we those elders, and said un- panions the Apharsachites, which are beto them thus, Who commanded you to build yond the river, be ye far from thence; this house, and to make up these walls? 7 Let the work of this house of God alone; 10 We asked their names also, to certify let the governor of the Jews and the.elders thee, that we might write the names of the of the Jews builtl this house of God in his men that were the chief of them. place. 11 And thus they returned us answer, say- 8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall ing, We are the servants of the God of hear- do to the elders of these Jews for the builden and earth, and build the house that was ing of this house of God: that of the king's builded these many years ago, which a great goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, king of Israel builded and set up. forthwith expenses be given unto these 12 But after that our fathers had provoked mlen, that they be not hindered. the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave 9 And that which they have need of, both them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroy- the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, ed this house, and carried the people away wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the into Babylon. appointment of the priests which are at Je13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of rusalem, let it be given them day by day Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree without fail: to build this house of God. 10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver savours unto the God of heaven, arid pray of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar for the life of the king, and of his sons. took out of the temple that was in Jerusa- 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosolem, and brought them into the temple of ever shall alter this word, let timber be Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out pulled down from his house, and being sat of the temple of Babylon, and they were up, let himn be hanged thereon; and let his delivered unto one, whose name was Shesh- house be made a dunghill for this. bazzar, whom he had made governor; 12 And the God that hath caused his naume 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, to dwell there destroy all kings and people, go, carry them into the temple that is in Je- that shall put to their hand to alter aend to rusalem, and let the house of God be builded destroy this house of God which is at JerlIn his place, I salem. I Darius have made a decree; let it 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and be done with speed. laid the foundation of the house of God 13 T Then Tatnai, governor on this side the which is in Jerusalem: and since that time river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, even until now hath it been in building, and according to that which Darius the king bald yet it is not finished. sent, so they did speedily. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and king, let there be search made in the king's they prospered through the prophesying oi treasure house, which is there at Babylon, I Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son whether it be so, that a decree was made of of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, Cyrus the king to build this house of God at according to the commandment of the Go4d 338 /' ast of the dedication. EZRA. 'lzra's Fgracious con mission. of Israel, and according to the commandament of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third diLy of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 1 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this hoause of God with joy, 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. 19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of tte first month. 2) For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, atod killed the passover for all the children of tie captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, 2. And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengther, their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. CHAPTER VII. Ezra cometh to Jerusalem. NOW after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 11 ~ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which i in Jerusalem: 17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the riest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Unto a hundred talente of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should ther( be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 24 Also we certify you, that, touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinim, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judg. 8w3 Thelcompanions of.Ezra. EZRA. EZAzra cometh to Jerusalem. ment be executed speedily upon him, wheth- 18 And by the good hand of our God upot er it be unto death, or to banishment, or to us they brought us a man of understanding, confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the sOn 27 ' Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and which hath put such a thing as this in the his brethren, eighteen; king's heart, to beautify the house of the 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiab LORD which is in Jerusalem: of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their 28 And hath extended mercy unto me be- sons, twenty; fore the king, and his counsellors, and be- 20 Also of the Nethinim, whom David and fore all the king's mighty princes. And I was the princes had appointed for the service of strengthened as the hand of the LORD my the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethi. God was upon me, and I gathered together nim: all of them were expressed by name. out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 21 ~ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the CHAPTER VIII. river of Ahava, that we might afflict our' selves before our God, to seek of him a right Ezra's companions from Babylon. way for us, and for our little ones, and for HESE are now the chief of their fathers, all our substance. and this is the genealogy of them that 22 For I was ashamed to require of the went up with me from Babylon, in the reign king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help of Artaxerxes the king. us against the enemy in the way: because 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of we had spoken unto the king, saying, The the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of hand of our God is upon all them for good David; Hattush. that seek him; but his power and his wrath 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of is against all them that forsake him. Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were 23 So we fasted and besought our God for reckoned by genealogy of the males a hun- this: and he was entreated of us. dred and fifty. 24 ~ Then I separated twelve of the chief 4 Of the sonsofPahath-moab; Elihoenai the of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred ten of their brethren with them, males. 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Ja- the gold, and the vessels, even the offering haziel, and with him three hundred males. of the house of our God, which the king 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Jonathan, and with him fifty males. Israel there present, had offered: 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the 26 I even weighed unto their hand six son of Athaliah, and with him seventy hundred and fifty talents of silver, and males. silver vessels a hundred talents, and of 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah gold a hundred talents; the son of Michael, and with him fourscore 27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a thoumales. sand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of precious as gold. Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eight- 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto een males. the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of the silver and the gold are a freewill of, Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and fering unto the LORD God of your fathers. threescore males. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye 11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the weigh them before the chief of the priests son of Bebai, and with him twenty and and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers eight males. of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the of the house of the LORD. son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred 30 So took the priests and the Levites the and ten males. weight of the silver, and the gold, and the 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shem- the house of our God. aiah, and with them threescore males. 31 ~ Then we departed from the river of 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month Zabbud, and with them seventy males. to go unto Jerusalem: and the band of 15 ~ And I gathered them together to the our God was upon us, and he delivered river that runneth to Ahava; and there us from the hand of the enemy, and of abode we in tents three days: and I viewed such as lay in wait by the way. the people, and the priests, and found there 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode none of the sons of Levi. there three days. 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for 33 ~ Now on the fourth day was the silver Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and the gold and the vessels weighed in the and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for house of our God by the hand of Meremoth Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; the son of Uriah the priest; and with him also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with understanding. them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and 17 And I sent them with commandment un- Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and 34 By number and by weight of every onei I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and all the weight was written at that time. and to his brethren the Nethinim, at the 35 Also the children of those that had been place Casiphia, that they should bring unto carried away, which were come out of the kt ministers for the house of our God. captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the. His prayer and EZRA. confession of sins. God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven 'ambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the 36 f And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the gcvernors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. CHAPTER IX. Affinity with strangers lamented. XTOW when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated hemselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in ';is trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my.a4irmnent and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every onre that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astoried until the evening sacrifice. 5 ~ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up Fromn my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and Ilush to lift up my face to thee, my God: lor our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving In our bondage. 9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath Not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people )f the lands, with their abomivnations, which 29 * have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art right. eous; for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for we cannot stand before thee because of this. CHAPTER X Ezra reformeth the strange marriages. NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 ~ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 ~ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jeo rusalem within three days. It was the ninth rmoth, on the twentieth day of the months 841 iThe names anr.d order of.SE-IEEMIA 1H. them that builded the wall. and all the people sat in. the street of the Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uz, house of God, trembling because of this mat- ah. ter, and for the great rain. 22 And of the sons of Pashur: Elioenal, 10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have Elasah. taken strange wives, to increase the tres- 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shim* pass of Israel. ei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Petha11 Now therefore make confession unto the hiah, Judah, and Eliezer. LORD God of your fathers, and tlo his pleas- 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the ure: and separate yourselves from the peo- porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. pie of the land, and from the strange wives. 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Pa12 Then all the congregation answered and rosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiab, said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, must we do. and Benaiab. 13 But the people are many, and it is a 26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, time of much rain. and we are not able to Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jere. stand without, neither is this a work of one moth, and Eliah. day or two: for we are many that have 27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Ellatransgressed in this thing. shib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, 14 Let now our rulers of all the congre- and Aziza. gation stand, and let all them which have 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, taken strange wives in our cities come at Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. appointed times, and with them the elders 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshu'lam, IMalof every city, and the judges thereof, until luch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and the fierce wrath of our God for this matter Ramoth. be turned from us. 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; adna, 15 T Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Matt niall, Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. about this matter and Meshullam and Shab- 31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishibethai the Levite helped them. jah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 16 And the children of the captivity did so. 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariat'. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenaf, Mat. fathers, after the house of their fathers, and tathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jerenau, Ma.!asseh, all of them by their names, were separated, and Shimei.,nd sat down in the first day of the tenth 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, i mramr month to examine the matter. and Uel, 17 And they made an end with all the men 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, that had taken strange wives by the first day 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, of the first month. 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai 18 ~ And among the sons of the priests there 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, were found that had taken strange wives: 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, ae d Ada namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Joz- iah, a iak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Elie- 40 Machnadcbai, Shashai, Sharai, zer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, SI:ma,ah, 19 And they gave their hands that they 42 Shallum, Amariah, and J )sep h. would put away their wives; and being 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jciei, }attithlTuilty, they offered a ram of the flock for ah, Zabad, Zebina, Tadau, and aool, Be,heir trespass. naiah. 20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and 44 All these had taken strange x7i e;: and Zebadiah. some of them had wives by whom They had 21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and I children. THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. CHAPTER I. 4 ~ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mournlNeihesmat's moturninc and prayer. ed certain days, and fasted, and prayed beTIHE words of Nehemiah the son of Hacha- fore the God of heaven. liah. And it came to pass in the month 5 And -aid, I besee h thee, O LORD God of Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in heaven, the -re' t and terrible God, that Shushan the palace, keepeth c ovenan and mercy for them thai 2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, love him and observe his commandments: he and certain men of Judah; and I asked Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine them concerning the Jews that had escaped, eyes open, tha. thou mayest hear the prayer which were left of the captivity, and con- of thy servant, which I pray b. fore thee cerning Jerusalem. now, day and night, for the children of Isra3 And they said unto me, The remnant that e. thy servants, and confess the sins of the are left of the captivity there in the prov- children of Israel, which we have sinneC ince are in great affliction and reproach: the against thee: both I and my father's house wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and have sinned. the gates thereof are burned with fire. 7 We have dealt vpy corruptly a.ainst thbea 342. Xehbcmicih cometh N EH1EM IA 11. to Jerusalem. and have not kept the commandments, nor come a man to see the welfare of the children the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou of Israel. commandedest thy servant Moses. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that three days. thou commandedst tby servant Mose:,, say- 12 And I arose in the night, I and some:ng, If ye transgress, I will scatter you few men with me; neither told I anly man abroad among the nations: what my God had put in my heart to do at 9 But if ye turn unto me, and leep my Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with corn mandnents, and do them; though there me, save the beast that I rode upon. were of you cast out unto the uttermost 13 And I went out by night by the gate of part of the heaven, yet will I gather them the valley, even before the dragon well, and romn thence, and wiA bring them unto the to the dung port, and viewed the walls of place that I have chosen to set my name Jerusalem, which were broken down, and there. the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 10 Now these are thy servants and thy peo- 14 ThL n I went on to the gate of the fountple whom thou hast redeemed ty thy great ain, and to the king's pool: but there ewas no power, and by thy strong hand. place for the beast that was under me to 11 0 Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear pass. be attentive to the prayer of thy;eevant, 15 Then went I up in the night by the and to the prayer of thy servants, whoA desire brook, and viewed the wall, and turned to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, back, and entered by the gate of the valley, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy and so returned. in the sight of this man. For 1 was the 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, king's cupbearer. or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to CHAPTER TI the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that Nehemiah sent to Jerusalem, did the work. AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, 17 i Then said I unto them, Ye see the disin the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the tress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth king, that wine was before him: and I took waste, and the gates thereof are burned up the wine, and gave it unto the king. with fire: come, and let us build up the wall Now I had not been beforetime sad in his of Jerusalem, that we be no more a represence. proaeh. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not which was good upon me; as also the king's sick? tais nothinr else but sorrow of words that he had spoken unto me. And heart. Th-n I was very sore afraid, they said, Let us rise up and build. So they 3 And sait. unto th king, Let The king live strengthened their hands for this good work. for ever. why should not my countenance 19 But when Sanballat the Itoronite, and be sad, when the city, the place of my fa- Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Gethers' sepulchres, Uieth waste, and the gates shem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us thereof are consumed with fire? to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is i Then the king said unto me, For what this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against dost thou make request? So I prayed to the the king? God of heaven. 0: Then answered I them, and said unto 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the them, The God of heaven, he will prosper king, and if thy servant have found favour us; therefore we his servants will arise and 0i thy sight, that thou wouldest send me build o;ut ye have no portion, nor right, ulto Jndah, unto th city of my fathers' nor memorial, in Jerusalem. iepulchres, that I may build it. PTER 1 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen CHPE l also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy Tie builders of the wall. journey be? and when wilt thou return? rTHEN Eliashib the high priest rose up So it pleased the king to send me; and I set _ with his brethren the priests, and they nim a time. builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please and set up the doors of it; even unto the the king, let letters be given me to the gov- tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the ernors beyond the river, that they may con- tower of Hananeel. -vey m over till I come into Judah; 2 And next unto him builded the men of 8 And r letter unto Asaph the keeper of the Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur king's forest, that he may give me timber the son of Imri. to make beams for the gates of the palace 3 But the fish gate did the sons of HasWhich appertained to the house, and for the senaah build, who also laid the beams thereWall of the city, and for the house that I of, and set up the doors thereof, the locks shall enter into. And the king granted me, i thereof, and the bars thereof. according to the good hand of my God upon 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth tle. the son of TJrijah, the son of Koz. And 9 ' Then I came to the governors beyond next unto them repaired Meshullam the son the river, and gave them the king's letters. of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And Now the king had sent captains of the army next unto them repaired Zadok the son of and horsemen with me. B1aana. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobi- 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repairtth the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, ed; but their nobles put not their necks to it grieved them exceedingly that there was the work of their Lord. 343 T'Le namzes of those Vwho NEEHEMIAH. had married strange wives. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada repaired Azarlah the son of MTaaseiah tbe the son of Paseah, and Meshuilam the son of son of Ananiah by his house. Besodeiah: they laid the beams thereof, and 24 After him repaired Binnul the son o set up the doors thereof', and the locks Henadad another piece, from the house of thereof, and the bars thereof. Azariah unto the turning of the twall, ever 7 And next unto thems repaired Melatiah unto the corner. the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, 25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the turning of the wall, and the tower which throne of the governor on i(bis side the lieth out from the king's high house, that river. was by the court of the prison, After him 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Pedaiah the son of Parosh. Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto 26 Moreover the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, him also repaired Hananiah the son of oue unto the place over against the water gate of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jeru- toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. salem unto the broad wall. 27 After them the Tektites repaired another 9 And next unto them repaired Itephaiah piece, over against the great tower that the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. Jerusalem. 28 From above the horse gate repaired the 10 And next unto them repaired Jedainh priests, every one over against his house. the son of Harumaph, even over against 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of his house. And next unto him repaired Immer over against his house. After him Hattush the son of Hashabniah. repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shecha11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub niah, the keeper of the east gate. the son of Pahath-inoab, repaired the other 30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of piece, and the tower of the furnaces. Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Za12 And next unto imn repaired Shallum laph, another piece. After him repaired the son or Hclihesh, the ruler of the half Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against part of Jerusalem, lie and his daughters. his chamber. 13 The valley gate rep.-ired Hanun, and the 31 After him repaired Malchiah the gold. inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set smith's son unto the place of the Nethinim. up the doors thereof, thv locks thereof, and and of the merchants, over against the gate the bars thereof and a thousand cubits on Miphkad, and to the going up of the cor. the wall unto tile dung g pte. ner. 14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the 32 And between the going up of the cornel son of Rechab, the ruler of part of PeBth, unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmitht: haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors and the merchants. thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars CHAPTER Iv thereof. Smaritan sc at the builders. 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Smaritas scof at the 5uilders. Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of DUT it came to pass, that when Sanballa1 part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, L) heard that we builded the wall, he wetandsetup the doors thereof, thelocks there- wroth, and took great indignation, anla of, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the mocked the Jews. pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and un- 2 And he spake before his brethren and the' to the stairs that go down from the city of army or Samaria, and said, What do thesis David. feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of will they sacrifice? will they make an end ir Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth- a day? will they revive the stones out of th/i zur, unto the place over against the sepul- heaps of the rubbish which are burned? chres of David, and to the pool that was 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, made, and unto the house of the mighty. and he said, Even that which they build, if 17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehumr a fox go up, he shall even break down their the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired stone wall. Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Kei- 4 Hear, O our God for we are despised: lah, in his part. and turn their reproach upon their own 18 Aftr him repaired their brethren, Bavai head, and give them for a prey in the land the sc,::f Henadad, the ruler of the half of captivity: part of Keilah. 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son their sin be blotted out from before thee: of Joshua, the rul rof Mizpah, anotherpiece for they have provoked thee to anger beover against the g ing up to the armoury at fore the builders. the turning o the al. 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall wals 20 After him Baru, h the son of Zabbai joined together unto the half thereof: for earnestly repaired t ether piece, from the the people had a mind to work. turning of the waUl unto the door of the 7 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanbalhouse of Eliashib the high priest. lat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that Urijah the son of Koz another -iece, from the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the door of the house of Eliashib ven to the that the breaches began to be stopped, then end of the house of Eliashib. they were very wroth, 22 And after him repaired the priests, the 8 And conspired all of them together to men of the plain. come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Ha- hinder it. hqiab over against their house. After him 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unte mS Nehemiah arieth the labourers. NEHEMIAH. The usurers rebuked. our God, and set a watch against them day 3 Some also there were that said, We have and night, because of them. mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, 10 And Judah said, The strength of the that we might buy corn, because of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is dearth. much rubbish; so that we are not able to 4 There were also that said, We have borbuild the wall. rowed money for the king's tribute, acnd 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not tthat upon our lands and vineyards. know, neither see, till we come in the midst 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our among them, and slay them, and cause the brethren, our children as their children: work to cease. and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews our daughters to be servants, and sonme of which dwelt by them came, they said unto our daughters are brought into bondage lus ten times, From all places whence ye readl: neither is it in our power to redceem shall return unto us they will bhe upon you. them; for other men have our lands and L3 ~ Therefore set I in the lower places be- vineyards. hind the wall, and on the higher places, I 6 ~ And I was very angry when I heard even set the people after their families with their cry and these words. their swords, their spears, and their bows. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I re14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto buked the nobles, and the rulers, and said the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: re- his brother. And I set a great assembly niember the Lord, which is great and terri- against them. ble, and fight for your brethren, your sons, S And I said unto them, We, after our abiland your daughters, your wives, and your ity, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, houses. which were sold unto the heathen; and will 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be h:ard that it was known unto us, and God sold unto us? Then held they their peace, had brought their counsel to nought, that and found nothing to ansiver. we returned all of us to the wall, every one 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: unto his work. ought ye not to walk in the fear of our 16 And it came to pass from that time God because of the reproach of the heathen forth, that the half of my servants wrought our enemies? iti the work, and the other half of them 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my held both the spears, the shields, and the servants, might exact of them money and bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. were behind all the house of Judah. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this 17 They which builded on the wall, and day, their lands, their vineyards, their olivethey that bare burdens, with those that yards, and their houses, also the hundredth laded, every one with one of his hands part of the money, and of the corn, the wrought in the work, andwith the other wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. hand held a weapon. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and 18 For the builders, every one had his sword will require nothing of them; so will we do girded by his side, and so builded. And he as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, that sounded the trumpet was by me. and took an oath of them, that they should 19 ~ And I said unto the nobles, and to the do according to this promise. rulers, and to the rest of the people, The 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God work is great and large, and we are sepa- shake out every man from his house, and rated upon the wall, one far from another. from his labour, that performeth not this 20 In what place therefore ye hear the promise, even thus be he shaken out, and sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither emptied. And all the congregation said unto us: our God shall fight for us. A men, and praised the LORD. And the peo21 So we laboured in the work: and half of pie did according to this promise. them held the spears from the rising of the Ii ~ Moreover from the time that I was apmorning till the stars appeared. pointed to be their governor in the land of 2 Likewise at the same time said I unto i Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the people, Let every one with his servant the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night i king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren they may be a guard to us, and labour on ha've not eaten the bread of the governor. the day. ' 15 But the former governors that had bean 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my before me were chargeable unto the people, servants, nor the men of the guard which and had taken of them bread and wine, befollowed me, none of us put off our clothes, sidos forty shekels of silver; yea, even their sanny that every one put them off for servants bare rule over the people: but so washing. did not I, because of the fear of God. CHAPTER V. 16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this Nehemia, refrmneth usury. 11wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the ND there was a great cry of the people work. A and of their wives against their breth- 17 Moreover there were at my table a hunren the Jews. dred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, those that came unto us from among the and our daughters, are many: therefore we heathen that are about us. take up corn for them, that we may eat, and 18 Now that which was prepared for me yve; daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also 345 Sanballat's deceit. NEHEMIAH. Thie wall is finished. fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. CHAPTER VI. Endearours to ter rify, Xehemi1h. TOW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that tiine I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us mIeet together in s,'ome one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6 Wherein vwas written, It is reported amiong the heathen, and Gashnmu saith it, that thou and the J ews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a k:ing in Judah: and now shall it )be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, 0 God, strengthen my hands. 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, heing as T am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not vesr him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 Therefore wcas he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according, to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 15 ~ So the wall was finished in the twenty 346 and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that whei, all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things-, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 ~ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. IS For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shcc(haniah the son of Arah; and his son Joh:man had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before ne, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. CHAPTER VII. iumnber that returned from Babylon. NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were lappointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he lias a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar themn: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. 4 Now the city was large and great: but the people v. re few therein, and the houses twere not builded. 5 ~ And my vGod put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers and the people, thaet they might be reckoned by genlealogy. And 1 found a register of the genealo;.y of them which came up at the first, 'and found written therein, 6 These are the children of the province. that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebu, chadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and ca:ae again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; 7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mor. decai, Bilshan, 3Iispereth, Eigv-ai, Nehuin Baanah. The number, Isay, of the men of the people of Israel was this; 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand ald eight hundred and eighteen. 12 The children of ElamL, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight, A register of those who NEHEMIAH. returned from Babylon. 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twen- 51 The children of Gazzai, the children of ty and eight. Uzza, the children of Phaseah, 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand 5!2 The children of Besai, the children of three hundred twenty and two. Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of threescore and seven. Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand 54 The children of Bazlith, the children of threescore and seven. Mehida, the children of Harsha, 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty 55 The children of Barkos, the children of and five. Sisera, the children of Tamah, 21 The children of Ater of Ilezekiah, ninety 56 The children of Neziah, the children of and eight. Hatipha. 22 The children of Hashunm, three hundred 57 i The children of Solomon's servants: twenty and eight. the children of Sotai, the children of Sophem The children of Bezai, three hundred reth, the children of Perida, twenty and four. 58 The children of Jaala, the children of 24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and Darkon, the children of Giddel, twelve. 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. # of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Ze26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, bairn, the children of Amen. a hundred fourscore and eight. 60 All the Nethinim, and the children of 27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty Solomon's servants, were three hundred and eight. ninety and two. 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and 61 And these were they which went up also two. from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Ad29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, don, and mmner: but they could not shew and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. their father's house, nor their seed, whether 30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hun- they were of Israel. dred twenty and one. 62 The children of Delaiah, the children of 31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred twenty and two. forty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred 63 ~ And of the priests: the children of iwenty and three. Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. of Barzillai, which took one of the daugh34 The children of the other Elam, a thou- ters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and sand two hundred fifty and four. was called after their name. 35 The children of Harim, three hundred 64 These sought their register among those and twenty. that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred not found: therefore were they, as polluted, forty and five. put from the priesthood. 37 The children of Led, Hadid, and Ono, 65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that seven hundred twenty and one. they should not eat of the most holy things, 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand till there stood up a priest with U rim and nine hundred and thirty. Thummim. 31) ~ The priests: the children of Jedaiah, 66 ~ The whole congregation together was of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seven- forty and two thousand three hundred and ty and three. threescore, 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty 67 Besides their manservants and their and two. maidservants, of whom there were seven 41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two thousand three hundred thirty and seven: hundred forty and seven. and they had two hundred forty and five 4' The children of Harim, a thousand and singing men and singing women. seventeen. 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and 43 T The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of six: their mules, two hundred forty and Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, five: seventy and four. 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and 44 T~ The singers: the children of Asaph, a five: six thousand seven hundred 'and twenhundred forty and eight. ty asses. 45 ~ The porters: the children of Shallum, 70 ~ And some of the chief of their fathers the children of Ater, the children of Tal- gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to men, the children of Akkub, the children of the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garthirty and eight. iments. 46 ~ The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave the children of Hashupha, the children of to the treasure of the work twenty thousand Tabbaoth, drams of gold, and two thousand and two 47 The children of Keros, the children of hundred pounds of silver. Sia, the children of Padon, 72 And that which the rest of the people 48 The children of Lebana, the children of gave was twenty thousand dramns of gold, Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, and two thousand pounds of silver, and 49 The children of Hanan, the children of threescore and seven priests' garments. Giddel, the children of Gahar, 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the 50 The children of Reaiah, the children of porters, and the singers, and some of the e remember-CHAP R ed and kept throughout every gcneration, Te acts of king Ahasnerus. every family, every province, and every AN' the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute city; and that these days of Purimn should.ij upon the land, and upon the isles of not fail from among the Jews, nor the me- the s ha. morial of them perish from their seed. 2 And all the acts of his power and of his 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of might, and the declaration of the greatness Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced all authority, to confirm this second letter him, are they not written in the book of of Purim. the chronicles of the kings of Media and 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, Persia? L the hundred twenty and seven provinces 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, withwords of Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, peaLe and truth, and accepted of the multitude of his 31 To confirm these days of Purim in their brethren, seeking the wealth of his people. times appointed, according as Mordecai the and speaking peace to all his seed. ___-__-_ --- —----— _,- ----p-nn _.~i- -~ THE BOOK OF JOB. CHAPTER 1,. ork of his hands, and his substance is IF — ob's uprihess. creased in the land. os11 But put forth taine hand now, and touch rLHERE was a man in the land of Uz, all that he hath, and he will curse thee to _ whose name was Job; and that man thy face. was perfect and upright, and one that 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, feared God, and eschewed evil, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon 2 And there were born unto him seven himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan eons and three daughters. went forth from the presence of the LORD. 3 His substance also was seven thousand 13 ~ And there was a day when his sons and sheep, and three thousand camels, and five his daughters were eating and drinking winer hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she in their eldest brother's house: isses, and a very great household; so thbt 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, this man was the greatest of all the men of and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the the east. asses feeding beside them: 4 And his sons went and feasted in their 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and houses, every one his day; and sent and took them away; yea, they have slain the called for their three sisters to eat and to servants with the edge of the sword; and I drink with them. only am escaped alone to tell thee. 5 And it was so, when the days of their 16 While he was yet speaking, there came feasting were gone about, that Job sent and also another, and said, The fire of God is sanctified them, and rose up early in the fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the morning, and offered burnt offerings accord- sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; Ang to the number of them all: for Job said, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 1it may be that my sons have sinned, and 17 While he was yet speaking, there came pursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job also another, and said, The Chaldeans made iontinually. out three bands, and fell upon the camels, 6 T Now there was a day when the sons of and have carried them away, yea, and slain Xod came to present themselves before the the servants with the edge of the sword; i JORD, and Satan came also among them. and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence 18 While he was yet speaking, there came fomest thou? Then Satan answered the also another, and said, Thy sons and thy jORD, and said, From going to and fro in the daughters were eating and drinking wine in earth, and from walking up and down in it. their eldest brother's house: 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou 19 And, behold, there came a great wind considered my servant Job, that there is from the wilderness, and smote the four cornaone like him in the earth, a perfect and ners of the house, and it fell upon the young an upright man, one that feareth God, and men, and they are dead; and I only am es'Oschewqth evil? caped alone to tell thee. 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, )oth Job fear God for nought? and shaved his head, and fell down upon the 10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, ground, and worshipped, and. about his house, and about all that he 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mothmtsth on every side? thou hast blessed the r'a womb, and naked shall I return thither ^39 Lob's affliction and patience. JOB. He complaineth of life. the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken I stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the away; blessed be the name of the LORD. blackness of the day terrify it. 22 n all this Job sinned not, nor charged 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon God foolishly. it; let it not be joined anto the days of the C [APTER II. year; let it not come into the number of the Job's afflition and atience months. Job's Caietrion and patience. 7 Lo, let that night be solitary; let no joyAGAIN there wias a day when the sons of ful voice come therein. l God came to present themselves before 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who the LORD, and Satan came also among them are ready to raise up their mourning. to present himself before the LORD. 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be 2 And the LoPD said unto Satan, From dark; let it look for light, but have none; whence comest thou? And Satan answered neither let it see the dawning of the day: the LORD, and said, From going to and fro 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my in the earth, and from walking up and down mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine in it. eyes. 3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did considered my servant Job, that there is none I not give up the ghost when I came out of like him in the earth, a perfect and an up- the belly? right man, one that feareth God, and eschew- 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why eth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integ- the breasts that I should suck? rity, although thou mnovedst me against him, 13 For now should I have lain still and been to destroy him without cause. quiet, I should have slept: then had I been 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, at rest, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, he give for his li'fe. which built desolate places for themselves; 5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee! their houses with silver: to thy face. i 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, been; as infants which never saw light. he is in thine hand; but save his life. i 17 There the wicked cease from troubling-; 7 ~ So went Satan forth from the presence and there the weary be at rest. of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils 18 T7tere the prisoners rest together; theS from the sole of his foot unto his crown. hear not the voice of the oppressor. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape 19 The small and great are there; and the himself withal; and he sat down among the servant is free from his master. ashes. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is la 9 P~ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; still retain thine integrity? curse God, and 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; die. and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, one of the foolish women speaketh. What? when they can find the grave? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and 23 VWhy is light given to a man whose way shall we not receive evil? In all this did not is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? Job sin with his lips. 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and 11 ~ Now when Job's three friends heard my roarings are poured out like the waters. of all this evil that was come upon him, they 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is came every one from his own place; Eliphaz come upon me, and that which I was afraid the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and of is come unto me. Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, an appointment together to come to mourn neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. with him, and to comfort him. A TE IV 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar CHAP v off, and knew him not, they lifted up their Eliphaz reproveth Job. voice, and wept; and they rent every one his THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads 1 said, toward heaven. 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt 13 So they sat down with him upon the thou be grieved? but who can withhold ground seven days and seven nights, and himself from speaking? none spake a word unto him: for they saw 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, anal that his grief was very great. thou hast strengthened the weak hands. CHAPTER III. 4 Thy words have upholden him that wa; falling, and thou hast strengthened thbe Job lamenteth his birth, feeble knees. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou,A cursed his day. faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art 2 And Job spake, and said, troubled. 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy and the night in which it was said, There is hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? a man child conceived. 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perish.. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God re- ed, being innocent? or where were the gard it from above, neither let the light righteous cut off? shine upon it. 8 Even as I have seen, they that plough in. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death iquity, and sow wickedness, reap the samo 360 Eliphaz reLtaeth his vision. JOB. Happy end of God's correction. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stop. the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. peth her mouth. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young correcteth: therefore despise not thou the lions, are broken. chastening of the Almighty: 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he and the stout lion's whelps are scattered woundeth, and His hands make whole. abroad. 19I He shall deliver thee in six troubles: 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. I'nd mine ear received a little thereof. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from 13 In thoughts from. the visions of the death: and in war from the power of the right. when deep sleep falleth on men, sword. 14 Fear came upon me, and trenbling, 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of which made all my bones to shake. the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the destruction when it cometh. Lair of my flesh stooc up: 2 At destruction and famine thou shalt 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the form thereof: an image was before mine beasts of the earth. eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, 3 For thou shalt be in league with the saying, stones of the field: and the b)easts of the 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? field shall be at peace with thee. shall a man be more pure than his Matker? 2 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy a(id his angels he charged with folly: habitation, and shalt not sin. I19 How much less in them that dwell in 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall houses of clay, whose foundation is in the hbs great, and thine offspring as the grass of dust, which are crushed before the moth? the earth. 20 They are destroyed from morning to 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full evening: they perish forever without any age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his regarding it. season. 21 Doth not their excellency which is in 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so It is: ihem go away? they die, even without wis- hear it, and know thou it for thy good. HAPTE CIIAPTER VI. CIAPTER V. Job justifieth his complaint. Benefit of God's correction. [)UT Job answered and said, I1ALL now, if there be any that will an- 1) 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly C) swer thee; and to which of the saints weighed, and my calamity laid in the bat, wilt thou turn? ances together! 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and 3 For now it would be heavier than the envy slayeth the silly one. sand of the sea: therefore my words are 3 1 have seen the foolish taking root: but swallowed up. suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are with. 4' His children are far from safety, and they in me, the poison whereof drinketh up my tre crushed in the gate, neither is there any spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves to deliver them. in array against me. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath taketh it even out of the thorns, and the grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? oobber swalloweth up their substance. 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of without salt? or is there any taste in the Ihe dust, neither doth trouble spring out of white of an egg? the ground; 7 The things that my soul refused to touch 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks are as my sorrowful meat. ly upward. 8 Oh that I might have my request; and 8 I would seek unto God, and anto God that God would grant me the thing that I,vould I commit my cause: long for! 9 Which doeth great things and unsearcha- 9 Even that it would please God to destroy ale; marvellous things without number: me; that he would let loose his hand, and 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and cut me off! te:adeth waters upon the fields: 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I 1-. To set up on high those that be low; that would harden myself in sorrow: let him not thbse which mourn may be exalted to safe- spare; for I have not concealed the words ty. of the Holy One. 12 He disappointeth the Jevices of the 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? crafty, so that their hands cannot perform and what is mine end, that I should prolong their enterprise. my life? 13 He taketh the wise in their own crafti- 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? ness: and the counsel of the froward is car- or is my flesh of brass? ried headlong. 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, driven quite from me? and grope in the noonday as in the night. 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh from their mouth, and from the hand of the the fear of the Almighty. might-r, 15 My brethren ave dealt deceitfully as 31 Job excuseth his JO brook, and as the stream of brooks the. pass away, 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; tney go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words I but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? CHAPTER VII. Job excuseth his desire of death. IrS there not an appointed time to man upL on earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work; 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine ey shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; t will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest, watch over me? 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 362 iB. desire of death. 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my trans. gression, and take away mine iniquity? folf now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. CHAPTER VIII. Bildad sheweth God's justice. rfHEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and 1 said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy moutli he like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth th Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their trans. gression: 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes; and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our cays upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words oat of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall he a spider's web. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall othersgrow. 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he bhel the evil doers; fob acknowledgeth God's justice. JOB. Job expostulateth with God. 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and thy lips with rejoicing. make my hands never so clean; 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the eitch, with shame; and the dwellingplace of the and mine own clothes shall abhor me. wicked shall come to nought. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that 1 CHAPTER IX. should answer him, and we should come Htogether in judgment. No contending with God. 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt THEN Job answered and said, us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and should man be just with God? let not his fear terrify me: 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; answer him one of a thousand. but it is not so with me. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in C TE strength: who hath hardened himself against CA. him, and hath prospered? Job expostulateth with God..5 Which removeth the mountains, and they '/rY soul is weary of my life; I will leave know not; which overturneth them in his ~J my complaint upon myself; I will inger; speak in the bitterness of my soul. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; and the pillars thereof tremble; shew me wherefore thou contendest with 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it me. riseth not; and sealeth up the stars; 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest S Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, oppress, that thou shouldest despise the and treadeth upon the waves of the sea; work of thine hands, and shine upon the 9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Plei- counsel of the wicked? ades. and the chambers of the south; 4 Ilast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as 10 Which doeth great things past finding man seeth? out: yea, and wonders without number. 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: years as man's days, he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, 12 Behold, he taketh away who can hin- and searchest after my sin? der him? who will say unto him, What doest 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and thou? there is none that can deliver out of thine 13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the hand. proud helpers do stoop under him. 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned 14 How much less shall I answer hnm, and me together round about; yet thou dost dechoose out my words to reason with him? stroy me. 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast would I not answer, but I would make sup- made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring plication to my judge. me into dust again? 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; 10 Hlast thou not poured me out as milk, yet would I not believe that he had hearken- and curdled me like cheese? ed unto my voice. 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and multiplieth my wounds without cause. sinews. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, but filleth me with bitterness. and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine and if of judgment, who shall set me a time heart: I know that this is with thee. to plead? 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I it shall also prove me perverse. be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not am full of confusion; therefore see thou know my soul: I would despise my life. mine affliction; 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will marvellous upon me. laugh at the trial of the innocent. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against 24 The earth is given into the hand of the me, and increasest thine indignation upon wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges me; changes and war are against me. thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me 25 Now my days are swifter than a post: forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given they flee away, they see no good. up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: 19 I should have been as though I had not as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. been; I should have been carried from the 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I womb to the grave. will leave off my heaviness, and comfort 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and myself; let me alone, that I may take comfort a little. 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, that thou wilt not hold me innocent. even to the land of darkness and the shadow 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in of death; vain? S2 A land of darkness, as darkness itse.t 363 z^ophar sharply reprovet Job. JOB. God's wisdom unsearchable. and of the shadow of death, without any or- 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shail der, and where the light ic, as darkness. teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and CHAPTER XI. V they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teachl Zopifctr reVoilct;l Jo1). thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, unto thee. and said, 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the 2 Should not the multitude of words be an- hand of the LORD hath wrought this? swered? and should a man full of talk be 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living justified? thin:lg, and the breath of all mankind. 3 Should thy lies make men hold their 11 Doth not the ear try words? and thel peace? and when thou mockest, shall no mouth taste his meat? man make thee ashamed? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, length of days understanding. and I am clean in thine eyes. 13 With him i. wisdom and strength, h( 5 But oh that God would speak, and open hath counsel and understanding. his lips against thee; 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it canno', 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets be built again: he shutteth up a man, ani of wisdom, that they are double to that which there can be no opening. is! Know therefore that God exacteth of 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? they overturn the earth. canst thou find out the Almighty unto per- 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the fection? deceived and the deceiver are his. 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou 17 lie leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? maketh the judges fools. 9 The measure thereof is longer than the 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdl earth, and broader than the sea. eth their loins with a girdle. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather to- 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and gether, then who can hinder him? overthroweth the mighty. 11 Forhe knoweth vain men: he seeth wick- 20 He removeth away the speech of tlhe edness also; will he not then consider it? trusty, and taketh away the understanding 12 For vain man would be wise, though man of the aged. be born like a wild ass's colt. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and 13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch weakeneth the strength of the mighty. out thine hands toward him; 22 He discovereth deep things out of dark14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far ness, and bringeth out to light the shadow away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy of death. tabernacles. 23 lie increaseth the nations, and destroy15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face with- eth them: he enlargeth the nations, and out spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and straiteneth them again. shalt not fear: 24 lie taketh away the heart of the chief 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and of the people of the earth, and causeth them remember it as waters that pass away: to wander in a wilderness where there is no 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the way. noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt 25 They grope in the dark without light, be as the morning. and he maketh them to stagger like a drunk18 And thou shalt be secure, because there en man. is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and CHAPTER XIII. thou shalt take thy rest in safety. r th hifrin 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shallJob s friends. make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit T 0, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear unto thee. L hath heard and understood it. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and 2 What ye know, the srme do I know also; they shall not escape, and their hope shall be I am not inferior unto you. a" the giving up of the ghost. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and CHAPTER XIT. I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physiJob censures his frienlls' knowledge. cians of no value. AND Job answered and said, 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your X 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and peace! and it should be your wisdom. wisdom shall die with you. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to 3 But I have understanding as well as you; the pleadings of my lips. I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk not such things as these? deceitfully for him? 41 am as one mocked of his neighbour, who 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye concalleth upon God, and he answereth him: tend for God? the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 9 Is it good that he should search you out? 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as or as one man mocketh another, do ye so a lamp despised in the thought of him that mock him? is at ease. 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do se6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and cretly accept persons. they that provoke God are secure; into whose 11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? hand God bringeth abundantly. and his dread fall upon you? 364 Job's confidence in God. J(O. 3liphaz reproveth Job. 12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, your bodies to bodies of clay. until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may appoint me a set time, and remember me! speak, and let come on me what will. 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my days of my appointed time will I wait, till teeth, and put my life in mine hand? my change come. 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: him: but I will maintain mine own ways thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine before him. hands. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for a hyp- 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost ocrite shall not come before him. thou not watch over my sin? 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my dec- 17 My transgression 'is sealed up in a bag, laration with your ears. and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh know that I shall be justified. to nought, and the rock is removed out of 19 Who is he -t7at will plead with me? for his place. now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washghost. est away the things which grow out of the '.0 Only do not two things unto me; then dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the will I not hide myself from thee. hope of man. 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, let not thy dread make me afraid. and he passeth: thou changest his counte2'2 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let nance, and sendest him away. ne speak, and answer thou me. 21 His sons come to honour, and he know23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? eth it not; and they are brought low, but he make me to know my transgression and my perceiveth it not of them. sin. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and and his soul within him shall mourn. boldest me for thine enemy? CHAPTR X 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? XV and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Eliphaz re proveth Job of impiety. 26 For thou writest bitter things against THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, mle, and makest me to possess the iniquities IL and said, of my youth. 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and fill his belly with the east wind? and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? thou settest a print upon the heels of my or with speeches wherewith he can do no feet. good? 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest a garment that is motheaten. prayer before God. CHAPTER XIV. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Shortness and troubles of life. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and M;AN that is born of a woman is of few not I: yea, thine own lips testify against A_ days, and full of trouble, thee. 2 IHe cometh forth like a flower, and is cut 7 Art thou the first man that was born? or down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and con- wtst thou made before the hills? tinueth not. 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and;3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? a one, and bringest me into judgment with 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? thee? what understandest thou, which is not in us? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an un- 10 With us are both the grayheaded and ciean? not one. very aged men, much elder than thy fa5 Seeing his days are determined, the num- ther. ber of his months are with thee, thou hast 11 Are the consolations of God small with appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; thee? is there any secret thing with thee? 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. and what do thy eyes wink at, 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, dewn, that it will sprout again, and that the and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? tender branch thereof will not cease. 14 What is man, that he should be clean? 8 Though the root thereof wax old in tile and he which is born of a woman, that he earth, and the stock thereof die in the should be righteous? ground; 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. and bring forth boughs like a plant. 16 How much more abominable and filthy 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the wh ich I have seen I will declare; flood decayeth and drieth up; 18 Which wise men have told from their 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till fathers, and have not hid it: the heavens be no more, they shall not 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, awake, nor be raised olut of their sleep. and no stranger passed among them. 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all -s!*... 365 Disquiet.. w.ickedl men. JOB. Job mai/ntaineth his innocence. his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense. 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. CHAPTER XVI. Job reproveth his friends. THEN Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answereth? 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up Words against you, and shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. 11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 366 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 0 earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. 20 My friends scorn me: but mint eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. CHAPTER XVII. Job appealeth from, men to God. M Y breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready! for me. 2 Are there not inockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their hearts from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them,. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also abyword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonished atthis,and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. CHAPTER XVIII. Bildad accuseth Job of presumption. rTHEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end T'he calamiics of Ihe iwickcd. 'JOB. Job's belief in the resurrection), of words? mark, and afterwards we will me, and he counteth me unto him as one o0 peak. his enemies. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and 12 His troops come together, and raise up reputed vile in your sight? their way against me, and encamp round 4 -Ie teareth himself in his anger: shall the about my tabernacle. sarth be forsaken for thee? and shall the 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, rock be removed out of his pl,; -e? and mine acquaintance are verily estranged 5 Yea, the light of the wickc shall be put from me. out, and the spark of his fire i" all not shine. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, friends have forgotten me. and his candle shall be put out with him. 15 They that dwell in mine house. and my 7 The steps of his strength shall be straiten- maids, count me for a stranger: I am an ed, and his own counsel shall cast him down. alien in their sight. S For he is cast into a net by his own feet, 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no and he walketh upon a snare. answer; I entreated him with my mouth. i The gin shall take him by the heel, and 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though th l robber shall prevail against him. I entreated for the children's sake of mine 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, own body. and a trap for him in the way. 18 Yea, young children despised me; I 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every arose, and they spake against me. side, and shall drive him to his feet. 19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and they whom I loved are turned against me. destruction shall be ready at his side. 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my wven the firstborn of death shall devour his teeth. strength. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king touched me. of terrors. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because not satisfied with my flesh? it; is none of his: brimstone shall be scatter- 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh ed upon his habitation. that they were printed in a book! 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and 24 That they were graven with an iron pen above shall his branch be cut off. and lead in the rock for ever! 17 His remembrance shall perish from the 25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, earth, and he shall have no name in the and that he shall stand at the latter day street. upon the earth: 18 He shall be driven from light into dark- 26 And though after my skin worms destroy ness, and chased out of the world. this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine among his people, nor any remaining in his eyes shall behold, and not another; though dwellings. my reins be consumed within me. 20 They that come after him shall be aston- 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we led at his day, as they that went before were him, seeing the root of the matter is found effrighted. in me? 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath wicked, and this is the place of him that bringeth the punishments of the sword, that knoweth not God. ye may know there is a judgment. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. Job showeth his great misery. The state and portion of the wicked. THEN Job answered and said, PHEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and I and said, break me in pieces with words? 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: answer, and for this I make haste. ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, strange to me. and the spirit of my understanding causeth 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine me to answer. error remaineth with myself. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselres was placed upon earth, agtainst me, and plead against me my re- 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is proach: short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a 6 Know now that God hath overthrown moment? me, and hath compassed me with his net. 6 Though his excellency mount up to the 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot dung: they which have seen him shall say, pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. Where is he? 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall taken the crown from my head. not be found: yea, he shall be chased away 19 He hath destroyed me on every side, as a vision of the night. and I am gone: and mine hope hath he 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him removed like a tree. no more; neither shall his place any more '.] He hath also kindled his wrath against behold him. 9Qc7 The portion of the wicketl. JOB. All alike in death 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; and his hands shall restor egoo ds. ood their cow calvth, and casteth not her calf, 11 His bones are full of I c sin of his youth, 11 They send forth their little ones like a which shall lie down with him in the dust. flock and their children dance. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and remouth, though he hide it under his tongue; joice at the sound of the organ. 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not, 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in but keep it still within his mouth; a moment gc town to the grave. 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart the gall of asps within him. from us; for we desire not the knowledge 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he of thy ways. shall vomit them up again: God shall cast 15 What is the Almighty, that we should them out of his belly. serve him? and what profit should we have. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the if we pray unto him? viper's tongue shall slay him. 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the counsel of the wicked is far from me. brooks of honey and butter. 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put 18 That which he laboured for shall he out! and how oft cometh their destruction restore, and shall not swallow it down: ac- upon them I God distributeth sorrows in his cording to his substance shall the restitution anger. be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath for- as chaff that the storm carrieth away. saken the poor; because he hath violently 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his taken away a house which he builded not; children: he rewardeth him, and he shall 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his know it. belly, he shall not save of that which he de- 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he sired. shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house therefore shall no man look for his goods. after him, when the number of his months 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall is cut off in the midst? be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall 2 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing come upon him. he judgeth those that are high. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God 23 One dieth in his full strength, bcin' shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, wholly at ease and quiet. and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and are moistened with marrow. the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and gall: terrors are upon him. the worms shall cover them. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the places: a fire not blown shall consume him; devices which ye wrongfully imagine against it shall go ill with him that is left in his me. tabernacle. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and prince? and where are the dwellingplaces of the earth shall rise up against him. the wicked? 28 The increase of his house shall depart, 29 Have ye not asked them that go by tl:e and his goods shall flow away in the day of way? and do ye not know their tokens, his wrath. 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from destruction? they shall be brought forth to God, and the heritage appointed unto him the day of wrath. by God. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? CHAPTER XXI. and who shall repay him what he hath done? Job's reasons for grief. 3 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. BUT Job answered and said, 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this unto him, and every man shall draw after be your consolations. him, as there are innumerable before him. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing that I have spoken, mock on. in your answers there remaineth falsehood? 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and CHAPTER XXII. if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? lMan's goodness unprofitable to God. 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your HrHEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and hand upon your mouth. L said, 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he trembling taketh hold on my flesh. that is wise may oe profitable unto himself? 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that old, yea, are mighty in power? thou art righteous? or is it gain to himr, that 8 Their seed is established in their sight thous mnakest thy ways perfect? with them, and their offspring before their 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? eyes. will he enter with thee into judgment? 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine b the rod of God upon them, iniquities infinite? 36 fob exhorted to repent. JOB. Judgment for the wicked, 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from tbly answer me, and understand what he would brother for nought, and stripped the naked of sav unto me. their clothing.6 Will he plead against me with his great 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to power? No; but he would put strength in drink, and thou hast withholden bread from me. the hungry. 7 There the righteous might dispute with 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the him; so should I be delivered for ever from earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. my judge. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; the arms of the fatherless have been broken. and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but and sudden fear troubleth thee; I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and the right hand, I cannot see him; abundance of waters cover thee. 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: 12 Is not God il the height of heaven? and whcn he hath tried me, I shall come forth as behold the height of the stars, how high they gold. are! 11 My foot bath held his steps, his way have 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? I kept, and not declined. can he judge through the dark cloud? 12 Neither have I gone back from the comn14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that mandment of his lips; I have esteemed the he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of words of his mouth more than my necessary heaven. food. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn wicked men have trodden? him? and what his soul desireth, even that 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose he doeth. foundation was overflown with a flood: 14 For he performeth the thing that is ap17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: pointed for me: and many such things are and what can the Almighty do for them? with him. 18 Yet he filled their houses with good 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: things: but the counsel of the wicked is far when I consider, I am afraid of him, from me. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and Almighty troubleth me: the innocent laugh them to scorn. 17 Because I was not cut off before the dark20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, ness, neither hath he covered the darkness but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. from my lace. 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be CHAPTER XXIV. at peace: thereby good shall come untos o t w. thee. thee. The progress of the wicked. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his rHY, seeing times are not hidden from mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. T the Almighty, do they that know him 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt not see his days? be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violentirom thy tabernacles. ly take away flocks, and feed thereof. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the they take the widow's ox for a pledge. brooks. 4 They turn the needy out of the way,25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, the poor of the earth hide themselves to-,nd thou shalt have plenty of silver. gether. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they t:he Almighty, aPd shalt lift up thy face unto forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: ^od. the wilderness yieldeth food for them and 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, for their children. and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy 6 They reap every one his corn in the field: vows. and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall 7 They cause the naked to lodge without be established unto thee: and the light shall clothing, that they have no covering in the hine upon thy ways. cold. 9 When men are cast down, then thou shalt 8 They are wet with the showers of the say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of %amble person. a shelter. 30 He shall deliver the island of the inno- 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, cent: and it is delivered by the pureness of and take a pledge of the poor. ihine hands. 10 They cause him to go naked without CHAPTER XXIII. clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; Job longeth to appear before God. 11 Which make oil within their walls, and 5IHlEN Job answered and said, tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 1 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the stroke is heavier than my groaning. soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God lay3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! eth not folly to them. that I might come even to his seat! 13 They are of those that rebel against the 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill light; they know not the ways thereof. nor my mouth with arguments. abide in the paths thereof. 5 I would know the words which he would 14 The murderer rising with the light kill. Y 369 Job reproveth BildacT. JOB. Job protesteth his sincerity. eth the poor and needy, and in the night is 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, as a thief. I and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for 10 He bath compassed the waters with the twilight, saying, No eye sha- sec me: bounds, until the day and night come to ton and disguiseth his face. end. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, 11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are which they had marked for themselves in astonished at his reproof. the daytime: they know not the light. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and 17 For the morning is to them even as the by his understanding he smiteth through shadow of death: if one know themr, they are the proud. in the terrors of the shadow of death. 13 By his Spirit he hath garnished the 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the serpent. way of the vineyards. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how 19 Drought and heat consume the snow little a portion is heard of him? but the waters: so doth the grave those which have thunder of his power who can understand? 20 The womb shall forget him; the wormCHAPTER XXVII. shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no Job maintains his innocency. more remembered; and wickedness shall be /TOREOVER Job continued his parable; broken as a tree. IVJ and said, 21 He evil entreateth the barren, that bear- 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my eth not: and doeth not good to the widow. judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vex. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his ed my soul; power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of 3 All the while my breath is in me, and life. the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, noi whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon my tongue utter deceit. their ways. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: til; 24 They are exalted for a little while, but I die 1 will not remove mine integrity fronr are gone and brought low; they are taken me. oul of the way as all other, and cut off as 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will noi the tops of the ears of corn. let it go: my heart shall not reproach me sc 25 And if it be not so now, who will make long as I live. ine a liar, and make my speech nothing 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he. worth? that riseth up against me as the unright CHAPTER XXV. eous. Man unjustifiable before God. 8 Eor what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he bath gained, when God taketh THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and away his soul? 1 said, 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh 2 Dominion and fear are with him: he upon him? maketh peace in his high places. 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? 3 Is there any number of his armies? and will he always call upon God? upon whom doth not his light arise? 11 I will teach you by the hand of God! 4 How then can man be justified with God? that which is with the Almighty will I not or how can he be clean that is born of a conceal. woman? 12 Behold, all ve yourselves have seen it; 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth why then are ye thus altogether vain? not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they the son of man, which is a worm? shall receive of the Almighty. CHAPTER XXVI. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the Jb. G'. sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied Job confestsel Gods omnipotency with bread. BIT Job answered and said, 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in 2 How hast thou helped him that is with. death: and his widows shall not weep. out power? how savest thou the arm t- -,16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and hath no strength? prepare raiment as the clay; 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully it on, and the innocent shall divide the declared the thing as it is? silver. 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a whose spirit came from thee? booth that the keeper maketh. 5 Dead things are formed from under the 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall waters, and the inhabitants thereof. not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruct he is not. tion hath no covering. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a 7 He stretcheth out the north over the tempest stealeth him away in the night. empty place, and hangeth the earth upon 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he nothing. departeth: and as a storm hurleth' him out 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick of his place. clouds; and the cloud is not rent under 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not, mnaxre: he would fain flee out of his hand.?^7( 'hc excellency of wisdom. JO 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. CHAPTER XXVIII. God's wisldom inscrutable. I UTRELY there is a vein for the silver, and 0 a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass ^s molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of larkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from mlen. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, snd which the vulture's eye hath not seen: 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor She fierce lion passed by it. 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; ae overturneth the mountains by the roots. 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? IS Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is nit in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Dphir, with the precious onyx, or the sapahire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels:f fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rulies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, teither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where ts the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, aid seeth under the whole heaven: 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder; 27 Then (lid he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. CHAPTER XXIX. Job calUeth to mind his former state. MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,. Job bemoaneth himself. 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through dark.. ness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Alnighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave wit. ness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 1 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment wa.s as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. le I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. CHAPTER XXX. Job bewails being subject to contempt. BUT now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste: 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief,) 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, It caves of the earth, and in the rocks, 371 lob maketh a sotenezn JOB. protestation of his interityr 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my the nettles they were gathered together. foot hath hasted to deceit; 8 Tihey were children of fools. yea, children 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, of base men: they were viler than the earth. that God may know mine integrity. 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, byword. and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; and spare not to spit in my face. 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and let my offspring be rooted out. afflicted me, they have also let loose the bri- 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a die before me. woman, or if I have laid wait at my neigh12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they bour's door; push away my feet, and they raise up against 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, me the ways of their destruction. and let others bow down upon her. 13 They mar my path, they set forward my 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an calamity, they have no helper. iniquity to be punished by the judges. 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking 12 For it is a fire that consuneth to de. in of waters: in the desolation they rolled struction, and would root out all mine in, themselves upon me. crease. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pur- 13 if I did despise the cause of my manserv. sue my soul as the wind: and my welfare ant or of my maidservant, when they con, passeth away as a cloud. tended with me; 16 And now my soul is poured out upon 14 What then shall I do when God riseth me; the days of affliction have taken hold up? and when he visiteth, what shall I anl upon me. swer him? 17 My bones are pierced in me in troe night 15 Did not he that made me in the womb season: and my sinews take no rest. make him? and did not one fashion us in 18 By the great force of my disease is my the womb? garment changed: it bindeth me about as 16 If I have withheld the poor from their the collar of my coat. desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am to fail; become like dust and ashes. 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; mee: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. 18 (For from my youth he was broughlt up 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy with me, as with a father, and I have guiled strong hand thou opposeth thyself against her from my mother's womb;) me. 19 If I have seen any perish for want of 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou clothing, or any poor without covering; causeth me to ride upon it, and dissolvest 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if my substance. he were not warmed with the fleece of my 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to sheep; death, and to the house appointed for all 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the living. fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder to the grave, though they cry in his de- blade, and mine arm be broken from the( struction. bone. 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trou- 23 For destruction from God oas a terror ble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? to me, and by reason of his highness I could 26 When I looked for good, then evil came not endure. unto me: and w-hen I waited for light, there 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have came darkness. said to the fine gold, Thou art my confi27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the dence; days of affliction prevented me. 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was 28 I went mourning without the sun: I great, and because mine hand had gotten stood up, and I cried in the congregation. much; 29I am a brother to dragons, and a com- 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the panion to owls. moon walking in brightness; 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, are burned with heat. or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished my organ into the voice of them that weep. by the judge: for I should have denied the CHAPTER XXX. God that is above. CHA E I.29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him Job's protestation of his integrity. that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why found him; then should I think upon a maid? 30 (Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin 2 For what portion of God is there from by wishing a curse to his soul.) above? and what inheritance of the Al- 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh mighty from on high? that we had of his flesh! we cannot be saris3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a fled. strange punishment to the workers of in- 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: iquity? but I opened my doors to the traveller. 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all 33 If I covered my} transgressions as; Adans Emy steps? b3 hiding mine iniquit in y in mbosos, 372 irithu is anlgry with Job. JOB. Elihu's zeal to speak. 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the 'person; neither let me give flattering titles rontelmpt of families terrify me, that I kept unto man. bilenre, andtl went not out of the door? 22 For I know not to give flattering titles 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my in sro doily my Maker would soon take me desire is, that the Almighty would answer away. me, and that mine adversary had written a CHAPTER XXXIII. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, EWl hlameth Jb's complt. andi bind it as a crown to me. lTHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my 37 1 would declare unto him the number of speeches, and hearken to all my words. my steps; as a prince would I go near unto 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my him. tontgue hath spoken in my mouth. 38 If my land cry against me, or that the 3 My words shall be of the uprightn(ss of furrows likewise thereof complaint; m y heart: and my lips shall utter knowl39 i f I have eaten the fruits ti iereof without edge clearly. mloney, or have caused the o vners thereof 4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the -to lose their life: breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in.o.'kle instead of barley. The words of Job order before me, stand up. are ended. 6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in CHAPTER XXXII. God's stead: I also am formed out of the ElihLt reasoneth with Job. clay. 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee i0) these three men ceased to answer Job, afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon because he was righteous in his own eyes.thee. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearson of Baraehel the Buzite, of the kindred ilg, and I have heard the voice of thy words, Rf lam: against Job was his wrath kindled, saying,?ecause he justiiied himself rather than God. 9 1 am clean without transgression, I amo 3 Also lagainst his three friends was his innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. wrath kindled, because they had found no 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me,;iiinswer, and yet had condemned Job. he counteth me for his enemy; 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, I He putteth my feet in the stocks, he because they 'Icre elder than he. marketh all my paths. 5 When Eliha saw that there wUs no answer 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will ii the mouth of these three men, then his answer thee, that God is greater than man. wrath was kindled. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite giveth not account of any of his matters. answered and said, I (ea young, and ye are 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst mae i perceiveth it not. not shew you mine opinion. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude deep sleep fallpth upon men, in slumberings of years should teach wisdom. upon the bed; s But there is a spirit in man: and the in- 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and spiration of the Almighty giveth them un- sealeth their instruction, dlerstanding. 17 That he may withdraw man from hia 9) Great mlen are not always wise: neither purpose, and hide pride from man. do the aged understand judgment. 18 He keepeth back his.soul from the pit, 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also and ilis life from perishing by the sword. will shew mine opinion. 19 IHe is chastened also with pain upon his 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave bed, and the multitude of his bones with ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out strong pain: \ hat to say. 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, soul dainty meat. thersewas none of you that convinced Job, or 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cantlat answered his words: not be seen; and his bones that were not 13 Lest ye should say, We have found out seen stick out. wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.2 Yea, his soul draweth near unto tho 14 Now he hath not directed his words grave, and his life to the destroyers. against me: neither will I answer him with 23 If there be a messenger with him, an inyour speeches. terpreter, one among a thousand, to shew 15 They were amazed, they answered no unto man his uprightness; more: they left off speaking. 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, Deliver him from going down to the pit: 1 but stood still, and answered no more,) have found a ransom. 17 I said, I will answer also my part; I also 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: will shew mine opinion. he shall return to the days of his youth: 1-8 For I am full of matter; the spirit with- 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be in me constraineth me. favourable unto him: and he shall see his 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no face with joy: for he will render unto man vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. his righteousness. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, 1 i ill open my lips and answer. have sinned, and perverted that which was tl Le! me not, I pray you, accept any man's right, and it profited me not, 32 373 jrod cannot be unjust. joi,, EI7ihu reprovets Job, 28 He will deliver his soul from going into 25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and the pit, and his life shall see the lighlt. he overturneth them in the night, so that 29 Lo, all these things worketh God often- they are destroyed. times with man, 26 He striketh them as wicked men in the 30 To bring back his soul ''rom the pit, to be open sight of others; enlightened with the light of the living. 7 Because they turned back from him, 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold and would not consider any of his ways: thy peace, and I will speak. 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer come unto him, and he heareth the cry of me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. the afflicted. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can and I shall teach thee wisdom. make trouble? and when he hideth his face, CAPTwER XXXIVho then can behold him? whether it be dole CH X I.1 vagainst a nation, or against a man only: Elihu accwseth Job of presumption. 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the -ZURTHERIMORE Elihuansweredandsaid, people be ensnared. F 2 Hear my words, 0 ye wise men; and 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. have borne chastisement, I will not offend 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth any more: tasteth meat. 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I 4 Let us choose to us judgment: letus know have done iniquity, I will do no more. among ourselves what is good. 33 Should it he according to thy mind? he 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or (rod hath taken away my judgment. whether thou choose; and not 1: therefore "6 Should I lie against my right? my wound speak what thou knowest. - is incurable without transgression. 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up let a wise man hearken unto me. scorning like water? 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, antd 8 Which goeth -i company with the workers his words were without wisdom. of iniquity, and v-alketh with wicked men. 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unt(;, 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man noth- the end, because of his answers for wicked ing that he should delight himself with God. men. 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, lhi understanding: far be it from God, that he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplie hould do wickedness; and fro(; the Al- eth his words against God. mighty, that ho should commit iniquity. CHAPTER XXXV. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find ac- Job's self righteousness reproved. e rding to 71is ways. 7LIHU spake moreover, and said, 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, J 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. thou saidst, My righteousness is more than 13 Who hath given him a charge over the God's? earth? or who hath disposed the whole 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it world? be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather if I be cleansed from my sin? unto himself his spirit and his breath; 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man with thee. shall turn again unto dust. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and be16 If now thou hast understanding, hear hold the clouds which are higher than this: hearken to the voice of my words. thou. 17 Shall even he that hateth right gov- 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against ern? and wilt thou condemn hint that is him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, most just? what doest thou unto him? 18 Is it lit to say to a king, Thou art wick- 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou ed? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou the persons of princes, nor regardeth the art; and thy righteousness may profit the rich more than the poor? for they all are son of man. the work of his hands. 9 By reason of the multitude (f oppressions 20 In a moment shall they die, and the peo- they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out pie shall be troubled at midnight, and pass by reason of the arm of the mighty. away: and the mighty shall be taken away 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, without hand. who giveth songs in the night; 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts and he seeth all his goings. of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of fowls of heaven? death, where the workers of iniquity may 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, hide themselves. because of the pride of evil men. 23 For he will not lay upon man more than 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither right; that he should enter into judgment will the Almighty regard it. with God. 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men him, yet judgment is before him; therefore without number, and set others in their trust thou in him. itead. l Ai tnow, because it is not so, hb hath 374 sod's ways are Jus't. JOB. His wisdom unsearchable, visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in 29 Also can any understand the spreadings great extremity. of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in 30 Behold, le spreadeth his light upon it, vain; he multiplieth words without knowl- and covereth the bottom of the sea. edge. 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he CHAPTER XXXVI. giveth meat in abundance. hi 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and is just i ll his ujs. commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that VLIHU also proceeded, and said, cometh betwixt. i 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee 33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. 3 1 will fetch my knowledge from afar, and CHAPTER XXXVII will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he God's wisdom unsearchable. that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. T this also my heart trembleth, and is 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not _ moved out of his place. any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. but giveth right to the poor. 3 He directetll it under the whole heaven, 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. righteous: but with kings are they on the 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth throne; yea, he doth establish them for with the voice of his excellency; and he ever, and they are exalted. will not stay them when his voice is heard. 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be 5 God thundereth marvellously with his holden in cords of affliction; voice; great things doeth he, which we can~ 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and not comprehend. their transgressions that theyhave exceeded. 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the 10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the and commandeth that they return from in- great rain of his strength. iquity. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall that all men may know his work. spend their days in prosperity, and their 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain years in pleasures. in their places. 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: by the sword, and they shall die without and cold out of the north. knowiedge. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up the breadth of the waters is straitened. w ath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick -44 They die in youth, and their life is cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: among the unclean. 12 And it is turned round about by his 15 lIe delivereth the poor in his affliction, counsels: that they may do whatsoever he and openeth their ears in oppression. commandeth them upon the face of the 16 Even so would he have removed thee out world in the earth. of the strait into a broad place, where there 13 He causeth it to come, whether for coris no straitness; and that which should be rection, or for his land, or for mercy. set on thy table should be full of fatness. I 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of i and consider the wondrous works of God. the wicked: judgment and justice take hold 15 Dost thou know when God disposed on thee. them, and caused the light of his cloud to 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he shine? take thee away with his stroke: then a great 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the ransom cannot deliver thee. clouds, the wondrous works of him which is 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, perfect in knowledge? nor all the forces of strength. 17 How thy garments are warm, when he 20 Desire not the night, when people are quieteth the earth by the south wind? cut off in their place. 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this which is strong, and as a molten lookingILast thou chosen rather than affliction. glass? ' Behold. God exalteth by his power: who 19 Teach us what we shall say unto himteacheth like him? for we cannot order our speech by reason ( i 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who darkness. can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. which men behold. 21 And now men see not the bright light 25 Every man may see it; man may behold which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, it afar off. and cleanseth them. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: not, neither can the number of his years be with God is terrible majesty. searched out. 23 Touchiny the Almighty, we cannot find 27 For he Inaketh small the drops of water: him out: he,is excellent in power, and in they pour down rain according to the va- judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will pour thereof; not afflict. 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil,pon 24 Men do therefore fear him: he rQsDect(nan abundantly. eth not any that are wise of heart. 375 Job convinced of igyorance. JO CHAPTER XXXVIIL. God challengeth Job to answer him. HEN the LORD answered Job out of the Iwhirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkneteh counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thoe, ani answer thou rme. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of (Iod shouteId ior joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof,and thick darkness aswaddling band for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, II And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withhollen, and the high arnm shall be broken. 16 HastL thou entered into thlo springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou so-on the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where i:; the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, '2 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy (_Lys is great? 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war. 24 By what way is the light parted, whicli scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate an-I waste yrov, ndl: 376 )B. Of the wild goats and hinds, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath beg-otten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the lee? and the hoarv frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?:0) The waters are hid as w:ith a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences ol Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring- forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? 36 X' ho hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or till the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his youngr ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of Imeat. CHAPTER XXXIX. God's power visible in the creation. TNOWEST thou the tine when the wild I goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring fortih their young ones, they cast outtheir sorrows, 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the cryingof the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 30 Canst thou bind theunicornwith his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?' or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leavet'h her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them, Job humbleth himself J}O., Of the levitatIIn 16 She is hardened against her young ones, 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and as though they were not hers: her labour is his force is in the navel of his belly. In vain without fear; 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sin17 Because God hath deprived her of wis- ews of his stones are wrapped together. dom, neither hath he imparted to her under- 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; standing. his bones are like bars of iron. 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, 19 Hle is the chief of the ways of God: be she scorneth the horse and his rider, that made him can make his sword to ap19 Hast thou given the horse strength? plroaeh unto him. hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth 20 Canst thou make himn afraid as a grass- food, where all the beasts of the field play. aopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He tieth under the shady trees, in the 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth covert of the reed, and fens. in his strength: he goeth on to meet the 22 The shady trees cover him with, their trmed men. shadow; the willows of the brook compass 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affright- him about. ed; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hast23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glit- eth not: he trusteth that he can draw up tering spear and the shield. Jordan into his mouth. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierce- 21 He taketli it with his eyes: his nose ness and rage: neither believeth he that it is pierceth through snares. the sound of the trumpet. AP'IR XT. 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! L and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thun- Of God's Qreat power in the 7eviathan. der of the captains, and the shouting. /IANST thou draw out leviathan with a 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and J hook? or his tongue with a cord which stretch her wings toward the south? thou lettest down? 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy corn- 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or wand, and make her nest on high? bore his jaw through with a thorn? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, 3 Will he make many supplications unto uvpon the crag of the rock, and the strong thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? place. 4 Will he nake a covenant with thee? wilt 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and thou take him for a servant for ever? laer eyes behold afar off. 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and or wilt thou bind hinm for thy maidens? where the slain are, there is she, 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of CHAPTER XL. him? shall they part him among the mer. chants? Job humbleth himself before God. 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? M *O R E V E R the LORD answered Job, or his head with fish spears? LU and said, 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Al- battle, do no more. mighty instruct him? he that reproveth 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall God, let him answer it. not one be cast down even at the sight of 3 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, him? 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: thee? I will lay mine hand upon my who then is able to stand before me? mouth. 11 Who hath prevented me, that I should 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: repay him? whatsoever is under the whole yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. heavea is mine. 6 T Then answered the LORD unto Job out 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his pow, of the whirlwind, and said, er, nor his comely proportion. 7 Gird up thy loins now iik(e a man: I will 13 Who can discover the face of his gardemand of thee, and declare thou unto me. ment? or who can come to him with his 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? double bridle? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his righteous? teeth are terrible round about. 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together thou thunder with a voice like him? as wsith a close seal. 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and ex- 16 One is so near to another, that no air can eellency; and array thyself with glory and conme between them. beauty. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and together, that they cannot be sundered. behold every one that is proud, and abase 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his him. eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked sparks of fire leap out. in their place. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out ot 13 Hide them in the dust together; and a seething pot or caldron. bind their faces in secret. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that goeth out of his mouth. thine own right hand can save thee. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sor 15 ~I Behold now behemoth, which I made row is turned into joy before him. iith thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined ogetog.il,~ *T7 God accepteth Job, and PSALMS. doubleth his former blessings. er: they are firm in themselves: they cannot 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. CHAPTER XLII. God accepteth and blesseth Job. rHEN Job answered the LORD, and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thiny, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 51 have hearn of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore 1 abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 7 1 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kin.. died against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the! thing that is right, as myn servant Job bath. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bull ocKS and seven rams, and go to my sirvanm Jlob, and offer up for yourselves a burnt of rering; and my servant Job shall pray foi you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have nol spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite a(td Zophar the Nanmatnite went. and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he hadl before. 11 Then came there unto him all his breth. ren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they be. moaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end u( Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses, 13 He had also seven sons and three daug,. ters. 14 And he called the name of the firt, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezii l; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch, 15 And in all the land were no wom( n found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons. even four generations. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. THE BOOK PSALM I. Happy state of the godly, &c. BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall oerish. OF PSALMS. PSALM II. Christ's spiritual kingdom. XITHY do the heathen rage, and the peo. V ple imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the hea then for thine inheritance, and the utter most parts 9f the earth for thy possessiaio tavid prayeth to God. PSALMS. God faroureth not the wicked. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with vessel. thee. ii) ie wise now therefore, 0 ye kings: be 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: intstructed, ye judges of the earth. thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leaswith trembling. ing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and de_t Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye ceitful man. perish from the way, when his wrath is kin- But as for me, I will come into thy house died but a little. Blessed are all they that in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy put their trust in him. fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. PSALM TII8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way The senrity of God's protection. straight before my face. A Psalm of DaN id, when he fled frolm Absalom his son. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their ORD, how are they increased that trouble mouth; their inward part is very wickedL mne! many are they that rise up against ness; their throat is an open sepulchre; me. they flatter with their tongue. 2 Many there he which say of my soul, T7here 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall is no help for him in God. Selah. by their own counsels; cast them out in the 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; multitude of their transgressions; for they my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. have rebelled against thee. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and 11 But let all those that put their trust in fhe heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, be5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for cause thou defendest them: let them also t)he LORD sustained me. that love thy name be joyful in thee. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the rightpeople, that have set themselves against me eous; with favour wilt thou compass him round about. as with a shield. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for PSALM VI thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of David's complaint in sickness. the ungodly. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Shemineth, A 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy Psalm of David. blessing is upon thy people. Selah. A d LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, M neither chasten me ih thy hot displease PSALM IV. Dacvid prayeth for audPience. 2 Have mercy upon me, 0 LORD; for I am To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. weak: 0 LORD, heal me; for my bones an IEAR me when I call, O God of my right- vexed. eousness: thou hast enlarged me when 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, 0 1 was in distress; have mercy upon me, and LORD. how long? hear my prayer. 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save 2 0 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn me for thy mercies' sake. my glory into shame? how long will ye love 5 For in death there is no remembrance of vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. thee: in the gravewho shall give thee thanks' 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart 6 I am weary with my groaning; all th, him that is godly for himself: the LORD will night make I my bed to swim; I water m! hear when I call unto him. couch with my tears. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief' your own heart upon your bed, and be still. it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Selah. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniq5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and uity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of put your trust in the LORD. my weeping. 6 There be many that say, Who will shew 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light the LORD will receive my prayer. of thy countenance upon us. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and Tlhou hast put gladness in my heart, more sore vexed: let themn return and be ashamed than in the time that their corn and their suddenly. wine increased. PSALM VII. S I will both lay me down in peace, and Did prayeth a st h enemies. sloep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the weods of Cush the Benjamite. Da's profsiAL V per. LORD my God, in thee do I put my Datd's profession i prayer. trust: save me from all them that perTo the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. secute me, and deliver me: C1 IVE ear to my words, 0 LORD; consider 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending VT my meditation. it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my 3 0 LORD my God, if I have done this; if King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. there be iniquity in my hands; 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was 0 LORD; in the morning will I direct my at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him prcyer unto thee. and will look up. that without cause is mine enemy;) 379 God's great love to man. PSALMIS. David praiseth God, 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I wibt take it; yea, let him tread down my life tup- singr praise to thy name, O thou Most High. on the earth, and lay mine honour in the 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they dust. Selah. shall fall and perish at thy presence. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thy- 4 For thou hast maintained niy right an( self because of the rage of mine enemies: my cause; thou satest in the thro.ne judging and awake for me to the judgment thatt thou right. hast commanded. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast 7 So shall the congregation of the people destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out compass thee about: for their sakes there- their name for ever and ever. fore return thou on high. 6 0 thou enemy, destructions are come to a 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed me, O LORD, according to imy righteousness, cities; their memorial is perished with tllm. and according to mine integrity that is i in e. 7 But the LORD shall endure for evei: hi 3 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come hath prepared his throne for judgment. to an end; but establish the just: for the 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousrighteous God trieth the hearts and reins. ness, he shall minister judgment to the peo10 My defence is of God, which saveth the pie in uprightness. upright in heart. 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. angry with tile wicked every day. 10 And they that know thy name -will oI-ut 12 If he turn. not, he will whet his sword; their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. forsaken them that seek thee. 13 He hath also prepared for him the in- 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwellstrumnents of death; he ordaineth his arrows eth in Zion: declare among the people his against the persecutors. doings. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood; hath conceived mischief, and brought forth he remembereth them: he forgetteth not falsehood. the cry of the humble. 15) He tmade a pit, and digged it, and is fall- 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider en into the ditch which he made. my trouble which Isuffer of them that hate 16 His mischief shall return upon his own me, thou that liftest me up from the gates tread,and hisviolent dealing shall come down of death: upon his own pate. 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in 17 I will praise the LORD according to his the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rerighteousness: and will sing praise to the joice in thy salvation. name of the LORD most high. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit PSALM VIII. that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. God's great love to man. 16 The LORUD is known by the judgment To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. shich he executeth: the wicked is snaredc O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy in the work of his orn hands. Higgaion. name in all the earth! who hast set thy Selah. glory above the heavens. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings all the nations that forget God. hast thou ordained strength because of 18 For the needy shall not always be forthine enemies, that thou mightest still the gotten: the expectation of the poor shall enemy and the avenger. not perish for ever. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work 19 Arise, O LOnD; let not mnan prevail: let of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which the heathen be judged in thy sight. thou hast ordained; 20 Put them in fear, 0 LORD: that the na4 What is man,that thou art mindful of him? tions may know themselves to be but men. and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Selah. 5 For thou hast made him a little lower PSALM X. than the angels, and hast crowned him with Davids complat of the icked. gDavid's complaint of the wicked. glory and honour. 6 Thou madcst him to have dominion over 1 HY standest thou afar off, O LORD? fhe works of thy hands; thou hast put all WV why hidest thou thyself in times of things under his feet: trouble? 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute of the field; the poor: let them be taken in the devices 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the that they have imagined. sea, and whatsoever passeth through the 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's depaths of the seas. sire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the 9 0 LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy LORD abhorreth. name in all the earth 4 The wicked, through the pride of his PSALM IX. countenance, will not seek after God.: God is not in all his thoughts. David praiseth God, &c. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgTo the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of ments are far above out of his sight: as for David. all his enemies, he puffeth at them. WILL praise thee, 0 LORD, with my whole 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be heart; I will shew forth all thy marvel- moved: for I shall never be in adversity. )olis works. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceib 380 D.)aidl's colfidence in God. PSALMS. Thle corruption of man. and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 lie sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 le lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his d(n: he lieth in wait to catch thle poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth and hulnbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgottenl: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn Go)l? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt Int require it. 4i Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor coinmitteth himself unto thee: thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arin of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 The LORD iS king for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou. ilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. PSALM XI. Dre psalmist's confidence in God. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. JIN the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee cs a bird to your mountain? 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this.srall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. PSALM XII. David imploreth help from God. To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. I ELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail froI arlcng the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set himi in safety fromi him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. PSALM XIII. David complainetlh of delay. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. HTOW long wilt thou forget nme, 0 LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 flow long shall I take counsel in my soul, huavin!;, sorrow in my heart daily? lowv long shall mine enemy be exalted over mre? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mnine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when amn moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 1 will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. PSALM XIV. The depravity of a natural manl. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. IPHE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they iiave done abominable works, there i none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, anl seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There were they in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM XV. A citizen of Zion described. A Psalm of David. ORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemaned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his ownl hurt, and changeth not. 381 David prayeth for help. PSALMS. David praiseth God for 5 Hle that putteth not out his money to and as it were a young lion lurking iu usury, nor taketh reward against the inno- secret places. cent. He that doeth these things shall never 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him be moved. down: deliver my soul from the wicked, PSALM XVI. which is thy sword: Davild feeth to God. 14 From men which are thy hand, 0 LORD, from men of the world, which hare their' Michtam of David. portion in this life, and whose belly thou DPRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I lillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of put my trust. children, and leave the rest of their sub2 0 my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, stance to their babes. Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in not to thee; righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and awake, with thy likeness. to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. PSALM XVII. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that M VI. hasten after another god: their driik offer- psalm of thanksgiving. ings of blood will I not offer, nor take up To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant ot their names into my lips. the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this The Lon is the portion of mine inherit- song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Sault ance and of my cup: thou maintainest my And he said, lot. WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant 1 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn counsel: my reins also instruct me in the of my salvation, and my high tower. night seasons. 3 I will call upon the LORD, Tho is wt'othb 8 I have set the LORD always before me: be- to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine cause he is at my right hand, I shall not be enemies. moved. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory the floods of ungodly men made me afraid, rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; the snares of death prevented me. neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD see corruption. and cried unto my God: lie heard my voicw 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in out of his temple, and my cry came before thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right him, event unto his ears. hand there are pleasures for evermore. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the PSALM XVII. foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. David craveth help of God. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, A Prayer of David. and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals 'EAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my were kindled by it. 1 cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came not out of feigned lips. down: and darkness was under his feet. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: presence; let thine eyes behold the things yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. that are equal. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast pavilion round about him were dark waters visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, (and thick clouds of The skies. and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that 12 At the brightness that was before him my mouth shall not transgress. his thick clouds passed, hail stoncs and coals 4 Concerning the works of men, by the wordo af fire. of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, the destroyer. and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my and coals of fire. footsteps slip not. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scat6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt tered them; and he shot out lightnings, hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and discomfited them. and hear my speech. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, O and the foundations of the world were disthou that savest by thy right hand them covered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the which put their trust in thee from those that blast of the breath of thy nostrils. rise up agai;lt them.16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me me out of many waters. under the shadow of thy wings, 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from and from them which hated me: for they my deadly enemies, who compass me about. were too strorng for me. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with 18 They prevented me in the day of my catheir mouth they speak proudly. latnity: but the LORD Was my stay. 11 They have now compassed us in our 19 He brought me forth also into a largo steps: they have set their eyes bowing down place; he delivered me, because he delighted to the earth; in me. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my 382 his manifold blessings. PSALMS. David prayeth for grace., -ighteousness; according to the cleanness 1 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies of my hands hath he recompensed me. yea, thou liftest me up above those that risE 21 For 1 have kept the ways of the LORD, up against me: thou hast delivered me from.and have not wickedly departed forom iy the violent man. God. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, 22 For all his judgments were before me, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises and I did not put away his statutes fr1om me. unto thy name. 23 I was also upright before himl, and I 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; kept myself from mine iniquity. and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed and to his seed for evermore. me according to my righteousness, accord- PSALM XIX ing to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. God's glory seen in the creation. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thy- ro the chief Mlusician, A Psalm of David. self merciful; with an upright man thou HT E heavens declare the glory of God, wilt shew thyself upright; and the firmament sheweth his handy26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself work. pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night thyself froward. unto night sheweth knowledge. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; 3 There is no speech nor language, where but wilt bring down high looks. their voice is not heard. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the 4 Their line is gone out through all the LORD my God will enlighten myn darkness. earth, and their words to the end of the 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for asndl by my God have I leaped over a wall. the sun, 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of 4f the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man those that trust in him. to run a race. 31 For who s God save the LORD? or who 6 His going forth is from the end of the is a rock save our God? heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and there is nothing hid from the heat and maketh my way perfect. thereof. 22 Ite mnaketh my feet like hinds' feet, and 7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting Set teth me upon my high places. the soul: the testimony of the LORD is 14 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a sure, making wise the simple. bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoic35 Thou hast also given me the shield of ing the heart: the commandment of the thy salvation: and thy right hand hath hold- LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. en nme up, and thy gentleness hath made me 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring great. for ever: the judgments of the LORD are 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, true and righteous altogether. 'that my feet did not slip. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and over- yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than taken them: neither did I turn again till honey and the honeycomb. ihey were consumed. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: 38 I have wounded them that they were and in keeping of them there is great renot able to rise: they are fallen under my ward. feet. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse 39 For thou hast girded me with strength thou mIe from secret famdlts. unto the battle: thou hast subdued under 13 Keep back thy servant also from preme those that rose up against me. sumptuous sins; let them not have dominion 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of over me: then shall I be upright, and I mine enemies; that I might destroy theim shall be innocent from the great transgresthat hate me. sion. 41 They cried, but there was none to save 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the themn: even unto the LORD, but he answered meditation of my heart, be acceptable in them not. thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my re42 Then did T beat them small as the dust deemer. before the wind: I did cast them out as the PSALM XX. d:rt in the streets. c c i 43 Thou hast delivered me from the striv-rchs confidence G irgs of the people; and thou hast made Ine To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. the head of the heathen: a people whom I rHE LORD hear thee in the day of trou, have not known shall serve me. I ble; the name of the God of Jacob de44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall fend thee; obey me: the strangers shall submit them- 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and felves unto me. strengthen thee out of Zion; 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept ifraid out of their close places, thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, Rock; and let the God of my salvation be and fulfil all thy counsel. alated. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in 47 It is God that avengeth me, and sub- the name of our God we will set up our lueth the people under me. banners; the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 383 Thanksgivinl for victory. PSALMS. David pra1ic'th G od. 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving streng th of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember tie name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. PSALM XXI. A thanksgiving for victory. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE king shall joy in thy strength, 0 LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou g'avest it him, evens length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honourtand majesty hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast made him nost blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. PSALM XXII. David's prayer in distress. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. /Y God, my God, whyhast thou forsaken I me? why art thou so far from helping me, andfrom the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, ( thoat that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 0ur fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 384 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, sayinlg, 8 Ile trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let hint deliver him, seeing hle de. lighted in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the wolnb: thou didst make me hope wlhent I was uponl my mother's breasts. 10) I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near: for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bItls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They geaped upon me with their nmouths, tas a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all Imy bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thliu hast brought me into the dust o' death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assem - bly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; imy darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hate he hid his face from him; but when be cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise shall he of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to tl:e dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be ae. counted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. PSALM XXIII. David's confidence in God. A Psalm of David. IrHE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not T want. God's lordship over the world. PSAT 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul. he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest ray head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. PSALM XXTV. God's sovereignty over the world. A Psalm of David. 'TPHE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness I thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure eleart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto Vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation..6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.,; Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. PSALM XXV. David's confidence in prayer. A Psalm of David. "TUNTO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. U 2 0 my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 Shew me thy ways, 0 LORD; teach me thy paths.,5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. '3 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies anld thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor m y transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, C' LORD. 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. V The meek will he guide in judgment: and tie meek will he teach his way. '16 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and U z 2MS. David prayeth for pa) doin truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for lie shall pluck my feet out of the net. 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon ime; for I am, desolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged, O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins. 19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred 20 0 keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee., 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. PSALM XXVI. David resorteth, unto God. A Psalm of David. JUDGE me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. PSALM XXVII. David sustaineth his faith. A Psalm of David. THE LORD iS my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies mnd my foes, came upon me to eat up my fiesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confidedt, 4 One thing have I desired of the LoRD 385 )Daid blesseth God, PSALMS. and exhorteth others thereto that will I seek after; that I may dwell in 2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto the house of the LORD all the days of my his name; worship the LORD in the beauty life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and of holiness. to inquire in his temple. 3 The voice of the LOnD is upon the waters' 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide the God of glory thundereth: tile LORD is me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tab- upon many waters. ernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the up upon a rock. voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the ceabove mine enemies round about me: there- dars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of fore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices Lebanon. of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises ti He maketh them also to skip like a calf; unto the LORD. Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 Hear, 0 LORD, when I cry with my voice: 7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames have mercy also upon me, and answer me. of fire. 8 7When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderheart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I ness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of seek. Kadesh. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not 9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds thy servant away in anger: thou hast been to calve, and discovereth the forests: and my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, in his temple doth every one speak of his O God of my salvation, glory. 10 When my father and my mother forsake 10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, me, then the LORD will take me up. the LORD sitteth King for ever. 11 Teach me thy way, 0 LORD, and lead me 11 The LORD will give strength unto his in a plain path, because of mine enemies. people; the LORD will bless his people with 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of peace. mine enemies: for falsewitnesses are risenlu PSALM XXX. against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 131 had fainted, unless I had believed to see David praiseth God for deliverance. the goodness of the LORD in the land of A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of the living. David. 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, WILL extol thee, 0 LORD; for thou hai and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I I lifted me up, and hast not made my foes say, on the LORD. to rejoice over me. PSALM XTXVIII. 2 0 LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. David prayeth against his elnemics. 3 LORD, thou hast brought up my soul A Psalm of David. from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that TNTO thee will I cry, 0 LORD my rock; I should not go down to the pit. be not silent to me: lest, if thou be si- 4 Sing unto the LORD, 0 ye saints of his, lent to me, I become like them that go down and give thanks at the remembrance of his into the pit. holiness. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; ill I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands to- his favour is life: weeping may endure for a ward thy holy oracle. night, but joy cometh in the morning. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never with the workers of iniquity, which speak be moved. peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my their hearts. mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide 4 Give them according to their deeds, and thy face, and I was troubled. according to the wickedness of their endeav- 8 I cried to thee, 0 LODu; and unto the ours: give them after the work of their LORD I made supplication. hands; render to them their desert. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I 5 Because they regard not the works of the go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he thee? shall it declare thy truth? shall destroy them, and not build them up. 10 Hear, 0 LORD, and have mercy upon me: 6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath LORD, be thou my helper. heard the voice of my supplications. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; into dancing: thou hast put off my sackmy heart trusted in him, and I am helped: cloth, and girded me with gladness; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and 12 To the end that nmy glory may sing praise with my song will I praise him. to thee, and not be silent. 0 LORD my God, 8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the I will give thanks unto thee for ever. saving strength of his anointed. P LM XXXI 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inherit- 1 X ance: feed them also, and lift them up for The psalmist's confidence in God. ever. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. PSALM XXIX. TN thee, 0 LORD, do I put my trust; let me Why God st be oored. never be ashamed: deliver me iii thy righteousness. A Psalm of David.ghteousness. A Psa of avid. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me (IVE unto the LORD, 0 ye mighty, give speedily: be thou my strong rock, for t X unto the LORD glory and strength. i house of defance to save me. 386 )ai'id proayeth in calamity. PSALMS. David praiseth Goa. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; 3 When I kept silence, ry bones waxed old therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and through my roaring all the day long. ullide me. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid upon me: my moisture is turned into the privily for me: for thou art my strength. drought of summer. Selah. 65 Into thine hand 1 commit my spirit: thou 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will 6 I have hated them that regard lying vani- confess my transgressions unto the LORD < ties: but I trust in the LORD. and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 7 1 will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: Selah. ror thou hast considered my trouble; thou 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray hast known my soul in adversities; unto thee in a time when thou mayest be 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of found: surely in the floods of great waters the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large they shall not come nigh unto him. room. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt pre9 tlave mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am serve me from trouble; thou shalt compass in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.!el(, my soul and my belly. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee years with sighing: my strength faileth be- with mine eye. cause of mine iniquity, and my bones are 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, onsulmed. which have no understanding: whose mouth 11 I was a reproach among all mine ene- must be held in with bit and bridle, lest theiles, but especially among nmy neighbours, come near unto thee. and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but:lid see me without lied from me. he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall 12 1 am forgotten as a dead man out of compass him about. mind: I am like a broken vessel. 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye 13 For I have heard the slander of many: righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are fear was on every side: while they took upright in heart. counsel together against me, they devised PSALM XXXIII. to take away my life. 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, God to be praised for his goodness. Thou art my God. T> EJOICE 7i t 9 LORD, 0 ye righteous: fof 15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me XL praise: comely for the upright..from the hand of mine enemies, and from 2 Praise th LORD with harp: sing unto himi them that persecute me. with the psaltery and an instrument of ten 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: strings. save me for thy mercies' sake. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I with a loud noise. have called upon thee: let the wicked be 4 Fer the word of the LORD is right; and all ashamed, and let them be silent in the his works are done in truth. grave. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; the earth is full of the goodness ot the which speak grievous things proudly and LORD. contemptuously against the righteous. 6 By the word of the LORD were the hetv19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou ens made; and all the host of them by the hatst laid up for them that fear thee; which breath of his mouth. thou hast wrought for them that trust in ' He gathereth the waters of the sea totlee before the sons of men! gether as a heap: he layeth up the depth in:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy storehouses. lressence from the pride of man: thou shalt 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all k eep them secretly in a pavilion from the the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of strife of tongues. him.:1 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed 9 For he spake, and it was done; he comme his marvellous kindness in a strong city. manded, and it stood fast. 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heard- heathen to nought: he maketh the devices est the voice of my supplications when I of the people of none effect. cried unto thee. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for 23 0 love the LORD, all ye his saints: for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generathe LORD preserveth the faitlhful, and plen- tions. tlfully rewardeth the proud doer. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strength- LORD; and the people uwom he hath chosen en your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. for his own inheritance. PSALM XXXII. 13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. The eneefit of remission of sns. 14 From the place of his habitation he lookA Psalm of David, Masehil. eth upon all the inhabitants of the earth. )LESSED is he whose transgression is for- 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he con) given, whose sin is covered. sidereth all their works. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD 16 There is no king saved by the multitude imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by there is no guile, much strength. 387 The privileges of the godly. PSALMS. David prayeth for safety. PSALM XXXV. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to weep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. PSALM XXXIV An exhortation to praise God. A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. WILL bless the LORD at all times: his praise shal continually he in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 0 magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 1 sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and dalivereth them. 8 0 taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 0 fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not Want any good thing. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will Leach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Wha-t man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek,)eace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his cars are open unto their kary. 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heare th, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto theml that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 388 David prayeth for safety. A Psalm of David. PLEAD my cause, 0 LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled rry soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 141 behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heav. ily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear rie, and ceased not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 22 This thou lhast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.?4 Judlrt-e mte, 0 LORD my God, according ta 7The excellency of God's mercy. PSALMS. Happy condition of the godly thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice ness as the light, and thy judgment as the over me. noonday. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently fol would we have it: let them not say, We him: fret not thyself because of him whe have swallowed him up. prospereth in his way, because of the man 2' Let them be ashamed and brought to who bringeth wicked devices to pass. confusion together that rejoice at mine 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret hurt: let them be clothed with shame and not thyself in any wise to do evil. dishonour that magnify thenmslves against 9 For evil doers shall be cut off: but those me. that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that the earth. favour my righteous cause: yea, let them 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked say continually, Let the LORD be magni- shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently confiel, which hath pleasure in the prosperity sider his place, and it shall not be. of his servant. 11 tut the meek shall inherit the earth. 28 And my tongue shall sp)eak of thy and shall delight themselves in the abund. righteousness and of thy praise all the day ance of peace. )iong. 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and PSALM XXXVI. gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he The grievous state of the wicked, seth that his day is coining. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, the IloR). and have bent their bow, to cast down the rplHE transgression of the wicked saith poor and needy, and to slay such as be of I within my heart, that there is no fear of upright conversation. God before his eyes. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, heart, and their bows shall be broken. until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 16 A little that a righteous man hath is bet3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and ter than the riches of many wicked. deceit: he hath left off to be wise, tand to do 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be good. broken: but the LORD upholdeth the right4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he eous. setteth himself in a way that is not good; he 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upabhorreth net evil. right: and their inheritance shall be for ever. 5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil ar l(t thy faithfulness reacheth unto the time: and in the days of famine they shall clouds. be satislied. 6 Thy righteousness islike the great mount- 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the en. ains: thy judgments are a great deep: O mies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs! LORD, thou preservest man and beast. they shall consume; into smoke shall they 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O consume away. God! therefore the children of men put 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not their trust under the shadow of thy wings. again: but the righteous sheweth mercy 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the and giveth. fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make 22 For such as he blessed of him shall inherit the ln drink of the river of thy pleasures. the earth; and they that be cursed of him i For with thee is tihe fountain of life: in shall be cut off. thi light shall we see fight. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by 10 0 continue thy lovingkindness unto the LORD: and he delighteth in his way, trlin that know thee; and thy righteousness 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly )o the upright in heart. cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him 11 Let not the foot of pride come against with his hand. ale, and let not the hand of the wicked re- 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet move me. have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: his seed begging bread. they are cast down, and shall not be able to 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and rise- his seed is blessed. PSALM XXXVII. 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell David urgeth confidence in God. for evermore. 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forA Psalm of David. saketh not his saints; they are preserved FRET not thyself because of evil doers, for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be F neither be thou envious against the cut off. workers of iniquity. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the dwell therein for ever. grass, and wither as the green herb. 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wis3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt dom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none be fed. of his steps shall slide. I Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he:' The wicked watcheth the righteous, and saall give thee the desires of thine heart. seeketh to slay him.; Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, ia him; and he shall bring it to pass. nor condenn him when he is judged. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteous- 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and 33* 389 David imploreth God's mercy, PSALMS. The brevity of ltje, he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when 21 Forsake me not, 0 LORD: O my God, be the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. not far from me. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, 2 Make haste to help me, O Iord my salva, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. tion. 36 Yst he passed away, and, lo, he w1as not:PSALM XXXIX. yea, I sought him, but he could not beo a v found. found. SShortnless antd valitJy of life, 37 Mark the perfect man?, and behold the To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of upright: for the end of that man is peace. David. 38 But the transgressor shall be destroyed SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that together: the end of the wicked shall be cut I sin not with my tor.gue: I will hkeep off.my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of before me. the LORD: he is their strength in the time of 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, trouble. even fron good; and my sorrow was stirred. 40 And the LORD shall help them, tand de- i My heart was hot within me; while I was liver them: he shall deliver them from the musing the fire burned: thee spake I with wicked, and save them, because they trust my tongue, in him. 4 LORD, makee me to know mine end, and PSALM XXXVIII. the measure of my days, what it is; that 1 DaviTc's prayer in affNictiosr. mlay know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days 1X; a A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. hndbreath; and mline age is as nOthina O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: nei- before thee: verily every man at his best ther chasten me in thy hot displeasure. state is altogether vanity. Selah. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: hand presseth me sore. surely they are disquieted in vain: he heap3 There is no soundness in my flesh because eth up riches, and knoweth not who shall of thine anger; neither is there any rest in gather them. my bones because of my sin. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine i, in thee. head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. for me. make me not the reproach of the foolish. 5 Mywounds stink and are corrupt because 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; beof my foolishness. cause thou didst it. 6 1 am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am I go mourning all the day long. consumed by the blow of thine hand. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct disease: and there is no soundness in my man for iniquity, thou ilmakest his beauty tu lesh. consume away like a moth: surely ever. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roar- man is vanity. Selah. ed by reason of thedisquietness of my heart. 12 Hear my prayer, 0 LORD, and give ear 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and unto my cry: hold not thy peace at my my groaning is not hid from thee. tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth sojourner, as all my fathers were. me. as for the light of mine eyes, it also is 13 0 spare me, that I may recover strength, jone from me. before I go hence, and bot no more. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloofPSAiM XL from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar A X. off. The blenefit of trustintg in God. 12 They also that seek after my life lay To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. snares foro me; and they that seek my hurt WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he speak mischievous things, and imagine de- I incliTed unto me, and heard my cry. ceits all the day long. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet wuas as a dumb man that openeth not his upon a rock, and established my goings. mouth. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou 4 Blessed is that man that miaketh the Lonr) wilt hear, O Lord my God. his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they such as turn aside to lies. should rejoice over me: when my foot slip- 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderpeth, they magnify themselves against me. ful works which thou hast done, and thy 17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot continually before me. be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will would declare and speak of them, they are be sorry for my sin. more than can be numbered. 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not de, are strong: and they that hate me wrong- sire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt fully are multiplied. offering and sin offering hast thou not re20 They also that render evil for good are quired. mine adversaries; because I follow the thing 7 Then said I, Lo, I oome; in the volume of that good is. the book it is written of me, 900 God's cavre of the poor. PSALMS. Hope in God recommended. 8 1 delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 9 1 have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, 1 have not refrained my Aips, 0 LORD, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continuNl]y preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 13 Be pleased, 0 LORD, to deliver mie: O LORD, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them he driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of;their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvalion say continually, The LORD be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thiJiketh upon me: thou art my help and rify deliverer; make no tarrying, 0 my Gode PSALM XLI. The charitable man's recompense. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. LESSED is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his Led in his sickness. 4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal cly soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? j And if he come to see me, he speaketh 5anity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 1 All that hate me whisper together against nile: against me do they devise my hurt. 4 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast uns) him: and now that he lieth he shall rise tip no more.!) Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath LJfted up his heel against me..0 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto tre, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over hie. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Ameoa. PSALM XLII. David's zeal to serve God To the chief Musician, laschil, for the sons of Korah. AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6 6 my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,,who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM XLIII. David's prayer and promise. JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourn. ing because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 0 send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM XLIV. The church's complaint to God. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. W E have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they got not the land in possession lb 391 The church complaineth. PSALMS. 2 The kingdom of Christ. thei- own sword, neither did their own arm 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously, be. save them but thy right band, and thine cause of truth and meekness antd righteou s arm, and the light of thy countenance, be- ness, and thy right hand shall teach thee cause thou hadst a favour unto them. terrible things. 4 Thou art my King, O God; command de- 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of liverances for Jacob. the King's enemies; whereby the people fall 5 Through thee will we push down our ene- under thee. mies: through thy name will we tread them 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: under that rise up against us. the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right 6 For I will not trust ii my bow, neither sceptre. shall my sword save me. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath and hast put them to shame that hated us. anointed thee with the oil of gladness above 8 In God we boast all the day long, and thy fellows. praise thy name for ever. Selah. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, shame; and goest not forth with our armies. whereby they have made thee glad. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the 9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourenemy: and they which hate us spoil for able women: upon thy right hand did stand themselves. the queen in gold of Ophir. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed 10 Hearken, 0 daughter, and consider, and for meat; and hast scattered us among the incline thine ear; forget also thine own heathen. people, and thy father's house; 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and 11 So shall the King greatly desire thy dost not increase thy wealth by their price. beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neigh- thou him. bours, a scorn and a derision to them that 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall he there: are round about us. with a gift; even the rich anong the peop!le 14 Thou makest us a byword among the shall entreat thy favour. heathen, a shaking of the head among the 13 The King's daughter is all glorious with — people. in: her clothing is of wrought gold. 15 My confusion is continually before me,:14 She shall be brought unto the King in, and the shame of my face hath covered me, raiment of needlework: the virgins her 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth companions that follow her shall be brought and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy unto thee. and avenger. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be( 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we brought: they shall enter into the King's not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt palace. falsely in thy covenant. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy chil18 Our heart is not turned back, neither dren, whom thou mayest make princes in have our steps declined from thy way; all the earth. 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the 17 I will make thy name to be remembered place of dragons, and covered us with the in all generations: therefore shall the peor shadow of death. pie praise thee for ever and ever. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our PSATM XLVI. God, or stretched out our hands to a strangee c s c i god The church's contficnce in God. 21 Shall not God search this out? for he 'o the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song up. knoweth the secrets of the heart. on Alamoth. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the (1 OD is our refuge and strength, a vers day long; we are counted as sheep for the T present help in trouble. slaughter. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the 23 Awake, why steepest thou, O Lord? earth be removed, and though the moun;arise, cast us not off for ever. ains be carried into the midst of the sea; 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and for- 3 Though the waters thereof roar and 1 -gettest our affliction and our oppression? troubled, though the mountains shake with 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: the swelling thereof. Selah. our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for nake glad the city of God, theholyplace of thy mercies' sake. the tabernacles of the Most High. PSALM XLVT 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, andl theft The majesty of Chrit's kingdom. right early. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. moved: he uttered his voice, the earth M/Y heart is inditing a good matter: I melted. L speak of the things which I have made 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of touching the King: my tongue is the pen of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. ready writer. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, ' Thou art fairer than the children of men: what desolations he hath made in the earth,. grace is poured into thy lips: therefore 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of God hath blessed thee for ever. the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cuttel;h 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. in the lire, mS The privileges of the churcn. PSALMS. Faith in the resurrection, 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, tobe exalted among the heathen, I will be ex- gether. alted in the earth. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God the meditation of my heart shal be of underof Jacob is our refuge. Selail. standing. PSALM XLVII. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: 1 will open my dark saying upon the harp. The nations exhorted to praise God. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout compass me about? unto God with the voice of triumph. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is boast themselves in the multitude of their a great King over all the earth. riches; 3 lie shall subdue the people under us, and 7 None of them can by any means redeem the nations under our feet. his brother, nor give to God a ransom for 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, him: the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. 8 (For the redemption of their soul is preSelah. cious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD 9 That he should still live for ever, and not with the sound of a trumpet. see corruption. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise praises unto our King, sing praises. the fool and the brutish person perish, and 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing leave their wealth to others. ye praises with understanding. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses 5 God reigneth over the heathen: God sit- shall continue for ever, and their dwellingteth upon the throne of his holiness, places to all generations; they call their, The princes of the people are gathered to- lands after their own names. gether, even the people of the God of Abra- l1I Nevertheless man being in honour abidham: for the shields of the earth belong un- eth not: he is like the beasts that perish. ts God: he is greatly exalted. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their PSALM XL I posterity approve their sayings. Selah. PSALM XLIII.14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Zion's beauty described. death shall feed on them; and the upright A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. shall have doninion over them in the mornC REAT is the LORD, and greatly to be ing; and their beauty shall consume in the iT praised in the city of our God, in the grave from their dwelling. mountain of his holiness. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the power of the grave; for he shall receive whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of me. Selah. the north, the city of the great King. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. when the glory of his house is increased; 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothpassed by together. ing away: his glory shall not descend after 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they him. were troubled, and hasted away. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and soul, (and men will praise thee, when thou pain, as of a woman in travail. doest well to thyself,) I Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with 19 He shall go to the generation of his faan east wind. thers; they shall never see light. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of not, is like the beasts that perish. our God: God will establish it for ever. PSALM L. 8<*lah. PSALM L. Solah. 9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, God's majesty in the church. 0 God, in the midst of thy temple. A Psalm of Aaaph. 10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy THE mighty God, even the LORD, hath praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right I spoken, and called the earth from the hand is full of righteousness. rising of the sun unto the going down I1 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daugh- thereof. ters of Judah be glad, because of thy judg- 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, ments. God hath shined. 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep her: tell the towers thereof. silence: a fire shall devour before him, and 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her it shall be very tempestuous round about palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation him. following. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, 14 For this God is our God for ever and and to the earth, that he may judge his ever: he will be our guide even unto death. people. PSALM XLIX. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those. that have made a covenant with me by ThLe vanity of worldly prospe sacrifice.;To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 6 And the heavens shall declare his right|- EAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye eousness: for God is judge himself. Selah i inhabitants of the worlds Hlear, O my people, and I will speak 39~ David's confession of his sins. PSALMS. David's prophecy of Doeg. O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out am God, even thy God. all mine iniquities. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices 10 Create in me a clean heart, 0 God; and or thy burnt offerings, to have been con- renew a right spirit within me. tinually before me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence: 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. nor he goats out of thy folds: 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and uphold me with thy free Spirit. pnd the cattle upon a thousand hills. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thou God of my salvation: and my tongue thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. thereof. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the mouth shall shew forth thy praise. blood of goats? 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt thy vows unto the Most High: offering. 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What wilt not despise. hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy build thou the walls of Jerusalem. mouth? 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sac, 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and rifices of righteousness, with burnt offercastest my words behind thee. ing and whole burnt offering: then shall 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou they offer bullocks upon thine altar. consentedst with him, and hast been par- PSALM LII. taker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy The malice of Doeg reproved. tongue frameth deceit. To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. son. 'WTHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept T mighty man? the goodness of God ensilence; thou thoughtest that I was al- dureth continually. together such a one as thyself: but I will 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a reprove thee, and set them in order before sharp razor, working deceitfully. thine eyes. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, rather than to speak righteousness. Selab. lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou to deliver. deceitful tongue. 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifleth me: 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, and to him that ordereth his conversation he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out aright will I shew the salvation of God. of thy dwellingplace, and root thee out o0 PS M LI. the land of the living. Selah. PSALM LI. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and Remission of sins prayed for. shall laugh at him: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to strength; but trusted in the abundance of B. th-sheba. his riches, and strengthened himself in his ArVE mercy upon me, 0 God, according wickedness. to thy lovingkindness: according unto 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the the multitude of thy tender mercies blot house of God: I trust in the mercy of God out my transgressions. for ever and ever. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou land cleanse me from my sin. hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: for it is good before thy saints. and my sin is ever before me. PSALM LIIT 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou The depravity of mankind. mightest be justified when thou speakest, To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm and be clear when thou judgest.of David. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in THE fool hath said in his heart, There is sin did my mother conceive me. I no God. Corrupt are they, and have 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward done abominable iniquity: there is none parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt that doeth good. make me to know wisdom. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be children of men, to see if there were any clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than that did understand, that did seek God. snow. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are 8 Make mne to hear joy and gladness; that altogether become filthy; there is none that the bones which thou hast broken may doeth good, no not one. tejoice. 4 Have the workers of iniruity no knowl894 David prayeth for salvation, PSALMS. and against his enemies. edge? who eat up my people as they eat go down quick into hell: for wickedness is bread: they have not called upon God. in their dwellings, anld among tlhem. 5 There were they in great fear, where no 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the fear was: for God hath scattered the bones LORD shall save ine. of him that encamnpeth cagainst thee: thou 17 Evening, and mnornin-, and at noon, will hast put them to shame, because God hath I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my despised them. voice. 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were cocni 18 lHe hath delivered my soul in peace from out of Zion! When God bringeth back the the battle that was against me: for there captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, were many with me. aind Israel shall be glad. 19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they PSALM LIV. have no changes, therefore they fear not David prayeth for deliverance. God. rTo the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of 20 He hath put forth his hands against such David, when the Ziphim came and said to Saul, Doth as be at peace witl him: he hath broken his not David hide himself with us? covrenant. AVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge 21 The words of his mouth were smoother: me by thy strength. than butter, but war was in his heart: his 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words were softer than oil, yet were they words of my mouth. drawn swords. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he oppressors seek after my soul: they have shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the not set God before them. Selah. righteous to be moved. 4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down with them that uphold my soul. into the pit of destruction: bloody and de5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: ceitful men shall not live out half their cut them off in thy truth. days; but I will trust in thee. 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will PAL praise thy name, 0 LORD; for it is good.A I V. 7 For he hath delivered mle out of all trou- David comsplaineth of his enemies. ble: andl mine eye hath seen his desire upoIn To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, mine enemies. Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in PSALM LV. ath. )PSALM LVE merciful unto me, O God: for man David's )prayer 1in di st reiss.. would swallow me up; he lighting daily To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of oppresseth me. David. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: C IVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide for they be many that light against me, O l not thyself from my supplication. thou Most High. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn 3 What time alm afraid, I will trust in thee. in my complaint, and make a noise; 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, be- have put my trust; I will not fear what cause of the oppression of the wicked: flesh can do unto me. for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their they hate me. thoughts are against me for evil. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and 6 They gather themselves together, they the terror of death are fallen upon me. hide themselves, they mark my steps, when 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon they wait for my soul. mie, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a anger cast down the people, O God. dove! for then would I fly away, and be at 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou rest, my tears into thy bottle: are they not in 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and re- thy book? main in the wilderness. Selah. 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy enemies turn back: this I know; for God it, storm and tempest, for me. 9 Destroy, 0 Lord, and divide their tongues: 10 In God will I praise his word: in the for I have seen violence mad strife in the city. LORD will I praise his word. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are be afraid what man can do unto me. in the midst of it. 12 Thy vows are upon me, 0 God: I will 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: de- render praises unto thee. ceit and guile depart not from her streets. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul fror 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from me; then I could have borne it: neither was falling, that I may walk before God in the it he that hated me that did magnify himself light of the living? against me; then I would have hid myself PSALM LVII. from him: 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my David in prayer fleeth unto God. guide, and mine acquaintance. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, 14 We took sweet counsel together, and when he fled from Saul in the cave. walked unto the house of God in company. BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful 15 Let leath seize upon them, and let them 1) unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: 395 )avid reproveth wicked judges. PSALMS. David's tru.st in God, yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me frnm the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I mys;elf will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, ( Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. PSALM LVIII. David reproveth wicked judges. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. O ye indeed speak righteousness, O con/ gregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, 0 LORD. 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily teree is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. PSALM LIX. David prayeth for deliverance. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. DELIVER me from mine enemies, O Imy God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 396 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for may transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16 iBut I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. PSALM LX. David's complaint to God. To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Arans-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. 2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete oult the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver: 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I God's promises PSALMS. DavtidU thirst for God. cast out my lAnoe: Philistia, triumph thou be- PSALM LXIII. cause, me. David's thirst after God's service. WVho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into tEdom? A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 1us oilt not thou, 0 God, which hadst casto GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek us off? and thosu, 0 God, which didst not go I thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my out with our armies? flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty 11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the land, where no water is; help of man. 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I 12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for have seen thee in the sanctuary. he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than TPSALM LXI. life, my lips shall praise thee. Xi 11. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will David in prayerfleeth to God. lift up my hands in thy name. To the chief Musician upon Ncginah, A Psalm of David. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow H EAR my cry, 0 God; attend unto mny and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thec prayer. with joyful lips: 2 From the end of the earth will I cry nnto 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead meditate on thee in the ntight watches. me to the rock that is higher than I. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and in the shadow of thy wings will I reoice. a strong tower from the enemy. 8 iMy soul followeth hard after thee: thy 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: right hand upholdeth me. I will trust in the covert of thy wings. 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Selah. shiall go into the lower parts of the earth. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: 10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall thou hast given me the heritage of those that be a portion for foxes. Iear thy name. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every 6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and hisone that sweareth by him shall glory: but years as many generations. the mouth of them that speak lies shall be 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O stopped. prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve PSALM LXIV. 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for David prcth for deliverance. es er, that I may daily perform my vows. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. PS ALy o L m vI o sEAR my voice, 0 God, in my prayer: pre. PSALM LXII. serve my life from fear of the enemy. The psalmist's confidence in God. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the To the chief Musician, to Jcduthun, A Psalm of David, wicked; from the insurrection of the workers MIRIJLY my soul waiteth upon God: from of iniquity: him coeth my alvation. 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and H on is m k admy sa a.tion;a bend their bows to shoot their arrows, ever e oly Is my rohitter words:defence; I sha nt b rtly4 That they may shoot In secret at the permoved. feet: suddenly do they shoot at bins arid fear 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against ct: y do shoot at hi ad a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a, bowinig wall shall ye be, ansd as a tottering fence. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil mat4 They only consult to cast himn down from tr: they commune of laying stares privily; 6 They search out iniquities' they accomohis excellency: they delight in lies: they theysay, Who shall see them? bless with their mouth, but they curse it - They search out iniquities; they accomwardly. Selah. plish a diligent search: both the inward y soul, wait thou only upon God; for my toght of every one of them, and the heart, expectation is from him. s ee. e onl. is yro.and m salvatio: 7 But God shall shoot at them with an ari.,e Oily is m y rode anc shaall. nolt e moe s mny defence * I shall not ie moved, row; suddenly shall they be wounded. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the8 So they shall make their own tongue to Iock of my strength, acid my refuge, is its fall upon themselves: all that see them shall hod. flee away. 8 Trust in him at all times; yeole, peopur ni allmn shall fear, pouand shall declare God. n9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare out yo ur the work of God; for they shall wisely cots us. Selah. sider of his doing. 9 Surelv men of low degree are vanity, and 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in and shall trust in him; and all the upright in the balance, they are altogether lighter thanheart shall glory. vanity. PSALM LXV. 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not od spraisedfor hs provdelce. your heart upon them. To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Seng of David. 11 God hath spoken once; twice lave )RAISE waiteth for thee, 0 God, in Zion: I heard this; that power belongeth unto 1J and unto thee shall the vow beperformed. God. 2 0 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall.2 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: all flesh come. for thou renderest to every man according to 3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our his work. transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. 84 397 Blessedness of God's chosen. PlA LMS.,Exhortulioni~l to pra~ise God. 4 Blessed is the man 1whtot thou choosest, and causest to approach unto tLee, thl( he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of the holy temple. 5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the nountains; being girded with power: 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. PSALM LXVI. All exhorted to praise God. To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. M AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. 5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah, 8 0 bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of 398 fatlings, with the incense of rams: I will offer bullocks with goats. Sclah. 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear nme. 19 But verily God hath heard nme; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from rae. PSALM LXVII. A prayer for God's kingdom. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. OD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. 2 Tiat thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 4 0 let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. 5 Let the people praise thee, 0 God; let all the people praise thee. 6 lTen shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. PSALM LXVIII. A prayer at removing the ark. To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of Davia. ET God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rldeth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before hinm. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitatioon. 6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwelt ii a dry lanld. 7 0 God, when thou sswentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah; 8 The earth shook, the heavens tlso dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself wt(s moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritalce, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. 12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. i;"oA's C6ure, of the chzurch. PSALMS. David prayeth for deliverance. 14 When the Alnighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. 16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the dLORD will dwell in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, wen thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.,4 They have seen thy goings, 0 God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanoe tularv. 25 'The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing timbrels. 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the -fountain of Israel. 27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. X2 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast Wrought for us. 29 Because of thy temple at Jerstalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 81 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto trod. t Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens ot heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 35 0 God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. PSALM LXIX. David complaineth of afflicion. fo the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. SAVE me, 0 God; for the waters are come in urto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrong-fully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 0 God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, 0 Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, 0 God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, 0 LORD, in an acceptable time: 0 God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neir ther let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, 0 LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; tor I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been foi their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteoust David prayeth for himself. PSALMS. 1-Ie promniselh acts of grac(e. 29 But I am poor and sorrowtui. let thy 13 Let them be confounded and consumed salvation, O God, set me up on high. that are adversaries to my soul; let them be 30 I will praise the name of God with a covered with reproach and dishonour that song, and will magnify him with thanks- seek my hurt. giving. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet 31 This also shall please the LORD better praise thee mlore and more. than an ox or bullock that hath horns and 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy rights hoofs. eousness and thy salvation all the day; for 1 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: know not the numbers thereoLf and your heart shall live that seek God. 16 I will go in the strengtl of the Lorn] 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and de- GOD: Iwill make mention of thy righteousspiseth not his prisoners. ness, even of thine only. 34 Letthe heaven and earth praise him, the 17 0 God, thou hast taught me from my seas, and every thing that moveth therein. youth: and hitherto have I declared th:y 35 For God will save Zion, and will build wondrous works. the cities of Judah: that they may dwell 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, there, and have it in possession. 0 God, forsake me not; until I have shewed 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit thy strength unto this generation, and thy it: and they that love his name shall dwell power to every one that is to come. therein.19 Thy righteousness also, 0 God, is very PSALM LX;. high, who hast done great things: 0 God, who is like unto thee I David inploreth God's help. T l, st sheed me great and 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to re. sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and membrance. shalt bring nme up again from the depths of 7/ITAKE haste. 0 God, to deliverme; make the earth. LP haste to help me, 0 LORD. 21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded comfort me on every side. that seek after my soul: let them be turned 22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, backward, and put to confusion, that desire even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will. I my hurt. sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of 3 Let then, be turned back for a reward of Israel. their shame that say, Aha, aha. 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast glad in thee: and let such as love thy salva- redeemed. tion say continually, Let God be magnified. 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righlt5 But I am poor and needy; make haste cousness all the day long: for they are conunto me, O God: thou art my help and my founded, for they are brought unto shame, deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. that seek my hurt. PSALM LXXI. PSALM LXXII. David's prayer for perseverance. Solomon's reign a type of Christ's. TN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me A Psalm for Solomon. never be put to confusion. / IVE the king thy judgments, O God, and 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and J thy righteousness unto the king's son. cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto 2 He shall judge thy people with righteous. me, and save me. ness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the I may continually resort: thou hast given people, and the little hills, by righteousness commandment to save me; for thou art my 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he rock and my fortress. shall save the children of the needy, and 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of shall break in pieces the oppressor. the wicked, out of the hand of the unright- 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and eous and cruel man. moon endure, throughout all generations. 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou 6 He shall come down like rain upon the art my trust from my youth. mown grass: as showers that water the 6 By thee have I been holden up from the earth. womb: thou art he that took me out of my 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; mother's bowels: my praise shall be continu- and abundance of peace so long as the moon ally of thee. endureth. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to art my strong refuge. sea, and from the river unto the ends of the 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise earth. and with thy honour all the day. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; bow before him; and his enemies shall lick forsake me not when my strength faileth. the dust. 10 For mine enemies speak against me; and 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles they that lay wait for my soul take counsel shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and together, Seba shalloffer gifts. 11 Saying God hath forsaken him: persecute 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: and take him; fv: there is none to deliver all nations shall serve him. him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he 12 0 God, be not far from me: 0 my God, crieth; the poor also, and him that bath no make haste for my help. helper. 400 Prosseerity o rf thle wiched. PSALMS. Desolatlon of the sanlctuarypq 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was shall save the souls of the needy. pricked in my reins. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as and violence: and precious shall their blood a beast before thee. be in his sight. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: 15 And he shall live, and to him shall be thou hast holden me by my right hand. given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall 2-4 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, be made for him continually; and daily and afterward receive me to glory. shall he be praised. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the tl.icre is none upon earth that I desire besides earth upon the top of the mountains; the thee. fruit theireof shall shake like Lebanon: and 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God th4ey of the city shall flourish like grass of is the strength of my heart, and my portion the earth. for ever. 17 His name shall endure for ever: his 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall name shall be continued as long as the sun: perish: thou hast destroy ad all them that go and men shall be blessed in him: all nations a whoring from thee. shall call him dlessed. 28S But it is good for me to draw near to 18 Blessed he the LOID God, the God of Is- God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, rael, who only doeth wondrous things, that I may declare all thy works. 19 And blessed he his glorious name for PSALM LXXIV. ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. Sanctuary's desolation lamented. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse Maschil of Asaph. are ended. ( GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? P'SALM LXXIII. J why doth thine anger smoke against the T7le fae ful end of the wicked. sheep of thy pasture? fe u2 ed of the Remember thy congregation, which thou A Psalm of Asaph. hast purchased of old; the rod of thine in, rTRULY God is good to Israel, even to suchheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this as are of a clean heart. mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 2 But as for ne, my feet were almost gone; 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual deso-, my steps had well nigh slipped. lations; even all that the enemy hath done 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I wickedly in the sanctuary. saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy 4 For there are no bands in their death: but congregations; they set up their ensigns for their strength is firm. signs. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; 5 IA uman was famous according as he had neither are they plagued like other men. lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 Therefore unide compasseth them about 6 But now they break down the carved as a chain; violence covereth them as a work thereof at once with axes and hamgarment. mers. 1 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they 7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, heave more than heart could wish. they have defiled by casting down the dwell8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly ingplace of thy name to the ground. concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, them together: they have burned up all the and their tongue walketh through the earth. synagogues of God in the land. 10 Therefore his people return hither: and 9 We see not our signs: there is no more waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. any prophet: neither is there among us any 11 And they say, How doth God know? and that knoweth how long. is there knowledge in the Most High? 10 O God, how long shall the adversary 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who pros- reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy per in the world; they increase in riches. name for ever? 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even and washed my hands in innocency. thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, 12 For God is my King of old, working saland chastened every morning. vation in the midst of the earth.;15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: should offend against the generation of thy thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the children, waters. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in painful for me; pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the peo17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; pie inhabiting the wilderness. then understood I their end. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. places: thou castedst them down into 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: destruction. thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the in a moment! they are utterly consumed earth: thou hast made summer and winter. with terrors. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath re20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O proached, 0 LORD, and that the foolish pooLord, when thou awakest, thou shalt de- pie have blasphemed thy name. spise their image. 19 0 deliver not the soul of thy turtledove 34* 2A 401 Thie psalmist praiscth God. SALMAIS. Combat with diffltdenc^. unto the multitude of the wickled: forget not 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: the congregation of thy poor for ever. let all that be round about him bring pres. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the euts unto him that ought to be feared. dark places of the earth are full of the 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he habitations of cruelty. is terrible to the kings of the earth. 21 0 let not the oppressed return ashamed: PSALM LXXVII. let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: re- David's combat with diffidence. member how the foolish man reproachcth To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. thee daily. T CRIED unto God with -my voice, even 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: I unto God with my voice; and he gave ear the tumult of those that rise up against thee unto me. increaseth continually. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the PSALM LXXV. Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. The psalmist rebuketh the proud. 3 I remembered God, and was trouble.J: Co the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of I complained, and my spirit was overAsaph. whelmed. Selah. TNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, un- 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so to thee do we give thanks: for that thy troubled that I cannot speak. name is near thy wondrous works declare. 5 I have considered the days of old, the 2 When I shall receive the congregation I years of ancient times. will judge uprightly. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof night: I commune with mine own heart: are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. and my spirit made diligent search. Selah. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: will he be favourable no more? and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not his promise fail for evermore? with a stiff neck. 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath 6 For promotion cometh neither from the he in anger shut up his tender mercies? east, nor from the west, nor from the south. Selah. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but 1 one, and setteth up another. will remember the years of the right hand of 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a the Most Iigh. cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixt- 11 I will remember the works of the LORD: ure; and he poureth out of the same: but surely I will remember thy wonders of old. the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and shall wring them out, and drink them. talk of thy doings. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing 13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who praises to the God of Jacob. is so great a God as our God? 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall thou hast declared thy strength among the be exalted. people. PSALM LXXVL 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy Gods m y in te c. people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah, od's n ty 1 the church. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also Asaph. were troubled. N Judah is God known: his Ilame is great 17 The clouds poured out water: the skies L in Israel. sent out a sound: thine arrows also went 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his abroad. dwellingplace in Zion. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the shield, and the sword, and the battle. the earth trembled and shook. Selah. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent the great waters, and thy footsteps are not than the mountains of prey. known. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by slept their sleep: and none of the men of the hand of Moses and Aaron. might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both thePSALM LXXV II, chariot and horse are east into a dead sleep. God's mercies to Israel recited. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and Maschil of Asaph. who may stand in thy sight when once thou ~ IVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline art angry? vJ your ears to the words of my mouth. 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will from heaven; the earth feared, and was utter dark sayings of old: still, 3 Which we have heard and known, and 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all our fathers have told us. the meek of the earth. Selah. 4 We will not hide them from their children, 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise shewing to the generation to come the thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou re-praises of the LORD, and his strength, and strain his wonderful works that he hath donee 402 7lod's wrath against the PSALMRS. {ncredulous and disohedient, 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, 3, Therefore their days did he consume in and appointed a law in Israel, which he corn- vauity, and their years in trouble. r!olnded our fathers, that they should nmake 4 When he slew them, then they sought them known to their children: him: and they returned and inquired early t; That the generation to come might know after God. iemn, even the children which should )be 35 And they remembered that God was their born; who should arise and declare them to Rock, and the high God their Redeemer. t;heir children: 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with ' That they might set their hope in God, their mouth, and they lied unto him with and not forget the works of God, but keep their tongues. h is commandments: 37 For their heart was not right with him, 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stub- neither were they steadfast in his covenant. born and rebellious generation; a genera- 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave tion that set not their heart aright, and their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, who)se spirit was not steadfast with God. many a time turned he his anger away, and 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, I did not stir up all his wrath.,~nei tarrying bows, turned back in the day:39 For he remembered that they were but o)f battle. flesh; a wind that passeth away, and comleth 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and not again. of used to walk in his law; 40 How oft did they provoke him in the 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! that he had shewed them. 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted Gou, 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of and limited the Holy One of Israel. their fathers, in the land of Egypt, oi the 42 They remembered not his hand, rur the field of Zcan. daywhen he deliveredthem from the enemy: 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, pass through; and he made the waters to and his wonders in the field of Zoan: stand as a heap. 44 And had turned their rivers into blood: 14 In the daytime also he led them with a and their floods, that they could not drink. cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, 15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and which devoured them; and frogs, which deo gave them drink as out of the great depths. stroyed them. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, 46 fHe gave also their increase unto the catund, aused waters to run down like rivers. erpillar, and their labour unto the locust, 17 And they sinned yet more against him by 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and provoking the Most High in the wilderness. their sycamore trees with frost. 18 And they tempted God in their heart by 48 He gave up their cattle also to the hai, asking meat for their lust. and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the wa- by sending evil angels among them. ters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared ct-n he give bread also? can he provide flesh not their soul from death, but gave their fcr his people? life over to the pestilence; 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was 51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; w roth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, the chief of their strength in the tabernacles and anger also came up against Israel; of Ham: 22 Because they believed not in God, and 52 But made his own people to go forth like trusted not in his salvation: sheep, and guided them in the wilderness 21 Though he had commanded the clouds like a flock. from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 53 And he led them on safely, so that they 2t And had rained down manna upon them feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their to eat, and had given them of the corn of enemies. heaven.54 And he brought them to the border of 25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which meat to the full. his right hand had purchased. 2A He caused an east wind to blow in the 55 He cast out the heathen also before heaven: and by his power he brought in the them, and divided them an inheritance by south wind. line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell 2" He rained flesh also upon them as dust, in their tents. antd feathered fowls like as the sand of the 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most seal: high God, and kept not his testimonies: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully camp, round about their habitations. like their fathers: they were turned aside 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for like a deceitful bow. he gave them their own desire; 58 For they provoked him to anger with 3( They were not estranged from their their high places, and moved him to jeallust: but while their meat was yet in their ousy with their graven images. mouths, 9 When God heard this, he was wroth, and S3 The wrath of God came upon them, and greatly abhorred Israel: slew the fattest of them, and smote down 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shithe chosen men of Israel. loh, the tent which he placed among men; 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed 61 And delivered his strength into captivi' rt foer his Wondrous works. ty, and his glory into the enemy's hais. Cog .The desolation of Jerusalem.S PSALMS. The miseries of the churc. 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their Widows made no lamentation. 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover[he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the Ultfulness of his hands. PSALM LXXIX. Jerusalem's desolation lamented. A Psalm of Asaph, GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwellingplace. 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say,Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach,wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will chew forth thy praise to all generations. 404 PSALM LXXX. Afflicted state of the church. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. GIVE ear, 0 Shepherd of Israel, thou thai leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 0 LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink ill great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighhours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt. thou hast cast out the heathen,and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled tihe land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea. and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, eind behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. PSALM LXXXI. An exhortation to praise God. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm ef Asapi. ING aloud unto God our strength: make e a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This ne ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 1 removed his shoulder from the burden his hands were delivered from the pots. he J'uiges reproved. PSALMS. Blessedness of God's service. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: 0 Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto lse; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee: neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemnies, and turned my hand against their,adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have subwnitted themselves unto him: but their time,hlould have endured for ever. t6 He should have fed them also with the Ilnest of the wheat: and with honey out of tl.c rock should I have satisfied thee. PSALM LXXXII. David reproveth wicked judges. A Psalm of Asaph. #" OD standeth in the congregation of the %IJ mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. PSALM LXXXIII. The confederacy against Zion. A Song or Psalm of Asaph. S1EEP not thou silence, O God: hold not V thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy p6ople, and consulted against thy hidden ulnes. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: ti The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. ' Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as o S.iwra, s" tfo Jabin, at the brook of KisoIn 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmummna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 0 my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, 0 LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perisli: 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth. PSALM LXXXIV. Blessedness of God's service. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 0OW amiable are thy tabernacles, 0 LORD of hosts 1 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, 0 LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also lilleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 8 0 LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, 0 God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, 0 God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 0 LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. PSALM LXXXV. David's confidence in God. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. IORD, thou hast been favourable unto t thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, 0 God of our salvation, ardl cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wit thou be angry with us for over? wilt 40,5 David's confidenec in G(od. ['SAI thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, 0 LORI, and grant us thy salvation. 8 will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before hinm and shall set us in the way of his steps. PSALM LXXXV I David imploreth God's aid. A Prayer of David. BOW down thine ear, 0 LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, 0 Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, O LORD, 1unto my prayer; and attend4to the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. 8 Amorg the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any eworks like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, an" doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk In thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. 12 I will praise thee, 0 Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 14 0 God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, andgracious,longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 16 0 turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou. LORD. hast holpen me, and comforted me. 4U6 hMu A complaint in distrezs. PSALM LXXXVII. The lory of the church. A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. HIS foundation is in the holy mountains. 23 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Baby Ion to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this nan wvas borr there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himiself shall establish her. 6 The LOiaD shall count, when he writetll up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instrumlents shall be there: all my springs tr'e in thee, PSALM LXXXVIII. David's complaint in prayer. A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief lusi. cian upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Hemail the Ezrahite. (I LORD God of my salvation, 1 have cried! day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I amn counted with theim that go down into the pit: I am as a manm that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememeberest no more: and they are cut off from thy lhand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thywrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8 Thou hast put away mine acqualntance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, arid I cannot come forth. 9 Mine eye rnourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the deadi shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared ir the grave? or thy faithfulness ir destruc. tion? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark I and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O 1,RD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy te rors I an distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over ma; thy terrors have cut me off. 17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me aboui together. 18 Lover and friend hast thou p it far from me, and mine acquaintance into tlarknesso God's promises of favour PSALMS. to th~e kingdont of Dai,id. PSALM LXXXTX. The psalmist praiseth God, &c. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congrcgation of the saints. 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LO)RD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyfull sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our King. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 2) I have found David ray servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. -3 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall oe with him: and in my name shall his horn ')e exalted. 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. 36 Hiis seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by castinf it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 Thedaysof hisyouth hastthou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. 49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have re,. preached the footsteps of thine anointed. 52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen. and Amen. PSALM XC. 171e frailty of human life. A Prayer of Moses the man of God. ORD, thou hast been our dwellingplace l in all generations. 2 Before the mountainswere brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are ut as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 49 Brevity of human life. PSALMS. Exhortation tb praise Good? 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they he fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12 So teach us to number our (lays, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, 0 LoR), how long? and let it replent thee concerning thy servants. 14 0 satisfy uls early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their chilelren. 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God n)e Ilpon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. PSALM XCI. The security of the qodlly. E that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 1 will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, test thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adfler: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.!4 Because he hath set his love upon m.e. 4&~? therefore will I deliverl him: I will set hint on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; k will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. PSALM XCII. David's psalmt of praise. A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. T is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy namle, tMost High: 2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every Yight, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. 4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 0 LOIRD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 8 But thou, LORD, art 'most high for ever. more. 9 For, lo, thine enemies, 0 LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he i3 my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him, PSALM XCIII. Majesty of Christ's kingdom, THE LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. 2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. PSALM XCIV. The impiety of the wicked. LORD God, to whom vengeance belongJeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earthb render a reward to the proudL Blsesedness of affliction. PSALMS. Macesty of God's kingdom. 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasteneth, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. 16 Who will rise up for me against the evil doors? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniq uity? 17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within lme thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which framieth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condcemn the innocent blood. 22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. PSALM XCV. An exhortation to praise God. COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our lalvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with hanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto inim with psalms. 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provoca35 tion, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. PSALM XCVI. An exhortation to glorify God. SING unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. 2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day, 3 I)cclare his glo ry among the heathen, his wonders among.11 people. 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7 Give unto the LORD, () ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LoRD glory and strelngth. 8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his I name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. 9 0 worship the LORI in the beauty of ho, liness: fear before him, all the earth. 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth: he shail judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. PSALM XCVII. The majesty of God's kingdom. pHE Lc:r reigneth; let the earth re-i Ljoice; iLt the multitude of isles be gladi thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, 0 LORD. 9 For thou, LORD art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil; he pre409 Ex'hortation to praise God. PSALMS. The prayer of the afflicterd. serveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. PSALM XCVIII. God's salvation towards Israel. A Psalm. ) SING unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his riglht hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 3 Hie hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and a voice of a psaltl. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. PSALM XCIX. AU nations exhorted to worship God. THE LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubim; let the earth be moved. 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among bWs priests, and Samuel among them that ',all upon his name; they called upon tae LORD, and he answered them. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 8 Thou answeredst them, 0 LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. PSALM C. Anz exhortation to praise God. A Psalm of praise. MAKE a joyful noise unto the LtRD, all ye lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep ot his pasture. 41( 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving. and into his courts with praise: be thankfui unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD 'is good; his mercy is ever lasting; and his truth endureth to all gener ations. PSALM CI. David's profession of godliness. A Psalm of David. WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? 1 will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will 1 cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me, 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. PSALM CII. The prophet's grievous complaint. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, ana poureth out his complaint before the LoaRD. HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear urn to me: in the day when I call answer mei speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone vpon the housetop. 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory LExhortation to bless God. PSALMS. His power and providence, 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from evershall appear in his glory. lasting to everlasting upon them that fear 17 lie will regard the prayer of the desti- him, and his righteousness unto children's tute, and not despise their prayer. children; 18 This shall be written for the generation 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to to come: and the people which shall be cre- those that remember his commandments to gted shall praise the LORD. do them.!) For he hath looked down from the height 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD the heavens; and his kingdom rulethover all. behold the earth; 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that exce) 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to in strength, that do his commandments, loo)se those that are appointed to death; hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye anld his praise in Jerusalem; nministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22I When the people are gathered together,22 Bless the L)oR), all his works in all 1places andi the kinrgdoms, to serve the LO)RD. of his dominion: bless the LORD, 0 m1y soul. 23 lIe weakened my streng'th in the way; PSAIL CIV. he shortened Iny days. 24 1 said, O my God, take me not away in A meditati)o upon God's power. the mlidst of rly days: thy years are through- -)LESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my ont ttll generations. 1) God, thou art very great; thou art 2i (Of old. hast thou laid the foundation of clothed with honour and majesty: the earth: and the heavens are the work of 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a tly hands. garment: who stretchest out the heavens?i They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: like a curtain: yia, all of them shall wax old like a gar- 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in ntent; as a vesture shalt thou change them, the waters: who maketh the clouds his and they shall be changed: chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the 27 But thou art the same, and thy years wind: shall have no end. 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his minis28 The children of thy servants shall con- ters a flaming lire: tinue, and their seed shall be established be- 5 Who laid the foundation of the earth, fore thee. tlat it should not be removed for ever. PSALM CIII. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with An exlhortation to bless God. a garient: the waters stood above the mountains. A Psalm of David. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of BtLESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that thy thunder they hasted away. is within me, btles his holy name. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget down by the valleys unto the place which no~t all his benefits: thou hast founded for them. 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not hefaleth all thy diseases; pass o ver; that they turn not again to cover 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; the earth. who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, tender mercies; which run among the hills. 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good 11 They give drink to every beast of the thinjs; so that thy youth is renewed like the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. ^eagle's. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and have their habitation, which sing among the i uligm ent for all that are oppressed. branches. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: his acts unto the children of Israel. the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow works. to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 14 lIe causeth the grass to grow for the cat-, 9 Ie will not always chide: neither will he tle, and herb for the service of man: that lie k )p his ansier for ever. may bring forth food out of the earth; 1 }{le hath not dealt with us after our 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of Tins; nor rewarded us according to our in- man, and oil t nmake his face to shine, and iq itites. bread which strengtheneth man's heart. U1 For as the heaven is high above the 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; *sarth, so great is his mercy toward them that the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath feer him. planted; 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for ha-h he removed our transgressions from us. the stork, the fir trees are her house. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild the LORD pitieth them that fear him. goats; and the rocks for the conies. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remem- 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the oereth that we are dust. sun knoweth his going down. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: flower of the field, so he flourisheth. wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is forth. 'go te; and the place thereof shall know it no 21 The young lions roar after their prey. ~o4te aand seek their meat from God. 411 Ex~hortation to pra~ise God. PSALMS. God's care for his servuact, 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves 17 Ile sent a man before them, even Josephi together, and lay them down in their dens. who was sold for a servant: 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: hli his labour until the evening. was laid in iron: 24 0 LORD, how manifold are thy works! 19 Until the time that his word came: the-, in wisdom thou hast made them all: the word of the LORD tried him. earth is full of thy riches. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are ruler of the people, and let him go free. things creeping innumerable, both small and 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler great beasts. of all his substance: 26 There go the ships: there is that levia- 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; ant than, whom thou hast made to play therein. teach his senators wisdom. 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou may- 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob est give them their meat in due season. sojourned in the land of Ham. 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou 24 And he increased his people greatly; and< openest their hand, they are filled with good. made them stronger than their enemies. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: 25 He turned their heart to hate his people. thou takest away their breath, they die, and to deal subtilely with his servants. return to their dust. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are whom he had chosen. created: and thou renewest the face of the 27 They showed his signs among them. and earth. wonders in the land of Ham. 31 The glory, of the LORD shall endure for 28 HIe sent darkness, and made it dark; and ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. they rebelled not against his word. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trem- 29 He turned their waters into blood, and bleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. slew their fish. 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundi I live: I will sing praises to my God while I ance, in the chambers of their kings. have my being. 31 Hle spake, and there came divers sorts ol 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I flies, and lice in all their coasts. will be glad in the LORD. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the fire in their land. earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless 33 He smote their vines also and their fig thou the LORD, 0 my soul. Praise ye the trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. LORD. 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and catPSALM CV. erpillars, and that without number, An exti on to praise G{rod.' f, 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their his name: make known his deeds among land, the chief of all their strength. the people. 37 He brought them forth also with silver 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: and gold: and there was not one feeble per, talk ye of all his wondrous works. son among their tribes. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for of them rejoice that seek the LORD. the fear of them fell upon them. 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and face evermore. fire to give light in the night. 5 Remember his marvellous works that he 40 Thle people asked, and he brought quails, hath done; his wonders, and the judgments and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. of his mouth; 41 He opened the rock, and the waters 6 0 ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye gushed out; they ran in the dry places like' a children of Jacob his chosen. river. 7 He is the LoRn) our God: his judgments 42 For he remembered his holy promise, are in all the earth. and Abraham his servant. 8 lie hath remembered his covenant for 43 And he brought forth his people with ever, the word which he commanded to a joy, and his chosen with gladness: thousand generations. 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: 9 Which coaveantt he made with Abraham, and they inherited the labour of the peop'e; and his oath unto Isaac; 45 That they might observe his statutgs, 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. a law, and to Israel for an everlasting cove- PSALM CVI. nant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Israel's rebellion rehearsed. Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: TRAISE ye the LORD. 0 give thanks un12 When they were but a few men in num- L to the LORD; for he is good: for his ber; yea, very few, and strangers in it. mercy endureth for ever. 13 When they went from one nation to an- 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the other, from one kingdom to another people; LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; he that doeth righteousness at all times. 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and 4 Remember me, 0 LORD, with the favour do my prophets no harm. that thou bearest unto thy people: 0 visit me 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon with thy salvation; the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, 412 Israel's rebellions, PSALMS. and God's mercisa that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy na- 36 And they served their idols: which were tion, that I may glory with thine inherit- a snare unto them. ance. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have daughters unto devils, committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders of their sons and of their daughters, whom in Egypt; they remembered not the multi- they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: tude of thy mercies; but provoked him at and the land was polluted with blood. the sea, even at the Red sea. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's works, and went a whoring with their own sake, that he might make his mighty power inventions. to be known. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD i) He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was kindled against his people, insomuch that dried up: so he led them through the depths, he abhorred his own inheritance. as through the wilderness. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the 10 And he saved them from the hand of him heathen; and they that hated them ruled that hated them, and redeemed them from over them. the hand of the enemy. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and 11 And the waters covered their enemies: they were brought into subjection under tilere was not one of them left. their hand. I2 Then believed they his words; they sang 43 Many times did he deliver them; but lhis praise.they provoked him with their counsel, and 113 They soon forgat his works; they wait- were brought low for their iniquity. e(l not for his counsel: 44 Nevertheless he regarded their aflliction) 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, when he heard their cry: and tempted God in the desert. 45 And he remembered for them his cove — 15 And he gave them their request; but nant, and repented according to the multi-,ent leanness into their soul. tude of his mercies. 1 i They envied Moses also in the camp, and46 He made them also to be pitied of all Aaron the saint of the LORD. those that carried them captives. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us ralthan, and covered the company of Abi- from among the heathen, to give thanks unramn. to thy holy name, and to triumph in thy 18' And a fire was kindled in their company; praise. the flame burned up the wicked. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from l9 They made a calf in Horeb, and worship- everlasting to everlasting: and let all the ped the molten image, people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. (20 Thus they changed their glory into the PSALM CVII. simnilitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, whichGod's providence over all. had done great things in Egypt;O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and E good: for his mercy endureth for ever. terrible things by the Red sea. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy whom he hath redeemed from the hand of them, had not Moses his chosen stood before the enemy; him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from list he should destroy them. the east, and from the west, from the north, 21 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they and from the south. bel ieved not his word: 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a soli>5 But murmured in their tents, and heark- tary way; they found no city to dwell in. tnied not unto the voice of the LORD. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them. them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their 27 To overthrow their seed also among the trouble, and he delivered them out of their nations, and to scatter them in the lands. distresses. 23; They joined themselves also unto Baal- 7 And he led them forth by the right way, tlor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. that they might go to a city of habitation. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with 8 Oh that men would praise the LOIaD for Iheir inventions: and the plague brake in his goodness, and for his wonderful works upllon them. to the children of men! I3 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and fillj'udgment: and so the plague was stayed. eth the hungry soul with goodness. 31 And that was counted unto him for 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow rit) hteousness unto all generations for ever- of death, being bound in affliction and iron; ore. 11 Because they rebelled against the words:3 They angered him also at the waters of of God, and conteruned the counsel of the strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their Most High: sakes: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart 3,3 Because they provoked his spirit, so that with labour; they fell down, and there was he spake unadvisedly with his lips. none to help. 34: They did not destroy the nations, con- 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their cerning whom the LORD commanded them: trouble, and he saved them out of their dis35 But were mingled among the heathen, tresses. said learned their works. 14 He brought them out of darkness and 35 * 413 Exhortation to praise Godl PSALMS. for his providence, the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat: and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the LomD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of len! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again,to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wTnderful werks to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congrega'ion of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he Imaketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are Iminished and brought low through oppression, aflliction, and sorrow. 40 He poureth cxntempt upon princes, and eauseth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these 414 thikngs, even they shall understand the lov. ingkindness of the LoRD. PSALM CVIII. David praiseth God. A Song or Psalm of David. GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I tmyself wil. awake early. 3 I will praise thee, 0 LORD, lnmong the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, 0 God, above the heav. ens: and thy glory above all the earth; 6 That thy beloved may be delivered: saver with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; EAplhrlin also is the strength of mine head; Judath is my lawgiver; 9 Aoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong cit7,? who will lead me into Edom? 11 Wlilt not thou, 0 God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth wi-t our hosts? 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM CIX. David complaineth of hlis enemies. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and tha mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a ly, ing tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked maan over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another talke his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto hiln: neither let there be ally to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remem David prayeth for God's help. - PSALMS. Exhortation topraise God. bered with the LORD; and let not the sin of 7 He shall drink of the brook in the wayi his mother be blotted out. therefore shall he lift up the head. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, PSALI CXI. that he may cut off the memory of them fromA the earth. David exciteth all to praise God. 16 Because that he remembered not to "RAISE ye the LORD. I will praise the ihew mercy, but persecuted the poor and 1 LORD with my whole heart, in the assemneedy man, that he might even slay the bly of the upright, and in the congregation. broken in heart. 2 The works of the LORD are great, sought 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto out of all them that have pleasure therein. him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it 3 His work is honourable and glorious: and be far from him. his righteousness endureth for ever. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be as with his garment, so let it come into his remembered: the LORD is gracious and full bowels like water, and like oil into his of compassion. bones. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which him: he will ever be mindful of his coveco ereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he nant. is girded continually. 6 He hath shewed his people the power of 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries his works, that he may give them the heritfrom the LORD, and of them that speak evil age of the heathen. against my soul. 7 The works of his hands are verity lnd 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for judgment; all his commandments are sure. thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, 8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are 'leliver thou me. done in truth and uprightness. t2 For I am poor and needy, and my heart 9 He sent redemption unto his people: he 's wounded within me. hath commanded his covenant for ever: 23 I am gone like the shadow when it de- holy and reverend /s his name. elineth: I am tossed up and down as the 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of ocust. wisdom: a good understanding have all they 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and that do his comman(lments: his praise enmly flesh faileth of fatness. dureth for ever. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: PSAM CXII when they looked upon me they shaked their PSALM C heads. TIte blessedness of the godly. '6 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me IRAISE ye the LORD. Blessed is the man according to thy mercy: I that feareth the LORD, that delighteth 7 That they may know that this is thy greatly in his commandments. Land; that thou, LORD, hast done it. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the M8 Let them curse, but bless thou: when generation of the upright shall be blessed. they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: servant rejoice. and his righteousness endureth for ever. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the sname; and let them cover themselves with darkness: he is gracious, and full of compastheir own confusion, as with a mantle. sion, and righteous. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my 5 A good nn sheweth favour, andlendeth: mouth; yea, I will praise him among the he will guide his affairs with discretion. multitude. 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the righteous shall be in everlasting rememr thle poor, to save him from those that con- brance. demn his soul. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his PSALM CX. heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. Prediction of Christ's kingdom. 8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enA Psalm of David. emies. IPHE LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at 9 HIe hath dispersed, he hath given to the my right hand, until I make thine en- poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; emles thy footstool. his horn shall be exalted with honour. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: of thine enemies. the desire of the wicked shall perish. 3 Thy people shall he willing in the day of thy power, In the beauties of holiness from SALM CXIII. the womb of the morning! thou hast the An exhortation to praise God. few of thy youth. pRAISE ye the LORD. Praise, 0 ye serv. 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not 1 ants of the LoRD, praise the name of the repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the LORD. orler of Melchizedek. 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike this time forth and for evermore. through kings in the day of his wrath. 3 From the rising of the sun unto thegoing 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he down of the same the LORD'S name is to be shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he praised. shall woun~c the heads over many coun- 4 The LORD is high above all nations, ad tries his glory above the heavens, 415 The vanity of idols. PS ALMS. The psalmist's love to God. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who hurnbleth himself to behold the 'hings that are in heaven, and in the earth! 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, ev.m with the princes of his people. 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of childrenO Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXIV. The miracles of God's power. ';TrHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the Y house of Jacob from a people of t1 range language; ~ Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, 0 thou sea, that thou Rieddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. PSALM CXV. The vanity and folly of idols. NTOT unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath lone whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they throughtheheir throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 10 0 house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he b their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel: he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LoRD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.?.But wE will bless the LeR from this 416 time forth and, for evermore. Praise the LoRD, PSALM CXVI. David's thancsgiving, &c. T LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears,'and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD foall his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. 16 0 LORD, truly I am thy servant; I art thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD noW in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXVII. An exhortation to praise God. PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD enduretht for ever. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXVIII. God to be praised for his mercy. GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endur. eth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the LORD sMy, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the LORD in distress: tile LORD answered me, and set me in a largk place. 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7 The LORD taketh my part with them ma ,Sundr~y prayes)s, praitses, PSALMS. andZ professions of 0 obed~ience. help me: therefore shall I see my desire up- BETH. on them that hate me. 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to his way? by taking heed thereto according tut confidence in man. to thy word. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: iut confidence in princes. O let me not wander from thy command10 All nations compassed me about: but in ments. 'he name of the LORD will I destroy them. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that 11 They compassed me about; yea, they I might not sin against thee. tompassed me about: but in the name of 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy the LORD I will destroy them. statutes. 12 They compassed me about like bees; 13 With my lips have I declared all the they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for judgments of thy mouth. in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testi13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might monies, as much as in all riches. fall: but the LORD helped me. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have 14 The LORD is my strength and song, and respect unto thy ways. is become my salvation. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is will not forget thy word. in the tabernacles of the righteous: the GIMEL. right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: I may live, and keep thy word. 4he right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the wondrous things out of thy law. works of the LORD. 19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but thy commandments from me. de hath not given me over unto death. 20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: hath unto thy judgments at all times. f will go into them, and I will praise the 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are LORD: cursed, which do err from thy command20 This gate of the LORD, into which the ments. righteous shall enter. 22 Remove from me reproach and con21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard tempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. me, and art become my salvation. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against 22 The stone which the builders refused is me: but thy servant did meditate in thy become the head stone of the corner. statutes. 23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvel- 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and tous in our eyes.my counsellors. 24 This is the day which the LORD hath DALETH. made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken 95 Save now, I beseech thee, 0 LORD: 0 thou me according to thy word. LVJORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 1 have declared myways, and thou heard26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of est me: teach me thy statutes. the LORD: we have blessed you out of the 27 Make me to understand the way of thy house of the LORD. precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous 27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us works. light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even un- 28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthto the horns of the altar. en thou me according unto thy word..28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and thou art my God, I will exalt thee. grant me thy law graciously. 29 0 give thanks unto the LORD; for he is 30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy rood: for his mercy endureth for ever, judgments have I laid before me. PSAL M CXIX.31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: 0 iAd'M mditi. LORD, put me not to shame. David's meditations. 32 I will run the way of thy commandALEPH. ments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. JDLESSED are the undefiled in the way, HE. jL) who walk in the law of the LORD. 33 Teach me, 0 LORD, the way of thy stat2 Blessed are they that keep his testimo- utes; and I shall keep it unto the end. nies, and that seek him with the whole 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep heart. thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in whole heart. bis ways. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy com4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy mandments; for therein do I delight. precepts diligently. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, 50 that my ways were directed to keep thy and not to covetousness. statutes 137 Turn away mine eyes from beholding 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. respect unto all thy commandments. 38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of is devoted to thy fear. heart, when I shall have learned thy right- 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: wous judgments. for thy judgments are good. a I will keep thy statutes: 0 forsake me 40 Behold, I have longed after thyprecept&: -Aot utterly. quicken me in thy righteousnems. 2I 417 Sundry prayers, praises, PSALMS. and professions of obedience, VAU. 41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, 0 LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN. 49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. CHETH. 57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. 58 I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. TETH. 65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, 0 LORD, according unto thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good, and doest good: teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease: but I delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me tIh9,I thousands of gold and silver. 418 JOD. 73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I mar learn thy commandments. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealZ perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness, so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. LAMED. 89 For ever, 0 LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. MEM. 97 0 how love I thy law I it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught mea, Sundry prayers, praises, PSALMS. and professions of obedience. 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste 1 34 Deinver me from the oppression of man: yea, sweeter than honey to my nouth. so will I keep thy precepts. 104 Through thy precepts I get understand- 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy serving: therefore I hate every false way. ant; and teach me thy statutes. NUN. 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a because they keep not thy law. light unto my path. TZADDI. 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that 137 Righteous art thou, 0 LORD, and upI will keep thy righteous judgments. right are thy judgments. 107 1 am afflicted very much: quicken me, 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast com(e JLo), according unto thy word. manded are righteous and very faithful. 10S Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill 139 My zeal hath consumed me, because offerings of my mouth, O LOnD, and teach mine enemies have forgotten thy words. me thy judginents. 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy 10~ My soul is continually in my hand: yet servant loveth it. (lo I not forget thy law. 141 I anm small and despised: yet do not I 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: forget thy precepts. yet I erred not from thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a herit- righteousness, and thy law is the truth. age for ever: for they are the rejoicing of 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold lmy heart. on me: yet thy commandments are my de112 I have inclined mine heart to perform lights. thy statutes always, even unto the end. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is SAMECH. everlasting: give me understanding, and I 113 1 hate vain the aghts: but thy law do I shall live. love. KOPH. 114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, I hope in thy word. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. 115 Depart from me, ye evil doers: for I 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall will keep the commandments of my God. keep thy testimonies. 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, 147 I prevented the dawning of the mornthat I may live: and let me not be ashamed ing, and cried: I hoped in thy word. of my hope. 148 Mine eyes prevented the night watches, 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: that I might meditate in thy word. and I will have respect unto thy statutes 149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovcontinually. ingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that to thy judgment. err from thy statutes: for their deceit is 150 They draw nigh that follow after misfalsehood. chief: they are far from thy law. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy the earth like dross: therefore I love thy commandments are truth. testimonies. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; known of old that thou hast founded them and I am afraid of thy judgments. for ever. AIN. RESH. 121 I have done judgment and justice: 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver leave me not to mine oppressors. m: for I do not forget thy law. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quickriot the proud oppress me. en me according to thy word. 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for for the word of thy righteousness. they seek not thy statutes. 124 Deal with thy servant according unto 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD; thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. quicken m. according to thy judgments. 125 I am thy servant; give me understand- 157 Many are my persecutors and mine ening, that I may know thy testimonies. emies; yet do I not decline from thy testi126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: formonies. they have made void thy law. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was 127 Therefore I love thy commandments grieved; because they kept not thy word. above gold; yea, above fine gold. 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quick128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts con- en me, O LORD, according to thy lovingcerning all things to be right; and I hate kindness. every false way. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning: PE. and every one of thy righteous judgments 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: there- endureth for ever. fore doth my soul keep them. SCHIN. 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; 161 Princes have persecuted me without a it giveth understanding unto the simple. cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy 131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I word. longed for thy commandments. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that find132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful eth great spoil. unto me, as thou usest to do unto those 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do that love thy name. I love. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, be9nv iniquity have dominion over me. cause of thy righteous judgments 419 David PALMS. chur's ompai. PLM.e s deliverance 165 Great peace have they which love thy 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is comr law: and nothing shall offend them. pact together: 166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the and done thy commandments. LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and thanks unto the name of the LORD. I love them exceedingly. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testi- thrones of the house of David. monies: for all my ways are before thee. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they TAU. shall prosper that love thee. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity LORD: give me understanding according to within thy palaces. thy word. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: I will now say, Peace be within thee. deliver me according to thy word. 9 Because of the house of the LORD OUT 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou God I will seek thy good. hast taught me thy statutes. PSALM CXXIII. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. The confidence of the godly. 173 Let thine hand help me; for I have A Song of degrees. chosen thy precepts. TNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thos 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; U that dwellest in the heavens. and thy law is my delight. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise the hand of their masters, and as the eyes ot thee; and let thy judgments help me. a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep: our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy that he have mercy upon us. commandments. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mer PSALM CXX. cy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. David praeth against his enemy. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the A Song of degrees. scorning of those that are at ease, and with IN my distress I cried unto the LORD, and the contempt of the proud. he heard me. PSALM CXXIV. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, PSAM and from a deceitful tongue. God's deliverance of his church. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what A Song of degrees of David. shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? F it had not been the LORD who was on ooi 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of I side, now may Israel say; juniper. 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that our side, when men rose up against us: I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that when their wrath was kindled against us: hateth peace. 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they stream had gone over our soul: are for war. 5 Then the proud waters had gone over ouli PSALM CXXI. soul. The great safety of the godly. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us w. a prey to their teeth. A Song of degrees. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, from whence cometh my help. and we are escaped. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: PSALM CXXV. he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall nei- The safety of the godly. ther slumber nor sleep. A Song of degrees. 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy THEY that trust in the LORD shall be as shade upon thy right hand.L mount Zion, which cannot be removed, 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor but abideth forever. the moon by night. 2 As the mountains are round about Jeru7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all salem, so the LORD is round about his people evil: he shall preserve thy soul. from henceforth even for ever. 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest and thy coming in from this time forth, and upon the lot of the righteous; lest the even for evermore. righteous put forth their hands unto inPSALM CXXII. iquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be David prayeth for Jerusalem. ood, and to them that are upright in their A Song of degrees of David. hearts. TWAS glad when they said unto me, Let 5 As for such as turn aside unto their us go into the house of the LORD. crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O forth from the workers of iniquity: btut Jerusalem. peace shall be upon Irael. 420 P'he virtue of God's blessing. PSALMS. David's care for the ark. PSALM CXXVI. Church's return from captivity. A Song of degrees. tXHEN the LORD turned again the capW tivity of Zion, we were like them that 'ream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done r;-cat things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; T'hereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again 'with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with tim. PSALM CXXVII. Good children are God's gift. A Song of degrees for Solomon. EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, bNt they shall speak with the enemies in the riate. PSALM CXXVIII. Blessings that attend the godly. A Song of degrees. LESSED is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's chiliren, and peace upon Israel. PSALM CXXIX. God's goodness to Israel. A Song of degrees. AANY a time have they afflicted me from I my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed iWainst me. 3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back: 'hey made long their furrows. 4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunler the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them all be confounded and turned Rack that hate Zion. 3 Let them be as the grass upon the 36 housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. PSALM CXXX. The psalmist's hope in prayer. A Song of degrees. TOUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, 0 LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, 0 Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: forwith the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. PSALM CXXXI. David professeth his humility. A Song of degrees of David. T ORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine J eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too highfor me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. PSALM CXXXII. David's zealous care for the ark. A Song of degrees. T ORD, remember David, and all his afflic1J tions: 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hatt desired it for his habitation. 421 Eixhortation to praise God PSALMS. for his particular mercies. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSALM CXXXIII. Of unity among brethren. A Song of degrees of David. DEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it i for brethren to dwell together in unity. 2 t is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. PSALM CXXXIV. An exhortation to bless God. A Song of degrees. EHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth, bless thee out of Zion. PSALM CXXXV. An exhortation to praise God. PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, 0 ye servants of the LORD. 2 Ye that 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: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4 For the LORD hathchosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: 12 And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. 422 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not, eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them, 19 Bless the LORD, 0 house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: 20 Bless the LORD, 0 house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXXXVI. An exhortation to thanksgiving. GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 0 give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 0 give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever, 7 To him that made great lights: for him mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: foi his mercy endureth for ever. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first born: for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: 12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever: 13 To him which divided the Red sea inte parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through thk midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever, 15 But overthrewPharaohand his host inthe Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 20 And Og the king of- Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: 21 And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: 22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servants, for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM CXXXVII. The Jews' constancy, &e. BYthe riversof Babylon,therewe satdown yea,we wept,when we remembered Zion Tn Jews' constancy. PSALMS. God's allseeng providence, 9 We hanged our harps upon the willows in 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and the midst thereof. thy right hand shall hold me. 3 For there they that carried us away cap- 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover tive required of us a song; and they that me; even the night shall be light about me. wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; us one of the songs of Zion. but the night shineth as the day: the dark. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a cess and the light are both alike to thee. strange land? 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hast covered me in my mother's womb. hand forget her cunning. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer works: and that my soul knoweth right well. not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, 7 Remember, 0 LORD,the children of Edom when I was made in secret, and curiously in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. erase it. even to the foundation thereof. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet 8 0 daughter of Babylon, who art to be de- being unperfect; and in thy book all my stroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth metmbers were written, which in continuance thee as thou hast served us. were fashioned, when as yet there was none 9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth of them. thy little ones against the stones. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto PSALM CXXXVIII. me, O God I how great is the sum of them!. 18 If should count them, they are more in Tle psalmist praiseth God. numoer than the sand: when I awake, I am A Psalm of David. still with thee. I WILL praise thee with my whole heart: 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: before thegodswillI singpraise untothee. depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and thine enemi s take thy name in vain. and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified 21 Do not I h te them, O LORD, that hate thy word above all thy name. thee? and am not I grieved with those that 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst rise up against thee? me, and strengthened me with strength in 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count aly soul. them mine enemies. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of try me, and know my thoughts:;thy mouth. 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the and lead me in the way everlasting. LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. P M C 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he re-. spect unto the lowly: but the proud he David prayeth against his enemies. knoweth afar off. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, TELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch LJ man: preserve me from the violent forth thine hand against the wrath of mine man; enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 2 Which imagine mischief in their heart; 8 The LORD will perfect that which con- continually are they gathered togetherfor cerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth war. for ever: forsake not the works of thine 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a own hands. serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. PSALM CXXXIX. Selah. God's aseeing providence. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. who have purposed to overthrow my goings. LORD, thou hast searched me, and 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and known me. cords: they have spread a net by the way 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine side; they have set gins for me. Selah. uprising; thou understandest my thought 6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: afar off. hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying 7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of mysalva. down, and art acquainted with all my ways. tion, thou hast covered my head in the day 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, of battle. Jo, 0 LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, wicked: further not his wicked device; lest and laid thine hand upon me. they exalt themselves. Selah. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; 9 As for the head of those that compass me it is high, I cannot attain unto it. about, let the mischief of their own lips cov7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or er them. whither shall I flee from thy presence? 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, that they rise not up again. thou art there. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and the earth: evil shallhunt the violent man tC dwell in the uttermost parts of tb" sea; overthrow him, 423 David'e comfort in trouble. PSALMS. He prayctht for deliverance 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the servant: for in thy sight shall no man living cause of the afflicted, and the right of the be justified. poor. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks he hath smitten my life down to the ground i unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in he hath made me to dwell in darkness, ~a thy presence. those that have been long dead. PSALM CXLI. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed withDavid' prayer for cnin me; my heart within me is desolate. avid's prayer for aclceptance. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate A Psalm of David. on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy T ORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto hands. J me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my unto thee. soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land, 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as Selah. Incense; and the lifting up of my hands as 7 Hear me speedily, 0 LORD; my spirit faiP, the evening sacrifice. eth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be 3 Set a watch, 0 LORD, before my mouth; like unto them that go down into the pit. keep the door of my lips. 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause practise wicked works with men that workme to know the way wherein I should walls: iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. for I lift up my soul unto thee. 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a 9 Deliver me, 0 LORD, from mine enemies; kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall I flee unto thee to hide me. be an excellent oil, which shall not break my 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my head: for yet my prayer also saUll be in their God: thy Spirit is good; lead me into the calamities. land of uprightness. 6 When their judges are overthrown in 11 Quicken me, 0 LORD, for thy name's stony places, they shall hear my words; for sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my they are sweet. soul out of trouble. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth and destroy all them that afflict my soul: wood upon the earth. for I am thy servant. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, 0 GOD the PSALM CXLIV Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my PA LM CX I. soul destitute. David blsseth God for protection. 9 Keep me from the snares which they have A Psalm of David. laid for me, and the gins of the workers of )LESSED be the LORD my strength, which iniquity. JL teacheth my hands to war, and my fin. 10 Let the ricked fall into their own nets: gers to fight: whilst that I withal escape. 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high PSALM CXLII. tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people David's comfort in prayer, under me. Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takes I CRIED unto the LORD with my voice; knowledge of him! or the son of man, that with my voice unto the LORD did I make thou makest account of him! my supplication. 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a 21 poured out my complaint before him; I shadow that passeth away. shewed before him my trouble. 5 Bow thy heavens, 0 LORD, and come 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within down: touch the mountains, and they shall me, then thou knewest my path. In the way smoke. wherein I walked have they privily laid a 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: snare for me. shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, 7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and but there was no man that would know me. deliver me out of great waters, from the refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. hand of strange children; 5 1 cried unto thee, 0 LORD: I said, Thou 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their art my refuge and my portion in the land of right hand is a right hand of falsehood. the living. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, 0 God: 6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten very low. deliver me from my persecutors; strings will I sing praises unto thee. for they are stronger than I. 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: 7 Brink- my soul out of prison, that I may who delivereth David his servant from the praise thy name: the righteous shall corn- hurtful sword. pass me about; for thou shalt deal bountiful- 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand with me. of strange children, whose mouth speaketb PSALM CXLIII, vanity, and their right hand is a right hand David prayeth ofr favour, of falsehood: 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up A Psalm of David. in their youth; that our daughters may be TH AR my prayer, 0 LORD, give ear to as corner stones, polished after the simili. my supplications s in thy faithfulness tude of a palace: inswer me, and in thy righteousness. 13 That our garners may be full, affording $ Ad enter not into judgment with thy all manner of store; tUat our sheep may 424 David extolleth God's goodness. PSALMS. God only is to be truste& bring forth thousands and ten thousands in 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea. our streets: and all that therein is: which keepeth truth 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; for ever: that there be no breaking in, nor going out; 7 Which executeth judgment for the opthat there be no complaining in our streets. pressed: which giveth food to the hungry. 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a The LORD looseth the prisoners: tase: yea, happy is that people, whose God is 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD. the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: PSALM CXLV. the LORD loveth the righteous: David extolleth God's power. 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the David's Psalm of praise. way of the wicked he turneth upside down. WILL extol thee, my God, O King; and I 10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy will bless thy name for ever and ever. God, 0 Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will the LORD. praise thy name for ever and ever. PSALM CXLVII 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be An exhortation to rise God. praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation shall praise thy works to ]RAISE ye the LORD: for it is good to sing another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. P praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy and praise is comely. majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bind7 They shall abundantly utter the memory eth up their wounds. of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he righteousness. calleth them all by their names. 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compas- 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his sion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. understanding is infinite. 9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he castmercies are over all his works. eth the wicked down to the ground. 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; and thy saints shall bless thee. sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy king- 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, dom, and talk of thy power; who prepareth rain for the earth, who mak12 To make known to the sons of men his eth grass to grow upon the mountains. mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to kingdom, the young ravens which cry. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the and thy dominion endureth throughout all horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of generations. a man. 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that raiseth up all those that be bowed down. fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou 12 Praise the LORD, 0 Jerusalem; praise thy givest them their meat in due season. God, O Zion. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy the desire of every living thing. gates; he hath blessed thy children within 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, thee. and holy in all his works. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and fill18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call eth thee with the finest of the wheat. upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear earth: his word runneth very swiftly. him: he also will hear their cry, and will 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth save them. the hoar frost like ashes. 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: him: but all the wicked will he destroy. who can stand before his cold? 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth LOD: and let all flesh bless his holy name them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the for ever and ever. waters flow. PSALM CXLVI. 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel David voweth perpetual praise. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: I)RAISE ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, and as for his judgments, they have not 0 my soul. known them. Praise ye the LORD. 2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will PAL XL-III sing praises unto my God while I have any A t L i being. God is to be praised. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the DRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD son of man, in whom there is no help. 1 from the heavens: praise him in the 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his heights. earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob him, all his hosts. for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him God: all ye stars of light. 36* 425 dn exhortation PROVERBS. to praise God 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: waters that be above the heavens. let them sing praises unto him with the tim5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: brel and harp. for he commanded, and they were created. 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his peo. 6 He hath also stablisbed them for ever and pie: he will beautify the meek with salvaever: he hath made a decree which shall not tion. pass. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye drag- sing aloud upon their beds. ons, and all deeps: 6 Let the high praises of God be in their 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand: wind fulfilling his word: 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and punishments upon the people; and all cedars: 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, nobles with fetters of iron; and flying fowl: 9 To execute upon them the judgment writ. 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; ten: this honour have all his saints. Praise princes, and all judges of the earth: ye the LORD. 12 Both young mfn, and maidens; old men, PSALM CL. and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: God is to e praised, c. for his name alone is excellent; his glory is )RAISE ye the LORD. Praise God in his above the earth and heaven. I sanctuary: praise him in the firmament 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, of his power. the praise of all his saints; even of the chil- 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise dren of Israel, a people near unto him. him according to his excellent greatness. Praise ye the LORD. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trump. PSALM CXLIX. et: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: Ain cxhortationl to p1raGise, God. praise him with stringed instruments and PRAISE ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD organs. a new song, and his praise in the congre- 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praiae gation of saints. him upon the high sounding cymbals. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the children of Zion be joyful in their king. the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. THE PROVERBS. CHAPTER I. 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have The zse of the proverbs, one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way THE Proverbs of Solomon the son of Da- with them; refrain thy foot from theil vid, king of Israel; path: 2 To know wisdom and instruction: to per- 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste ceive the words of understanding; to shed blood. 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, jus- 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the tice, and judgment, and equity; sight of any bird. 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; young man knowledge and discretion, they lurk privily for their own lives. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase 19 So are the ways of every one that is learning; and a man of understanding shall greedy of gain; which taketh away the life attain unto wise counsels: of the owners thereof. 6 To understand a proverb, and the inter- 20 ~T Wisdom cvieth without; she uttereth pretation; the words of the wise, and their her voice in the streets: dark sayings. 21 She crieth in the chief place of con7 ~ The fear of the LORD is the beginning course, in the openings of the gates: in the of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and city she uttereth her words, saying, instruction. 32 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love 3 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, simplicity? and the scorners delight in their and forsake not the law of thy mother: scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 9 For they shall he an ornament of grace 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. pour out my spirit unto you, I will make 10 ~ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent known my words unto you. thou not. 24 1 Because I have called, and ye refused; 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait I have stretched out my hand, an(r no man for blood, let us lurk privily for the inno- regarded; cent without cause: 25 But ye have set at nought all my coun12 Let us swallow them up alive as the sel, and would none of my reproof: grave; and whole, as those that go down in- 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will to the pit: mock when your fear cometi; 13 We shall find all precious substance, we 27 When your fear cometh as desolation. hall fill our houses with spoil' and your destruction cometb as a whirl. 426 Wisdom promiseth godliness. PROVERBS. Fxhortation to obedience wind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. CHAPTER II. Benefit of the study of wisdom. V/IY son, if thou wilt receive my words, LVI and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understandIng; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Che LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understandIng. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 10 ~ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth ard forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. CHAPTER III. An exhortation to obedience. MrY son, forget not my law; but let thine l heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, ana peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 ~ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 ~ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 I My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 13 ~ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding: 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 Sheis more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them thatlay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21 T My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy s'eep shall lIe sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked,when it cometh. 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 27 ~ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devwde not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 ~ Strive not with a man Without causer if he have done thef no harm, 427 fTe study of wisdom. PROVERBS. Mischiefs of whorednm 31 ~ Envy thou not the oppressor, and 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let al choose none of his ways. thy ways be established, 32 For the froward is abomination to the 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the LORD: but his secret is with the right- left: remove thy foot from evil. eous. CHAPTER V. 33 T The curse of the LORD is in the house CHAPTER V. of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation The folly, &c. f sensuality. of the just. 1/rY son, attend unto my wisdom, and box 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he IML thine ear to my understanding: giveth grace unto the lowly. 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, an t 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame that thy lips may keep knowledge. shall be the promotion of fools. 3 1[ For the lips of a strange woman drop a, CHAPTER IV. a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoothe than oil: Study of wisdom recommended. 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, shar JEAR, ye children, the instruction of a as a twoedged sword. father, and attend to know understand- 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps tal;. ing. hold on hell. 2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path ol not my law. life, her ways are moveable, that thou catnst 3 For I was my father's son, tender and not know them. only beloved in the sight of my mother. 7 Hear me now therefore, 0 ye children. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let and depart not from the words of my mouth thine heart retain my words: keep my com- 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come mandments, and live. not nigh the door of her house: 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others not; neither decline from the words of my and thy years unto the cruel: mouth. 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve and thy labours be in the house of a stran thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. ger; 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore 11 And thou mourn at the last, when tlh get wisdom: and with all thy getting get un- flesh and thy body are consumed, derstanding. 12 And say, How have I hated instruction 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: and my heart despised reproof; she shall bring thee to honour, when thou 13 And have not obeyed the voice of nl, dost embrace her. teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them thai 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament instructed me! of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst ol to thee. the congregation and assembly. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; 15 ~ Drink waters out of thine own cistern and the years of thy life shall be many. and running waters out of thine own well. 111 have taught thee in the way of wisdom; 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad I have led thee in right paths. and rivers of waters in the streets. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be 17 Let them be only thine own, and no\ straitened; and when thou runnest, thou strangers' with thee. shalt not stumble. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice, 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not with the wife of thy youth. go: keep her; for she is thy life. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant 14 T Enter not into the path of the wicked, roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and go not in the way of evil men. and be thou ravished always with her love. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished pass away. with a strange woman, and embrace the bo16 For they sleep not, except they have som of a stranger? done mischief; and their sleep is taken 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes away, unless they cause some to fall. of the LORD, and he pondereth all his go17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, ings. and drink the wine of violence. 22 1 His own iniquities shall take the wick18 But the path of the just is as the shining ed himself, and he shall be holden with the light, that shineth more and more unto the cords of his sins. perfect day. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. they know not at what they stumble. CHAPTER VI 20 ~ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Against suretiship, idleness, &c. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; T son, if thou be surety for thy friend, keep them in the midst of thine heart. Ifl if thou hast stricken thy hand with a 22 For they are life unto those that find stranger, them, and health to all their flesh. 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy 23 ~ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for mouth, thou art taken with the words of out of it are the issues of life. thy mouth. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, and perverse lips put far from thee. when thou art come into the hand of thy 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let friend, go, humble thyself, and make sure thine eyelids look straight before thee, thy friend. 428 Blessings of obedience. PROVERBS. A harlot described. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber will he rest content, though thou givest to thine eyelids. many gifts. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of CHAPTER VII. the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.Of the wiles of a harlot. 6 1 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider Y/VY son, keep my words, and lay up my her ways, and be wise: InJ commandments with thee. 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and ruler, my law as the apple of thine eye. 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them,athereth her food in the harvest. upon the table of thine heart. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? 4 Say unto wisdom. Thou art my sister; when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? and call understanding thy kinswoman: 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little 5 That they may keep thee from the strange folding of the hands to sleep: woman, from the stranger which fiatteretll 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that with her words. t+avelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 6 ~ For at the window of my house I looked 12 ~I A naughty person, a wicked man, through my casement, rialketh with a froward mouth. 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I dis13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh cerned among the youths, a young man void with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; of understanding, 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth 8 Passing through the street near her cormischief continually; he soweth discord. ner; and he went the way to her house, 15 Therefore shall his calamity come sud- 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the lenly; suddenly shall he be broken without black and dark night: remedy. 10 And, behold, there met him a woman 16 ~ These six things doth the LORD hate; with the attire of a harlot, and subtile of yea, seven are an abomination unto him: heart. 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide;hat shed innocent blood, not in her house: 18 A heart that deviseth wicked imagina- 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, aions, feet that be swift in running to mis- and lieth in wait at every corner.) dhief, 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he with an impudent face said unto him, hat soweth discord among brethren. 14 1 have peace offerings with me; this day 20 T My son, keep thy father's command- have I paid my vows. aent, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, diligently to seek thyface, and I have found mld tie them about thy neck. thee. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee when 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen.hou awakest, it shall talk with thee. of Egypt. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, the law is light; and reproofs of instruction aloes, and cinnamon. 'ire the way of life: 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the morning: let us solace ourselves with the flattery of the tongue of a strange wo- loves. mnan. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is:5 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; gone a long journey: Weither let her take thee with her eyelids. 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man and will come home at the day appointed. is brought to a piece of bread: and the adul- 21 With her much fair speech she caused teress will hunt for the precious life. him to yield, with the flattering of her lips 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his she forced him. clothes not be burned? 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the not be burned? correction of the stocks; 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not ' nnocent. that it is for his life. 30 Mlen do not despise a thief, if he steal to 24 ~ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye satisfy his soul when he is hungry; children, and attend to the words of my 31 But if he be found, he shall restore seven- mouth. fold; he shall give all the substance of his 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, house. go not astray in her paths. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: woman lacketh understanding: he that do- yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Seth it destroyeth his own soul. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and to the chambers of death. his reproach shall not be wiped away. CHAPTER VII 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: there- CHAPT Via. fore he will not spare in the day of venge- The excellency of wisdom. `nce. [OTH not wisdom cry? and understand. 35 We will not regard any ransom; neither -L_ ing put forth her voice? 429 The excellency, nature, PROVERBS. and eternity of wisdom. 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye the way in the places of the paths. children: for blessed are they that keep my 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the ways. city, at the coming in at the doors: 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is it not. to the sons of man. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, 5 0 ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye watching daily at my gates, waiting at the fools, be ye of an understanding heart. posts of my doors. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and and the opening of my lips shall be right shall obtain favour of the LORD. things. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and his own soul: all they that hate me love wickedness is an abomination to my lips. death. 8 All the words of my mouth are in right- CHAPTER IX. eousness; there is nothing froward or per- The discipline, &c., of wisdom. verse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that understand- 'ITISDOM hath builded her house, she eth, and right to them that find knowledge. V hath hewn out her seven pillars: 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath minand knowledge rather than choice gold. gled her wine; she hath also furnished her 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and table. all the things that may be desired are not to 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she cribe compared to it. eth upon the highest places of the city, 12 1 wisdom dwell with prudence, and find 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither out knowledge of witty inventions. as for him that wanteth understanding, she 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, saith to him, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the froward mouth, do I hate. wine which I have mingled. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go lr am understanding; I have strength. the way of understanding. 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to justice. himself shame: and he that rebuketh: 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all wicked man getteth himself a blot. the judges of the earth. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: 17 I love them that love me; and those that rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. seek me early shall find me. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he 18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he durable riches and righteousness. will increase in learning. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning ot fine gold; and my revenue than choice wisdom: and the knowledge of the Hol: silver. is understanding. 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplier midst of the paths of judgment: and the years of thy life shall be increased. 21 That I may cause those that love me to 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for inherit substance; and I will fill their treas- thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone ures. shalt bear it. 22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning 13 ~ A foolish woman is clamorous: she i of his way, before his works of old. simple, and knoweth nothing. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, beginning, or ever the earth was. on a seat in the high places of the city, 24 When there were no depths, I was brought 15 To call passengers who go right on their forth; when there were no fountains abound- ways: ing with water. 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: 25 Before the mountains were settled, be- and as for him that wanteth understanding, fore the hills was I brought forth: she saith to him, 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten nor the fields, nor the highest part of the in secret is pleasant. dust of the world. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there; and that her guests are in the depths there: when he set a compass upon the face of hell. of the depth: CHAPTER X. 28 When he established the clouds above: Frogm this chapter to the fie and twentieth are when he strengthened the fountains of the sundry observations of oral virtues, and deep: their contrary vices. 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that te ntrr s the waters should not pass his command- THE Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son ment: when he appointed the foundations I maketh a glad father: but a foolish son of the earth: is the heaviness of his mother. 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothings with him: and I was daily his delight, re- but righteousness delivereth from death. joicng always before him; 3 The LORD will not suffer the soul;f 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his the righteous to famish: but he caste t earth; and my delights were with the sons of away the substance of the wicked. men. 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with / im lMoral virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrary vices. alack hand: but the hand of the diligent CAPTE XI. maketh rich.HAPE. 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise A FALSE balance is abomination to the son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son MI LORD: but a just weight is his delight. that causeth shame. 2 When pride cometh, thn cometh shame6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but with the lowly is wisdom. but violence covereth the mouth of the3 The integrity of the upright shall guide 'wicked. them: but the perverseness of transgressors 7 The memory of the just is blessed; but shall destroy them. the name of the wicked shall rot. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but 8 The wise in heart will receive command- righteousness delivereth from death. mnents but a prating fool shall fall.. 5 'ue righteousness of the perfect shall di9 He that walketh uprightly walketh sure- rect his way: but the wicked shall fall by his ty: but he that perverteth his way shall be own wickedness. known. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall de10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sor- liver them: but transgressors shall be taken row: but a prating fool shall fall. in their own naughtiness. 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of 7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation life: but violence covereth the mouth of the shall perish: and the hope of unjust men wicked. perisheth. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love cover- 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, efth all sins. and the wicked cometh in his stead. 13 In the lips of him that hath understand- 9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth ing wisdom is found: but a rod is for the his neighbour: but through knowledge shall hick of him that is void of understanding. the just be delivered. 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, 'outh of the foolish is near destruction. the city rejoiceth: and whe: th wicked 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong perish, there s shouting. city: the destruction of the poor is their 11 By the blessing of th upright the city is 'overty. exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth '16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to of the wicked. fife: the fruit of the wicked to sin. 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth In- neighbours but a man of understanding ttruction: but he that refuseth reproof err- holdeth his peace. rth. 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the tld he that uttereth a slander is a fool. matter, 19 In the multitude of words therewanteth 14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: riot sin: but he that refrainetb his lips is but n the multitude of counsellors there i vise. safety. 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall he heart of the wicked is little worth. smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but is sure. 'ools die for want of wisdom. 16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh and strong men retain riches. rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own 88 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own a man of understanding hath wisdom. flesh. 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: upon him: but the desire of the righteous but to him that soweth righteousness shall shall be granted. be a sure reward. 26 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wick- 19 As righteousness tendeth to life; so he ed no more: but the righteous is an everlast- that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own ing, foundation. death. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to 20 They that are of a froward heart are the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that abomination to the LORD: but such as are send him. upright in their way are his delight. 27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked but the years of the wicked shall be short- shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the ened. righteous shall be delivered..28 The hope of the righteous shall be glad- 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so ness: but the expectation of the wicked is a fair woman which is without discretion. shall perish. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. upright: but destruction shall be to the 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increasworkers of iniquity. eth; and there is that withholdeth more than 30 The righteous shall never be removed: is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and 81 The mouth of the just bringeth forth he that watereth shall be watered also him. wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be E lf. Cut out. 26 He that withholdeth corn, the people 32 The lips of the righteous know what is shall curse him; but blessing shall be upon acoeptable: but the mouth of the wicked the head of him that selleth it. weaketh frowardness. 27 He that diligently seeketh good procurt mb~ Moral virtues, and I'ROVERBS. their contrary vices. eth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it but the heart of fools proclaimeth fool' shall come unto him. ishness. 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. but the slothful shall be under tribute. 29 He that troubleth his own house shall in- 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it herit the wind: and the fool shall be servant stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. to the wise of heart. 26 The righteous is more excellent than his 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of neighbour: but the way of the wicked selife; and he that winneth souls is wise. duceth them. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recom- 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which pensed in the earth: much more the wicked he took in hunting: but the substance of a and the sinner. diligent man is precious. CHAPTER XLT 28 In the way of righteousness is 'ife; and X i in the pathway thereof there is no death. THOSO loveth instruction loveth knowlVA edges but he that hateth reproof isCHAPTER XII. brutish. A WISE son heareth his father's instruo2 A good man obtaineth favour of the tion: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. LORD but a man of wicked devices will he 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his condemn. mouth: but the soul of the transgressors 3 A man shall not be established by wicked- slall eat violence, ness: but the root of the righteous shall not 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his be moved. life. but he that openeth wide his lips shall 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her hus- have destruction. band: but she that maketh ashamed is as 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath rottenness in his hones. nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: made fat. but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to for blood: but the mouth of the upright shame. shall deliver them. 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: in the way: but wickedness overthroweth but the house of the righteous shall stand. the sinner, 8 A man shall be commended according to 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet his wisdom: but he hat is of a perverse hath nothing: there is that maketh himself heart shall be despised. poor, yet hath great riches. 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches better than he that honoureth himself, and but the poor heareth not rebuke. acketh b-read. 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but are cruel. with the well advised is wisdom. 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminwith bread: but he that followeth vain per ^ished: but he that gathereth by labour shall sons is void of understanding. increase. 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit, but when the desire cometh, it is a tree oi 13 The wicked is snared by the transgres- life. sion of his lips: but the just shall come out 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be deof trouble. stroyed: but he that feareth the command.. it A man shall be satisfied with good by the ment shall be rewarded. fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, man's hands shall be rendered unto him. to depart from the snares of death. 15 The way of a fool is right in his own 15 Good understanding giveth favour: but eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel the way of transgressors is hard. is wise. 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowl, 16 A fool's wrath is presently known but edge: but a fool layeth open his folly. a prudent man covereth shame. 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mis17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth chief: but a faithful ambassador is health. righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 18 Poverty and shame shall he to him that 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is reproof shall be honoured. health. 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the 19 The lip of truth shall be established for soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. from evil. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that im- 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be,agine evil but to the counsellors of peace wise: but a companion of fools shall be deis Joy. stroyed. 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: 21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the right. but the wicked shall be filled with mis- eous good shall be repaid. chief. 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: children's children: and the wealth of th but they that deal truly are his delight. sinner is laid up for the just. 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor. 4Ma Aforal virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrary vices. but there is that is destroyed for want of dence: and his children shall have a place judgment. of refuge. 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, but he that loveth him chasteneth him be- to depart from the snares of death. times. 28 In the multitude of people is the king's 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying honour: but in the want of people is the deof his soul: but the belly of the wicked struction of the prince. sqhall want. 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great unCHAPTER IV.erstanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. VERY wise woman buildeth her house: 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh:,JL but the foolish plucketh it down with but envy the rottenness of the bones. her hands. 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways mercy on the poor. despiseth him. 32 The wicked is driven away in his wicked3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of ness: but the righteous hath hope in his pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve death. them. 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: hath understanding: but that which is in but much increase is by the strength of the the midst of fools is made known. 'x. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin 5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false is a reproach to any people. witness will utter lies. 35 The king's favour is toward a wise ser6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it vant: but his wrath is against him that causnot: but knowledge is easy unto him that eth shame. understandeth. CAPTE V 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, HV. when thou perceivest not in him the lips ofA SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but knowledge. grievous words stir up anger. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to under- 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge stand his way: but the folly of fools is de- aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out ceit. foolishness. 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, righteous there is favour. beholding the evil and the good. 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: and a stranger doth not intermeddle with but perverseness therein is a breach in the his joy. spirit. 11 The house of the wicked shall be over- 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: thrown: but the tabernacle of the upright but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Snhall flourish. 6 In the house of the righteous is much 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked iL man; but the end thereof are the ways of is trouble. leath. 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomina14 The backslider in heart shall be filled tion to the LORD: but the prayer of the upwith his own ways: and a good man shall be right is his delight. satisfied from himself. 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination 15 The simple believeth every word: but the unto the LORD: but he loveth him that folprudent man looketh well to his going. loweth after righteousness. 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from 10 Correction is grievous unto him that evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. forsaketh the way: and he that hateth re17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: proof shall die. and a man of wicked devices is hated. 11 Hell and destruction are before the 18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent LORD: how much more then the hearts of are crowned with knowledge. the children of men? 19 The evil bow before the good; and the 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth wicked at the gates of the righteous. him: neither will he go unto the wise. 20 The poor is hated even of his own neigh- 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countour: but the rich hath many friends. tenance: but by sorrow of the heart the 21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: spirit is broken. but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy 14 The heart of him that hath understandis he. ing seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of 22 Do they not err that devise evil? but fools feedeth on foolishness. mercy and truth shall be to them that devise 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but good. he that is of a merry heart hath a continual 28 In all labour there is profit: but the talk feast. of the lips tendeth only to penury. 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD, 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but than great treasure and trouble therewith. the foolishness of fools is folly. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, 25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. deceitful witness speaketh lies. 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confi- he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 37 P0 433 Morat virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrary viees 19 The way of the slothful man is a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of Wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! 24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure acre pleasant words. 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he thathateth gifts shall live. 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the feart; and a good report maketh the bones fat. 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. CHAPTER XVI. THE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness, 434 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings) and they love him that speaketh right. 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers ol death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the late ter rain. 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. 20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increase eth learning. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways ol death. 26 He that laboureth, laboureth for him. self; for his mouth craveth it of him. 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 39 Aviolent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORI. CHAPTER XVIL 1 ETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness I therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are theil fathers. 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool much less do lying lips a prince. 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes oX Moral virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrary vices. him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, and they go down into the innermost parts it prospereth. of the belly. 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh 9 He also that is slothful in his work is love; but he that repeateth a matter sepa- brother to him that is a great waster. rateth very friends. 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.:man than a hundred stripes into a fool. 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, 11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: and as a high wall in his own conceit.,therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent 12 Before destruction the heart of man is against him. haughty; and before honour is humility. 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a 13 He that answereth a matter before he man, rather than a fool in his folly. heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmnot depart from his house. ity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? 14 The beginning of strife is as when one 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowlletteth out water: therefore leave off con- edge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowltention, before it be meddled with. edge. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he 16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and that condemneth the just, even they both bringeth him before great men. are abomination to the LORD. 17 lie that is first in his own cause seemeth 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of just; but his neighbour cometh and searcha fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart eth him. I) it? 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and 17 A friend loveth at all times, and abroth- parteth between the mighty. wr is born for adversity. 19 A brother offended is harder to be won 18 A man void of understanding striketh than a strong city: and their contentions are lands, and becometh surety in the presence like the bars of a castle. f his friend. 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the 19 He loveth transgression that loveth fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh his lips shall he be filled. lestruction. 21 Death and life are in the power of the 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no tongue: and they that love it shall eat the food: and he that hath a perverse tongue fruit thereof. alleth into mischief. 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his and obtaineth favour of the LORD. orniow: and the father of a fool hath no 23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich oy. answereth roughly. 2 A merry heart doeth good liie a medi- 24 A man that hath friends must shew himine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. self friendly: and there is a friend that stick23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the eth closer than a brother. )osom to pervert the ways of judgment. CHAPTER XIX 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the )ETTER is the poor that walketh in his Inds of the earth. -) integrity, than he that is perverse in his 26 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and lips, and is a fool. bitterness to her that bare him. 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor it is not good; and he that hasteth with his o strike princes for equity. feet sinneth. 27 He that hath knowledge spareth his 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his #ords: and a man of understanding is of way: and his heartfretteth against the LORD. in excellent spirit. 4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, poor is separated from his neighbour. As counted wise: and he that shutteth his 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; ips is esteemed a man of understanding. and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. CHAPTER XVIII. 6 Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him rT ROUGH desire a man, having separated that giveth gifts. I himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: all wisdom. how much more do his friends go far from 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, him? he pursueth them with words, yet they but that his heart may discover itself. are wanting to him. 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own klso contempt, and with ignominy reproach. soul: he that keepelh understanding shall 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep find good. waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; lowing brook. and he that speaketh lies shall perish. 5 It is not good to accept the person of the 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judg- less for a servant to have rule over princes. 'nent. 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his an6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and ger; and it is his glory to pass over a transiis mouth calleth for strokes. gression. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a yips are the snare of his soul. lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his fa435 Moral virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrary vicer ther: and the contentions of a wife are a 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the continual dropping. LORD hath made even both of them. 14 House and riches are the inheritance of 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to povfathers: and a prudent wife is fromthe LORD. erty: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be sat15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; isfied with bread. and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buy. 16 He that keepeth the commandment er: but when he is gone his way, then he keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth boasteth. his ways shall die. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth but the lips of knowledge are a precious unto the LORD; and that which he hath jewel. given will he pay him again. 16 Take his garment that is surety for a 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and stranger: and take a pledge of him for a let not thy soul spare for his crying. strange woman. 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer pun- 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but ishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou afterwards his mouth shall be filled with must do it again. gravel. 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. and with good advice make war. 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer renevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that vealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with shall stand. him that flattereth with his lips. 22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, a poor man is better than a liar. his lamp shall be put out in obscure dark23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and ness. he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at not be visited with evil. the beginning; but the end thereof shall 24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his not be blessed. bosom, and will not so much as bring it to 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but his mouth again. wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will be- 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto ware: and reprove one that hath understand- the LORD; and a false balance is not good. ing, and he will understand knowledge. 24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can 26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth a man then understand his own way? away hs mother, is a son that causeth shame, 25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth and bringeth reproach. that which is holy, and after vows to make 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction inquiry. that causeth to err from the words of knowl- 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and edge. bringeth the wheel over them. 28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the and the mouth of the wicked devoureth in- LORD, searching all the inward parts of the iquity. belly. 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and stripes for the back of fools. his throne is upholden by mercy. CHAPTER XX. 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. TINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away T and whosoever is deceived thereby is evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the not wise. belly. 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a CHAPTER XXI lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. THE king's heart is in the hand of tht 3 It is an honour for a man to cease from JL LORD, as the rivers of water: he turnstrife: but every fool will be meddling. eth it whithersoever he will. 4 The sluggard will not plough by reason of 2 Every way of a man is right in his own the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. and have nothing. 3 To do justice and judgment is more ac5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep ceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. water; but a man of understanding will 4 A high look, and a proud heart, and the draw it out. ploughing of the wicked, is sin. 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to goodness: but a faithful man who can find? plenteousness; but of every one that is 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his hasty only to want. children are blessed after him. 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judg- is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that ment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. seek death. 3 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy I am pure from my sin? them; because they refuse to do judg10 Divers weights, and divers measures, ment. both of them are alike abomination to the 8 The way of man is froward and strange: LORD. but as for the pure, his work is right. 11 Even a child is known by his doings, 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the whether his work be pure, and whether it be housetop, than with a brawling woman in a right, wide house. ' 436 olrnal virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrar vices, 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his aeighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the noor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not )e heard. 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom, strong wrath. 15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but lestruction shall be to the workers of in'!quity. 16 The man that wandereth out of the way )f understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor eIan: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woInan. 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man Ipendeth it up. 21 He that followeth after righteousness rid mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles. 24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. 25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: tut the righteous giveth and spareth not. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? 28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. CHAPTER XXII. A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LOrD is the maker of them all. 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the fro-yard: he that doth keep his soul shall be tai from them. 6 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from IL 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap van. ity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 11 He that loveth pureness of heart,for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge; and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor. neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go; 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAPTER XXIII. W HEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats? 437 Moral virtues, and PROVERBS. their contrary vices. 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: 3 Through wisdom is a house builded; an( Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his by understanding it is established: heart is not with thee. 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt filled with all precious and pleasant riches. thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 5 A wise man 'is strong; yea, a man ol 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will knowledge increaseth strength. despise the wisdom of thy words. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy 10 Remove not the old landmark; and en- war: and in multitude of counsellors there ter not into the fields of the fatherless: is safety. 11 For their Redeemer is mighty; he shall 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openaplead their cause with thee. eth not his mouth in the gate. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called thine ears to the words of knowledge. a mischievous person. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the for if thou beatest him with the rod, he scorner is an abomination to men. shall not die. 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and strength is small. shalt deliver his soul from hell. 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart drawn unto death, and those that are read;; shall rejoice, even mine. to be slain; 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; speak right things. doth not he that pondereth the heart con. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners; but be sider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. not he know it? and shall not he render to 18 For surely there is an end; and thine eery man according to his works? expectation shall not be cut off. 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet ta guide thine heart in the way. thy taste: 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riot- 1 So shall the knowledge of wisdom hE ous eaters of flesh: unto thy soul: when thou hast found it 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall then there shall be a reward, and thy expect. come to poverty: and drowsiness shall ation shall not be cut off. clothe a man with rags. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his rest. and despise not thy mother when she is old. ing place: 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wis- 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and dom, and instruction, and understanding. riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly into mischief. rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, shall have joy of him. and let not thine heart be glad when he 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, stumbleth: and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine him, and he turn away his wrath from him. eyes observe my ways. 19 Fret not thyself because of evil men; 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a neither be thou envious at the wicked; strange woman is a narrow pit. 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and man; the candle of the wicked shall be put increaseth the transgressors among men. out. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the hath contentions? who hath babbling? who king: ana meddle not with them that are hath wounds without cause? who hath red- given to change: ness of eyes? 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they and who knoweth the ruin of them both? that go to seek mixed wine. 23 These things also belong to the wise. It 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is is not good to have respect of persons;! red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, judgment. when it moveth itself aright. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and righteous; him shall the people curse: stingeth like an adder. nations shall abhor him: 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be and thine heart shall utter perverse things. delight, and a good blessing shall come upon 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down them. in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth upon the top of a mast. a right answer. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, 27 Prepare thy work without, and make it and I was not sick; they have beaten me, fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will build thine house. seek it yet again. 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour CHwithout cause; and deceive not with thy CHAPTER XXIV. lilps. B)E not thou envious against evil men, 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath ) neither desire to be with them: done to me: I will render to the man accord2 For their heart studieth destruction, and ing to his work. their lips talk of mischief 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and 438 Observations about kings, PROVERBS. and avoiding of strife. by the vineyard of the man void of under- bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him standing: water to drink: 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his thorns, and nettles had covered the face head, and the LORD shall reward thee. thereof, and the stone wall thereof was 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth tl'oken down. an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the looked upon it, and received instruction. housetop, than with a brawling woman and 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little in a wide house. folding of the hands to sleep: 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that good news from a far country. travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. 26 A righteous man falling down before TCHAPTPR XXV. the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a HA corrupt spring. Observations about kings, &c. 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for rTHESE are also proverbs of Solomon, men to search their own glory is not glory. which the men of Hezekiah king of 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit Judah copied out. is like a city that is broken down, and with2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: out walls. but the honour of kings is to search out a CHAPTER XXVI. matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for Observations about fools, &c depth, and the heart of kings is unsearch-AS snow in summer, and as rain in harvest able. so honour is not seemly for a fool. 4 Take away the dross from the silver, and 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. by flying, so the curse causeless shall not 5 Take away the wicked from before the come. king, and his throne shall be established in 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, righteousness. and a rod for the fool's back. 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, the king, and stand not in the place of great lest thou also be like unto him. men: 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest 7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, he be wise in his own conceit. Come up hither; than that thou shouldest 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of tw put lower in the presence of the prince a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damwhom thine eyes have seen. age. 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is 1know not what to do in the end thereof, a parable in the mouth of fools. when thy neighbour hath put thee to 8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is shame. he that giveth honour to a fool. 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a himself; and discover not a secret to an- drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of other: fools.:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, 10 The great God that formed all things both and thine infamy turn not away. rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth trans11 A word fitly spokenis like apples of gold gressors. In pictures of silver. 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament returneth to his folly. of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an 12 Seest thou aman wise in his own conceit? obedient ear. there is more hope of a fool than of him. 13 As the cold of snow in the time of har- 13 The slothful man saith, Tlere is a lion in vest, so is a faithful messenger to them that the way; a lion is in M'e streets. send him: for he refresheth the soul of his 14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so masters. doth the slothful upon his bed. 14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift 15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; is like clouds and wind without rain. it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. than seven men that can render a reason. 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled there- strife belonging not to him, is like one that with, and vomit it. taketh a dog by the ears. 17 Withdraw thy foot from thyneighbour's 18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate arrows, and death, thee. 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neigh18 A man that beareth false witness against bour, and saith, Am not I in sport? his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth sharp arrow. out: so where there is no talebearer, the 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time strife ceaseth. of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wooa out of joint. to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle 20 As he that taketh away a garment in strife. cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, 9s he that singth songs to a heavy heart. and they go down into the innerwn" parts U1 If thinr mnemy be hungry, give him of the belly, 439 Jaxims and observations. PROVERBS. of Solomol 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 W'tose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickeaness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. CHAPTER XXVII. Uncertainty of the morrow, &c. BOAST not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which, bewrayeth itself. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mnortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will pot his foolishness depart from him. 4^0 23 Be thou diligentto know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds: 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountaint are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and th( goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goat's milk enougl for thy food, for the food of thy household. and for the maintenance for thy maidens. CHAPTER XXVIII. Of impiety and integrity. THE wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. 5 Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek the LORD understand all things. 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. 7 Whos keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increas. eth his substance, he shall gather it for hir that will pity the poor. 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit but the poor that hath understanding search' eth him out. 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 14 Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people: 16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 19 He that tilleth his land shall haveplenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20 A faithful man shall abound with bless ings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 21 To have respec of persons is not good I collected by the PROVERBS. men oy iHezekiah. for, for a piece of bread that man will trans- 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his gress. words? there is more hope of a fool than of 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil him. eye, and considereth not that poverty shall 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servcome upon him. ant from a child shall have him become his 23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards son at the length. shall find more favour than he that flatter- 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a eth with the tongue. furious man aboundeth in transgression. 2t Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but and saith, It is no transgression; the same is honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. the companion of a destroyer. 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth hil 25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up own soul: he heareth cursing,and bewrayeth strife: but he that putteth his trust in the it not. LORD shall be made fat. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be be safe. delivered. 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not man's judgment cometh from the LORD. lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the many a curse. just: and he that is upright in the way is 28 When the wicked rise, men hide them- abomination to the wicked. selves: but when they perish, the righteous CHAPTER XXX. increase. CHAPTER XXIX. Agur's confession and prayer. On public and private government. rHE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even a the prophecy: the man spake unto IthiIlE, that being often reproved hardeneth el, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Jh his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and that without remedy. and have not the understanding of a man. 2 When the righteous are in authority, the 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear- knowledge of the holy. eth rule, the people mourn. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or de3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his fa- scended? who hath gathered the wind in his ther: but he that keepeth company with fists? who hath bound the waters in a garharlots spendeth his substance. ment? who hath established all the ends of 4 The king by judgment establisheth the the earth? what is his name, and what is his land: but he that receiveth gifts overthrow- son's name, if thou canst tell? ath it. 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour unto them that put their trust in him. spreadeth a net for his feet. 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he re6 In the transgression of an evil man there prove thee, and thou be found a liar. is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and 7 Two things have I required of thee; deny rejoice. me them not before I die: 7 The righteous considereth the cause of 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to me neither poverty nor riches; feed me know it. with food convenient for me: 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who but wise men turn away wrath. is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish take the name of my God in vain. man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, rest. lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but 11 There is a generation that curseth their the jast seek his soul. father, and doth not bless their mother. 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise 12 There is a generation that are pure in min keepeth it in till afterwards. their own eyes, and yet is not washed from 1I If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants their filthiness. are wicked. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet to- their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. gether: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. 14 Th7ere is a generation, whose teeth are as 14 The kingthat faithfully judgeth the poor, swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to dehis throne shall be established forever. vour the poor from off the earth, and the 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a needy from among men. child left to himself bringeth his mother to 15 The horseleech hath two daughters, cryshame. ing, Give, give. There are three things that 16 When the wicked are multiplied, trans- are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, gression increaseth: but the righteous shall It is enough: see their fall. 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee earth that is not filled with water; and the rest: rea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. fire that saith not, It is enough. 18 Where there is no vision, the people per- 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and ish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of 19 A servant will not be corrected by the valley shall pick it out, and the young words: for though he understand he will eagles shall eat it. not answer, 18 There be three things which are too 4k1 Lemuel's lesson of chastity. PROVERBS. Praise of a virtuous woman, wonderful for me, yea, four which I know 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, not: and remember his misery no more. 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in tho of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship cause of all such as are appointed to d& in the midst of the sea; and the way of a struction. man with a maid. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, anam 20 Such is the way of an adulterous wo- plead the cause of the poor and needy. man; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, 10 ~ Who can find a virtuous woman? fo" and saith, I have done no wickedness. her price is far above rubies. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, 11 The heart of her husband doth safely and for four which it cannot bear: trust in her, so that he shall have no neeO 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a of spoil. fool when he is filled with meat; 12 She will do him good andr not evil all the 23 For an odious woman when she is mar- days of her life. ried; and a handmaid that is heir to her 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and workett mistress. willingly with her hands. 24 There be four things which are little 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she upon the earth, but they are exceeding bringeth her food from afar. wise: 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet giveth meat to her household, and a portion they prepare their meat in the summer; to her maidens. 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: make they their houses in the rocks; with the fruit of her hands she planteth s 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they vineyard. forth all of them by bands; 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, ant\ 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, strengtheneth her arms. and is in kings' palaces. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise it 29 There be three things which go well, yea, good: her candle goeth not out by night. four are comely in going: 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, ani 30 A lion, which is strongest among beasts, her hands hold the distaff. and turneth not away for any; 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor 31 A greyhound; a he goat also; and a king, yea, she reacheth forth her hands to thaI against whom there is no rising up. needy. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay household: for all her household are cloth. thine hand upon thy mouth. ed with scarlet. 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapee, forth butter, and the wringing of the nose try; her clothing is silk and purple. bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of 23 Her husband is known in the gates, wher. wrath bringeth forth strife. he sitteth among the elders of the land. CHAPTER XXXI. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; anld delivereth girdles unto the merchant. Lemuel's lesson of chastity, &c. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing THE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy and she shall rejoice in time to come. that his mother taught him. 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom: 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my and in her tongue is th- law of kindness. womb? and what, the son of my vows? 27 She looketh well to the ways of hei 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor household, and eat-:h not the bread ol thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. idleness. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for 28 Her children arise up, and call her bless kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong ed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. drink: 29 Many daughters have done virtuously. 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and but thou excellest them all. pervert the judgment of any of the af- 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; ficted. but a woman that feareth the LORD, she 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready shall be praised. to perish, and wine unto those that be of 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; zwd heavy hearts. let her own works praise her in the gates 442 ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER. CHAPTER I. Vanity of earthly enjoyments. rHE words of the Preacher, the son of Dav id, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour Which he taketh under the sun? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth lor ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full: unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. 131 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived hat this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth r)Irow. CHAPTER II. The vanity of pleasure. SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy Dleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 31 sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: 6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: 8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 12 ~ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity, 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that: which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 ~ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he h:ve rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my 443 A season for every thing. ECCLESIASTES. Vanity through oppression, heart to despair of all the labour which I righteous and the wicked: for there is a time took under the sun. there for every purpose and for every work, 21 For there is a man whose labour is in 18 I said in mine heart concerning the eso Wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; tate of the sons of men, that God might yet to a man that hath not laboured therein manifest them, and that they might ses, shall he leave it for his portion. This also that they themselves are beasts. is vanity and a great evil. 19 For that which befalleth the sons of meIn 22 For what hath man of all his labour, and befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth of the vexation of his heart, wherein he them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; hath laboured under the sun? yea, they have all one breath; so that a man 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his trav- hath no preeminence above a beast: f or all ail grief; yea, hi, heart taketh not rest in is vanity. the night. This is also vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the 24 ~ There is nothing better for a man, than dust, and all turn to dust again. that he should eat and drink, and that he 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that go. should make his soul enjoy good in his la- eth upward, and the spirit of the beast tha! bour. This also I saw, that it was from the goeth downward to the earth? hand of God. 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is noth. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten ing better, than that a man should rejoice in hereunto, more than I? his own works; for that is his portion: foi 26 For God givoth to a man that is good in who shall bring him to see what shall be his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: after him? but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather CHAPTER IV. and to heap up, that he may give to him that The advantages of society. is good before God. This also is vanity and The adantages of society. vexation of spirit. 0O I returned, and considered all the op. CHAPTER III. k pressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppress. A time for all things. ed, and they had no comforter; and on the 0O every thing there is a season, and a time side of their oppressors there was power; to every purpose under the heaven: but they had no comforter. 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are time to plant, and a time to pluck up that already dead, more than the living which which is planted; are yet alive. 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which to break down, and a time to build up; hath not yet been, who hath not seen the 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a evil work that is done under the sun. time to mourn, and a time to dance; 4 Tf Again, I considered all travail, and 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to every right work, that for this a man is en. gather stones together; a time to embrace, vied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and a time to refrain from embracing; and vexation of spirit. 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and to keep, and a time to cast away; eateth his own flesh. 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time 6 Better is a handful with quietness, than to keep silence, and a time to speak; both the hands full with travail and vexation 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of spirit. of war, and a time of peace. 7 ~ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that the sun. wherein he laboureth? 8 There is one alone, and there is not a sec10 I have seen the travail, which God hath ond; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. yet is there no end of all his labour: neither 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in is his eye satisfied with riches: neither saith his time: also he hath set the world in their he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my heart, so that no man can find out the work soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a that God maketh from the beginning to the sore travail. end. 9 ~ Two are better than one: because they 12 I know that there is no good in them, but have a good reward for their labour. for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his life. fellow: but woe to him that is alone when 13 And also that every man should eat and he falleth; for he hath not another to help drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, him up. it is the gift of Gcd. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it have heat: but how can one be warm shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, alone? nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall it, that men should fear before him. withstand him; and a threefold cord is not 15 That which hath been is now; and that quickly broken. which is to be hath already been; and God 13 T Better is a poor and a wise child, than requireth that which is past. an old and foolish king, who will no more be 16 1 And moreover I saw under the sun the admonished. place of judgment, that wickedness was 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; there; and the place of righteousness, that whereas also he that is born in his kingdom iniquity was there. becometh poor. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the 15 I considered all the living which walk 444 ranities in divine service. ECCLESIASTES. Of earthly vanityie under the sun, with the second child that life, which God giveth him: for it is his shall stand up in his stead. portion. 16 There is no end of all the people, even of 19 Every man also to whom God hath given all that have been before them: they also riches and wealth, and hath given him poweir that come after shall not rejoice in him. to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and Surely this also is vanity and vexation of to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of spirit. God. CHTATERl wV.20 Fcr he shall not much remember the ArT v. days of his life; because God answereth him Against oppression, &c. in the joy of his heart. KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the CHAPTER VI. house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for The vanity of riches without use. they consider not that they do evil. rTHERE is an evil which I have seen undem 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not 1 the sun, and it is common among men: thine heart be hasty to utter any thing be- 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, fore God: for God is in heaven, and thou wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothUpon earth: therefore let thy words be ing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet few. God giveth him not power to eat thereof 3 For a dream cometh through the multi- but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and tude of business; and a fool's voice is known it is an evil disease. by multitude of words. 3 ~ If a man beget a hundred children, and 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, live many years, so that the days of his years defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure be many, and his soul be not filled with in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. good, and also that he have no burial; I say, 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, that an untimely birth is better than he. than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departt Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh eth in darkness, and his name shall be coverto sin; neither say thou before the angel, ed with darkness. that it was an error: wherefore should God 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work known any thing: this hath more rest than of thine hands? the other. 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many 6 ~ Yea, though he live a thousand years Words there are also divers vanities: but fear twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not thou God. all go to one place? 8 ~ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and violent perverting of judgment and and yet the appetite is not filled. justice in a province, marvel not at the 8 For what hath the wise more than the matter: for he that is higher than the highest fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to regardeth; and there be higher than they. walk before the living? 9 T Moreover the profit of the earth is for 9 ~ Better is the sight of the eyes than the all: the king himself is served by the field. wandering of the desire: this is also vanity 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satis- and vexation of spirit. Aed with silver; nor he that loveth abund- 10 That which hath been is named already, *rnce with increase: this is also vanity. and it is known that it is man: neither may 11 When goods increase, they are increased he contend with him that is mightier than 'that eat them: and what good is there to the he. owners thereof, saving the beholding of them 11 '~ Seeing there be many things that in`'ith their eyes? crease vanity, what is man the better? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, 12 For who knoweth what is good for a man Nhether he eat little or much: but the in this life, all the days of his vain life which abundance of the rich will not suffer him to he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a sleep. man what shall be after him under the sun? 1l There is a sore evil which I have seen CHAPTER VII. under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. Remedies against vanity, &c. 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: A GOOD name is better than precious and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing L ointment; and the day of death than in his hand. the day of one's birth. 15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, 2 ~ It is better to go to the house of mournnaked shall he return to go as he came, and ing, than to go to the house of feasting: for shall take nothing of his labour, which he that is the end of all men; and the living may carry away in his hand. will lay it to his heart. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by points as he came, so shall he go: and what the sadness of the countenance the heart is profit hath he that hath laboured for the made better. wind? 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, mourning; but the heart of fools is in the and he hath much sorrow and wrath with house of mirth. Wis sickness. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, 1 ~T Behold that which I have seen: it is than for a man to hear the song of fools. good and comely for one to eat and to drink, 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a rnd to enjoy the good of all his labour that pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also he taketh under the sun all the days of his is vanity. a8 445 Remedies against vanity. ECCLI 7 I Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 11 1 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 16 Be not righteous over much, neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 23 T All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account; 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. 446 E 1SIASTES. Kings to be respected CHAPTER VIII. Rulers are to be respected. WrHO is as the wise man? and who know. VV eth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's command. ment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. 6 ~ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of mail is great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun. there is a time wherein one man ruleth ovex another to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holyI and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 T Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which acr as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. 14 There is a vani _ which is done upon tihe earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, co0 whom it happeneth according to the work oi the righteous: I said that this also is vanity 15 Then I commended mirt, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than ti eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for thai shall abide with him of his labour the daiv of his life, which God giveth him under tle sun. 16 T When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eves:) 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is doae under the sun: because though a man las bour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it, yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. CHAPTER IX. God's providence ruleth over all. 1OR all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and All things alike to all. ECCLESIASTES. Of wisdom and foley. the wise, and their works, are in the hand of CHAPTER X. God: no man knoweth either love or hatred Observations on wisdom and folly. by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one ThEAD flies cause the ointment of the event to the righteous, and to the wicked; J apothecary to send forth a stinking sato the good and to the clean, and to the vour: so doth a little folly him that is in repIinclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him utation for wisdom and honour. that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that but a fool's heart at his left. feareth an oath. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh 3 This is an evil among all things that are by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he done under the sun, that there is one event saith to every one that he is a fool. unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against men is full of evil, and madness is in their thee, leave not thy place; for yielding paciheart while they live, and after that they go ieth great offences. to the dead. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under 4 T For to him that is joined to all the living the sun, as an error which proceedeth from there is hope: for a living dog is better than the ruler: i dead lion. 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich 5 For the living know that they shall die: sit in low place. but the dead know not any thing, neither 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and have they any more a reward; for the mem- princes walking as servants upon the )ry of them is forgotten. earth. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; their envy, is now perished; neither have and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall they any more a portion for ever in any bite him. hhing that is done under the sun. 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt 7 ~ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God be endangered thereby. wow accepteth thy works. 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet 8 Let thy garments be always white; and the edge, then must he put to more strength: let thy head lack no ointment. but wisdom is profitable to direct. 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enlovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, chantment; and a babbler is no better. which he hath given thee under the sun, all 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are the days of thy vanity: for that is thy por- gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow ion in this life, and in thy labour which thou up himself. takest under the sun. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do is foolishness: and the end of his talk is misIt with thy might; for there is no work, nor chievous madness. levice, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the 14 A fool also is full of words: a man canrrave, whither thou goest. not tell what shall be; and what shall be 11 I I returned, and saw under the sun, that after him, who can tell him? the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every the strong neither yet bread to the wise, nor one of them, because he knoweth not how yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet to go to the city. favour to men of skill; but time and chance 16 ~ Woe to thee, 0 land, when thy king is a happeneth to them all. child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as 17 Blessed art thou, 0 land, when thy king the fishes that are taken in an evil net, is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in and as the birds that are caught in the due season, for strength, and not for drunksnare; so are the sons of men snared in an enness! April time, when it falleth suddenly upon 18 ~ By much slothfulness the building de. them. cayeth; and through idleness of the hands 13 T This wisdom have I seen also under the the house droppeth through. sun, and it seemed great unto me: 19 ~ A feast is made for laughter, and wine:14 There was a little city,and a few men with- maketh merry: but money answereth all In it; and there came a great king against things. 1s, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks 20 ~ Curse not the king, no not in thy against it. thought; and curse not the rich in thy 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carman, and he by his wisdom delivered the ry the voice, and that which hath wings city; yet no man remembered that same sall tell the matter. poor man. CHAPTER XT 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than CAP strength: nevertheless the poor man's wis- Directions for charity. omn is despised, and his words are not IAST thybread upon the waters: for thou aeard. shalt find it after many days. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; more than the cry of him that ruleth among for thou knowest not what evil shall be uppools. on the earth. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty war: but one sinner aestroyeth much themselves upon the earth: and if the tree good. fal toward the south, or toward the north, in 447 T7he Creator SOLOMON'S SONG. to ba, remembered, the place where the tree falleth, there it they are few, and those thar look out of the shall be. windows be darkened, 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; 4 And the doors shall he,hut in the streets, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not when the sound of the grinding is low, and reap. he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of all the daughters of music shall be brought the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the low; womb of her that is with child: even so thou 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that knowest not the works of God who maketh which is high, and fears shall be in the way, all. and the almond tree shall flourish, and the 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire evening withhold not thine hand: for thou shall fail: because man goeth to his long knowest not whether shall prosper, either home, and the mourners go about the this or that, or whether they both shalt be streets: alike good. 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the 7 ~ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleas- golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be ant thing it is for the eyes to behold the broken atthe fountain, or the wheel broken sun: at the cistern. 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as in them all; yet let him remember the days it was: and the spirit shall return unto God of darkness; for they shall be many. All who gave it. that cometh is vanity. 8 ~I Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; 9 ~T Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; all is vanity. and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of 9 And moreover, because the Preacher was thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine wise, he still taught the people knowledge; heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and know thou, that for all these things God will set in order many proverbs. bring thee into judgment. 10 The Preacher sought to find out accept10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, able words: and that which was written was and put away evil from thy flesh; for child- upright, even words of truth. hood and youth are vanity. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and CHAPTER XIL as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. The Creator must be remembered. 12 And further, by these, my son, be adDEMEMBER now thy Creator in the days monished: of making many books there is t of thy youth, while the evil days come no end- and much study is a weariness of not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou the flesh. shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 13 T Let us hear the conclusion of the 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, whole matter: Fear God, and keep his comr or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds mandments: for this is the whole duty ol return after the rain: man. 3 In the day when the keepers of the house 14 For God shall bring every work into shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow judgment, with every secret thing, whether themselves, and the grinders cease because it be good, or whether it be evil. THE SONG OF SOLOMON. CHAPTER I. The church's love to Christ. THE Song of songs, which is Solomon's. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the King hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy 448 flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 8 ~ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of hores in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 12 T While the King sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou -rt fair, my beloved, yea. pleasant: also our bed is green. (Crist and his church. SOLOMON'S SONG. 'he graces of the chrc'l6, 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and 5 1 charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusacur rafters of fir. lem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the CHAPTER II field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. Of Christ and This church. 6 T Who is this that cometh out of the wilI1 A the rose of Sharon, and the lily of derness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with the valleys. myrrh and frankincense, with all powders 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love of the merchant? among the daughters. 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; three3 As the apple tree among the trees of the score valiant men are about it, of the valiant wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I of Israel. sat down under his shadow with great de- 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war light, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. every man hath his sword upon his thigh 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, because of fear in the night. and his banner over me was love. 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with the wood of Lebanon. apples: for I am sick of love. 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the 6 His left hand is under my head, and his bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of right hand doth embrace me. purple, the midst thereof being paved with 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusa- love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. lem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, behold king Solomon with the crown wheretill he please. with his mother crowned him in the day of 8 B The voice of my beloved! behold, he his espousals, and in the day of the gladness cometh leaping upon the mountains, skip- of his heart. ping upon the hills. CHAPTER IV. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Te graces of the chirch. behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing him- ]EHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, self through the lattice. 1) thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of u p, my love, my fair one, and come away. goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are over and gone; even shorn, which came up from the wash12 The flowers appear on the earth; the ing; whereof every one bear twins, and time of the singing of biMds is come, and the none is barren among them. voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a and the vines with the tender grape give a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David buildcome away. ed for an armoury, whereon there hang a 34 ~ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me men. see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; 5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance that are twins, which feed among the lilies. is comely. 6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that away, I will get me to the mountain of spoil the vines: for our vines have tender myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. grapes. 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he spot in thee. fcedeth among the lilies. 8 T Come with me from Lebanon, my 17 Until the day break, and the shadows spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir like a roe or a young hart upon the mount- and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the ains of Bether. mountains of the leopards. CHAPTER III. 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart The church's victory, &c. with one of thino eyes, with one chain of Y night on my bed Isought him whom thy neck. my soul loveth: I sought him, but I 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! found him not. how much better is thy love than wine! and 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the smell of thine ointments than all spices! the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeyhimn whom my soul loveth: I sought him, comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; but I found him not. and the smell of thy garments is like the 3 The watchmen that go about the city smell of Lebanon. found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him 12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my whom my soul loveth? spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 4 It was but a little that I passed from 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranthem but I found him whom my soul ates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with loveth: I held him, and would not let him spikenard, go. until I had brought him into my 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinmother's house, and into the chamber of namon, with all trees of frankincense; her that conceived me. myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 38* 2 D 449 Descriptiol of Chrlit. SOLOIMON'S SONG. 7Te graces of the church, 15 A fountain of garden,: a well of living 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden waters, and streams from Lebanon. to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens 16 'T Aiwake, ( north wind; and come, thou and to gather lilies. south; blow upon my garden, that the spices 3 I cam my beloved's, and my beloved t. thereof may flow out. Let my beloved mine: he feedeth among the lilies. come into his garden, and eat his pleasant 4 ~ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirfruits.. zah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as ct\ CHAPTER V. armnp with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they scriptio f Christ. have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of I AM come into my garden, my sister, my goats that appear from Gilead: spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with 6 Thy teeth are as afilock of sheep which gc my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with up from the washing, whereof every one my honey; I have drunk my wine with my beareth twins, and there is not one barren milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink among- them. abundantly, O beloved. 7 As a piece of pomegranate are thy tem-:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the ples within thy locks. voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, 8 There are threescore queens, and fourOpen to me, my sister, my love, my dove, score concubines, and virgins without my undefiled: for my head is filled with number. dew, and my locks with the drops of the 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is night. the only one of her mother, she is the choice 3 1 have put off my coat; how shall I putit one of her that bare her. The daughters on? I have washed my feet; how shall I saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens defile them? and the concubines, and they praised her. 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of 10 i Who is she that looketh forth as the the door, and my bowels were moved for morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, him. and terrible as an army with banners? 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my 11 I went down into the garden of nuts to hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers see the fruits of the valley, and to see whethwith sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles er the vine flourished, and the pomegranates of the lock. budded. 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved 12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my like the chariots of Ammi-nadib. soul failed when he spake: I sought him, 13 Return, return, 0 Shulamite; return, rebut I could not find him; I called him, but turn, that we may look upon thee. What he gave me no answer. will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the 7 The watchmen that went about the city company of two armies. found me, they smote me, they wounded CHAPTER VII me; the keepers of the walls took away my e races of te vail from me. vail from me. The graces of the church. 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, TOW beautiful arethy feet with shoes, 0 if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that J1 prince's daughter! the joints of thy I am sick of love. thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands 9 f What is thy beloved more than another of a cunning workman. beloved, O thou fairest among women? 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which what is thy beloved more than another be- wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like a heap loved, that thou dost so charge us? of wheat set about with lilies. 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes chiefest among ten thousand. that are twins. 11 His head is as the most fine gold; his 4 Thy neckis as a tower of ivory; thine eyes locks are bushy, and black as a raven: like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of rivers of waters, washed with milk, and Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. fitly set: 5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and 13 His cheeks are as abed of spices, as sweet the hair of thine head like purple; the King flowers: his lips tike lilies, dropping sweet is held in the galleries. smelling myrrh: 6 HIow fair and how pleasant art thou, 0 14 Hislhands are as gold rings set with the love, for delights! beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid 7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and with sapphires: thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon 8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as will take hold of the boughs thereof: now Lebanon, excellent as the cedars: also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is alto- vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; gether lovely. This is my beloved, and this 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. wine for my beloved, that goeth down CHAPTER VT. sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. The church professeth her faith. 10 ~ I am my beloved's, and his desire is WHITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou toward me. WV fairest among women? whither is thy 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into beloved turned aside? that we may seek the field; let us lodge in the villages. him with thee. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let 450 1ahe r ttOtrcs ISAIAH, lt to Ghr'iwS us see if the vine flourish, lwhether tie ten- death; jealousy Is cruel as the grave: the der grape appear, and the pomegranates bud coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a forth: there will I give thee my loves. most vehement larne. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new can the floods drown it: it a man would give and old, which I have laid up for thee. O my all the substance of his house for love, it beloved, would utterly be contemned. CHAPTER VIII. 8 ' We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in Love of the church to Christ. the day when she shall be spoken for? THAT thou wert as my brother, that 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a sucked the breasts of my mother! whee I palace of silver: and if she he a door, we should find thee without, I would kiss thee; will inclose her with boards of cedar. yea, I should not be despised. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: 21 would lead thee, and bring thee into my then was I in his eyes as one that found famother's house, who would instruct me: I vour. would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; the juice of lmy pomegranate. he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every 3 His left hand should be under my head, one for the fruit thereof was to bring a and his right hand should embrace me. thousand pieces of silver. 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, me: thou, 0 Solomon, must have a thousand, antil he please. and tbhse that keep the fruit thereof two 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wil- hundred. derness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the thee up under the apple tree: there thy companions hearken to thy voice: cause me mother brought thee forth; there she to hear it. brought thee forth that bare thee. 14 ~ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou 6, Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a like to a roe or to a young hart upon the seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as mountains of spices. THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. CHAPTER I. Isaiah's complaint of Judah. HE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken; I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 T Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have beer as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 10 ~ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 1 Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, ~saifl the LoRD; though your sins be as seaw ml Coming of Christs kingdyom ISAIAH. The terrible day of the Lord!et, they shall be as white as snow; though 1 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, they be red like crimson, they shall be as neither is there any end of their treasures' wool. their land is also full of horses, neither is 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat' there, any end of their chariots: the good of the land: 8 Their land also is full of idols; they wor20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be de- ship the work of their own hanlds, that which voured with the sword: for the mouth of their own fingers have nmade: the LORD hath spoken it. 9 And the mean man boweth down, and tho 21 ~ How is the faithful city become a liar- great mran humbleth himself: therefore forlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness give them not, lodged in it; but now murderers. 10. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the mixed with water: rloryv of his majesty. 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and compan- 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled. ions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed followeth after retwards: they judge not the down: and the LoRI alone shall be exalted fatherless, neither dotli the cause of the wid- in that day. ow come unto them. I l For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of Iupon every one that is proud and lofty, and hosts, the M:ighty One of Israel, Ah. I will upon every one that is lifted up fand he shall ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me be brought low: of mine enemies. 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that 25 ~ And I will turn my hand upon thee, a 'e high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks and purely purge eaway thy dross, alnd take of Bashan, away all thy tin: 14 And upon all the high mountains, and 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the upon all the hills that are lifted up, first, and thy counsellors as at the begin- 15 And upon every high tower, and uporn ning: afterward thou shalt be called, The every fenced wall, city of righteousness, the faithful city. V And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, upon all pleasant pictures. and her converts with righteousness. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed 28 ~ And the destruction of the transgress- down, and the haughtiness of men shall be ors and of the sinners shall be together, and made low, and the LORD alone shall be exthey that forsake the LORD shall be con- alted in that day. sumed. 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks 19 And they shall go into the holes of the which ye have desired, and ye shall be con- rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for founded for the gardens that ye have fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his chosen. majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fad- the earth. eth, and as a garden that hath no water. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of 31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the silver, and his idols of gold, which they made maker of it as a spark, and they shall both each one for himself to worship, to the moles burn together, and none shall quench them and to the bats; CHAPTER II. 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of Christ's kingdom foretold, the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, 'H]E word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 1 concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is In 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, his nostrils: for wherein is he to be acthat the mountain of the LORD'S house shall counted of? be established in the top of the mountains, CHAPTER III. and shall be exalted above the hills; and allits o d b, nations shall flow unto it. - The calamities occasioaed by sin. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come 'OR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the 1 doth take away from Jerusalem and LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; from Judah the stay and the staff, the and he will teach us of his ways, and we will whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of nwalk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go water, o-rth the law, and the word of the LORD 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the from Jerusalem. judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and the ancient, and shall rebuke many people: and they 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable shall beat their swords into ploughshares, man, and the counsellor, and the cunning and their spears into pruninghooks: nation artificer, and the eloquent orator. shall not lift up sword against nation, nei- 4 And I will give children to be their ther shall they learn war any more. princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 0 house of Jacob, come ye, and let us 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every walk in the light of the LORD. one by another, and every one by his neigh6 0I Therefore thou hast forsaken thy peo- hour: the child shall behave himself proudpie the house of Jacob, because they be re- ly against the ancient, and the base against plenished from the east, and are soothsayers the honourable. ike the Philistines, and they please them- 6 When a man shall take hold of his broth. slvres in the children of strangers ' - af th, bouse of his father, saying, Thor 452, C'olamtities coming upon Jiedah. ISAIAH. T1he p~arable of a vineyard. bast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this own bread, and wear our own apparel; only ulai be under thy hand:- let us be called by thy name, to take away IIn that day shatl he swear, saying, I will our reproach. not be a healer; for in my house is neither 2 In that day shall the branch -of the LORD bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of he beautif ul and glorious, and the, fruit of the people. the earth shall be, excellent and comely for 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is them that are escaped of Israel. fallen:; because their tongue and their do- 3 And it shell comne to pass, that he that iv ings are, against the Lone, to provoke the left in Zion, and he that remnaineth inJerusa('y0s of his glory. 1cm, shall be called holy, even every onte that 9) ~ The show of their countenance doth is written ninerg the living, in Jerusalem: witness against them; and they declare their 4 When the Lord shall -have washed away sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall their soul! for they have rewarded evil have purged -the bin d of Jet salem fromt into themselves, the midst thereof by the spirit of j edgmnent., ill' Say ye to the righteous, that it shall he and by the spirit of burning. wvell with him.: for they shall eat the fruit of 5 And the LonD will create upon every their doings. dwellingplace of miount Zicn, and upon her 11 Woe unto the wicked!1 it shall he, ill with assemblies, a cloud and smoke. by~ day, and hiie tin for the, reward of his hands shall be the shining of a 'aainin tire by night: for givn, hitai. upon all the glory Ishall he a defence. 12 T~ As for my people, children are their 6 Attd there shall be a tabernacle for a oppressors, and women rule over theta. I) shadow in thie das t tao10 fromi the heat. and iny people, they which lead thee cause thee, for a piace of refuge, and for'a covert from to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. storm and from 13 The LoTCD standeth up to plead, and CHAPTER V. standetli to judge the people. 14 The LORD will enter Into judgmtent with God's severe, judgazents on Israel. the ancients of his people, and the princes NKOW will I sing to my well beloved a sonj thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; JIof -my belov ed touching~, his vineyara.. t te spoil of the poor is in your houses. My well beoled c abth a -.ineyard in a very 13 What inean ye that ye beat my people tfrItfl101 pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?.2 Asid h-e fencedt it, and gathered out the zath the Lord GOD of hosts.,stonies thiereof, and planted it with the choi16 ~ Moreover the LORD saeith, Because the cest vine, and built a lower in the, midst of ~iughters of Zion are haughty, and walk it, and also muade a winepress thera-in: and with stretched f orth necks and wanton eyes, Ilie looked. that it should bring forth wrapes, Walking and mnincing as they go,, atd miak- i 0 it briugnt forth wild g tapes. Ing a tiakiag with. their feet: 3 And nowv 0 inhabitants of Jerusalem, and 1i Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab maca of Judah, judg-e I pi-ay you., betwixt, the crown of the head of the daughiters of ate and tiy vinle y'trd Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret 4 What could haex been done more to, parts, ray vineyatrd, that I hav e not done in it? 1S In that Tday the Lord will take away wheietore w ohen -I tooked that it should 1tbe bravery of their tinkling ornaments brn'- fort rb rapes,.sroeoght it forth wild (Wo terfeet, and their cauls, and their ga~ ISound tires like the ntoon,., e5Ad noew go tco I tilt.11 tel5 you what I will 1i9 The chains, and the bracelets and the dlo to Ilvy vineyatrd I awill h ke away the mufflers, hednee thereof, amd.t s~hal be eaten up; and 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the bre tt down the wabl theteof, and it shall be legs, artd the headbands, and the tablets, and tiotddetn down. thie earrings, 6 Atid I will lay tt wa sto: it shall not be 21 The rings, and nose Jewels,' p we ted. nor dtoged; hot there shall come 2,2 The chatngeable suits. of apparel., and the u~p btrtots and thorns' I will also command riantles, anti the wimaples, anti the crispiap the clot'ds that they aroe no rein upon it. pins, 7 Fot the vinevard oft Ie LOaD of hostc, 313 The glasses, and the flee linen., and tbi-ec in, the house 01 Israel, ted the teen of Judab boods, and the vails. his pleasant plant: aitd he looked for Judg24 'And it shall come to pass, theat Instead o1 Iatent, but beheld oppression; for iigbteous~ svweeet smell there sh-allhe stink; and instead ness, bu tbeheoldacry. o f a girdle a rent; and instead of well set S ~ Woe un.o theintha bt join house to house-, hair baldness-, and Instetid of a stomacher aI that lay field to hield, till there be no place, girding of sackcloth; end burning itistead I that they imay be placed alone in the midst o f beauty. of the eatrthI 25 Thy men shall fail by the sword, and thy 9 in mine ears said the LORD Of hosts, 0f mtighty in the war, a, truth many houses, shall be desolate, eve 26 And her -gates shall lament and mourn; grest and fair, without inhabitant. sod she behtg desolate shall sit upon the 10 Yea, ten acres of vittoy~alrd shall yield one grouan.~ btath, and the sigec of a hometr shall yield an CtHAPTER IV. ephah. Blessings of Christ's leingdom. ii ~ Woe u_-nto thetin 01Ist rise up early int the morning, that they iinay follow strong AND In that day seven women shall take drink; that conDinue until niglt, UZIl whae' Mhold' of one man, sayving, We will eat our hiiilame them. I 463 God's judgments Upon sinners. ISAIAH. Vision of God's glory. 12 And the harp and the viol, the tahret and row; and the light is darkened in the heavens pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they thereof. regard -not the work of the LORD, neither CHAPTER VI. consider the operation of his hands.IsihsvioofGdsgry 13 ~ Therefore my people are gone isito IsihsvioofGdsgry captivity, because ftsey have -no knowledge: TN the year that king Uzziah died I saw and their honourable men are famished, and I also thie Loan sittinig uponia throne, high their multitude dried up with thirst, and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 1.4 Therefore hell hatti enlarged. herself, and 2 Above it stood the seraphim: each one opened her mouth without measure: and had six wings; with twain he covered his their glory, and their mailtitude, and their face, asid with twain he covered his feet, and pomp, and14 he that rejoiceth, shall descend with twain he did fly. into it. 3 And otto cried ussto another, arid said, 15 And the mean mian shall be brought H1oly, holy, holy, is tho Iloan of hosts: the dlownr, anid the mnighty manl shall be hiumbied, whole earth is full of his glory. and the, eyes of tise lofty shalt be husmbled: 4 Assd the posts of the door moved at tile 16 But thre LoRD of hosts shall be, exatlte~(i voice of him that crtiel, and the house was in judgment, and God that is holy shall be tilted wilts smnoke.,snotified in righteousness. 5 ~J Then said 1, W1oe is me! for I am un17 Then shall the lambs feed after their done; becatise I art a maon of sinclean lips, manner, and the waste places of tihe fat oises and I dwell its the. side"t of a people of sinshall strassgers eat. clean lips: lor niine eyes hav'e seen the, 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity -wills King, th Lui of Iss cords of vaniety, aid sin as it were with a, 6 Then flew onse of tise -sorapisim nix-u me, cart rope: eDrvissg a liv e coal in his battd s'htchs hie had 19 That say, Let him rnsake speed, an d h at- taken with the tongs frons off the altar en his work, tlsat we may see if: and IPt tile 7 And is( laid if upon mxv mouth, and said, coutssel of the H1oly Otie of Israe draw Iisgh Lo, this hath. touched t1y lips; atid- thinoe and come, that we may knowsi sisiqisity is lsiken aw ax atid thy sin Tpurged. 20 ~ Woe unto them. that call evil goodsl and 8 Also I h eard t h voice of the Lou azi saxyin g. good evil; that pist darkniess for light, aridf WhIoin shall I send, and who willI go imo us? light for darkness; ansd pitt bitter for sire( tIlsen said I, Here am' I; sendme assd sweet for biller! 9 1Atd he,std, Go, and t(e11 this iseopie, 21 Woe untlo them thai are wisc in thoir hear yc uindcd, but understand not; and secown eyes, assd prudent in their own sigist ye indeed, but perceivec not. 22 Woe unto /theszts /at ore nitgbty ho drintk,10 Mnake the hsarl of this people fat, and wine, and men of stretgths to usniglo strong mI-ake their ears hsesvv sand shut their eyes; drink: lest they see with tlseir eyes, and hear wilts 23 Wshch justify the wriclked for iexwarsl Ilseir ears, and understand with their heart, and take away tue Tighteoustto~s of the right- asid cottvert, and he hceaied. conis from bins 11 Then said I, Louis boy long? And he 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the ctub- answered, Unitil the cities he wsasted without ble, and the flamie cousumneth lise chaff, so inihabitanst, aisd the honsas without man, their root shall be as rottenness, and their and the, land be utterly desolate, 'blossom shall go up as dust: iseause they 12 Anid the LORD hex e removed men faV haye castawai the law of the 1LORD of hosts, away, artd f/setre be a ieat forsakinig in the end despised the word of the H1oly 0 ic of issifist of the arIve 1st is. 13 ~ But yet iso it s/soil be a tenth, and ili 25 Therefore is the anger of thte LoR kIn sha rtnedlItitn ls satl filed against his peoplec and he hsath streltcs- tree, and as anl oak, whose substance is itl ed forth. his hatid agaisit theme, arid talts them, xwhen theyv cast their feaves: so the smitten them: aridf lbs hills did tremble, and hoyseLsi etesbiic hro their carcaszses secte torts so the midst of the 1ATRV1 streets. For all this Isis, anger is not turned nIATE VI away, but his hand is stretched oit still. A/soz comforted by Isaiah. 26 ~ And lie xwill lilt up, ass ensign to the ass1- ND it came to pass in tooe diays of Altaz lions from far, atid will hiss unto them front the sets of Jethasm, lbs sets of Uzziab, thie end of the earils and, behold, they shall kbsgof Jodah, Ihal Rezin the kiog of Syria, cosme with speed swiftsi: and Pekah tise son of Renmiliab, km0g ofIs 27 None shalt be xweary nor stumble among rael, xwent up toxward Jertisalem to war fisem; none shall slumber nor sleep; -nelitser against it, but could not prevail agasest it. shall the girdle of their lotus be loosed, ior 2 Aisf it wits told the house of Dax-id, saythe latchot, oh their shoes lie broken: ing, Syria is confederate xvith Ephrain-i. 28 Wshose arrows are sharp, and alt their Aitd his heart was moved, and the heart of bows hents their horse's hoofs shall bc his people, as the trees of the xvoosd are counted like fritt, and their xsheels ltke a moved with. the waied. xwhiriwind: 3 Then said the loian unto Islaba, Go forth 29 Their roaring s/hoft be like a lion, titey noxv to meet Athaz, thou, and Sihear-jashub shall roas like young lions; xyca, they shall thy son, at the esscl of the conduit of the roaer, aid I sy olsd of the prcy, and shall sipper pool, in the highwitsy of the fisler's carry it awasya~fe, and none shall deliver if. field; 3,P And sit that day they shal1 roar a omint 4.4ad say unto him, Take heed, arid be theax like the roaring of the seal, and if one quiet; fear not, neither ho fainthearted for look unto- tho land, behold darkness and, sor- the twn aIsn.1f these smoking- firebrands, for 4,54 Christ promised for a sign. ISAIAH. Great afflictions to idolate;, the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be the son of ernmaliah. for the sending forth of oxen, and for the 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of treading of lesser cattle. Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against C(HAPTEIR VIII. thee, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, israel end Judah threatened. and let us make abreach therein for us, and trOREOVER the LORD said unto me, Take set a king in the midst of it, even the son of 21 thee a great roll, and write in it with a Tabeal: man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not baz. stand, neither shall it come to pass. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within son of Jeberechiah. threescore and five years shall Ephraim be 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she broken, that it be not a people. conceived, and bare a son. Then said the 9 And the head of Ephraim i. Samaria, and LORi to me, Call his name Maher-shalalthe head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye hash-baz. will not believe, surely ye shall not be es- 4 For before the child shall have knowledge tablished. to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches 10 ~ Moreover the LORD spake again unto of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall Ahaz, saying, be taken away before the king of Assyria. 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; 5 1 The LORD spake also unto me again, ask it either in the depth, or in the height saying, above. 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice will I tempt the LORD. in Rezin and Remaliah's son; 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth David; Is it a small thing for you to weary ip upon them the waters of the river, men, but will ye weary my God also? strong and many, even the king of Assyria 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give and all his glory: and he shall come up over you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, all his channels, and go over all his banks: and bear a son, and shall call his name In- 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he manuel. shall overflow and go over, he shall reach 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that lie even to the neck; and the stretching out of maay know to refuse the evil, and choose the hiswings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O good. Immanuel. 16 For before the child shall know to re- 9 I Associate yourselves, O ye people, and fuse the evil, and choose the good, the land ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and both her kings. ye shall be broken in pieces; gird your17 ~ The LORD shall bring upon thee, and selves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. upon thy people, and upon thy father's 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come house, days that have not come, from the to nought; speak the word, and it shall not day that Ephraim departed from Judah; stand: for God is with us. wven the king of Assyria. 11 ~ For the LORD spake thus to me with a 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that strong hand, and instructed me that I the LORD shall hiss for the'fly that is in the should not walk in the way of this people, uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and saying, for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all whom this people shall say, A confederacy: of them in the desolate valleys, and in the neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and upon all bushes. let him be your fear, and let him be your 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave dread. with a razor that is hired, namely, by them 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary: but for beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the a stone of stumbling and for a rock of ofhead, and the hair of the feet: and it shall fence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin also consume the beard. and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusa21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that lem. a man shall nourish a young cow and two 15 And many among them shall stumble, sheep: and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abund- be taken. ance of milk that they shall give, he shall 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law eat butter: for butter and honey shall every among my disciples. one eat that is left in the land. 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and every place shall be,where there were a thou- I will look for him. sand vines at a thousand silverings, it shall 18 Behold, I and the children whom the even be for briers and thorns. LORD hath given me are for signs and for 24 With arrows and with bows shall men wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, come thither; because all the land shall be- which dwelleth in mount Zion. come briers and thorns. 19 I And when they shall say unto you, 25 And on all hills that shall be digged with Seek unto them that have familiar spirits. the mattock, there shall rot come thither and unto wizards that peep and thit rnutter; 455 Judgments upon Israel. ISAIAH. ithe Assyrian's fall foreshewnr should not a people seek unto their G od? for 16 For the leaders of this people cause them the living to the dead? to err; and they that are led of them are de, 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they stroyed. speak not according to this word, it is be- 17 Therefore the LOgPD shall have no joy in cause ttthere is no light in them. their young men, neither shall have mercy 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly on their fatherless and widows: for every bestead and hungry: and it shall come to one is a hypocrite and an evil doer, and pass, that when they shall be hungry, they every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his shall fret themselves, and curse their king ang-er is not turned away, but his hand is and their God, and look upward. stretched out still. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and 18 S For wickedness burneth as the fire. it kehold trouble and darkness, dimness of an- shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall _uish; and they shall be driven to darkness. kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they CHAPTER TX. shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts Christ's birth and 7lu ydcom. is the land darkened, and the people shall be EVERTHELESS the dimness shalt notbe as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare such as was in her vexation, when at the his brother. first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, ')0 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left more grievously afflict her by the way of the hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. shall eat every man the flesh of his own 2 The people that walked in darkness have arm: seen a great light: they that dwell in the 21 Manasseh, Ephraimn and Ephraim, Maland of the shadow of death, upon them nasseh: and they together shall be against hath the light shined. Judah. For all this his anger is not turned 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, ald not away, but his hand is stretched out still. tncreased the joy: they joy before thee ac- APTR cording to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. Fall of Assyria foreshewtn. 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his bur- 'T OE unto them that decree unrighteous den, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of V decrees, and that write grievousness his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. which they have prescribed; 5 For every battle of the warrior is with 2 To turn aside the needy from judgmernt confused noise, and gamsents rolled in and to take away the right from the poor oi; blood; but this shall Ie, smith burning Cand my people, that widows may be their prey, fuel of fire. and that they may rob the fatherless! 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son 3 And what will ye do in the day of visita.is given: and the government shall be upon tion, and in the desolation which shall come his shoulder: and his name shall be called from far? to whom will ye flee for help? Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, and where will ye leave your glory? The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 4 Without me they shall bow down under 7 Of the increase of his government and the prisoners, and they shall fall under the peace there shall be no end, upon the throne slain. For all this his anger is not turned of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, away, but his hand is stretched out still. and to establish it with judgment and with 5 ~ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and justice from henceforth even for ever. The the staff in their hand is mine indignation. zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical na8 ~ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it tion, and ag-ainst the people of my wrath hath lighted upon Israel. will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, 9 And all the people shall know, even and to take the prey, and to tread them Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, down like the mire of the streets. that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will his heart think so; but it is in his heart to build with hewn stones: the sycalnores are destroy and cut off nations not a few.,cut down, but we will change them into ce- 8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogethdars.er kings? 11 Therefore the LORD shall set lup the ad- 9 Is not Clno as Carchemish? s not Hap versaries of Rezin against him, and join his math as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damas. enemies together; cus? 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of behind; and they shall devour Israel with the idols, and whose graven images did exopen mouth. For all this his anger is not eel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; turned away, but his hand is stretched out 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria still, and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her 13 ~ For the people turneth not unto him idols? that smiteth them, neither do they seek the 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, LORD of hosts. when the Lord hath performed his whole 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Is- work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I rael head and tail, branch and rush, in one will punish the fruit of the stout heart of day.the king of Assyria, and the glory of his 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the high looks. head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand s the tail. I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I arl 456 Israel is comforted. ISAIAH. The restoration of Israel. prudent: and I have removed the bounds of he shall shake his hand against the mount the people, and have robbed their treasures, of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusaand I have put down the inhabitants like a lem. valiant man: j 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the shall lop the bough with terror: and tha riches of the people: and as one gathereth high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and eggs that are left, have I gathered all the the haughty shall be humbled. earth; and there was none that moved the 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him mighty one. that heweth therewith? or shall the saw CHAPTER XI. magnify itself against him that shaketh it? riss p ble kin as if the rod should shake itself against themcbe igdom that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up AND there shall come forth a rorl out of i'sclf, as if it were no wood.. the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of grow out of his roots: hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon under his glory he shall kindle a burning him, the spirit of wisdom and understandlike the burning of a fire. ing, he spirit of counsel and might, the 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, spiri, of knowledge and of the fear of the and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall LORD; burn and devour his thorns and his briers in I And shall make him of quick understandone day; ing in the fear of the LORD: and he shall 18 And shall consume the glorv of his for- not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither ests, and of his fruitful field, boln soul and reprove after the hearing o his ears: body: and they shall be as when a standard- 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the bearer fainteth. poor, and reprove with equity for th meek 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest cf the earth: and he shall smite the earth shall be few, that a child may write them. with the rod of his mouth, and with the 20 N And it shall come to pass in that day, breath of his lips shall he slay th wick,,d. t'iat the remnant of Israel, and such as are 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle ot escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more his loins, and faithfulness the girdle jf his again stay upon hil that smote them; but reins. shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, Israel, in truth. and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; 21 The remnant shall return, even the rem- and the calf and the young lion and the fatnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. ling together; and a little child shall lead 22 For though thy people Israel be as the them. sands of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall T And the cow and the bear shall feed; their return: the consumption decreed shall over- young ones shall lie down together: and the flow with righteousness. lion shall eat straw like the ox. 2:3 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a 8 And the sucking child shall play on the consumption, even determined, in the midst hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall of all the land. put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 2:4 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my hosts, O my people that dweliest in Zion, be holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff cover the sea. against thee, after the manner of Egypt. 10 i And in that day there shall be a root of 25 For yet a very little while, and the indig- Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the nation shall cease, and mine anger in their people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his destruction. rest shall be glorious. 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, scourge for him according to the slaughter that the Lord shall set his hand again the of Median at the rock of Oreb: and as his second time to recover the remnant of his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up people, which shallbe left, from Assyria, and after the manner of Egypt. from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and that his burden shall be taken away from off from Hamath, and from the islands of thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy the sea. neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed be- 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the na. cause of the anointing. tions, and shall assemble the outcasts of Is28 He is come to Aiath he is passed to rael, and gather together the dispersed of MTigron; at Michmash he Iath laid up his Judah from the four corners of the earth. carriages: 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, 29 They are gone over the passage: they and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ra- off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and mah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of cause it to be heard unto Laish, 0 poor Ana- the Philistines toward the west; they shall thoth. spoil them of the east together: they shall 31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants lay their hands upon Edom and Moab; and of Gebim gather themselves to flee. the children of Ammon shall obey them. 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the 39 --- 457 The armies of God's wrath. ISAIAH. Thle desolation of Ll7abyton. tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his 12 I will make a man more precious than mighty wind shall he shake his hand over fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge the river, and shall smite it in the seven of Ophir. streams, and make men go over dryshod. 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and 16 And there shall be a highway for the the earth shall remove out of her place, in remnant of his people, which shall be left, ithe wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day of his fierce anger. day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 14 And it shall be as the chased re;, and as CHAPTER XIIT a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, a.-d flee A thanksgiving of the faithful. every one into his own land. AND in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust I will praise thee: though thou wast an- through; and every one that is joined ntto Trry with me, thine anger is turned away, them shall fall by the sword. anm thou comfortedst me. 16 Their children also shall be dashed to * Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, pieces before their eyes; their houses shall and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH be spoiled, and their wives ravished. is my strength and ny song; lie also is be- 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against come my salvation. them, which shall not regard silver; and las 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water for gold, they shall not delight in it. out of the wells of salvation. 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the to pieces; and they shall have no pity on LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings the fruit of the woman; their eye shall not ameng the people, make mention that his spare children. nam is exalted. 19 ~ And oaoylon, the glory of kingdoms. 5.ng unto the LORD; for he hath done ex- the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall cellent things: this is known in all the earth. be as when God overthrew Sodom an(mu 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Gomorrah. Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall in the midst of thee. it be dwelt in from generation to general CHAPTER XItion: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make Babylon is threatened. their fold there. THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie son of Amoz did see. there; and their houses shall be full of dole2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mount- ful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, ain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the and satyrs shall dance there. hand, that they may go into the gates of the 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall nobles. cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I their pleasant palaces: and her time is nea' have also called my mighty ones for mine an- to come, and her days shall not be prolonged, ger, even them that rejoice in my highness. CAPTER XIV 4 The noise of a multitude in the mount- H I. ains, like as of a great people: a tumultuous God's restoration of Israel. noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered lOR the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the l and will yet choose Israel, and set themn host of the battle. in their own land: and the strangers shall be 5 They come from a far country, from the joined with them, and they shall cleave to end of heaven, even the LORD, and the the house of Jacob. weapons of his indignation, to destroy the 2 And the people shall take them, and bring whole land. them to their place: and the house of Israel 6 ~ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD iS at shall possess them in the land of the LORD hand; it shall come as a destruction from for servants and handmaids: and they shall the Almighty. take them captives, whose captives they 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and were; and they shall rule over their opevery man's heart shall melt: pressors. 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sor- 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that trows shall take hold of them; they shall be the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorin pain as a woman that travaileth: they row, and from thy fear, and from the hard shall be amazed one at another; their faces bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, shall be as flames. 4 f That thou shalt take up this proverb 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel against the king of Babylon, and say, How both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city land desolate: and he shall destroy the sin- ceased! ners thereof out of it. 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the 10 For the stars of heaven and the constella- wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. tions thereof shall not give their light: the 6 He who smote the people in wrath with sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and a continual stroke, he that ruled the nationthe moon shall not cause her light to shine. in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: and the wicked for their iniquity; and I they break forth into singing. will cause the arrogancy of the proud to 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art the terrible. laid down, no feller is come up against us. 458 Israel's triumph over Babel. ISAIAH. Lamentable state of Moab, 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to ken: for out of the serpent's root shall come meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the fiery flying serpent. earth; it hath raised up from their thrones 30 And the lirstborn of the poor shall feed, all the kings of the nations. and the needy shall lie down in safety: and 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall Art thou also become weak as we? art thou slay thy remnant. become like unto us? 31 Howl, 0 gate; cry, O city; thou, whole 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, Palestina, art dissolved: forthere shall come aild the noise of thy viols: the worm is from the north a smoke, and none shaltl be slplead under thee,and the worms cover thee. alone in his appointed times. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lu- 32V What shall one then answer the messencifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut gers of the nation? That the LolD hath down to the ground, which didst weaken founded Zion, and the poor of his people the nations I shall trust in it. 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will i CIEI XVr ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne C A ER above the stars of God: I will sit also upon The lamentable state of Moab. the mount of the congregation, in the sides H^HE burden of Moab. Because in the; ot the north: L night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and 14 I will ascend above the heights of the brought to silence; because in the night Kir clouds; I will be like the Most High. of Moab is liid waste, and brought to 15 Yea thou shalt be brought down to hell, silence: to the sides of the pit. 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl upon thee, aetd consider thee, saying, Is this over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their the man that made the earth to tremble, heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut that did shake kingdoms; 1 off. 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves destroyed the cities thereof; that opened with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, not the house of his prisoners? and in their streets, every one shall howl, 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of weeping abundantly. them, lie in glory, every one in his own 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh; house. their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall an abominable branch, ald as the raiment cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. of those that are slain, thrust through with 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his a sword, that go down to the stones of the fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, a heifer of pit; as a carcass trodden under feet. three years old: for by the mounting up of 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in Luhitfi with weeping shall they go it up; burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, for in the way of li/oronain they shall raise ald slain thy people: the seed of evil doers up a cry of destruction.. shall never be renowned. 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be deso21 Prepare slaughter for his children for late: for the hay is withered away, the the iniquity of their fathers; that they do grass faileth, there is no green thing. not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotface of the world with cities. ten, and that which they have laid up, shall 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the they carryaway to the brook of the willows. LO.)D of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the 8 For the cry is gone round about the bordname, and remnant, and son, and nephew, ers of Moab; the howling thereof unto saith the LORD. Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer23 I will also make it a possession for the elin. bittern, and pools of water: and I will 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, the LORD of hosts. lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and 24 1 The LoRn (;f hosts hath sworn, saying, upon the remnant of the land. Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it CHAPTER XVI. Stand: Mfoab exhorted to obedience. 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my iEND ye the lamb to the ruler of the land land, and upon my mountains tread him un- k from Sela to the wilderness, unto the der foot: then shall his yoke depart front off mount of the daughter of Zion. them, and his burden depart from off 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird their shoulders. cast out of the nest, so the daughters of 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. the whole earth: and this is the hand that is 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make stretched out upon all the nations. thy shadow as the night in the midst of the 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed. noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not and who shall disannul it? and his hand is him that wandereth. ttretched out, and who shall turn it back? 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this be thou a covert to them from the face of burden. the spoiler, for the extortioner is at an end, 29 ~ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, be- the spoiler ceaseth, the: ppressors are Cot-" fLae the rod of him that smote thae is bro- sumaad out of the land, fir iK64 Moa)h threatened for her pride. ISAIAH. The woe of Israel's enemies. 5 And in mercy shall the throne be estab- work of his hands, neither shall respect that lished: and he sliall sit upon it ii truth in jwhich his fingers have made, either the the tal)ern:cl e oi'.)David,, jdriun, andl seek- g roves, or the images. ing judgment, an1d hasting righteSousness. 9 ~ In that day shall his strong cities be as a 6;1! We have heard of the pride of noab; forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, he is very proud: even of his hlaughtiness, which they left because of the children of Iand his pride, ritd his wr;i h: It his lies.halll Israel: and there shall be desolation. not be so. 10 Because thou lhast forgotten the God o. 7 Therefore shall,loab howl for Moab, thy salvation, 'and last not been mindful of every one shall howl: for the foundations i the Rock of thy strength, therefore shalt of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it are stricken. with strange slips: 8 For the fields of [leshbon languish, anid 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen grow, and in the morning shalt thou make have broken down the principal plants thy seed to flourish:,bt the harvest shall thereof, th'eyt are conie clve unto,azer, be a heap in the day of grief and of desporI-hey wandered throu(ih the wilderness: her I ate sorrow.,raonches are stretched out, they are gone 12 ~ Woe to the multitude of many people, over the sea. i wh ich make a noise like the noise of the seas: 9 'I Therefore I will bewail with the weep- and to the rushing of nations, that make a iug of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will rushing like the rushing of lmighty waters! water thee with my tears, 0 Hfeshbon, and 13 The nations shall rush like the rushingElealeh: for the slouting for thy summer of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, fruits and for thLy harvest is fallen. and they shall lcee far off, and shall be chased 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out as the chaff of the mountains beforethewind, of tie plentiful field: and in the vineyards and like a rolling thing before thewhirlwind. there shall be no singing, neither shall there 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no before the morning he is not. This is the wine in their presses; I have made their vint- portion of them that spoil us, and the lot age shouting to cease. of them that rob us. 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a CHrAPTER YIII. harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for i - VIt. Kir-haresh. Etliop.ia is threatened. 12 ~F And it shall come to pass, when it is lTOE to the land shadowing with wings, seen that Moab is weary on the higlh place, W which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, but lie shall not prevail, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, 13 This is the word that the LLoFD hath saingiJ, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation spoken concerning- oabl since that time. scattered and peeled, to a people terrible 14 But now the LORD alth spoken, saying, from their beginning hitherto; a nation Within three years, as tile years of a hire- meted out and trodden down, whose land ling, and tlhe glory of Moab shall be con- the rivers have spoiled! temned, with all that great multitude; and 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellthe remnant sitall be very small and feeble. ers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up CHAPTEjnR XVI.T an ensign on the mountains; and when he bCloweeth a trumpet, hear ye. Syri, and TIsrael threatleed. 4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Da- my rest, and I will consider in my dwellingmascus is taken away from beinig a city, place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like and it shall be a ruinous heap, a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they i 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is shall be for flocks. which shall lie down, and perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in none shall mtake them afraid. the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephra- with pruninghoolks, and take away and cut; im.l and the kingdom fromr Damascus. and down the branches. the remnar ' of Syria: they shall be as the 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls glory of th, children of Israel, saith the o f the mrountains, and to the beasts of the LOR.D of hosts. earth: and the fowls shall summer upon 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that them, and all the beasts of the earth shalh the glory of Jacob shall be rmade thin, and vwinter upon them. the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. 7. In that time shall the present bebroug-h 5 And it shall be as when the harvestman unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered m^-thereth the corn, and reapeth the ears and peeled, and from a people terrible from,ith his arm; and it shall be as ie that gath- their beginning hitherto; a nation meted ereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. out and trodden under foot, whose land the( 60 1 Yet gleaningf grapes shall be left in it, rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. berries in the t:o of the uttermost bough, CHAPTER XIX four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD;Jod of Israel. I Te confusion of Egypt. 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, rPHE burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORI) and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy 1 rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall One of Israel. come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the shall be movCed at his presiere, and the mPPP1 Tht, confusion of Egypt. ISAIAH. Her captivity prefigured. heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD of it. because of the oppressors, and he shall 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the send them a saviour, and a great one, and Egyptians: and they shall fight every one he shall deliver them. against his brother, and every one against 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, his neighbour; city against city, and king- and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in dom against kingdom. that clay, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, midst thereof; and I will destroy the coun- and perform it. sel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he and to the charmers, and to them that have shall smite and heal it: and they shall return familiar spirits, and to the wizards. even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into of them, and shall heal them. the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king 23 T In that day shall there be a highway shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian IORD of hosts. shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian in — i xAnd the waters shall fail from the sea, and to Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve the river shall be wasted and dried up. with the Assyrians. 6i And they shall turn the rivers far away; 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with anld the brooks of defence shall be emptied Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in and dried up: the reeds and flags shall the midst of the land: wither. 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, say7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the ing, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Asmouth of the brooks, and every thing sown syria the work of my hands, and Israel mine by the brooks, shall wither, be driven inheritance. away, and be no more. CHAPTER XX. 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they t of Et n E that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, Ca of E t and Ethiopia. and they that spread nets upon the waters TN the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, shall languish. J (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent. Moreover they that work in fine flax, and him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took they that weave networks, shall be con- it; founded. 2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isai10 And they shall be broken in the purpos- ah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose es thereof, all that make sluices and ponds the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off for fish. thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, 11 T Surely the princes of Zoan cre fools, walking naked and barefoot. the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pha- 3 An.d the LORD said, Like as my servant raoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son three years for a sign and wonder upon of ancient kings? Egypt and upon Ethiopia; 12 Where are they? where are thy wise 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the men? and let them tell thee now, and let Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians capthem know what the LORD of hosts hath tives, young and old, naked and barefoot, purposed upon Egypt. even with their buttocks uncovered, to the 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, shame of Egypt. the princes of Noph are deceived; they have 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of also seduced Egypt, even they that are the Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt stay of the tribes thereof. their glory. 14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit 6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in in the midst thereof: and they have caused that day, Behold, such is our expectation, Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a whither we flee for help to be delivered drunken man staggereth in his vomit. from the king of Assyria: and how shall we 15 Neither shall there be any work for escape? Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or CHAPTER XXI. rush, may do. 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto wo- Tle fal of Babylon foreshow. men: and it shall be afraid and fear because rHE burden of the desert of the sea. As of the shaking of the hand of the LORD Of L whirlwinds in the south pass through; so hosts, which he shaketh over it. it cometh from the desert, from a terrible 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror land. unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; thereof shall be afraid in himself, because The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherousof the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he ly, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: hath determined against it. besiege, O Media: all the sighing thereof 18 ~ In that day shall five cities in the land have I made to cease. of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be pangs have taken hold upon me, as the called, The city of destruction. pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the bowed down at the hearing of it; I was disLORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and mayed at the seeing of it. a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness me: the night of my pleasure hath he turnunto the LORD of hosts in the land of ed into fear unto me. 3951 The invasion of Jewry ISAJIAH. Shebna's downfall prophesietd. 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watch-' 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and of David, that they are many: and ye gatls anoint the shield. ered together the waters of the lower pool. 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jaset a watchman, let him declare what he rusalem, and the houses have ye broken seeth. down to fortify the wall. 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot walls for the water of the old pool: but ye of camels; and he hearkened diligently with have not looked unto the tmaker thereof, nelmuch heed: ther had respect unto him that fashioned it 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand con- long ago. tinuallyupon thewatchtower in the daytimne, 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of and I am set in my ward whole nights: hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of to baldness, and to girding with sackcloith: men, with a couple of horsemen. And lie 13 And behold joy and gladness, slayingl answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fall- oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh,:;nd en; and all the graven imztges of her gods drinkingk wine: let us eat and drink; for to he hath broken unto the ground. morrow we shall die. 10 0 my threshing, and the corn of my floor: 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the thatwhich I have heard of the LoRDof hosts, LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. be purged from you till ye die, saith the 11 ~ The burden of Dumah. He ealleth to Lord GoD of hosts. me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the 15 ~f Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, night? Watchman, what of the night? get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Sheb12 The watchman said, The morning corn- na, which is over the house, and say, eth, and also the night: if ye will inquire, 16 What hast thou here,andwhom hastthou inquire ye: return, come. here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepul13 T The burden upon Arabia. In the for- chre here, oa he that heweth him out a sepulestin Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling chre on high, and that graveth a habitation companies of Dedaniml. for 1hinself in a rock? 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema 17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee' away brought water to him that was thirsty, they with a mighty captivity, and will surely prevented with their bread him that fled. cover thee. 15 For they fled from the swords, from the 18 He will surely violently turn and toss drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and thee like a ball into a large country: there from the grievousness of war. shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy 16 For this hath the Lord said unto me, glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. Within a year according to the years of a 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 17 And the residueof the number of archers, 20 ~, And it shall come to pass in that day, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son shall be diminished: for the LORD God of of Hilkiah: Israel hath spoken it. 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and CHAPTvER XXII. strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and Invasion, of Jewry lamented. he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Je""HE burden of the valley of vision. What rusalem, and to the house of Judah. l aileth thee now, that thou art wholly 22 And the key of the house of David will I gcne up to the housetops? lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and 2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not shall open. slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. 2;i And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure 3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are place; and he shall be for a glorious throne bound by the archers: all that are found in to his father's house. thee are bound together, which have fled 24 And they shall hang upon him all the from far. glory of his father's house, the offspring and 4 Therefore said I, Look away from mee; I the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from will weep bitterly,labour not to comfort me, the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of because of the spoiling of the daughter of flagons. my people. 25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, 5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading shall the nail that is fastened in the sure down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of place be removed, and be cut down, and fall: hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down and the burden that was upon it shall be cut the walls, and of crying to the mountains. off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots CHAPTER XXIII. of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered Misere o w of Te. the shield. Miserable overthrow of Tyre. 7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships ol valleys shall be full of chariots, and the I Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that; horsemen shall set themselves in array at the there is no house, no entering in: from the gate. land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 8 ~ And he discovered the covering of Ju- 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thmo dah, and thou didst look in that day to the whom the merchants of Zidon,that pass over arlmour of the house of the forest. the sea, have replenished, 462 LThe overthrow of Tyre. ISAIAH. JudiLginects upon the lad. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, J terly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and this word. she is a mart of nations. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea the world languisheth and fadeth away, the hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, haughty people of theearth do languish. saying, I travail not, nor bring forth chil- 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitdren, neither de I nourish up young men, ants thereof; because they have transgressnor bring up virgins. ed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so the everlasting covenant. shall they be sorely pained at the report of 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the Tyre. earth, and they that dwell therein are deso6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhab- late: therefore the inhabitants of the earth itants of the isle. are burned, and few men left. 7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine lanis of ancient days? her own feet shall carry guisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. her afar off to sojourn. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the the crowning city, whose merchants are harp ceaseth. princes, whose traffickers are the honour- 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; able of the earth? strong drink shall be bitter to them that 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to drink it. stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into 10 The city of confusion is broken down: contempt all the honourable of the earth. every house is shut up, that no man may 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daugh- come in. to.r of Tarshish: there is no more strength. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; 11 Hle stretched out his hand over the sea, all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given gone. a commandment against the merchant city, 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate to destroy the strong holds thereof. is smitten with destruction. 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, 13 T When thus it shall be in the mirst of O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon:. the land among the people, there.salt be as arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleanthlou have no rest. ing grapes when the vintage is done. 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall people was not, till the Assyrian founded it sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall for them that dwell in the wilderness: they cry aloud from the sea. setup the towers thereof, they raised up the 15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the nalaces there.f; and he brought it to ruin. fires, even the name of the LORD God of 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your Israel in the isles of the sea. strength is laid waste. 16 ~ From the uttermost part of the earth 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, have we heard songs, even gloiy to the rightthat Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, eous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, according to the days of one king: after woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous a harlot. - dealers have dealt very treacherously. 16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou har- 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon lot that hast been forgotten; make sweet thee, O inhabitant of the earth. melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who be remembered. fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall 17 1 And it shall come to pass after the end into the pit; and he that cometh up out of of seventy years, that th LORD will visit the midst of the pit shall be taken in the Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall snare: for the windows from on high are commit fornication with all the kingdoms of open, and the foundations of the earth do the world upon the face of the earth. shake. 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treas- earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved ured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall exceedingly. be for them that dwell before the LORD, to 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a eat sufficicntly, and for durable clothing. drunkard, and shall be removed like a cotCHAPTER XXIV. tage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise God's jldgmnents on the land. again. BEHOLD, the LORD mlaketh the earth 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth ttit the LORD shall punish the host of the it upside down, and scattereth abroad the in- high ones that are on high, and the kings of habitants thereof. the earth upon the earth, 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with 22 And they shall be gathered together, as the priest; as with the servant, so with his prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall master; as with the maid, so with her mis- be shut up in the prison, and after many tress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; days shall they be visited. as with the lender, so with the borrower; as 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and with the taker of usury, so with the giver of the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts usury to him. shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jermsa3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and ut- lem, and before his ancients gloriously. M6 A song inciting ISAIAH. to trust in God. CHAPTER XXV. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, 0 The prophet pr-aicth God. LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of ourt soul is to thy name, and to the reLORD, thou art my God; I will exalt membrance of thee. k thee, I will praise thy name; for thou 9 With my soul have I desired thee in hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of the night; yea, with my spirit within me old are faithfulness and truth. will I seek thee early: for when thy judg2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a ments are in the earth, the inhabitants of defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers the world will learn righteousness. to be no city; it shall never be built. 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify will he not learn righteousness: in the land thee, the city of the terrible nations shall | of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and fear thee. i will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, will not see: but they shall see, and be a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is the fire of thine enemies shall devour as a storm tagainst the wall. them. 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of stran- 12 a LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: gers, as the heat in a dry place; eent the for thou also hast wrought all our works in heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch us. of the terrible ones shall be brought low. 13 O LORD our God, other lords besides 6 ~ And in this mountain shall the LORD of thee have had dominion over us; hut by hosts make unto all people a feast of fat thee only will we make mention of thy things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat name. things full of marrow, of wines on the lees 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they well refined. are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore 7 And he will destroy in this mountain the hast thou visited and destroyed them, and face of the covering cast over all people, made all their memory to perish. and the vail that is spread over all nations. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, 0 L(RD, 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and thou hast increased the nation; thou art the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall the ends of the earth. he take away from off all the earth: for the 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee: LORD hath spoken it. they poured out a prayer whoen thy chasten9 ~ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this ing was upon them. is our God; we have waited for him, and he 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth will save us: this is the LORD; we have wait- near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and ed for him, we will be glad and rejoice in crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in his salvation, thy sight, O LORD. 10 For in this mountain shall the hand of 18 We have been with child, we have been the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden in pain, we have as it were brought forth down under him, even as straw is trodden wind; we have not wrought any deliverance down for the dunghill. in the earth; neither have the inhabitants. 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in of the world fallen. the midst of them, as he that swimmeth 19 Thy dead mene shall live, together with spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he my dead body shall they arise. Awake and shall bring down their pride together with sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew s ai; the spoils of their hands. the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy out the dead. walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring 20 ~ Come, my people, enter thou into thy to the ground, even to the dust. chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: CHAPTER XXVI. hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. Trust in God recommended. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his TN that day shall this song be sung in the place to punish the inhabitants of the earth land of Judah; We have a strong city; for their iniquity: the earth also shall dissalvation will God appoint forwalls and bul- close her blood, and shall no more cover her warks. slain. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous na- CHAPTER XXVII. tion which keepeth the truth may enter in. God's car over is vineyard. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he TN that day the LORD with his sore and trusteth in thee. L great and strong sword shall punish 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviaLORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. than that crooked serpent; and he shall slay 5 T For he bringeth down them that dwell the dragon that is in the sea. on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth of red wine. it even to the dust. 3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep of the poor, and the steps of the needy. it night and day. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the brimost upright, dost weigh the path of the just. erg and thorns against me in battle? I would 464 'pthra'in is threateneld. ISAIAH. Christ is promised. go through them, I would burn them to- up of wine, they are out of the way through gether. strong drink; they err in vision, they stum5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that ble in judgment. he may make peace with me; and he shall 8 For all tables are full of vomit and flithiimake peace with me. ness, so that there is no place clean. 6i He shall cause them that come of Jacob 9 ~f Whom shall he teach knowledge? and to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, whom shall he make to understand doctrine? and fill the face of the world with fruit. them that are weaned from the milk antd 7 ~ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those drawn from the breasts. that smote himl? or is ihe slain according 10 For precept must be upon precept, preto the slaughter of them that are slain by cept upon precept; line upon line, line upon him? line here a little, and there a little: 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou.11 For with stammering lips and another o ilr debate with it: he stayeth his rough tongue will he speak to this people. wi ind in the day of the east wind. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest where9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Ja- with ye may cause the weary to rest; and this clb be purged; and this is all the fruit to is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. take away his sin; when he maketh all the 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them stones of the altar as chalkstones that are precept upon precept, precept upon prebeaten in sunder, the groves and images cept; line upon line, line upon line; here a shall not stand up. little, and there a little; that they might go, 10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and fall backward, and be broken, and andl the habitation forsaken, and left like a snared, and taken. wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and 14, Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, there shall he lie down, and consume the ye scornful men, that rule this people which branches thereof. is in Jerusalem. 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, 15 Because ye have said, We have made a they shall be broken off: the women come, covenant with death, and with hell are we r, d set them on tire; for it is a people of no at agreement; whep the overflowing scourge Lunderstanding: therefore he that made them shall pass through, it shall not come unto will not have mercy on them, and he that us: for we have made lies our refuge, and fo(rmed them will shew them no favour. under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 12 1 And it shall come to pass in that day, 16 t Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, that the LoRD shall beat off from the channel Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye chil- a sure foundation: he that believeth shall dren of Israel. not make haste. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and that the great trumpet shall be blown, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail they shall come which were ready to perish shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in waters shall overflow the hiding place. the land of Egypt, and shall worship the 18 T And your covenant with death shall be LO)RD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. disannulled, and your agreement with hell CHAPTER XXVIII. shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be Ephraim is threatened. trodden down by it. OE to the crown of pride, to the drunk- 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall ards of Ephraim,whose glorious beauty take you: for morning by morning shall it is a fading flower, which are on the head of pass over, by day and by night: and it shall the fat valleys of them that are overcome be a vexation only to understand the report. with wine! 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong can stretch himself on it: and the covering one, which as a tempest of hail and a de- narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. stroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount overflowing, shall cast down to the earth Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of with the hand. Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of work; and bring to pass his act, his strange Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: act. 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flow- your bands be made strong: for I have heard er. and as the hasty fruit before the sum- from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption,, mer; which when he that looketh upon it even determined upon the whole earth. seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it 23 ~ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearkup en, and hear my speech. ST In that day shall the LORD of hosts be 24 Doth the ploughman plough all day to for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of sow? doth he open and break the clods of beauty, unto the residue of his people, his ground? 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that 25 When he hath made plain the face theresitteth in judgment, and for strength to of, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and them that turn the battle to the gate. scatter the cummin, and cast in the princi7 ~ But they also have erred through wine, pal wheat and the appointed barley and the and thi ough strong drink are out of the way; rye in their place? the priest and the prophet have erred 26 For his God doth instruct him to discrethrough strong drink, they are swallowed tion, and doth teach him. 2E 465 Judlment upon Jerusalcm. ISAIAI. Promises to the godlli. 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a marvellous work among this people, even a threshing instrument, neither is a cartwheel marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisturned about upon the cummin; but the dom of their wise men shall perish, and the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be cummin with a rod. hid. 28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide not ever be threshing it, nor break it with their counsel from the LORD, and their the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his works are in the dark, and they say, Who horsemen. j seeth us? and who knoweth us? 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of 16 Surely your turning of things upside hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and ex- down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: cellent in working. for shall the works say of him that made it, HATE H ie made me not? or shall the thing framed CAPTER XIX. say of him that framed it, He had no underGod's judgment on Jerusalem. standing? T GOE to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where Da- 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and LebTT vid dwelt! add ye year to year; let anon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and them kill sacrifices. the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall forest? be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be 18 ~ And in that day shall the deaf hear the unto me as Ariel. words of the book, and the eyes of the blind 3 And I will camp against thee round about, shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkand will lay siege against thee with a mount, ness. and I will raise forts against thee. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and the LORD, and the poor among men shall reshalt speak out of the ground, and thy joice in the Holy One of Israel. speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar and the scorner is consumed, and all that spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech watch for iniquity are cut off: shall whisper out of the dust. 21 That make a man an offender for a word, 5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers and lay a snare for him that reproveth in shall be like small dust, and the multitude the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that of nought. passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who resuddenly. deemed Abraham, concerning the house of 6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neihosts with thunder, and with earthquake, ther shall his face now wax pale. and great noise, with storm and tempest, 23 But when he seeth his children, the work and the flame of devouring fire. of mine hands, in the midst of him, they 7 T And the multitude of all the nations that shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the fight against Ariel, even all that fight against Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God her and her munition, and that distress her, of Israel. shall be as a dream of a night vision, 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come S It shall even be as when a hungry man to understanding, and they that murmured dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he shall learn doctrine. awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when CAPTER XX a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he X drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is God threateneth Israel. faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the TGOE to the rebellious children, saith the multitude of all the nations be, that fight VW LORD, that take counsel, but not of against mount Zion. me; and that cover with a covering, but 9. Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to out, and cry: they are drunken, but not sin: with wine; they stagger, but not with strong 2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and drink. have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your to trust in the shadow of Egypt! eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh seers hath he covered. be your shame, and the trust in the shadow 11 And the vision of all is become unto you of Egypt your confusion. as the words of a book that is sealed, which 4 For his princes were at Zoan. and his ammen deliver to one that is learned, saying, bassadors came to Hanes. Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I can- 5 They were all ashamed of a people that not; for it is sealed: could not profit them, nor be a help nor 12 And the book is delivered to him that is profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: and he saith, I am not learned. Into the land of trouble and anguish, from 13 I Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch whence come the young and old lion, the as this people draw near me with their viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry mouth, and with their lips do honour me, their riches upon the shoulders of young but have removed their heart far from asses, and their treasures upon the bunches me, and their fear toward me is taught by of camels, to a people that shall not profit the precept of men: them. 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and 466 -..ofjidcince zn LSjypt reJiJ-roveC IAIAH. Destruction of Assyria, to no purpose: therefore have I cried con- 25 And there shall be upon every high mouncerning this, Their strength is to sit still. tain, and upon every high hill, rivers and 8 ~ Now go, write It before them in a table, streams of waaters in the day of the great and note it in a book, that it may be for the slutau.ter whe:l t. - ' *- e'" 1. time to come for ever and ever: 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying chil- as the light of the sun, and the light of the Jren, children that will not hear the law ofs sn shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven the LORD: days, in the day that the LonD bindeth up 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the breach of his people, and healeth the the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right stroke of their wound. things, speak unto us smooth things, proph- 27 ~ Behold, the name of the LORD cometh ssy deceits: from far, burning with his anger, and the.11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of ~f the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to indignation, and his tongue as a devouring cease from before us. fire: 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, Israel, Because ye despise this word, and shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift trust in oppression and perverseness, and the nations with the sieve of vanity: and stay thereon: there shall he a bridle in the jaws of the peo13 Therefore this iniquity shall oe to you as ple. causing them to err.,1, breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of an instant. heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of come into the mountain of the LORD, to the the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; Mighty One of Israel. ne shall not spare: so that there shall not be 30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious found in the bursting of it a sherd to take voice to be heard, and shall shew the lightfire from the hearth, or to take water wiithal ing down of his arm, with the indignation of out of the pit. his anger, and with the flame of a devouring 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailOne of Israel; In returning and rest shall stones. ye bo saved; in quietness and confidence 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall shall be your strength: and ye would not. tie Assyrian be beaten down, zwhich smote 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon with a rod. hlorses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will 32 And in every place where the grounded ride upon the swift; therefore shall they staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay that pursue you be swift. upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: 17 One thousand shallflee at tile rebuke of and in battles of shaking will he fight one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till with it. ve be left as a beacon upon the top of a 33 For Tophetis ordained of old; yea, for mnountain, and as an ensign on a hill. the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep 18 ~ And therefore will the LORD wait, that ncad large: the pile thereof is fire and much he mray be gracious unto you, and therefore wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream will he be exalted, that he may have mercy of brimstone, doth kindle it. upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgx-^ ment: blessed are all they that wait for him. CHAPTER XXXI. t1 For the people shall dwell in Zion at The folly of trusting int E.lypt. 3erusalem: thou shalt weep no more: lie lITOE to them that go down to Egypt for will be very gracious unto thee at the voice V help; and stay on horses, and trust in of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will chariots, because they are many; and in answer thee. horsemen, because they are very strong; i) And though the Lord give you the bread but they look not unto the Holy One of Isof adversity, and the water of affliction, rael, neither seek the LORD! yet shall not thy teachers be removed into 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil t corner any more, but thine eyes shall see and will not call back his words: but will.hy teachers: arise against the house of the evil doers, 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind and against the help of them that work inthee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, iquity. when ye turn to the right hand, and when 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not CGod; ye turn to the left. and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he graven images of silver, and the ornament that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt shall fall down, and they all shall fail east them away as a menstruous cloth; thou together. shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 4 For thus lhatth the LORD spoken unto me, 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and I on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds bread of the increase of the earth, and it is called forth against him, he will not be shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for thy cattle feed in large pastures. ithe noise of them: so shall the LORD of 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, that ear the ground shall eat clean prov- and for the hill thereof. ender, which hath been winnowed with the 5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts h.ovel and with the fan. defend Jerusalem; defending also he will 47 Blessilgs of (ChrOis'ts /mitici do. EISeAI. Eneics of Zjion threatened. deliver it; ctld passing over lie will pr- 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceabi6 serve it. habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in 8 ~ Turn ye unto him from whom the chil- quiet restingt places; dren of Israel have deeply revolted. 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the 7 For in that day every man shall cast away forest; and the city shall be low in a low his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, place. which your own hands have made unto you 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, for a sin. that send forth thither the feet of the ox 8 I Then shall the Assyrian fall with the and the ass. sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, CHAPTER XXXIII. not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young Judyments on Zion's enemies. men shall be discomfited. OT E to thee that spoilest, and thou wast 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold V not spoiled: and dealest treacherously, for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of and they dealt not treacherously with thee! the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. spoiled; aod when thou shalt make an end CHAPTE XXXYII. to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. Blessigrs of C1hrist's kingldom.2 0 LORD, be gracious unto us; we have )EHOLD, a King shall reign in righteous- waited for thee: be thou their arm every I) ness, and princes shall rule in judgment. morning, our salvation also in the time of 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from trouble. the wind, and a covert from the tempest; 3 At the noise of the tumult the people as rivers of water in a dry place, as the fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations shadow of a great rock in a weary land. were scattered. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not 4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the be dim, and the ears of them that near shall gathering of the caterpillar: as the running hearken, to and fro of locusts shall he ruu upon them. 4 The heart also of the rash shall under- 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on stand knowledge, and the tongue of the high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. righteousness. 5 The vile person shall be no more called 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiftul, stability of thy times, and strength of salva. 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and tion: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. his heart will work iniquity, to practise hy- 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry withpocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, out: the ambassadors of peace shall weep to make empty the soul of the hungry; and bitterly. he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring 7 The instruments also of the churl arc man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant. evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no the poor with lying words, even when the man. needy speaketh right. 9 The earth mourneth and languisheth. 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sha, and by liberal things shall he stand. ron is like a wilderness; and Bashan and 9 ~ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; Carmel shake off their fruits. hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give 10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now ear unto my speech. will I be exalted; now will I lift up nyself. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, 11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring ye careless women: for the vintage shall forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall defail, the gathering shall not come. vour you. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be 1 And the people shall be as the burnings troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burnmake you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your ed in the fire. loins. 13 ~ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. my might. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfultip thorns and briers; yea, upon all the ness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who houses of joy in the joyous city: among us shall dwell with the devouring 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; fire? who among us shall dwell with everthe multitude of the city shall be left; the lasting burnings? forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaka joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; eth uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from oppressions, that shaketh his hands from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears field, and the fruitful field be counted for a from hearing of blood, and shutteth his forest. eyes from seeing evil; 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilder-16 He shall dwell on high; his place of deness, and righteousness remain in the fruit- fence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread ful field. shll be given him; his waters shall be sure. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be 17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his beaupeace; and the effect of righteousness, qui- ty: they shall behold the land that is very atness and assurance for ever. far off. m46 G'od avengeth his church. ISAIAH. tprirleges of the gospel 18Thineheartshallmeditate terrlr. Where \shall dwell In it: and he shall stretch out Is the scribe? where is the receiver? where upon it the line of confusion, and the stones is he that counted the towers? of emptiness. 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the 1.,eopie of a deeper speech than thou canst kingdom, but none shall be there, and all perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou her princes shall be nothing. cavst not understand. 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solenni- nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereties: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet of: and it shall be a habitation of dragons, habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be and a court for owls. taken down; not one of the stakes thereof 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also shall ever be removed, neither shall any of meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the cords thereof be broken. the satyr shall cry to his fellow; th screech 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto owl also shall rest there, and find for herself us a place of broad rivers and streams; a place of rest. wherein shall go no galley with oars, nei- 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, ther shall gallant ship pass thereby. and lay, and hatch, and gather under her 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is shadow: there shall the vultures also be our lawgiver, the LORD is our King; he will gathered, every one with her mate. save us. 16 ~ Seek ye out of the book of the Loan, 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not and read: no one of these shall fail, none well strengthen their mast; they could not shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath spread the sail: then is the prey of a great commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered spoil divided; the lame take the prey. them. 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am 17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and sick: the people that dwell therein shall be his hand hath divided it unto them by line: forgiven their iniquity. they shall possess it for ever, from generaCHAPTER XXXIV. tion to generation shall they dwell therein. Vengeance on Zion's eneries. CHAPTER XXXV. COME near, ye nations, to hear: and The blessings of the gospel. k hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, AHE wilderness and the solitary place and all that is therein; the world, and all shall be glad for them; and the desert things that come forth of it. shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice all nations, and his fury upon all their ar- even with joy and singing: the gloryof Lebamies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he non shall be given unto it, the excellency of hath delivered them to the slaughter. Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. stink shall come up out of their carcasses, 3 ~ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and conand the mountains shall be melted with firm the feeble knees. their blood. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dis- strong, fear not: behold, your God will come solved, and the heavens shall be rolled to- with vengeance, even God with a recomgether as a scroll: and all their host shall pense; he will come and save you. tall down, as the leaf falleth off from the 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, behold,it shall come down upon Idumea,and and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the apon the people of my curse, to judgment. wilderness shall waters break out, and 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, streams in the desert. it is made fat with fatness, and with the 7 And the parched ground shall become a blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: kidneys of ranms: for the LORD hath a sacri- in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, fice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the shall he grass with reeds and rushes. land of Idumea. 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, 7 And the unicorns shall come down with and it shall be called The way of holiness; them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and the unclean shall not pass over it; but it their land shall be soaked with blood, and slall be for those: the wayfaring ment their dust made fat with fatness. though fools, shall not err therein. 8 For it is the day of the LORo's vengeance, 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenoutn cad the year of recompenses for the contro- beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be versy of Zion. found there; but the redeemed shalt walk 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned there: into pitch, and the dust thereof into brim- 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall restone, and the land thereof shall become turn, and come to Zion with scngs and everburning pitch. lasting joy upon their heads: they shal ob10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; tain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sigtb. the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: ing shall flee away. from eneration to generation it shall lie CHAPTER XXXVI. waste- none shall pass through it for ever. AEe dV. und ever. Sennacherib invadeth Judart, 11 1 But the cormorant and the bittern 'TOW it came to pass in the fourteenth shal nossess it; the owl also and the raven 1I year of king Hezekiah, that ennacberlb 40 - as F2abshackeh's blasphemy. ISAIAH. llezekiah sendeth to isaiahct king of Assyria came up against all the de- the gods of the nations delivered his land out fenced cities of Judah, and took them. of the hand of the king of Assyria? 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and -Ar. from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Heze- phad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim i' kiah with a great arrmy. And he stood ty and have they delivered Sam.ria out of my the conduit of the upper pool in the high- hand? way of the fuiler's field. 20 Who are th?i among all the gods of thesii 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hil- lands, that have delivered their land out oi kiah's son, which was over the house, and my hand, that the LORD should deliver' Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, J erusalem out of my hand? the recorder. 21 But they held their peace, and answered 4 T And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye him not a word: for the king's commandnow to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, rent was, saying, Answer him not. the king of Assyria, What confidence is this 22 ~ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, wherein thou trustest? that was over the household, and Shebna 5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain the scribe, and Joah, the son of A saph, the words) I have counsel and strength for war: recorder, to Hezekiallh ith tseir clothe: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou re- rent, and told him the words of Iabsbakeh. bellest against Ine? A P ~ellest tgalnst me? CHAPTER XXXVII. 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this bro- HAP L X. ken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it I-ezekiah sen ldeth to Isaciat. willgo into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pha- AND it came to pass, when king Hlezektlll raoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. _L heard it, that he rent his clothes, arnt 7 But if thou say to ime, We trust in the covered himself with sackcloth, and went; LORD our God: is it not he, whose high into the house of the LORD. places and whose altars Hezekiah hath tak- 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over th6 en away, and said to Judah and to Jerusa- household, and Shebna the scribe, and the lem, Ye shall worship before this altar? elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, 8 Now therefore give pledges, T pray thee. unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. to my master the king of Assyria, and I will 3 And they said unto hini, Thus saith He.te. give thee two thousand horses, if thou be kiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of ire, able on thy part to set riders upon them. buke, and of blasphemy: for the children 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of are come to the birth, and there is not one captain of the least of my master's serv- strength to bring forth. ants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chari- 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hera ots and for horsemen? the words of Iabshakeh, whom the king o(f 10 And am I now come up without the Assyria his master hath sent to reproach LORD against this land to destroy it? the the living God, and will reprove the words LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, which the LORD thy God hath heard: where and destroy it. fore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that 11 9r Then said Eliakim and Shebna and is left. Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, 5 So the servants of king Hezekial came unto thy servants in the Syrian language; to Isaiah. for we understand it: and speak not to us inr 6 T, And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall the Jews' language, in the ears of the people ye say unto your master, Thus saith the that are on the wall. LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou 12 ~ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master hast heard, wherewith the servants of the sent me to thy master and to thee to speak king of Assyria have blasphemed me. these words? hath he not sent me to the 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and men that sit upon the wall, that they may lie shall hear a rumour, and return to hit eat their own dung-, and drink their own own land; and I will cause hm to fall i3y piss with you? the sword in his own land. 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a 8 T So Rabshakeh returned, and found the loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for Hear ye the words of the great king, the he had heard that he was departed from La. king of Assyria: chish. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakali deceive you: for he shall not be able to de- king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make liver you. war with thee. And when he heard it, he 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely de- 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of liver us: this city shall not be delivered into Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whorm the hand of the king of Assyria. thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jeru16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thussaith salem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with the king of Assyria. me by a present, and come out to me: and 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of Assyria have done to all lands by destroyof his fig tree, and drink ye every one the ing them utterly; and shalt thou be delivwaters of his own cistern; ered? 17 Until I come and take you away to a 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered land ike your own land, a land of corn and them which my fathers have destroyed, aa wine, a land of bread and vineyards. Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, say- children of Eden which were i Telassar? ing, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of 18 Where is the king of Hamath, and thi 470 Isaiah's prophecy. ISAIAH. The Assyrians are slain. king of Arphad, and the king of the city of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ' reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit 14 ~ And Hezekiah received the letter from thereof. the hand of the messengers, and read it: 31 And the remnant that is escaped of the and Hezekiah went up unto the house of house of Judah shall again take root downthe Loarr, and spread it before the LORD. ward, and bear fruit upward: 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a saying, remnant, and they that escape out of mount 16 0 LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do dwellest between the cherubim, thou art this. the God, even thou alone, of all the king- 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerndonms of the earth: thou hast made heaven ing the king of Assyria, He shall not come and earth. into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor 17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; come before it with shields, nor cast a bank open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear against it. all the words of Sennacherib, which hath 34 By the way that he came, by the same sent to reproach the living God. shall he return, and shall not come into thi18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria city, saith the LORD. have laid waste all the nations, and their 35 For I will defend this city to save it for c ountries, mine own sake, and for imy servant David's 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: sake. for they were no gods, but the work of 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, men's hands, wood and stone: therefore and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a they have destroyed them. hundred and fourscore and five thousand: 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save and when they arose early in the morning, us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of behold, they were all dead corpses. the earth may know that thou art the LORD, 37 ~ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departeven thou only. ed, and went and returned, and dwelt at 21 ~ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Nineveh. Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipof Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me ping in the house of Nisroch his god, that against Sennacherib king of Assyria: Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote 22 This is the word which the LORD hath him with the sword; and they escaped into spoken concerning him; The virgin, the the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and son reigned in his stead.,aughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jeru- CHAPTER XXXVIII salem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and bias- Hezekiah's life lengthened. phemed? and against whom hast thou exalt- TN those days was Hezekiah sick unto ed thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on L death. And Isaiah the prophet the son high? even against the HIoly One of Israel. of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude | order: for thou shalt die, and not live. of my chariots am I come up to the height i 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beand the choice fir trees thereof: and I will seech thee, how I have walked before thee enter into the height of his border, and the in truth and with a perfect heart, and have forest of his Carmel. done that which is good in thy sight. And 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and lezekiah wept sore. with the sole of my feet have I dried up 4 T Then came the word of the LORD to all the rivers of the besieged places. Isaiah, saying, 26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the have done it; and of ancient times, that I LORD, the God of David thy father, I have have formed it? now have I brought it to heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: bepass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste hold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I power, they were dismayed andconfounded: will defend this city. they were as the grass of the field, and as 7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the green herb, as the grass on the house- the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown that he hath spoken; ulp. 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of 28 But I know thy abode, and thy going the degrees, which is gone down in the sun out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against dial of Ahez, ten degrees backward. So the me. sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tu- it was gone down. mult, is come up into mine ears, therefore 9 ~ The writing of HIezekiah king of Judah. will i put my hook in thy nose, and my when he had been sick, and was recovered bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back of his sickness: by the way by which thou camest. 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, 1 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall go to the gates of the grave: I am glall eat this year such as groweth of itself deprived of the residue of my years. and the second year that whicn springetb of 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the 471 lJczekiah's thanksgiving. ISAIAH. Prormuigation of the gospel. LORD, in the land of the living: I shall be- 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, hold man no more with the inhabitants of which thou shalt beget, shall they take the world, away; and they shall be eunuchs in the pal12 Mine age is departed, and is removed ace of the king of Babylon. from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the like a weaver my life: he will cut me off word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. wvith pining sickness: from day even to night He said moreover, For there shall be peace wilt thou make an end of me. and truth in my days. 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so CHAPTER XL will he break all my bones: from day even I to night wilt thou make an end of me. The promnnlltation of the gospel. 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chat- COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, ter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail ' saith your God. with looking upward: O LoRD, I am oppress- 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and ed; undertake for me. cry unto her, that her warfare is accom15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken phshed, that her iniquity is pardoned: for unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go she hath received of the LORD'S hand double softly all rtmy years in the bitterness of my for all her sins. soul. 3 ' The voice of him that crieth in the wil16 0 Lord, by these things mwen live, and in derness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, all these things is the life of my spirit: so I make straight in the desert a highway for wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. our Cod. 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it mountain and hill shall be made low: and from the pit of corruptic:a: for thou hast the crooked shall be made straight, and th cast all my sins behind thy back. rough places plain: 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be recannot celebrate thee: they that go down vealed, and all flesh shall see it together: into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What thee, as I do this day: the father to the chil- shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the dren shall make known thy truth. goodliness thereof is as the flower of the 20 The LORD was ready to save me: there- field: fore we will sing my songs to the stringed i 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadethcl instruments all the days of our life in the because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upor. house of the LORD. it: surely the people is grass. 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: 'ump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon but the word of our God shall stand for ever. the boil, and he shall recover. 9 ~ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign thee up into the high mountain; 0 Jerusathat I shall go up to the house of the LOnD? lem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy CnHAPTER XXXIX. I voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your Babylonish captivity foretold. God! AT that time Merodach-laladan, the son of 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with j Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letter[ strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard behold, his reward is with him, and his work 5hat he had been sick, and was recovered. before him. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them,:and 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: shewed them the house of his precious he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and things, the silver, and the gold, and the carry therm in his bosom, and shall gently spices, and the precious ointment, and all lead those that are with young. the house of his armour, and all that was 12 T Who hath measured the waters in the found in his treasures: there was nothing in hollow of his hand, and meted out heaveic his house, nor in all his dominion, that Heze- with the span, and comprehended the dust kiah shewed them not. of the earth in a measure, and weighed the 3 1 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto mountains in scales, and the hills in a _alk ing Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said ance? these men? and from whence came they un- 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, to thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come or being his counsellor hath taught him? from a far country unto me, even from Bab- 14 With whom took he counsel, and who inylon. structed him, and taught him in the path o:f 4 Then said he, What have they seen in judgment, and taught him knowledge, and thine house? And Hezekiah ansu ared, All shewed to him the way of understanding? that is in mine house have they seen; there 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a is nothing among my treasures that I have bucket, and are counted as the small dust not shewed them. of the balance: behold, he taketh up the 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the isles as a very little thing. word of the LORD of hosts: 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, 6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt thine house, and that which thy fathers offering. have laid up in store until this day, shall be 17 All nations before him are as nothing carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, and they are counted to him less than noth saith the LORD. lng, and va - 472 God is incomparable. ISAIAH. God's merciful providence. 18 1 To whom then will ye liken God? or 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldwhat likeness will ye compare unto him? smith, and he that smootheth with the ham19 The workman melteth a graven image, mer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with ready for the soldering: and he fastened it gold, and casteth silver chains, with nails, that it should not be moo ed. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob no oblation chooseth a tree that will not whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham rot; he seeketh unto him a cunningimy friend. workman to prepare a graven image, that 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends shall not be moved. of the earth, and called thee fcom the chief 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou ast hath it not been told you from the begin- my servant; I have chosen thee, and not ning? have ye not understood from the cast thee away. foundations of the earth? 10 I Fear thou not; fo- I am with thee be 2, It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will aarth, and the inhabitants thereof are as strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heav- I will uphold thee with the right hand of my ens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as righteousness. a tent to dwell in: 11 Behold, all they that were incensed 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he against thee shall be ashamed and confoundmaketh the judges of the earth as vanity. ed: they shall be as nothing; and they that A4 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they strive with thee shall perish. shall not be sown; yea, their stock shall not 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find take root in the earth: and he shall also them, even them that contended with thee: blow upon them, and they shall wither, and they that war against thee shall be as noththe whirlwind shall take them away as ilg, and as a thing of nought. stubble. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I I be equal? saith the Holy One. will help thee. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye meh. who hath created these things, that bringeth of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD. out their host by number: he calleth them and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. all by names by the greatness of his might, 15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp for that he is strong in power; not one threshing instrument having teeth: thou faileth. shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall my judgment is passed over from my God? carry them away, and the whirlwind shall 28 R Hast thou not known? hast thou not scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of the Creator of the ends of the earth, faint- Israel. eth not, neither is weary? there is no search- 17 When the poor and needy seek water, ing of his understanding. and there is none, and their tongue faileth 39 He giveth power to the faint; and to for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the them that have no might he increaseth God of Israel will not forsake them. strength. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and 30 Even the youths shall faint and be fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: make the wilderness a pool of water, and 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall the dry land springs of water. cenew their strength; they shall mount up 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil be. weary; and they shall walk, and not faint, tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and CHAPTER XLI. the pine, and the box tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and conGod's mercies to his church. sider, and understand together, that the K EEP silence before me, 0 islands; and hand of the LORD hath done this, and the let the people renew their strength: let Holy One of Israel hath created it. them come near; then let them speak: let 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; us come near together to judgment. bring forth your strong reasons, saith the 2 Who raised up the righteous man from King of Jacob. the east, called him to his foot, gave the na- 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us tions before him, and made him rule over what shall happen: let them shew the former kings? he gave them as the dust to his things, what they be, that we may consider sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. them, and know the latter end of them; or 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even declare us things for to come. by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 3 Shew the things that are to come herei Who hath wrought and done it, calling after, that we may know that ye are gods: the generations from the beginning? I the yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be disLORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. mayed, and behold it together. 5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your the earth were afy-id, drew near, and came. work of nought: an abomination is he that 6 They helped evrery one his neighbour; chooseth you. and every one sa' to his brother, Be of good 25 I have raised up one from the north, and leurage. he shall come: from ri o the sup 40* 473 T7Te office of Christ. ISAIAH. Exhortation to praise God. shall he call upon my name: and he shall the rivers islands, and I will dry up th( colme upon princes as upon mortar, and as pools. the potter treadeth clay. 16 And I will bring the.blind by a way that 26 WAho hath declared from the beginning, they knew not; I will lead them in pathi: that we may know? and beforetime, that we that they have not known: I will mak(e may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none darkness light before them, and crooked that sheweth, yea, there is none that declar- things straight. These things will I do unto eth, yea, there is none that heareth your them, and not forsake them. words. 17 ~ They shall be turned back, they shall bl: 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, be- greatlyashamed, thattrustingraven images hold them: ard I will give to Jerusalem one that say to the molten images, Ye are our that bringeth good tidings. gods. 28 For I beheld, and there was no man; 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that even among them, and there was no counsel- ye may see. lor, that, when I asked of them, could answer 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, a word. as my messenger that I send? who is blind as 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's are nothing: their molten images are wind servant? and confusion. 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest CHAPTER XLIT. not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The LORD is well pleased for his rightChrist's mission to the Gentiles. eousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; make it honourable. )mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled I have put my spirit upon him: he shall they are all of them snared in holes, antl bring forth judgment to the Gentiles, they are hid in prison houses: they are for a; 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, amn his voice to be heard in the street. none saith, Restore. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 23 Who among you will give ear to this? smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall who will hearken and hear for the time tl:; bring forth judgment unto truth, come? 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel t, he have set judgment in the earth: and the the robbers? did not the LORD, he against isles shall wait for his law. whom we have sinned? for they would not 5 1 Thus saith God the LORD, he that creat- walk in his ways, neither were they obedien i ed the heavens, and stretched them out; he unto his law. that spread forth the earth, and that which 25 Therefore'he hath poured upon him the cometh out of it; he that giveth breath fury of his anger, and the strength of batunto the people upon it, and spirit to them tie: and it hath set him on fire round about, that walk therein: yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet ho 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteous- laid it not to heart. ness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep CAPTER XLIII. thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; God comforteth the church. 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the I)UT now thus saith the LORD that created prisoners from the prison, and them that sit J) thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, in darkness out of the prison house. O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed 8 I am the LORD; that is my name: and my thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou glory will I not give to another, neither my art mine. praise to graven images. 2 When thou passest through the waters, 9 Behold, the former things are come to I will be with thee; and through the rivers, pass, and new things do I declare: before they shall not overflow thee: when thou they spring forth I tell you of them. walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be 10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his bure n neither shall the flame kindle upon praise from the end of the earth, ye that go thee. down to the sea, and all that is therein; the 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy isles, and the inhabitants thereof. One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock thou hast been honourable, and I have loved sing, let them shout from the top of the thee: therefore will I give men for thee, mountains, and people for thy life. 12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring declare his praise in the islands, thy seed from the east, and gather thee from 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty the west: man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall pre- the south, Keep not back: bring my sons vail against his enemies. from far, and my daughters from the ends 14 I have long time holden my peace; I of the earth; have been still, and restrained myself: 1Lno 7 Even every one that is called by my will I cry like a travailing woman; I will name: for I have created dim for my glory, d6estroy and devour at once. I have formed him; yea, 1 I ave made him. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, 8 T Bring forth the blind people that have %nd dry up all their herbs; and I will make eyes, and the deaf that have cars. 474 The people reproved. ISAIAH. 'he folly of idol makers 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, 2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and and let the people be assembled: who among formed thee from the womb, which will them can declare this, and shew us former help thee: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; things? let themr bring forth their witnesses, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. that they nmay be j astified: or let them hear, 3 For I will pour water upon him that is and say, It is truth. thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my my servant whom I have chosen; that ye blessing upon thine offspring: may know and believe me, and understand 4 And they shall spring up as among the that I am he: before me there was no God grass, as willows by the watercourses. frmed, neither shall there be after me. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and an11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me other shall call himself by the name of Jacob, there is no saviour. and another shall subscribe with his hand 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I unto the LORD, and surname himself by the have shewed, when there was no strange god name of Israel. namong you: therefore ye are my witnesses, 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, s:aith the LORD, that I am God. and his Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am - 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is none that can deliver out of my hand: there is no God. I will work, and who shall let it? 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare 14, Thus saith the LonD, your Redeemer, it, and set it in order for me, since I appointthe Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have ed the ancient people? and the things that; sent to Babylon, and have brought down all are coming, and shall come, let them shew their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry unto them. is in the ships. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not 15 1 am the LORD, your Holy One, the Cre- I told thee from that time, and have deator of Israel. your King. clared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there 16 Thus saith the LoRD, which maketh a way a God besides me? yea, there is no God; I in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; know not any. 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and 9 ~ They that make a graven image are all horse, the army and the power; they shall of them vanity; and their delectable things lie down together, they shall not rise: they shall not profit; and they are their own witare extinct, they are quenched as tow. nesses; they see not, nor know; that they 18 T Remember ye not the former things, may be ashamed. neither consider the things of old. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it graven image that is profitable for nothing? shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I f1 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; will even make a way in the wilderness, and and the workmen, they are of men: let them rivers in the desert. all be gathered together, let them stand up; 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed the dragons and the owls: because I give together. waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh desert, to give drink to my people, my in the coals, and fashioneth it with hamcho-en. rmers, and worketh it with the strength of 2l 'This people have I formed for myself; his arms: yea, lie is hungry, and his strength they shall shew forth my praise. faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. 2:, T But thou hast not called upon me, O Ja- 13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; cob: butthou hast been wearyof me,O Israel. he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it 23 Thou hast not brought me the small cat- with planes, and he marketh it out with tie of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou the compass, and maketh it after the figure honoured me with thy sacriiices. I have not of a man, according to the beauty of a man; caused thee to serve with an offering, nor that it may remain In the house. wearied thee with incense. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane the cypress and the oak, which he strengthvith money, neither hast thou filled me eneth for himself among the trees of the vi th the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nmade me to serve with thy sins, thou hast nourish it. wearied me with thine iniquities. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for, 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy he will take thereof, and warm himself; transgressions for mine own sake, and will yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea. not remember thy sins. he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he 86 Put me in remembrance: let us plead maketh it a graven image, and falleth down together: declare thou, that thou mayest be thereto. justified. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth teachers have transgressed against me. roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes hitmself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to seen the fire: the curse, and Israel to reproaches. 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a rT APTER XLIV. god, even his graven image: he falleth down oAr a Vunto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unGod's promises to the chlurch. to it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my YET now hear, 0 Jacob my servant; and god. I srael, whom I have chosen: 18 They have not known nor understood: 475 Exhortation to prazse God. ISAIAH. IHe asserteth his omnipotency for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot 6 That they may know from the rising ol see; and their hearts, that they cannot un- the sun, and from the west, that there is derstand. none besides me. I am the LORD, and there 19 And none considereth in his heart, nei- is none else. ther is there knowledge nor understanding 7 I form the light, and create darkness: i to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals all these things. thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and and shall I make the residue thereof an let the skies pour down righteousness: let abomination? shall I fall down to the stock the earth open, and let them bring forth salof a tree? vation, and let righteousness spring up to20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart gether; I the LORD have created it. hath turned him aside, that he cannot de- 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Makliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my er! Let the potsherd strive with the potright hand? sherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to 2 1 Remember these, 0 Jacob and Israel; him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? for thou art my servant: I have formed or thy work, He hath no hands? thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, shalt not be forgotten of me. What begetteth thou? or to the woman, 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy What hast thou brought forth? transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: re- 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of turn unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to 23 Sing, 0 ye heavens; for the LORD hath come concerning my sons, and concerning done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: the work of my hands commana ye me. break forth into singing, ye mountains, O 12 I have made the earth, and created man forest, and every tree therein: for the LoaD upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself out the heavens, and all their host have I in Israel. commanded. 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and he that formed thee from the womb, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build I am the LORD that maketh all things; that my city, and he shall let go my captives, stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; hosts. 25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, 14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of men backward, and maketh their knowledge the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over foolish; unto thee, and they shall be thine: they 26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, shall come after thee; in chains they shall and performeth the counsel of his messen- come over, and they shall fall down unto gers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye sayi.gr Surely God is in thee; and there is shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed none else, there is no God. places thereof: 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thysel f, 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will 0 God of Israel, the Saviour. dry up thy rivers: 16 They shall be ashamed, and also conl 28 ":bat saith of Cyrus, lie is my shepherd, founded, all of them: they shall go to conand iaall perform all my pleasure: even fusion together t1hat are makers of idols. saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORi and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be with an everlasting salvation: ye shall no.:, laid. be ashamed nor confounded world withoat CHAPTER XLV. end. 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the Restoration by Cyrus promised. heavens; God himself that formed the earth THUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to and made it; he hath established it, he oreCyrus, whose right hand I have holden, ated it not in vain, he formed it to be into subdue nations before him; and I will habited: I am the LORD, and there is none loose the loins of kings, to open before him else. the twoleaved gates; and the gates shall not 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark be shut; place of the earth: I said not unto the seed 2 1 will go before thee, and make the crook- of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LOR) ed places straight: I will break in pieces the speak righteousness, I declare things that gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of are right. iron: 20 r Assemble yourselves and come; draw 3 And I will give thee the treasures of dark- near together, ye that are escaped of the ness, and hidden riches of secret places, that nations: they have no knowledge that set thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which up the wood of their graven image, and pray call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. unto a god that cannot save. 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let mine elect, I have even called thee by thy them take counsel together: who hath dename: I have surnamed thee, though thou clared this from ancient time? who hath hast not known me. told it from that time? have not I the LORD? 5 1 I am the LORD, and there is none else, and there is no God else beside me; a just there is no God besides me: I girded thee, God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. though thou hast not known me: '2 Iook unto me, and be ye saved, all the 476 God saveth his people. ISAIAH. Judgment upon Babylon. ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, none else. thy shame shall be seen: I will take venge-:3 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone ance, and I will not meet thee as a man. out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts not return, That unto me every knee shall is his name, the Holy One of Israel. bow, every tongue shall swear. 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, 4A Surely shall one say, In the LORD have I O daught r of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt righteousness and strength: even to him 1no more,e called, The lady of kingdoms. shall men come; and all that are incensed 6 ~ I was wroth with my people, I have polagainst him shall be ashamed. luted mine inheritance, and given them into 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; iustified, and shall glory. upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid CHAPTER XLVI. ty yoke. 7 ~ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady forDisparity between God and idols. ever: so that thou didst not lay these things I)EL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their to thy heart, neither didst remeilmer tie latter 1idols were upon the beasts, and upon the end of it. cattle: your carriages were heavy laden; 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art they are a burden to the weary beast. given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, 2 They stoop, they bow down together: Ithat sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else they could not deliver the burden, but besides me; I shall notsit as a widow, neither themselves are gone into captivity. shall I know the loss of children: 3 ~ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, 9 But these two things shall come to thee in and all the remnant of the house of Israel, a moment in one day, the loss of children, and which are borne by me from the belly, whict widowhood: they shall come upon thee in are carried from the womb: their perfection for the multitude of thy sor4 And even to your old age I am he; and ceries, and for the great abundance of thine even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have enchantments. made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and 10 i For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: Will deliver you. thou hast said, None secth me. Thy wisdom 5 ~( To whom will ye liken me, and make me and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; eq ual, and compare me, that we may be like? and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and none else besides me. Weigh silver in the balance, and hire a gold- 11 T Therefore shall evil come upon thee; tmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall thou shalt not know from whence it risetil: down, yea, they worship. and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they not be able to put it off: and desolation shall carry him, and set him in his place, and he come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt standeth: from his place shall he not re- not know. move: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, he not answer, nor save him out of his and with the multitude of thy sorceries, trouble. wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; I Remember this, and shew yourselves if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be nen: bring it again to mind, 0 ye trans- thou mayest prevail. gressors. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy 9 Remember the former things of old: for counsels. Let now the astrologers, the starI am God, and there is none else; I am God, gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand and there is none like me. up, and save thee from these things that 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, shall come upon thee. and from ancient times the things that are 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, shall burn them; they shall not deliver and I will do all my pleasure: themselves from the power of the flame: 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire the man that executeth my counsel from a to sit before it. Tar country: yea, I have spoken it, I will 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom alo bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, will also do it. from thy youth: they shall wander every 12 f Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, one to his quarter; none shall save thee. that are far from righteousness:PTE XV 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall H not be far off, and my salvation shall not The intent of prophecy. tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for TIEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which Israel my glory. 1L are called by the name of Israel, and are CHAPTER XLVII. come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and God's judgments upon Babylon. make mention of the God of Israel, but not COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin in truth, nor in righteousness. C daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chalde- and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: ans: for thou shalt no more be called tender The LORD of hosts is his name. and delicate. 3 I have declared the former things from 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: un- the beginning; and they went forth out of cover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them the thigh, pass over the rivers. suddenly, and they came to pass. 477 .Exhortation to obedience. ISAIAH. Christ;ent to the Gentfte& 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, CHAPTER XLIX. and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow Clrist seat to the Gentiks. brass; 5 I have even from the beginning declared T ISTEN, 0 isles, unto me; and hearken, ye it lo thee; before it camie to pass I shewed it L people, from far; The LOtD hath called thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath me from the womb; from the bowels of my done them; and my graven image, and my mother hath he made mention of my name molten image, hath commanded them. 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he ye declare tt? I have shewedtheenew things hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in from this time, even hidden things, and his quiver hath he hid me; thou didst not know them. 3 And said mnto me, Thou art my serv. 7 They are created now, and not from the ant, 0 Isral, in whom I will be glorified. beginning; even before the day when thou 4 ThenfrI aid, I have laboured in vain, ] heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, have steut miy strength for nought, and in Behold, I knew them. vain: yet surely my judgment is with the 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knew- LORD, and my work with my God. est not; yea, from that time that thine ear 5 I And now, saith the LORD that formed was not opened: for I knew that thou would- me from the womb to be his servant, to bring est deal very treacherously, and wast called Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not a transgressor from the womb. gathered, yetshall I be glorious in the eyes ol 9 ~ For my name's sake will I defer mine the LORD, and my God shall be my strength anger, and for my praise will I refrain for 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou thee, that I cut thee not off. shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the affliction. Gentiles, that thou nmayest be my salvation 11 For mine own sake, even, for mine own unto the end of the earth. sake, will I do it: for how should my imote 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of be polluted? and I will not give my glory Israel, and his Holy One,;o him whom unto another. man despiseth, to him whom the nation ab12 ~ Hearken unto me, 0 Jacob and Israel, lorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall my called; I am he; I am the first, I also see and arise, princes also shall worship, beam the last. cause of the LORaD that is faithful, and the 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. of the earth, and my right hand hath span- 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable ned the heavens: when I call unto them, time have I heard thee, and in a day of salthey stand up together. vation have I helped thee: and I will pre. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; serve thee, and give thee for a covenant of which among them hath declared these the people, to establish the earth, to cause things? The LORD hath loved him: he will to inherit the desolate heritages; do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, G shall be on the Chaldeans. forth; to them that are in darkness, Sheiw 15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, anti him: I have brought him, and he shall make their pastures shall be in all high places. his way prosperous. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither 16 ~ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I shall the heat nor sun smite them: for hl have not spoken in secret from the begin- that hath mercy on them shall lead them. ning; from the time that it was, there am I: even by the springs of water shall he guid( and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit hath them. sent me. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the and my highways shall be exalted. Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth lo, these from the north and from the west thee by the way that thou shouldest go. and these from the land of Sinim. 18 0 that thou hadst hearkened to my corn- 13 IF Sing, 0 heavens; and be joyful, 0 mandments! then had thy peace been as a earth; and break forth into singing, 0 river, and thy righteousness as the waves of mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his the sea: people,and will have Imercy upon his afflicted. 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and 14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. thereof; his name should not have been cut 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, off nor destroyed from before me. that she should not have compassion on the 20 ~ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing de- will I not forget thee. dare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed palmns of my hands; thy walls are continuhis servant Jacob. Ially before me. 21 And they thirsted not when he led them 17 Thy children shall make haste; thy dethrough the deserts: he caused the waters to stroyers and they that made thee waste shall flow out of the rock for them: he clave the g f(orth of thee. rock also, and the waters gushed out. 18 i Lift iup thine eyes round about, and bl22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto Ihold: all these gather themselves together, the wicked. andt come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD 47A God's love to the church. ISAIAH. Lexhortation to trust tin C(rist. thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, 7 i For the Lord GOD will help me; thereas with an ornament, and bind them on thee, fore shall I not be confounded: therefore as a bride doeth. have I set my face like a ilint, and 1 know 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, that I shall not be ashamed. and the land of thy destruction, shall even 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will n(ow be too narrow by reason of the inhabit- contend with me? let us stand together: ants, and they that swallowed thee up shall who is mine adversary? let him come near be far away. to me. 20 The children which thou shalt have, 9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who after thou hast lost the other, shall say again is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall give place to me that I may dwell. eat them up. 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who 10 ~ Who is among you that feareth the hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, ny children, and am desolate, a captive, and that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? relmoving to and fro? and who hath brought let him trust in the name of the LORD, and up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, stay upon his God. where had they been? 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will compass yourselves about with sparks: walk lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up in the light of your fire, and in the sparks my standard to the people: and they shall that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daugh- mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. ters shall be carried upon their shoulders. CHAPTER LI 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, CHA R L. and their queens thy nursing mothers: they Exhortation to trust in God. shall bow down to thee with their face ITEARKEN to me, ye that follow after toward the earth, and lick up the dust of 11 righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: th.y feet; and thou shalt know that I am the look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. wait for me. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and 24 ~ Shall the prey be taken from the unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the cap- 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will tives of the mighty shall be taken away, and comfort all her waste places; and he will the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: make her wilderness like Eden, and her desfor Iwill contend with him that contendeth ert like the garden of the LORD; joy and with thee, and I will save thy children. gladness shall be found therein, thanks26 And I will feed them that oppress thee giving, and the voice of melody. with their own flesh; andtheyshallbe drunk- 4 T Hearken unto me, my people; and give en with their own blood, aswith sweet wine: ear unto me, 0 my nation: for a law shall and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am proceed from me, and I will make my judgthy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty ment to rest for a light of the people. )One of Jacob. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is CHAPTER L. gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on Cause of the Jews' dereliction. mine arm shall they trust. THUS saith the LORD, Where is the bill of 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look your mother's divorcement, whom I upon the earth beneath: for the heavens have put away? or which of my creditors is shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for shall wax old like a garment, and they that your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and dwell therein shall die in like manner: but for your transgressions is your mother put my salvation shall be for ever, and my rightaway. eousness shall not be abolished. 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no7 V~ Hearken unto me, ye that know rightman? when I called, was there none to an- eousness, the people in whose heart is my swer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it law; fear ye not the reproach of men, cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliv- neither be afraid of their revilings. er? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garI make the rivers a wilderness: their fish ment, and the worm shall eat them like stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth wool: but my righteousness shall be for for thirst. ever, and my salvation from generation to 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and generation. I make sackcloth their covering. 9 ~ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, of the learned, that I should know how to in the generations of old. Art thou not it speak a word in season to him that is weary: that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the he wakeneth morning by morning, he wak- dragon? eneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, 5 T The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, the waters of the great deep; that hath and I was not rebellious, neither turned made the depths of the sea a way for the %way back. ransomed to pass over? 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I shall return, and come with singing unto hid not my face from shame and spitting. Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their 479 lThe vanity offearilng ia,,- iSAIAH Christ's free redemption head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; the LORD, that my people Is taken away for and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. nought? they that rule over them make 12 1, even I, am he that comforteth you: them to howl, saith the Lord; and my narme who art thou, that thou shouldcst be afraid continually every day is blasphemed. of a man that shall die, and of the son of 6 Therefore my people shall knowmy nn ame: man which shall be made as grass; therefore they shall kIow in that day that I 13 And forgettest the LORD thy Makler, that am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid 7 ~ How beautiful upon the mountains are the foundations of the earth; and hast feared the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, continually every day because of the fury that publisheth peace; that bringeth good of the oppressor, as if he were ready to tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; destroy? and where is the fury of the op- that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! pressor? 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; 14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may with the voice together shall they sing: for be loosed, and that he should not die in the they shall see eye to eye, when the LoRD pit, nor that his bread should fail. shall bring again Zion. 15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divid- 9 T Break forth into joy, sing together, ye ed the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD of hosts is his name. hath comforted his people, he hath redeem16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, ed Jerusalem. and I have covered thee in the shadow of 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, in the eyes of all the nations; and all the and lay the foundations of the earth, and ends of the earth shall see the salvation of say unto Zion, Thou art my people. our God. 17 ~ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, 11 T Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung the vessels of the LORD. hemr out. 12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor 18 There is none to guide her among all the go by flight: for the LORD will go before sons whom she hath brought forth; neither you; and the God of Israel will be your is there any that taketh her by the hand of rearward. all the sons that she hath brought up. 13 ~ Behold, my servant shall deal prudent19 These two things are come unto thee; ly, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and very high. destruction, and the famine, and the sword: 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visby whom shall I comfort thee? age was so marred more than any man, and 20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the his form more than the sons of mn: head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, kings shall shut their mouths at him: for the rebuke of thy God, that which had not been told them shall 21 1 Therefore hear now this, thou afflict- they see; and that which they had not heard ed, and drunken, but not with wine: shall they consider. 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, CHAPTER LIII. Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the Isaiah foretells Christ's sufferings. cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup T7"HO hath believed our report? and to of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it VV whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? again: 2 For he shall grow up before him as a ten23 But I will put it into the hand of them der plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; that afflict thee; which have said to thy he hath no form nor comeliness; and when soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and we shall see him, there is no beauty that we thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and should desire him. as the street, to them that went over. 3 He is despised and rejected of men: a CHAPTER LII. man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; Christ's free redemption. he was despised, and we esteemed him not. AWAKE, awake, put on thy strength, 0 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. there shall no more come into thee the un- 5 But he was wounded for our transgrescircumcised and the unclean. sions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and chastisement of our peace was upon him: sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from and with his stripes we are healed. the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we of Zion. have turned every one to his own way; and 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of yourselves for nought; and ye shall be re- us all. deemed without money. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep, there; and the Assyrian oppressed them before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth without cause. not his mouth. 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith 8 He was taken from prison and from judg480 The church is comforted. ISAIAH.-I Exhortation to faith. ment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked. and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 T Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. CHAPTER LIV. The call of the Gentiles. SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; The LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou hast refused, saith thy God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth unto thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. 11 ~ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, ~nd not comforted, behold, I will lay thyi 41 2F stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 I No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. CHAPTER LV. The prophet calleth to repentance. HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto tboe, because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6 T Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have merc, upon him; and to our God, for he will abir dantly pardon. 8 1 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the tower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and thi 481 Blind watchmen reproved. ISAIAH. The idolatry of the Jews. hills shall break forth before you into sing- 3 I But draw near hither, ye sons of the ing, and all the trees of the field shall clap sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the their hands. whore. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? tree, and instead of the brier shall come up against whom make ye a wide mouth, and t;,e myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD draw out the tongue? are ye not children of for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall transgression, a seed of falsehood, not be cut off. 5 Inflaming yourselves with idols under evCHAPTER LVI. ery green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? Exhortation to holiness of life. 6 Among the smooth stones of the strealm is THUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to and do justice: for my salvation is near them hast thou poured a drink offering, to come, and my righteousness to be reveal- thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I ed. receive comfort in these? 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou the son of man that layeth hold on it; that set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and to offer sacrifice. keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast 3 ~ Neither let the son of the stranger, that thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, say- discovered thyself to another than me, and ing, The LORD hath utterly separated me art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, from his people: neither let the eunuch say, and made thee a covenant with them; thou IBehold, I amr a dry tree. lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointthat keep my sabbaths, and choose the th1t;(Js ment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and that please me, and take hold of my cove- didst send thy messengers far off, and didst nant; debase thyself even unto hell. 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house 10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy and within my walls a place and a name bet- way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: ter than of sons and of daughters: I will thou hast found the life of thine hand; give them an everlasting name, that shall therefore thou wast not grieved. not be cut off. 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not rethemselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to membered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have love the name of the LORD, to be his serv- not I held my peace even of old, and thou ants, every one that keepeth the sabbath fearest me not? from polluting it, and taketh hold of my 12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy covenant: works; for they shall not profit thee. 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mount- 13 I When thou criest, let thy compaain, and make them joyful in my house of nies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry prayer: their burnt offerings and their sac- them all away; vanity shall take them: but rifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; lie that putteth his trust in me shall possess for mine house shall be called a house of the land, and shall inherit my holy mountprayer for all people. ain; 8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the out- 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, casts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others prepare the way, take up the stumblingto him, besides those that are gathered unto block out of the way of my people. him. 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One 9 T All ye beasts of the field, come to de- that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is your, yea all ye beasts in the forest. Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, 10 Iis watchmen e rc blind: they are all ig- with him also that is of a contrite and humnorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot ble spirit, to revive the spirit of the hunbark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slum- ble, and to revive the heart of the contrite her. ones. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither never have enough, and they are shepherds will I be always wroth: for the spirit should that cannot understand: they all look to fail before me, and the souls which I have their own way, every one for his gain, from made. his quarter. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way to morrow shall be as this day, and much of his heart. more abundant. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: CHAPTER LVII. I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. Blessed death of the righteous. 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, THE righteous perisheth, and no man lay- peace to him that is far off, and to him that eth it to heart: and merciful men are is near, saith the LORD: and I will heal him. taken away, none considering that the right- 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, eous is taken away from the evil to come. when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest mire and dirt. in their bfrls, 'ch one walking in his up- 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the rightnrss wicked. 482 The fast which God accepteth. ISAIAH. The sins of the Jeua. CHAPTER LVIII. CHAPTER LIX. The fast which God accepteth. Punishment of Israel for sin. CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice BDEHOLD, the LORD'S hand is not shortenC like a trumpet, and shew my people J ed, that it cannot save; neither his eat their transgression, and the house of Jacob heavy, that it cannot hear: their sins. 2 But your iniquities have separated bl? 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to tween you and your God, and your sins have know my ways, as a nation that did right- hid his face from you, that he will not hear. eousness, and forsook not the ordinance of 3 For your hands are defiled with blood,, their God: they ask of me the ordinances and your fingers with iniquity; your lips o)f justice; they take delight in approaching have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutterto God. ed perverseness. 3 1 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? lies; they conceive mischief, and brin~g Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleas- forth iniquity. ure, and exact all your labours. 5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and the spider's web: he that eateth of their to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaknot fast as ye do this day, to make your voice eth out into a viper. to be heard on high. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, 5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day neither shall they cover themselves with for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow their works: their works are works of indown his head as a bulrush, and to spread iquity, and the act of violence is in their sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou hands. call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make LORD? haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and deloose the bands of wickedness, to undo the struction are in their paths. heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go 8 The way of peace they know not; and free, and that ye break every yoke? there is no judgment in their goings: they 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, have made them crooked paths; whosoever and that thou bring the poor that are cast goeth therein shall not know peace. out to thy house? when thou seest the 9 ~ Therefore is judgment far from us, neinaked, that thou cover him; and that thou ther doth justice overtake us: we wait for hide not thyself from thine own flesh? light, butbehold obscurity; for brightness, 8 T Then shall thy light break forth as the but we walk in darkness. morning, and thine health shall spring forth 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and speedily: and thy righteousness shall go be- we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble fore thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy at noonday as in the night; we are in desorearward. late places as dead men. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, like doves; we look for judgment, but thereis 1 ere I am. If thou take away from the none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. m idst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of 12 For our transgressions are multiplied beth e finger, and speaking vanity; fore thee, and our sins testify against us: 1) And if thou draw out thy soul to the for our transgressions are with us; and as hi rngry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then for our iniquities, we know them; shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy 13 In transgressing and lying against the di rkness be as the noonday: LORD, and departing away from our God, 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continu- speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving ally, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and and uttering from the heart words of falsermake fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like hood. a watered garden, and like a spring of water, 14 And judgment is turned away backward, hose waters fail not. and justice standeth afar off: for truth is 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. the old waste places: thou shalt raise up 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth the foundations of many generations; and from evil maketh himself a prey: and the thou shalt be called, The repairer of the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there breach, The restorer of paths to dwell was no judgment. in. 16 T And he saw that there was no man, and 13 ~ If thou turn away thy foot from the wondered that there was no intercessor; sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy therefore his arm brought salvation unto day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour 17 For he put on righteousness as a breasthim, not doing thine own ways, nor finding plate, and a helmet of salvation upon his thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own head; and he put on the garments of vengewords: ance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the a cloak. LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he the high places of the earth, and feed thee will repay, fury to his adversaries, recomwith the heritage of Jacob thy father: for pense to his enemies; to the islands he will the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. repay recompense. 483 Ahe glorious access of the ISAIAIH. Gentiles to the church 19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. 20 I And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. CHAPTER LX. Glorious access of the Gentiles. ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and 4X the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call 484 thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. CHAPTER LXI. The ofice of Christ. rpHE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; L because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 3 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called Trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. 4 1 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you theMinisters of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7 I For your shame ye shall have double; andfor confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 And their seed shall be known among the The office of ministers. ISAIAH. Clhrist's power to save. Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. CHAPTER LXII. God's promise to his church. IOR Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, 1. and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 4 Tbou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 5 ~ For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: 9 But they that have gathered it shall cat it, and praise the LORD; and they that hitve brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. 10 ~ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 12 And they shall call them,The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. CHAPTER LXIII. Christ sheweth his power, &c. W HO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? 41* this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 31 have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to helps and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. 7 ~I I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 ~ But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him? 12 That led then by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley. the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thy. self a glorious name. 15 ~ Look down from heaven, and behold from tue habitation of thy holiness and of t!y, glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? 16 Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, 0 LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 17 I 0 LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 485 The church prayeth to God. ISAIAH. Judgments on the wicked. 19 We are thine: thou never bearest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. CHAPTER LXIV. The church's prayer to God. (H that thou wouldest rend the heavens, J that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the water to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence I 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fale as a leaf: and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our inquities. 8 But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 1 Be not wroth very sore, 0 LoRD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we bes eech thee, we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is turned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? CHAPTER LXV. The calling of the Gentiles. AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. X Behold, it is written before me: I will not 4B keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom, 8 ~ Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place of the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11 ~ But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Be. hold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curset unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 17 ~ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voicet of crying. 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhab. it; they shall not plant, and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they a/re the seed eft The humble comforted. ISAIAH. God's mercies and judgments. the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring milk out, and be delighted with the abunwith them. dance of her glory. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will they call, I will answer; and while they are extend peace to her like a river, and the gloyet speaking, I will hear. ry of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed togeth- shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her er, and the lion shall eat straw Like the bul- sides, and be dandled upon her knees. lock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my will I comfort you; and ye shall be comholy mountain, saith the LORD. forted in Jerusalem. CHAPTER LXVI. t14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like God will be served in sincerity. an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be rTIHUS saith the LORD, The heaven is my known toward his servants, and his indigna[ throne, and the earth is my footstool: tion toward his enemies. Where is the house that ye build unto me? 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with and where is the place of my rest? fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, to render his anger with fury, and his reand all those things have been, saith the buke with flames of fire. LORD but to this man will I look, ev~en to 16 For by fire and by his sword will the him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of trembleth at my word. the LORD shall be many. 3 IEe that killeth an ox is as if he slew a 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purlman; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut fy themselves in the gardens behind one tree off a dog's neck; he that offereth an obla- in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the tion, ca if he offered swine's blood; he that abomination, and the mouse, shall be conburneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. sumed together, saith the LORD. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and18 For I know their works and their their soul delighteth in their abominations. thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will all nations and tongues; and they shall bring their fears upon them; because when come, and see my glory. I called, none did answer; when I spake, 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I they did not hear: but they did evil before will send those that escape of them unto the mine eyes, and chose that in which I de- nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw lighted not. the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar 5 ~ Hear the word of the LORD, ye that off, that have not heard my fame, neither tremble at his word; Your brethren that have seen my glory; and they shall declare hated you, that cast you out for my name's my glory among the Gentiles. sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he 20 And they shall bring all your brethren shall appear to your joy, and they shall be for an offering unto the LORD out of all naashamed. tions upon horses, and in chariots, and in lit6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice ters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, from the temple, a voice of the LORD that to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the rendereth recompense to his enemies. LORD, as the children of Israel bring an of7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; fering in a clean vessel into the house of the before her pain came, she was delivered of LORD. a man child. 21 And I will also take of them for priests 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath and for Levites, saith the LORD. seen such things? Shall the earth be made 22 For as the new heavens and the new to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation earth, which I will make, shall remain bebe born at once? for as soon as Zion trav- fore me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed ailed, she brought forth her children. and your name remain. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause new moon to another, and from one sabbath to bring forth, and shut the wozmb? saith thy to another, shall all flesh come to worship God. before me, saith the LORD. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for the carcasses of the men that have transjoy with her, all ye that mourn for her: gressed against me: for their worm shall not 1 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and the breasts of her consolations; that ye may they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. 487 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH. CHAPTER I. walls against the whole land, against the eremiat's callinn &c kings of Judah, against the princes thereof,, c.against the priests thereof, and against the THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, people of the land. of the priests that were in Anathoth in 19 And they shall fight against thee; but the land of Benjamin: they shall not prevail against thee; for I am 2 To whom the word of the LORD came in with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of CHAPTER II. Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the God expostulateth with Israel. son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of It/OREOVER the word of the LORD came the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Jo- 'AIlL to me, saying, siah king of Judah, unto the carrying avay 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of me, saying, thine espousals, when thou wentest after me 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. thee; and before thou camest forth out of 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained the firstfruits of his increase: all that dethee a prophet unto the nations. vour him shall offend; evil shall come upon 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I can- them, saith the LORD. not speak: for I am a child. 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house 7 T But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I of Jacob, and all the families of the house am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I of Israel: shall send thee, and whatsoever I command 5 I Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity thee thou shalt speak. have your fathers found in me, that they 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with are gone far from me, and have walked thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. after vanity, and are become vain? 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and 6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that touched my mouth. And the LORD said un- brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy led us through the wilderness, through a mouth. land of deserts and of pits, through a land 10 See, I have this day set thee over the na- of drought, and of the shadow of death, tions and over the kingdoms, to root out, through a land that no man passed through, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to and where no man dwelt? throw down, to build, and to plant. 7 And I brought you into a plentiful coun11 I Moreover the word of the LORD came try, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodunto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? ness thereof; but when we entered, ye deAnd I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. filed my land, and made mine heritage an 12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast abomination. well seen: for I will hasten my word to per- 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? form it. and they that handle the law knew me not: 13 And the word of the LORD came unto the pastors also transgressed against me, me the second time, saying, What seest and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and walked after things that do not profit. the face thereof is toward the north. 9 ' Wherefore I will yet plead with you, 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the saith the LORD, and with your children's north an evil shall break forth upon all the children will I plead. inhabitants of the land. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittir, and X 15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the see; and send unto Kedar, and consider dilikingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and gently, and see if there be such a thing. they shall come, and they shall set every one 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which his throne at the entering of the gates of are yet no gods? but my people have changed Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof their glory for that which doth not profit. round about, and against all the cities of Ju- 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and dah. be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, 16 And I will utter my judgments against saith the LORD. them touching all their wickedness, who 13 For my people have committed two have forsaken me, and have burned incense evils; they have forsaken me the fountain unto other gods, and worshipped the works of living waters, and hewed them out cisof their own hands. terns, broken cisterns, that can hold no 17 ~ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and water. arise, and speak unto them all that I com- 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn mand thee: be not dismayed at their faces, slave? why is he spoiled? lest I confound thee before them. 15 The young lions roared upon him, and 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a yelled, and they made his land waste: his defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen cities are burned without inhabitant. 488 The sins of Judah. JERE MIAH. Her viTe whoredonm. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, have broken the crown of thy head. surely his anger shall turn from me. Be17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, hold, I will plead with thee, because thou in that thou hast forsaken the LOaD thy sayest, I have not sinned. God, when he led thee by the way? 86 Why gaddest thou about so much to 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and to drink the waters of the river? thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, hath rejected thy conlidences, and thou shalt and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: not prosper in them. knowtherefore and see that it is an evil thingI CHAPTER III. and bitter, tnat thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, God's great mercy to Judah. saith the Lord GOD of hosts. *THEY say, If a man put away his wife, 20 ~ For of old time I have broken thyJL and she go from him, and become aaothyoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, er man's, shall he return unto her again? I will not transgress; when upon every shall not that land he greatly polluted? but high hill and under every green tree thou thou hast played the harlot with many wanderest, playing the harlot. lovers; yet return again to me, saith the 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, LORD. wholly a right seed: how then art thou 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, turned into the degenerate plantof a strange and see where thou hast not been lain with. vine unto me? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity polluted the land with thy whoredomns and is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. with thy wickedness. 33 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I 3 Therefore the showers have been with, have not gone after Baalim? See thy wayin holden, and there hath been no latter rain; the valley, know what thou hast done: thou and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou reart a swift dromedary traversing her ways; fusedst to be ashamed. 24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that4 Wilt thou not from this timecryuntome, snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her My father, thou art the guide of my youth? occasion who can turn her away? all they 5 Will he reserve hs anger for ever? will he that seek her will not weary themselves; in keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spokher month they shall find her. en and done evil things as thou couldest. 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, 6 ~ The LORD said also unto me in the days and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that There is no hope: no; for I have loved stran- which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gers. and after them will I go. gone up upon every high mountain and 26 ks the thief is ashamed when he is found, under every green tree, and there hath so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their played the harlot. kings, their princes, and their priests, and 7 And I said after she had done all these their prophets, things, Turn thou unto me. But she return27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; ed not. And her treacherous sister Judah and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: saw it. for they have turned their back unto me, 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereand not their face: but in the time of their by backsliding Israel committed adultery, I trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. had put her away, and given her a bill of 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah made thee? let them arise, if they can save feared not, but went and played the harlot thee in the time of thy trouble: for accord- also. ing to the number of thy cities are thy gods, 9 And it came to pass through the lightness O Judah. of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all and committed adultery with stones and have transgressed againstme, saiththteLORD. with stocks. 30 In vain have I smitten your children, 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister they received no correction: your own Judah hath not turned unto me with her sword hath devoured your prophets, like a whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. destroying lion. 11 And the LORD said unto me, The back31 T 0 generation, see ye the word of the sliding Israel hath justified herself more LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Isra- than treacherous Judah. el? a land of darkness? wherefore say my 12 ~ Go and proclaim these words toward people, We are lords; — e will come no the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding more unto thee? Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merbride her attire? yet my people have forgot- ciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep ten me days without number. anger for ever. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that love? therefore hast thou also taught the thou hast transgressed againstthe LORD thy wicked ones thy ways. God, and hast scattered thy ways to the 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of strangers under every green tree, and ye the souls of the poor innocents: I have not have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. found it by secret search, but UDon all these. 14 Turn, 0 backsliding children, saith the mife a'he people confess their sins, JEREMIAH. Iamentations for Juda). LORD; for I am married unto you: and I 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerl, will take you one of a city, and two of a salem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in tl, family, and I will bring you to Zion: land: cry, gather together, and say, Aascm15 And I will give you pastors according ble yourselves, and let us go into the doto mine heart, which shall feed you with fenced cities. knowledge and understanding. f Set up the standard toward Zion t retire, 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be stay not; for I will bring evil from the multiplied and increased in the land, in those north, and a great destruction. days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and The ark of the covenant of the LORD: nci- the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; ther shall it come to mind; neither shall they I he is gone forth from his place to make thy remember it; neither shall they visit it; nei- I land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid ther shall that be done any more. waste, without an inhabitant. 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem 8 For this gird you with sackcloth. lament the throne of the LORD; and all the nations and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD shall be gathered unto it, to the name of is not turned back from us. the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Walk any more after the imagination of the LORD, that the heart of the king shall their evil heart. perish, and the heart of the princes; and 18 In those days the house of Judah shall the priests shall be astonished, and the walk with the house of Israel, and they shall prophets shall wonder. come together out of the land of the north 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou to the land that I have given for an inherit- hast greatly deceived this people and Jeruance unto your fathers. salem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas 19 But I said, How shall I nut thee among the sword reacheth unto the soul. the children, and give thee a pleasant land, 11 At that time It shall be said to this peo. a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? pie and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; places in the wilderness toward the daughter and shalt not turn away from me. of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 20 ~ Surely as a wife treacherously depart- 12 Even a full wind from those places shall eth from her husband, so have ye dealt come unto me: now also will I give sen. treacherously with me, 0 house of Israel, fence against them. saith the LORD. 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his weeping and supplications of the children horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto of Israel: for they have perverted their way, us! for we are spoiled. and they have forgotten the LoRD their God. 14 0 Jerusalem, wash thine heart from 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I wickedness, that thou mayest be saved, will heal your backslidings. Behold, we How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our within thee? God. 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. the hills, and from. the multitude of mount- 16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold. ains: truly in the LORD our God is the salva- publish against Jerusalem, that watchers tion of Israel. come from a far country, and give out their 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of voice against the cities of Judah. our fathers from our youth; their flocks and 1' As keepers of a field, are they against their herds, their sons and their daughters. her round about; because she hath been 25 We lie down in our shame, and our con- rebellious against me, saith the LORD. fusion covereth us: for we have sinned 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured against the LORD our God, we and our these thitngs unto thee; this is thy wickedfathers, from our youth even unto this day, ness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD unto thine heart. our God. 19 T My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at CHAPTER IV. my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in rae, &c., caed to me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou Israel, c., ed to entan. hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the F thou wiltreturn, Israel,saith theLoRD, trumpet, the alarm of war. return unto me: and if thou wilt put 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; away thine abominations out of my sight, for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are then shalt thou not remove. my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a mo2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, ment. in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; 21 How long shall I see the standard, and and the nations shall bless themselves in hear the sound of the trumpet? him, and in him shall they glory. 22 For my people is foolish, they have not 3 ~ For thus saith the LORD to the men of known me: they are sottish children, and Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow they have none understanding: they are ground, and sow not among thorns. wise to do evil, but to do good they have no 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and knowledge. take away the foreskins of your heart, ye 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was withmen of Judah atud inhabitants ofi Jerusalem; out form, and void; and the heavens, and lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn they had no light. that none can quench it, because of the evil 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they of your doings. trembled, and all the hills moved lightly, 490 ;odl's judcgmenzts ucpon the, people, JEREMIAH. for their various sins. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith '11 the birds of the heavens were fled. the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged:6 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was on such a nation as this? a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were 10 ~i Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; broken down at the presence of the LORD, but make not a full end: take away her batand by his fierce anger. tlements; for they are not the LORD'S.:27 For thus hath thlie LORD said, The whole 11 For the house of Israel and the house of land shall be desolate; yet will I not make Judah have dealt very treacherously against a full end. me, saith the LORD. 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the 12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It heavens above be black: because I have is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not neither shall we see sword nor famine: repent, neither will I turn back from it. 13 And the prophets shall become wind, 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of and the word is not in them: thus shall it the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go be done unto them. into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of every city shall be forsaken, and not a man hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I dwell therein. will make my words in thy mouth fire, and 30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt this people wood, and it shall devour them. thou do? Though thou clothest thyself 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from With crimson, though thou deckest thee far, 0 house of Israel, saith the LORD: it i with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou nation whose language thou knowest not, tnake thyself fair; thy lovers will despise neither understandest what they say. thee, they will seek thy life. 16 Their Quiver is as an open sepulchre, 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman they are all mighty men. (fr travail, and the anguish as of her that 17 And they shall eat up thine harvest and bringeth forth her first child, the voice of thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughteio the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and nowI for my soul is wearied because of mur- thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy derers. fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with CHAPTER V. the sword. God's judgiments upon the Jews. 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. RUN ye to and fro through the streets 19 ~ And it shall come to pass, when ye of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our ftnd seek in the broad places thereof, if ye God all these things unto us? then shalt thou can find a man, if there be any that execut- answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, eth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and and served strange gods in your 'land, so I will pardon it. shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not 2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; yours. surely they swear falsely. 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and 3 0 LORD, are not thine eyes upon the publish it in Judah, saying, truth? thou hast stricken them, but they 21 Hear now this, 0 foolish people, and have notgrieved; thou hast consumed them, without understanding; which have eyes, but they have refused to receive correction: and see not; which have ears, and hear not: they have made their faces harder than a 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will rock; they have refused to return. ye not tremble at my presence, which have 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; placed the sand for the btound of the sea by they are foolish: for they know not the way a perpetual decree, thai t cannot oass it: of the LORD, nor the judgment of their and though the waves ttiereof tobs themGod. selves, yet can they not prevail; though 5 I will get me unto the great men, and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? will speak unto them; for they have known 23 But this people hath a revolting and a the way of the LORD, and the judgment of rebellious heart; they are revolted and thei r God: but these have altogether broken gone. the yoke, and burst the bonds. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall now fear the LORD our God, that giveth slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall rain, both the former and the latter, in his spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their season: he reserveth unto us the appointed cities: everyone that goeth out thence shall weeks of the harvest. b, torn in pieces: because their transgres- 25 ~ Your iniquities have turned away these sions are many, and their backslidings are things, and your sins have withholden good increased. things from you. 7 1 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy 26 For among my people are found wicked children have forsaken me, and sworn by bmen: they lay wait, as he that setteth them that are no gods: when I had fed them snares; they set a trap, they catch men. to the full, they then committed adultery, 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their and assembled themselves by troops in the houses full of deceit: therefore they are beharlots' houses. come great, and waxen rich. 8 They were as fed horses in the morning: 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, every one neighed after his neighbour's they overpass the deeds of the wicked: Vife. they judge not the cause, the cause of the 49m 1r7e prophet lamenteth JEREMIAH. the judgments of God. fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right fall: at the time that I visit them they shall of the needy do they not judge. be cast down, saith the LORD. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, such a nation as this? where is the good way, and walk therein., 30 ~ A wonderful and horrible thing is corm- and ye shall find rest for your souls. But initted in the land; they said, We will not walk therein. 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying. priests bear rule by their means; and my Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But people love to have it so: and what will ye they said, We will not hearken. do in the end thereof? 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, CHAPTER VI. 0 congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, 0 earth: behold, I will bring evil The enemy sent against Judah. upon this people, even the fruit of their OYE children of Benjamin, gather your- tfioughts, because they have not hearkened selves to flee out of the midst of Jerusa- unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected lem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set it. up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for 20 To what purpose cometh there to me inevil appeareth out of the north, and great cense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from destruction. a far country? your burnt offerings are not 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto comely and delicate wontan. me. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I come unto her; they shall pitch their tents will lay stumblingblocks before this people, against her round about; they shall feed and the fathers and the sons together shall every one in his place. fall upon them; the neighbour and his 4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let friend shall perish. us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the 22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people day goeth away, for the shadows of the comneth from the north country, and a great evening are stretched out. nation shall be raised from the sides of the 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us earth. destroy her palaces. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear: 6 ~ For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, they are cruel, and have no mercy; their Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount voice roareth like the sea; and they ride against Jerusalem: this is the city to be vis- upon horses, set in array as men for war ited; she is wholly oppression in the midst against thee, 0 daughter of Zion. of her. 24 We have heard the fame thereof: our 7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold she casteth out her wickedness: violence of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. and spoil is heard in her; before me con- 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by tinually is grief and wounds. the way; for the sword of the enemy and 8 Be thou instructed, 0 Jerusalem, lest my fear is on every side. soul depart from thee; lest I make thee 26 1 0 daughter of my people, gird thee with desolate, a land not inhabited. sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make 9 ~i Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall thee mourning, as for an only son, most thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegath- suddenly come upon us. erer into the baskets. 27 I have set thee for a tower and a fofr10 To whom shall I speak, and give warn- tress among my people, that thou mayest ing, that they may hear? Behold, their ear know and try their way. is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: 28 They are all grievous revolters, walking behold, the word of the LORD is unto them with slanders: thley are brass and iron; they a reproach; they have no delight in it. are ah corrupters. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the 29 The bellows are burned, the lead is conlLORD; I am weary with holding in: I will sumed of the fire; the founder melteth in pour it out upon the children abroad, and vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. upon the assembly of young men together: 30 Reprobate silver shall men call thernl for even the husband with the wife shall be because the LORD hath rejected them. taken, the aged with himnt that is full of days. CHAPTER VTI 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: Jeremiah calleth to repentance. for I will stretch out my hand upon the in- rHE word that came to Jeremiah from habitants of the land, saith the LORD. 1 the LORD, saying, 13 For from the least of them even unto 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, the greatest of them every one is given to. and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear covetousness: and from the prophet even the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the 3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of daughter of my people slightly, saying, Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 15 Were they ashamed when they had 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The committed abomination? nay, they were not temple of the LORD, The temple of the at alf ashamed, neither could they blush; LORD, The temple of the LORD, are thesei therefore they shall fall among them that 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways 492 Idolatry threatened JEREMIAH. The abominations in Tophet. and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute their ear, but walked in the counsels and in judgment between a man and his neighbour; the imagination of their evil heart, and 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the father- went backward, and not forward. less, and the widow, and shed not innocent 25 Since the day that your fathers came blood in this place, neither walk after other forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, gods to your hurt; I have even sent unto you all my servants 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this the prophets, daily rising up early and sendplace, in the land that I gave to your ing them: fathers, for ever and ever. 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor in. 8 ~ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that dined their ear, but hardened their neck: cannot profit. they did worse than their fathers. 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adul- 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these tery, and swear falsely, and burn incense words unto them; but they will not hearken u-nto Baal, and walk after other gods whom to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but ye know not; they will not answer thee. 10 And come and stand before me in this 28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a house, which is called by my name, and say, nation that obeyeth not the voice of the We are delivered to do all these abomina- LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: tions? truth is perished, and is cut off from their 11 Is this house, which is called by my mouth. name, become a den of robbers in your 29 11 Cut off thine hair, 0 Jerusalem, and cast eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith it away, and take up a lamentation on high the LORD. places; for the LORD hath rejected and for12 But go ye now unto my place which was saken the generation of his wrath. in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, 30 For the children of Judah have done and see what I did to it for the wickedness evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have ) f my people Israel. set their abominations in the house which is 13 And now, because ye have done all these called by my name, to pollute it. works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto 31 And they have built the high places of you, rising up early and speaking, but ye Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of heard not; and I called you, but ye an- Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughswered not: ters in the fire; which I commanded them 14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which not, neither came it into my heart. is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and 32 ~ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith unto the place which I gave to you and to the LORD, that it shall no more be called Toyour fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. phet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I but the valley of slaughter: for they shall have cast out all your brethren, even the bury in Tophet, till there be no place. whole seed of Ephraim. 33 And the carcasses of this people shall be 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, nei- the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray ther make intercession to me: for I will not them away. hear thee. 34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities 17 ~ Seest thou not what they do in the of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusa3ities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusa- lem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of lem? gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and t8 The children gather wood, and the fa- the voice of the bride: for the land shall be tiers kindle the fire, and the women knead desolate. 'hleir dough, to make cakes to the queen of CHAPTER VIII. neaven, and to pour out drink offerings un- The ca s f the J X) other gods, that they may provoke me toe e ews. nger. AT that time, saith the LORD, they shall 19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the bringout the bones of the kings of JuLOnD: do they not provoke themselves to the dah, and the bones of his princes, and the eonfusion of their own faces? bones of the priests, and the bones of the '0 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Be- prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants hlold mine anger and my fury shall be pour- of Jerusalem, out of their graves: d,1 out upon this place, upon man, and upon 2 And they shall spread them before the ieast, and upon the trees of the field, and sun, and the moon, and all the host of heavupon the fruit of the ground; and it shall en, whom they have loved, and whom they burn, and shall not be quenched. have served, and after whom they have 21 ~ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God walked, and whom they have sought, and of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unte whom they have worshipped: they shall not your sacrifices, and eat flesh. be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor for dung upon the face of the earth. commanded them in the day that I brought 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life them out of the land of Egypt, concerning by all the residue of them that remain of burnt offerings or sacrifices: this evil family, which remain in all the 23 But this thing commanded I them, say- places whither I have driven them, saith the ing, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, LORD of hosts. and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in 4 T Moreover thou shalt say unto them all the ways that I have commanded you, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and ftat it may be well unto you. not arise? shall he turn away, and not rV T4 But they bearkened not, nor inclined turn? 42 Zmpenitency upbraided. JEREMIAH. The Jews bewailed 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slid- CHAPTER IX. den back by a perpetual backsliding? they Jeremih's lamentati hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Jeremahs lametat 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake H that my head were waters, and mine not aright: no man repented him of his _J eyes a fountain of tears, that I might wickedness, saying, What have I done? weep day and night for the slain of the every one turned to his course, as the horse daughter of my people i rusheth into the battle. 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her place of wayfaring men; that I might leave appointed times; and the turtle and the my people, and go from them! for they be all crane and the swallow observe the time of adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. their coming; but my people know not the 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow judgment of the LORD. for lies: but they are not valiant for the 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law truch upon the earth; for they proceed of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in from evil to evil, and they know not me, vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in saith the LORD. vain. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dis- and trust ye not in any brother: for every mayed and taken: lo, they have rejected brother will utterly supplant, and every the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is neighbour will walk with slanders. in them? 5 And they will deceive every one his neigh10 Therefore will I give their wives unto bour, and will not speak the truth: they others, and their fields to them that shall in- have taught their tongue to speak lies, and herit them: for every one from the least weary themselves to commit iniquity. even unto the greatest is given to covetous- 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit: ness, from the prophet even unto the priest through deceit they refuse to know me, every one dealeth falsely. saith the LORD. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, daughter of my people slightly, saying, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for Peace, peace: when there is no peace. how shall I do for the daughter of my 12 Were the? ashamed when they had com- people? mitted abomination? nay, they were not at 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it all ashamed, neither could they blush; there- speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to fore shall they fall among them that fall: his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart in the time of their visitation they shall be he layeth his wait. cast down, saith the LORD. 9 ~ Shall I not visit them for these things? 13 T I will surely consume them, saith the saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avengLORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, ed on such a nation as this? nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall 10 For the mountains will I take up a weepfade; and the things that I have given them ing and wailing, and for the habitations of shall pass away from them. the wilderness a lamentation, because they 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, are burned up, so that none can pass through and let us enter into the defenced cities, them; neither can men hear the voice of the and let us be silent there: for the LORD our cattle: both the fowl of the heavens and God hath put us to silence, and given us the beast are fled; they are gone. water of gall to drink, because we have sin- 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a ned against the LORD. den of dragons; and I will make the cities 15 We looked for peace, but no good came of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. and for a time of health, and behold trouble 12 ~ Who is the wise man, that may under16 The snorting of his horses was heard from stand this? and who is he to whom the mouth Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the LORD hath spoken, that he may deof the neighing of his strong ones; for they dare it, for what the land perisheth and is are come, and have devoured the land, and burned up like a wilderness, that none passall that is in it; the city, and those that eth through? dwell therein. 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cocka- forsaken my law which I set before them, trices, among you, which will not be charm- and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. ed therein; 18 T When I would comfort myself against 14 But have walked after the imagination sorrow, my heart is faint in me. of their own heart, and after Baalim, which 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daugh- their fathers taught them: ter of my people because of them that dwell 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, is not her king in her? Why have they pro- even this people, with wormwood, and give voked me to anger with their graven images, them water of gall to drink. and with strange vanities? 16 I will scatter them also among the hea20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, then, whom neither they nor their fathers and we are not saved. have known: and I will send a sword after 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my peo- them, till I have consumed them. ple am I hurt; I am black; astonishment 17 T Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider hath taken hold on me. ye, and call for the mourning women, that 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no they may come; and send for cunning wophysician there? why then is not the health men, that they may come: of the daughter of my people recovered 9 18 And let them make hastes and take up s 494 The unequal comparison JEREMIAH. of God and idols. walling for us, that our eyes may run down 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the with tears, and our eyelids gush out with living God, and an everlasting King: at his Waters. wrath the earth shall tremble, and the na19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of tions shall not be able to abide his indignaZion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly tion. confounded, because we have forsaken the 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods land, because our dwellings have cast us out. that have not made the heavens and the 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, 0 ye earth, even they shall perish from the earth, women, and let your ear receive the word of and from under these heavens. his mouth, and teachyourdaughterswailing, 12 He hath made the earth by his power, and every one her neighbour lamentation. he hath established the world by his wis21 For deatn is come up into our windows, dom, and hath stretched out the heavens by and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the his discretion. children from without, and the young men 13 When he uttereth his voice, tnere is a from the streets. multitude of waters in the heavens, and he 22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends carca3ses of men shall fall as dung upon the of the earth; he maketh lightnings with open field, and as the handful after the bar- rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his vestman, and none shall gather them. treasures. 23 ~ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: man glory in his wisdom, neither let the every founder is confounded by the graven mighty man glory in his might, let not the image: for his molten image is falsehood, rich man glory in his riches: and there is no breath in them. 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, 15 They are vanity, ald the workof errors: that he understandeth and knoweth me, that in the time of their visitation they shall perI am the LORD which exercise lovingkind- ish. ness, judgment, and righteousness, in the 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: earth: for in these things I delight, saith the for he is the former of all t7hnps, and Israel LORD. is the rod of his inheritance; The LORD of 25 ~ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, hosts is his name. that I will punish all them which are circum- 17 IT Gather up thy wares out of the land, O cised with the uncircumcised; inhabitant of the fortress. 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the chil- 18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will dren of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are sling out the inhabitants of the land at this in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wild- once, and will distress them, that they may erness: for all these nations are uncircum- find it so. cised, and all the house of Israel are uncir- 19 ~ Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is cumcised in the heart. grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, CHAPTER X. and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my Disparity between God and idols, cords are broken: my children are gone EAR ye the word which the LORD speak- forth of me, and they are not: there is none eth unto you, O house of Israel: to stretch forth my tent any more, and to 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way set up my curtains. of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed have not sought the LORD: therefore they at them. shall not prosper, and their flocks shall b 3 For the customs of the people are vain: scattered. for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the 22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, work of the hands of the workman, with the and a great commotion out of the north axe. country, to make the cities of Jr-dah deso4 They deck it with silver and with gold; late, and a den of dragons. ihey fasten it with nails and with hammers, 23 1 O LORD, I know that the way of man is that it move not. not in himself: it is not in man that walketh 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but to direct his steps. speak not: they must needs be borne, because 24 0 LORD, correct me, but with judgment; they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them nothing. to do good. 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto know thee not, and upon the families that thee, 0 Lolts; thou art great, and thy,ame call not on thy name: for they have eaten is great in might. up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of na- him, and have made his habitation desolate. tions? for to thee doth it appertain: foras-CHAPrER XI much as among all the wise men of the na- CHA X. tions, and in all their kingdoms, there is none God's covenant proclaimed. like unto thee. THE word that came to Jeremiah from 8 But they are altogether brutish and fool- 1 the LORD, saying, ish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from speak unto the men of Judah, and to the in. Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of habitants of Jerusalem; the workman, and of the hands of the found- 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the er: blue and purple is their clothing: they LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that 7.6s all the work of cunning men. obeyeth not the words of this covenant, God's covenant proclaimed. JEREMIAH. The ruin of the wicked. 4 Which I commanded your fatners in the of the living, that his name may be no more day that I brought them forth out of the remembered. land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, say-! IO But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest right. ing, Obey my voice, and do them, according cously, that triest the reins and the heart, let to all which I command you; so shall ye be me see thy vengeance on them: for unto my people, and I will be your God: thee have I revealed my cause. 5 ThatI may perform the oath which I have 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that Then answered I, aInd said, So be it, O LORD. thou die not by our hand: 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, these words in the cities of Judah, and in Behold, I will punish them: the young men the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye shall die by the sword; their sons and their the words of this covenant, and do them. daughters shall die by famine: 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fa- '3 And there shall be no remnant of them: thers in the day that I brought them up out for I will bring evil upon the men of Anaof the land of Egypt, even unto this day, thoth, even the year of their visitation. rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my CAPTER XII voice. 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their Prosperity of the wticked lamented. ear, but walked every one in the imagina- ROIGHTEOUS art thou, 0 LORD, when I tion of their evil heart: therefore I will I plead with thee: yet let me talk with bring upon them all the words of this cove- thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the nant, which I commanded themt to do; but way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are they did them not. all they happy that deal very treacherously? And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have is f unl among the men of Judah, and taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far 10 They ar t'.rned back to the iniquities of from their reins. their orefathers, which refused to hear my 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast wo- 's; ann they went after other gods to seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: serv them- the house of Israel and the pull them out like sheep for the slaughter. hous o Judah have broken my covenant and prepare them for the day of slaughter. which I made with their fathers. 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the U11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, herbs of every field wither, for the wickedI will bring evil upon them, which they shall ness of them that dwell therein? the beasts not be able to escape; and though they shall are consumed, and the birds; because they ery unto me, I will not hearken unto them. said, He shall not see our last end. 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhab- 5 ~ If thou hast run with the footmen, and itants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the they have wearied thee, then how canst thou gods untowhom they offerincense: but they contend with horses? and if in the land of shall not save them at all in the time of their peace, wherein thou trustedst, they uearied trouble. thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling 13 For according to the number of thy cities of Jordan? were thy gods, O Judah; and according to 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of the number of the streets of Jerusalem have thy father, even they have dealttreacherousye set up altars to that shameful thing, eeen ly with thee; yea, they have called a multialtars to burn incense unto Baal. tude after thee: believe them not, though 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, they speak fair words unto thee. neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for 7 ~ I have forsaken mine house, I have left I will not hear them in the time that they cry mine heritage; I have given the dearly beunto me for their trouble. loved of my soul into the hand of her ene15 What hath my beloved to do in mine rmies. house, seeing shehathwrought lewdness with 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? forest; it crieth out against me: therefore when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. have I hated it. 16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise bird, the birds round about are against her; of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, It, and the branches of it are broken, come to devour. 17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vinehath pronounced evil against thee, for the yard, they have trodden my portion under Dvii of the house of Israel and of the house foot, they have made my pleasant portion a of Judah, which they have done against desolate wilderness. themselves to provoke me to anger in offer- 11 They have made it desolate, and being Ing incense unto Baal. desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole 18 ~And the LORD hath given me knowledge land is made desolate, because no man tayof it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me eth it to heart. their doings. 12 The spoilers are come upon all high 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is places through the wilderness: for the brought to the slaughter; and I knew not sword of the LORD shall devour from the that they had devised devices against me, one end of the land even to the other end saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit cf the land: no flesh shall have peace. thereof, and let us cut him off from the land.3 2They have sown wheat, but shall rea 496 Judah's destruction typified. JEREMIAH. God exhorteth to repentance. thorns; they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 14 11 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD. CHAPTER XIII, The type of a linen girdle. ITHUS saith the LORD unto me, Go and get ] thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy lin.s, and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LOtRD commanded me. 3 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. 12 1 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 18 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that 42* 2G sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. 15 II Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. 16 Give glory to the LoRD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? 22 ~ And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.' 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast fogotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. 27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, 0 Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? CHAPTER XIV. A grievous dearth. THE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapped, for there was no rain in the earth, the ploughmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Yea,, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 497 Lying prophets shall perish. JEREMIAH. Jeremiah's complaint. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high not disgrace the throne of thy glory: rememplaces, they snuffed up the wind like drag- ber, break not thy covenant with us. ons; their eyes did fail, because there was 22 Are there any among the vanities of the no grass. Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the 7 T 0 LORD, though our iniquities testify heavens give showers? Art not thou he, Q against us. do thou it for thy name's sake: for LOD our God? therefore we Mwill wait upon our backslidings are many; we have sinned thee: for thou hast made all these things. against thee. CHAPTIR V 8 0 the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof CHAPTER XV. in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be The rejection of the Jews. as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfar- riHEN said the LORD unto me, Though ing mani that turneth aside to tarry for a Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet night? my mind could not be toward this people' 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man aston- cast them out of my sight, and let them go ished, as a mighty man that cannot save? forth. yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto we are called by thy name; leave us not. thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou 1o ~j Thus saith the LORD unto this people, shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such Thus have they loved to wander, they have as are for death, to death; and such as are not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD for the sword, to the sword; and such as are doth not accept them; he will now remember for the famine, to the famine; and such as are their iniquity, and visit their sins. for the captivity, to the captivity. 11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, this people for their good. saith the LOR1): the sword to slay, and the 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and when they offer burnt offering and an ob- and the beasts of the earth, to devour and lation, I will not accept them: but I will destroy. consume them by the sword, and by the fam- 4 And I will cause them to be removed into ine, and by the pestilence. all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manas13 ~ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the seh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the that which he did in Jerusalem. sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I 5 For who shall havepity upon thee, OJerusawill give you assured peace in this place. lem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall 14 Then the LORD said unto me, The proph- go aside to ask how thou doest? ets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them 6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, not, neither have I commanded them, nei- thou art gone backward: therefore will I ther spake unto them: they prophesy unto stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy you a false vision and divination, and a thee; I am weary with repenting. thing of nought, and the deceit of their 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates heart. of the land; I will bereave them of children, 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concern- I will destroy my people, since they return ing the prophets that prophesy in my name, not from their ways. and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword 8 Their widows are increased to me above and famine shall not be in this land; By the sand of the seas: I have brought upon sword and famine shall those prophets be them against the mother of the young men a consumed. spoiler at noon day: I have caused him to ftll 16 And the people to whom they prophesy upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: because of the famine and the sword; and she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone they shall have none to bury them, them, down while it was yet day: she hath been their wives, nor their sons, nor their daugh- ashamed and confounded: and the residue of ters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them will I deliver to the sword before their them. enemies, saith the LORD. 17 1 Therefore thou shalt say this word un- 10 ~ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast to them; Let mine eyes run down with borne me a man of strife and a man of con tears night and day, and let them not cease: tention to the whole earth! I have neither for the virgin daughter of my people is lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on broken with a great breach, with a very griev- usury; yet every one of them doth curse ous blow. me. 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold 11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well the slain with the sword! and if I enter into with thy remnant; verily I will cause the the city, then behold them that are sick with enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest and in the time of affliction. go about into a land that they know not. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath the steel? thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smit- 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I ten us, and there is no healing for us? we give to the spoil without price, and that for looked for peace, and there is no good; all thy sins, even in all thy borders. and for the time of healing, and behold 14 And I will make thee to pass with thine trouble! enemies into a land which thou knowest not: 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wicked- for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which ness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we shall burn upon you. have sinned against thee. 15 O0 LORD, thou knowest: remember me, 21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do and visit me, and revenge me of my perse498 - Ut.;tcr ruin of the Jews. 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The return from captivity. 2utors; take me not away in thy longsuffer- they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath ing: know that for thy sake I have suffered the LORD pronounced all this great evil rebuke. against us? or what is our iniquity? or what 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat is ur sin that we have committed against them; and thy word was unto me the joy the LORD our God? and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called 11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. your fathers have forsaken me, saith the 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, LORD, and have walked after other gods: nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy and have served them, and have worshipped hand: for thou hast filled me with indigna- them, and have forsaken me, and have not tion. kent my law; 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my 12 And ye have done worse than your fawound incurable, which refuseth to be thers; for, behold, ye walk every one after healed? wilt thou be altogether unto mne as the imagination of his evil heart, that they a liar, and as waters that fail? may not hearken unto me: 19 T Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou 13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land return, then will I bring thee again, and into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor thou shalt stand before me: and if thou your fathers; and there shall ye serve other take forth the precious from the vile, thou gods day and night; where I will not shew shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto you favour. thee; but return not thou unto them. 14 ~ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 20 And I will make thee unto this people the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight LORD liveth, that brought up the children against thee, but they shall not prevail of Israel out of the land of Egypt: against thee: for I am with thee to save 15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. the children of Israel from the land of the 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand north, and from all the lands whither he,)f the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of had driven them: and I will bring them l;he hand of the terrible, again into their land that I gave unto their CHAPTER XVI. fathers. 16 ~ Behold, I will send for many fishers, Utter ruin of the Jews foreshewn. saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; *HEl word of the LORD came also unto me, and after will I send for many hunters, and L saying, they shall hunt them from every mountain, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither and from every hill, and out of the holes of lhalt thou have sons nor daughters in this the rocks. place. 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the they are not hid from my face, neither is sons and concerning the daughters that are their iniquity hid from mine eyes. born in this place, and concerning their l18 And first I will recompense their inmothers that bare them, and concerning iquity and their sin double; because they their fathers that begat them in this land; have defiled my land, they have filled mine 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they inheritance with the carcasses of their deshall not be lamented; neither shall they be testable and abominable things. buried; but they shall be as dung upon the 19 0 LORD, my strength, and my fortress, face of the earth: and they shall be consum- and my refuge in the day of affliction, ed by the sword, and by famine; and their the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the carcasses shall be meat for the 'fowls of ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and 5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into things wherein there is no profit. the house of mourning, neither go to lament 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and nor bemoan them: for I have taken away they are no gods? my peace from this people, saith the LORD, 21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause even lovingkindness and mercies. them to know, I will cause them to know 6 Both the great and the small shall die in mine hand and my might; and they shall this land: they shall not be buried, neither know that my name is The LORD. shall men lament for them, nor cut them- A TER selves, nor make themselves bald for them: Captivity of Judah for sin. 7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them rPHE sin of Judah is written with a pen ot in mourning, to comfort them for the dead;. iron, and with the point of a diamond: neither shall men give them the cup of con- it is graven upon the table of their heart, solation to drink for their father or for their and upon the horns of your altars; mother. 2 Whilst their children remember their al8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of tars and their groves by the green trees feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. upon the high hills. 9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God 3 0 my mountain in the field, I will give of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out thy substance and all thy treasures to the of this place in your eyes, and in your days, spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout the voice of mirth, and the voice of glad- all thy borders. ness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the 4 And thou, even thyself shalt discontinue voice of the bride. from thine heritage that i gave thee; and I 10 ~ And it shall come to pass, when thou will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the hUalt shew this people all these words, and land which thou knowest not: for ye have 499 Trust in God s blessed. JEREMIAH. The type of the potter. kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring burn for ever. in no burden through the gates of this city 5 ~ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh day, to do no work therein; his arm, and whose heart departeth from 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of the LORD. this city kings and princes sitting upon the 6 For he shall be like the heath in the des- throne of David, riding in chariots and on ert, and shall not see when good cometh; but horses, they, and their princes, the men of shall inhabit the parched places in the Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. and this city shall remain for ever. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the 26 And they shall come from the cities of LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. Judah, and from the places about Jerusa8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the lem, and from the land of Benjamin, and waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by from the plain, and from the mountains, and the river, and shall not see when heat cor- from the south, bringing burnt offeringss eth, but her leaf shall be green; and shall and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and not be careful in the year of drought, incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. unto the house of the LORD. 9 ~ The heart is deceitful above all things, 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me tc and desperately wicked: who can know it? hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the burden, even entering in at the gates of Jereins, even to give every man according to rusalem on the sabbath day; then will I his ways, and according to the fruit of his kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall doings. devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and not be quenched. hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, CHAPTER XVIII. and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a God's power over nations typified. fool. q[HE word which came to Jeremiah from 12 T A glorious high throne from the begin- I the LORD, saying, ning is the place of our sanctuary. 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that for- and there I will cause thee to hear my sake thee shall be ashamed, and they that words. depart from me shall be written in the earth, 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, because they have forsaken the LORD, the and, behold, he wrought a work on the fountain of living waters. wheels. 14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art marred in the hand of the potter: so he ny praise. made it again another vessel, as seemed good 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is to the potter to make it. the word of the LORD? let it come now. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, 16 As for me, I have not hastened from saying, being a pastor to follow thee: neither have 6 0 house of Israel, cannot I do with you as I desired the woful day; thou knowest: that this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the which came out of my lips was right before clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine thee. hand, O house of Israel. 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning hope in the eay of evil. a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to 18 Let them be confounded that persecute pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy me, but let not me be confounded: let them it* be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: 8 If that nation, against whom I have probring upon them the day of evil, and de- nounced, turn from their evil, I will repent stroy them with double destruction. of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 19 ~ Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and 9 And at what instant I shall speak concernstand in the gate of the children of the peo- ing a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pie, whereby the kings of Judah come in, build and to plant it; and by the which they go out, and in all the 10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not gates of Jerusalem; my voice, then I will repent of the good, 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word wherewith I said I would benefit them. of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all 11 ~ Now therefore go to, speak to the men Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusa. that enter in by these gates: lem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I 21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to your- frame evil against you, and devise a device solves, and bear no burden on the sabbath against you: return ye now every one from day nor bring it in by the gates of Jeru- his evil way, and make your ways and your sal m; doings good. 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we hi uses on the sabbath day, neither do ye will walk after our own devices, and we will any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as everyone do the imaginationof hisevil heart. I commanded your fathers. 13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined now among the heathen, who hath heard their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they such things: the virgin of Israel hath done might not hear, nor receive instruction. a very horrible thing. 4 And it shal come to pass, if ye diligently 14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon am The prophet's complaint. JEREMIAH. The Jews' desolation. hiMch cometh from the rock of the field? or the LORD, that this place shall no more be shall the cold flowing waters that come from called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of another place be forsaken? Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. 15 Because my people hath forgotten me, 7 And I will make void the counsel of they have burned incense to vanity, and Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I they have caused them to stumble in their will cause them to fall by the sword before ways from the ancient paths, to walk in their enemies, and by the hands of them paths, in a way not cast up; that seek their lives: and their carcasses 16 To make their land desolate, and a per- will I give to be meat for the fowls of the petual hissing; every one that passeth heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. thereby shall be astonished, and wag his 8 And I will make this city desolate, and a bead. hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind be astonished and hiss, because of all the before the enemy; I will shew them the plagues thereof. back, and not the face, in the day of their 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of calamity. their sons and the flesh of their daughters, 18 ~ Then said they, Come, and let us devise and they shall eat every one the flesh of his devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith not perish from the priest, nor counsel from their enemies, and they that seek their lives, the wise, nor the word from the prophet. shall straiten them. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, 10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the and let us not give heed to any of his words. sight of the men that go with thee, 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken 11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the to the voice of them that contend with me. LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for people and this city, as one breaketh a potthey have digged a pit for my soul. Re- ter's vessel, that cannot be made whole member that I stood before thee to speak again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, good for them, and to turn away thy wrath till there be no place to bury. from them. 12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the 21 Therefore deliver up their children to LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and the famine, and pour out their blood by the even make this city as Tophet: force of the sword; and let their wives be 13 And the houses'of Jerusalem, and the bereaved of their children, and he widows; houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled and let their men be put to death; let their as the place of Tophet, because of all the young men be slain by the sword in battle. houses upon whose roofs they have burned 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, incense unto all the host of heaven, and have when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly poured out drink offerings unto other gods. upon them: for they have digged a pit to 14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet,whithtake me, and hid snares for my feet. er the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and 23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their coun- he stood in the court of the LORD'S house, sel against me to slay me: forgive not their and said to all the people, iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy 15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of sight, but let them be overthrown before Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city thee; deal thus with them in the time of and upon all her towns all the evil that thine anger. have pronounced against it, because they CHAPTER XIX. have hardened their necks, that they might Jerusalem's desolation typified. not hear my words. THUS saith the LORD, Go and get a pot- CHAPTER XX. 1 ter's earthen bottle, and take of the an- Pashur's new name and doom. icants of the people, and of the ancients of VTOW Pashur the son of Immer the priest, the priests; N who was also chief governor in the 2 And go forth unto the valley of the son house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east prophesied these things. gate, and proclaim there the words that I 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, shall tell thee: and put him in the stocks that were in the 3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, high gate of Benjamin, which was by the O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jeru- house of the LORD. salem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the this place, the which whosoever heareth, stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The his ears shall tingle. LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have Magor-missabib. estranged this place, and have burned in- 4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will cense in it unto other gods, whom neither make thee a terror to thyself, and to all they nor their fathers have known, nor the thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword kings of Judah, and have filled this place of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold with the blood of innocents; it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of 5 They have built also the high places of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt captive into Babylon, and shall slay them offerings unto Baal, which I commanded with the sword. not, nor spake it, neither came it into my 5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of mind: this city, and all the labours thereof, and all 6 Therefore, behold, the days come. saith the precious things thereof, and all the 501 Pashur's fearful doom. 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The captivity foretold. treasures of the kings of Judah will I give 4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Beinto the hand of their enemies, which shall hold, I will turn back the weapons of war spoil them, and take them, and carry them that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight to Babylon. against the king of Babylon, and against the 6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in Chaldeans, which besiege you without thz thine house, shall go into captivity: and walls, and I will assemble them into the thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou midst of this city. shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, 5 And 1 myself will fight against you with and all thy friends, to whom thou hast an outstretched hand and with a strong prophesied lies. arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great 7 ~ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I wrath. was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every city, both man and beast: they shall die of one mocketh me. a great pestilence. 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried vio- 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will delence and spoil; because the word of the liver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servLORD was made a reproach unto me, and a ants, and the people, and such as are left in derision, daily. this city from the pestilence, from the 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of sword, and from the famine, into the hand him, nor speak any more in his name. But of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and his word was in mine heart as a burning fire into the hand of their enemies, and into the shut up in my bones, and I was weary with hand of those that seek their life: and he forbearing, and I could not stay, shall smite them with the edge of the sword; 10 ~ For I heard the defaming of many, fear he shall not spare them, neither have pity, on every side. Report, say they, and we will nor have mercy. report it. All my familiars watched for my 8 ~ And unto this people thou shalt say, halting, saying, Peradventure he will be en- Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before ticed, and we shall prevail against him, and you the way of life, and the way of death. we shall take our revenge on him. 9 He that abideth in the city shall die by 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty the sword, and by the famine, and by the terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall pestilence: but he that goeth out, and fallstumble, and they shall not prevail: they eth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he 3hall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not shall live, and his life shall be unto him for prosper: their everlasting confusion shall a prey. never be forgotten. 10 For I have set my face against this city 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the for evil, and not for good, saiththe LoRD: it righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, shall be given into the hand of the king of let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. thee have I opened my cause. 11 ~ And touching the house of the king of 13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD; for he hath delivered the soul of the poor 12 0 house of David, thus saiti the LORD; from the hand of evil doers. Execute judgment in the morning, and de14 ~ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: liver him that is spoiled out of the hand of let not the day wherein my mother bare me the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, be blessed. and burn that none can quench it, because 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings of the evil of your doings. to my father, saying, A man child is born 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant unto thee; making him very glad. of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the 16 And let that man be as the cities which LORD; which say, Who shall come down the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and against us? or who shall enter into our hablet him hear the cry in the morning, and the itations? shouting at noontide; 14 But I will punish you according to the 17 Because he slew me not from the womb; fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I or that my mother might have been my will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and grave, and her womb to be always great with it shall devour all things round about it. vie. CHAPTER XXII. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the wombAPTER XXI to see labour and sorrow, that my days Jeremiah exhorteth to righteousness.,should be consumed with shame? rHUS saith the LORD; GO down to the CHAPTER XX. JI house of the king of Judah, and speak CHAPTER XXI. there this word, The sige of Jerusalem foretold. 2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, 0 TIE word which came unto Jeremiah king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne from the LORD, when king Zedekiah of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, people that enter in by these gates: and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgpriest, saying, ment and righteousness, and deliver the 2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh and do no wrong, do no violence to the war against us; if so be that the LORD will stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neideal with us according to all his wondrous ther shed innocent blood in this place. works, that he may go up from us. 4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall 3 ~ Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus there enter in by the gates of this house shall ye say to Zedekiah: kiings sitting upon the throne o0f David, rid502 The judgment of Shallum. 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Christ is promised ing in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. 6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. 7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. 8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. 10 ~ Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 ' Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; 14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 1II Hle judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and forto shed innccent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 20 ~ Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! 24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; 25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? 29 0 earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. 30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. CHAPTER XXIII. Christ, the Branch, promised. W OE be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture I saith the LORD. 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my peo. pie; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of you doings, saith the LORD. 3 And I will gather the remnant of mn flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. 4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. 5 T Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. 9 ~ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake: I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for be503 ,against false prophets, and JEREMIAH. mockers of the true prophet. cause of swearing the land mourneth: the tell every man to his neighbour, as their pleasant places of the wilderness are dried fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. up, and their course is evil, and their force 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him is not right. tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let 11 For both prophet and priest are pro- him speak my word faithfully. What is the fane; yea, in my house have I found their chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. wickedness, saith the LORD. 29 Is not my word like as a ire? saith the 12 Wherefore their ways shall be unto them LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall rock in pieces? be driven on, and fall therein: for I will 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the bring evil upon them, even the year of their prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my visitation, saith the LORD. words every one from his neighbour. 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, caused my people Israel to err. He saith. 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jeru- 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy salem a horrible thing: they commit adul- false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell tery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also them, and cause my people to err by their the hands of evil doers, that none doth re- lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them turn from his wickedness: they are all of not, nor commanded them: therefore they them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabit- shall not profit this people at all, saith the ants thereof as Gomorrah. LORD. 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts 33 ~ And when this people, or the prophet, concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the them with wormwood, and make them drink burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say the water of gall: for from the prophets of unto them, What burden? I will even forJerusalem is profaneness gone forth into sake you, saith the LORD. all the land. 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken and the people, that shall say, The burden not unto the words of the prophets that of the LORD, I will even punish that man prophesy unto you; they make you vain: and his house. they speak avision of their own heart, and 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighnot out of the mouth of the LORD. bour, and every one to his brother, What 17 They say still unto them that despise me, hath the LORD answered? and, What hath The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; the LORD spoken? and they say unto every one that walketh 36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye after the imagination of his own heart, No mention no more; for every man's word evil shall come upon you. shall be his burden: for ye have perverted 18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the the words of the living God, of the LORD of LORD, and hath perceived and heard his hosts our God. word? who hath marked his word, and 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What heard it? hath the LORD answered thee? and, What 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone hath the LORD spoken? forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it 38 But since ye say, The burden of the shall fall grievously upon the head of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Bewicked. cause ye say this word, The burden of the 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye until he have executed, and till he have shall not say, The burden of the LORD; performed the thoughts of his heart: in 39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly the latter days ye shall consider it per- forget you, and I will forsake you, and the fectly. city that I gave you and your fathers, and 21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they cast you out of my presence: ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach prophesied. upon you, and a perpetual shame, which 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and shall not be forgotten. had caused my people to hear my words, CHAPTER XXIV. then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their The type of good and bad fig.. doings. rHE LORD shewed me, and, behold, twn 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and J baskets of figs were set before the temple not a God afar off? of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar 24 Can any hide himself in secret places king of Babylon had carried away captive that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of JuDo not I fill heaven and earth? saith the dah, and the princes of Judah, with the carLORD. penters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and 25 I have heard what the prophets said, had brought them to Babylon. that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I 2 One basket lad very good figs, even like have dreamed, I have dreamed. the figs that are first ripe: and the other 26 How long shall this be in the heart of basket had very naughty figs, which could the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they not be eaten, they were so bad. are prophets of the deceit of their own 3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest heart; thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good 27 Which think to cause my people to for- figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that get my name by their dreams, which they cannot be eaten, they are so evil, 504 The Babylonish JEREMIAH. captivity foretold. 4 1 Again the word of the LORD came unto ment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolame, saying, tions. 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; 10 Moreover I will take from them the Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, them that are carried away captive of Judah, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice whom T have sent out of this place into the of the bride, the sound of the millstones, land of the Chaldeans for their good. and the light of the candle. 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for 11 And this who]e land shall be a desolation, good, and I will bring them again to this and an astonishment; and these nations rand: and I will build them, and not pull shall serve the king of Babylon seventy them down; and I will plant them, and not years. pluck them up. 12 I And it shall come to pass, when seventy 7 And I will give them a heart t know me, years are accomplished, that I will punish that I am the LORD; and they shall be my the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith people, and I will be their God: for they the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of shall return unto me with their whole heart. the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual 8 ~ And as the evil figs, which cannot be desolations. eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the 13 And I will bring upon that land all my LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of words which I have pronounced against it, Judah, and his princes, and the residue of even all that is written in this book, which oerusalenm, that remain in this land, and Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the them that dwell in the land of Egypt: nations. 9 And I will deliver them to be removed in- 14 For many nations and great kings shall to all the kingdoms of the earth for their serve themselves of them also: and I will hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt recompense them according to their deeds, and a curse, in all places whither I shall and according to the works of their own drive them. hands. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, 15 ~ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel and the pestilence, among them, till they be unto me; Take the winecup of this fury at consumed from off the land that I gave unto my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom,ttem and to their fathers. I send thee, to drink it. TC APTER XXV. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will The Babylonish captivity foretold. send among them. 1HE word that came to Jeremiah concern-17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hands 1. ing all the people of Judah, in the fourth and made all the nations to drink, unto year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of whom the LORD had sent me: Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchad- 18 To wit, Jerusalem, arnd the cities of Jureazar king of Babylon: dah, and the kings thereof, and the princes 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake thereof, to make them a desolation, an asx unto all the people of Judah, and to all the tonishment, a hissing, and a curse.; as it is inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, this day; 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this and his princes, and all his people; day, that is the three and twentieth year, the 20 And all the mingled people, and all to9 word of the LORD hath come unto me, and kings of the land of iUz, and all the kings of I have spoken unto you, rising early and the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, speaking; but ye have not hearkened. and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his Ashdod, servants the prophets, rising early and send-?1 Edom, and Moab, and the children of.ln them; but ye have not hearkened, nor Ammon, in(lined your ear to hear. 22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles from his evil way, and from the evil of your which are beyond the sea, doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that hath given unto you and to your fathers for are in the utmost corners, ever and ever: 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, kings of the mingled people that dwell in and to worship them, and provoke me not the desert, to anger with the works of your hands; and 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the I will do you no hurt. kings of Elam, and all the kings of the 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, Medes, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me 26 And all the kings of the north, far and to anger with the works of your hands to near, one with another, and all the kingyour own hurt. doms of the world, which are upon the face 8 1~ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall Because ye have not heard my words, drink after them. 9 Behold, I will send and take all the fami- 27 TIerefor3 thou shalt say unto them, lies of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebu- Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of chadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and will bring them against this land, and and fall, and rise no more, because of the against the inhabitants thereof, and against sword which I will send among you. all these nations round about, and will utter- 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the 1y destroy them, and make them anastonish- cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thoa 40- W Howling of the shepherds. JEREMIAH. Jeremiah is reproved. say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations: he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. 34 ~ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. CHAPTER XXVI. Jeremiah exhorteth to repentance. TN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; 6 Then will 1 matke this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 506 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. 8 T Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets anld all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. 10 T When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sal down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house. 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. 12 I Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced againsl you. 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: dc with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye pu I me to death, ye shall surely bring innocen I blood upon yourselves, and upon this city i and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of u truth the LORD hath sent me unto you t(i speak all these words in your ears. 16 ~ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD ouI God. 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim,who proDhesied against this city and against this iand according to all the words of Jeremiah: 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled. and went Into Egypt; He prophesieth the subjection JEREMIAH. of the neighboring kings. 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into lence, as the LORD hath spoken against E,:ypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, the nation that will not serve the king of rid certain men with him into Egypt. Babylon?;2 And they fetched forth Urijah out of 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words 1,vypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, the king; who slew him with the sword, and Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for cast his dead body into the graves of the they prophesy a lie unto you. common people. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the 24- Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; son of Shaphan waswith Jeremiah, that they that I might drive you out, and that ye should not give him into the hand of the might perish, ye, and the prophets that people to put him to death. prophesy unto you. CHAPTER XXVII 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; HearkNebuchadnezzar's conquests typified. en not to the words of your prophets that N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the ves-. the son of Josiah king of Judah came sels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, be brought again from Babylon: for they saying, prophesy a lie unto you. 2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this neck. city be laid waste? 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word tc the king of Moab, and to the king of the of the LORD be with them, let them now Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the the vessels which are left in the house of messengers which come to Jerusalem unto the LORD, and in the house of the king of Zedekiah king of Judah; Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 4 And command them to say unto their 19 T For thus saith the LORD of hosts con. masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the cerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your and concerning the bases, and concerning nma3ters; the residue of the vessels that remain in this 5 I have made the earth, the man and the city, beast that are upon the ground, by my great 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon power and by my outstretched arm, and took not, when he carried away captive have given it unto whom it seemed meet Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Juunio me. dah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the 6 And now have I given all these lands into nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of 21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that refield have I given him also to serve him. main in the house of the LORD, and in the 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his house of the king of Judah and of Jeruson, and his son's son, until the very time of salem; his land come: and then many nations and 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and great kings shall serve themselves of him. there shall they be until the day that I visit 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation them, saith the LORD; then will I bring and kingdom which will not serve the same them up, and restore them to this place. Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and CHAPTER XXVIII. that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I Haanniah's false prophecy. punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and AND it came to pass the same year, in the with the famine, and with the pestilence, Xt beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king until I have consumed them by his hand. of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth O Therefore hearken not ye to your proph- month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the ets, nor to your diviners, nor to your prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto (dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence your sorcerers, which speak unto you, of the priests and of all the people, saying,: saving, Ye shall not serve the king of Bab- 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the; ylon: God of Israel, saying, I have broken the 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to re- yoke of the king of Babylon. move you far from your land; and that I 3 Within two full years will I bring again should drive you out, and ye should perish. into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S 11 But the nations that bring their neck un- house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babder the yoke of the king of Babylon, and ylon took away from this place, and carried serve him, those will I let remain still in their them to Babylon: own land, saith the LORD; and they shall 4 And I will bring again to this place Jecotill it, and dwell therein. niah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, 12 ~ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah with all the captives of Judah, that went according to all these words, saying, Bring into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will your necks under the yoke of the king of break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Babylon, and serve him and his people, and 5 I~ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto live. the prophet Hananiah in the presence of 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the priests, and in the presence of all the tbei sword, by the famine, and by the oesti- people that stood in the house of the LORD, 507 tananial's death foretold. JEREMIAH. Jeremiah's letter, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen tives, whom I have caused to be carried the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; words which thou hast prophesied, to bring 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; all that is carried away captive, from Baby- 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daugh. Ion into this place. ters; and take wives for your sons, and give 7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word your daughters to husbands, that they may that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of bear sons and daughters; that ye may be all the people; increased there, and not diminished. 8 The prophets that have been before me 7 And seek the peace of the city whither 3 and before thee of old prophesied both have caused you to be carried away cap. against many countries, and against great tives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for iL kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pesti- the peace thereof shall ye have peace. lence. 8 ~ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, thet 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, God of Israel; Let not your prophets ana when the word of the prophet shall come to your diviners, that be in the midst of you; pass, then shall the prophet be known, that deceive you, neither hearken to your the LORD hath truly sent him. dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 10 ~ Then Hananiah the prophet took the 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, name: I have not sent them, saith the and brake it. LORD. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of 10 ~ For thus saith the LORD, That after all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; seventy years be accomplished at Babyl )n Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchad- I will visit you, and perform my good word nezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all toward you, in causing you to return to this nations within the space of two full years. place. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think 12 ~ Then the word of the LORD came unto toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah peace, and not of evil, to give you an exthe prophet had broken the yoke from off pected end. the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith go and pray unto me, and I will hearken the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of unto you. wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when of iron. ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 14 And I will be found of you, saith the, God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, upon the neck of all these nations, that they and I will gather you from all the nations, may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- and from all the places whither I have lon; and they shall serve him: and I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring given him the beasts of the field also. you again into the place whence I caused 15 ~ Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto you to be carried away captive. Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hana- 15 ~ Because ye have said, The LORD hath niah; The LORD hath not sent thee but raised us up prophets in Babylon; thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD Behold, king that sitteth upon the throne of David. I will cast thee from off the face of the and of all the people that dwelleth in this earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou city, and of your brethren that are not gone hast taught rebellion against the LORD. forth with you into captivity; 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I year in the seventh month. will send upon them the sword, the famine, CHAPTER XXIX. and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so Jeremiah's letter to the captives. evil. NOW these are the words of the letter 18 And I will persecute them with the that Jeremiah the prophet sent from sword, with the famine, and with the pestiJerusalem unto the residue of the elders lence, and will deliver them to be removed which were carried away captives, and to to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a the priests, and to the prophets, and to all curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had and a reproach, among all the nations carried away captive from Jerusalem to whither I have driven them: Babylon; 19 Because they have not hearkened to my 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Ju- them by my servants the prophets, rising up dah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and early and sending them; but ye would not the smiths, were departed from Jerusa- hear, saith the LORD. lem;) 20 ~ Hear ye therefore the word of the 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Sha- LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have phan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: (hom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of on) saying, Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which proph4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of esy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I Israel, unto all that are carried away cap- will deliver them into the hand of Nebu' 508 Shemaiah's doom foretold. JEREMIAH. jacoo is comforted chadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none slay them before your eyes; is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. by all the captivity of Judah which are in 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith Eabylon, saying, The LORD make thee like the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, Blabylon roasted in the fire: and strangers shall no more serve themselves 1';3 Because they have committed villany in of him: Israel, and have committed adultery with 9 But they shall serve the LoRD'their God, tiieir neighbours' wives, and have spoken and David their king, whom I will raise up iying words in my name, which I have not unto them. commanded them; even I know, and am a 10 ~ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant w itness, saith the LORD. Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, 2*4 1 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, the Nehelamite, saying, and thy seed from the land of their captivi25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the ty; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him sent letters in thy name unto all the people afraid. that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the 11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, toq son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the save thee: though I make a full end of all priests, saying, nations whither I have scattered thee, yet 26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the will I not make a full end of thee; but I will stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should correct thee in measure, and will not leave be officers in the house of the LORD, for thee altogether unpunished. every man that is mad, and maketh himself 12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in incurable, and thy wound is grievous. prison, and in the stocks. 13 There is none to plead thy cause, that 27 Now therefore why hast thou not re- thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no proved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which mak- healing medicines. eth himself a prophet to you? 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Baby- seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with ion, saying, This captivity is long: build ye the wound of an enemy, with the chastisehouses, and dwell in them; and plant gar- ment of a cruel one, for the multitude o" dens, and eat the fruit of them. thine iniquity; because thy sins were in. 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter creased. In the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy 30 T Then came the word of the LORD unto sorrow is incurable for the multitude of Jeremiah, saying, thine iniquity: because thy sins were increase 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, ed, I have done these things unto thee. Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah 16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah be devoured; and all thine adversaries, bath prophesied unto you, and I sent him every one of them, shall go into captivity; not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and.2 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, all that prey upon thee will I give for a I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and prey. his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I am;ong this people; neither shall he behold will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; the good that I will do for my people, saith because they called thee an Outcast, saying, the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. against the LORD. 18 ~ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will CHAPTER XXX. bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and A return from captivity foreshewn. the city shall be builded upon her own heap, T'HE word that came to Jeremiah from and the palace shall remain after the manthe LORD, saying, ner thereof. 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksaying, Write thee all the words that I have giving and the voice of them that make spoken unto thee in a book. merry: and I will multiply them, and they 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, shall not be few; I will also glorify them, that I will bring again the captivity of my and they shall not be small. people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: 20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and I will cause them to return to the land and their congregation shall be established that I gave to their fathers, and they shall before me, and I will punish all that oppress possess it. them. 4 ~ And these are the words that the LORD 21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, spake concerning Israel and concerning Ju- and their governor shall proceed from the dah. midst of them; and I will cause him to draw 5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a near, and he shall approach unto me: for voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. who is this that engaged his heart to ap6 Ask — e now, and see whether a man doth proach unto me? saith the LORD. travail with child? wherefore do I see every 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be man with his hands on his loins, as a woman your God. ii travail, and all faces are turned into pale- 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth less? forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it 43* 509 The restoration of Israel. JEREMIAH. Christ is promised. shall fall with pain upon the head of the refused to be comforted for her children, wicked. because they were not. 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice return, until he have done it, and until he from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: have performed the intents of his heart: in for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the the latter days ye shall consider it. LORD; and they shall come again from the CHAPTER XXXI. land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the The restoration of Israel. LORD, that thy children shall come again to AT the same time, saith the LORD, will I their own border. be the God of all the families of Israel, 18 S I have surely heard Ephraim bemoanand they shall be my people. ing himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccuswere left of the sword found grace in the tomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall wilderness; even Israel, when I went to be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. cause him to rest. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repent3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, ed; and after that I was instructed, I smote saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an ever- upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even lasting love: therefore with lovingkindness confounded, because I did bear the reproach have I drawn thee. of my youth. 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasbuilt, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be ant child? for since I spake against him, I adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth do earnestly remember him still: therefore in the dances of them that make merry. my bowels are troubled for him; I will sure5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the ly have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. mountains of Samaria: the planters shall 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high plant, and shall eat them as common things. heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, 6 For there shall be a day, that the watch- I even the way which thou wentest: turn men upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, I again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the thy cities. LORD our God. 22 ~ How long wilt thou go about, 0 thou 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with glad- backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath ness for Jacob, and shout among the chief created a new thing in the earth, A woman of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and shall compass a man. say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of of Israel. Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, country, and gather them from the coasts when I shall bring again their captivity; of the earth, and with them the blind and The LORD bless thee, O habitation of jus. the lame, the woman with child and her tice, and mountain of holiness. Jnat travaileth with child together: a great 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and 2ompany shall return thither. in all the cities thereof together, husband. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with men, and they that go forth with flocks. supplications will I lead them: I will cause 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and them to walk by the rivers of waters in a I have replenished every sorrowful soul. straight way, wherein they shall not stum- 26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and ble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephra- my sleep was sweet unto me. im is my firstborn. 27 ~ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD. 10 ~ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye na- that I will sow the house of Israel and the tions, and declare it in the isles afar off, and house of Judah with the seed of man, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather I with the seed of beast. him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I flock, have watched over them, to pluck up, and 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and to break down, and to throw down, and to ransomed him from the hand of him that destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over was stronger than he. them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD, 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in 29 In those days they shall say no more, the height of Zion, and shall flow together The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, the children's teeth are set on edge. and for wine, and for oil, and for the young 30 But every one shall die for his own inof the flock and of the herd: and their soul iquity: every man that eateth the sour shall be as a watered garden; and they shall grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. not sorrow any more at all. 311 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, that I will make a new covenant with the both young men and old together: for I will house of Israel, and with the house of turn their mourning into joy, and will com- Judah: fort them, and make them rejoice from their 32 Not according to the covenant that I sorrow. made with their fathers, in the day that I 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests took them by the hand to bring them out with fatness, and my people shall be satis- of the land of Egypt; which my covenant fled with my goodness, saith the LORD. they brake, although I was a husband unto 15 I Thus saith the LORD; A voice was them, saith the LORD: heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter 33 But this shall be the covenant that I wiL weeping; Rachel weeping for her children make with the house of Israel; After those Jeremiah in prison JEREMIAH. buyeth Ilanameel's field. days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their nearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 134 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 35 T Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Ime for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 38 I Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. 39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. CHAPTER XXXII. Jeremiah imprisoned by Zedeciah. 71HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans ye shall not prosper? 6 T And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum Shine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. 9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. 13 ~ And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 16 ~ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 17 Ah Lord GOD I behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: The Great, The Mighty God, The LORD of hosts, is his name; 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: 20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 21 And hast brought forth thy people Is. rael out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; 22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to +tke it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast 511 The captivity confirmed, JEREMIAH. A gracious return. spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou suredly with my whole heart and with my seest it. whole soul. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord 42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take brought all this great evil upon this people, witnesses; for the city is given into the so will I bring upon them all the good that I hand of the Chaldeans. have promised them. 26 T Then came the word of the LORD unto 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, Jeremiah, saying, whereof ye say, It is desolate-without man 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all or beast; it is given into the hand of the flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Chaldeans. 28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and s bI will give this city into the hand of the scribe evidences,and seal them,and take witChaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchad- nesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the rezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and in the cities of the valley, and in the city and burn it with the houses, upon whose ies of the south: for I will cause their caproofs they have offered incense unto Baal, tivity to return, saith the LORD. and poured out drink offerings unto other CHAPTER XXXIII. gods, to provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Israel and the chil- A return from captivity foretold. dren of Judah have only done evil before /[OREOVER the word of the LORD came me from their youth: for the children of lU unto Jeremiah the second time, while Israel have only provoked me to anger with he was yet shut up in the court of the pristhe work of;heir hands, saith the LORD. on, saying, 31 For this city hath been to me as a prov- 2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof ocation of mine anger and of my fury from the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the day that they built it even unto this The LORD is his name; day, that I should remove it from before 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and my face; shew thee great and mighty things, which 32 Because of all the evil of the children of thou knowest not. Israel and of the children of Judah, which 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, they have done to provoke me to anger, concerning the houses of this city, and conthey, their kings, their princes, their priests, cerning the houses of the kings of Judah, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. by the sword; 33 And they have turned unto me the back, 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, and not the face: though I taught them, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of rising up early and teaching them, yet they men, whom I have slain in mine anger and have not hearkened to received instruction. in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I 34 But they set their abominations in the have hid my face from this city. house, which is called by my name, to defile 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, it. and I will cure them, and will reveal unto 35 And they built the high places of Baal, them the abundance of peace and truth. which are in the valley of the son of Hin- 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah nom, to cause their sons and their daughters and the captivity of Israel to return, and to pass through the fire unto Molech; which will build them, as at the first. I commanded them not, neither came it into 8 And I will cleanse them from all their inmy mind, that they should do this abomina- iquity, whereby they have sinned against tion, to cause Judah to sin. me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, 36 ~ And now therefore thus saith the LORD, whereby they have sinned, and whereby the God of Israel, concerning this city, they have transgressed against me. whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into 9 ~ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a the hand of the king of Babylon by the praise and an honour before all the nations sword, and by the famine, and by the pesti- of the earth, which shall hear all the good lence; that I do unto them: and they shall fear and 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all tremble for all the goodness and for all the countries, whither I have driven them in prosperity that I procure unto it. mine anger, and in my fury, and in great 10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall wrath; and I will bring them again unto this be heard in this place, which ye say shalllbe place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: desolatewithout man andwithoutbeast, even 38 And they shall be my people, and I will in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of be their God: Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, 39 And I will give them one heart, and one and without inhabitant, and without beast, way, that they may fear me for ever, for the 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladgood of them, and of their children after ness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the them: voice of the bride, the voice of them that 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the with them, that I will not turn away from LORD is good; for his mercy endureth f'or them, to do them good; but I will put ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrimy fear in their hearts, that they shall not fice of praise into the house of the LORD. depart from me. For I will cause to return the captivity 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. good, and I will plant them in this land as- 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in 512 Christ the Branch promised. JEREMIIAHI, Fate of Zedekiah joreteom. this place, which is desolate without man and king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with without beast, and in all the cities thereof, fire: Eshall be a habitation of shepherds causing' 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his, lthrir flocks to lie down. hand, but shalt surely be taken, and deliv13 In the cities of the mountains, in the ered into his hand; and thine eyes shall (ities of the vale, and in the cities of the behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, t he places about Jerusalem, and in the cities and thou shalt go to Babylon. of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedethe hands of him that telleth them, saith the kiah king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD of LORD. thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword; 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the that I will perform that good thing which I burnings of thy fathers, the former kings have promised unto the house of Israel and which were before thee, so shall they burn to the house of Judah. odours for thee and they will lament thee, 15 ' In those days, and at that time, will I saying, Ah lord for I have pronounced the cause the Branch of righteousness to grow word, saith the LORD. up unto David; and he shall execute judg- 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all inent and righteousness in the land. these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem, Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the 7 When the king of Babylon's army fought name wherewith she shall be called, The against Jerusalem, and against all the cities LORD our Righteousness. of Judah that were left, against Lachish, 17 i For thus saith the LORD; David shall and against Azekah: for these defenced never want a man to sit upon the throne of cities remained of the cities of Judah. the house of Israel; 8 ~ This is the word that came unto Jere18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want miah from the LORD, after that the king a man before me to offer burnt offerings, Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sac- people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim rie ice continually. liberty unto them; 1i And the word of the LORD came unto 9 That every man should let his manservJeremiah, saying, ant, and every man his maidservant, being 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none my covenant of the day, and my covenant should serve himself of t;hem, to wit, of a of the night, and that there should not be Jew his brother. day and night in their season; 10 Now when all the princes, and all the 21 Theun may also my covenant be broken people, which had entered into the covenant, with David my servant, that he should not heard that every one should let his manservhave a son to reign upon his throne; and ant, and every one his maidservant, go free, with the Levites the priests, my ministers. that none should serve themselves of them 22 As the host of heaven cannot be number- any more; then they obeyed, and let them ed, neither the sand of the sea measured; so go. will I multiply the seed of David my serv- 11 But afterwards they turned, and caused ant, and the Levites that minister unto me. the servants and the handmaids, whom they 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to had let go free, to return, and brought them Jeremiah, saying, into subjection for servants and for hand24 Considerest thou not what this people maids. have spoken, saying, The two families which 12 ~ Therefore the word of the LORD came the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, them off? thus they have despised my peo- 13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; ple, that they should be no more a nation I made a covenant with your fathers in the before them. day that I brought them forth out of the 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be land of Egypt, out of the house of bondnot with day and night, and if I have not ap- men, saying, pointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 14 At the end of seven years let ye go every 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, man his brother a Hebrew, which hath been and Dlavid my servant, so that I will not take sold unto thee; and when he hath served any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of thee six years, thou shalt let him go free Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause from thee: but your fathers hearkened not their captivity to return, and have mercy unto me, neither inclined their ear. oni them. 15 And ye were now turned, and had done CHAPTER XXXIV. right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty Zedekin7a's captinvity foretold. every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house 'I:IF. word which came unto Jeremiah which is called by my name: J from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar 16 But ye turned and polluted my name, king tf Babylon, and all his army, and all the and caused every man his servant, and every kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and man his handmaid, whom he had set at allt he people, fought against Jerusalem, and liberty at their pleasure, to return, and a',i ist all the cities thereof, saying, brought them into subjection, to be unto 2 "'hus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; you for servants and for handmaids. Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming 1 will give this city into the hand of the liberty, every one to his brother, and every 2H - 51 Obedience of the l)echoabitcs. JERIEMIAI. God blcsseth therm. man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrez. a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the zar king of Babylon came up into the land sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusaand I will make you to be removed into all lem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, the kingdoms of the earth. and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so 18 And 1 will give the men that have trans- we dwell at Jerusalem. gressed my covenant, which have not per- 12 T Then came the word of the LORD unto formed the words of the covenant which Jeremiah, saying, they had made before me, when they cut the 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of calf in twain, and passed between the parts Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and thereof, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes receive instruction to hearken to my words? of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, saith the LORD. and all the people of the land, which passed 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, between the parts of the calf; that he commanded his sons not to drink 20 I will even give them into the hand of wine, are performed; for unto this day they their enemies, and into the hand of them drink none, but obey their father's cornthat seek their life: and their dead bodies mandnent: notwithstanding I have spokshall be for meat unto the fowls of the heav- en unto you, rising early and speaking; but en, and to the beasts of the earth. ye hearkened not unto mie. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants princes will I give into the hand of their en- the prophets, rising up early and sending emies, and into the hand of them that seek them, saying, Return ye now every man their life, and into the hand of the king of from his evil way, and amend your doings Babylon's army, which are gone up from and go not after other gods to serve them, you. and ye shall dwell in the land which I have 22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, given to you and to your fathers: but ye and cause them to return to this city; and have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened they shall fight against it, and take it, and unto me. burn it with fire: and I will make the cities 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; CHAPTE XXXV.but this people hath no' hearkened unto me: The Jews' disobedience condemned. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of HE word which came unto Jeremiah hosts, tle God of Israel; Behold, I will bring _ from the LORD, in the days of Jehoiakim upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, Jerusalem all the evil that I have pro. 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and nounced against them: because I have speak unto them, and bring them into the spoken unto them, but they have not heard; house of the LORD, into one of the chan- and I have called unto them, but they have hers, and give them wine to drink, not answered. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jere- 18 I And Jeremiah said unto the house of miab, the son of Habaziniah, and his breth- the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, ren, and all his sons, and the whole house the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed of the Rechabites; the commandment of Jonadab your father, 4 And I brought them into the house of and kept all his precepts, and done accordthe LORD, into the chamber of the sons of ing unto all that he hath commanded you; Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, which was by the chamber of the princes, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rewhich was above the chamber of Maaseiah chab shall not want a man to stand before the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: me for ever. 5 And I set before the sons of the house of CHAPTER XXXVI. the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. A roll of threatening prophecies. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for AND it came to pass in the fourth year of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father corm- L Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of mnanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah teither ye, nor your sons forever: from the LORD, saying, 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but therein all the words that I have spoken ulnall your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye to thee against Israel, and against Judah, may live many days in the land where ye be and against all the nations, from the day I strangers. spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jona- even unto this day. dab the son of Rechab our father in all that 3 It may be that the house of Judah will he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our them; that they may return every man from daughters; his evil way; that I may forgive their iniq9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in; uity and their sin. neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of seed: Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have of Jeremiah all the words of the Lt4D, obeyed, and done according to all that Jona- which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll dab our father commanded us. of a book. 514 Teretemiah's proplhecy reCad. JRLEMIAI. The king burneth the roll, 5 And Jeremiah ommianded Baruch, say. chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of 'lg, I am shut up; I cannot go into the the king, and in the ears of all the princes house of the LORD: which stood beside the king. 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, 22 Now the king sat in the winter house ii which thou hast written from my mouth, the ninth month: and there was a fire on the the words of the LORD in the ears of the hearth burning before him. people in the LORa's house upon the fasting 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi day: and also thou shalt read them in the had read three or four leaves, he cut it with cars of all Judah tcha come out of their the penknife, and cast it into the fire that cities. was on the hearth, until all the roll was 7 It may be they will present their supplica~ consumed in the fire that was on the tion before the LORD, and will return every hearth. one from his evil way: for great is the anger 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent thein aidl the fury that the LORD hath pronounced garments, neither the king, nor any of his Orainrle t1 this people. servants that heard all these words. S Anc Baruch the son of Neriah did accord- i25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and iltg to all that Jeremiah the prophet corn- Gemariah had made intercession to the king manded him, reading in the book the words that he would not burn the roll; buthe would of the Lo:RI in the LORD'S house. not hear them. 1 And it caine to pass in the fifth year of 2i6 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to fast before the LORD to all the people in Je- take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the rlsalem. and to all the people that came prophet: but the LORD hid them. fromn the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 37 ~ Then the word of the LORD came to 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the f J eremiah in the house of the LORD, in the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at chanm er of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the mouth of Jeremiah, saying the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry 28 Take thee again another roll, and write of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the in it all the former words that were in the ears ol all the people. first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah 11 ~ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, hath burned. the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the 29 And thou shalt say to Jeholakim king of book all the words of the LORD, Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast 12 Then he went down into the king's house, burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou writInto the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the ten therein,saying,The king of Babylon shall princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, certainly come and destroy this land, and and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elna- shall cause to cease from thence man and than the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the beast? son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of JehoiaHananiah, and all the princes. kim king of Judah; He shall have none to 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all sit upon the throne of David: and his dead the words that he had heard, when Baruch body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, read the book in the ears of the people. and in the night to the frost. 1+ Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the 31 And I will punish him and his seed and son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the his servants for their iniquity; and I will son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, in the ears of the people, and come. So B - all the evil that I have pronounced against ruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his them; but they hearkened not. hand, and came unto them. 32 ~ Then took Jeremiah another roll, and l5 And they said unto him, Sit down now, gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neand read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in riah; who wrote therein from the mouth of their ears. Jeremiah all the words of the book which 16 Now it came to pass, when they had Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the heard? all the words, they were afraid both fire: and there were added besides unto one and other, and said unto Baruch, We them many like words. will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us CAPTER XXXVII. now, fHow didst thou write all these words The siege of Jerusalem raised. at his mouth? A ND king Zedekiah the son of Josiab 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pro- reigned instead of Coniah the son of cnounced all these words unto me with his Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of mclth, and I wrote them with ink in the Babylon made king in the land of Judah. book. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor th 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, people of the land, did hearken unto th, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no words of the LORD, which he spake by thr man know where ye be. prophet Jeremiah. 20 ~ And they went in to the king into the 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the court, but they laid up the roll in the cham- son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son ber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jerevorad in the ears of the king. mah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; God for us. and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out 515 feremiah is himprmsoned, JERE among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. 6 ~1 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely dc*part from us: for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained b alt wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. 11 ~ And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name teas lrijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Uhaldeans. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jei.3miah, and smote him, and put him in r.ison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; lor they had made that the prison. 16 lI When Jeremiah was entered into she dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this lald? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, 0 my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the oourt of the prison. 516 MIAH, and cast into the dungeon. CHAPTER XXXVIII. Jeremiah cast into the dungeon. rfHEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and I Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus snith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this nian seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 7 ~ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they bad put Jeremiah in the Idungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 14 c Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? fis counsel to the king. JEREMIAH. Jerualem is taken 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, SarseJeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that chin, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, made us this soul, I will not put thee to with all the residue of the princes of the death, neither will I give thee into the hand king of Babylon. of these men that seek thy life. 4 i And it came to pass, that when Zedekial 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus the king of Judah saw them, and all the men saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of of war, then they fled, and went forth out of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the city by night, by the way of the king's the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: shall live, and this city shall not be burned and he went out the way of the plain. with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after house: them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Jericho: and when they had taken him, of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt Hamath, where he gave judgment upon not escape out of their hand. him. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jere- 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons raiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen of Zedekiah in hiblah before his eyes: also to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of their hand, and they mock me. Judah. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the bound him with chains, to carry him to LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall Babylon. be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 8 T And the Chaldeans burned the king's 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the house, and the houses of the people, with w:ord that the LORD hath shewed me: fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. 22 And, behold, all the women that are left 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the in the king of Judah's house shall be brought guard carried away captive into Babylon the farth to the king of Babylon's princes, and remnant of the people that remained in the those women shall say, Thy friends have set city, and those that fell away, that fell to thee on, and have prevailed against thee: him, with the rest of the people that rethy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are mained. turned away back. 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and guard left of the poor of the people, which thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave shalt not escape out of their hand, but them vineyards and fields at the same time. shalt be taken by the hand of the king of 11, Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebu. be burned with fire. zar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, 24 I Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do Let no man know of these words, and thou him no harm; but do unto him even as he shalt not die. shall say unto thee. 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard with thee, and they come unto thee, and say sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nerunto thee, Declare unto us now what thou gal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, Babylon's princes; and we will not put thee to death; also what 14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out the king said unto thee: of the court of the prison, and committed 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I pre- him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the sented my supplication before the king, son of Shaphan, that he should carry him that he would not cause me to return to home: so he dwelt among the people. Jonathan's house, to die there. 15 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto 27 Then came all the princes unto Jere- Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court miah, and asked him: and be told them of the prison. saying according to all these words that the king 16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiohad commanded. So they left off speaking plan, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts with him; for the matter was not perceived. the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my 23 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the words upon this city for evil, and not for prison until the day that Jerusalem was good; and they shall be accomplished in that taken: and he was there when Jerusalem day before thee. was taken. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith CHAPTER XXXIX. the LORD; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art Jerusalem besieged and taken. afraid. IN the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Ju- 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou. dah, in the tenth morth, came Nebu- shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall *thadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in HAPTE X the fourth month, the ninth day of theR L. month, the city was broken up. Jeremiah set at liberty. 3 And all the princes of the king of Baby- TPHE word which came to Jeremiah from ion came in, and sat in the middle gate, I the LORD, after that N1ebuzar-adan the 44 651 The Jews resort to Gedaliah..JEREMIAH. Ishmael killeth Gedaliah. captain of the guard had let him go from 14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly Ramah, when he had taken him being bound know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites in chains among all that were carried away hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikanwere carried away captive anto Babylon. believed them not. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jere- 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake Iiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let hath pronounced this evil upon this place. me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the 3 Now the LOED hath brought it, and done son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: according as he hath said: because ye have wherefore should he slay thee, that all the sinned against the LORD, and have not obey- Jews which are gathered unto thee shoulod ed his voice, therefore this thing is come be scattered, and the remnant in Judah upon you. perish? 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unfrom the chains which were upon thine to Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not hand. If it seem good unto thee to come do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of with me into Babylon, come; and I will look Ishmael. well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to CHAPTER XLI come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it Ishmael slayeth Gedaliah, &c. seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, TOW it came to pass in the seventh montl thither go. N that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the 5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of princes of the king, even ten men with him, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to of Babylon hath made governor over the Mizpah; and there they did eat bread tocities of Judah, and dwell with him among gether in Mizpah. the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, convenient unto thee to go. So the captain and the ten men that were with him, and of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son and let him go. of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the whom the king of Babylon had made govson of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with ernor over the land. hin among the people that were left in the 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were land. with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, 7 1 Now when all the captains of the forces and the Chaldeans that were found there, which were in the fields, cven they and their and the men of war. men, heard that the king of Babylon had 4 And it came to pass the second day after made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, in tshe land, and had committed unto him 5 That there came certain from Shecherm, men, and women, and children, and of the from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even founpoor of the land, of them that were not car- score men, having their beards shaven, and ried away captive to Babylon; their clothes rent, and having cut them8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, selves, with offerings and incense in their even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Jo- hand, to bring them to the house of thehanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and LORD. Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping son of a Maachathite, they and their men. all along as he went: and it came to pass, as 9 And Gedalian the son of Ahikam the son he met them, he said unto them, Come to of Shaphan sware unto them and to their Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: 7 And it was so, when they came into the dwell in the land, and serve the king of Bab- midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of ylon, and it shall be well with you. Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, midst of the pit, he, and the men that were to serve the Chaldeans, which will come un- with him. to us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer 8 But ten men were found among them fruits, and oil, and put them, in your vessels, that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. have treasures in the field, of wheat, arld 11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in forbare, and slew them not among their Edom, and that were in all the countries, brethren. heard that the king of Babylon had left a 9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all remnant of Judah, and that he had set over the dead bodies of the men, whom he had them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa Shaphan; the king had made for fear of Baasha king 12 Even all the Jews returned out of all elf Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah places whither they were driven, and came filled it with them that were slain. to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Miz- 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all pah, and gathered wine and summer fruits the residue of the people that were in MizveryT much. pah, even the king's daughters, and all the 13 If Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, people that remained in Mizpah, whom Neband all the captains of the forces that were in uzar-adan the captain of the guard had comthe fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah. mitted to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and 5;1 The captains promise obedience. JEREMIAH. Jeremiahh rep~roveth the peopDle. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. 11 I But wheni'ohanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael sawJohanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, cen mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. CHAPTER XLII. Johanan, &c. promise obedience, HEN all the captains of the forces, and 1 Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be ac. cepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; Ifor wo are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I Will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the I oRDthyGod shall send thee to us. 6 Whether it be good, or whether it Ie evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. 7 ' And it came to pass after ten days, that 4he word of the ILORD came unto Teremiah. 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kare. ah, and all the captains of the forces whict were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down; and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. 11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. 13 [T But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shallcome to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. 17 So shall at be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you. when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. 19 ~ The LORD hath said concerning you, 01 ye remnant of Judah; go ye not into Egypt lnow certainly that I have admonished you this day. 20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. ( 21 And now I have this day declared it to you, but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 23 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. CHAPTER XLIH. Jeremiah, &cc. carried into Egypt AiND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD thei <519 The people go into Egypt. JEREMIAH. Egypt's destruction foretold. God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and. carry us away captives into Babylon. 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all he captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; 6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah *he son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, ana Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 So they came into the lano of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. 8 I Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, In the sight of the men of Judah; 10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. CHAPTER XLIV. Judah's desolation foreshewn. rlHE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein; 3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke mle to anger, in 520 that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servant~ the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evri against your souls. to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; 8 In that ye provoke me unt._ wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whith. er ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled even unto this dfay, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nin mn my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. 11 i Therefore thus saithe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all J udah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from th3 least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that thev should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. 15 5 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the wonen that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to .rudgments threatened. JEREMlIAH. laruch comforted. burn Incense unto the queen of heaven, and 30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, hand of his enemies, and into the hand of and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and them that seek his life: as I gave Zedekiah in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadplenty of victuals, and were well, and saw rezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that r o evil. sought his life. 18 But since we left off to burn incense to CHAPTER XLV the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink H offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, Jeremiah comforteth Bcruch. and have been consumed by the sword and r]HE word that Jeremiah the prophet by the famine. L spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 19 And when we burned incense to the when he had written these words in a book queen of heaven, and poured out drink offer- at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth ings unto her, did we make her cakes to wor- year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of ship her, and pour out drink offerings unto Judah, saying, her, without our men? 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, 20 ~ Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, unto thee, 0 Baruch; to the men, and to the women, and to all the 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now I for the people which had given him that answer, LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I saying, fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of 4 ~ Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and saith thus; Behold, that which I have built your fathers, your kings and your princes, will I break down, and that which I have and the people of the land, did not the LORD planted I will pluck up, even this whole rememTber them, and came it not into his land. mind? 5 And seekest thou great things for thy22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, self? seek them not: for, behold, I will betcause of the evil of your doings, and be- bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: cause of the abominations which ye have but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey committed; therefore is your land a deso- in all places whither thou goest. lation, and an astonishment, and a curse, CHAPTER XLVI. without an inhabitant, as at this day. 23 Because ye have burned incense, and be- The defeat of Pharaoh's army. cause ye have sinned against the LORD, and rPHE: word of the LORD which came to have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor J Jeremiah the prophet against the Genwalked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor tiles; in his testimonies; therefore this evil is 2 Against Egypt, against the army of Phahappened unto you, as at this day. raoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebupeople, and to all the women, Hear the word chadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah of Egypt: king of Judah. 2rt Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both near to battle. spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with 4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horseyour hand, saying, We will surely perform men, and stand forth with your helmets; our vows that we have vowed, to burn in- furbish the spears, and put on the brigcense to the queen of heaven, and to pour andines. out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely 5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed accomplish your vows, and surely perform and turned away back? and their mighty your vows. ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, and look not back: for fear was round all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; about, saith the LORD. Behold, I have sworn by my great name, 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the saitil the LORD, that my name shall no more mighty man escape; they shall stumble, be named in the mouth of any man of Ju- and fall toward the north by the river deil in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Euphrates. Lord GOD liveth. 7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, whose waters are moved as the rivers? and not for good: and all the men of Judah 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his that are in the land of Egypt shall be con- waters are moved like the rivers; and he surned by the sword and by the famine, saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; until there be an end of them. I will destroy the city and the inhabitants 28 Yet a smal' number that escape the thereof. sword shall return out of the land of Egypt 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; into the lani of Judah; and all the remnant and let the mighty men come forth; the of Judah, that are gone into the land of Etdhiopians and the Libyans, that handle the Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose shield; and the Lydians, that handle and words shall stand, In-ne, or theirs. bend the bow. 29 'i And this shall be a sign unto you, saith 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of the LORD, that I will punish you in this hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may place, that ye may know t 'at my words shall avenge him of his adversaries: and the surely stand against you foi wvil: sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate 44 * 521 Ihe conquest of Egypt. JEREMIAH. Destruction of the PhMistinc and made drunk with their blood: for the 28 Fear thou not, 0 Jacob my servant, saith Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will north country by the river Euphrates. make a full end of all the nations whither 1' 11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O have driven thee: but I will not make a full virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt end of thee, but correct thee in measure, thou use many medicines; for thou shalt yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished not be cured. CHAPTER XLVII 12 The nations have heard of thy shame, HAP LV and thy cry hath filled the land: for the The destruction of the Phiistines. mighty mana hath stumbled against the THE word of the LORD that came to Jeremighty, and they are fallen both together. 1 miah the prophet against the Philistines, 13 ~ The word that the LORD spake to Jer- before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. emiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar 2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise king of Babylon should come and smite up out of the north, and shall be an overthe land of Egypt. flowing flood, and shall overflow the land, 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Mig- and all that is therein; the city, and them dol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the and all the inhabitants of the land shall sword shall devour round about thee. howl. 15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs they stood not, because the LORD did drive of his strong horses, at the rushing of his them. chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, 16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon the fathers shall not look back to their chilanother: and they said, Arise, and let us go dren for feebleness of hands; again to our own people, and to the land of 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil our nativity, from the oppressing sword. all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the ren-. time appointed. nant of the country of Caphtor. 18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is The LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among cut off with the remnant of their valley. the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so how long wilt thou cut thyself? shall he come. 6 0 thou sword of the LORD, how long wiU 19 0 thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, fur- it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into nish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph thy scabbard, rest, and be still. shall be waste and desolate without an in- 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD habitant. hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but de- and against the sea shore? there hath he struction cometh; it cometh out of the appointed it. north. CHAPTER XLVIII. 21 Also her hired men are in the midst ofCHAPTR her like fatted bullocks; for they also are The judgmcnt of Moab. turned back, and are fled away together: AGAINST Moab thus saith the LORD t they did not stand, because the day of their hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto calamity was come upon them, and the Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is contime of their visitation. founded and taken: Misgab is confounded 22 The voice thereof shall go like a ser- and dismayed. pent; for they shall march with an army, 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in and come against her with axes, as hewers Heshbon they have devised evil against it; of wood. come, and let us cut it off from being a na23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the tion. Also thou shalt be cut down, O MadLORD, though it cannot be searched; be- men; the sword shall pursue thee. cause they are more than the grasshoppers, 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, and are innumerable. spoiling and great destruction. 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be con- 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have founded; she shall be delivered into the caused a cry to be heard. hand of the people of the north. 5 For in the going up of Luhith continual 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, weeping shall go up; for in the going down saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their of destruction. gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the all them that trust in him: heath in the wilderness. 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of 7 ~ For because thou hast trusted in thy those that seek their lives, and into the works and in thy treasures, thou shalt alse hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, be taken: and Chemlosh shall go forth into and into the hand of his servants: and captivity with his priests and his princes toafterward it shall be inhabited, as in the gether. days of old, saith the LORD. 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every 27 ~ But fear not thou, O my servant Ja- city, and no city shall escape: the valley cob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, be- also shall perish, and the plain shall be de. hold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy stroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. seed from the land of their captivity; and 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at and get away: for the cities thereof shall 1* ease, and none shall make him afraid. desolate, without any to dwell therein, Mi2 The judgment of 3loab JEREMIAH. for contempt of God 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the 33 And Joy and gladness is taken from the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; keepeth back his sword from blood. and I have caused wine to fail from the wine11 I Moab hath been at ease from his youth, presses: none shall tread with shouting; tnd he hath settled on his lees, and hath not their shouting shall be no shouting. been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Eleabath he gone into captivity: therefore his leh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered taste remained in him, and his scent is not their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, changed. as a heifer of three years old: for the waters 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith also of Nimrim shall be desolate. the LORD, that I will send unto him wander- 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, ers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high empty his vessels, and break their bottles. places, and him that burneth incense to his 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, p'ods. as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth- 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for el their confidence. 3Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound 14 ~ How say ye, We are mighty and strong like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because men for the war? the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her 37 For every head shall be bald, and every cities, and his chosen young men are gone beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. namre is The LORD of hosts. 38 There shall be lamentation generally up16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, on all the housetops of Moab, and in the and his affliction hasteth fast. streets thereof: forI have broken Moab like 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the and all ye that know his name, say, How is the LORD. strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, down! how hath Moab turned the back with come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, dismaying to all them about him. and he shall destroy thy strong holds. 40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall 19 0 inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that over Moab. escapeth, and say, What is done? 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of that Moab is spoiled, a woman in her pangs. 21 And judgment is come upon the plain 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, a people, because he hath magnified himself and upon Mephaath, against the LORD. 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon Beth-diblathaim, upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth- LORD. garnul, and upon Beth-meon, 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall in24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, to the pit; and he that getteth up out of the and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will far or near. bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm their visitation, saith the LORD. is broken, saith the LORD. 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of 26 I Make ye him drunken; for he magnified Heshbon because of the force: but a fire himself against the LORD: Moab also shall shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall dederision. vour the corner of Moab, and the crown ol 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? the head of the tumultuous ones. was he found among thieves? for since thou 46 Woe be unto thee, 0 Moab! the people spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken 28 0 ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, captives, and thy daughters captives. and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove 47 ~ Yet will I bring again the captivity of that maketh her nest in the sides of the Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD hole's mouth. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. Z) We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is CHAPTER XLIX. exceeding proud,) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of Judgment of the Ammonites, &c. his heart. 1YONCERNING the Ammonites, thus saith 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it J the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he tall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. no heir? why then doth their king inherit 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? svill cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith mourn for the men of Kir-heres. the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of '32 0 vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee war to be heard in Rabbah of the Amwith the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are monites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and irone over the sea, they reach even to the sea her daughters shall be burned with fre; of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy sum- then shall Israel be heir unto them ta amer fruits and upon thy vintage. were his heira, saith the LORD, _ v52 Judgment of Edom, JEREMIAH. and or Damascus 3 Howl, 0 Heshbon, for Al Is spoiled: cry, 20 Therefore hear he counsel of the LORD, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sack- that he hath takc- against Edom; and his cloth; lament, and run to and fro by the purposes, that he hath purposed against the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of and his priests and his princes together. the flock shall draw them out; surely he 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, shall make their habitations desolate with thy flowing valley, 0 backsliding daughter? them. that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their shall come unto me? fall; at the cry the noise thereof was heard 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, in the Red sea. saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the that be about thee; and ye shall be driven eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: out every man right forth; and none shall and at that day shall the heart of the mighty gather up him that wandereth. men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in 6 And afterward I will bring again the cap- her pangs. tivity of the children of Ammon, saith the 23 ~ Concerning Damascus. IHamath is con. LORD. founded, and Arpad; for they have heard 7T Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there Xi of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Temana? is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. counsel perished from the prudent? is their 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth wisdom vanished? herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, 0 inhabit- anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a ants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity woman in travail. of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit 25 How is the city of praise not left, the him. city of my joy 1 9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in they not leave some gleaning grapes? if her streets, and all the men of war shall be thieves by night, they will destroy till they cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. have enough. 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have un- Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces covered his secret places, and he shall not be of Ben-hadad. able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and 28 ~ Concerning Kedar, and concerning the his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is kingdoms of Razor, which Nebuchadrezzar not. king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will pre- LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoit serve them alive; and let thy widows trust the men of the east. in me. 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they 12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they take away: they shall take to themselves whose judgment was not to drink of the cup their curtains, and all their vessels, and their have assuredly drunken; and art thou he camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear that shall altogether go unpunished? thou ts on every side. shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt 30 ~ Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, 0 ye surely drink of it. inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, counsel against you, and hath conceived a a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the purpose against you. cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy na14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, tion, that dwelleth without care, saith the and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, saying, Gather ye together, and come against which dwell alone. her, and rise up to the battle. 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and 15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I the heathen, and despised among men. will scatter into all winds them that are in 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the utmost corners; and I will bring their the pride of thine heart, 0 thou that dwellest calamity from all sides thereof, saith the in the clefts of the rock, that boldest the LORD. ];eight of the hill: though thou shouldest 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragm:.ake thy nest as high as the eagle, I will ons, and a desolation for ever: there shall bringtheedownfrom thence, saith the LORD. no man abide there, nor any son of man 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every dwell in it. one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and 34 ~ The word of the LORD that came to shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Go- beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of morrah and the neighbour cities thereof, Judah, saying, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I neither shall a son of man dwell in it. will break the bow of Elam, the chief of 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from their might. t e swelling of Jordan against the habitation 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four of the strong: but I will suddenly make winds from the four quarters of heaven, him run away from her: and who is a chosen and will scatter them toward all those man, that I may appoint over her? for who winds; and there shall be no nation whither is like me? and who will appoint me the the outcasts of Elam shall not come. time? and who is that shepherd *hat will 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed stand before me? beore their nmmig mnd before them that 524 The judgment of Babylon, JEREMIAH. and redemption of Israte. seek their life: and I will bring evil upon 15 Shout against her round about: she hath them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; given her hand: her foundations are fallen, and I will send the sword after them, till I her walls are thrown down: for it is the have consumed them: vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. will destroy from thence the king and the 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him princes, saith the LORD. that handleth the sickle in the time of har39 T But it shall come to pass in the latter vest: for fear of the oppressing sword they days, that I will bring again the captivity of shall turn every one to his people, and they Elam, saith the LORD. shall flee every one to his own land. CHAPTwR L. 17 ~ Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of AsThe judgment of Babylon, &c. syria hath devoured him; and last this NebTHE word that the LORD spake against uchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken Babylon and against the land of the his bones. Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, 2 Declare ye among the nations, and pub- the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the lish, and set up a standard; publish, and con- king of Babylon and his land, as I have punreal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is con- ished the king of Assyria. founded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her 19 And I will bring Israel again to his habidols are confounded, her images are broken itation, and he shall feed on Carmel and In pieces. Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon 3 For out of the north there cometh up mount Ephraim and Gilead. a nation against her, which shall make her 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought they shall remove, they shall depart, both for, and there shall be none; and the sins of man and beast. Judah, and they shall not be found: for I 4 ~ In those days, and in that time, saith the will pardon them whom I reserve. LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they 21 ~ Go up against the land of Merathaim, and the children of Judah together, going even against it, and against the inhabitants and weeping: they shall go, and seek the of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after LORD their God. them, saith the LORD, and do according to 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their all that I have commanded thee. faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual great destruction. covenant that shall not be forgotten. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon beshepherds have caused them to go astray, come a desolation among the nations! they have turned them away on the mount- 24 1 have laid a snare for thee, and thou art ains: they have gone from mountain to hill, also taken, 0 Babylon, and thou wast not they have forgotten their resting place. aware: thou art found, and also caught, be7 All that found them have devoured them: cause thou hast striven against the LORD. and their adversaries said, We offend not, be- 25 The LORD hatl opened his armoury, and cause they have sinned against the LORD, hath brought forth the weapons of his inthe habitation of justice, even the LORD, the dignation: for this is the work of the Lord hope of their fathers. GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. R8 emove out of the midst of Babylon, and 26 Come against her from the utmost bordgo forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, er, open her storehouses: cast her up as and be as the he goats before the flocks. heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing 9 ' For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up of her be left. against Babylon an assembly of great na- 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down tions from the north country: and they to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their shall set themselves in array against her; day is come, the time of their visitation. from thence she shall be taken: their ar- 28 The voice of them that flee and escape rows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none out of the land of Babylon, to declare in shall return in vain. Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that the vengeance of his temple. spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. 29 Call together the archers against BabyI1 Because ye were glad, because ye re- ion: all ye that bend the bow, camp against joiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, be- it round about; let none thereof escape: reccause ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, ompense her according to her work; accordant bellow as bulls; ing to all that she hath done, do unto her: 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; for she hath been proud against the LORD, she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, against the Holy One of Israel. the hindermost of the nations shall be a wil- 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in derness, a dry land, and a desert. the streets, and all her men of war shall be 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall cut off in that day, saith the LORD. not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly deso- 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most late: every one that goeth by Babylon shall proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy he astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon 32 And the most proud shall stumble and round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will at her, spare no arrows; for she hath sinned kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour Against the LORD. all round about him. 5gpq (r'od's seve.Zere judgmzent against JEREMIArH Babyr~blonz in revenzge of ITsrael. 33 ~ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The chil- Ishall fal her, and shall empty her land: for drenof Israel and the children of Judah were in the day of trouble they shall be against oppressed together: and all that took them her round about. captives held them fast; they refused to let 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer them go. bend his bow, and against him that lifteth 34 Their Redeemer is strong; The LORD of himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead not her young men; destroy ye utterly all their cause, that he may give rest to the land, her host. and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the 35 ~ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of in her streets. Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon 5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, ~or Juliher wise men. dah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall their land was filled with sin against the dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and Holy One of Israel. they shall be dismayed. 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and de37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon liver every man his soul: be not cut off iil their chariots, and upon all the mingled peo- her iniquity; for this is the time of the pie that are in the midst of her; and they LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her shall become as women: a sword is upon a recompense. her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunkshall be dried up: for it is the la id of graven en: the nations have drunken of her wine; images, and they are mad upon their idols. therefore the nations are mad. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and be she may be healed. it shall be no more inhabited forever; nei- 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she ther shall it be dwelt in from generation to is not healed: forsake her, and let us go generation. every one into his own country: for her 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is liftand the neighbour cities thereof, saith the ed up even to the skies. LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither 10 The LORD hath brought forth our rightshall any son of man dwell therein. eousness: come, and let us declare in Zion 41 Behold, a people shall come from the the work of the LORD our God. north, and a great nation, and many kings 11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shall be raised up from the coasts of the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit earth. of the kings of the Medes: for his device is 42,They shall hold the bow and the lance: against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance their voice shall roar like the sea, and they of his temple. shall ride upon horses, every one put in ar- 12 Set up the standard upon the walls of ray, like a man to the battle, against thee, Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the O daughter of Babylon. watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the re- LORD hath both devised and done that port of them, and his hands waxed feeble: which he spake against the inhabitants of anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a Babylon. woman in travail. 13 0 thou that dwellest upon many waters, 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation and the measure of thy covetousness. of the strong: but I will make them sudden- 14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himly run away from her: and who is a chosen self, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, man, that I may appoint over her? for who as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a is like me? and who will appoint me the shout against thee. time? and who is that shepherd that will 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he stand before me? hath established the world by his wisdom, 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the and hath stretched out the heaven by his LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; understanding. and his purposes, that he hath purposed 16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely multitude of waters in the heavens; and he the least of the flock shall draw them out: causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends surely he shall make their habitation deso- of the earth: he maketh lightnings with late with them. rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon treasures. the earth is moved, and the cry is heard 17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; among the nations. every founder is confounded by the graven CHAPTER LI. Image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. God's judgments upon Babylon. 18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in [nHUS saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise the time of their visitation they shall perish. J up against Babylon, and against them 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; that dwell in the midst of them that rise up for he is the former of all things: and Israel against me, a destroying wind; is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of X And will send unto Babylon fanners, that hosts is his name. 526 The Judgment of God JEREMIAH. against Babylon. 20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young'; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his broke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. 25 Behold, I am against thee, 0 destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, 32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. 33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 86 Therefore thus saith the IORD; Behold. I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. 41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I sill do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and aL that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. 43 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 51 We are confounded, because we havel heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces; for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. 53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. 54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: 55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: a.Lw Jerusalem besieged, JEREMIAH. taken, and spoiled. 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, round about:) and they went by the way of wen upon Babylon, and her mighty men the plain. are taken, every one of their bows is bro- 8 ' But the army of the Chaldeans pursuer ken: for the LoRD God of recompenses after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in shall surely requite. the plains of Jericho; and all his army way 57 And I will make drunk her princes, and scattered from him. her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, i 9 Then they took the king, and carried him and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah ir perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the the land of Hamath; where he gave judg. King, whose name is The LORD of hosts. ment upon him. 58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all and her high gates shall be burned with fire; the princes of Judah in Riblah. and the people shall labour in vain, and the 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. and the king of Babylon bound him in 59 ~ The word which Jeremiah the prophet chains, and carried him to Babylon, and puw Commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the him in prison till the day of his death. son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zede- 12 ~ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth kiah the king of J udah into Babylon in the day of the month, which was the nineteenth fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, was a quiet prince. cotne Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil iwhJich served the king of Babylon, into Jethat should come upon Babylon, even all rusalem, these words that are written against Baby- 13 And burned the house of the LQRD, and lon. the king's house; and all the houses of Jeru61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When salem, and all the houses of the great men, thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and burned he with fire: shalt read all these words; 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, thai; 62 Then shalt thou say, 0 LORD, thou hast were with the captain of the guard, brake spoken against this place, to cut it off, that down all the walls of Jerusalem round about, none shal remain in it, neither man nor 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the beast, but that it shall be desolate for guard carried away captive certain of the ever. poor of the people, and the residue of the 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an people that remained in the city, and those end of reading this book, that thou shalt that fell away, that fell to the king of Babbind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst ylon, and the rest of the multitude. of Euphrates: 16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon oguard left certain of the poor of the land fc,' sink, and shall not rise from the ev1 th&a I vinedressers and for husbandmen. will bring upon her: and they shall be 17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. house of the LORD, and the bases, and the CHAPTTER TIIT brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all Jerusalem besieged and taken. the brass of them to Babylon. ZEDEKIAH wa? one and twer;y years old 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and Z when he began to reig-, aad he reigned the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, eleven years in Jerusalem. And his moth- and all the vessels of brass wherewith they er's name was Hamucal the daughter of ministered, took they away. Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And the basins, and the firepans, and the 2 And he did that twhich was evil in the eyes bowls, and the caldrons, and the candleof the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim sticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that had done. which was of gold in gold, and that which 3 For through the anger of the LORD it was of silver in silver, took the captain of came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he the guard away. had cast them out from his presence, that 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve braZedekiah rebelled against the king of Baby- zen bulls that were under the bases, which Ion. king Solomon had made in the house of the 4 ~ And it came to pass in the ninth year LORD: the brass of all these vessels was of his reign, in the tenth month, in the without weight. tenth dab of the month, that Nebuchadrez- 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of zar king of Babylon came, he and all his one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet cf army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickit, and built forts against it round about. ness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; andi year of king Zedekiah. the height of one chapiter was five cubits, 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day with network and pomegranates upnon the of the month, the famine was sore in the chapiters round about, all of brass. The secelty, so that there was no bread for the peo- end pillar also and the p:,regranates were pie of the land. like unto these. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranmen of war fled, and went forth out of the ates on a side; and all the pomegranates eity by night by the way of the gate between upon the network were a hundred round the two walls, which was by the king's gar- about. den; (now the Chaldeans were by the city 24 T And the captain of the guard too;l 8m8 The nobles of Judah stain, LAMENTATIONS. Jehoiachin is advancefl. Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25 He took also out of the city a eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Itiblah 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus J adah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadreztar he carried away captive from Jerusalem efight hundred thirty and two persons: 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebu. chadrezzar, Ne huzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and live persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 31 5[ And il came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin kinl of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the live and twentieth day of the month, thLat Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH. CHAPTER I. kedness: yea, she sigheth, and turmeth Jerusalem's misery for her sns. backward. 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she rememM1OW doth the city sit solitary, that was bereth not her last end; therefore she came.L full of people! how is she become as a down wonderfully: she had no comforter. widow! she that was great among the na- 0 LORD, behold rmy affliction: for the enetions, and princes among the provinces, 7how my hath magnified himself. is she become tributary! 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her upon all her pleasant things: for she hath tears are on her cheeks: among all her lov- seen that the heathen entered into her sancers she hath none to comfort her: all her tuary, whom thou didst command that they friends have dealt treacherously with her, should not enter into thy congregation. they are become her enemies. 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of they have given their pleasant things for affliction, and because of great servitude: meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth consider; for I am become vile. no rest: all her persecutors overtook her 12 ~ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass between the straits. by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are day of his fierce anger. afflicted, aL d she is in bitterness. 13 From above hath he sent fire into my 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies bones, and it prevaileth against them: he prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turnthe multitude of her transgressions: her ed me back: he hath made me desolate aln children are gone into captivity before the faint all the day. enemy. 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her by his hand: they are wreathed, and come )beauty is departed: her princes are be- up upon my neck: he hath made my strength come like harts that find no pasture, and to fall, the LORED hath delivered me into their they are gone without strength before the hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. pursuer. 15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my 7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her mighty reelt in the midst of me: he hath affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant called an assembly against me to crush my things that she had in the days of old, when young men: the LORD hath trodden the vir.. her people fell into the hand of the enemy, gin. the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. and none did help her: the adversaries saw 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine her, and did mock at her sabbaths. eye runneth down with water, because the 8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; there- comforter that should relieve my soul is far fore she is removed: all that honoured her from me: my children are desolate, because despise her, because they have seen her -a- the enemy prevailed. 45 21 Jeremiah lamenteth the LAMENTATIONS. mtsery of Jerusalem. 17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there Is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: o erusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. 18 t The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. 19 I called for my lovers, hut they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. 20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. 21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. CHAPTER II. Jerusalem's misery lamented. HOW hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. 5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. 6 And he hath violently takeni away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his places or the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house Of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn U-3 his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang' down their heads to the ground. 11 Min: eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for t:e destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. 12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, 0 daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity,to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughl. ter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy! of the whole earth? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed hel up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no; rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the f.ce of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. 20 8 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my fcremah's calamities. LAMENTATIONS. Hlis confession and plrayer. terrors round about, so that in the day of 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor the LoRi's anger none escaped nor re- grieve the children of men. nained: those that I have swaddled and 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners i rought up hath mine enemy consumed. of the earth, CHAPTER III T35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, Jeremiah bewaileth h amiis. subvet an iis calamause, the Lord AM the Tnan that hath seen affliction by approveth not. the rod of his wrath. 37 I Who is he that saith, and it cometh to 2 He hath led me, and brought me into pass, when the Lord commandethit not? darkness, but not into light. 38 Out of the mouth of the Most High pro3 Surely against me is he turned; he turn- ceedeth not evil and good? Ath his hand against me all the day. 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; a man for the punishment of his sins? he hath broken my bones. 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn 5 He hath builded against me, and compass- again to the LoanD. oed me with gall and travail. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that unto God in the heavens. i) dead of old. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot thou hast not pardoned.,'et out: he hath made my chain heavy. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and perse8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth cuted us: thou hast slain,thou hast not pitied. )ut my player. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, 9 He hath inclosed ny ways with hewn that our prayer should not pass through. stone; he hath made my paths crooked. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and refuse in the midst of the people.:,ind as a lion in secret places. 46 All our enemies have opened their 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and mouths against us. bulled me in pieces: he hath made me 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desodesolate. lation and destruction. 12 He hath bent his bow. and set me as a 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of mark for the arrow. water for the destruction of the daughter 1b He hath caused the arrows of his quiver of my people. to enter into my reins. 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth 14 I was a derision to all my people; and not, without any intermission, their song all the day. 50 Till the LORD look down, and behold 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he from heaven. tath made me drunken with wormwood. 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart, because 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel of all the daughters of my city. mtones, he hath covered me with ashes. 52 Mline enemies chased me sore, like a bird, 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off without cause. from peace: I forgat prosperity. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is and cast a stone upon me.' cerished from the LORD: 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I 19 Remelmbering mine affliction and my said, I am cut off. iisery, the wormwood and the gall. 55 `T I called upon thy name, O LORD, out.:0 My soul hath them still in remembrance, of the low dungeon. 1nd is humbled in me. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not `1I This I recall to my mind, therefore have thine ear at my breathing, at nm cry.. hope. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I call'2 ~ It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are ed upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. not consumed, because his compassions fail 58 0 Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of not. my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.:3 They are new every morning: great is 59 0 LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thy faithfulness. thou my cause.:A The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and therefore will I hope in him. all their imaginations against me. '5 The LORD is good unto them that wait 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, fcr him, to the soul that seeketh him. and all their imaginations against me;:.6 It is good that a man should both hope 62 The lips of those that rose up against and quietly wait for the salvation of the me, and their device against me all the day. LORD. 63 Behold their sitting down, and their 27 It is good for a man that he bear the rising up; I am their music. yoke in his youth. 64 ~ Render unto them a recompense, O 8 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, be- LORD, according to the work of their hands. cause he hath borne it upon him. 65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so unto them. be there may be hope. 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger 30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth from under the heavens of the LORD. kim: he is filled full with reproach. CH R 31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:HAPER IV. 32 But though he cause grief, yet will he Zion's pitiful state bewailed. aw-e compassion according to the multitude T OW is the gold become dim! how is the f his mercies., I. most fine gold changed 1 the stones of B81 Zion confesseth her sin. LAMENTATIONS. A pitiful complaint to GoT. the sanctuary are poured out in the top of 1 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the every street. eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to the mountains, they laid wait for us in the fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen wilderness. pitchers, the work of the hands of the pot- 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed ter! of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the whom we said, Under his shadow we shall breast, they give suck to their young ones: live among the heathen. the daughter of my people is become cruel, 21 ~ Rejoice and be glad, 0 daughter of like the ostriches in the wilderness. Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself young children ask bread, and no man naked. breaketh it unto them. 22 T The punishment of thine iniquity is ac5 They that did feed delicately are desolate complished, 0 daughter of Zion; he will no In the streets: they that were brought up in more carry thee away into captivity: he will scarlet embrace dunghills. visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the will discover thy sins. daughter of my people is greater than theHAPT punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was CHAPTER V. overthrown as in a moment, and no hands Zion's complaint to God. stayed on her. T EMEMBER, O LORD, what is come upon 7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they JL us: consider, and behold our reproach. were whiter than milk, they were more 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing our houses to aliens. was of sapphire: 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our moth8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they ers are as widows. are not known in the streets: their skin 4 We have drunken our water for money; cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is our wood is sold unto us. become like a stick. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we la9 They that be slain with the sword are bet- bour, and have no rest. ter than they that be slain with hunger: for 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, these pine away, stricken through for want and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with of the fruits of the field. bread. 10 The hands of the pitiful women have sod- 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; anti den their own children: they were their we have borne their iniquities. meat in the destruction of the daughter of 8 Servants have ruled over us: there is nonle my people. that doth deliver us out of their hand. 11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; 9 We gat our bread with the peril of ou he hath poured out his fierce anger, and lives, because of the sword of the wilder. hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath de- ness. voured the foundations thereof. 10 Our skin was black like an oven, because 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhab- of the terrible famine. itants of the world, would not have believed 11 They ravished the women in Zion, awl that the adversary and the enemy should the maids in the cities of Judah. have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: 13 ~ For the sins of her prophets, and, the the faces of elders were not honoured. iniquities of her priests, that have shed the 13 They took the young men to grind, and blood of the just in the midst of her, the children fell under the wood. 14 They have wandered as blind men in the 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, streets, they have polluted themselves with the young men from their music. blood, so that men could not touch their 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance garments. is turned into mourning. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is 16 The crown is fallen from our head: woa unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when unto us, that we have sinned! the,- fled away and wandered, they said 17 For this our heart is faint; for these amon the heathen, They shall no more so- things our eyes are dim. journ there. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which 16 The anger of the LORD hath divided is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. them; he will no more regard them: they 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy respected not the persons of the priests, throne from generation to generation. they favoured not the elders. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever 1'; As for us, our yes as yet failed for our and forsake us so long time? vain help: in our watching we have watched 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and for a nation that could not save us. we shall be turned; renew our days as of 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go old. in our streets: our end is near, our days are 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou fulfilled; for our end is come. art very wroth against us. 532 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL. CHAPTER I. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that Vision of the cheui, &. they were dreadful and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. NOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, 19 And when the living creatures went, the in the fourth month, in the fifth day of wheels went by them: and when the living the month, as I was among the captives by creatures were lifted up from the earth, the the river of Chebar, that the heavens were wheels were lifted up. opened, and I saw visions of God. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they 2 In the fifth dlay of the month, which was went, thither was their spirit to go; and the he fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, wheels were lifted up over against them: for 3 The word of the LORD came expressly the spiritof the living creature was in the uinto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, ill wheels. the land of the Chaldeans by the river Che- 21 When those went, these went; and when bar and the hand of the LORD was there those stood, these stood; and when those upon him. were lifted up from the earth, the wheels 4 T Anid I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind were lifted up over against them: for the came o't of the north, a great cloud, and a spirit of the living creature was in the tire infolding itself, and a brightness was wheels. about ii, and out of the midst thereof as the 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. the heads of the living creature was as the 5 Also o'at of the midst thereof came the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth likeness of four living creatures. And this over theirheads above. was their appearance; they had the likeness 23 And under the firmament were their wings of a man. straight, the one toward the other: every one 6 And every one had four faces, and every had two, which covered on this side, and tne had four wings. every one had two, which covered on that 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the side, their bodies. vole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of toot: and they sparkled like the colour of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as burnished brass. the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, 8 And they had the hands of a man under as the noise of a host: when they stood, they Iheir wings on their four sides; and they four let down their wings. had their faces and their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament 9 Their wings were joined one to another; that was over their heads,when they stood, they tturned not when they went; they went and had let down their wings. every one straight forward. 26 ~ And above the firmament that was over to As for the likeness of their faces, they their heads wasthe likeness of a throne, as four had the face of a man, and the face of a the appearance of a sapphire stone: and uplion. on the right side: and they four had the on the likeness of the throne was the likefaceof anox on the left side; they four also ness as the appearance of a man above had the face of an eagle. upon it. 11 Thus wuere their faces: and their wings 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the were stretched upward; two wings of every appearance of fire round about within it, one were joined one to another, and two cov- from the appearance of his loins even upered their bodies. ward, and from the appearance of his loins 12 And they went every one straight forward: even downward, I saw as it were the appearwhither the spirit was to go, they went: and ance of fire, and it had brightness round they turned not when they went. about. i 3 As for the likeness of the living creatures, 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the their appearance was like burning coals of cloud in the day of rain, so veas the apfire, and like the appearance of lamps: it pearance of the brightness round about. This wernt up and down among the living crea- was the appearance of the likeness of the tures; and the fire was bright, and out of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fire went forth lightning. fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one 14 And the living creatures ran and returned that spake. as the appearance of a flash of lightning. CHAPTER II. 15 ~[ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living Ezekiel's commission to Israel..reatures, with hIis four faces. A ND he said unto me, Son of man, stand 16 The appearance of the wheels and their A upon thy feet, and I will speak unto work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and thee. they four had one likeness: and their appear- 2 And the spirit entered into me when he anee and their work was as it were a wheel in spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that the middle of a wheel. I heard him that spake unto me. 17 When they went, they went upon their.3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send tour sides and they turned not when they thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious tent. nation that hath rebelled against me: they 45* - 533 God encourageth Ezekiel. EZEKIt, L. The duty of watcthmce,n. and their fathers have transgressed against Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whethi r me, even unto this very day. they will forbear. 4 For they are impudent children and stiff- 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard hearted. I do send thee unto them and behi d me a voice of a great rushing,.eyini (, thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Blessed be the glory of the LORD from hii Lord GOD. place. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or 13 1 h etrd also the noise of the wings of the whether they will forbear, (for they are a living creatures that touched one another, rebellious house,) yet shall know that there and the noise of the wheels over against them, hath been a prophet among them. and a noise of a great rushing. 6 ~ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me them, neither be afraid of their words, away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of 'hough briers and thorns be with thee, and my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not strong upon me. afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at 15 T Then I came to them of the captivity at their looks, though they be a rebellious Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, house. and I sat where they sat, and remained there 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto astonished among them seven days. them, whether they will hear, or whether 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven they will forbear: for they are most rebell- days, that the word of the LORD came unto ious. me, saying, 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the rebellious house; open thy mouth,'and eat word at my mouth, and give them warning that I give thee. from me. 9 I And when I looked, behold, a hand was 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was surely die, and thou givest him not warning,, therein; nor speakest to warn the wicked from his 10 And he spread it before me; and it was wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked written within and without: and there wcas zma shall die in his iniquity; but his blood written therein lamentations, and mourn- will I require at thine hand. nug, and woe. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn CHAPTER ITI. not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou God encourageth Ezekiel. hast delivered thy soul.?/TOREOVER he said unto me, Son of 20 Again, When a righteous man doth tuvn LVJl man, eat that thou findest; eat this from his righteousness, and commit iniqroll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. uity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me he shall die: because thou hast not given to eat that r: 11. him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause righteousness which he hath done shall not thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with thn,s be remembered; but his blood will I require roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and at thine hand. it was in my mouth as honey for sweet- 21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the righteous ness. man, that the righteous sin not, and he 4 I And he said unto me, Son of man, go, doth not sin, he shall surely live, because get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy with my words unto them. soul. 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a 22 ~ And the hand of the LORD was there strange speech and of a hard language, but upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go to the house of Israel; forth into the plain, and I will there talk 6 Not to many people of a strange speech, with thee. and of a hard language, whose words thou 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the canst not understand. Surely, had I sent plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD thee to them, they we ald have hearkened stood there, as the glory which I saw by the unto thee. river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and sel unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me upon my feet, and spake with me, and me: for all the house of Israel are impudent said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine and hardhearted. house. 8 Behold, I have made thy face strong 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they against their faces, and thy forehead strong shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind against their foreheads, thee with them, and thou shalt not go out 9 As an adamant harder than flint have T among them: made thy forehead: fear them not, neither 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to be dismayed at their looks, though they be aithe roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be rebellious house. dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, for they are a rebellious house. all my words that I shall speak unto thee re- 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open eive in thine heart, and hear with thine thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, ears. Thus saith the Lord GOD; he that heareth, 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, let him hear; and he that forber':eth, let unto the children of thy people, and speak him forbears- or they ar e SellioUv unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the hoeas 534 the type of a siege, EZEKIEL. and of the prophet's hair. CHAPTER IV. The type of Jerusalem's siege. THOU also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to She house of Israel. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: eccording to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their Iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of tb-e days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 And when thou hast accomplished them, \ie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. 9 1 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side; three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou shalt drink also water by rheasure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16 Moreover lie said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. CHAPTER V. The type of the prophet's hair. AND thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to w..', and divide the hair. 2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 5 ~ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept ny judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also, diminish thee; neither shall mine eyes spare,> neither will I have any pity. 12 ~ A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 53g The judgment of rsrael. EZEKIEL. Her final desolation. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, instruction and an astonishment unto the and under every green tree, and under every nations that are round about thee, when I thick oak, the place where they (lid offer shall execute jud-gments in thee in an.rer sweet savour to all their idols. and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the 14 So willI stretch out my hand upon them, LORD have spoken it. and make the land desolate, yea, more deso16 When I shall send upon them the evil late than the wilderness toward Diblath, in arrows of famine, which shall be for their all their habitations: and they shall know destruction, and which I will send to destroy that I am the LORD. you: and I will increase the famine pn uCPT Eint VI you, and will break your staff of bread: CAP Y. 17 So will i senId ip)on you famine and evil Tle fi.nl desolation of Israel. beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and / OREOVER the word of the LORD canme pestilence and blood shall pats through thee;.L unto me, saying, and I will bring the sword upopln thee. I the 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the LORD have spoken it. Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, Cr-IAPTER V'. the end is come upon the four corners of the land. Israel's idolattry threatened. 3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will AND the word of the LORD came unto me, send mine anger upon thee, and will judge saying, thee according to thy ways, and will recom2 Son of man, set thy face toward the pense upon thee all thine abominations. mountains of Israel, and prophesy against 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither them, will I have pity: but I will recompense thy 3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear ways upon thee, and thine abominations the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, know that I am the LORD. tothe rivers and to the valleys; Behold, I, Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I only evil, behold, is come. will destroy your high places. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watch4 And your altars shall be desolate, and eth for thee; behold, it is come. your images shall be broken: and I will cast 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou down your slain mne before your idols. that dwellest in the land: the time is come, 5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the the day of trouble is near, and not the soundchildren of Israel before their idols; and I ing again of the mountains. will scatter your bones round about your 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon altars. thee, and accomplish mine anger upon 6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall thee: and I will judge thee according to be laid waste, and the high places shall be thy ways, and will recompense thee for all desolate; that your altars may be laid waste thine abominations. and made desolate, and your idols may be 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither broken and cease, and your images may be will I have pity: I will recompense thee cut down, and your works may be abolished. i acording to thy ways and thine abomin7 And the slain shall fail in the midst of ations that are in the midst of thee; and ye you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. shall know that I am the LORD that smit8 ~1 Yet will I leave a remnant, tlat ye eth. may have some that shall escape tlie sword 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the among the nations, when ye shall be scat- morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomtered through the countries. ed, pride hath budded. 9 And they that escape of you shall remeni- 11 Viorence is risen up into a rod of wickedber me among the nations whith-er they h ness: none of them shall remain, nor of their shall be carried captives, because I am1 multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall broken with their whorish heart, which hathi there be wailing for them. departed from me, and with their eyes, 12 The time is come, the day draweth near: which go a whoring after their idols: and let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller they shall loathe themselves for the evils mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude which they have committed in all their thereof. abominations. 13 For the seller shall not return to that 10 And they shall know that I am the which is sold, although they were yet alive: LORD, and that I have not said in vain that for the vision is touching the whole multiI would do this evil unto them. tude thereof, which shall not return; nei11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with ther shall any strengthen himself in the inthine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and iquity of his life. say, Alas for all the evil abominations of thell 14 They have blown the trumpet, even to house of Israel! for they shall fall by the make all ready; but none goeth to the batsword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. tle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude 12 He that is far off shall die of the pesti- thereof. ience; and he that is near shall fall by the 15 The sword is without, and the pestilence sword; and he that remaineth and is be- and the famine within: he that is in the field sieged shall die by the famine: thus will I shall die with the sword; and he that vi in accomplish my fury upon them. the city, famine and pestilence shall devour; 13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, him. when their slain men shall be among their 16 T But they that escape of them shall esfidols round about their altars, upon every cape, and shall be on the mountains like 536 The image of jealousy. EZEKIEL. The chambers of imagery, dloves of the valleys, all of them mourning, north, and behold northward at the gate of every one for his iniquity. I the altar this inlag(e of jealousy in the entry. 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees 6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of shall be weak ta water. man, seest thou what they do? even the 18 They shall also gird themselves with sack- great abominationrs that the house of Israel cloth, and horror shall cover them; and eommnitteth here, that I should go far otf s1hame shall be upon all faces, and baldness e1 ron my sanctuary? bl t tllin thee yet again, upon all their heads. cad thou shalt see greater abominations. 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, 7 ~ And he brought me to the door of the and their gold shall be removed: their court; and when I looked, behold a hole in silver and their gold shall not be able to the wall. deliver them in the day of the wrath of the 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig LOTaD: they shall not satisfy their souls, now in the wall: and when I had digged in ieither fill their bowels: because it is the the te wall, behold a door. stumblingblock of their iniquity. 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold 20 ~ As for the beauty of his ornament, he the wicked abominations that they do here. set it in majesty: but they made the inages 10 So I went in and saw; and behold every of their abominations cad of their detest- forml of creeping tiinlgs, and abominable able things therein: therefore have I set it beasts, and all the idols of the house of Isfar from them. rael, portrayed upon tie wall round about. 21 And I will give it into the hands of the II And there stood before them seventy strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of imlen of the ancients of the house of Israel, the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah it. the son of Shtaplan, with every man his 22 My face will I turn also from them, and censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of in-, they shall pollute my secret place: for the cense went up. robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. 1? Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast 2.3 ~, Make a chain: for the land is full of thou seen what the ancients of the house bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. of Israel do in the dark, every man in the 2i Wherefore I will bring the worst of the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The heathen, and they shall possess their houses: LORD seeth us not: the LoItD hath forsaken I will also make the pomp of the strong to the earth. cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 13 ~1 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek again, aid thou shalt see greater abominapeace, and there shal be none. tions that they do. 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and 14 Then he brought me to the door of the rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall gate of the LORD'S house which was toward they seek a vision of the prophet; but the the north; and, behold, there sat women law shall perish from the priest, and counsel weeping for Tammuz. from the ancients. 15 1 'hen said lie unto me, Hast thou seen 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince this, 0 son of man? turn thee yet again, and shall be clothed with desolation, and the thou shalt see greater abominations than hands of the people of the land shall be these. troubled: I will do unto them after their 16 And he brought me into the inner court way, and according to their deserts will I of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the judge them; and they shall know that I am door of the temple of the LORD, between the LORD. the porch and the altar, were about five and CHAPTER VIII. twenty men, with their backs toward the Vision of the imae of je alotu. temple of the LeRD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toND it came to pass in the sixth year, in ward the east. the sixth 'month, in the fifth daty of the 17 I Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders this, 0 son of man? Is it a light thing to the of Judah sat before me, that the hand of house of Judah that they commit the abomthe Lord GOD fell there upon me. inations which they commit here? for they 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the ap- have filled the land with violence, and have pearance of fire: from the appearance of returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, his loins even downward, fire; and from his they out the branch to their nose. loins even upward, as the appearance of 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine brightness, as the colour of amber. eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and and though they cry in mine ears with a took me by a lock of mine head; and the loud voice, yet will 1 X ot hear them. spirit lifted me up between the earth and the CAPT I heaven, and brought me in the visions of CAP God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner TDe marked preserved. gate that looketh toward the north; where TE cried also in mine ears with a loud was the seat of the image of jealousy, which J1 voice, saying, Cause them that have provoketh to jealousy. charge over the city to draw near,even every 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Is- man with his destroying weapon in his hand. rael was there, according to the vision that 2 And behold, six men came from the way I saw in the plain, of the higher gate, which lieth toward the 5 ~ Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift north, and every man a slaughter weapon up thine eyes now the way toward the north. in his hand; and one man among them was So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorp 53t Ezekiel's vison, EZEKIEL. Vision of the cherubin by his side: and they went in, and stood be- that was between the cherubim, and toeo side the brazen altar. thereof, and put it into the hands of him thfl 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was was clothed with linen; who took it, anal gone up from the cherub,whereupon he was, went out. to the threshold of the house. And he call- 8 I And there appeared in the cherubim tFied to the man clothed with linen, which had form of a iman's hand under their wings. the writer's inkhorn by his side; 9 And when I looked, behold the four 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by on' the midst of the city, throug-h the midst of cherub, and another wheel by another cher. Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the fore- ub: and the appearance of the wheels wao heads of the men that sigh and that cry for as the colour of a beryl stone. all the abominations that be done in the 10 And as for their appearance, they fou' midst thereof. had one likeness, as if a wheel had been is 5 T And to the others he said in mine hear- the midst of a wheel. ing, Go ye after him through the city, and 11 When they went, they went upon ther smite: let not your eye spare, neither have four sides; they turned not as they went, bu V ye pity: to the place whither the head looked they 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, followed it; they turned not as they went. and little children,and women: but come not 12 And their whole body, and their backs, near any man upon whom is the mark; and and their hands, and their wings, and the begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at wheels, were full of eyes round about, eve t the ancient menwhichwere before the house. the wheels that they four had. 7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. in my hearing, O wheel. And they went forth, and slew in the city. 14 And every one had four faces: the first 8 T And it came to pass, while they were face was the face of a cherub, and the secslaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon ond face was the face of a man, and the my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! third the face of a lion, and the fourth thf the gate, thirteen cubits. five and twenty cubits broad, 12 The space also before the little chambers 30 And the arches round about were five and: was one cubit on this side, and rhe space was twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. one cubit on that side: and the little cham- 31 And the arches thereof were toward the bers were six cubits on this side, and six,u- outer court; and palm trees were upon the bits on that side. posts thereof and the going up to it had 13 He measured then the gate from the eight steps. roof of one little chamber to the roof of 32 f And he brought ms into the Inner another: the breadth was five and twenty court toward the east: and he measured the cubits, door against door, gate according to these measures. 14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, 33 Ard the little chambers thereof, and the even unto the post of the court round about posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were the gate. according to these measures: and there were 15 And from the face of the gate of the en- windows therein and in the arches thereof trance unto the face of the porch of the round about; it was fifty cubits long, and inner gate were fifty cubits five and twenty cubits broad. 16 And there were narrow windows to the 34 And the arches thereof were toward the little chambers, and to their posts within the outward court; and palm trees were upon gate round about, and likewise to the the posts thereof, on this side, and on that arches: and windows were round about side: and the going up to it had eight inward and upon each post were palm trees, steps. 17 Then brought he me into the outward 35 ~ And he brought me to the north gate, court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a and measured itaccordingtothese measures; pavement made for the court round about? 36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thirty chambers were upon the pavement. thereof, and the arches thereof, and the win18 And the pavement by the side of the dows to it round about: the length was fifty gates over against the length of the gates cubits, and the breadth five and twenty was the lower pavement. cubits. 19 Then he measured the breadth from the 37 And the posts thereof were toward the forefront of the lower gate unto the fore- outer court; and palm trees were upon the front of the inner court without, a hundred posts thereof, on this side, and on that side 2ubits eastward and northward. and the going up to it had eight steps. 20 T And the gate of the outward court that 38 And the chambers and the entries therelooked toward the north, he measured the of wereby the posts of the gates, where thbs7 ength thereof, and the breadth thereof. washed the burnt offering. 21 And the little chambers thereof tecre 39 ~ And in the porch of the gate were two three on this side and three on that side tables on this side, and two tables on thae' tsnd the posts thereof and the arches thereof side, to slay thereon the burnt offering &a7: were after the measure of the first gate: the the sin offering and the trespass offering. length thereof uwas fifty cubits, alnd the 40 And at the side without, as one gooth lmp breadth live and twenty cubits. to the entry of the north gate, were two ta563 The chambers for th2 singers EZ7AKI L. )Oranients of the temple. bles; and on the other side, which was at entered into the wall which was of thehouse the porch of the gaete, were two tables. for the side chambers round about, that they 41 Four tables were on this side, and four might have hold, but they had not hold in tables on that sacde, by the side of the gate; the wall of the house. eight tables, *hereupon they slew their sac- 7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding rifices. about still upward to the side chambers: for 42 And the four tables were of hewn stone the winding about of the house went still for the burnt offering of a cubit and a half upward round about the house: therefore long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one the breadth of the house was still upward, cubit high: whereupon also they laid the in- and so increased from the lowest chamber to struments wherewith they slew the burnt of- the highest by the midst. fering and the sacrifice. 8 I saw also the height of the house round 43 And within were hooks, a hand broad, about: the foundations of the side chamfastened round about: and upon the tables bers were a full reed of six great cubits. was the flesh of the offering. 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for 44 ~ And without the inner gate were the the side chamber without, was five cubits: chambers of the singers in the inner court, and that which was left was the place of the which was at the side of the north gate; and side chambers that were within. their prospect was toward the south: one at 10 And between the chambers was the wide. the side of the east gate having the prospect ness of twenty cubits round about the house toward the north. on every side. 45 An 1 he said unto me, This chamber, 11 And the doors of the side chambers were whose prospect is toward the south, is for toward the place that was left, one door tothe priests, the keepers of the charge of the ward the north, and another door toward house. the south: and the breadth of the place that 46 And the chamber whose prospect is to- was left was five cubits round about. ward the north is for the priests, the keep- 12 Now the building that was before the ers of the charge of the altar: these are the separate place at the end toward the west sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of which come near to the LORD to minister the building was five cubits thick round unto him. about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 47 So he measured the court, a hundred cu- 13 So he measured the house, a hundred cu. bits long, and a hundred cubits broad, four- bite long; and the separate place, and the 3quare; and the altar that was before the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred souse. cubits long; 48 ~ And he brought me to the porch of the 14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, house, and measured each post of the porch, and of the separate place toward the east, a five cubits on this side, and five cubits on hundred cubits. that side: and the breadth of the gate was 15 And he measured the length of the buildthree cubits on this side, and three cubits on ing over against the separate place which that side. was behind it, and the galleries thereof on 49 The length of the porch was twenty cu- the one side and on the other side, a hundred bits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he cubits, with the inner temple, and the brought me by the steps whereby they went porches of the court; up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, 16 The doorposts, and the narrow windows, one on this side, and another on that side. and the galleries round about on their three CHAPTER XLI stories, over against the door, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up w several parts of the temple. to the windows, and the windows werf AFTERWARD he brought me to the tern- covered; A pie, and measured the posts, six cubits 17 To that above the door, even unto the broad on the one side, and six cubits broad inner house, and without, and by all the on the other side, which was the breadth of wall round about within and without, by the tabernacle, measure. 2 And the breadth of the door was ten cu- 18 And it was made with cherubim and bits; and the sides of the door were five cu- palm trees, so that a palm tree was between bits on the one side, and five cubits on the a cherub and a cherub; and every cherut other side: and he measured the length had two faces; thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, 19 So that the face of a man was toward twenty cubits. the palm tree on the one side and the face 3 Then went he inward, and measured the of a young lion toward the palm tree on the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, other side: it was made through all the six cubits; and the breadth of the door, sev- house round about. en cubits, 20 From the ground unto above the door 4 So he measured the length thereof, twen- were cherubim and palm trees made, and on ty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, the wall of the temple. before the temple: and he said unto me, 21 The posts of the temple were squared This is the most holy place. and the face of the sanctuary; the appear; 6 After ha measured the wall of the house, ance of the one as the appearance of the ix cubitst and the breadth of every side other. chamber, four cubits, round about the house 22 The altar of wood was three cubits high on every side. and the length thereof two cubits; and the 6 And the side chambers were three, one corners thereof, and the length thereof, and over another, and thirty in order; and they the walls thereof, were of wood t and he sid 564 Chambers of the priests. EZEKIEL. Return of God's glory. nnto me, This is the table that is before the OnRD. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. 25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. 26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. CHAPTER XLI1. The chambers of the priests. TrHEN he brought me forth into the outer I court, the way toward the north: and Ie brought me into the chamber that was ).ver against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty eubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were tor the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost t)f the building. 6 For they were in three stories, but had not )illars as the pillars of the courts: therefore ihe building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the outer court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits. 9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court. 10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12 And according to the doors of the chamkers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. 183 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD ihala eat the most holy things: there shaaI they lay the most holy things 411~4 and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. 15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 18 He measured the south side, five hun. dred reeds, with the measuring reed. 19 1 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. CHAPTER XLIII. The return of God's glory. AFTERWARD he brought me to the gate, L even the gate that looketh toward the east: 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like,% noise of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory. 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. 5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. 6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. 7 ~ And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places. 8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. 10 ~ Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be asnamn i565 The measures of the altar. EZEKIJEL, The priests replroved. ed of their iniquities: and let the:rm measure26 Seven days shiall they purge the altat the pattern. and purify it: and they shaJh consecrat11 And if they be ashamed of all that they therselves. have done,shew them the form of the house, 27 And when these days are expired, it shah and the fashion thereof, and the goings out be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the priests shall make your burnt offerings the forms thereof, and all the ordinances upon the altar, and your peace offerings; thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD. the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, CHAPTER XLIV, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. Divrs ordinances for the priests 12 This is the law of the house; Upon the rTiEN he brought me back the way of the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof I gate of the outward sanctuary which round about shall be most holy. Behold, looketh toward the east; and it was shut. this is the law of the house. 2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate 13 ~ And these are the measures of the altar shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a man shall enter in by it; because the LoBa handbreadth; even the bottom shall be a the God of Israel hath entered in by it, cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the therefore it shall be shut. border thereof by the edge thereof round 3 It Is for the prince; the prince, he shall about shall be a span; and this shall be the sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he higher place of the altar. shall enter by the way of the porch of that 14 And from the bottom upon the ground gate, and shall go out by the way of the even, to the lower settle shtl7, be two cubits, same. and the breadth one cubit; and from the 4 11 Then brought he me the way of the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall north gate before the house: and I looked, be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the 15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and house of the LORD: and 1 fell upon my face. from the altar and upward shall be four 5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, horns. mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee twelve broad, square in the four squares concerning all the ordinances of the house thereof. of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and 17 And the settle shal be fourteen cubits mark well the entering in of the house,with long and fourteen broad in the four squares every going forth of the sanctuary. thereof; and the border about it shall be 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look GOD; 0 ye house of Israel, let it suffice you toward the east. of all your abominations 18 I And he said unto me, Son of man, thus 7 In that ye have brought into my sanctusaith the Lord GOD; These are the ordi- cry strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and nances of the altar in the day when they uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuashall make it, to offer burnt offerings there- ry, to pollute it, even my house, when ye on, and to sprinkle blood thereon. offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the they have broken my covenant because of Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which ali 7our abominations. approach unto me, to minister unto me, 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a holy things: but ye have set keepers of my sin offering. charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, 9, Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised four corners of the settle, and upon the inllesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse stranger that is among the children of Israel. and purge it. 10 And the Levites that are gone away fax 21 Thou shalt take the bullock alsc of the from me, when Israel went astray, which sin offering, and he shall burn it in the ap- went astray away from me after their idols pointed place of the house, without the tiey shall even bear their iniquity. sanctuary. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sance ) 22 And on the second day thou shat offer a tuary, having charge of the gates of the kid of the goats without a blemish for a sin house, and ministering to the house: they offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as shall slay the burnt offering and the sacri. they did cleanse it with the bullock. rice for the people, and they shall stand be. 23 When thou hast made an end of cleans- fore them to minister unto them. ing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock with- 12 Because they ministered unto them be. out blemish, and aram out of the flock with- fore their idols, and caused the house of Isout blemish. rael to fall into iniquity; therefore have I 24 And thou shalt offer them before the lifted up my hand against them, saith the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon Lord Go, and they shall bear their iniquity. them, and they shall offer them up for a 13 And they shall not come near unto me. burnt offering unto the LORD. to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day come near to any of my holy things, i. the a goat for a sin offering: they shall also pre-most holy place: but they shall bear their pare a young bullock, and a ram out of the shame, and their abominations which they flock, without blemish. have committed. 566 Ordinr c 1 nes for the p riests. EZEK1E 1E L. 131,1~wtion for thLe sanctuary.zJ 14 But I will make them keepers of the is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl charge of the house, for all the service there- or heast. of, and for all that shall be done therein. CHAPTER XLV 15 t But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctna- The division of the land. ry when the children of Israel went astray -/[OREOVER, when ye shall divide by lot from me, they shall come near to me to -AlL the land for inheritance, ye shall offer minister unto me, and they shall stand be- an oblation unto the LORD, a holy portion fore me to offer unto me the fat and the of the land: the length shall be the length blood, saith the Lord GOD: of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the 16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be they shall come near to my table, to minister holy in all the borders thereof round about. unto me, and they shall keep may charge. 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary 17 ~ And it shall come to pass, that when five hundred in length, with five hundred in they enter in at the gates of the inner court, breadth, square round about; and fifty cuthey shall be clothed with linen garments; bits round about for the suburbs thereof. and no wool shall come upon them, while 3 And of this measure shalt thou measureA they minister in the gates of the inner court, the length of five and twenty thousand, and and within. the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their be the sanctuary and the most holy place. heads, and shall have linen breeches upon 4 The holy portion of the land shall be for their loins; they shall not gird themselves the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, with any thing that causeth sweat. which shall come near to minister unto the 19 And when they go forth into the outer LORD: and it shall be a place for their court, even into the outer court to the peo- houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary. pie, they shall put off their garments where- 5 And the five and twenty thousand of i they ministered, and lay them in the holy length, and the ten thousand of breadth, chambers, and they shall put on other gar- shall also the Levites, the ministers of the ments; and they shall not sanctify the peo- house, have for thomselves, for a possession pie with their garments. for twenty chambers. 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor 6 ~ And ye shall appoint the possession of the suffer their locks to grow long; they shall city five thousand broad, and five and twenty only poll their heads. thousand long, over against the oblation of 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, the holy portion: it shall be for the whole w hen they enter into the inner court. house of Israel. 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a 7 ~I And a portion shall be for the prince on widow, nor her that is put away: but they the one side and on the other side of the ob. shall take maidens of the seed of the house lation of the holy portion, and of the possesof Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. sion of the city, before the oblation of the 23 And they shall teach my people the dif- h. lyportion, and before the possession of the ference between the holy and profane, and city, from the west side westward, and from cause them to discern between the unclean the east side eastward: and the length shall and the clean. be over against one of the portions, from 24 And in controversy they shall stand in the west border unto the east border. judgment; and they shall judge it according 8 In the land shall be his possession in Isto my judgments: and they shall keep my rael: and my princes shall no more oppress laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; my people; and the rest of the land shall and they shall hallow my sabba ths. they give to the house of Israel according to 25 And they shall come at no dead person their tribes. to defile themselves: but for father, or for 9 T Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice mother, or for son, or for daughter, for you, 0 princes of Israel: remove violence brother, or for sister that hath had no hus- and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, band, they may defile themselves. take away your exactions from my people, 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reck- saith the Lord GOD. on unto him seven days. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and L just 27 And in the day that he goeth into the ephah, and a just bath. sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offer- measure, that the bath may contain the ing, saith the Lord GOD. tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the 28 And it shall be unto them for an inherit- tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof ance; I am their inheritance: and ye shallshall be after the homer. give them no possession in Israel; I am their 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: possession. twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fif29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the teen shekels, shall be your maneh. sin offering, and the trespass offering; and 13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; every dedicated thing in Israel shall be the sixth part of an ephah of a homer of theirs. wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all ephah of a homer of barley: things, and every oblation of all, of every 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: of oil, ye shalt offer the tenth part of a bath ye shall also give unto the priest the first of out of the cor, which is a homer of ten your dough, that he may cause the blessing baths; for ten baths are a homer: to rest in thine house. 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; -67 Ordinances for the prince EZEKIEL. and people in their wurship for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, be a young bullock without blemish, and si. and for peace offerings, to make reconcilia- lambs, and a ram: they shall be without tion for them, saith the Lord GOD. blemish. 16 All the people of the land shall give this 7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, ar oblation for the prince in Israel. ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram 17 And it shall be the prince's part to give and for the lambs according as his hand shal burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and attain unto, and a hin of oil to an ephah. drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shal moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities go in by the way of the porch of that gate of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the and he shall go forth by the way thereof. sin offering, and the meat offering, and the 9 ~ But when the people of the land shal burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to come before the LORD in the solemn feasts make reconciliation for the house of Israel. he that entereth in by the way of the nortl 18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first gate to worship shall go out by the way ol month, in the first day of the month, thou the south gate; and he that entereth by the shalt take a young bullock without blemish, way of the south gate shall go forth by the and cleanse the sanctuary: way of the north gate: he shall not return 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of by the way of the gate whereby he came in, the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of but shall go forth over against it. the house, and upon the four corners of the 10 And the prince in the midst of them settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the when they go in, shall go in; and when they gate of the inner court. go forth, shall go forth. 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of 11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the month for every one that erreth, and for the meat offering shall be an ephah to a him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the house. lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil 21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day to an ephah. of the month, ye shall have the passover, a 12 Now when the prince shall prepare a vol, feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall untary burnt offering or peace offerings vol be eaten. untarily unto the LORD, one shall then opelt 22 And upon that day shall the prince pre- him the gate that looketh toward the east, pare for himself and for all the people of and he shall prepare his burnt offering and the land a bullock for a sin offering, his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbati. 23 And seven days of the feast he shall pre- day: then he shall go forth; and after hii; pare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven going forth one shall shut the gate. bullocks and seven rams without blemish 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offer. daily th, Reven days; and a kid of the goats ing unto the LORD of a lamb of the first yea daily for c. sin offering. without blemish: thou shalt prepare it ever.f 24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of morning. an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering; ram, and a hin of oil for an ephah. for it every morning, the sixth part of an 25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to of the month, shall he do the like in the temper with the fine flour; a meat offering feast of the seven days, according to the sin continually by a perpetual ordinance unto offering, according to the burnt offering, the LORD. and according to the meat offering, and ac- 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and cording to the oil. the meat offering, and the oil, every morning CHAPTER XLVI. for a continual burnt offering. Ord for t pr,. 16 ~ Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince Odinances for thegive a gift unto any of his sons, the inherit, rpHUS saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the ance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be inner court that looketh toward the east their possession by inheritance. shall be shut the six working days; but on the 17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of one of his servants, then it shall be his to the new moon it shall be opened the year of liberty; after, it shall return to 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the prince: but his inheritance shall be his the porch of that gate without, and shall stand sons for them. by the post of the gate, and the priests shall 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of prepare his burnt offering and his peace offer- the people's inheritance by oppression, to ings, and he shall worship at the threshold of thrust them out of their possession; but he the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall give his sons inheritance out of his shall not be shut until the evening. own possession; that my people be not 3 Likewise the people of the land shall wor- scattered every man from his possession. ship at the door of this gate before the LORD 19 ~ After he brought me through the in the sabbaths and in the new moons. entry, which was at the side of the gate, into 4 And the burnt offering that the prince the holy chambers of the priests, which lookshall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day ed toward the north: and, behold, there was shall be six lambs without blemish, and a a place on the two sides westward. ram without blemish. 20 Then said he unto me, This is the place 5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah where the priests shall boil the trespass offerfor a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs ing and the sin offering, where they shall as he shall be able to give, and a hin of oil to bake the meat offering; that they bear them an ephah. not out into the outer court, to sanctify the 6 And in the day of the new moon it shall people. 568 Vision of the holy waters. EZERlIlL. The borders of thl land. 21 Then he brought me forth into the outer trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neicourt, and caused me to pass by the four ther shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it corners of the court; and, behold, in every shall bring forth new fruit according to his corner of the court there was a court. months, because their waters they issued out 22 In the four corners of the court there of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall were courts joined of forty cubits long and be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medithirty broad: these four corners were of one cine. measure. 13 I Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be 33 And there was a row of building round the border, whereby ye shall inherit the about in them, round about them four, and land according to the twelve tribes of Isit was made with boiling places under the rael: Joseph shall have two portions. rows round about. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as an24 Then said he unte me, These are the other: concerning the which I lifted up mine places of them that boil, where the ministers hand to give unto your fathers: and this of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the land shall fall unto you for inheritance. people.15 And this shal be the border of the land CHAPTER XLVII. toward the north side, from the great sea, The vision of the holy waters. the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is,ITERWARD he brought me again unto between the border of Damascus and the.2I the door of the house; and, behold, wa- border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is ters issued out from under the threshold of by the coast of Hauran. the house eastward: for the forefront of the 17 And the border from the sea shall be Hahouse stood toward the east, and the waters zar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the came down from under, from the right side north northward, and the border of Hamath. of the house, at the south side of the altar. And this is the north side. 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the 18 And the east side ye shall measure from gate northward, and led me about the way Hauran and from Damascus, and from Gilwithout unto the outer gate by the way that cad, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran from the border unto the east sea. And this out waters on the right side. is the east side. 3 And when the man that had the line in his 19 And the south side southward, from Tahand went forth eastward, he measured a mar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, thousand cubits, and he brought me through the river to the great sea. And this is the the waters; the waters were to the ankles. south side southward. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and 20 The west side also shall be the great sea brought me through the waters; the waters from the border, till a man come over against were to the knees. Again he measured a Hamath. This is the west side. thousand, and brought me through; the 21 So shall ye divide this land unto you acwaters were to the loins. cording to the tribes of Israel. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and 22 ~ And it shall come to pass, that ye shall it was a river that I could not pass over: for divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a and to the strangers that sojourn among you, river that could not be passed over. which shall beget children among you: and 6 I And he said unto me, Son of man, hast they shall be unto you as born in the counthou seen this Then he brought me, and try among the children of Israel; they shall caused me to return to the brink of the have inheritance with you among the tribes river. of Israel. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what bank of the river were very many trees on tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye the one side and on the other. give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue CHA XVIII out toward the east country, and go down IAPR LI into the desert, and go into the sea: which The portions of the tribes, &c. being brought forth into the sea, the waters NTOW these are the names of the tribes. shall be healed. l From the north end to the coast of the 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus norththe rivers shall come, shall live: and there ward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are shall be a very great multitude of fish, his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. because these waters shall come thither: for 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east they shall be healed; and every thing shall side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. live whither the river cometh. 3 And by the border of Asher, from the 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers east side even unto the west side, a portion shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto for Naphtali. En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the forth nets; their fish shall be according to east side urgo the west side, a portion for their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, ex- Manasseh. coeding many. 5 And by tne border of Manasseh, from the 11 But the miry places thereof and the east side unto the west side, a portion for marshes thereof shall not be healed; they Ephraim. shall be given to salt. 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, east side even unto the west side, a portion on this side and on that side, shall grow all for Reuben. 569 'he portions of the city. EZEKIEL. The gates of the city. 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye east side unto the west side, a portion for shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, Judah. with the possession of the city. 8 T And by the border of Judah, from the 21 ~ And the residue s7;'all be for the prince. east side unto the west side, shall be the on the one side and on the other of the holy offering which ye sha], offer of five and oblation, and of the possession of the city, twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in over against the five and twenty thousand length as one of the other parts, from the of the oblation toward the east border, and east side unto the west side: and the sane- westward over against the five and twenty tuary shall be in the midst of it. thousand toward the west border, over 9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the against the portions for the prince: and it LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary in length, and of ten thousand in breadth, of the house shall be in the midst thereof. 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall 22 Moreover, from the possession of the Lebe this holy oblation; toward the north five vites, and from the possession of the city, and twenty thousand in length, and toward bein in the midst of that which is the the west ten thousand in breadth,and toward prince's, between the border of Judah and the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the border of Benjamin, shall be for the the south five and twenty thousand in prince. length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the be in the midst thereof. east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall 11 It shall be for the priests that are sancti- have a portion. fled of the sons of Zadok; which have kept 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from my charge, which went not astray when the the east side unto the west side, Simeon shaft children of Israel went astray, as the Levites have a portion. went astray. 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the 12 And this oblation of the land that is of- east side unto the west side, Issachar a porfered shall be unto them a thing most holy tion. by the border of the Levites. 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the 13 And over against the border of the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a per. priests, the Levitesshall have five and twenty tion. thousand in length, and ten thousand in 27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the breadth: all the length shall be five and east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thou- 28 And by the border of Gad, at the south sand. side southward, the border shall be even 14 And they shall not sell of it, neither ex- from Taiar. unto the waters of strife in change, nor alienate the firstfruits of the Kadesh, and to the river toward the great land: for It is holy unto the LORD. sea. 15 1 And the five thousand, that are left in 29 This is the land which ye shall divide by the breadth over against the five and twenty lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, thousand, shall be a profane place for the and these are their portions, saith the Lord city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the GOD. city shall be in the midst thereof. 30 ~ And these are the goings out of the 16 And these shall be the measures thereof; city on the north side, four thousand and the north side four thousand and five hun- five hundred measures. dred, and the south side four thousand and 31 And the gates of the city shall be after five hundred, and on the east side four thou- the names of the tribes of Israel: three sand and five hundred, and the west side gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one four thousand and five hundred. gate of Judah, one gate of Lexi. 17 And the suburbs of the city shall be to- 32 And at the east side four thousand and ward the north two hundred and fifty, and five hundred: and three gates; and one toward the south two hundred and fifty, gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one and toward the east two hundred and fifty, gate of Dan. and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 33 And at the south side four thousand and 18 And the residue in length over against five hundred measures: and three gates; the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten one gate of Sinmeon, one gate of Issachar, thousand eastward, and ten thousand west- one gate of Zebulun. ward: and it shall be over against the obla- 34 At the west side four thousand and five tion of the holy portion; and the increase hundred, with their three gates; one gate of thereof shall be for food unto them that Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of N'aphserve the city. tali. 19 And they that serve the city shall serve i5 It was round about eighteen thousand it out of all the tribes of Israel.,easures: and the name of the city from 20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty that day shall be, The LORD is there. 570 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. CHAPTER I. Jehoiakim's captivity. N the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. 3 ~ And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; 4 Children in whom was no blemish, but vell favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 5 And the king appointed them a daily pro. vision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. 6 Now among these were of the children )f Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and kzariah: 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gav'e names: for he gave unto Daniel the nacve of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of 13h:.drach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. 8 '1 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he lrank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile him-,elf. 9 N(ow God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear mylord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. 11 Then said Daniel to M.elzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, ananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portilo of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servints. 14 So he consented to them in this matter, mnd proved them ten days. 15.And at the end of ten days their counenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the pob tion of the king's meat. 16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. 17 ~ As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in be, fore Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. CHAPTER II. Nebuchadnezzar's dream. AND in the second year of the reign j of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, 0 king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: If ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corruptwords to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the Interpretsm tion thereof, 1 yebuchadnezzar's dream. DANIEL. The interpretation thereotr 10 ~ The Chaldeans answered before the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, king, and said, There is not a man upon the shew unto the king; earth that can shew the king's matter: 28 But there is a God in heaven that retherefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, vealeth secrets, and maketh known to the that asked such things at any magician, or king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the astrologer, or Chaldean. latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of 11 And it is a rare thing that the king re- thy head upon thy bed, are these; quireth, and there is none other that can 29 As for thee, 0 king, thy thoughts came shew it before the king, except the gods, into thy mind upon thy bed, what should whose dwelling is not with flesh. come to pass hereafter: and he that reveal12 For this cause the king was angry and eth secrets maketh known to thee what very furious, and commanded to destroy shall come to pass. all the wise me/n of Babylon. 30 But as for me, this secret is not reveal13 And the decree went forth that the wise ed to me for any wisdom that I have more men should be slain; and they sought Daniel than any living, but for their sakes that shall and his fellows to be slain, make known the interpretation to the king, 14 ~ Then Daniel answered with counsel and and that thou mightest know the thoughts wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's of thy heart. guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise 31 T Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a men of Babylon: great image. This great image, whose 15 He answered and said to Arioch the brightness was excellent, stood before thee; king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty and the form thereof was terrible. from the king? Then Arioch made the 32 This image's head was of fine gold, his thing known to Daniel. breast and his arms of silver, his belly and 16 Then Daniel went in and desired of the his thighs of brass, king that he would give him time, and that 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron he would shew the king the interpretation, and part of clay. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out made the thing known to Hananiah, Mish- without hands, which smote the image upon ael, and Azariah, his companions: his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake 18 That they would desire mercies of the them to pieces. God of heaven concerning this secret; that 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, Daniel and his fellows should not perish the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. together, and became like the ohaff of the 19 ~ Then was the secret revealed unto summer threshingfloors; and the wind carDaniel in a night vision. Then Daniel bless- ried them away, that no place was found for ed the God of heaven, them: and the stone that smote the imagt? 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the became a great mountain, and filled the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom whole earth. and might are his: 361 This is the dream; and we will tell the 21 And he changeth the times and the sea- interpretation thereof before the king. sons: he removeth kings, and setteth up 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingknowledge to them that know understand- dom, power, and strength, and glory. ing: 38 And wheresoever the children of men 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, light dwelleth with him. and hath made thee ruler over them all. 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou Thou art this head of gold. God of my fathers, who hast given me wis- 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom and might, and hast made known unto dom inferior to thee, and another third me now what we desired of thee: for thou kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over hast now made known unto us the king's all the earth. matter. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong 24 ~ Therefore Daniel went In unto Arioch, as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in whom the king had ordained to destroy the pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus that breaketh all these, shall it break in unto him; Destroy not the wise men of pieces and bruise. Babylon: bring me in before the king, and 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and I will shew unto the king the interpreta- toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, tion. the kingdom shall be divided; but there 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forthe king in haste, and said thus unto him, I asmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with have found a man of the captives of Judah, miry clay. that will make known unto the king the 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of interpretation, iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, be partly strong, and partly broken. whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed able to make known unto me the dream with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves which I have seen, and the interpretation with the seed of men: but they shall not thereof? cleave one to another, even as iron is not 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the mixed with clay. king, and said, The secret which the king 44 And in the days of these kings shall the hath demanded cannot the wise men, the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which 572 'he golden image set up. DANIEL. Shadrach, &c., are accused. shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom 9 They spake and said to the king Nebubhal not be left to other people, but it shall chadnezzar, O king, live for ever. break in pieces and consume all these king- 10 Thou, 0 king, hast made a decree, that doms, and it shall stand for ever. every man that shall hear the sound of the 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and was cut out of the mountain without hands, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall and that it brake in pieces the iron, the down and worship the golden image: brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the 11 And whoso falleth not down and worgreat God hath made known to the king shippeth, that he should be cast into the What shall come to pass hereafter: and the midst of a burning fiery furnace. dream is certain, and the interpretation 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast thereof sure. set over the affairs of the province of Baby46 ~ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell ion, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and these men, 0 king, have not regarded thee: commanded that they should offer an they serve not thy gods, nor worship the oblation and sweet odours unto him. golden image which thou hast set up. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and 13 ~ Then Nebuchadnezzar in hiLs rage an& said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meof gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer shach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought, of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this these men before the king. secret. 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and and gave him many great gifts, and made Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor him ruler over the whole province of Baby- worship the golden image which I have set Ion, and chief of the governors over all the up? A-ise men of Babylon. 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all over the affairs of the province of Babylon: kinds of music, ye fall down and worship balt Daniel sat in the gate of the king. the image which I have made; well: but if CHAPTER III. ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furThe golden image set up. nace; and who is that God that shall deliver NTEBUICHADNEZZAR the king made an you out of my hands? 1A image of gold, whose height was three- 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, anscore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cu- swered and said to the king, 0 Nebuchadbits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the nezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in province of Babylon. this matter. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is gather together the princes, the governors, able to deliver us from the burning fiery and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rul- hand, 0 king. ers of the provinces, to come to the dedica- 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, 0 king, tion of the image which Nebuchadnezzar that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the king had set up. the golden image which thou hast set up. 3 Then the princes, the governors, and cap- 19 ~Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, fains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsel- and the form of his visage was changed lers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: provinces, were gathered together unto the therefore he spake, and commanded that dedication of the image that Nebuchadnez- they should heat the furnace one seven zar the king had set up; and they stood be- times more than it was wont to be heated. fore the image that Nebuchadnezzarhad set 20 And he commanded the most mighty p. men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, 4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them commanded, O people, nations, and lan- into the burning fiery furnace. guages, 21 Then these men were bound in their 5 That at what time ye hear the sound of coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, other garments, and were castinto the midst dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall of the burning fiery furnace. down and worship the golden image that 22 Therefore because the king's commandNebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: ment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding 6 And whoso falleth not down and worship- hot, the flame of the fire slew those men peth shall the same hour be cast into the that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedmidst of a burning fiery furnace. nego. 7 Therefore at that time, when all the peo- 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, pie heard the sound of the cornet, flute, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of midst of the burning fiery furnace. music, all the people, the nations, and the 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was as'anguages, fell down and worshipped the tonished, androse up in haste, and spake, and golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast aad set up. three men bound into the midst of the firet 8 ~ Wherefore at that time certain They answered and said unto the king, True, Chaldeans came near, and accused the O king.;ewa 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men 573 Nebuchadnezzar's dream. DANIEL. Daniel interpreeeth, loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and my bed; T saw, and behold a tree in the they have no hurt; and the forrn of the midst of the earth, and the height thereof fourth is like the Son of God. was great. 26 ~ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and height thereof reached unto heaven, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high 12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the God, come forth, and come hither. Then fruit thereof much, and in it was meat foi Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. came all: the beasts of the field had shadow forth of the midst of the fire. under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt 27 And the princes, governors, and captains, in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed and the king's counsellors, being gathered of it. together, saw these men, upon whose bodies 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my the fire had no power, nor was a hair of bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one their heid singed, neither were their coats came down from heaven; changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down them. the tree, and cut off his branches, shake oil 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, beasts get away from under it, and the fowls and Abed-nego, who hath sent Pis angel, and from his branches: delivered his servants that trusted in him, 15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of his and have changed the king's word, and roots in the earth, even with a band of iron yielded their bodies, that they might not and brass, in the tender grass of the field; serve nor worship any god, except their and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, own God. and let his portion be with the beasts in the 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every grass of the earth: people, nation, and language, which speak 16 Let his heart be changed from man's any thing amiss against the God of Sha- and let a beast's heart be given unto him. drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be and let seven times pass over him. cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made 17 This matter is by the decree of the a dunghill: because there is no other God watchers, and the demand by the word of that can deliver after this sort. the holy ones: to the intent that the living, 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Me- may know that the Most High ruleth in the shach, and Abed-nego, in the province of kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoBabylon. ever he will, and setteth up over it the CHAPTER IV. basest of men. Nebuchnezzrd. 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have Nebuchadnezar's dram. seen. Now thou, 0 Belteshazgar, declare XTEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto all the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all If people, nations, and languages, that the wise men of my kingdom art not able dwel in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to make known unto me the interpretation: unto you. but thou art able; for the spirit of de holy 2 I thought it good to shew the signs and gods is in thee. Wonders that the high God hath wrought 19 ~ Then Daniel, whose name was Belte, toward me. shazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty thoughts troubled him. The king spake, are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlast- and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dremn, ing kingdom, and his dominion is from gen- or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. eration to generation. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lo id 4 ~ I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine the dream be to them that hate thee, and th house, and flourishing in my palace: interpretation thereof to thine enemies, 5 1 saw a dream which made me afraid, and 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew. the thoughts upon my bed and the visions and was strong, whose height reached unto of my head troubled me. the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the 6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all earth; the wise men of Babylon before me, that 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit they might make known unto me the inter- thereof much, and in it was meat for all; pretation of the dream. under which the beasts of the field dwelt, 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrol- and upon whose branches the fowls of the $0gers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: heaven had their habitation: and I told the dream before them; but they 22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and be did not make known unto me the inter- come strong: for thy greatness is grown, pretation thereof. and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion 8 I But at the last Daniel came in before to the end of the earth. me, whose name was Belteshazzar, accord- 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and Ing to the name of my god, and in whom is a holy one coming down from heaven, and the spirit of the holy gods: and before him saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; [ told the dream, sayinq, yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in 9 0 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, the earth, even with a band of iron and because I know that the spirit of the holy brass, in the tender grass of the field; and gods s in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let tell me the visions of my dream that I have his portion be with the beasts of the field seen, and the interpretation thereof. till seven times pass over him; 10 Thus were the visions of mine head in 24 This is the Interpretation, 0 king, an<, 74 thc dream,. DANIEL. Belshazzar's feast. this is the decree of the Most High, which is 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, corncome upon my lord the king: mandedto bring the golden and silvervessels 26 That they shall drive thee from men. which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of out of the temple which was in Jerusalem the field, and they shall make thee to eat that the king and his princes, his wives and grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with his concubines, might drink therein. the dew of heaven, and seven times shall 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that pass over thee, till thou know that the Most were taken out of the temple of the house High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and of God which was at Jerusalem; and the giveth it to whomsoever he will. king and his princes, his wives and his con26 And whereas they commanded to leave cubines, drank in them. the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, have known that the heavens do rule. and of stone. 4Z7 Wherefore, 0 king, let my counsel be 5 T In the same hour came forth fingers of a acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins man's hand, and wrote over against the canby righteousness, and thine iniquities by dlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a king's palace: and the king saw the part of lengthening of thy tranquillity. the hand that wrote. 28 ~ All this came upon the king Nebuchad- 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, nezzar. and his thoughts troubled him, so that the 29 At the end of twelve months he walked joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. smote one against another. 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrolgreat Babylon, that I have built for the ogers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. house of the kingdom by the might of my And the king spake, and said to the wise men vower, and for the honour of my majesty? of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writ31 While the word was in the king's mouth, ing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,. there fell a voice from heaven, saying, 0 shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the The kingdom is departed from thee. third ruler in the kingdom. 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the but they could not read the writing, nor field: they shall make thee to eat grass as make known to the king the interpretation oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, thereof. until thou know that the Most High ruleth 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to and his countenance was changed in him, whomsoever he will. and his lords were astonied. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled 10 ~ Now the queen, by reason of the words upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven of the king and his lords, came into the banfrom men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his quet house: and the queen spake and said, body was wet with the dew of heaven, till O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be nrd his nails like birds' claws. changed: 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchad- 11 There is a man in thy kingdom in whom nezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the mine understanding returned unto me, and days of thy father light and understanding I blessed the Most High, and I praised and and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, honoured him that liveth for ever, whose' was found in him; whom the king Nebudominion is an everlasting dominion, and his chadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy kingdom is from generation to generation: father, made master of the magicians, as-:15 And all the inhabitants of the earth are trologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; reputed as nothing: and he doeth according 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and to his will in the army of heaven, and among knowledge, and understanding, interpreting the inhabitants of the earth: and none can of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest and dissolving of doubts, were found in the thou? same Daniel, whom the king named Belte36 At the same time my reason returned shazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, will shew the interpretation. mine honour and brightness returned unto 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the ~te; and my counsellors and my lords king. And the king spake and said unto sought unto me; and I was established in Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of ty kingdom, and excellent majesty was the children of the captivity of Judah, whom Ldded unto me. the king my father brought out of Jewry? 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol 14 1 have even heard of thee, that the spirit sand honour the king of heaven, all whose of the gods is in thee, and that light and unvorks are truth, and his ways judgment: and derstanding and excellent wisdom is found;i9ose that walk in pride he is able to abase. in thee. CHAPTER V. 15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they Betshazzasr's impious feast. should read this writing, and make known B ELSHAZZAR the king made a great unto me the interpretation thereof: but feast to a thousand of his lords, and they could not shew the interpretation of Irank wine before the thousand. the thing: A575 Dantiel interpreteth the writing. DANIEL. Daniel east into 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou Daniel was first: that the princes might give caust make interpretations, and dissolve accounts unto them, and the king should doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, have no damage. and make known to me the interpretation 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, presidents and princes, because an excellent and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and spirit was in him; and the king thought to shalt be the third ruler in the kingdon. set him over the whole realm. 17 ~ Then Daniel answered and said before 4 T Then the presidents and princes sought the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and to find occasion against Daniel concerning give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the kingdom; but they could find none occathe writing unto the king, and make known sion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithto him the interpretation. ful, neither was there any error or fault 18 0 thou king, the most high God gave found in him. Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and 5 Then said these men, We shall not find majesty, and glory, and honour: any occasion against this Daniel, except we 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, find it against him concerning the law of his all people, nations, and languages, trembled God. and feared before him: whom he would he 6 Then these presidents and princes assemslew; and whom he would he kept alive; bled together to the king, and said thus unto and whom he would he set up; and whom him, King Darius, live for ever. he would he put down. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and governors, and the princes, the counsellors. his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed and the captains, have consulted together from his kingly throne, and they took his to establish a royal statute, and to make a glory from him: firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a peti21 And he was driven from the sons of men; tion of any God or man for thirty days, and his heart was made like the beasts, and save of thee, O king, he shall be cast iAto his.dwelling was with the wild asses: they the den of lions. fed him with grass like oxen, and his body 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and was wet with the dew of heaven; till he sign the writing, that it be not changed, acknew that the most high God ruled in the cording to the law of the Medes and Perkingdom of men, and that he appointeth sians, which altereth not. over it whomsoever he will. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar. hast not and the decree. humbled thine heart, though thou knewest 10 ~ Now when Daniel knew that the writall this; ing was signed, he went into his house; and 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the his windows being open in his chamber Lord of heaven; and they have brought the toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his vessels of his house before thee, and thou knees three times a day, and prayed, and and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, gave thanks before his God, as he did aforehave drunk wine in them; and thou hast time. praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, 11 Then these men assembled, and found iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor Daniel praying and making supplication be. hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand fore his God. thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, 12 Then they came near, and spake before hast thou not glorified: the king concerning the king's decree; 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from Hast thou not signed a decree, that every him; and this writing was written. man that shall ask a petition of any God or 25 ~ And this is the writing that was writ- man within thirty days, save of thee, O ten, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. king, shall be cast into the den of lions? 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: The king answered and said, The thing is MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, true, according to the law of the Medes and and finished it. Persians, which altereth not. 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the bal- 13 Then answered they and said before tha ances, and art found wanting. king, That Daniel, which is of the children 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not given to the Medes and Persians. thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they signed, but maketh his petition three times clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain a day. of gold about his neck, and made a proc- 14 Then the king, when he heard thse lamation concerning him, that he should be words, was sore displeased with himself, and the third ruler in the kingdom. set '4" heart on Daniel to deliver him: and 30 ~ In that night was Belshazzar the king he ta- -'~d till the going down of the sun of the Chaldeans slain. to deitva' im. 31 And Darius the Median took the king- 15 Thn these men assembled unto the kipna dom, being about threescore and two years and si ad onto the king, Know, O king, tta old. the I of the Medes and Persians is, That no CHAPTER VI. decree nor statute which the king establishA conspiracy against Daniel. eth s-aay be changed 16 Then the king commanded, and they T pleased Darius to set over the kingdon) bro ught Daniel, and cast him into the den of a hundred and twenty princes, which I licjls. Now the king spake and said unto should be over the whole kingdom; D aniel, Thy God whom thou servest contin2 And over these three presidents; of whc n. rl ly. he will deliver thee. 576 'i the lio7n's den. DANIEL. Vision of the four beasts. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet (f his lords; that the purpose might not be cha:ngged concerning Daniel. 18 1 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting-: neither were instrminents of music brought before him: e nd his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the rmorning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: acd the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?.11 Then said Daniel unto the king, 0 king, live for ever. 22I My God hath sent his angel, and hath slaut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innoconcy was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him. and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. "4 ~ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery over them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. A5 o Then king Darius wrote unto all peop e, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion o f emy kingdom men tremble and fear before ti e God of Daniel: for he is the living God,;:,Ld steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that w'lioh shall not be destroyed, and his dominio,,) hall be even unto the end. l; ife delivereth and rescueth, and he w )rketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the ower of the lions.::;.,oo this Daniel prospered in the reign of l.;lrius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persiacl CHAPTER VII. Daniel's vision of four beasts. IN the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were pl i cked, and it was lifted up from the earth, ant rcade stand upon the feet as a man, and a r;ains heart was given to it. 5 A.nd behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, antl it had three ribs in the mouth of it be49 2 M tween the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. 6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dread ful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had greatiron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man4. and a mouth speaking great things. 9 I I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garmert was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning} fire. 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 11 I beheld then, because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. 13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory,and a kingdom, that all people,nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 15 ~ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake ver' great things, whose look was more stout thafi his fellows. 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and 577 T71e ram and he goat. DANI EL. The vision interpreted. judgment was given to the saints of the Most Hih:h; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. CHAPTER VIII. Daniel's vision of the -ram, &c. N the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 3 'hen I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns uwre high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might standbefore him,neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. 5 And as I was considering, behold, a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was 578 broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 12 And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 13 T Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuaryand the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 15 IT And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a d: c-p sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. 20 The ram which thou sawest having tw~ horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; blt he shall be broken without hand. 26 And the vision of the evening and tle morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be f r many days. 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick ce? Das.zef's confession and prayer. DANIEL The seventy weeks foretold. 'ain days; afterward I rose up, and did he king's business; and I was astonished At the vision, but none understood it. CHAPTER IX. Prophecy of the seventy weeks. IN the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which wras made king over the realm of the Challeans; 2 In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3 i And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 0 Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 8 0 Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LoRD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of irFvpt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 ~ 0 Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 0 Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; 0 Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 20 T~ And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and talked witli me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thpeople and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and t( anoint the Most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, thai from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto th( Messiah the Prince, shal be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are de. termuined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that de. termined shall be poured upon the desolate. CHAPTER X. Daniel seeth a glorious vision. IN the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose 579 An angel comforteth Daniel. DANIEUl. Leagues atnd conflicts. name was called Belteshazzar; and the 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear thing was true, but the time appointed was not: peace be unto thee; be strong, yea, be long: and he understood the thing, and had strong. And when he had spoken unto me, understanding of the vision. I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning speak; for thou hast strengthened me. three full weeks. 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore 1 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came come unto thee? and now will I return to flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I fight with the prince of Persia: and when I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall were fulfilled. come. 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted first month, as I was by the side of the great in the Scripture of truth: and there is none river, which is Hiddekel; that holdeth with me in these things, but 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, Michael your prince. and behold a certain man clothed in linen, I CIHAPTER XI. Wvhose loins were girded with fine gold of! Uphaz: Tie overthrow of Persia. 6 His body also was like the beryl, and his ALSO I in the first year of Darius the face as the appearance of lightning, and his J Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms, and his strengthen him. feet like in colour to polished brass, and the 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Bevoice of his words like the voice of a multi- hold, there shall stand up yet three kings in ride. Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for than they all: and by his strength through the men that were with me saw not the his riches he shall stir up all against the vision; but a great quaking fell upon tlhem!, realm of Grecia. so that they fled to hide themselves. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this shall rule with great dominion, and do acgreat vision, and there remained no strength cording to his will. in me: for my comeliness was turned in me 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom into corruption, and I retained no strength. shall be broken, and shall be divided toward 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and the four winds of heaven; and not to his when I heard the voice of his words, then posterity, nor according to his dominion was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be face toward the ground. plucked up, even for others besides those. 10 T And, behold, a hand touched me, which 5 i And the king of the south shall be strong, set me upon my knees and upon the palms and one of his princes; and he shall be of my hands. strong above him, and have dominion; his 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man dominion shall be a great dominion. greatly beloved, understand the words that 6 And in the end of years they shall join I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for themselves together; for the king's daughter unto thee am I now sent. And when he of the south shall come to the king of the had spoken this word unto me, I stood north to make an agreement: but she shall trembliing. not retain the power of the arm; neithei 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: shall le stand, nor his arm: but she shall be for from t-e first day that thou didst set given up, and they that brought her, and he thine heart to understand, and to chasten that begat her, and he that strengthened hci thyself before thy God, thy words were in these times. heard, and I am come for thy words. 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia stand up in his estate, which shall come with withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, an army, and shall enter into the fortress ot Michael, one of the chief princes, came to the king of the north, and shall deal against. help me; and I remained there with the them, and shall prevail: kings of Persia. 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt 14 Now I am come to make thee under- their gods, with their princes, and with theiri stand what shall befall thy people in the precious vessels of silver and of gold; andi latter days: for yet the vision is for nany he shall continue nore years than the king days. of the north. 15 And when he had spoken such words 9 So the king of the south shall come into his Onto me, I set my face toward the ground, kingdom, and shall return into his own land. and I became dumb. 10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall 16 And, behold, one like the similitude of assemble a multitude of great forces: and the sons of men touched my lips: then I one shall certainly come, and overflow, and opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto pass through: then shall he return, and be him that stood before me, O my lord, by stirred up, even to his fortress. the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, 11 And the king of the south shall be moved and I have retained no strength. with choler, and shall come forth and fight 17 For how can the servant of this my lord with him, even with the king of the north: talk with this my lord? for as for me; and he shall set forth a great multitude; but straightway there remained no strength in the multitude shall be given into his hand. me, neither is there breath left in me. 12 And when he hath taken away the multi 18 Then there came again and touched me tude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he one like the appearance of a man, and he shall cast down many ten thousands but he strengthened me, ahall not be strengthened bu it 580 between the kings of the DANIEL. south and of the north4 13 For the king of the north shall return, 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than and come toward the south; but it shall not the former, and shall certainly come after be as the former, or as the latter. certain years with a great army and with 30 I For the ships of Chittim shall come much riches. against him: therefore he shall be grieved, 14 And in those times there shall many and return, and have indignation against stand up against the king of the south: also the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall the robbers of thy people shall exalt them- even return, and have intelligence with selves to establish the vision; but they shall them that forsake the holy covenant. fall. 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and 15 So the king of the north shall come, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, cast up a mount, and take the most fenced and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and cities and the arms of the south shall not they shall place the abomination that makwithstand, neither his chosen people, neither eth desolate. shcll there be any strength to withstand. 32 And such as do wickedly against the cov16 But he that cometh against him shall do enant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the according to his own will, and none shall people that do know their God shall be stand before him: and he shall stand in the strong, and do exploits. glorious land, which by his hand shall be 33 And they that understand among the consumed, people shall instruct many: yet they shall 17 He shall also set his face to enter with fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity,;he strength of his whole kingdom, and up- and by spoil, mnany days. right ones with him; thus shall he do: and 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be tie shall give him the daughter of women, holpen with a little help: but many shall corrupting her: but she shall not stand on cleave to them with flatteries. his side, neither be for him. 35 And some of them of understanding shall 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make isles, and shall take many: but a prince for them white, even to the time of the end: be'ais own behalf shall cause the reproach of- cause it is yet for a time appointed. fered by him to cease; without his own re- 36 And the king shall do according to his,proach he shall cause it to turn upon him. will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify 19 Then he shall turn his face toward the himself above every god, and shall speak fort of his own land: but he shall stumble marvellous things against the God of gods, and fall, and not be found, and shall prosper till the indignation be ac20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser complished: for that that is determined of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but shall be done. within few days he shall be destroyed, net- 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his ther in anger, nor in battle. fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile any god: for he shall magnify himself above tierson, to whom they shall not give the all. nonour of the kingdom: but he shall come 38 But in his estate shall he honour th? in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by God of forces: and a god whom his fatherm flatteries. knew not shall he honour with gold, and 32 And with the arms of a flood shall they silver, and with precious stones, and pleasbe overflown from before him, and shall be ant things. broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. 39 Thus shall he do in the most strong 23 And after the league made with him he holds with a strange god, whom he shall shall work deceitfully: for he shall come acknowledge and increase with glory: and up, and shall become strong with a small he shall cause them to rule over many, and people. shall divide the land for gain. 24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the 40 And at the time of the end shall the king fattest places of the province; and he shall of the south push at him: and the king of d ) that which his fathers have not done, nor the north shall come against him like a his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsethem the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, men, and with many ships; and he shall and he shall forecast his devices against the enter into the countries, and shall overflow strong holds, even for a time. and pass over. 25 And he shall stir up his power and his 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, courage against the king of the south with a and many countries shall be overthrown: great army; and the king of the south shall but these shall escape out of his hand, even be stirred up to battle with a very great and Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the chilmighty army; but he shall not stand: for dren of Ammon. they shall forecast devices against him. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon.6 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his the countries: and the land of Egypt shall meat shall destroy him, and his army shall not escape. overflow: and many shall fall down slain. 43 But he shall have power over the treas27 And both these kings' hearts shall he to ures of gold and of silver, and over all the do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. mnd shall be at the time appointed. 44 But tidings out of the east and out of 28 Then shall he return into his land with the north shall trouble him: therefore he great riches; and his heart shall be against shall go forth with great fury to destroy, the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and utterly to make away many. and return to his own land. 45 And hb shall plant the tabernacles of 49 581 ,ihe general resurrection. HOSEA. Danliel heareth the r,.s. his palace between the seas in the glorious which was upon the waters of the river, holy mguntain; yet he shall come to his How long shall it be to the end of these.nd, ail none shall help him. wonders? T-EIT R XII 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen. TER XI. which was upon the waters of the river, / General resurrection foretold. wheni he held up his right hand and his left N at that time shall Michael stand up, hand unto heaven, and sware by him that t, ithe great prince which standeth for the liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, *.hildren of thy people: and there shall be a times, and a half; and when he shall have lime of trouble, such as never was since accomplished to scatter the power of the Jhere was a nation even to that same time: holy people, all these things shall be finished. and at that time thy people shall be deliv- 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then ered, every one that shall be found written said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of in the book. these tiings? 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the of the earth shall awake, some to everlast- words are closed up and sealed till the time ing life, and some to shame and everlasting of the end. contempt. 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: brightness of the firmament; and they that and none of the wicked shall understand; turn many to righteousness, as the stars for but the wise shall understand. ever and ever. 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, shall be taken away, and the abomination and seal the book, even to the time of the that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a end: many shall run to and fro, and knowl- thousand two hundred and ninety days. edge shall be increased. 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh 5 ~ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, to the thousand three hundred and five and there stood other two, the one on this side thirty days. of the bank of the river, and the other on 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for that side of the bank of the river. thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, end of the days. HOSEA. CHAPTER I. Israel's idolatrous whoredonis. PHE word of the LORD that came unto L Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredomrs: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. 3 So he went and took Gon the daughter of Diblaim; which conceivc arand bare himi a son. 4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel, 6 ~ And she conceived again, end bare a.aughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhatmahb: tfor I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I wvill have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LOID their God, and will not save them by bow, 0or by swords nor by battle. by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 T Now when she had weaned Lo-rulhtrn,-h. she conceived, and bare a son. 582 9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-amrai for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 ~ Yet the number of the children of Is.rael shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto thein, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall bh the day of Jezreel. CHAPTER II. Israel exhorted to forsake idolatry. AY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; anl a to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2 Plead with your mother, plead; for sha is not my wife, neither am? I her husband. let her therefore put away her whoredomS out of her sight, and her adulteries fromr between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as ii,: the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredonms. 5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said I will go after my lovers, that give ile my bread and my water, my wiel and 1my flax, mine oil and my drink, T'hreatenings ar d promises. HOSEA, The desolation of Israel. 6 ~ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thya an adulteress, according to the love of the way with thorns, and make a wall, that she LORD toward the children of Israel, who shall not find her paths. look to other gods, and love flagonstof wine. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but 2 So I brought her to me for fiftee p;ieces she shall not overtake them; and she shall of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a seek them, but shall not find them: then half homer of barley: shall she say, I will go and return to my 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for first husband; for then was it better with me many days; thou shalt not play the harme than now. lot, and thou shalt not be for another man: 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, s1 will I also be for thee. and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver 4 For the children of Israel shall abide and gold, which they prepared for Baal. many days without a king, and without a. 9 Therefore will I return, and take away prince, and without a sacrifice, and without my corn in the time thereof, and my wine ir. an image, and without an ephod, and withthe season thereof, and will recover my wool i ot teraphim: and my flax given to cover her nakedness. I 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel re. 10 And now will I discover her lewdness in turn, and seek the LORD their God, and Da. the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliv- vid their king; and shall fear the LORD anc er her out of mine hand. his goodness in the latter days. 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, CHAPTER IY her feast days, her new moons, and her sab- C, baths, and all her solemn feasts.God's jdgnaee' aainst sin. 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig nEAR the vvord of the LORsD, ye children trees, whereof she hath said, These are my _JL of Israel' for the LRnD hath a controrewards that my lovers have given me: and versy with the inhabitants of the land, be. I will make them a forest, and the beasts of cause there is no truth, nor mercy, nor the field shall eat them. knowledge of God in the land. 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Ba- 2 By swearing, and lying and killing, and alirn, wherein she burned incense to them, stealing, and committing adultery, they and she decked herself with her earrings break out, and blood toucheth blood. and her jewels, and she went after her 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. one that dwelleth therein shall languish, 74 ~ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and with the beasts of the field, and with the bring her into the wilderness, and speak fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea corn fortably unto her. also shall be taken away, 15 And I will give her her vineyards from 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove anoth thence, and the valley of Achor for a door er' for thy people are as they that strive of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the with the priest. days of her youth, and as in the day when 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and she came up out of the land of Egypt. the prophet also shall fall with thee in the 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the night, and I will destroy thy mother. LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and 6 ~ My people are destroyed for lack of shalt call me no more Baali. knowledge: because thou hast rejected 17 For I will take away the names of Ba- knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou alim out of her mouth, and they shall no shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast more be remembered by their name. forgotten the law of thy God, I will also for18 And in that day will I make a covenant get thy children. for them with the beasts of the field, and 7 As they were increased, so they sinned with the fowls of heaven, and with the agaist me: therefore will I change their creeping things of the ground: and I will glory into shame. break the bow and the sword and the battle 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they out of the earth, and will make them to lie set their heart on their iniquity. down safely. 9 And there shall be, like people, like '1 And I will betroth thee unto me for priest: and I will punish them for their ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in ways, and reward them their doings. righteousness, and in judgment, and in lov- 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: ingkindness, and in mercies. they shall commit whoredom and shall not 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faith- ncrease: because they have left off to take fulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. heed to the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the away the heart. heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 12 < My people ask counsel at their stocks, 22 And the earth shall hearthe corn, and the and their staff declareth unto them: for the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and they have gone a whoring from under and I will have mercy upon her that had not their God. obtained mercy; and I will say to them which 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the.were not my people, Thou art my people; mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, end they shall say, Thou art my God. under oaks and poplars and elms, because CHAPTER IT. the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and The desolation of Israel. our spouses shall commit adultery. frHEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet, 14 I will not punish your daughters when L love a woman beloved of her friend, yet they commit whoredom, nor your spouses 583 od's Judgments against Israel. HOSEA. A reproof of manifold sins when they commit adultery: for themselves my face: in their affliction they will seet are separated with whores, and they sacrifice me early. with harlots: therefore the people that doth CHAPTER VI. not understand shall fall. 15 ~ Though thou. Israel, play the harlot, n eortton to repente. yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye YOME, and let us return unto the LORDI unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, C for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he nor swear, The LORD liveth. hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding 2 After two days will he revive us: in the heifer now the LORD will feed them as a third day he will raise us up, and we shall lamb in a large place. live in his sight. 17 Ephraim is joined to Idols; let him alone.3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to 18 Their drink is sour: they have commit- know the LORD: his going forth is prepared ted whoredom continually: her rulers with as the morning; and he shall come unto us shame do love, Give ye. as the rain, as the latter and former rain un19 Th wind hath bound her up in her to the earth. kwings, and they shall be ashamed because of4 ~ 0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? their sacrifices. 0 Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for CHAPTER V, your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Judgments for Israel's sins. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the T 1EAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye prophets; I have slain them by the words of house of Israel; and give ye ear, O my mouth: and thy judgments are as the house of the king; for judgment is toward light that goeth forth. you, because ye have been a snare on Miz- 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; pah, and a net spread upon Tabor. and the knowledge of God more than burnt 2 And the revolters are profound to make offerings. slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of 7 But they like men have transgressed the them all. covenant: there have they dealt treacher3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid ously against me. from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou com- 8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquimittest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. ty, and is polluted with blood. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms so the company of priests murder in the way is in the midst of them, and they have not by consent: for they commit lewdness. known the LORD. 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to house of Israel: there is the whoredom of his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim Ephraim, Israel is defiled. fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall 11 Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for with them. thee, when I returned the captivity of my 6 They shall go with their flocks and with people. their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall CHAPTER VII. not find him; he hath withdrawn himself srael reproved for manifod sins. from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against the aiTHEN I would have healed Israel, then LORD; for they have begotten strange chil- IV the iniquity of Ephraim was discoverdren: now shall a month devour them with ed, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they. their portions. commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, 8 Blow ye the cornet In Gibeah, and the and the troop of robbers spoileth without. trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, 2 And they consider not in their hearts that after thee, O Benjamin. I remember all their wickedness: now their 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of own doings have beset them about; they rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I are before my face. made known that which shall surely be. 3 They make the king glad with their wick10 The princes of Judah were like them that edness, and the princes with their lies. remove the bound; therefore I will pour 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated out my wrath upon them like water by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavw judgment, because he willingly walked after ened. the commandment. 5 In the day of our king, the princes have 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a made him sick with bottles of wine; he moth, and to the house of Judah as rotten- stretched out his hand with scorners. ness. 6 For they have made ready their heart like 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Ju- an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker dah saw his wound, then went Ephraim sleepeth all the night; in the morning it to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet burneth as a flaming fire. could he not heal you, nor cure you of your 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have dewound. voured their judges; all their kings are fall14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and en: there is none among them that calleth as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, unto me. even I, will tear and go away; I will take 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among away, and none shall rescue him. the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 15 ~ I will go and return to my place, till 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, they acknowledge their offence, and seek and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are ~84 Israel's impiety and idolatry. HOSEA. 1heir distress and captivity. here and there upon him, yet he knoweth 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and not. buildeth temples; and Judah hath multi10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his plied fenced cities: but I will send a fire face: and they do not return to the LORD upon his cities, and it shall devour the paltheir God, nor seek him for all this. aces thereof. 11 ~ Ephraim also is like a silly dove with- CHAPTER IX. out heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Distress and captivity of Israel. I" When they shall go, I will spread my net l) EJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as other upon them; I will bring them down as the JL people: for thou hast gone a whoring fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as from thy God, thou hast loved a reward their congregation hath heard. upon every cornfloor. 13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed me: destruction unto them! because they them, and the new wine shall fail in her. have transgressed against me: though I 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; have redeemed them, yet they have spoken but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they lies against me. shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 14 And they have not cried unto me with 4 They shall not offer wine offerinys to the their heart, when they howled upon their LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto beds: they assemble themselves for corn him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as and wine, and they rebel against me. the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof 15 Though I have bound a nd strengthened shall be polluted: for their bread for their their arms, yet do they imagine mischief soul shall not come into the house of the against me. LORD. 16 They return, but not to the Most High: 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and they are like a deceitful bow: their princes in the day of the feast of the LORD? smhall fall bv the sword for the rage of their 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destructongue: this shall be their derision in the tion: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis lnad of Egypt. shall bury them: the pleasant places for CHAPTERt VIII. their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall he in their tabernacles. Israel and Jldsah threatened. 7 The days of visitation are come, the days SCOET the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall of recompense are come; Israel shall know A3 come as an eagle against the house of the it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is LORD, because they have transgressed my mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, covenant, and trespassed against my law. and the great hatred. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we 8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my know thee. God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: in all his ways, and hatred in the house of the enemy shall pursue him. his God. 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, they have made princes, and I knew it not: as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will reof their silver and their gold have they made member their iniquity, hewill visit their sins, them idols, that they may be cut off. 10 1 found Israel like grapes in the wilder5 ~ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; ness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in mine anger is kindled against them: how the fig tree at her first time: but they went long will it he ere they attain to innocency? to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman that shame; and their abominations were made it; therefore it is not God: but the according as they loved. calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly 7 For they have sown the wind, and they away like a bird, from the birth, and from shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the womb, and from the conception. the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it 12 Though they bring up their children, yet yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. will I bereave them, that there shall not be a 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be man left: yea, woe also to them when I deamnong the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no part from them! pleasure. 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring Sass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired forth his children to the murderer. lovers. 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou 10 Yea, though they have hired among the give? give them a miscarrying womb and nations, now will I gather them, and they dry breasts. shall sorrow a little for the burden of the 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for king of princes, there I hated them: for the wickedness of 11 Because Ephraim ha*il made many altars their doings I will drive them out of mine to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. house, I will love them no more: all their 12 I have written to hinm the great things of princes are revolters. my law, but they were counted as a strange 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried thing. up they shall bear no fruit: yea, though 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of they bring forth, yet will I slay even the mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD belovedfruit of their womb. accepteth them not; now will he rememr- 17 My God will cast them away, because ber their iniquity, and visit their sins: they they did not hearken unto him: and they shall return to Egypt. shall be wanderers among the nations. 585 Israel is threatened HOSEA. for their ingratitude. CHAPTER X. by their arms; but they knew not that Israel'smpiety and idolhealed them. Israe's mpiety and dolatry. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth bands of love: and I was to them as they T forth fruit unto hilself: according to the that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I multitude of his fruit he hath increased the laid meat unto them. altars; according to the goodness of his land 5 ~T He shall not return into the land o! they have made goodly images. I Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be because they refused to return. found faulty: he shall break down their al- 6 And the sword shall abide on his cities. tars, he shall spoil their images.,and shall consume his branches, and devout 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, theim, because of their own counsels. because we feared not the LORD; what then 7 And my people are bent to backsliding should a king do to us? from me: though they called them to the 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely Most HIigh, none at all would exalt him. in making a covenant: thus judgment 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephrainm? how springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make the field. thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Ze5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear boim? mine heart is turned within me, my because of the calves of Beth-aven: for repentings are kindled together. the people thereof shall mourn over it, and 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: the glory thereof, because it is departed for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in from it. the midst of thee: and I will not enter into 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a the city. present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall re- 10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall ceive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the his own counsel. children shall tremble from the west. 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the 11 They shall tremble as a bird out of foam upon the water. Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Assyria: and I will place them in their Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the houses, saith the LORD. thistle shall come up on their altars; and 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies. they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and the house of Israel with deceit: but Ju. and to the hills, Fall on us. dah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days the saints. of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in CHAPTER XII. Gibeah against the children of iniquity did I a h repr not overtake them. s a eproved. 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise 17PHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth them; and the people shall be gathered Ji after the east wind: he daily increaseth against them, when they shall bind them- lies and desolation; and they do make a covselves in their two furrows. enant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught, into Egypt. and loveth to tread out the corn; but I pass- 2 The LORD hath also a controversy with ed over upon her fair neck: I will make Judah, and will punish Jacob according to Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plough, and his ways; according to his doings will he Jacob shall break his clods. recompense him. 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap 3 ~ He took his brother by the heel in the in mercy; break up your fallow ground: womb, and by his strength he had power for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come with God: and rain righteousness upon you. 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and 13 Ye have ploughed wickedness, ye have prevailed: he wept, and made supplication reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and of lies: because thou didst trust in there he spake with us; thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD men. is his memorial. 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep 'thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in continually. the day of battle: the mother was dashed in 7 ~ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit pieces upon her children. are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because of 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, your great wickedness: in a morning shall I have found me out substance: in all my the king of Israel utterly be cut off. labours they shall find none iniquity in me CHA PTER XI. that were sin. 9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the Israel's ingratitude to God. land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell WXHEN Israel was a child, then I loved in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn V him, and called my son out of Egypt. feast. 2 As they called them, so they went from 16 I have also spoken by the prophets, and them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and I have multiplied visions, and used similiburned incense to graven images. tudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 8 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them 11 Is there ir'"uity in Gilead? surely they 686E Ephraim's sins and idolatry. JOEL. Exhortation to repentance. are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, ind Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most oitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. CHAPTER XIII. Ephraim's glory vanisheth, &c. I[rTHEN Ephraim spake trembling, he exIT alted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own under-..tanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. 5 ~i I did know thee in the wilderness, in the iand of great drought. 6 According to thy pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe tihem: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. 9 ~ 0 Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay lonr in the place of the breaking forth of children. 14 1 will ransom them from the power of the grave; I wtill redeem them from death: 0 death, I will be thy plagues; 0 grave, J will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. 15 T Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up ho shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. CHAPTER XIV. An exhortation to repentance. ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine ini -uity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 4 ~ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these t7hings prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. JOEL. CHAPTER I. God's sundry judgments. 1THE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten and that which the I6es6t hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hatb the caterpillar eaten. 5' Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, san wAR7 roel prescrbeth a fast. JOEL. He exhorteth to repentance. cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. 8 ~ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, 0 ye husbandmen; howl, 0 ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palmn tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. 14 ~ Sanctify ye a fast. call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15 Alas for the day for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 O LORD to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. CHAPTER II. Joel exhorteth to repentance. BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 Afire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shal they leap, like the noise of 588 a flame of fire that devoureth the stubbie, and a strong people set in battle array. 6 Before their fatce the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: 8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows lilke a thief. 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for 1h is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terribleand who can abide it? 12 ~ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your gar. ments, and turn unto the LORD your G od: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and re. pent, and leave a blessing behind him; eellv a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? 15 I Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? 18 ~ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 20 But I will re-move far off from you the northern crmy, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. 21 ~ Fear not, 0 land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and re. joice in the IORD your God. for he htti God's judgments against JOEL. the enemies of the peoplc. given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 27 And ye shall know that I amn in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be asbamed. 28 ~ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 2) And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. CHAPTER III. God's severe judgiments, &c. oOR, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 1 will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for lny people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily Will I return your recompense upon your own head; 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 50 6 The children also of Judah and the chil, dren of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head: 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 T Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10 Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness 'is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. 18 I And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have sh 3d innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. 589 AMOS. CHAPTER I. he and his princes together, saith th6 God's judgments upon Syria, &c.. RD. CHPTER II THE words of Amos, who was among the God's judgments upon Moab, -c. herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of THUS saith the LORD; For three trans' Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son L gressions of Moab, and for four, I will of Joash king of Israel, two years before not turn away the punishment thereof; bethe earthquake. cause he burned the bones of the king of 2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Edoin into lime: Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusa- 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it lem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, wither. and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 Thus saith the LORD; For three trans-3 And I will cut off the judge from the gressions of Damascus, and for four, I will midst thereof, and will slay all the princes not turn away the punishment thereof; be- thereof with him, saith the LORD. cause they have threshed Gilead with 4 ~ Thus saith the LORD; For three transthreshing instruments of iron: gressions of Judah, and for four, I will not 4 But I will send a fire into the house of turn away the punishment thereof; because Hfazael, which shall devour the palaces of they have despised the law of the LORD, and Ben-hadad. have not kept his commandments, and their 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, lies caused them to err, after the which their and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of fathers have walked: Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, from the house of Eden: and the people of and it shall devour the palaces of JeruSyria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith salem. the LORD. 6 ~ Thus saith the LORD; For three tranns 6 1 Thus saith the LORD; For three trans- gressions of Israel, and for four, I will not gressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the they carried away captive the iwhole captiv- poor for a pair of shoes; ity, to deliver them up to Edom: 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, the head of the poor, and turn aside the way which shall devour the palaces thereof: of the meek: and a man and his father will 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from go in unto the same maid, to profane my Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre holy name: from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand 8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes against Ekron: and the remnant of the laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord the wine of the condemned in the house of GOD. their god. 9 T Thus saith the LORD; For three trans- 9 I Yet destroyed I the Amorite before gressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not them, whose height was like the height of turn away the punishment thereof; because the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; they delivered up the whole captivity to yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and Edom, and remembered not the brotherly his roots from beneath. covenant: 10 Also I brought you up from the land of 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Egypt, and led you forty years through the Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces wilderness, to possess the land of the Amothereof. rite. 11 t Thus saith the LORD; For three trans- 11 And I raised up of your sons for propigressions of Edom, and for four, I will not ets, and of your young men for Nazarites. turn away the punishment thereof; because Is it not even thus, 0 ye children of Israel? he did pursue his brother with the sword, saith the LORD. and did cast off all pity, and his anger did 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for and commanded the prophets,saying, Propllever: esy not. 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which 13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. is pressed that is full of sheaves. 13 ~ Thus saith the LORD; For three trans- 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from gressions of the children of Ammon, and for the swift, and the strong shall not strengtllfour, I will not turn away the punishment en his force, neither shall the mighty deliver thereof; because they have ripped up the himself: women with child, of Gilead, that they 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the might enlarge their border: bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not 14 ButI will kindle a fire in the wall of Rab- deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth bah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, the horse deliver himself. with shouting in the day of battle, with a f6 And he that is courageous among the tempost in the day of the whirlwind: mighty shall flee away naked in that day.. 15 And their king shall go into captivity. aith the LoaRD 590 God's judgments a(ainst Israel. AMOS. Incorrigibleness of Israel. CHAPTER III. 4 ~ Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at GilGod's jud ic t gainst Israel. sgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacriicos every morning, and your tithes 1EAR this w.i-d that the LORD hath after three years: 1 spoken aginlst you, O children of Is- 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with rael, against the whole family which I leaven, and proclaim and publish the free brought up. from ho land of Egypt, saying, ollerings: for this liketh you, O ye children 2 You only have I known of all the families of Israel, saith the Lord GoD. of the B'arth: thelrefore I will punish you for 6 a And I also have given you cleanness of all your iniquities, teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in 3 Can two walk together, except they be all your places: yet have ye not returned agreed? unto me, saith the LORD. 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he 7 And also I have withholden the rain from hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of you, we hen re r were yet three months to his den, if he have taken nothing? the harvest, and 1 caused it to rain upon 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, one city, and caused it not to rain upon where no gin is for him? shall one take up another city: one piece was rained upon, a snare from the earth, and have taken and the piece whereupon it rained not nothing at all? withered. 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one the people not be afraid? shall there be evil city, to drink water; but they were not satin a city, and the LORD hath not done it? isfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but saith the LORD. he revealeth his secret unto his servants the 9 I have smitten you with blasting and milprophets. dew: when your gardens and y-ur vine8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? yards and your fig trees and your olive the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but trees increased, the palmerworm devoured prophesy? them: yet have ye not returned unto me, 9 T Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in saith the LORD. the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, 10 I have sent among you the pestilence Assemble yourselves upon the mountains tf after the manner of Egypt: your young Samaria, and behold the great tumults in men have I slain with the sword, and have the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the taken av, ay your horses; and I have maide midst thereof. i the stink of your camps to come up unto yonr 10 For they know not to do right, saith the nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, LORD, who store up violence and robbery in sai!h the LOnD. their palaces. 1 I have overthrown some of you, as God.1 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were adversary there shall be even round about tis a firebrand plucked out of the burning: tth3 land; and he shall bring down thy yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the strength from thee, and thy palaces shall LORD. be spoiled. 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, 0 12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd Israel: uand because I will do this unto thee, taketh out of the mouth of the lion two prepare to mleet thy God, O Israel. legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the chii- 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, dren of Israel be taken out that dwell in and createth the wind, and declareth unto Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in man what 'is his thought, that maketh the Damascus in a couch. morning darkness, and treadeth upon the 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Ja- high places of the earth, The LORD, The cob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, God of hosts, is his name. 14 That, in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also CHAPTER V. visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of An exhortation to repentance. the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the TTEAR ye this word which I take up ground. 11 against you, even a lamentation, 0 15 And I willT smite the winter house with house of Israel. the summe: house; and the houses of ivory 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no shall perish, and the great houses shall have more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; al end, saith the LORD. there is none to raise her up. CHAPTER IV. 3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a Israel reprooved for oppression, &c. hundred, and that which went forth by a ITEAR this word, ye kine of Bashan, that hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Isare in the mountain of Samaria, which rael. oppress the poor, which crush the needy, 4 T For thus saith the LORD unto the house Which say to their masters, Bring, and let us of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: drink. 5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gil2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, gal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el he will take you away with hooks, and your shall come to nought. posterity with fishnooks. 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every break out like fire in the house of Joseph, cow at that which is before her; and ye shall and devour it, and there be none to quench it east them into the palace, saith the LORD. in Beth-el. 691 Exhortation to repentance. AMOS. Is rael's wantonness plagued, 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, CHAPTER VI. and leave off righteousness in the earth, Israel's voluptuousness threatened. 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into T TOE to, ~ei_ that ar c'at ease in Zion, and the morning, and maketh the day dark with i trust in the ountain ot.tamaria, which night: that calleth for the waters of the alnc named chief of the nations, to, m the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of house ef Israel came! the earth. Tiie LORD is his name: 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from 9 That strewg-theneth the spoiled against thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go the strong, so that the spoiled shall come dov n to Gath of the Philistines: bethey betagainst the fortress. ter than these kingdoms? or thsir border 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the greater than your border? gate, and they abhor him that speaketh up- 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, anti rightly. cause the seat of violence to comc near; 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is 4 That lie upon bedc of ivory, and stretch upon the poor, and ye take from him bur- themselves upon their couches, and eat the dens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn lambs out of the flock, and the calves out stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye of the midst of the stall; have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and shall not drink wine of them. invent to themselves instruments of music, 12 For I know your manifold transgressions like David; and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint they take a bribe, and they turn aside the themselves with the chief ointments: but poor in the gate from their right. they are not grieved for the affliction of Jo. 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence seph. in that time; for it is an evil time. 7 T Therefore now shall they go captive 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may with the first that go captive, and the banlive: and so the LnRD, the God of hosts, quet of them that stretched themselves shall shall be with you, as ye have spoken. be removed. 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and 8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, establish judgment in the gate: it may be saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: unto the remnant of Joseph. therefore will I deliver up the city with all 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, that is therein. the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all 9 And it shall come to pass if there remain streets; and they shall say in all the high- ten men in one house, that they shall die. ways, Alas I alas I and they shall call the 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and husbandman to mourning, and such as are he that burneth him, to bring out the bones skilful of lamentation to wailing. out of the house, and shall say unto hir: 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: that is by the sides of the house, Is theft for I will pass through thee, saith the yet any with thee? and he shall say, NoLORD. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the we may not make mention of the name of LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD. the LORD is darkness, and not light. 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a he will smite the great house with breaches, bear met him; or went into the house, and and the little house with clefts. leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent 12 ~ Shall horses run upon the rock? will bit him. onte plough there with oxen? for ye have 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be dark- turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of Fss and not light? even very dark, and no righteousness into hemlock: brightness in it? 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, 21 ~ I hate, I despise your feast days, and which say, Have we not taken to us horni I will not smell in your solemn assem- by our own strength? blies. 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD your meat offerings, I will not accept them; the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you neither will I regard the peace offerings of from the entering in of Hamath unto the your fat beasts. river of the wilderness. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of HAPTER VWII thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of C P thy viols. Judgment of the grasshoppers, &c. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, THUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto met and righteousness as a mighty stream. and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and the beginning of the shooting up of the latofferings in the wilderness forty years, O ter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth house of Israel? after the king's mowings. 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of 2 And it came to pass, that when they had your Moloch and Chiun your images, the made an end of eating the gsrass of the land, star of your god, which ye made to your- then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech selves. thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into cap- small. tivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not Whose name is The God of hosts. be, saith the LORD. 592 Rejectlion of Jsrael typified. AMOS. (o)Ipressiont is reprouved. 4 ~ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said 1, 0 Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7 T Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a jll.tiaue in his hand. 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. 10 ~ Then Ainaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led a way captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, 0 thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at lBeth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. 14 ~ Then answered Amos, and said to mnaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 16 PI Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. CHAPTER VIII. Israel's end typified. THUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto mne: and behold a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlIngs in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there.hall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. 4 ~ Hear this, 0 ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 50* 2N 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I -will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your song's into hlmentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every liead; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, anO the end thereof as a bitter day. 11 ~, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, 0 Dan, liveth; and, The nianner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. CHAPTER IX. Certainty of Israel's desolation. I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the swvord: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, 0 children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philip-stines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? 593 The de'..tior, ',f Edom. OBADIAH. Thte salvation of Jacob. 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are Edom, and of all the heathen, which are upone the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth it from off the face of the earth; saving this. thAt I will not utterly destroy the house of 13 Behold, the days come saith the LORD, -acob, saith the Io)RD. that the ploughman shall overtake the rehp9 For, lo, I will cnmmand, and I will sift the er, and the treader of grapes him that house of Israel among all nations, like as soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the i sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. least grain fall upon the earth. 14 And I will bring again the captivity of 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by my people of Israel, and they shall build the sword, which say, The evil shall not the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they overtake nor prevent us. shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine 11 ~ In that day will I raise up the taber- thereof; they shall also make gardens, and nacle of David that is fallen, and close up eat the fruit of them. the breaches thereof; and I will raise up 15 And I will plant them upon their land, his ruins, and I will build it as in the days and they shall no more be pulled up out of of old: their land which I have given them, saith 12 That they may possess the remnant of the LORD thy God. OBADIAH. 7e destruction onf nEdom, &c. became a stranger; neither shouldest thou The destruction of Edom, &. have rejoiced over the children of Judah THE vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the in the day of their destruction; neither Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the heard a rumour from the LORD, and an am- day of distress. bassador is sent among the heathen, Arise 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. the gate of my people in the day of their ca2 Behold, I have made thee small among lamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked the heathen: thou art greatly despised. on their affliction in the day of their calam3 ~ The pride of thine heart hath deceived ity, nor have laid hands on their substance thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the in the day of their calamity; rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the his heart, Who shall bring me down to the crossway, to cut off those of his that did esground? cape; neither shouldest thou have delivered 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, up those of his that did remain in the day of and though thou set thy nest among the distress. stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon the LORD. I all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by be done unto thee: thy reward shall return night, (how art thou cut off!) would they upon thine own head. not have stolen till they had enough? if the 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy grapegatherers came to thee, would they mountain, so shall all the heathen drink connot leave some grapes? itinually; yea, they shall drink, and they 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! shall swallow down, and they shall be as how are his hidden things sought up! though they had not been. 7 All the men of thy confederacy have 17 ~ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverbrought thee even to the border: the men ance, and there shall be holiness; and the that were at peace with thee have deceived I house of Jacob shall possess their possesthee, and prevailed against thee; they that sions. eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, there is none understanding in him. and the house of Joseph a flame, and the 8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, house of Esau for stubble, and they shall even destroy the wise men out of Edom, kindle in them, and devour them; and there and understanding out of the mount of shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau? Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 And thy mighty men, 0 Teman, shall be 19 And they of the south shall possess the dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau; and they of the plain, the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. Philistines: and they shall possess the fields 10 T For thy violence against thy brother of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt Benjamin shall possess Gilead. be cut off for ever. 20 And the captivity of this host of the chil11 In the day that thou stoodest on the dren of Israel shall possess that of the Caother side, in the day that the strangers car- naanites, even unto Zarephath; and the capried away captive his forces, and foreigners tivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, entered into his gates, and cast lots upon I shall possess the cities of the south. Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. j 21 And saviours shall come up on mount 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on I Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the the day of thy brother in the day that he I kingdom shall be the LORD'S. 594 JONAH. CHAPTER I. Jonah's commission to Nineveh. NOW the word of the LORD came unto JoL nah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Jeppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 4 ~ But the LORID sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and lie lay, and was fast asleep. 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; Wthat is thine occupation? and whence comfst thou? what is thy country? and of what Ipeople art thou? 9 And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew;,med I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he lied from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm llto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, 0 LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceed'ngly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, ind made vows. 17 ~ Now the LORD had prepared a great tsh to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. CHAPTER II. Jonah's prayer and deliverance. THEN Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with tht: voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. 10 T And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. CHAPTER III. The Ninevites repent. AND the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 ~ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, 595 Cod's wrath against idolatrty, MICAH. oppression, and injiustice. and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 ~ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. CIAPTER IV. Jonah repineth at God's mercy. BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, 0 LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better 'for me to die than to live. 4 ~ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand and also much cattle? MICAH. CHAPTER I. at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself God's wrath against Jacob. in the dust. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, TrHE word of the LORD that came to Mi- having thy shame naked: the inhabitant Icah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. standing. 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be carefully for good: but evil came down witness against you, the Lord from his holy from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. temple. 13 0 thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginof his place, and will come down, and tread ning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for upon the high places of the earth. the transgressions of Israel were found in 4 And the mountains shall be molten un- thee. der him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as 14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to wax before the fire, and as the waters that Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall are poured down a steep place. be a lie to the kings of Israel. 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inand for the sins of the house of Israel. habitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto What is the transgression of Jacob? is it Adullam the glory of Israel. not Samaria? and what are the high places 16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as 6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap the eagle; for they are gone into captivity of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: from thee. and I will pour down the stones thereof into CHAPTER II. the valley, and I will discover the founda- oppression, injustice tions thereof. Against oppression, injustice, &c. tions thereof. 7 And all the graven images thereof shall 1TTOE to them that devise iniquity, and be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof TV work evil upon their beds! when the shall be burned with the fire, and all the morning is light, they practise it, because it idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she is in the power of their hand. gathered it of the hire of a harlot, and they 2 And they covet fields, and take them shall return to the hire of a harlot. by violence; and houses, and take them 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go away: so they oppress a man and his house, stripped and naked: I will make a wailing even a man and his heritage. Like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come against this family do I devise an evil, front unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my which ye shall not remove your necks; nei, people, even to Jerusalem. ther shall ye go haughtily: for this time i;r 10 1 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not evil. 596 Falsehood of the prophets. M1CAH. Jlestoration of the churcl. 4 ~ In that day shall one take up a parable 8 But truly I am full of power by the against you, and lament with a doleful lam- ISpirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and entation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: of might, to declare unto Jacob his transhe hath changed the portion of my people: gression, and to Israel his sin. how hath he removed it from me! turning I9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the away he hath divided ou: fields. house of Jacob, and princes of the house of 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall lsniel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the equity. LORD. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jeru6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that saleml with iniquity. prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and that they shall not take shame. the priests thereof teach for hire, and the 7 I 0 thou tihat art named the house of Ja- prophets thereof divine for money: yet will cob, is the Spirit of the LORD straitened? they lean upon the LORID, and say, Is not are these his doings? do not my words do the LORD among us? none evil can come good to him that walketh uprightly? upon us. 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be enemy: ye pull off the robe with the gar- ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall bemnent from them that pass by securely as come heaps, and the mountain of the house men averse from war. as the high places of the forest. 9 The women of my people have ye cast CH iPTER TV. out from their pleasant houses; from their V children have ye taken away my glory for Establishment of Christ's kingdom. ever. T)UT in the last days it shall come to pass, 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your 1) that the mountain of the house of the rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy LORD shall be established in the top of the tyou, even with a sore destruction. mountains, and it shall be exalted above the 11 If a man walking in the spirit and false- hills; and people shall flow unto it. hood do lie, sayling, I will prophesy unto 2 And many nations shall come, and say, thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall Come, and let us go up to the mountain of even be the prophet of this people. the LORD, and to the house of the God of 12 ~ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and thee; I will surely gather the remnant of we will walk in his paths: for the law shalt Israel; I will put them together as the sheep go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their frorn Jerusalem. fold: they shall make great noise by reason 3 ~ And he shall judge among many people, of the multitude of men. and rebuke strong nations afar off; and 13 The breaker is come up before them: they shall beat their swords into ploughthey have broken up, and have passed shares, and their spears into pruninghooks: through the gate, and are gone out by it; nation shall not ift up a sword against naand their king shall pass before them, and tion, neither shall they learn war any more. the LORD on the head of them. 4 But they shall sit every man under his C1-IAPTER III vine and under his fig tree; and none shall mmake them afraid: for the mouth of the TlVe crutelty of the princes, &cc. LRtD of hosts hath spoken it. AND I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of 5 For all people will walk every one in the.IL Jacob, and ye princes of the house of nanme of his god, and we will walk in the fsrael; Is it not for you to know judgment? name of the LORD our God for ever and 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; ever. who pluck off their skin from off them, and 6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemtheir flesh from off their bones; ble her that halteth, and I will gather her 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and that is driven out, and her that I have fay their skin from off them; and they afflicted; break their bones, and chop them in pieces, 7 And I will make her that halted a remas for the pot, and as flesh within the nant, and her that was cast far off a strong caldron. nation: and the LORD shall reign over them 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but in mount Zion from henceforth, even for he will not hear them: he will even hide his I ever. face from them at that time, as they have 8 1 And then, O tower of the flock, the behaved themselves ill in their doings. strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto 5 i Thus saith the LORD concerning the thee shall it come, even the first dominion; prophets that make my people err, that bite the kingdom shall come to the daughter of with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he Jerusalem. that putteth not into their mouths, they 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there even prepare war against him: no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye for pangs have taken thee as a woman in shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark travail. Unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O Sun shall go down over the prophets, and daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: the day shall be dark over them. for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou diviners confounded: yea, they shall all shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou cover their lips; for there is po answer of be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem God. thee from the hand of thine enemies. 597 Christ's kingdom and conquest, IICAII. IJsrael's injustice aind idolatry. 11 ~ Now also many nations are gathered 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, the midst of thee: so will 1 destroy thy and let our eye lock upon Zion. cities. 12 But they know not the thoughts of the 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger LORD, neither understand they his counsel: and fury upon the heathen, such as they for he shall gather them as the sheaves into have not heard. the floor. CHAPTER VI. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; CA I for I will make thine horn iron, and I will God's controversy with Israel. make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat TIEAR ye now what the LORD saith; in pieces many people: and I will conse- Ll Arise, contend thou before the mountcrate their gain unto the LORD, and their ains, and let the hills hear thy voice. substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S conCIAPTER V. troversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy The birth of Christ foretold. with his people, and he will plead with NTOW gather thyself in troops, O daughter Israel. of troops: he hath laid siege against us: 3 0 my people, what have I done unto they shall smite the judge of Israel with a thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? rod upon the cheek. testify against me. 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of thou be little among the thousands of Ju- Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house dah, yet out of thee shall he come forth of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose Aaron, and Miriam. goings forth have been from of old, from 5 0 my people, remember now what Balal, everlasting. king of Moab consulted, and what Balaana 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the the son of Beor answered him from Shitti at time that she which travaileth hath brought unto Gilgal: that ye may know the rightl forth: then the remnant of his brethren eousness of the LORD. shall return unto the children of Israel. 6 1 Wherewith shall I come before th., 4 ~; And he shall stand and feed in the LORD, and bow myself before the higXi strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the God? shall I come before him with burnt, name of the LORD his God; and they shall offerings, with calves of a year old? abide: for now shall he be great unto the 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousand;s ends of the earth. of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers ot 5 And this man shall be the peace, when oil? shall I give my firstborn for my trans. the Assyrian shall come into our land: and gression, the fruit of my body for the sin o when he shall tread in our palaces, then my soul? shall we raise against him seven shepherds, 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is and eight principal men. good; and what doth the LORD require of 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in and to walk humbly with thy God? the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver 9 The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: our land, and when he treadeth within our hear ye the rod, and who hath appointborders. ed it. 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the 10 ~\ Are there yet the treasures of wickedmidst of many people as a dew from the ness in the house of the wicked, and the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that scant measure that is abominable? tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the 11 Shiall I count them pure with the wicked sons of men. balances, and with the bag of deceitful 8 ~ And the remnant of Jacob shall be weights? among the Gentiles in the midst of many 12 For the rich men thereof are full of vipeople, as a lion among the beasts of the olence, and the inhabitants thereof have forest, as a young lion among the flocks of spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth their mouth. down, and teareth in pieces, and none can 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in deliver. smiting thee, in making thee desolate be9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine cause of thy sins. adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and cut off. thy casting down shall be in the midst of 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, thee: and thou shalt take hold, but shalt saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses not deliver; and that which thou deliverest out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy will I give up to the sword. thy chariots: 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt and throw down all thy strong holds: not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of but shalt not drink wine. thine hand; and thou shalt have no more 16 T For the statutes of Omri are kept, and soothsayers: all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, walk in their counsels; that I should make and thy standing images out of the midst thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof thee; and thou shalt no more worship of a hissing: therefore ye shall bear the rethe work of thine hands. proach of my people. 598 God comforteth the church NAHUM. by his mercies. CHAPTER VII. me, Where Is the LORD thy God? mine eyes ie complaint of the c~hurch. shall behold her: now shall she be trodden e complant of e curc. down as the mire of the streets. T GOE is me! for I am as when they have 11 In the day that thy walls are to be W.gathered the summer fruits, as the built, in that day shall the decree be far grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no removed. cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe 12 In that day also he shall come even to fruit. thee from Assyria, andfrom the fortified cit2 The good man is perished out of the ies, and from the fortress even to the river, earth; and there is none upright among and from sea to sea, and from mountain to men: they all lie in wait for blood; they mountain. hunt every man his brother with a net. 13 Notwithstanding, the land shall be deso3 ~ That they may do evil with both hands late because of them that dwell therein, for earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge the fruit of their doings. asketh for a reward; and the great man, he 14 T Feed thy people with thy rod, the uttereth his mischievous desire: so they flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitawrap it up. rily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let 4 The best of them is as a brier: the most them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the days of old. day of thy watchmen and thy visitation 15 According to the days of thy coming out cometh; now shall be their perplexity. of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him 5 ~ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not con- marvellous things. fidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy 16 ~1 The nations shall see and be confoundmouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. ed at all their might: they shall lay their 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be daughter riseth up against her mother, the deaf. daughter in law against her mother in law; 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, a man's enemies are the men of his own they shall move out of their holes like worms house. of the earth: they shall be afraidof the LORD 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I our God, and shall fear because of thee. will wait for the God of my salvation: my 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that parGod will hear me. doneth iniquity, and passeth by the trans8, Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: gression of the remnant of his heritage? he when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in dark- retaineth not his anger for ever, because he ness, the LORD shall he a light unto me. delighteth in mercy. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, 19 He will turn again, he will have compasbecause I have sinned against him, until he sion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; plead my cause, and execute judgment for and thou wilt cast all their sins into the me: he will bring me forth to the light, and depths of the sea. I shall behold his righteousness. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast and shame shall cover her which said unto sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. NAHUM. CHAPTER I. The majesty of God, &c. THE burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; theLORD revengeth, andis furious; theLoRD Will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that ima:ineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be, ouiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods wil) T cut off the graven image and the molt599 (Jid's armies adainst Nbineveh. NAHUM. Miserable ruin of Nineveh. en image: I will make thy grave; for thou rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing art vile. horses, and of the jumping chariots. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of 3 The horseman lifted up both the bright him that bringeth good tidings, that pub- sword and the glittering spear: and there is lisheth peace! O.Jldah, keep thy solemn a multitude of slain, and a great number of feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked carcasses; and there is none end of their shall no more pass through thee; he is ut- corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: terly cut off. 4 Because of the multitude of the whon.c CHAPTE'L I11 (dom1s of tile well favoured harlot, the mnisGjics i 4tress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations God' s ariets agaimnst tn'cvehC. through her wThoredoms, and families TE that dasheoth in pieces is come up be- through her witchcrafts. fore thy face: keep the munition, 5 Behold, I am aailnst thee, saith the LnRD watch the way, male th7 loins strong, for- of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon tify thy power mrightily. thy face, and I will shew the nations thy na2 For the LOR) hathl turned away the ex- kedness, and the kingdomns thy shamre. cellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Isra- 6 And I will cast abomtinable tilth upon el: for the emltiers have emptied themn thee, and nmake thee vile, and will set thee out, and marred their vine branches. as a gazingstock. 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and shall be with flamning torches in the day of say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan his preparation, and the fir trees shall be her? whence shall I seek comforters for terribly shaken. thee? 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, 8 Art thou better than populous No, that they shall jostle one against another in the was situate among the rivers, that had the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, waters round about it, whose ramlpart was they shall run like the lightnings. the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall 9 Ethiopia and Egypt weere her strength, stumble in their walk; they shall make and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were haste to the wall thereof, and the defence thy helpers. shall be prepared. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, captivity: her young children also were and the palace shall be dissolved. dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, and they east lots for her honourable men, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall and all her great men were bound in chains. lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering 11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt upon their breasts. be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of of the enemy. water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, 12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees stand, shall they cry; but none shall look with thle first ripe figs: if theybe shaken,they back. shall e ven fall into the mouth of the eater. 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, tale the spoil 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee of gold: for there is none end of the store are women: the gates of thy land shall be set anid glory out of all the pleasant furni- wide open unto thine enemies; the fire shall ture. devour thy bars. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy the heart melteth, and the knees smite to- strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morgether, and much pain is in all loins, and tar, make strong the brickkiln. the faces of them all gather blackness. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up the feeding place of the young lions, where like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the the cankerworm, make thyself many as the lion's whelp, and none made theni, afraid? locusts. 1, The lion did tear in pieces enough for 16 Thouhastmultiplied thy merchants above his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens and fleeth away. with ravin. 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the captains as the great grasshoppers, which LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when in the smoke, and the sword shall devour the sun ariseth they flee away, and their thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey place is not known where they are. from the earth, and the voice of thy ines- 18 Thy shepherds slumber, 0 king of Assengers shall no more be heard. syria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: rCH ATER III. thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. The miserable ruin of Nineveh. 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy ITOE to the bloody city! it is all full of wound is grievous: all that hear he bruit V lies arnd robbery; the prey departeth of thee shall clap the hands over tnee: for not; upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the cnntinually? 600( HABAKKUK. CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER II. God's vengeance by the Chaldeams. The judgment upon the Chaldeans. THE burden which Habakkuk the proph- WILL stand upon my watch, and set me et did see. L upon the tower, and will watch to see 2 0 LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou what he will say unto me, and what I shall wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of vio- answer when I am reproved. lence, and thou wilt not save! 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and Write the vision, and make it plain upon tacause me to behold grievance? for spoiling bies, that he may run that readeth it. and violence are before me: and there are 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed that raise up strife and contention. time, but at the end it shall speak, and not 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judg- lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it knent doth never go forth: for the wicked will surely come, it will not tarry. doth compass aboutthe righteous; therefore 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not wrong judgment proceedeth. upright in him: but the just shall live by his 5 ~ Behold ye among the heathen, and re- faith. gard, and wonder marvellously: for I will 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by work a work in your days, which ye will not wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at believe, though it be told you. home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but that bitter and hasty nation, which shall gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth march through the breadth of the land, unto him all people: to possess the dwellingplaces that are not 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against theirs. him, and a taunting proverb against him, 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their and say, Woe to him that increaseth that judgment and their dignity shall proceed of which is not his! how long? and to him that themselves. ladeth himself with thick clay! 8 Their horses also are swifter than the 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall leopards, and are more fierce than the even- bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and ing wolves: and their horsemen shall spread thou shalt be for booties unto them? themselves, and their horsemen shall come 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, from far; they shall fly as the eagle that all the remnant of the people shall spoil hasteth to eat. thee; because of men's blood, and for the 9 They shall come all for violence: their violence of the land, of the city, and of all faces shall sup up as the east wind, that dwell therein. and they shall gather the captivity as the 9 ~i Woe to him that coveteth an evil covet sand. ousness to his house, that he may set his nest 10 And they shall scoff at the klings, and the on high, that he may be delivered from the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they power of evil! shall deride every strong hold; for they 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house shall heap dust, and take it. by cutting off many people, and hast sinned 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall ayainst thy soul. pass over, and offend, imputing this his pow- 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and or unto his god. the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 T Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD 12 [S Woe to him that buildeth a town with my God, mine Holy One? We shall not die. blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judg- 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that ment; and, 0 mighty God, thou hast estab- the people shall labour in the very fire, and lished them for correction. the people shall weary themselves for very 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold vanity? evil, and canst not look on iniquity: where- 1i For the earth shall be filled with the fore lookest thou upon them that deal knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when waters cover the sea. the wicked devoureth the man that is more 15 T Woe unto him that giveth his neighrighteous than he? bour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and makest him drunkenl also, that thou as the creeping things, that have no ruler mayest look on their nakedness! over them? 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: ]5 They take up all of them with the angle, drink thou also, and let tny foreskin be unthey catch them in their net, and gather covered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand them in their drag: therefore they rejoice shall be turned unto thee, and shameful and are glad. spewing shall be on thy glory. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover and burn incense unto their drag; because thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made by them their portion is fat, and their meat them afraid, because of men's blood, and plenteous. for the violence of the land, of the city, and 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, of all that dwell therein. and not spare continually to slay the na- 18 T What profiteth the graven image that tions? the maker thereof hath graven it; the molt —.t. 601 Habakkuk's prayer. ZEPHANIAH. His confidence in God. en image, and a teacher of lies, that the I Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with maker of his work trusteth therein, to rivers. make dumb idols? 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trem19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, bled: the overflowing of the water passed Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and up his hands on high. silver, and there is no breath at all in the 11 The sun and moon stood still in their midst of it. habitation: at the light of thine arrows they 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let went, and at the shining of thy glittering' all the earth keel) silence before him. spear. CHAPTER III. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen The prayer of IHabakkuk. in anger. A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation ol Ax upon Shigionoth. thy people, even for salvation with thine 2 0 LORD, I have heard thy speech, and anointed; thou woundedst the head out of was afraid: 0 LORD, revive thy work in the house of the wicked, by discovering the the midst of the years, in the midst of the foundation unto the neck. Selah. years make known; in wrath remember 14 Thou didst strike through with his mercy. staves the head of his villages: they came 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their reOne from mount Paran. Selah. His glory joicing was as to devour the poor secretly. covered the heavens, and the earth was full 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with of his praise. thine horses, through the heap of great wa4 And his brightness was as the light; he ters. had horns coming out of his hand: and there 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my was the hiding of his power. lips quivered at the voice: rottenness en-. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and tered into my bones, and I trembled in my. burning coals went forth at his feet. self, that I might rest in the day of trouble: 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he when he cometh up unto the people, he will, beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and invade them with his troops. the everlasting mountains were scattered, 17 ~1 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are neither shall fruit be in the vines; the la, everlasting. bour of the olive shall fail, and tbh fields 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut and the curtains of the land of Midian did off from the fold, and there shall bC no herd tremble. in the stalls: 8 Was the LORD displeased against the riv- 18 Yet I will rejoik in the LORD, I will joy ers? was thine anger against the rivers? in the God of my salvation. was thy wrath against the sea, that thou 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he didst ride upon thine horses and thy chari- will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he ots of salvation? will make me to walk upon mine high 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, accord- places. To the chief singer on my stringed ing to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. instruments. ZEPHANIAH. CHAPTER I. 6 And them that are turned back from the God's Judgments against Tludah. LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. rpHE word of the LORD which came unto 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the 1. Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at (Jedaliah. the son of Amariah, the son of hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacriHizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of fice, he hath bid his guests. Amon, king of Judah. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of 2 1 will utterly consume all things from off the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the land, saith the LORD. the princes, and the king's children, and all 6 - will consume man and beast; I will con- such as are clothed with strange apparel. sumo the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes 9 In the same day also will I punish all of th3 sea, and the stumblingblocks with those that leap on the threshold, which fill the wicked; and I will cut off man from off their masters' houses with violence and de. the land, saith the LORD. ceit. 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Je- saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise rusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling Baal from this place, and the name of the from the second, and a great crashing from Chemarim with the priests; the hills. 5 And them that worship the host of heav- 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all en upon the housetops; and them that wor- the merchant people are cut down; all they ship and that swear by the LORD, and that that bear silver are cut off. swear by Malcham; 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, 602 .iudgments against Judah. ZEPHANIAH. Reprroof of Jeru~salem.!ha7t I will search Jerusalem with candles,.nd punish the men that are settled on their oes: that say in their heart, The LORD will iot do good, neither will he do evil. 13 Therefore, their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they 6ihail also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloomiUess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and againstthehigh towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that tl eyi shall walk like blind men, because they haiv sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their llesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he i;hall make even a speedy riddance of all chem that dwell in the land. CHAPTER II. An exhortation to repentance. i ATHER yourselves together, yea, gather I together, 0 nation not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the dayl pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; ilieck righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S lgger. 4 ~ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and AshkeIon a desolation: they shall drive out Ash(lod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 5 Woe unto tfe inhabitants of the sea,Joast, the nation oi the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I wilt even deitroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. 8 ~ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached lly people, and magnified themselres against their border. 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall Oe as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the temnanr, of my people shall possess them. 10 This shall they have for their pride. ba - cause they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11 The LORD will be terrible unto thetn: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 T Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there s none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. CHAPTER III. Jerusalem sharply reproved. XTOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to T the oppressing city 1 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are de. stroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. 8 ~ Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure languige, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethionia my suppliants, even the daughter of i adispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein oaou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that reL joice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 603 The people incited IHAGGAI. to build the temple, 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee afflicted and poor people, and they shall is mighty; lie will save, he will rejoice over trust in the name of the LORD. thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do in- joy over thee with singing. fquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceit- 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for tul tongue be found in their mouth: for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to they shall feed and lie down, and none shall whom the reproach of it was a burden. make them afraid. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that 14 ~I Sing, 0 daughter of Zion; shout, 0 Is- afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, rael; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, and gather her that was driven out; and O daughter of Jerusalem. I will get them praise and fame in every 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judg- land where they have been put to shame. ments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the 20 At that time will I bring you again, even King of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst in the time that I gather you: for I will of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. make you a name and a praise among all 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, people of the earth, when I turn back pFear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine your captivity before your eyes, saith the!hands be slack. LORD. HAGGAI. CHAPTER I. Haggai reproveth the people. IN the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, 0 ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7 ~ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LoRD. 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. 12 ~ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, o:eved the voice of the IORD their God, a0'id the words ot Hlaggai the prophet, as the 604 LORD their God had sent him, and the peo, pie did fear before the LORD. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. CHAPTER II. The glory of the second temple. TN the seventh month, in the one and twen tieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, 0 Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, 0 Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, al) ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD o0 hosts: 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I wili shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the fotr r, saith the LORD? Gfd's promise ZECIIAIAH. to Zerubbabel. )f hosts: and in this place will I give peace, 17 I smote you with blasting and with milsaith the LORD of hosts. dew and with hail in all the labours of your 10 1 In the four and twentieth day of the hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the.linth month, in the second year of Darius, LOnD. iname the word of the LORD by Haggai the 18 Consider now from this day and upward, prophet, saying, ' from the four and twentieth day of the ninth 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now mlorthi, even from the day that the foundathe priests c)oncerni y the law, saying, tion of theLoRD's templewaslaid,consider it. 12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomeor pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, granate, and the olive tree, hath not brought shall it be holy? And the priests answered forth: from this day will I bless you. and said, No. 20 ~ And again the word of the LORD came 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day by a dead body touch any of these, shall it of the month, saying, he unclean? And the priests answered and 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Jusaid, It shall be unclean. dah, saying, I will shake the heavens and 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is the earth; this people, and so is this nation before me,:22 And I will overthrow the throne of;aith the LORD; and so is every work of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength ihfir hands; and that which they offer there of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will i unclean. overthrow the chariots, and those that ride 15 Arnd now, I pray you, consider from this in them; and the horses and their riders day and upward, from before a stone was shall come down, everyone by the sword of Lid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD; his brother. 16 Since those days were, when one came to 2:3 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, a heap of twenty measulres, there were but will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, ten: when one came to the pressfat for to the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there make thee as a signet: for I have chosen Were but twenty. thee, saith the LORD of hosts. ZECHARIAH. CHAPTER I. Zechariah exhorteth to repentance. N the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto,chariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of dIcdo the prophet, saying, 2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with Iour fathers. 3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus Faith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus aaith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: hut they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so Lath he dealt with us. 7 ~ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Bereohiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, dan white. 51* 9 Then said I, 0 my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 12 I Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Je. rusalem and for Zion with a great jeal. ousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD Of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall 605 The redemption of Zion. ZECHARIAH. Christ the Branch promised. yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jeru- hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not salem. this a brand plucked out of the fire? 18 ~i Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garand beheld four horns. ments, and stood before the angel. 19 And I said unto the angel that talked 4 And he answered and spake unto those with me, What be these? And he answered that stood before him, saying, Take away me, These are the horns which have scatter- the filthy garments from him. And unto ed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. him he said, Behold, I have caused thine 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpen- iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe ters. thee with change of raiment. 21 Then said I, What come these to do? 5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre up. And he spake, saying, These are the horns on his head. So they set a fair mitre upon which have scattered Judah, so that no man his head, and clothed him with garments did lift up his head: but these are come to And the angel of the LORD stood by. fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gen-6 And the angel of the LORD protested tiles, which lifted up their horn over the unto Joshua, saying, land of Judah to scatter it. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou CHAPTER II wilt walk in my ways, and if thou will keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge The redemption of Zion. my house, and shalt also keep my courts. LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and I will give thee places to walk among and behold a man with a measuring line these that stand by. in his hand. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he and thy fellows that sit before thee: foi said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see they are men wondered at: for, behold, 1 what is the breadth thereof, and what is the will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. length thereof. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid be. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with fore Joshua; upon one stone shall be severn me went forth, and another angel went out eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving to meet him, thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this remove the iniquity of that land in one day. young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be in- 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, habited as towns without walls for the mul- shall ye call every man his neighbour under titude of men and cattle therein: the vine and under the fig tree. 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a CrAPTER IV. wall of fire round about, and will be the te of t gln c l flory in the midst of her. IThe type of the golden candlesticlk. 6l Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the ND the angel that talked with me camsr land of the north, saith the LORD: for I A again, and waked me, as a man that ii:ave spread you abroad as the four winds wakened out of his sleep, of the heaven, saith the LORD. 2 And said unto me, What seest thou. 7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest And I said, I have looked, and behold a with the daughter of Babylon. candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, the glory hath he sent me unto the nations and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which which spoiled you: for he that toucheth are upon the top thereof: you, toucheth the apple of his eye. 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the 9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon right side of the bowl, and the other upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their serv- the left side thereof. ants: and ye shall know that the LORD of 4 So I answered and spake to the angel thfit hosts hath sent me. talked with me, saying, What are these, nmy 10 I Sing and rejoice, 0 daughter of Zion: lord? for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst 5 Then the angel that talked with me ariof thee, saith the LORD. swered and said unto me, Knowest thou not 11 And many nations shall be joined to the what these be? And I said, No, my lord. LORD in that day, and shall be my people: 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and saying, This is the word of the LORD unto thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by hath sent me unto thee. power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD Ot 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his hosts. portion in the holy land, and shall choose 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Jerusalem again. Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and 13 Be silent, 0 all flesh, before the LORD: he shall bring forth the headstone thereof for he is raised up out of his holy habita- with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. tion. 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came CHAPTER III. unto me, saying, 7 f J a 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the, He type of Joshua. foundation of this house; his hands shall AND he shewed me Joshua the high priestalso finish it; and thou shalt know that the standing before the angel of the LORD, LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. and Satan standing at his right hand to re- 10 For who hath despised the day of small sist him. things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that with those seven: they are the eyes of the 606 The two 2live trees. ZECHARIAH. Christ the Branch typified. LORD, which run to and fro through the 3 And in the third chariot white horses; whole earth. and in the fourth chariot grizzled and bay 11 1 Then answered I, and said unto him, horses. What are these two olive trees upon the 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel right side of the candlestick and upon the that talked with me, What are these, my le ft side thereof? lord? 12 And I answered again, and said unto 5 And the angel answered and said unto hin, What be these two olive branches,which me, These are the four spirits of the heavthrough the two golden pipes empty the ens, which go forth from standing before golden oil out of themselves? the Lord of all the earth. 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest 6 The black horses which are therein go thou not what these be? And I said, No, my forth into the north country; and the white lord. go forth after them; and the grizzled go 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed forth toward the south country. ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go earth. that they might walk to and fro through the CHAPTER V. earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to Tle vision of the flying roll. and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. rHEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, 8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto L and looked, and behold a flying roll. me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? north country have quieted my spirit in the And I answered, I see a flying roll; the north country. length thereof is twenty cubits, and the 9 T And the word of the LORD came unto breadth thereof ten cubits. me, saying, 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of that goeth forth over the face of the whole Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which earth: for every one that stealeth shall be are come from Babylon, and come thou the cut off as on this side according to it; and same day, and go into the house of Josiah every one that sweareth shall be cut off as the son of Zephaniah; on that side according to it. 11 Then take silver and gold, and make 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of crowns, and set them upon the head of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high the thief, and into the house of him that priest; sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speakremain in the midst of his house, and shall eth the LORD Of hosts, saying, Behold the consume it with the timber thereof and the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he stones thereof. shall grow up out of his place, and he shall 5 ~ Then the angel that talked with me build the temple of the LORD: went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now 13 Even he shall build the temple of the chine eyes, and see what is this that goeth LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall forth. sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This a priest upon his throne: and the counsel i's an ephah that goeth forth. He said more- of peace shall be between them both. over, This is their resemblance through all 14 And the crowns shall he to Helem, and the earth. to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in temple of the LORD. the midst of the ephah. 15 And they that are far off shall come and 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he build in the temple of the LORD, and ye cast it into the midst of the ephah; and shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth me unto you. And this shall come to pass, thereof. if ye will diligently obey the voice of the 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, LORD your God. and. behold, there came out two women,CAPT VII and the wind was in their wings; for they APER had wings like the wings of a stork: and Hypocrisy in fasts reproved. they lifted up the ephah between the earth AND it came to pass in the fourth year of and the heaven. A king Darius, that the word of the LORD 10 Then said I to the angel that talked with came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of me, Whither do these bear the ephah? the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 11 And he said unto me, To build it a house 2 When they had sent unto the house of In the land of Shinar: and it shall be estab- God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their dished, and set there upon her own base. men, to pray before the LORD, CHAPTER VI. 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the The vision of the four chariots. prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth AND I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, month, separating myself, as I have done L and looked, and, behold, there came these so many years? four chariots out from between two mount- 4 Then came the word of the LORD of ains; and the mountains were mountains of hosts unto me, saying, brass. 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and ih the second chariot black horses; mourned in the fifth and seventh montra Sin the cause of captivity. ZECHARIAH. The restoration of Jerusalem, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast the house of the LORD of hosts was laid unto me, even to me? that the temple might be built. 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did 10 For before these days there was no hire drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and for man, nor any hire for beast; neither drink for yourselves? was there any peace to him that went out of 7 lSho'uld ye not hear the words which the came in because of the affliction: for I set LOoD hath cried by the former prophets, all men every one against his neig-hlour. when Jerusalem was inhabited and in pros- 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of perity, and the cities thereof round about this people as in the former days, saith tlb her, when men inhabited the south and the LORD of hosts. plain? 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the 8 1 And the word of the LORD came unto vine shall give her fruit, and the ground Zechariah, saying, shall give her increase, and the heavens 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, shall give their dew; and I will cause the Execute true judgment, and shew mercy remnant of this people to possess all these and compassions every man to his brother: things. 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fa- 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye therless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let were a curse among the heathen, O house of none of you imagine evil against his brother Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save in your heart. you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled blt let your hands be strong. away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As 1 that they should not hear. thoulght to punish you, when your fathers 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an ada- provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of mant stone, lest they should hear the law, hosts, and I repented not: and the words which the LORD of hosts hath 15 So again have I thought in these days to sent in his Spirit by the former prophets: do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of therefore came a great wrath from the Judah: fear ye not. LORD of hosts. 16 I[ These are the things that ye shall do; 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he Speak ye every man the truth to his neighcried, and they would not hear; so they bour; execute the judgment of truth and cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD peace in your gates: of hosts: 17 And let none of you imagine evil in 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind your hearts against his neighbour; and love among all the nations whom they knew not. no false oath: for all these are things that I Thus the land was desolate after them, that hate, saith the LORD. no man passed through nor returned: for 18 ~ And the word of the LORD of host:, they laid the pleasant land desolate. came unto me, saying, CHr A T'TER VT T19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast AR VI. of the fourth month, and the fast of the The restoration of Jerusalem. fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the GAIN the word of the LORD of hosts fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of came to me, saying, Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jeal- therefore love the truth and peace. ous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall jealous for her with great fury. yet come to pass, that there shall come peo. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I amn returned unto pie, and the inhabitants of many cities: Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusa- 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go lem: and Jerusalem shall be called A city of to another, saying, Let us go speedily to truth; and the mountain of the LORD of pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD hosts, The holy mountain. of hosts: I will go also. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall yet old men anld old women dwell in shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jethe streets of Jerusalem, and every man rusalem, and to pray before the LORD. with his staff in his hand for very age. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those 5 And the streets of the city shall be full days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall of boys and girls playing in the streets take hold out of all languages of the nations, thereof. even shall take hold of the skirt of him that 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of we have heard that God is with you. this people in these days, should it also be CHAPTER IX marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. God will defend his church. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I THE burden of the word of the LORD in will save my people from the east country, 1 the land of Hadrach, and Damascus and from the west country; shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of 8 And I will bring them, and they shall man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be dwell in the midst of Jerusalemn and they toward the LORD. shall be my people, aid I will be their God,2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; in truth and in righteousness. Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 9 1 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, hands be strong, ye that hear in these days and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine these words by the mouth of the prophets, gold as the mire of the streets. which were in the day that the foundation of 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he.608 vrist's coming foretold. ZECHARIAH. God is to be sought unto. will smite her power in the sea; and she LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the shall be devoured with fire. house of Judah, and hath made them as his 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also goodly horse in the battle. shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ek- 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of ron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out and the king shall perish from Gaza, and of him every oppressor together. Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 5 T And they shall be as mighty men, which 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and tread down their enemies in the mire of the I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. streets in the battle: and they shall fight, 7 And I will take away his blood out of his because the LORD is with them, and the mouth, and his abominations from between riders on horses shall be confounded. his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a gov- and I will save the house of Joseph, and I ernor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. will bring them again to place them; for I 8 And I will encamp about mine house be- have mercy upon them: and they shall be as cause of the array, because of him that pass- though I had not cast them off: for I am eth by, and because of him that returneth: the LORD their God, and will hear them. and no oppressor shall pass through them 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a any more: for now have I seen with mine mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice lyes. as through wine: yea, their children shall 9 ~ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice shout, ) daughter of Jerusalem: behold, in the LORD. thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an I have redeemed them: and they shall inass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. crease as they have increased. 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephra- 9 And I will sow them among the people: irm, and the horse from Jerusalem, and and they shall remember me in far counthe battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall tries; and they shall live with their chilspeak peace unto the heathen: and his do- dren, and turn again. minion shall be from sea even to sea, and 10 I will bring them again alto out of the from the river even to the ends of the earth. land of Egypt, and gather them out of As11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy syria; and I will bring them into the land of covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be out of the pit wherein is no water. found for them. 12 ~ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prison- 11 And he shall pass through the sea with ers of hope: even to day do I declare that I affliction, and shall smite the waves in the will render double unto thee; sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled up: and the pride of Assyria shall be the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt sons, 0 Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and shall depart away. made thee as the,word of a mighty man. 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and they shall walk up and down in his and his arrow shall go forth as the light- name, saith the LORD. ning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the CHAP R trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of HAP the south. The destruction of Jerusalem, &c. 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; \PEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire and they shall devour, and subdue with t may devour thy cedars. sling stones; and they shall drink, and make 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; a noise as through wine; and they shall be because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye filled like bowls, and as the corners of the oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintaltar. age is come down. 16 And the LORD their God shall save them 3 1 There is a voice of the howling of the in that day as the flock of his people: for shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted voice of the roaring of young lions; for up as an ensign upon his land. the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the great is his beauty! corn shall make the flock of the slaughter; young men cheerful, and new wine the 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold maids. themselves not guilty: and they that sell CHAPTER X. them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am God is to be sought, and not d. rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. ASK ye of the LORD rain in the time of 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will debright clouds, and give them showers Df liver the men every one into his neighbour's rain, to every one grass in the field. hand, and into the hand of his king: and 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the they shall smite the land, and out of their diviners have seen a lie, and have told false hand I will not deliver them. dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even they went their way as a flock, they were you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto troubled, because there was no shepherd. me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shep- the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. herds, and I punished the goats: for the 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in oum 20- 609 Tupe of a foolish Shephera. ZECHARIAH. Repentance of Jerusalem. month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. 10 ~ And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. i 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 15 1 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock 1 the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. CHAPTER XII. The restoration of Judah. THE burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 ~ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. 6 ~ In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of 610 Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, a: the angel of the LORD before them. 9 T And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 11 In that day shall there be a great mourne ing in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. CHAPTER XIII. A fountain for sin, &c. TN that day there shall be a fountain open1 ed to the house of David and to the inhab. itants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. 2 T And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. 7 1 Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is re 2hrist's coming and kingdom. MALACHI. Plague of Jerusalem's enenies. fined, and will try them as gold is tried: they and from the tower of Hananeel unto the shall call on my name, and I will hear them: king's winepresses. I will say, It is my people: and they shall 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall say, The LORD is my God. be no more utter destruction; but JerusaCHAPTER XIV. lem shall be safely inhabited. i12 And this shall be the plague wherewith Christ's coming and kingdom. the LORD will smite all the people that have BDEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall 1 and thy spoil shall be divided in the consume away while they stand upon their midst of thee. feet, and their eyes shall consume away in 2 For I will gather all nations against Jeru- their holes, and their tongue shall consume salem to battle; and the city shall be taken, away in their mouth. and the houses rifled, and the women rav- 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, ished; and half of the city shall go forth into that a great tumult from the LORD shall be captivity, and the residue of the people shall among them; and they shall lay hold every not be cut off from the city. one on the hand of his neighbour, and his 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight hand shall rise up against the hand of his against those nations, as when he fought in neighbour. the day of battle. 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; 4 1 And his feet shall stand in that day upon and the wealth of all the heathen round the mount of Olives, which is before Jeru- about shall be gathered together, gold, and salem on the east, and the mount of Olives silver, and apparel, in great abundance. shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, east and toward the west, and there shall be of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and a very great valley; and half of the mount- of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, ain shall remove toward the north, and as this plague. half of it toward the south. 16 ~ And it shall come to pass, that every 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the one that is left of all the nations which mountains; for the valley of the mountains came against Jerusalem, shall even go up shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like from year to year to worship the King, the as ye fled from before the earthquake in the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD tabernacles. my God shall come, and all the saints with 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come thee. up of all the families of the earth unto Jeru6 And it shall come to pass in that salem to worship the King, the LORD of day, that the light shall not be clear, nor hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. dark: 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, 7 But it shall be one day which shall be and come not, that have no rain; there known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD it shall come to pass, that at evening time it will smite the heathen that come not up to shall be light. keep the feast of tabernacles. 8 And it shall be in that day, that living 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of and the punishment of all nations that come them toward the former sea, and half of not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. them toward the hinder sea: in summer and 20 T In that day shall there be upon the in winter shall it be. bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE 9 And the LORD shall be King over all the LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, shall be like the bowls before the altar. and his name one. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Ju10 All the land shall be turned as a plain dah shall be holiness unto the LORD of from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in and take of them, and seethe therein: and her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the in that day there shall be no more the Caplace of the first gate, unto the corner gate, naanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. MALACHI. CHAPTER I. places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They Isrcael's ingratitude to God. shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, TrHE burden of the word of the LORD to and, The people against whom the LORD. Israel by Malachi. hath indignation for eve-. 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye 5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not The LORD will be magnified from the border Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet of Israel. loved Jacob, 6 ~ A son honoureth his father, and a serv3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains ant his master: if then I be a father, where and his heritage waste for the dragons of the is mine honour? and if I be a master, where wilderness, is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverish- you, O priests, that despised my name. And ed, but we will return and build the desolate ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 611 1Ialachi sharply reproveth MALACHI. the priests and the people. 7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for noufjht? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11 For, from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 ~ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. CHAPTER II. The priests sharply reproved. AND now, 0 ye priests, this commandL ment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye 'ave caused many to stumble at the law: ye 612 have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD Of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 ~ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 ~ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 17 ~ Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? CHAPTER III. Christ's forerunner and coming. BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former vears. 5 And I will come iear to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn * ~~> — The promise of blessing MALACHI. to them that fear God. aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; there. fore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 7 I Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 I Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD Of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. 13 ~ Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 16 ~ Then they that feared the LORD spake 52 often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. CHAPTER IV. God's judgment on the wicked FOR, behold, th day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 1 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 ~ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 1 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. 613 TBE END OF TIIE OLD TESTAMENT. THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR IORD AND SAVI()UR JESUS CHRIST: TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. i THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. CHAPTER I. shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save The genealogy of Christ. his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be T;HE book of the generation of Jesus fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by 1 Christ, the son of David, the son of the prophet, saying, Abraham. 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat shall bring forth a son, and they shall call Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his his name Emmanuel, which being interbrethren; preted is, God with us. 3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Tha- 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did mar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and begat Aram; took unto him his wife: 4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Amina- 25 And knew her not till she had brought dab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat forth her firstborn son: and he called his Salmon; name JESUS. 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and CHAPTER Booz begat Obed of.'uth; and Obed begat CHA ER Jesse; The wise men directed to Christ. 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and Da- NTOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem vid the king begat Solomon of her that had i of Judea in the days of Herod the king, been the wife of Urias; behold, there came wise men from the east 7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Robo- to Jerusalem, am begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of 8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat the Jews? for we have seen his star in the begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; east, and are come to worship him. 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham 3 When Herod the king had heard these begat Achas; and Achas begat Ezekias; things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem 10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Ma- with him. passes begat Amon; and Amon begat Jo- 4 And when he had gathered all the chief sias; priests and scribes of the people together, 11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his breth- he demanded of them where Christ should ren, about the time they were carried away be born. to Babylon: 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, of Judea: for thus it is written by the Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel be- prophet, gat Zorobabel; 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Ju13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud da, art not the least among the princes ot begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; Juda: for out of thee shall come a Govern14 And Azor begat Sadok; and Sadok begat or, that shall rule my people Israel. Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar the wise men, inquired of them diligently begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; what time the star appeared. 16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Go and search diligently for the young child, Christ. and when ye have found him, bring me 17 So all the generations from Abraham to word again, that I may come and worship David are fourteen generations; and from him also. David until the carrying away into Babylon 9 When they had heard the king, they deare fourteen generations; and from the car- parted; and, lo, the star, which they saw in tying away into Babylon unto Christ are the east, went before them, till it came and fourteen generations. stood over where the young child was. 18 ~ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced this wise: When as his mother Mary was with exceeding great joy. espoused to Joseph, before they came to- 11 And when they were come into the gether, she was found with child of the house, they saw the young child with Mary Holy Ghost. his mother, and fell down, and worshipped 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just him: and when they had opened their treasman, and not willing to make her a public ures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, example, was minded to put her away and frankincense, and myrrh. privily. 12 And being warned of God in a dream 20 But while he thought on these things, that they should not return to Herod, they behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto departed into their own country another him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of way. David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy 13 And when they were departed, behold, wife: for that which is conceived in her is the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph of the Holy Ghost. in a dream, saying, Arise and take the 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou young child and his mother, and flee into 52* 617 Herod's cruelty y ST. MATTHEW. Christ is tempted Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee root of the trees: therefore every tree word: for Herod will seek the young child which bringeth not forth good fruit is to destroy him. hewn down, and cast into the fire. 14 When he arose, he took the young child 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto and his mother by night, and departed into repentance: but he that cometh after me is Egypt: mightier than I, whose shoes I am not wor15 And was there until the death of Herod: thy to bear: he shall baptize you with the that it might be fulfilled which was spoken Holy Ghost, and with fire: of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will Egypt have I called my son. thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his 16 I Th3n Herod, when he saw that he was wheat into the garner; but he will burn up mocked of the wise men, was exceeding the chaff with unquenchable fire. wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the chil- 13 ~ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to dren that were in Bethlehem, and in all the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. coasts thereof, from two years old and un- 14 But John forbade him, saying, I have der, according to the time which he had need to be baptized of thee, and comest diligently inquired of the wise men. thou to me? 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spok- 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, en by Jeremy the prophet, saying, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lam- us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he sufentation, and weeping, and great mourning, fered him. Rachel weeping for her children, and would 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went not be comforted, because they are not. up straightway out of the water: and, lo, 19 ~ But when Herod was dead, behold, an the heavens were opened unto him, and he angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, Joseph in Egypt, and lighting upon him: 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This and his mother, and go into the land of Is- is my beloved Son, in whom I am well rael: for they are dead which sought the pleased. young child's life. CHAPTER IV. 21 And he arose, and took the young child Christ's fasting and temptation. and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did L the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. reign in Judea in the room of his father 2 And when he had fasted forty days and Herod, he was afraid to go thither: not- forty nights, he was afterward a hungered. withstanding, being warned of God in a 3 And when the tempter came to him, he dream, he turned aside into the parts of said, If thou be the Son of God, command Galilee: that these stones be made bread. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which Man shall not live by bread alone, but by was spoken by the prophets, He shall be every word that proceedeth out of the called a Nazarene. mouth of God. CHAPTER I 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the CHAP R holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of The preaching of John the Baptist. the temple, IN those days came John the Baptist, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of preaching in the wilderness of Judea, God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom shall give his angels charge concerning thee: of heaven is at hand. and in their hands they shall bear thee up, 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the lest at any time thou dash thy foot against prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one cry- a stone. ing in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of 7 Jesus saldunto him, It is written again, the Lord, make his paths straight. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 4 And the same John had his raiment of 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an jeamel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him loins; and his meat was locusts and wild all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory honey. of them; 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and 9 And saith unto him, All these things will all Judea, and all the region round about I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worJordan, ship me. 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, con- 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee fessing their sins. hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt 7 ~ But when he saw many of the Pharisees worship the Lord thy God, and him only and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said shalt thou serve. unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, warned you to flee from the wrath to come? angels came and ministered unto him. 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for 12 1 Now when Jesus had heard that John repentance: was cast into prison, he departed into 9 And think not to say within yourselves, Galilee; We have Abraham to our father: for I say 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and unto you, that God is able of these stones to dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the taise up children unto Abraham. sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon andm 10 And uow also the axe is laid unto thb Nenhthalirm618 Christ's sermon ST. MATTHEW. on the mount. 14 That it might be fulfilled which was great is your reward in heaven: for so per. spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, secuted they the prophets which were be. 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of fore you. Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond 13 ~ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it 16 The people which sat in darkness saw be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothgreat light; and to them which sat in the ing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden region and shadow of death light is sprung under foot of men. up. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city 17 T From that time Jesus began to preach, that is set on a hill cannot be hid. and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put heaven is at hand. it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and 18 ~ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Gali- it giveth light unto all that are in the house. lee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, 16 Let your light so shine before men, that and Andrew his brother, casting a net into they may see your good works, and glorify the sea: for they were fishers. your Father which is in heaven. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and 17 ~ Think not that I am come to destroy I will make you fishers of men. the law, or the prophets: I am not come to 20 And they straightway left their nets, and destroy, but to fulfil.;followed him. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven 21 And going on from thence, he saw other and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of their father, mending their nets; and he these least commandments, and shall teach called them. men so, he shall be called the least in the 22 And they immediately left the ship and kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do their father, and followed him. and teach them, the same shall be called 23 ~ And Jesus went about all Galilee, great in the kingdom of heaven. teaching in their synagogues, and preaching 20 For I say unto you, That except your the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all righteousness shall exceed the righteousness manner of sickness and all manner of dis- of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no ease among the people. case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And his fame went throughout all 21 ~ Ye have heard that it was said by them Byria: and they brought unto him all sick of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosopeople that were taken with divers diseases ever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgand torments, and those which were pos- ment: sessed with devils, and those which were 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and angry with his brother without a cause shall he healed them. be in danger of the judgment: and whoso25 And there followed him great multitudes ever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, in danger of the council: but whosoever and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of from beyond Jordan. hell fire. CHAPTER V. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brothSermon on the Mount. er hath aught against thee: AND seeing the multitudes, he went up in- 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, to a mountain: and when he was set, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy his disciples came unto him: brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, thern, saying, while thou art in the way with him; lest at 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs any time the adversary deliver thee to the is the kingdom of heaven. judge, and the judge deliver thee to the offi4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they cer, and thou be cast into prison. shall be comforted. 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall in- means come out thence, till thou hast paid herit the earth. the uttermost farthing. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and 27 ~ Ye have heard that it was said by them thirst after righteousness: for they shall be of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: filled. 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall looketh on a woman to lust after her hath o)btain mercy. committed adultery with her already in his 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they heart. shall see God. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitshall be called the children of God. able for thee that one of thy members 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted should perish, and not that thy whole body for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the should be cast into hell. kingdom of heaven. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable you, and persecute you, and shall say all for thee that one of thy members should manner of evil against you falsely, for my perish, and not that thy whole body should sake. be cast into hell. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put 619 The law expounded. ST. MATTHEW. Of alms and prayer. away his wife, let him give her a writ- pray standing in the synagogues and in thu ing of divorcement: corners of the streets, that they may be 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They shall put away his wife, saving for the cause have their reward. of fornication, causeth her to commit adul- 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter int P tery; and whosoever shall marry her that is thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door: divorced coinmitteth adultery. pray to thy Father which is in secret; an I 33 ~ Again, ye have heard that it hath been thy Father which seeth in secret shall rk said by them of old time, Thou shalt not ward thee openly. forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitipn. the Lord thine oaths: as the heathen do: for they think that they 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; shall be heard for their much speaking. neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: f( V 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: your Father knoweth what things ye have neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of need of, before ye ask him. the great King. 9 After this manner therefore pray y(: 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed' because thou canst not make one hair white be thy name. or black. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 37 But let your communication be, Yea, in earth, as it is in heaven. yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more 11 Give us this day our daily bread. than these cometh of evil. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive 38 ~ Ye have heard that it hath been said, our debtors. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 13 And lead us not into temptation, but de39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not liver us from evil: For thine is the kingevil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, right cheek, turn to him the other also. Amen. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses and take away thy coat, let him have thy your heavenly Father will also forgive you cloak also. 15 But if ye forgive not men their tres 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go nasses, neither will your Father forgivi a mile, go with him twain. your trespasses. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from 16 ~ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as thi him that would borrow of thee turn not hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for the3 thou away. disfigure their faces, that they may appeal 43 ~ Ye have heard that it hath been saiL, unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you Thou shaltlovethyneighbour, and hatethine They have their reward. enemy. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, head, and wash thy face; bless them that curse you, do good to them 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, that hate you, and pray for them which de- but unto thy Father which is in secret: and spitefully use you, and persecute you; thy Father which seeth in secret shall re45 That ye may be the children of your Fa- ward thee openly. ther which is in heaven: for he maketh his 19 ~ Lay not up for yourselves treasures sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and upon earth, where moth and rust doth corsendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. rupt, and where thieves break through and 46 For if ye love them which love you, steal: what reward have ye? do not even the pub- 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in licans the same? heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, corrupt, and where thieves do not break what do ye more than others? do not even through nor steal: the publicans so? 21 For where your treasure is, there will 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your your heart be also. Father which is in heaven is perfect. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if there. CHAPTER VI. fore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Alms, prayer, forgiveness, &c. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body TAKE heed that ye do not your alms be- shall be full of darkness. If therefore the fore men, to be seen of them: otherwise light that is in thee be darkness, how great ye have no reward of your Father which is is that darkness! in heaven. 24 ~ No man can serve two masters: for 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, either he will hate the one, and love the do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the other; or else he will hold to the one, and hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and streets, that they may have glory of men. mammon. Verily I say unto you, They have their re- 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no ward. thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, left hand know what thy right hand doeth: what ye shall put on. Is not the life more 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and than meat, and the body than raiment? thy Father which seeth in secret himself 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they shall reward thee openly. sow not, neither do they reap nor gather 5 ~ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedbe as the hypocrites are: for they love to eththem. Are ye not much better than they? 620 Against worldly care. ST. MATTHEW. Christ endeth his sermon. 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink, or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. CHAPTER VII. Christ endeth his sermon. TUDGE not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 ~ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 ~ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13 t Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth. unto life, and few there be that find it. 15 T Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 IT Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 ~ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. CHAPTER VIII. Christ's miracles. W HEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 5 ~ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying,Lord,my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: buf speak the word only, and my servant shalbe healed. 9 For I am a man inder authority, having soldiers under me:!lnd I say to this man, 621 Christ stilleth the tempest. ST. MATTHEW. Christ cureth the palsy, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, the herd of swine. and he doeth it. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and they were come out, they went into the herd said to them that followed, Verily I say of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of unto you, I have not found so great faith, swine ran violently down a steep place into no, not in Israel. the sea, and perished in the waters. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall 33 And they that kept them fled, and went come from the east and west, and shall sit their ways into the city, and told every down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, thing, and what was befallen to the posin the kingdom of heaven: sessed of the devils. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to be cast out into outer darkness: there shall meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they be weeping and gnashing of teeth. besought him that he would depart out of 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go their coasts. thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it CHAPTER IX done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Christ cureth the palsy. 14 ~ And when Jesus was come into Peter's ND he entered into a ship, and passed house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and A- over, and came into his own city. sick of a fever. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus left her: and she arose, and ministered unto seeing their faith said unto the sick of the them. palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be 16 ~ When the even was come, they brought forgiven thee. unto him many that were possessed with 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said devils: and he cast out the spirits with his within themselves, This man blasphemeth. word, and healed all that were sick: 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, 17 That it might be fulfilled which was Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Him- 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be self took our infirmities, and bare our sick- forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? nesses. 6 But that ye may know that the Son of 18 ~ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes man hath power on earth to forgive sins, about him, he gave commandment to depart (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, unto the other side. take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto 7 And he arose, and departed to his him, Master,I will follow thee whithersoever house. thou goest. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes marvelled, and glorified God, which had have holes, and the birds of the air have given such power unto men. nests; but the Son of man hath not where 9 ~ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, to lay his head. he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at 21 And another of his disciples said unto the receipt of custom: and he saith unte him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed my father. him. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; 10 ~ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at and let the dead bury their dead. meat in the house, behold, many publicans 23 ~ And when he was entered into a ship, and sinners came and sat down with him his disciples followed him. and his disciples. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said in the sea, insomuch that the ship was cov- unto his disciples, Why eateth your master ered with the waves: but he was asleep. with publicans and sinners? 25 And his disciples came to him, and 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said untoc awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we them, They that be whole need not a physi. perish. cian, but they that are sick. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth., fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I and rebuked the winds and the sea; and am not come to call the righteous, but sinthere was a great calm. ners to repentance. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What 14 ~ Then came to him the disciples ot manner of man is this, that even the winds John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees and the sea obey him! fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 28 ~ And when he was come to the other 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the chil side into the country of the Gergesenes, dren of the bridechamber mourn, aslong as there met him two possessed with devils, the bridegroom is with them? but the days coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, will come, when the bridegroom shall be so that no man might pass by that way. taken from them, and then shall they fast. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, 16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou unto an old garment; for that which is put Son of God? art thou come hither to tor- in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and ment us before the time? the rent is made worse. 30 And there was a good way off from them 17 Neither do men put new wine into old a herd of many swine feeding. bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If runneth out, and the bottles perish: but 622 Be raiseth Jairus' daughter. ST. MATTHEW. Christ sendeth out the twelve. they put new wine into new bottles, and and to heal all manner of sickness and all both are preserved. manner of disease. 18 ~ While he spake these things unto them, 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are behold, there came a certain ruler, and wor- these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, shipped him, saying, My daughter is even and Andrew his brother; James the son of now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon Zebedee, and John his brother; her, and she shall live. 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and Matthew the publican; James the son of so did his disciples. Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was 20 ~ And, behold, a woman, which was dis- Thaddeus; eased with an issue of blood twelve years, 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, came behind him, and touched the hem of who also betrayed him. his garment: 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and com21 For she said within herself, If I may but manded them, saying, Go not into the way touch his garment, I shall be whole. of the Gentiles, and into any city of the 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when Samaritans enter ye not: he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole. house of Israel. And the woman was made whole from that 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kinghour. dom of heaven is at hand. 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the house, and saw the minstrels and the people dead, cast out devils: freely ye have remaking a noise, ceived, freely give. 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass naid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they in your purses; aughed him to scorn. 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two 25 But when the people were put forth, he coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the vent in, and took her by the hand, and the workman is worthy of his meat. naid arose. 11 And into whatsoever city ol town ye 26 And the fame hereof went abroad into shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and ill that land. there abide till ye go thence. 27 ~ And when Jesus departed thence, two 12 And when ye come into a house, salute blind men followed him, crying, and saying, it. T7ou Son of David, have mercy on us. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your 28 And when he was come into the house, peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith let your peace return to you. unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. nor hear your words, when ye depart out of 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying1 Ac- that house or city, shake off the dust of cording to your faith be it unto you. your feet. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more straitly charged them, saying, See that no tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorman know it. rah in the day of judgment, than for that 31 But they, when they were departed, city. spread abroad his fame in all that country. 16 ~ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the 32 ~ As they went out, behold, they midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serbrought to him a dumb man possessed pents, and harmless as doves. with a devil. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver 33 And when the devil was cast out, the you up to the councils, and they will scourge dumb spake: and the multitude marvelled, you in their synagogues; saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 18 And ye shall be brought before govern34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out ors and kings for my sake, for a testimony devils through the prince of the devils. against them and the Gentiles. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and 19 But when they deliver you up, take no villages, teaching in their synagogues, and thought how or what ye shall speak: for it preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and shall be given you in that same hour what healing every sickness and every disease ye shall speak. among the people. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit 36 T But when he saw the multitudes, he of your Father which speaketh in you. was moved with compassion on them, be- 21 And the brother shall deliver up the cause they fainted, and were scattered brother to death, and the father the child: abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. and the children shall rise up against their 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The parents, and cause them to be put to death. harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my are few; name's sake: but he that endureth to the 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the har- end shall be saved. vest, that he will send forth labourers into 23 But when they persecute you in this his harvest. city, flee ye into another: for verily I say CHAPTER X. unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the The aY7postles sent to do miracles. cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor AND when he had called unto him his the servant above his lord. A twelve disciples, he gave them power 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as tgainst unclean spirits, to cast them out, his master, and the servant as his lord. If 623 T'he alpostles comforted. ST. MATTHEW. Christ's testimony of John. they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more Value than many sparrows. 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before any Father which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a Sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against er mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 40 ' He that receiveth you receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. CHAPTER XI. Christ's testimony of John. AND it came to pass. when Jesus had - made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf '24 hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 7 T And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16 ' But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drink. ing, and they say, Behold, a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. 20 T Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin I woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day oi judgment, than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 25 1 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee. O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. TZhi withered hand healed. ST. MATTHEW. IThe sign of Jonas. 28 ~ Come unto me, all yc that labour and healed him, insomuch that the blind and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. dumb both spake and saw. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of 23 And all the people were amazed, and me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and said, Is not this the Son of David? ye shall find rest unto your souls. 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, light. but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. CHAPTER XII. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said The nature of the sabbath. unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath city or house divided against itself shall not Il day through the corn; and his disciples stand: were a hungered, and began to pluck the ears 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided of corn, and to eat. against himself; how shall then his king2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said dom stand? unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. whom do your children cast them out? 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read therefore they shall be your judges. what David did, when he was a hungered, 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of and they that were with him; God, then the kingdom of God is come unto 4 How he entered into the house of God, you. and did eat the shewbread, which was not 29 Or else, how can one enter into a strong lawful for him to eat, neither for them which man's house, and spoil his goods, except he were with him, but only for the priests? first bind the strong man? and then he will 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that spoil his house. on the sabbath days the priests in the temple 30 He that is not with me is against me; profane the sabbath, and are blameless? and he that gathereth not with me scatter6 But I say unto you, That in this place is eth abroad. one greater than the temple. 31 T Wherefore I say unto you, All manner 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye men: but the blasphemy against the Holy would not have condemned the guiltless. Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against sabbath day. the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: 9 And when he was departed thence, he but whosoever speaketh against the Holy went into their synagogue: Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither 10 ~ And, behold, there was a man which had in this world, neither in the world to come. his hand withered. And they asked him, 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath good; or else make the tree corrupt, and days? that they might accuse him. his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by 11 And he said unto them, What man shall his fruit. there be among you, that shall have one 34 0 generation of vipers, how can ye, being sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath evil, speak good things? for out of the abunday. will he not lay hold on it, and lift it dance of the heart the mouth speaketh. out? 35 A good man out of the good treasure of 12 How much then is a man better than a the heart bringeth forth good things: and sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on an evil man out of the evil treasure bringthe sabbath days. eth forth evil things. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and that men shall speak, they shall give account it was restored whole, like as the other. thereof in the day of judgment. 14 ~ Then the Pharisees went out, and held 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justia council against him, how they might de- fled, and by thy words thou shalt be conetroy him. demned. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew 38 ~ Then certain of the scribes and of himself from thence: and great multitudes the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we followed him, and he healed them all'; would see a sign from thee. 16 And charged them that they should not 39 But he answered and said unto them, Anl make him known: evil and adulterous generation seeketh after 17 That it might be fulfilled which was a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 18 Behold my servant, whom I have cho- 40 For as Jonas was three days and three sen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well nights in the whale's belly; so shall the SoI1 pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and of man be three days and three nights in the te shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. heart of the earth. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgany man hear his voice in the streets. ment with this generation, and shall con20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and demn it: because they repented at the Smoking flax shall he not quench, till he preaching of Jonas: and, behold, a greater Fend forth judgment unto victory. than Jonas is here. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in Grust. the judgment with this generation, and shall 22 ~ Then was brought unto him one pos- condemn it: for she came from the utter%essed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he most parts of the earth to hear the wisdom 53 2 P 625 Pwable of the sowecr. I. r.MATTHEIW Parable of the taret, of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than hear, and shall not understand; and seeing Solomon is here. ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, man, he walketh through dry places, seek- and their ears are dull of hearing, and their ing rest, and findeth none. eyes they have closed; lest at any time the, 44 Then he saith, I will return into my should see with their eyes, and hear with house from whence I came out; and when their ears, and should understand with their he is come, he lindeth it empty, swept, and heart, and should be converted, and I should garnished. heal them. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; seven other spirits more wicked than him- and your ears, for they hear. self, and they enter in and dwell there: and 17 For verily I say unto you, That many the last state of that man is worse than the prophets and righteous men have desired first. Even so shall it be also unto this to see those things which ye see, and have wicked generation. not seen them; and to hear those things 46 ~ While he yet talked to the people, be- which ye hear, and have not heard them. hold, his mother and his brethren stood 18 ~ Hear ye therefore the rarable of the without, desiring to speak with him. sower. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy 19 When any one heareth the word of the mother and thy brethren stand without, kingdom, and understandeth it not, then desiring to speak with thee. cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away 48 But he answered and said unto him that that which was sown in his heart. This is hr, told him, Who is my mother? and who are which received seed by the way side. my brethren? 20 But he that received the seed into stonr 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward places, the same is he that heareth the word, his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and anon with joy receiveth it; and my brethren! 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dur 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my eth for a while: for when tribulation c0 Father which is in heaven, the same is my persecution ariseth because of the word, by brother, and sister, and mother. and by he is offended. CHAPTER XIII 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the Of the sower and the seed. ecre of this world, and the deceitfulness of THE same day went Jesus out of the riches, choke the word, and he becometh house, and sat by the sea side. unfruitful. 2 And great multitudes were gathered to- 23 But he that received seed into the good gether unto him, so that he went into a ship, ground is he that heareth the word, and un. and sat; and the whole multitude stood on derstandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and the shore. bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some 3 And he spake many things unto them in sixty, some thirty. parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth 24 ~ Another parable put he forth unto to sow; them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by likened unto a man which sowed good seed the way side, and the fowls came and de- in his field: voured them up: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they and sowed tares among the wheat, and went; had not much earth: and forthwith they his way, sprung up, because they had no deepness of 26 But xhen the blade was sprung up, and earth: brought forth fruit, then appeared the 6 And when the sun was up, they were tares also. scorched; and because they had no root, 27 So the servants of the householder came they withered away. and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow 7 And some fell among thorns; and the good seed in thy field? from whence then thorns sprung up, and choked them: hath it. tares? 8 But other fell into good ground, and 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath donS brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. then that we go and gather them up? 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear., 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather 10 And the disciples came, and said unto up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with him, Why speakest thou unto them in par- them. ables? 30 Let both grow togetner until the har11 He answered and said unto them, Be- vest: and in the time of harvest I will say cause it is given unto you to know the mys- to the reapers, Gather ye tog ther first the teries of the kingdom of heaven, but to tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them it is not given, them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be 31 ~ Another parable put he forth unto given, and he shall have more abundance: them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like but whosoever hath not, from him shall be to a grain of mustard seed, which a man taken away even that ne hath. took, and sowed in his field: 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: because they seeing see not; and hearing but when it is grown, it is the greatest they hear not, neither do they understand. among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of the birds of the air come and ioage in the Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall braLncel thesrecl 626 and of the drawnet, ST. MATTHEW, John Baptist beheaded. 33 ~ Another parable spake he unto them; said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, and these mighty works? which a woman took, aIld hid in three meas- 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his ures of meal, till the whole was leavened. mother called Mary? and his brethren, 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? multitade in parables; and without a parable 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? spake he not unto them: Whence then hath this man all these things? 35 Thatit might be fulfilled which was spok- 57 And they were offended in him. But en by the prophet, saying, I will open my Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not withmouth in parables; I will utter things which out honour, save in his own country, and in have been kept secret from the foundation his own house. of the world. 58 And he did not many mighty works 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, there because of their unbelief. and went into the house: and his disciples CHAPTER XIV. came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. Herod's opinion of Christ. 37 He answered and said unto them, Ite that T that time Herod the tetrarch heard of soweth the good seed is the Son of man; A the fame of Jesus, 38 The field is the world; the good seed are 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the children of the kingdom; but the tares the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and are the children of the wicked one; therefore mighty works do shew forth them39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; selves in him. the harvest is the end of the world; and the 3 ~ For Herod had laid hold on John, and )reapers are the angels. bound him, and put him in prison for Hero40 As therefore the tares are gathered and dias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. burned in the tire; so shall it be in the end 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful of this world. for thee to have her. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his an- 5 And when he would have put him to gels, and they shall gather out of his king- deadn, he feared the multitude, because dom all things that offend, and them which they counted him as a prophet. do iniquity; 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of daughter of Herodias danced before th, m, fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of and pleased Herod. teeth. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as give her whatsoever she would ask. the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 8 And she, being before instructed of her Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's 44 1~ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like head in a charger. unto treasure hid in a field; the which when 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for a Inan hath found, he hideth, and for joy the oath's sake, and them which sat with thereof roeth and selleth all that he hath, him at meat, he commanded it to be given and buyeth that field. her. 45 T Again, the kingdom of heaven is 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly prison. pearls: 11 And his head was brought in a charger, 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of and given to the damsel: and she brought it great price, went and sold all that he had, to her mother. and bought it. 12 And his disciples came, and took up the 47 ~ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like body, and buried it, and went and told unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and Jesus. gathered of every kind: 13 ~ When Jesus heard o0 it, he departed 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to thence by ship into a desert place apart: shore, and sat down, and gathered the good and when the people had heard thereof, into vessels, but cast the bad away. they followed him on foot out of the cities. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great the angels shall come forth, and sever the multitude, and was moved with compassion wicked from among the just, toward them, and he healed their sick. 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of 15 ~I And when it was evening, his disciples fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of came to him, saying, This is a desert place, teeth. and the time is now past; send the multi51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye under- tude away, that they may go into the vilstood all these things? They say unto him, lages, and buy themselves victuals. Yea, Lord. 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore not depart; give ye them to eat. every scribe which is instructed unto the 17 And they say unto him, We have here kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that but five loaves, and two fishes. is a householder, which bringeth forth out 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. of his treasure things new and old. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit 53 ~ And it came to pass, that when Jesus down on the grass, and took the five loaves, had finished these parables, he departed and the two fishes, and looking up to thence. heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the 54 And when he was come into his own loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to country, he taught them in their synagogue, the multitude. insomuch that they were astonished, and 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and 627 Christ walketh on the sea. ST. MITTHEW. The woman of Canaan. they took up of the fragments that remain- Itheir mouth, and honoureth me with theik ed twelve baskets full. lips; but their heart is far from me. 21 And they that had eaten were about five 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching thousand men, beside women and children, for doctrines the commandments of men. 22 1 And straightway Jesus constrained his 10 T And he called the multitude, and said disciples to get into a ship, and to go before unto them, Hear, and understand: him unto the other side, while he sent the 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth demultitudes away. fileth a man; but that which cometh out of 23 And when he had sent the multitudes the mouth, this defileth a man. away, he went up into a mountain apart to 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto pray: and when the evening was come, he him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were was there alone. offended, after they heard this saying? 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was which my heavenly Father hath not planted, contrary. shall be rooted up. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Je- 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of sus went unto them, walking on the sea. the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, 26 And when the disciples saw him walking both shall fall into the ditch. on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is 15 Then answered Peter and said unto himn a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Declare unto us this parable. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not understanding? afraid. 17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatso28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, ever entereth in at the mouth goeth into if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the the belly, and is cast out into the draught? water. 18 But those things which proceed out of 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter the mouth come forth from the heart; and was come down out of the ship, he walked they defile the man. on the water, to go to Jesus. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: saying, Lord, save me. 20 These are the things which defile a mal-i 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, a man. O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou 21 ~ Then Jesus went thence, and departed doubt? into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 32 And when they were come into the ship, 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came the wind ceased. out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, 33 Then they that were in the ship came saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth of David; my daughter is grievously vexed thou art the Son of God. with a devil. 34 T And when they were gone over, they 23 But he answered her not a word. And came into the land of Gennesaret. his disciples came and besought him, saying, 35 And when the men of that place had Send her away; for she crieth after us. knowledge of him, they sent out into all 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent that country round about, and brought un- but unto the lost sheep of the house of to him all that were diseased; Israel. 36 And besought him that they might only 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saytouch the hem of his garment: and as many ing, Lord, help me. as touched were made perfectly whole. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet CHAPTER XV. to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. God's commandments. 27 And she said, True, Lord: yet the dogs THEN came to Jesus scribes and Phari- eat of the crumbs which fall from their sees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, masters' table. 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tra- 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, ditions of the elders? for they wash not their 0 woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee!hands when they eat bread, even as thou wilt. And her daughter was 3 But he answered and said unto them, made whole from that very hour. Why do ye also transgress the command- 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and ment of God by your tradition? came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy up into a mountain, and sat down there. father and mother: and, He that curseth fa- 30 And great multitudes came unto him, ther or mother, let him die the death. having with them those that were lame, blind, 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his fa- dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast ther or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoev- them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed er thou mightest be profited by me; them: 6 And honour not his father or his mother, 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the when they saw the dumb to speak, the commandment of God of none effect by maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and your tradition. the blind to see: and they glorified the God 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of Israel. of you, saying, 32 ~ Then Jesus called his disciples unto 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with hin, and said, I have compassion on the 628 Christ feedeth four thousand. ST. MATTHEW. He foreshoweth his death. multitude, because they continue with lme 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye now three days, and have nothing to eat: that I anm? and I will not send them away fasting, lest 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, they faint in the way. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living 33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence God. should we have so much bread in the wilder- 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, ness, as to fill so great a multitude? Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and but my Father which is in heaven. a few little fishes. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit Peter, and upon this rock I will build my down on the ground. church; and the gates of hell shall not pre36 And he took the seven loaves and the vail against it. fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever multitude. thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in 37 And they aid all eat, and were filled: heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on and they took up of the broken meat that earth shall be loosed in heaven. was left seven baskets full. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they 38 And they that did eat were four thou- should tell no man that he was Jesus the sand men, beside women and children. Christ. 39 And he sent away the multitude, and 21 ~ From that time forth began Jesus to took ship, and came into the coasts of Mag- shew unto his disciples, how that he must dala. go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things CHAPTER XVI. of the elders and chief priests and scribes, The sign of Jonas. and be killed, and be raised again the third day. THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees 22 Then Peter took him, and began to reI came, and tempting desired him that he buke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: would shew them a sign from heaven. this shall not be unto thee. 2 He answered and said unto them, When 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get It is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence for the sky is red. unto me: for thou savourest not the things 3 And in the morning, It will be foul that be of God, but those that be of men. weather to day: for the sky is red and 24 ~ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern any man will come after me, let him deny the face of the sky; but can ye not discern himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. the signs of the times? 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seek- it: and whosoever will lose his life for my eth after a sign; and there shall no sign be sake shall find it. given unto it, but the sign of the prophet 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain Jonas. And he left them, and departed. the whole world, and lose his own soul? or 5 And when his disciples were come to the what shall a man give in exchange for his other side, they had forgotten to take bread. soul? 6 1 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed 27 For the Son of man shall come in the and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees glory of his Father with his angels; and and of the Sadducees. then he shall reward every man according 7 And they reasoned among themselves, to his works. saying, It is because we have taken no 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some bread. standing here, which shall not taste of death, 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto till they see the Son of man coming in his them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye kingdom. among yourselves, because ye have brought CHAPTER XVII. no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remem- The transfiuration of arist. ber the five loaves of the five thousand, and AND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, how many baskets ye took up? James, and John his brother, and bring10 Neither the seven loaves of the four eth them up into a high mountain apart, thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 2 And was transfigured before them: and 11 How is it that ye do not understand that his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment I spake it not to you concerning bread, that was white as the light. ye should beware of the leaven of the Phari- 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them sees and of the Sadducees? Moses and Elias talking with him. 12 Then understood they how that he bade 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jethem not beware of the leaven of bread, but sus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the thou wilt, let us make here three tabernaSadducees. cles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and 13 ~ When Jesus came into the coasts of one for Elias. Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, say- 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud Ing, Whom do men say that I, the Son of overshadowed them: and behold a voice out man, am? of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved 14 And they said, Some say that thou art Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell Jeremias, or one of the prophets. on their face, and were sore afraid. 53* 629 The lunatic healed. ST, MATTHIEW. To avoid oqfences. 7 And Jesus caine and touched them, and 2 And Jesus c!lled a little child unto him, said, Arise, and be not afraid. and set him in the midst of them, 8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except Ahey saw no man, save Jesus only. ye be converted, and become as little chil9 And as they came down from the mount- dren, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of ain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the heaven. vision to no man, until the Son of man be 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himrisen again from the dead. self as this little child, the same is greatest 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why in the kingdom of heaven. then say the scribes that Elias must first 5 And whoso shall receive one such little come? child in my name receiveth me. 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, 6 But whoso shall offend one of these litElias truly shall first come, and restore all tie ones which believe in me, it were better things. for him that a millstone were hanged about 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come al- his neck, and that he were drowned in the ready, and they knew him not, but have done depth of the sea. unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise 7 ~ Woe unto the world because of offences! shall also the Son of man suffer of them. for it must needs be that offences come 13 Then the disciples understood that he but woe to that man by whom the offence spake unto them of John the Baptist. cometh! 14 ~ And when they were come to the mul- 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend titude, there came to him a certain man, thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: kneeling down to him, and saying, it is better for thee to enter into life halt or 15 Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is maimed, rather than having two hands or lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he fall- two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. eth into the fire, and oft into the water. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and and cast it from thee: it is better for thee they could not cure him. to enter into life with one eye, rather than 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. and perverse generation, how long shall I 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of be with you? how long shall I suffer you? these little ones; for I say unto you, That bring him hither to me. in heaven their angels do always behold the 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he face of my Father which is in heaven. departed out of him: and the child was 11 For the Son of man is come to save that cured from that very hour. which was lost. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, 12 How think ye? if a man have a hundred and said, Why could not we cast him out? sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If into the mountains, and seeketh that which ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye is gone astray? shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say to yonder place; and it shall remove: and unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, nothing shall be impossible unto you. than of the ninety and nine which went not 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not cat but by astray. prayer and fasting. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father 22 ~ And while they abode in Galilee, Je- which is in heaven, that one of these little sus said unto them, The Son of man shall be ones should perish. betrayed into the hands of men: 15 T Moreover if thy brother shall trespass 23 And they shall kill him, and the third against thee, go and tell him his fault beday he shall be raised again. And they were tween thee and him alone: if he shall hear exceeding sorry. thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 24 ~ And when they were come to Caper- 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take naum, they that received tribute money with thee one or two more, that in the came to Peter, and said, Doth not your mas- mouth of two or three witnesses every word ter pay tribute? may be established. 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen the kings of the earth take custom or trib- man and a publican. ute? of their own children, or of strangers? 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye 26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus shall bind on earth shall be bound in saith unto him, Then are the children free. heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend earth shall be loosed in heaven. them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of and take up the fish that first cometh up; you shall agree on earth as touching any and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou thing that they shall ask, it shall be done shalt find a piece of money: that take, and for them of my Father which is in heaven. give unto them for me and thee. 20 For where two or three are gathered toCHAPTER XVIII. gether in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Christ teacheth to be humble. 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, AT the same time came the disciples unto Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against J Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the me, and I forgive him? till seven times? kingdom of heaven? Tesus saith unto him, I say not unto 630 The unmerciful servant. 'ST. MATTHEW. Ilow tro attain eternal life. thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy away your wives: but from tbe beginning times seven. it was not so. 23 T Therefore is the kingdom of heaven 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put likened unto a certain king, which would away his wife, except it be for fornication, take account of his servants. and shall marry another, committeth adul24 And when he had begun to reckon, one tery: and whoso marrieth her which is put was brought unto him, which owed him ten away doth commit adultery. thousand talents. 10 T His disciples say unto him, If the case 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his of the man be so with his wife, it is not good lord commanded him to be sold, and his to marry. wife, and children, and all that he had, and 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot payment to be made. receive this saying, save they to whom it is 26 The servant therefore fell down, and given. worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were with me, and I will pay thee all. so born from their mother's womb: and 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved there are some eunuchs, which were made with compassion, and loosed him, and for- eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, gave him the debt. which have made themselves eunuchs for 28 But the same servant went out, and the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is found one of his fellow servants, which able to receive it, let him receive it. owed him a hundred pence: and he laid 13 ~ Then were there brought unto him lithands on him, and took him by the throat, tie children, that he should put his hands on saying, Pay me that thou owest. them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked 29 And his fellow servant fell down at his them. feet, and besought him, saying, Have pa- 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and tience with me, and I will pay thee all. forbid them not, to come unto me; for of 30 And he would not: but went and cast such is the kingdom of heaven. him into prison, till he should pay the 15 And he laid his hands on them, and dedebt. parted thence. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what 16 ~ And, behold, one came and said unto was done, they were very sorry, and came him, Good Master, what good thing shall I and told unto their lord all that was done. do, that I may have eternal life? 32 Then his lord, after that he had called 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, ne good? there is none good but one, that is, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep desiredst me: the commandments. 33 Shouldest not thou also have had corn- 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, passion on thy fellow servant, even as I had Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not pity on thee? commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered shalt not bear false witness, him to the tormentors, till he should pay all 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, that was due unto him. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do 20 The young man saith unto him, All these also unto you, if ye from your hearts for- things have I kept from my youth up: what give not every one his brother their tres- lack I yet? passes. 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perCHAPTER XIX. feet, go and sell that thou hast, and give to How to obtain eternal life, the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. AND it came to pass, that when Jesus had 22 But when the young man heard that t finished these sayings, he departed from saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea great possessions. beyond Jordan; 23 T Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Ver2 And great multitudes followed him; and ily I say unto you, that a rich man shall he healed them there. hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 3 I The Pharisees also came unto him, 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it a camel to go through the eye of a needle, lawful for a man to put away his wife for than for a rich man to enter into the kingevery cause? dom of God. 4 And he answered and said unto them, 25 When his disciples heard it, they were Have ye not read, that he which made them exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can at the beginning made them male and fe- be saved? male, 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave them, With men this is impossible; but with father and mother, and shall cleave to his God all things are possible. wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 27 T Then answered Peter and said unto 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and folone flesh. What therefore God hath joined lowed thee; what shall we have therefore? together, let not man put asunder. 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then unto you, That ye which have followed me, command to give a writing of divorce- in the regeneration when the Son of man ment, and to put her away? shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put twelve tribes of Israel. 681 Parable of the labourers. ST. MATTHEW. Christ teacheth to be lowly 29 And every one that hath forsaken sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, an4 houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or the other on the left, in thy kingdom. mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of and shall inherit everlasting life. the cup that I shall drink of, and to be bap30 But many that are first shall be last; and tized with the baptism that I am baptized the last shall be first. with? They say unto him, We are able. CHAPTER XX. 23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the The labourers in the rineyard. baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit OR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a on my right hand, and on my left, is not F man that is a householder, which went mine to give, but it shall be given to them for out early in the morning to hire labourers whom it is prepared of my Father. into his vineyard. 24 And when the ten heard it, they were 2 And when he had agreed with the labour- moved with indignation against the two ers for a penny a day, he sent them into his brethren. vineyard. 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and 3 And he went out about the third hour, said, Ye know that the princes of the Genand saw others standing idle in the market- tiles exercise dominion over them, and they place, that are great exercise authority upon them. 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the 26 But it shall not be so among you: but vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give whosoever will be great among you, let him you. And they went their way. be your minister; 5 Again he went out about the sixth and 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, ninth hour, and did likewise. let him be your servant: 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be and found others standing idle, and saith ministered unto, but to minister, and to give unto them, Why stand ye here all the day his life a ransom for many. idle? 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath great multitude followed him. hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also 30 ~1 And, behold, two blind men sitting by into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, the way side, when they heard that Jesuls that shall ye receive. passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on 8 So when even was come, the lord of the us, 0 Lord, thou Son of David. vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the la- 31 And the multitude rebuked them, be, bourers, ard give them their hire, beginning cause they should hold their peace: but from the last unto the first. they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on 9 And when they came that were hired us, 0 Lord, thou Son of David. about the eleventh hour, they received 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, every man a penny. and said, What will ye that I shall do unto 10 But when the first came, they supposed you? that they should have received more; and 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes they likewise received every man a penny. may be opened. 11 And when they had received it, they mur- 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and mured against the goodman of the house, touched their eyes: and immediataly their 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one eyes received sight, and they followed him. hour, and thou hast made them equal CHAPTER XXI. unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Christ's entry into Jerusalem. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, ND when they drew nigh unto Jexusalem, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou A and were come to Bethphage, unto the agree with me for a penny? mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disci14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I ples, will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will over against you. and straightway ye shall with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose I am good? them and bring them unto me. 16 So the last shall be first, and the first 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye last: for many be called, but few chosen. shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and 17 IT And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took straightway he will send theni. the twelve disciples apart in the way, and 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled said unto them, which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting priests and unto the scribes, and they shall upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. condemn him to death, 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to commanded them, mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and and the third day he shall rise again. put on them their clothes, and they set himt 20 ~5 Then came to him the mother of Zeb- thereon. edee's children with her sons, worshipping 8 And a very great multitude spread their hi/m and desiring a certain thing of him. garments in the way; others cut down 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? branches from the trees, and strewed them She saith unto him, Grant that these my two in the way. 632 The fig tree cursed. ST. MATTHEW. Parable of the vineyara. 9 And the multitudes that went before, 30 And he came to the second, and said and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to likewise. And he answered and said, I go the son of David: blessed is he that cometh sir; and went not. in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the 31 Whether of them twain did the will of highest, his father? They say unto him, The first. 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? you, That the publicans and the harlots go 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the into the kingdom of God before you. prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 32 For John came unto you in the way of 12 ~ And Jesus went into the temple of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but God, and cast out all them that sold and the publicans and the harlots believed him; bought in the temple, and overthrew the and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not tables of the money changers, and the seats afterward, that ye might believe him. of them that sold doves, 33 ~I Hear another parable: There was a 13 And said unto them, It is written, My certain householder, which planted a vinehouse shall be called the house of prayer; yard, and hedged it round about, and digged but ye have made it a den of thieves. a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let 14 And the blind and the lame came to him it out to husbandmen, and went into a far In the temple; and he healed them. country: 15 And when the chief priests and scribes 34 And when the time of the fruit drew saw the wonderful things that he did, and near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, the children crying in the temple, and say- that they might receive the fruits of it. ing, Hosanna to the son of David; they were 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, sore displeased, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what another. these say? And Jesus saith unto them, 36 Again, he sent other servants more than Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth the first: and they did unto them likewise. of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, praise? saying, They will reverence my son. 17 1 And he left them, and went out of the 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, city into Bethany; and he lodged there. they said among themselves, This is the 18 Now in the morning, as he returned into heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize the city, he hungered. on his inheritance. 19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, 39 And they caught him and cast him out he came to it, and found nothing thereon, of the vineyard, and slew him. but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. cometh, what will he do unto those husAnd presently the fig tree withered away. bandmen? 20 And when the disciples saw it, they mar- 41 They say unto him, He will miserably develled, saying, How soon is the fig tree stroy those wicked men, and will let out his withered away! vineyard unto other husbandmen, which 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is in the Scriptures, The stone which the done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say builders rejected, the same is become the unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. and it is marvellous in our eyes? 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom In prayer, believing, ye shall receive. of God shall be taken from you, and given 23 ~ And when he was come into the tem- to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. pie, the chief priests and the elders of the 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone people came unto him as he was teaching, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall and said, By what authority doest thou these fall, it will grind him to powder. things? and who gave thee this authority? 45 And when the chief priests and Phari24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, sees had heard his parable, they perceived I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell that he spake to them. me, I in likewise will tell you by what au- 46 But when they sought to lay hands on thority I do these things. him, they feared the multitude, because 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? they took him for a prophet. from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, CHAPTER XXII. From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did The marriage of the king's son. ye not then believe him? AND Jesus answered and spake unto them 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the again by parables, and said, people; for all hold John as a prophet. 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a cer27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We tain king, which made a marriage for his son, cannot tell. And he said unto them, Nei- 3 And sent forth his servants to call them ther tell I you by what authority I do these that were bidden to the wedding: and they things. would not come. 28 ~ But what think ye? A certain man 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, had two sons; and he came to the first, and saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and 29 He answered and said, I will not; but my fatlings are killed, and all things are afterward he repented. and went, ready' come unto the marriage, 633 Of paying tribute. ST. MATTHEW. The Sadducees confuted. 5 But they made light of it, and went their marry, nor are given in marriage, but are ways, one to his farm, another to his mer- as the angels of God in heaven. chandise: 31 But as touching the resurrection of the 6 And the remnant took his servants, and dead, have ye not read that which was entreated them spitefully, and slew them. spoken unto you by God, saying, 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and de- of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not stroyed those murderers, and burned up the God of the dead, but of the living. their city. 33 And when the multitude heard this, they 8 Then saithhe to his servants, The wed- were astonished at his doctrine. ding is ready, but they which were bidden 34 ~ But when the Pharisees had heard thai were not worthy. he had put the Sadducees to silence, they 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and were gathered together. as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyei, 10 So those servants went out into the high- asked him a question, tempting him, and ways, and gathered together all as many as saying, they found, both bad and good: and the 36 Master, which is the great commandwedding was furnished with guests. ment in the law? 11 ~ And when the king came in to see the 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the guests, he saw there a man which had not Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with on a wedding garment: all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how 38 This is the first and great commandcamest thou in hither not having a wedding ment. garment? And he was speechless. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. him hand and foot, and take him away, and 40 On these two commandments hang all cast him into outer darkness; there shall be the law and the prophets. weeping and gnashing of teeth. 41 ~ While the Pharisees were gathered to: 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. gether, Jesus asked them, 15 I Then went the Pharisees, and took 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose counsel how they might entangle him in his son is he? They say unto him, The son o talk. David. 16 And they sent out unto him their disci- 43 He saith unto them, How then doth Da pies with the Herodians, saying, Master, we vid in spirit call him Lord, saying, know that thou art true, and teachest the 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou way of God in truth, neither carest thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemics for any man: for thou regardest not the thy footstool? person of men. 45 If David then call him Lord, how is ho 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? his son? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or 46 And no man was able to answer him a not? word, neither durst any man from that day 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, forth ask him any more questions. and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? CAPTER XII. 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. Scribes and Pharisees reproved. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this rHEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and image and superscription? I to his disciples, 21 They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar in Moses' seat: the things which are Cesar's; and unto God 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you obh the things that are God's. serve, that observe and do; but do not ye 22 When they had heard these words, they after their works: for they say, and do not. marvelled, and left him, and went their 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous way. to be borne, and lay them on men's shoul23 ~ The same day came to him the Saddu- ders; but they themselves will not move cees, which say that there is no resurrection, them with one of their fingers. and asked him, 5 But all their works they do for to be seen 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, of men: they make broad their phylacteries, having no children, his brother shall marry and enlarge the borders of their garments, his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first, when he had married a wife, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife called of men, Rabbi Rabbi. unto his brother: 8 But be nut ye called Rabbi: for one is 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, your master, even Christ; and all ye are unto the seventh. brethren. 27 And last of all the woman died also. 9 And call no man your father upon the 28 Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife earth: for one is your Father, which is in shall she be of the seven? for they all had heaven. her. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye your Master, even Christ. do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the 11 But he that is greatest among you shall power of God. be your servant. 30 For in the resurrection they neither 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall 634 The scribes and ST. MATTHEW. Pharisees reproved. )e abased; and he that shall humble him- 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how self shall be exalted. can ye escape the damnation of hell? 13 ~ But woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 34 1 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you sees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the king- prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and dom of heaven against men: for ye neither some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that some of them shall ye scourge in your synare entering to go in. agogues, and persecute them from city to 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- city: ocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and 35 That upon you may come all the rightfor a pretence cake long prayer: tUerefore ous blood shed upon the earth, from the ye shall receive the greater damnation. blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to between the temple and the altar. make one proselyte; and when he is made, 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things ye make him twofold more the child of hell shall come upon this generation. than yourselves. 3' 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which the prophets, and stonest them which are say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it sent unto thee, how often would I have gathis nothing; but whosoever shall swear by ered thy children together, even as a hen the gold of the temple, he is a debtor I gathereth her chickens under her wings, and 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is great- ye would not I er, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desothe gold? late. 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. that cometh in the name of the Lord. 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is great- CHAPTER XXIV. er, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the f. gift? Destruction of the temple foretold. 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the AND Jesus went out, and departed from the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things 1 temple: and his disciples came to him thereon. for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth these things? verily I say unto you, There therein. shall not be left here one stone upon an22 And he that shall swear by heaven, other, that shall not be thrown down. sweareth by the throne of God, and by him 3 T And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, that sitteth thereon. the disciples came unto him privately, say. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, ing, Tell us, when shall these things Le? and hypocrites I for ye pay tithe of mint and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of *nise and cummin, and have omitted the the end of the world? weightier matters of the law, judgment, 4 And Jesus answered and said unto themn mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have Take heed that no man deceive you. done, and not to leave the other undone. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. and swallow a camel. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside these things must come to pass, but the end of the cup and of the platter, but within is not yet. they are full of extortion and excess. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that kingdom against kingdom: and there shall which is within the cup and platter, that the be famines, and 'pestilences, and earthoutside of them maybe clean also. quakes, in divers places. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. ocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepul- 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afchres, which indeed appear beautiful out- flicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be ward, but are within full of dead men's hated of all nations for my name's sake. bones, and of all uncleanness. 10 And then shall many be offended, and 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear right- shall betray one another, and shall hate one sous unto men, but within ye are full of another, hypocrisy and iniquity. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, shall deceive many. hypocrites I because ye build the tombs of 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres love of many shall wax cold. of t Ie righteous, 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of the same shall be saved. our fathers, we would not have been par- 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be takers with them in the blood of the proph- preached in all the world for a witness ets. unto all nations; and then shall the end 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto your- come. selves, that ye are the children of them 15 When ye therefore shall see the abominwhich killed the prophets ation of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fa- prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso thers. readcth, let him understand,) 635 ians of Christ's coming. ST. MATTHEW. Parable of the ten virgins. 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, heis in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 ~ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.,35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but 'thy words shall not pass away. 36 ~ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the 636 mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 T Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAPTER XXV. The parable of the ten virgins, &c. rPHEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 14 ~ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Parable of the talents, ST. MATTHEW. Conspiracy agaitist Christ, 16 Then he that had received the five tal- and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thet ents went and traded with the same, and drink? made them other five talents. 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took 17 And likewise he that had received two, thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? he also gained other two. 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, 18 But he that had received one went and and came unto thee? digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 40 And the King shall answer and say unto 19 After a long time the lord of those serv- them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye ants cometh, and reckoneth with them. have done it unto one of the least of these 20 And so he that had received five talents my brethren, ye have done it unto me. came and brought other five talents, saying, 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into behold, I have gained beside them five tal- everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and ents more. his angels: 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou 42 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no good and faithful servant: thou hast been meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no faithful over a few things, I will make thee drink: ruler over many things: enter thou into the 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: joy of thy lord. naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in 22 He also that had received two talents prison, and ye visited me not. came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto 44 Then shall they also answer him, sayme two talents: behold, I have gained two ing, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, or other talents beside them. athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good in prison, and did not minister unto thee? and faithful servant; thou hast been faith- 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Veriful over a few things, I will make thee ruler ly I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not over many things: enter thou into the joy to one of the least of these, ye did it not to of thy lord. me. 24 Then he which had received the one tal- 46 And these shall go away into everlastent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that ing punishment: but the righteous into life thou art a hard man, reaping where thou eternal. hast not sown, and gathering where thou CHAPTER XXVI. hast not strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy The ruers consre ccg t Chit. talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finis thine. ljo ished all these sayings, he said unto his 26 His lord answered and said unto him, disciples, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed gather where I have not strewed: to be crucified. 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, money to the exchangers, and then at my and the scribes, and the elders of the people, coming I should have received mine own unto the palace of the high priest, who was with usury. called Caiaphas, 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus give it unto him which hath ten talents. by subtilty, and kill him. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest given, and he shall have abundance: but there be an uproar among the people. from him that hath not shall be taken away 6 ~ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the even that which he hath. house of Simon the leper, 0 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into 7 There came unto him a woman having an outer darkness: there shall be weeping and alabaster box of very precious ointment, gnashing of teeth. and poured it on his head, as he sat at 31 F When the Son of man shall come in his meat. glory, and all the holy angels with him, then 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: indignation, saying, To what purpose is this 32 And before him shall be gathered all na- waste? tions: and he shall separate them one from 9 For this ointment might have been sold another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep for much, and given to the poor. from the goats: 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hand, but the goats on the left. hath wrought a good work upon me. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on 11 For ye have the poor always with you; his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Fa- but me ye have not always. ther, inherit the kingdom prepared for you 12 For in that she hath poured this ointfrom the foundation of the world: ment on my body, she did it for my burial. 35 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: gospel shall be preached in the whole world, I was a stranger, and ye took me in: there shall also this, that this woman hath 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, done, be told for a memorial of her. and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye 14 ~ Then one of the twelve, called Judas came unto me. Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give tsy;ug, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, me, and I will deliver him unto you? And 54, 637 Christ eateth the passover. ST. MATTHEW. Judas betraeth Christ. they covenanted with him for thirty pieces his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if of silver. it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 16 And from that time he sought opportu- nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. nity to betray him. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and 17 T Now the first day of the feast of un- findeth them asleep, and saith unto Poter. leavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, What, could ye not watch with me one hoir I saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into prepare for thee to eat the passover? temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, bufi 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a the flesh is weak. man, and say unto him, The Master saith, 42 He went away again the second time, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cuy at thy house with my disciples. may not pass away from me, except I drink 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had ap- it, thy will be done. pointed them; and they made ready the 43 And he caine and found them asleel passover. again: for their eyes were heavy. 20 Now when the even was come, he sat 44 And he left them, and went away again, down with the twelve, and prayed the third time, saying the sama 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say words. unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take began every one of them to say unto him, your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and Lord, is it I? the Son of man is betrayed into the hands 23 And he answered and said, He that dip- of sinners. peth his hand with me in the dish, the same 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at shall betray me. hand that doth betray me. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of 47 ~ And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one him: but woe unto that man by whom the of the twelve, came, and with him a great Son of man is betrayed! it had been good multitude with swords and staves, from the for that man if he had not been born. chief priests and elders of the people. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, an- 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a swered and said, Master, is it I? He said sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that unto him, Thou hast said. same is he; hold him fast. 26 ~ And as they were eating, Jesus took 49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, andsaid, bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave Hail, Master; and kissed him. it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, where. is my body. fore art thou come? Then came they, and 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, laid hands on Jesus, and took him. and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of 51 And, behold, one of them which were it; with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew 28 For this is my blood of the new testa- his sword, and struck a servant of the high ment, which is shed for many for the remis- priest, and smote off his ear. sion of sins. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink thy sword into his place: for all they that henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until take the sword shall perish with the sword. that day when I drink it new with you in 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father's kingdom. my Father, and he shall presently give nme 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they more than twelve legions of angels? went out into the mount of Olives. 54 But how then shall the Scriptures be fulb 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall filled, that thus it must be? be offended because of me this night: for it 55 In that same hour said Jesus to the mulis written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the titudes, Are ye come out as against a thief sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. with swords and staves for to take me? I 32 But after I am risen again, I will go be- sat daily with you teaching in the temple, fore you into Galilee. and ye laid no hold on me. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, 56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures Though all men shall be offended because of of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all rthee, yet will I never be offended. the disciples forsook him, and fled. 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto 57 1 And they that had laid hold on Jesus thee, That this night, before the cock crow, led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, thou shalt deny me thrice. where the scribes and the elders were assem35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die bled. with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Like- 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the wise also said all the disciples. high priest's palace, and went in, and sat 36 ~ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a with the servants, to see the end. place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray all the council, sought false witness against yonder. Jesus, to put him to death; 37 And he took with him Peter and the two 60 But found none: yea, though many false sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful witnesses came, yet found they none. At and very heavy. the last came two false witnesses, 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is ex- 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to ceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry destroy the temple of God, and to build it ye here, and watch with me. in three days. 39 And he went a little further, and feil on 6 And the high priest arose, and said unto 638 'udas hangeth himself. ST. MATTHEW. Christ before Pilatl. him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they which these witness against thee? took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high him that was valued, whom they of the chilpeiest answered and said unto him, I adjure dren of Israel did value; thee by the living God, that thou tell us 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. the Lord appointed me. 6i Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall and the governor asked him, saying, Art ye see the Son of man sitting on the right thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said hand of power, and coming in the clouds of unto him, Thou sayest. heaven. 12 And when he was accused of the chief 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, priests and elders, he answered nothing. saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou further need have we of witnesses? behold, not how many things they witness against now ye have heard his blasphemy. thee? 66 What think ye? They answered, and 14 And he answered him to never a word; said, He is guilty of death. insomuch that the governor marvelled 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buff- greatly. eted him; and others smote him with the 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont palms of their hands, to release unto the people a prisoner, whom 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, they would. Who is he that smote thee? 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, 69 T Now Peter sat without in the palace: called Barabbas. and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou 17 Therefore when they were gathered toalso wast with Jesus of Galilee. gether, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus know not what thou sayest. which is called Christ? 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, 18 For he knew that for envy they had deanother maid saw him, and said unto them livered him. that were there, This fellow was also with 19 T When he was set down on the judgJesus of Nazareth. ment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, '2 And again he denied with an oath, I do Have thou nothing to do with that just not know the man. man: for I have suffered many things this '13 And after a while came unto him they day in a dream because of him. that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou 20 But the chief priests and elders peralso art one of them; for thy speech bewray- suaded the multitude that they should ask eth thee. Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, 21 The governor answered and said unto saying, I know not the man. And immedi- them, Whether of the twain will ye that I ately the cock crew. release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Je-22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do sus, which said unto him, Before the cock then with Jesus which is called Christ? They crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he all say unto him, Let him be crucified. went out, and wept bitterly. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil CHAPTER XXVII hath he done? Butthey cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. Christ delivered to Pilate. 24 ~ When Pilate saw that he could prevail W HEN the morning was come, all the nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, chief priests and elders of the people he took water, and washed his hands before took counsel against Jesus to put him to the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the death: blood of this just person: see ye to it. 2 And when they had bound him, they led 25 Then answered all the people, and him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pi- said, His blood be on us, and on our chillate the governor. dren. 3 1 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, 26 T Then released he Barabbas unto them when he saw that he was condemned, re- and when he had scourged Jesus, he deliv pented himself, and brought again the thir- ered himn to be crucified. ty pieces of silver to the chief priests and 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took elders, Jesus into the common hall, and gathered 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have be- unto him the whole band of soldiers. trayed the innocent blood. And they said, 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a What is that to us? see thou to that. scarlet robe. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in 29 ~ And when they had platted a crown of the temple, and departed, and went and thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed hanged himself. in his right hand: and they bowed the knee 6 And the chief priests took the silver before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put King of the Jews! them into the treasury, because it is the 30 And they spit upon him, and took the price of blood. reed, and smote him on the head. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with 31 And after that they had mocked him, them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. they took the robe off from him, and put 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field his own raiment on him, and led him away of blood, unto this day. to crucify him. ) Then was fulfilled that which was spoken 32 And as they came out, they found a mac 639 Cthrist's crucifiXion. ST. MATTIHEW. His resurrection, of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 ~ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. 39 ~ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said. 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in G-od; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth Hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest 'said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. 50 T Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and 640 Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:. 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 ~ Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. CHAPTER XXVIII. The resurrection of Christ. TN the end of the sabbath, as it began tc dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthl quake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. 8 And they departed quickly from the sep, ulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. 9 ~ And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 11 T Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. 12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money untc the soldiers. Jesus is baptized. ST. MARK. Unclean spirits cast ouL. 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by 17 And when they saw him, they worshipnight, and stole him away while he slept. ped him: but some doubted. 14 And if this come to the governor's 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, ears, we will persuade him, and secure saying, All power is given unto me in heavyou. en and in earth. 15 So they took the money, and did as 19 ~ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, they were taught: and this saying is com- baptizing them in the name of the Father, nonly reported among the Jews until this and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: day. 20 Teaching them to observe all things 16 0 Then the eleven disciples went away whatsoever I have commanded you: and, Into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end bad appointed them. of the world. Amen. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK. CHAPTER I. me, and I will make you to become fishers John Baptist's office. of men. John Bptis oce.18 And straightway they forsook their nets, C]HE beginning of the gospel of Jesus and followed him..l Christ, the Son of God; 19 And when he had gone a little further 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, send my messenger before thy face, which and John his brother, who also were in the shall prepare thy way before thee. ship mending their nets. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 20 And straightway he called them: and Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his they left their father Zebedee in the ship paths straight. with the hired servants, and went after him. 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and 21 And they went into Capernaum; and preach the baptism of repentance for the straightway on the sabbath day he entered remission of sins. into the synagogue, and taught. 5 And there went out unto him all the land 22 And they were astonished at his docof Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were trine: for he taught them as one that had all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, authority, and not as the scribes. confessing their sins. 23 And there was in their synagogue a man 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,,nd with a girdle of a skin about his loins; 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do and he did eat locusts and wild honey; with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou 7 And preached, saying, There cometh one come to destroy us? I know thee who thou mightier than I after me, the latchet of art, the Holy One of God. whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold and unloose. thy peace, and come out of him. 8 I indeed have baptized you with water: 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn but he shall baptize you with the Holy him, and cried with a loud voice, he came Ghost. out of him. 9 And it came to pass in those days, that 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and that they questioned among themselves, was baptized of John in Jordan. saying, What thing is this? what new doo10 And straightway coming up out of the trine is this? for with authority commandwater, he saw the heavens opened, and the eth he even the unclean spirits, and they do Spirit like a dove descending upon him: obey him. 11 And there came a voice from heaven, 28 And immediately his fame spread wtiqng, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom abroad throughout all the region round I am well pleased. about Galilee. 12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him 29 And forthwith, when they were come into the wilderness. out of the synagogue, they entered into the 13 And he was there in the wilderness forty house of Simon and Andrew, with James days tempted of Satan; and was with the and John. wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a him. fever; and anon they tell him of her. 14 Now after that John was put into prison, 31 And he came and took her by the hand, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gos- and lifted her up; and immediately the pel of the kingdom of God, fever left her, and she ministered unto 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the them. kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they believe the gospel. brought unto him all that were diseased, 16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, and them that were possessed with devils. he saw Simon and Andrew his brother cast- 33 And all the city was gathered together lng a net into the sea: for they were fishers. at the door..7 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after 34 And he healed many that were sick o' 54* 2Q 641 The leper cleansel. ST. MARK. Matthew Is caledL divers diseases, and cast out many devils; 12 And immediately he arose, took up the and suffered not the devils to speak, because bed, and went forth before them all; insothey knew him. much that they were all amazed, and glori 35 And in the morning, rising up a great fled God, saying, We never saw it on this while before day, he went out, and departed fashion. into a solitary place, and ther, prayed. 13 And he went forth again by the sea 36 And Sim n and they that were with him side; and all the multitude resorted unto followed after him. him, and he taught them. 37 And when they had found him, they said 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son unto him, All men seek. r thee. of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into and said unto him, Follow me. And he the next towns, that I may preach there arose and followed him. also: for therefore came I forth. 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at 39 And he preached in their synagogues meat in his house, many publicans and sinthroughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. ners sat also together with Jesus and his 40 And there came a leper to him, beseech- disciples; for there were many, and they ing him, and kneeling down to him, and followed him. saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw make me clean. him eat with publicans and sinners, they said 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth forth his hand, and touched him, and saith and drinketh with publicans and sinners? unto him, 1 will; be thou clean. 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immedi- They that are whole have no need of the ately the leprosy departed from him, and he physician, but they that are sick: I came was cleansed. not to call the righteous, but sinners to re43 And he straitly charged him, and forth- pentance. with sent him away; 18 And the disciples of John and of the 44 And saith unto him, See thou say noth- Pharisees usedto fast: and they come and say ing to any man: but go thy way, shew thy- unto him, Why do the disciples of John and self to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast those things which Moses commanded, for a not? testimony unto them. 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the shil. 45 But he went out, and began to publish dren of the bridechamber fast, while the it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, bridegroom is with them? as long as they insomuch that Jesus could no more openly have the bridegroom with them, they canenter into the city, but was without in not fast. desert places: and they came to him from 20 But the days will come, when the brideevery quarter. groom shall be taken away from them, and CHAPTER IA m then shall they fast in those days. TEr 1121 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth Christ healeth the palsy. on an old garment; else the new piece that AND again he entered into Capernaum filled it up taketh away from the old, and A after some (lays; and it was noised that the rent is made worse. he was in the house.22 And no man putteth new wine into old 2 And straightway many were gathered to- bottles; else the new wine doth burst the gether, insomuch that there was no room to bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the botreceive them, no, not so much as about the ties will be marred: but new wine must be door: and he preached the word unto them. put into new bottles. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one 23 And it came to pass, that he went sick of the paldy, which was borne of four. through the corn fields on the sabbath day; 4 And when they could not come nigh unto and his disciples began, as they went, to him for the press, they uncovered the roof pluck the tfars of corn. where he was: and when they had broken it 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Beup, they let down Lhe bed wherein the sick hold, why do they on the sabbath day that of the palsy lay. which is not lawful? 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto 25 And he said unto them, Have ye never the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be for- read what David did, when he had need, and given thee. was a hungered, he, and they that were with 6 But there were certain of the scribes sit- him? ting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 26 How he went into the house of God in 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphe- the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did mies? who can forgive sins but God only? eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to 8 And immediately, wnen Jesus perceived eat but for the priests, and gave also to them in his spirit that they so reasoned within which were with him? themselves, he said unto them, Why reason 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was ye these things in your hearts? made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to the sabbath. say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? CHAPTER III. 10 But that ye may know that the Son of Te tlve a c n. The twelve apostles chosen. man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) ND he entered again into the synagogue; 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy _ and there was a man there which had bed, and go thy way into thine house, withered hand. 642 The twelve apostles chosen. ST. MARK. Parable of the sower. 2 And they watched him, whether he would 27 No man can enter into a strong man's heal him on the sabbath day; that they house, and spoil his goods, except he will might accuse him. first bind the strong man; and then he will 3 And he salth unto the man which had the spoil his house. withered hand, Stand forth. 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasgood on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to phemies wherewith soever they shall biassave life, or to kill? But they held their pheme: peace. 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the 5 And when he had looked round about on Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is them with anger, being grieved for the hard- in danger of eternal damnation: ness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched spirit. it out: and his hand was restored whole as 31 ~ There came then his brethren and his the other. mother, and, standing without, sent unto 6 And the Phariseeswent forth,and straight- him, calling him. way took counsel with the Herodians against 32 And the multitude sat about him, and him, how they might destroy him. they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and 7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his dis- thy brethren without seek for thee. ciples to the sea: and a great multitude from 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is Galilee followed him, and from Judea, my mother, or my brethren? 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, 34 And he looked round about on them and from beyond Jordan; and they about which sat about him, and said, Behold my Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when mother and my brethren! they had heard what great things he did, 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, came unto him. the same is my brother, and my sister, and 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small mother. ship should wait on him because of the mul- CHAPTER IV. titude, lest they should throng him. Pa e 10 For he had healed many; insomuch that Parable of the sower. they pressed upon him for to touch him, as AND he began again to teach by the sea many as had plagues. A side: and there was gathered unto him 11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, a great multitude, so that he entered into a fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole mulart the Son of God. titude was by the sea on the land. 12 And he straitly charged them that they 2 And he taught them many things by parshould not make him known. ables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower calleth unto him whom he would: and they to sow: came unto him. 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air be with him, and that he might send them came and devoured it up. forth to preach, 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, had not much earth; and immediately it and to cast out devils: sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorch17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John ed; and because it had no root, it withered the brother of James; and he surnamed them away. Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 7 And some fell among thorns, and the 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholo- thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded mew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James no fruit. the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Si- 8 And other fell on good ground, and did mon the Canaanite, yield fruit that sprang up and increased, and 19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, him: and they went into a house. and some a hundred. 20 And the multitude cometh together 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears again, so that they could not so much as eat to hear, let him hear. bread. 10 And when he was alone, they that were 21 And when his friends heard of it, they about him with the twelve asked of him the Went out to lay hold on him: for they said, parable. He is beside himself. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is 22 ~ And the scribes which came down from given to know the mystery of the kingdom Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by of God: but unto them that are without, all the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. these things are done in parables: 23 And he called them unto h/im, and said 12 That seeing they may see, and not perunto them in parables, How can Satan cast ceive; and hearing they may hear, and not out Satan? understand; lest at any time they should be 24 And if a kingdom be divided against it- converted, and their sins should be forgiven self, that kingdom cannot stand. them. 26 And if a house be divided against itself, 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not that house cannot stand. this parable? and how then will ye know all 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, parables? jnd be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an 14 ~ The sower soweth the word. and. 15 And these are they by the way side, 643 Parable of the mustard seed. ST. MARK. Legion of devils cast out. where the word is sown; but when they 38 And he was in the hinder part of the have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake taketh away the word that was sown in their him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou hearts. not that we perish? 16 And these are they likewise which are 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and sown on stony ground; who, when they have said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the heard the word, immediately receive it with wind ceased, and there was a great calm. gladness; 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so 17 And have no root in themselves, and so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? endure but for a time: afterward, when af- 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said fliction or persecution ariseth for the word's one to another, What manner of man is this, sake, immediately they are offended. that even the wind and the sea obey him? 18 And these are they which are sown CHAPTER V among thorns; such as hear the word 19 And the cares of this world, and the de- A legion of devils cast out. ceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other AND they came over unto the other side things entering in choke the word, and it X of the sea, into the country of the Gadbecometh unfruitful. arenes. 20 And these are they which are sC',i; on 2 And when he was come out of the ship, good ground; such as hear the word, and re- immediately there met him out of the tombs ceive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty- a man with an unclean spirit, fold, some sixty, and some a hundred. 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; 21 ~ And he said unto them, Is a candle and no man could bind him, no, not with brought to be put under a bushel, or under chains: a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 4 Because that he had been often bou -l 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not with fetters and chains, and the chains had be manifested; neither was any thing kept been plucked asunder by him, and the fetsecret, but that it should come abroad. ters broken in pieces: neither could any 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him man tame him. hear. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it cutting himself with stones. shall be measured to you; and unto you 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran that hear shall more be given. and worshipped him, 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given; 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, and he that hath not, from him shall be What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou taken even that which he hath. Son of the most high God? I adjure thee 26 ~ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, by God, that thou torment me not. as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 8 (For he said unto him, Come out of the 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, man, thou unclean spirit.) and the seed should spring and grow up, he 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? knoweth not how. And he answered, saying, My name is Le28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of her- gion: for we are many. self; first the blade, then the ear, after that 10 And he besought him much that he the full corn in the ear. would not send them away out uf the 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, im- country. mediately he putteth in the sickle, because 11 Now there was there nigh unto the the harvest is come. mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 30 ~ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, the kingdom of God? or with what com- Send us into the swine, that we may enter parison shall we compare it? into them. 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. when it is sown in the earth, is less than all And the unclean spirits went out, and enthe seeds that be in the earth: tered into the swine; and the herd ran vio32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and lently down a steep place into the sea, (they becometh greater than all herbs, and shoot- were about two thousand,) and were choked eth out great branches; so that the fowls of in the sea. the air may lodge under the shadow of it. 14 And they that fed the swine fled, and 33 And with many such parables spake he told it in the city, and in the country. And the word unto them, as they were able to they went out to see what it was that was hear it. done. 34 But without a parable spake he not unto 15 And they come to Jesus, and see him them: and when they were alone, he ex- that was possessed with the devil, and had pounded all things to his disciples. the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his 35 And the same day, when the even was right mind; and they were afraid. come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over 16 And they that saw it told them how it unto the other side. befell to him that was possessed with the 36 And when they had sent away the multi- devil, and also concerning the swine. tude, they took him even as he was in the 17 And they began to pray him to depart ship. And there were also with him other out of their coasts. little ships. 18 And when he was come into the ship, he 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, that had been possessed with the devil and the waves beat into the ship, so that it prayed him that he might be with him. was now fll. 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but 644 Jarius' daughter raised. ST. MARK. The twelve sent out. saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve tell them how great things the Lord hath years. And they were astonished with a done for thee, and hath had compassion on great astonishment. thee. 43 And he charged them straitly that no 20 And he departed, and began to publish man should know it; and commanded that in Decapolis how great things Jesus had something should be given her to eat. done for him: and all men did marvel. CA V 21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people The apostles sent to preach. gathered unto him; and he was nigh unto AND he went out from thence, and came the sea. into his own country; and his disciples 22 And, behold, there cometh one of the follow him. rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, began to teach in the synagogue: and many 23 And besought him greatly, saying, My hearing him were astonished, saying, From little daughter lieth at the point of death: I whence hath this man these things? and pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, what wisdom is this which is given unto that she may be healed; and she shall live. him, that even such mighty works are 24 And Jesus went with him; and much wrought by his hands? people followed him, and thronged him. 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, 25 And a certain woman, which had an the brother of James, and Joses, and of issue of blood twelve years, Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters 26 And had suffered many things of many here with us? And they were offended at physicians, and had spent all that she had, him. nld was nothing bettered, but rather grew 4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is rvorse, not without honour, but in his own country, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in and among his own kin, and in his own the press behind, and touched his garment. house. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his 5 And he could there do no mighty work, clothes, I shall be whole. save that he laid his hands upon a few sick 29 And straightway the fountain of her folk, and healed them. blood was dried up; and she felt in her body 6 And he marvelled because of their unbethat she was healed of that plague. lief. And he went round about the villages, 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in teaching. himself that virtue had gone out of him, 7 I And he called unto him the twelve, and lurned him about in the press, and said, began to send them forth by two and two; WVho touched my clothes? and gave them power over unclean spirits; 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou 8 And commanded them that they should Feest the multitude thronging thee, and take nothing for their journey, save a staff Eayest thou, Who touched me? only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their 32 And he looked round about to see her purse: that had done this thing. 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, two coats. knowing what was done in her, came and 10 And he said unto them, In what plaoe fell down before him, and told him all the soever ye enter into a house, there abide till truth. ye depart from that place. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake and be whole of thy plague. off the dust under your feet for a testimony 35 While he yet spake, there came from the against them. Verily I say unto you, It ruler of the synagogue's house certain which shall be more tolerable for Sodom and said, Thy daughter is dead; why troublest Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for thou the Master any further? that city. 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that 12 And they went out, and preached that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the men should repent. synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. 13 And they cast out many devils, and 37 And he suffered no man to follow him, anointed with oil many that were sick, and save Peter, and James, and John the broth- healed them. er of James. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his 38 And h s cometh to the house of the ruler name was spread abroad;) and he said, That of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and John the Baptist was risen from the dead, them that wept and wailed greatly. and therefore nmighty works do shew forth 39 And when he was come in, he saith unto themselves in him. them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But prophets. when he had put them all out, he taketh the 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, father and the mother of the damsel, and It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen them that were with him, and entereth in from the dead. where the damsel was lying. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prissaid unto her, Talitha cum-i; which is being on for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's interpreted, Damsel, (I say unto thee,) arise. wife; for he had married her. 42 And straightway the damsel arose, and 18 For John had said unto Herod, It is 645 John the Baptist beheaded. ST. MARK. - Christ feedeth five thousanA not lawful for thee to have thy brother's have ye? go and see. And when they knew, wife. they say, Five, and two fishes. 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against 39 And he commanded them to make all him, and would have killed him; but she sit down by companies upon the green could not: grass. 20 For HIerod feared John, knowing that 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, he was a just man and a holy, and observed and by fifties. him; and when he heard him, he did many 41 And when he had taken the five loaves things, and heard him gladly. and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, 21 And when a convenient day was come, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave that Herod on his birthday made a supper them to his disciples to set before them; to his lords, high captains, and chief estates and the two fishes divided he among them of Galilee; all. 22 And when the daughter of the said Hero- 42 And they did all eat, and were filled. dias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of and them that sat with him, the king said the fragments, and of the fishes. unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were wilt, and I will give it thee. about five thousand men. 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou 45 And straightway he constrained his disshalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the ciples to get into the ship, and to go to the half of my kingdom. other side before unto Bethsaida, while he 24 And she went forth, and said unto her sent away the people. mother, What shall I ask? And she said, 46 And when he had sent them away, he The head of John the Baptist. departed into a mountain to pray. 25 And she came in straightway with haste 47 And when even was come, the ship was unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the thou give me by and by in a charger the land. head of John the Baptist. 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet the wind was contrary unto them: and for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which about the fourth watch of the night he sat with him, he would not reject her. cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, 27 And immediately the king sent an exe- and would have passed by them. cutioner, and commanded his head to be 49 But when they saw him walking upon brought: and he went and beheaded him in the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, the prison, and cried out: 28 And brought his head in a charger, and 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave And immediately he talked with them, and it to her mother. saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they be not afraid. came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a 51 And he went up unto them into the tomb. ship; and the wind ceased: and they were 30 And the apostles gathered themselves sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, together unto Jesus, and told him all things, and wondered. both what they had done, and what they 52 For they considered not the miracle cf had taught. the loaves; for their heart was hardened. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye your- 53 And when they had passed over, they selves apart into a desert place, and rest a came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew while: for there were many coming and go- to the shore. ing, and they had no leisure so much as to 54 And when they were come out of the eat. ship, straightway they knew him, 32 And they departed into a desert place by 55 And ran through that whole region ship privately. round about, and began to carry about in 33 And the people saw them departing, beds those that were sick, where they heard and many knew him, and ran afoot thither he was. out of all cities, and outwent them, and 56 And whithersoever he entered, into vilcame together unto him. lages, or cities, or country, they laid the 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much sick in the streets, and besought him that people, and was moved with compassion to- they might touch if it were but the border ward them, because they were as sheep not of his garment: and as many as touched having a shepherd: and he began to teach him were made whole. them many things. CHAPTER VII 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This Meat deileth not. is a desert place, and now the time is far THEN came together unto him the Phari. passed: I sees, and certain of the scribes, which 36 Send them away, that they may go into came from Jerusalem. the country round about, and into the vil- 2 And when they saw some of his disciples lages, and buy themselves bread: for they eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with have nothing to eat. unwashen hands, they found fault. 37 He answered and said unto them, Give 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, exye them to eat. And they say unto him, cept they wash their hands oft, eat not, hall we go and buy two hundred penny- holding the tradition of the elders. worth of bread, and give them to eat? 4 And when they come from the market, ex. 38 He saith unto them, How many loaves cept they wash, they eat not. And many 646 Th Pharisees reproved. ST. MARK. The Canaanite's daughter healed. other things there be, which them have re- dren first be filled: for it is not meet to take oelved to hold, as the washing of cups, and the children's bread, and to cast it unto the pots, brazen vessels, and of tables. dogs. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, '8 And she answered and said unto him, Why walk not thy disciples according to Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat the tradition of the elders, but eat bread of the children's crumbs. with unwashen hands? 29 And he said unto her, For this saying 6 He answered and said unto them, Well go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, daughter. as it is written, This people honoureth me 30 And when she was come to her house, with their lips, but their heart is far from me. she found the devil gone out, and her daugh7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, ter laid upon the bed. teaching for doctrines the commandments 31, And again, departing from the coasts of men. of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of 8 For laying aside the commandment of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the Decapolis. washing of pots and cups: and many other 32 And they bring unto him one that was such like things ye do. deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye re- and they beseech him to put his hand upon ject the commandment of God, that ye may him. keep your own tradition. 33 And he took him aside from the multi10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and tude, and put his fingers into his ears, and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or he spit, and touched his tongue; mother, let him die the death: 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his fa- and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be ther or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a opened. gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be prof- 35 And straightway his ears were opened, ited by me; he shall be free. and the string of his tongue was loosed, and 12 And ye suffer him no more to do aught he spake plain. for his father or his mother; 36 And he charged them that they should 13 Making the word of God of none effect tell no man: but the more he charged them, through your tradition, which ye have de- so much the more a great deal they publishlivered: and many such like things do ye. ed it; 14 ~ And when he had called all the people 37 And were beyond measure astonished, unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto saying, He hath done all things well: he me every one of you, and understand: maketh both the deaf to hear, and the 15 There is nothing from without a man, dumb to speak. that entering into him can defile him: but CA the things which come out of him, those CHAPTER VIII. are they that defile a man. Four thousand miraculously fed. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him TN those days the multitude being very hear. l great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus 17 And when he was entered into the house called his disciples unto him, and saith unto from the people, his disciples asked him them, concerning the parable. 2 I have compassion on the multitude, be18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so with- cause they have now been with me three out understanding also? Do ye not per- days, and have nothing to eat: coive, that whatsoever thing from without 3 And if I send them away fasting to their entcreth into the man, it cannot defile him; own houses, they will faint by the way: for 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, divers of them came from far. but into the belly, and goeth out into the 4 And his disciples answered him, Frorn draught, purging all meats? whence can a man satisfy these men with 20 And he said, That which cometh out of bread here in the wilderness? the man, that defileth the man. 5 And he asked them, How many loaves 21 For from within, out of the heart of have ye? And they said, Seven. men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, for- 6 And he commanded the people to sit nications, murders, down on the ground: and he took the seven '2 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, de- loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and ceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, gave to his disciples to set before them; and pride, foolishness: they did set them before the people. 23 Ali these evil things come from within, 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he and defile the man. blessed, and commanded to set them also be24 1 And from thence he arose, and went fore them. into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and en- 8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they tered into a house, and would have no man took up of the broken meat that was left know it: but he could not be hid. seven baskets. 25 For a certain woman, whose young 9 And they that had eaten were about four daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of thousand: and he sent them away. him, and came and fell at his feet: 10 ~ And straightway he entered into a 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syropheni- slip with his disciples, and came into the cian by nation; and she besought him that parts of Dalmanutha. he would cast forth the devil out of her 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and bedaughter. gan to question with him, seeking of him a ~, But Jesus said unto her, Let the chil- sign from heaven, tempting him. 647 he blind restored to sight. ST. MARK. Transfiguration of Christ~ 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. 14 1 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said. Seven. 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 22 ~ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. 27 ~ And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 34 1 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 0E0 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. CHAPTER IX. The transfiguration of Christ. AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2 ~ And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. 9 And as they came down from the mount-l ain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. 10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. 11 ~ And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? 12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. 13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatso. ever they listed, as it is written of him. 14 ~ And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee m} son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he tenar eth him; and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to A dumb spirit cast out. ST. MARICK To avoid offences. thy disciples that they should cast him out; 40 For he that is not against us is on our and they could not. part. 19 He answereth him, and saith, 0 faithless 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of generation, how long shall I be with you? water to drink in my name, because ye behow long shall I suffer you? bring him unto long to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall me. not lose his reward. 20 And they brought him unto him: and 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these when he saw him, straightway the spirit little ones that believe in me, it is better for tare him; and he fell on the ground, and him that a millstone were hanged about his wallowed foaming. neck, and he were cast into the sea. 21 And he asked his father, How long is it 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it ago since this came unto him? And he said, is better for thee to enter into life maimed, Of a child. than having two hands to go into hell, into 22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the the fire that never shall be quenched: fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire if thou canst do any thing, have compassion is not quenched. on us, and help us. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it 23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst be- is better for thee to enter halt into life, than lieve, all things are possible to him that having two feet to be cast into hell, into the believeth. fire that never shall be quenched: 24 And straightway the father of the child 46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I be- is not quenched. ieve: help thou mine unbelief. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it 25 When Jesus saw that the people came out: it is better for thee to enter into the running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, kingdom of God with one eye, than having saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, two eves to be cast into hell fire: I charge thee, come out of him, and enter 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire no more into him. is not quenched. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, 49 For every one shall be salted with fire. and came out of him: and he was as one and every sacrifice shall be salted with dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. salt. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and 50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his lifted him up; and he arose. saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have 28 And when he was come into the house, salt in yourselves, and have peace one with his disciples asked him privately, Why could another. not we cast him out? CHAPTER X. 29 And he said unto them, This kind can Of divorcement ad marriage. come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. AND he arose from thence, and cometh 30 ~ And they departed thence, and passed Il into the coasts of Judea by the farther through Galilee; and he would not that any side of Jordan: and the people resort unto man should know it. him again; and, as he was wont, he taught 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them again. them, The Son of man is delivered into the 2 ~ And the Pharisees came to him, and hands of men, and they shall kill him; and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put after that he is killed, he shall rise the third away his wife? tempting him. day.3 And he answered and said unto them, 32 But they understood not that saying, and What did Moses command you? Were afraid to ask him. 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a 33 ~ And he came to Capernaum: and being bill of divorcement, and to put her away. In the house he asked them, What was it 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, that ye disputed among yourselves by the For the hardness of your heart he wrote way? you this precept. 34 But they held their peace: for by the 6 But from the beginning of the creation way they had disputed among themselves, God made them male and female. who should be the greatest. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and mother, and cleave to his wife; and saith unto them, If any man desire to 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then be first, the same shall be last of all, and they are no more twain, but one flesh. servant of all. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, 36 And he took a child, and set him in the let not man put asunder. midst of them: and when he had taken him 10 And in the house his disciples asked him in his arms, he said unto them, again of the same matter. 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall children in my name, receiveth me; and put away his wife, and marry another, comwhosoever shall receive me, receiveth not mitteth adultery against her. tne, but him that sent me. 12 And if a woman shall put away her hus38 ~ And John answered him, saying, Mas- band, and be married to another, she comter, we saw one casting out devils in thy mitteth adultery. name, and he followeth not us; and we for- 13 ~ And they brought young children to bade him, because he followeth not us. him, that he should touch them; and his dis39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there ciples rebuked those that brought them. Is no man which shall do a miracle in my 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much disbame, that can lightly speak evil of me. pleased, and said unto them, Suffer the little f55 649 lTe danger of riches. ST. MARK. Bvrtimeus receiveth sight. children to come unto me, and forbid them shall kill him; and the third day he shall not; for of such is the kingdom of God. rise again. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall 351 And James and John, the sons of Zebnot receive the kingdom of God as a little edee, come unto him, saying, Master, we child, he shall not enter therein. would that thou shouldest do for us whatso16 And he took them up in his arms, put his ever we shall desire. hands upon them, and blessed them. 36 And he said unto them, What would ye _17 ~ And when he was gone forth into the that I should do for you? way, there came one running, and kneeled 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that to him, and asked him, Good Master, what we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not thou me good? there is none good but one, what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I that is God. drink of? and be baptized with the baptism 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do that I am baptized with? not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not 39 And they said unto him, We can. And steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink not, Honour thy father and mother. of the cup that I drink of; and with the 20 And he answered and said unto him, baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye Master, all these have I observed from my be baptized: youth. 40 But to sit on my right hand and on my 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: given to them for whom it is prepared. go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and 41 And when the ten heard it, they began give to the poor, and thou shalt have treas- to be much displeased with James and John. ure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, 42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith and follow me. unto them, Ye know that they which are 22 And he was sad at that saying, and went accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise away grieved: for he had great possessions. lordship over them; and their great ones 23 And Jesus looked round about, and exercise authority upon them. saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall 43 But so shall it not be among you: but they that have riches enter into the king- whosoever will be great among you, shall be dom of God! your minister: 24 And the disciples were astonished at his 44 And whosoever of you will be the chief, words. But Jesus answereth again, and est, shall be servant 6f all. saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for 45 For even the Son of man came not to be them that trust in riches to enter into the ministered unto, but to minister, and to give kingdom of God! his life a ransom for many. 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the 46 " And they came to Jericho: and as he eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter went out of Jericho with his disciples and a into the kingdom of God. great number of people, blind Bartimeus, 26 And they were astonished out of meas- the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side ure, saying amlong themselves, Who then begging. can be saved? 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of 27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, JeWith men it is impossible, but not with God: sus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. for with God all things are possible. 48 And many charged him that he should 28 ~ Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, hold his peace: but he cried the more a we have left all, and have followed thee. great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I on me. say unto you, There is no man that hath left 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or him to be called. And they call the blind mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, my sake, and the gospel's, rise he calleth thee. 30 But he shall receive a hundredfold now 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, in this time, houses, and brethren, and sis- and came to Jesus. ters, and mothers, and children, and lands, 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, with persecutions; and in the world to come What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? eternal life. The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I 31 But many that are first shall be last; and might receive my sight. the last first. 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; 32 ~ And they were in the way going up to thy faith hath made thee whole. And Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: immediately he received his sight, and foland they were amazed; and as they follow- lowed Jesus in the way. ed, they were afraid. And he took again CHAPTER XI the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, Christ rideth into Jerusalem. 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; ND when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered unto unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of they shall condemn him to death, and shall his disciples, deliver him to the Gentiles: 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into 34 And they shall mock him, and shall the village over against you: and as soon as scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt 650 Christ's entry into Jerusalem. ST. MA.RK. Parable of tme wneyard, tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive. If and bring him. ye have aught against any; that your Fa3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye ther also which is in heaven may forgive this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; you your trespasses. and straightway he will send him hither. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will 4 And they went their way, and found the your Father which is in heaven forgive colt tied by the door without in a place your trespasses. where two ways met; and they loose him. 27 ~ And they come again to Jerusalem: 5 And certain of them that stood there said and as he was walking in the temple, there unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? come to him the chief priests, and the 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus scribes, and the elders, had commanded: and they let them go. 28 And say unto him, By what authority 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and doest thou these things? and who gave thee cast their garments on him; and he sat this authority to do these things? upon him. 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, 8 And many spread their garments in the I will also ask of you one question, and anway; and others cut down branches off the swer me, and I will tell you by what autrees, and strewed them in the way. thority I do these things. 9 And they that went before, and they that 30 The baptism of John, was it from heavfollowed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is en, or of men? answer me. he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 31 And they reasoned with themselves, say. 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father ing, If we shall say, From heaven; he will David, that cometh in the name of the say, Why then did ye not believe him? Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared 11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and the people: for all men counted John, that into the temple: and when he had looked he was a prophet indeed. round about upon all things, and now the 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, eventide was come, he went out unto Beth- We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith any with the twelve. unto them, Neither do I tell you by what 12 I And on the morrow, when they were authority I do these things. come from Bethany, he was hungry: CHAPTER XII 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any The parable of the vineyard. thing thereon: and when he came to it, he AND he began to speak unto them by found nothing but ler.es; for the time of A. parables. A certain man planted a figs was not yet. vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No digged a place for the winefat, and built a man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and And his disciples heard it. went into a far country. 16 I And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus 2 And at the season he sent to the husband. went into the temple, and began to east out men a servant, that he might receive from them that sold and bought in the temple, the husbandmen of the fruit of the vine. and overthrew the tables of the money yard. changers, and the seats of them that sold 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and doves; sent him away empty. 16 And would not suffer that any man 4 And again he sent unto them another should carry any vessel through the temple, servant; and at him they cast stones, and 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it wounded him in the head, and sent him not written, My house shall be called of all away shamefully handled. nations the house of prayer? but ye have 5 And again he sent another: and him they made it a den of thieves. killed, and many others; beating some, and 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard killing some. it, and sought how they might destroy him: 6 Having yet therefore one son, his well for they feared him, because all the people beloved, he sent him also last unto them, was astonished at his doctrine. saying, They will reverence my son. 19 And when even was come, he went out 7 But those husbandmen said among themn of the city. selves, This is the heir; come, let us kill 20 1 And in the morning, as they passed by, him, and the inheritance shall be ours. they saw the fig tree dried up from the 8 And they took him, and killed him., and roots. cast him out of the vineyard. 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vine. unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which yard do? he will come and destroy the husthou cursedst is withered away. bandmen, and will give the vineyard unto 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, others. Have faith in God. 10 And have ye not read this Scripture; 28 For verily I say unto you, That whoso- The stone which the builders rejected is beever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou come the head of the corner: removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is mare shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe vellous in our eyes? that those things which he saith shall come 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. feared the people; for they knew that he 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things had spoken the parable against them: and soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that they left him, and went their way. ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 13 ~ And they send unto him certain of the 651 Of paying tribute. ST. MARK. The widow's two nmies Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch his neighbour as himself, is more than al. him in his words. whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 14 And when they were come, they say un- 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered to him, Master, we know that thou art true, discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not and carest for no man; for thou regardest far from the kingdom of God. And no man not the person of men, but teachest the after that durst ask him any question. way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give 35 ~ And Jesus answered and said, while he tribute to Cesar, or not? taught in the temple, How say the scribes 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But that Christ is the son of David? he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, 36 For David himself said by the Holy Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou I may see it. on my right hand, till I make thine enemies 16 And they brought it. And he said unto thy footstool. them, Whose is this image and superscrip- 37 David therefore himself calleth him tion? And they said unto him, Cesar's. Lord; and whence is he then his son? And 17 And Jesus answering said unto them, the common people heard him gladly. Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, 38 T And he said unto them in his doctrine, and to God the things that are God's. And Beware of the scribes, which love to go in they marvelled at him. long clothing, and love salutations in the 18 ~ Then come unto him the Sadducees, marketplaces, which say there is no resurrection; and they 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, asked him, saying, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's 40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a brother die, and leave his wife behind him, pretence make long prayers: these shall reand leave no children, that his brother ceive greater damnation. thould take his wife, and raise up seed unto 41 T And Jesus sat over against the treasury, his brother. and beheld how the people cast money into 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the the treasury: and many that were rich cast first took a wife, and dying left no seed. in much. 21 And the second took her, and died, nei- 42 And there came a certain poor widow, their left he any seed: and the third like- and she threw in two mites, which make C vise. farthing. 22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and last of all the woman died also. saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they t this poor widow hath cast more in, than all shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? they which have cast into the treasury: for the seven had her to wife. 44 For all they did cast in of their abund24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ance; but she of her want did cast in all ye not therefore err, because ye know not that she had, even all her living. the Scriptures, neither the power of God? APTE XI 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, P R X. they neither marry, nor are given in mar- Destruction of the temple foretold. riage; but are as the angels which are in AND as he went out of the temple, one of heaven. A his disciples saith unto him, Master, see 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise; what manner of stones and what buildings have ye not read in the book of Moses, how are here! in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I 2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest am the God of Abraham, and the God of thou these great buildings? there shall not Isaac, and the God of Jacob? be left one stone upon another, that shall 27 He is not the God of the dead, but,he not be thrown down. God of the living: ye therefore do greatly 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, err. over against the temple, Peter and James 28 1 And one of the scribes came, and hav- and John and Andrew asked him privately, ing heard them reasoning together, and per- 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and ceiving that he had answered them well, ask- what shall be the sign when all these things ed him, Which is the first commandment of shall be fulfilled? all? 5 And Jesus answering them began to say., 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all Take heed lest any man deceive you: the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, Lord our God is one Lord: I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God 7 And when ye shall hear of wars and ruwith all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and inours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: things must needs be; but the end shall not this is the first commandment. be yet. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There kingdom against kingdom: and there shall is none other commandment greater than be earthquakes in divers places, and there these. shall be famines and troubles::hese are 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Mas- the beginnings of sorrows. ter, thou hast said the truth: for there is 9 ~ But take heed to yourselves: for they one God; and there is none other but he: shall deliver you up to councils; and in the 33 And to love him with all the heart, and synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall with all the understanding, and with all the be brought before rulers and kingsfor my soul, and with all the strength, and to love sake, for a testimony against them. 652 C7rist's second coming. ST. MARK. Conlspi~racyy agacinst Christ. 10 And the gospel must first be published far journey, who left his house, and gave auamong all nations. thority to his servants, and to every man his 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver work, and commanded the porter to watch. you up, take no thought beforehand what 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: when the master of the house cometh, at but whatsoever shall be given you in that even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that or in the morning: speak, but the Holy Ghost. 36 Lestcomingsuddenlyhefindyousleeping. 12 Now the brother shall betray the brother 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, to death, and the father the son; and chil- Watch. dren shall rise up against their parents, and CHAPTER XIV. shall cause them to be put to death. Conspacy against Cist. 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my nanme's sake: but he that shall endure unto AFTER two days was the feast of the passthe end, the same shall be saved. A] over, and of unleavened bread: and the 14 ~ But when ye shall see the abomination chief priests and the scribes sought how of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the they might take him by craft, and put him rophet, standing where it ought not, (let to death. him that readeth understand,) then let them 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest that be in Judea flee to the mountains: there be an uproar of the people. 15 And let him that is on the housetop not 3 T And being in Bethany, in the house of go down into the house, neither enter there- Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there in, to take any thing out of his house: came a woman having- an alabaster box of 16 And let him that is in the field not turn ointment of spikenard very precious; and back again for to take up his garment. she brake the box, and poured it on his 17 But woe to theta that are with child, and head. to them that give suck in those days! 4 And there were some that had indigna18 And pray ye that your flight be not in tion within themselves, and said, Why was the winter. this waste of the ointment made? l19 For in those days shall be affliction, such 5 For it might have been sold for more than as was not from the beginning of the erea- three hundred pence, and have been given tion which God created unto this time, nei- to the poor. And they murmured against ther shall be. her. '.0 And except that the Lord had shortened 6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why those days, no flesh should be saved: but for trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good thie elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he work on me. hsth shortened the days. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, 21 And then if any man shall say to you, and whensoever ye will ye may do them LO, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe good: but me ye have not always. him not: 8 She hath done what she could: she is 23 For false Christs and false prophets shall come aforehand to anoint my body to the rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to burying..educe, if it were possible, even the elect. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this A3 But take ye heed: behold, I have fore- gospel shall be preached throughout the told you all things. whole world, this also that she hath done 'A4 T But in those days, after that tribulation, shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. the sun shall be darkened, and the moon 10 SE And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, hall not give her light, went unto the chief priests, to betray him 5'5 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the unto them. powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, 126 And then shall they see the Son of man and promised to give him money. And he conming in the clouds with great power and sought how he might conveniently betray glory. him. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and 12 1 And the first day of unleavened bread, shAll gather together his elect from the four when they killed the passover, his disciples winds, from the uttermost part of the earth said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go to the uttermost part of heaven. and prepare that thou mayest eat the 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree: passover? When her branch is yet tender, and putteth 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciforth leaves, ye know that summer is near: ples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the 2X) So ye in like manner, when ye shall see city, and there shall meet you a man bearing these things come to pass, know that it is a pitcher of water: follow him. 1"iih, even at the doors. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to 30 Verily I say unto you, that this genera- the goodman of the house, The Master saith, lion shall not pass, till all these things be Where is the guestchamber, where I shall done. eat the passover with my disciples? 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but 15 And he will shew you a large upper room my words shall not pass away. furnished and prepared: there make ready 3 T But of that day and that hour kL oweth for us. ino man, no, not the angels which are in 16 And his disciples went forth, and came, heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. into the city, and found as he had said unto 83 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye them: and they made ready the passover. ktnow not when the time is. 17 And in the- evening he cometh with the:84 For the Son of man is as a man taking a twelve. 55* - 653 Christ instituteth his supper. ST. MARK. He is falsely accused. 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands Verily I say unto you, One of you which of sinners. eateth with me shall betray me. 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayetd 19 And they began to be sorrowful and to me is at hand. say unto him one by one, Is it I? and anoth- 43 1 And immediately, while he yet spake. er said, Is it I? cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with 20 And he answered and said unto them, It him a great multitude with swords and is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me staves, from the chief priests and the scribes in the dish. and the elders. 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is 44 And he that betrayed him had given written of him: but woe to that man by them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall whom the Son of man is betrayed! good kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead were it for that man if he had never been him away safely. born. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth 32 ~ And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, straightway to him, and saith, Master, Masand blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, ter; and kissed him. and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 46 T And they laid their hands on him, and 23 And he took the cup, and when he had took him. given thanks, he gave it to them: and they 47 And one of them that stood by drew a all drank of it. sword, and smote a servant of the high 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood priest, and cut off his ear. of the new testament, which is shed for 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, many. Are ye come out, as against a thief, with 25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no swords and with staves to take me? more of the fruit of the vine, until that 49 I was daily with you in the temple teach. day that I drink it new in the kingdom of ing, and ye took me not: but the Scriptures God. must be fulfilled. 26 ~ And when they had sung a hymn, they 50 And they all forsook him, and fled. went out into the mount of Olives. 51 And there followed him a certain young 27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall man, having a linen cloth cast about his be offended because of me this night: for it naked body; and the young men laid hold is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and on him: the sheep shall be scattered. 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from 28 But after that I am risen, I will go be- them naked. fore you into Galilee. 53 ~ And they led Jesus away to the high 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all priest: and with him were assembled all the shall be offended, yet will not I. chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even unto thee, That this day, even in this night, into the palace of the high priest: and he before the cock crow twice, thou shalt sat with the servants, ana warmed himself deny me thrice. at the fire. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I 55 And the chief priests and all the council should die with thee, I will not deny thee in sought for witness against Jesus to put him anywise. Likewise also said they all. to death; and found none. 32 And they came to a place which was 56 For many bare false witness against him. named Gethsemane: and he saith to his dis- but their witness agreed not together. ciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false 33 And he taketh with him Peter and witness against him, saying, James and John, and began to be sore 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this amazed, and to be very heavy; temple that is made with hands, and within 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceed- three days I will build anothermade without ing sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, hands. and watch. 59 But neither so did their witness agree 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on together. the ground, and prayed that, if it were pos- 60 And the high priest stood up in the sible, the hour might pass from him. midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are thou nothing? what is it which these witness possible unto thee; take away this cup from against thee? me: nevertheless, not what I will, but what 61 But he held his peace, and answered thou wilt. nothing. Again the high priest asked him, 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleep- and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the ing, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest Son of the Blessed? thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into the Son of man sitting on the right hand of temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. the flesh is weak. 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and saith, What need we any further and spake the same words. witnesses? 40 And when he returned, he found them 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) think ye? Ard they all condemned him to neither wist they what to answer him. be guilty of death. 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith 65 And some began to spit on him, and to unto them, Sleep on now, and take your cover his face and to buffet him, and to rest: it is enough, the hour is come: behold, say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants 654 Peter denieth Christ. ST. MARK. Christ's crucifixion. did strike him with the palms of their hall, called Pretorium; and they call togeth. hands. er the whole band. 66 1 And as Peter was beneath in the pal- 17 And they clothed him with purple, and ace, there cometh one of the maids of the platted a crown of thorns, and put it about high priest: his head, 67 And when she saw Peter warming him- 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of self, she looked upon him, and said, And the Jews! thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 19 And they smote him on the head with a 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing neither understand I what thou sayest. And their knees worshipped him. he went out into the porch; and the cock 20 And when they had mocked him, they crew. took off the purple from him, and put his 6t And a maid saw him again, and began own clothes on him, and led him out to cruto say to them that stood by, This is one of cify him. thea. 21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, 70 And he denied it again. And a little who passed by, coming out of the country, after, they that stood by said again to Peter, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a his cross. G alilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 22 And they bring him unto the place Gol71 But he began to curse and to swear, gotha, which is, being interpreted, The place scying, I know not this man of whom ye of a skull. speak. 23 And they gave him to drink wine min72 And the second time the cock crew. gled with myrrh: but he received it not. And Peter called to mind the word that 24 And when they had crucified him, they Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow parted his garments, casting lots upon them, twice, thou shalt deny me thrice, And what every man should take. when he thought thereon, he wept. 25 And it was the third hour, and they cruCHAPTER XV. cied him. PTT A T~~imT? arcitled him. 26 And the superscription of his accusaChrist brought before Pilate. tion was written over, THE KING OF THEI AND straightway in the morning the chief JEWS. A, priests held a consultation with the eld- 27 And with him they crucify two thieves, ers and scribes and the whole council, and the one on his right hand, and the other on bound Jesus, and carried him away, and de- his left. ivered him to Pilate. 28 And the Scripture was fulfilled, which 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King saith, And he was numbered with the transpf the Jews? And he answering said unto gressors. bim, Thou sayest it. 29 And they that passed by railed on him, 3 And the chief priests accused him of wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou many things; but he answered nothing. that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, three days, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many 30 Save thyself, and come down from the things they witness against thee. cross. 5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking Pilate marvelled. said among themselves with the scribes, He 6 Now at that feast he released unto them saved others; himself he cannot save. Dne prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend 7 And there was one named Barabbas, which now from the cross, that we may see and lay bound with them that had made in- believe. And they that were crucified with surrection with him, who had committed him reviled him. murder in the insurrection. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there 8 And the multitude crying aloud began to was darkness over the whole land until the desire him to do as he had ever done unto ninth hour. them. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a 9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachye that 1 release unto you the King of the thani? which is, being interpreted, My God, Jews? my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 10 For he knew that the chief priests had 35 And some of them that stood by, when delivered him for envy. they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth 11 But the chief priests moved the people, Elias. that he should rather release Barabbas unto 36 And one ran and filled a sponge full ol them. vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him 12 And Pilate answered and said again unto to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see wheththem, What will ye then that I shall do unto er Elias will come to take him down. bn whom ye call the King of the Jews? 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and 13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. gave up the ghost. 14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what 38 And the vail of the temple was rent in evil hath he done? And they cried out the twain from the top to the bottom. more exceedingly, Crucify him. 39 1 And when the centurion, which stood 15 I And so Pilate, willing to content the over against him, saw that he so cried out, people, released Barabbas unto them, and and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, man was the Son of God. to be crucified. 40 There were also women looking on afar.6 Aid the soldiers led him away into the off among whom was Mary Magdalene, and 655 Christ's resurrectfon, ST. LUKE. and ascension into heaven. Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41 Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 42 ~ And now when the even was come, because itwas the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. CHAPTER XVI. Christ's resurrection. ND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had brought sweetspices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was cruci fled: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 8 And they went out quickly, and fed from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. 9 ~ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 121 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13 And they went and told it unto the resi. due: neither believed they them. 14 ~ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into atl the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall bo damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents: and if thae drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurl them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 ~ So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE. CHAPTER I. Conception of St. John and Chrtst. FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophllus, 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been iustructed. 656 6 T qHERE was in the days of Herod, the JT kingof Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren; and they both were nowt well stricken in years. 8 And it came to pass, that, while he executed the priest's office before Gosd in the order of his course, 9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when hi went Into the temple of the Lord. The angel's visit to i~Mary. ST. LUKE. Mary's song of thanksgiving 10 And the whole multitude of the peo- Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall pie were praying without at the time of in- give unto him the throne of his father Dacense. vid: 11 And there appeared unto him an angel 33 And he shall reign over the house of Ja. of the Lord standing on the right side of the cob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall altar of incense. be no end. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How troubled, and fear fell upon him. shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, 35 And the angel answered and said unto Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and and the power of the Highest shall over. thou shalt call his name John. shadow thee: therefore also that holy thing 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; which shall be born of thee shall be called and many shall rejoice at his birth, the Son of God. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she Lord, and shall drink neitherwine nor strong hath also conceived a son in her old age; drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy and this is the sixth month with her, who Ghost, even from his mother's womb. was called barren. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall 37 For with God nothing shall be imposs — he turn to the Lord tneir God. ble. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the the Lord; be it unto me according to thy fathers to the children, and the disobedient word. And the angel departed from her. to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went people prepared for the Lord. into the hill country with haste, into a uity 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, or Juda; Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old 40 And entered into the house of Zacharas, nan, and my wife well stricken in years. and saluted Elisabeth. 19 And the angel answering said unto him, 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth [ am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of heard the salutation of Mary, the babe God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was 'o shew thee these glad tidings. filled with the Holy Ghost: 20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, ant able to speak, until the day that these things said, Blessed art thou among women, and shall be performed, because thou believest blessed is the fruit of thy womb. not my words, which shall be fulfilled in 43 And whence is this to me, that the moth their season. er of my Lord should come to me? 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salu and marvelled that he tarried so long in the tation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped temple. in my womb for joy. 22 And when he came out, he could not 45 And blessed is she that believed: for speak unto them: and they perceived that there shall be a performance of those things he had seen a vision in the temple; for he which were told her from the Lord. beckoned unto them, and remained speech- 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify ess. the Lord, 23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the 47 And my Spirit hath rejoiced in God my days of his ministration were accomplished, Saviour. he departed to his own house. 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of 24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceconceived, and hid herself five months, say- forth all generations shall call me blessed. ng, 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the great things; and holy is his name. days wherein he looked on me, to take away 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him my reproach among men. from generation to generation. 26 A tid in the sixth month the angel Gabriel 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, he hath scattered the proud in the imaginanamed Nazareth, tion of their hearts. 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose 52 He hath put down the mighty from their name was Joseph, of the house of David; seats, and exalted them of low degree. and the virgin's name was Mary. 53 He hath filled the hungry with good:28 And the angel came in unto her, and things; and the rich he hath sent empty said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the away. Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in rewomen. membrance of his mercy. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, at his saying, and cast in her mind what and to his seed for ever. manner of salutation this should be. 56 And Mary abode with her about three 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, months, and returned to her own house. Mary: for thou hast found favour with 57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she God. should be delivered; and she brought forth 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy a son. womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call 58 And her neighbours and her cousins tils name JESUS. heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy 82 He shall be great, and shall be called the I pon her; and they rejoiced with her, 2 R 65 Prophecy of Zacharias. ST. LUKE. The birth of CQrist. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, day they came to circumcise the child; and being great with child. they called him Zacharias, after the name of 6 And so it was, that, while they were his father. there, the days were accomplished that she 60 And his mother answered and said, Not should oe delivered. so but he shall be called John. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn sons 61 And they said unto her, There is none of and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, ana thy kindred that is called by this name. laid him in a manger; because there was no 62 And they made signs to his father, how room for them in the inn. he would have him called. 8 And there were in the same country 63 And he asked for a writing table, and shepherds abiding in the field, keeping wrote, saying, his name is John. And they watch over their flock by night. marvelled all. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, them, and the glory of the Lord shone round and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and about them; and they were sore afraid. praised God. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: 65 And fear came on all that dwelt round for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great about them: and all these sayings were joy, which shall be to all people. noised abroad throughout all the hill coun- 11 For unto you is born this day in the city try of Judea. of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 66 And all they that heard them laid them, 1 And.this shall be a sign unto you: Ye up in their hearts, saying, What manner of shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling child shall this be And the hand of the clothes, lying in a manger. LORD was with him. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with a multitude of the heavenly host praising the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, God, and saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on hath visited and redeemed his people, earth peace, good will toward men. 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were for us in the house of his servant David; gone away from them into heaven, the 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy shepherds said one to another, Let us now prophets, which have been since the world go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing began: which is come to pass, which the Lord hath 71 That we should be saved from our ene- made known unto us. nies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 16 And they came with haste, and found 72 To perform the mercy promised to our Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying ia a fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; manger. 73 The oath which he sware to our father 17 And when they had seen it, they made Abraham, known abroad the saying which was told 74 That he would grant unto us, that we, them concerning this child. being delivered out of the hand of our ene 18 And all they that heard it wondered at inies, might serve him without fear, those things which were told them by the 75 In holiness and righteousness before shepherds. him, all the days of our life. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pon76 And thou, child, shalt be called the dered them in her heart. prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying before the face of the Lord to prepare his and praising God for all the things that they ways; had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his 21 And when eight days were accomplished people by the remission of their sins, for the circumcising of the child, his name 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; was called JESUS,which was so named of the whereby the dayspring from on high bath angel before he was conceived in the womb. visited us, 22 And when the days of her purification 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness according to the law of Moses were accomand in the shadow of death, to guide our feet plished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to into the way of peace. present him to the Lord; 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in 23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of Every male that openeth the womb shall be his shewing unto Israel. called holy to the Lord;) CHAPTER II. 24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that I which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair The Roman empire taxed. of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. AND t came to pass in those days, that 25 And, behold, there was a man in JerusaN there went out a decree from Cesar Au- lem, whose name was Simeon: and the same pistus, that all the world should be taxed. man was just and devout, waiting for the 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cy- consolation of Israel and the Holy Ghost tenius was governor of Syria.) was upon him. 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into 26 And it was revealed unto him by the his own city. Holy Ghost, that he should not see death. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temunto the city of David, which is called Beth- pie: and when the parents brought in the lehem, (because he was of the house and child Jesus, to do for him after the custom lineage of David,) of the law, 658 Simeon and Anna prophesy, ST. LUKE. Tl~e preachineg Eor Johni 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,:39 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; 37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38 And she coining in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. 39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in Spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And waen he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting In the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? 50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus Increased in wisdom and stat. ure, and in favour with God and man. CHAPTER III. Jffhn's preaching and baptism. NTOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of 1Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Oaiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, 0 generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11 He answereth and saith unto them, Hb that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, 659 The genealogy of Christ. ST,. LUKE, Christ ts tempted, 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Matthias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 38 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the sont of Juda, 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Bem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was th e son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 660 CHAPTER IV. Christ's temptation and victory. AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil, And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hun. gered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that is be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, shewed unto him all the king, doms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is writteh, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a sea. son. 14 ~ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 ~ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out .le casteth out a devil. ST. LUKE. eMiraculous draught of fishes. of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Caperraunm, do also here in thy country. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath. 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way, 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. 33 ~ And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. 86 And 'ley were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. 38 ~ And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. 89 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. 40 1 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. 42 Axtd when it was day, he departed and Went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. 43 And he said unto them, I must preach 56 the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. CHAPTER V. A miraculous draught of fishes. AND it came to pass, that, as the people p ressed upon him to hear the word of God,he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. 7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: 10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. 12 1 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy; who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 ~ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 18 ~ And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what 661 Christ excuseth his disciples. ST. LUKE. The Pharisees reproved. way they might bring him in because of the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the multitude, they went upon the housetop, ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in and let him down through the tiling with their hands. his couch into the midst before Jesus. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto 20 And when he saw their faith, he said them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. do on the sabbath days? 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh not read so much as this, what David did, blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but when himself was a hungered, and they God alone? which were with him; 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, 4 How he went into the house of God, and he answering said unto them, What reason did take and eat the shewbread, and gave ye in your hearts? also to them that were with him; which it 23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 5 And he said unto them, That the son oi 24 But that ye may know that the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, 6 And it came to pass also on another sab(he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say un- bath, that he entered into the synagogue to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and and taught: and there was a man whose go into thine house. right hand was withered. 25 And immediately he rose up before 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched them, and took up that whereon he lay, and him, whether he would heal on the sabbath departed to his own house, glorifying God. day; that they might find an accusation 26 And they were all amazed, and they glo- against him. rifled God, and were filled with fear, saying, 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to We have seen strange things to day. the man which had the withered hand, Rise 27 1 And after these things he went forth, up, and stand forth in the midst. And he and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at arose and stood forth. the receipt of custom: and he said unto 9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you him, Follow me. one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to him. destroy it? 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his 10 And looking round about upon them all, own house: and there was a great company he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy of publicans and of others that sat down hand. And he did so: and his hand was with them. restored whole as the other. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees mur- 11 And they were filled with madness; and mured against his disciples, saying, Why do communed one with another what they ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? might do to Jesus. 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, 12 And it came to pass in those days, that They that are whole need not a physician; he went out into a mountain to pray, and but they that are sick. continued all night in prayer to God. 32 1 came not to call the righteous, but sin- 13 ~ And when it was day, he called unto ners to repentance. him his disciples: and of them he chose 33 1 And they said unto him, Why do the twelve, whom also he named apostles; disciples of John fast often, and make pray- 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and ers, and likewise the disciples of the Phari- Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip sees; but thine eat and drink? and Bartholomew, 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of children of the bridechamber fast, while the Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, bridegroom is with them? 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Ju35 But the days will come, when the bride- das Iscariot, which also was the traitor. groom shall be taken away from them, and 17 ~ And he came down with them, and then shall they fast in those days. stood in the plain, and the company of his 36 ~ And he spake also a parable unto disciples, and a great multitude of people them; No man putteth a piece of a new out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from garment upon an old; if otherwise, then the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came both the new maketh a rent, and the piece to hear him, and to be healed of their disthat was taken out of the new agreeth not eases; with the old. 18 And they that were vexed with unclean 37 And no man putteth new wine into old spirits: and they were healed. bottles; else the new wine will burst the 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall him: for there went virtue out of him, and perish. healed them all. 38 But new wine must be put into new 20 ~ And he lifted up his eyes on his discibottles; and both are preserved. ples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours 39 No man also having drunk old wine is the kingdom of God. straightway desireth new; for he saith, The 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye old is better. shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep CHAPTER VI. now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, Christ chooseth the twelve apostles. and when they shall separate you from their ND it came to pass on the second sabbath company, and shall reproach you, and cast out after the first, that he went through the your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake, 662 C/ loving our enemies. ST. LUKE. Wisdom of doing the word. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: 45 A good man out of the good treasure of for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: his heart bringeth forth that which is good for in the like manner did their fathers unto and an evil man out of the evil treasure of the prophets. his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye for of the abundance of the heart his mouth have received your consolation. speaketh. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall 46 I And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for do not the things which I say? ye shall mourn and weep. 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you well of you! for so did their fathers to the to whom he is like: false prophets. 48 He is like a man which built a house, 27 ~ But I say unto you which hear, Love and digged deep, and laid the foundation on your enemies, do good to them which hate a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream you, beat vehemently upon that house, and could 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for not shake it; for it was founded upon a rock. them which despitefully use you. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the like a man that without a foundation built a one cheek offer also the other; and him that house upon the earth; against which the taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy stream did beat vehemently, and immedicoat also. ately it fell; and the ruin of that house was 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; great. and of him that taketh away thy goods ask CHAPTER VII. them not ag~ain. Christ raiseth the widow's son. 31 And as ye would that men should do tot th te wdows son you, do ye also to them likewise. XT OW when he had ended all his sayings in 32 For if ye loveaudience of them which love you, whathe entered thank have ye? for sinners also love those into Capernaum. that love them. 2 And a certain centurion's servant,whowas 33 And if ye do good to them which do good dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also 3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto do even the same. him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope that he would come and heal his servant. to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners 4 And when they came to Jesus, they bealso lend to sinners, to receive as much again. sought him instantly, saying, That he was 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, worthy for whom he should do this: and lend, hoping for nothing again; and 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath your reward shall be great, and ye shall be built us a synagogue. the children of the Highest: for he is kind 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when into the unthankful and to the evil. he was now not far from the house, the cen36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father turion sent friends to him, saying unto him, ilso is merciful. Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not wor37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: thy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: vondemn not, and ye shall not be condemn- 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worsd: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: thy to come unto thee: but say in a word, 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; and my servant shall be healed. good measure, pressed down, and shaken 8 For I also am a man set under authority, together, and running over, shall men give having under me soldiers, and I say unto into your bosom. For with the same meas- one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, Ire that ye mete withal it shall be measured and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, to you again. and he doeth it. 39 And he spake a parable unto them; Can 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marthe blind lead the blind? shall they not both veiled at him, and turned him about, and (all into the ditch? said unto the people that followed him, I say 40 The disciple is not above his master: but unto you, I have not found so great faith, svery one that is perfect shall be as his mas- no, not in Israel. ter. 10 And they that were sent, returning to 41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is the house, found the servant whole that had In thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the been sick. beam that is in thine own eye? 11 ~ And it came to pass the day after, that 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, he went into a city called Nain; and many of Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in his disciples wentwith him, and much people. thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou the city, behold, there was a dead man carhypocrite, cast out first the beam out of ried out, the only son of his mother, and she thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clear- was a widow: and much people of the city ly to pull out the mote that is in thy broth- was with her. er's eye. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had com43 For a good tree bringeth not forth cor- passion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. rupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree 14 And he came and touched the bier: and bring forth good fruit. they that bare hi stood still. And he said, 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to a bramble bush gather they grapes. speak. And he delivered him to his mother. 663 Christ's testimony of John. ST. LUKE. Christ's feet anointed, 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet s risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. 17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. 18 And the disciples of John shewed him of tll these things. 19 T And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 24 ~ And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. 26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is ieast in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31 ~ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners I 35 Butwisdom is justified of all her children. 36 ~ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 664 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, say. ing, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this 'is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are for given. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hatl saved thee; go in peace. CHAPTER VIII. Parable of the sower. AND it came to pass afterward, that he L went throughout every city and village preaching and shewing the glad tidings o0 the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. 4 ~f And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon Be stilleth a tempest. ST. LUKE. Legion of devils cast out w it was sprung up, it withered away, be- 26 ~ And they arrived at the country of the cause it lacked moisture. Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the 27 And when he went forth to land, there thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. met him out of the city a certain man, 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang which had devils long time, and ware na up, and bare fruit a hundredfold. And clothes, neither abode in any house, but in when he had said these things, he cried, He the tombs. that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What fell down before him, and with a loud voice might this parable be? said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: torment me not. but to others in parables; that seeing they 29 (For he had commanded the unclean might not see, and hearing they might not spirit to come out of the man. For oftenunderstand. times it had caught him: and he was kept 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the bound with chains and in fetters; and he Word of God. brake the bands, and was driven of the devil 12 Those by the way side art they that hear; into the wilderness.) then cometh the devil, and taketh away the 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is word out of their hearts, lest they should be- thy name? And he said, Legion: because lieve and be saved. many devils were entered into him. 13 They on the rock are they, which, when 31 And they besought him that he would they hear, receive the word with joy; and not command them to go out into the deep. these have no root, which for a while be- 32 And there was there a herd of many lieve, and in time of temptation fall away. swine feeding on the mountain: and they 14 And that which fell among thorns are besought him that 'ie would suffer them to they, which, when they have heard, go forth, enter into them. And he suffered them. nmd are choktle with cares and riches and 33 Then went the devils out of the man, pleasures of tis life, and bring no fruit to and entered into the swine: and the herd ran perfection. violently down a steep place into the lake, 15 But that on the good ground are they, and were choked. which in an honest and good heart, having 34 When they that fed them saw what was heard the word, keep it, and bring forth done, they fled, and went and told it in the fiuit with patience. city and in the country. 6 ~ No man, when he hath lighted a candle, 35 Then they went out to see what was covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under done; and came to Jesus, and found the a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that man, out of whom the devils were departed, they which enter in may see the light. sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in 17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be I his right mind: and they were afraid. made manifest; neither any thing hid, that 36 They also which saw it told them by shall not be known and come abroad. what means he that was possessed of the 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for devils was healed. whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and 37 T Then the whole multitude of the counwhosoever hath not, from him shall be try of the Gadarenes round about besought taken even that which he seemeth to him to depart from them; for they were have. taken with great fear: and he went up into 19 ~ Then came to him his mother and his the ship, and returned back again. brethren, and could not come at him for the 38 Now the man, out of whom the devils press. were departed, besought him that he might 20 And it was told him by certain which be with him: but Jesus sent him away, said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand saying, without, desiring to see thee. 39 Return to thine own house, and shew 21 And he answered and said unto them, how great things God hath done unto thee. My mother and my brethren are these which And hewent his way,and published throughhear the word of God, and do it. out the whole city how great things Jesus 22 T Now it came to pass on a certain day, had done unto him. that he went into a ship with his disciples: 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus and he said unto them, Let us go over unto was returned, the people gladly received the other side of the lake. And they launch- him: for they were all waiting for him. ed forth. 41 T And, behold, there came a man named 23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep: and Jairus, and he was aruler of the synagogue; there came down a storm of wind on the and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought lake: and they were filled with water, and him that he would come into his house: were in jeopardy. 42 For he had one only daughter, about 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. saying, Master, Master, we perish. Then he But as he went the people thronged him. arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging 43 ~ And a woman having an issue of blood of the water: and they ceased, and there twelve years, which had spent all her living was a calm. upon physicians, neither could be healed of 26 And he said unto them, Where is your any, faith? And they being afraid wondered, 44 Came behind him, and touched the saying, one to another, What manner of man border of his garment: and immediately her is this! for he commandeth even the winds issue of blood was stanched. and water, and they obey him. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When 56* 665 Jairus' daughter raised to life. ST. LUKE. Christ feedeth five thousand all denied, Peter and they that were with him lowed him: and he received them, and spake said, Master, the multitude throng thee and unto them of the kingdom of God, and heai., press thee, and sayestthou, Who touched me? ed them that had need of healing. 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched 12 And when the day began to wear away, me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of then came the twelve, and said unto him, me. Send the multitude away, that they may go 47 And when the woman saw that she was into the towns and country round about, and not hid, she came trembling, and falling lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in down before him, she declared unto him be- a desert place. fore all the people for what cause she had 13 But he said unto them, Give ye them tc touched him, and how she washealed imme- eat. And they said, We have no more but diately. five loaves and two fishes; except we should 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of go and buy meat for all this people. good. comfort: thy faith hath made thee 14 For they were about five thousand men. whole; go in peace. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit 49 I While he yet spake, there cometh one down by fifties in a company. from the ruler of the synagogue's house 15 And they did so, and made them all sit saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trou- down. ble not the Master. 16 Then he took the five loaves and the two 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to shall be made whole. set before the multitude. 51 And when he came into the house, he 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and and there was taken up of fragments that James, and John, and the father and the remained to them twelve baskets. mother of the maiden. 18 T[ And it came to pass, as he was alone 52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he praying, his disciples were with him; and he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. asked them, saying, Whom say the people 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that I am? that she was dead. 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; 54 And he put them all out, and took her by but some say, Elias; and others say, that the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. one of the old prophets is risen again. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye straightway: and he commanded to give her that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ meat. of God. 56 And her parents were astonished: but he 21 And he straitly charged them, and comcharged them that they should tell no man manded them to tell no man that thing; what was done. 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffei CHAPTER IX. many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, Christ sendeth out his apostles. and be raised the third day. THEN he called his twelve disciples to- 23 i And he said to them all, If any man will gether, and gave them power and author- come after me, let him deny himself, and tty over all devils, and to cure diseases. take up his cross daily, and follow me. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose of God and to heal the sick. it: but whosoever will lose his life for ml 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for sake, the same shall save it. your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, nei- 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain ther bread, neither money; neither have the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast. two coats apiece. away? 4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me abide, and thence depart. and of my words, of him shall the Son of 5 And whosoever will not receive you,when man be ashamed, when he shall come in his ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust own glory, and in his Father's, and of the from your feet for a testimony against them. holy angels. 6 And they departed, and went through the 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be soma towns. preaching the gospel, and healing standing here, which shall not taste of every where. death, till they see the kingdom of God. 7 T Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that 28 ~ And it came to pass about an eight was done by him: and he was perplexed, be- days after these sayings, he took Peter and cause that it was said of some, that John was John and James, and went up into a mountrisen from the dead; ain to pray. 8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his and of others, that one of the old prophets countenance was altered, and his raiment was risen again. was white and glistering. 9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded; 30 And, behold, there talked with him two but who is this, of whom I hear such things? men, which were Moses and Elias: And he desired to see him. 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his 10 1 And the apostles, when they were re- decease which he should accomplish at Jeturned, told him all that they had done. rusalem. And he took them, and went aside privately 32 But Peter and they that were with him into a desert place belonging to the city were heavy with sleep: and when they were called Bethsaida. awake, they saw his glory, and the two men 1 And the people, when they knew it, fol- that stood with him. X S *> Ife commendeth humility. ST. LUKE. Seventy disciples sent forth,:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it Is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. 34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. `35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. A3 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. 37 T And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. 38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is mine only child. 39 And, lo a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he loameth again, and bruising him, hardly departeth from him. 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. 41 And Jesus answering said, 0 faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you?. Bring thy son hither. 42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. 43 I And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it h1ot: and they feared to ask him of that say1ng. 46 T Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, 48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. 411) And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. 51 ~ And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 5? And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 58 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, ~%d consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit yo are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. 57 1 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. CHAPTER X. Seventy disciples sent forth. AFTER these things the Lord appointed!. other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. 7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: 9 And heal the sick that are therein, andl say unto them, The kingdom of God is comr nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of 4od is come nigh unto you. 12 ButI say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. 13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyrd and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 667 The seventy return with joy. ST. LUKE. Christ teacheth to pray. 15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 17 ~ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 21 ~ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 23 1 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 25 ~ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all I hy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him: and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. 668 36 Which now of these three, thinkestthou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 38 ~ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about muct serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 42 But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. CHAPTER XI. Christ teacheth to pray. VND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disc ciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hal lowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so ill earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver u:3 from evil. 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 14 ~ And he was casting out a devil and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the Christ rebuketh the Pharisees, ST. LUKE. scribes, and lawyers, devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and 36 If thy whole body therefore be full of the people wondered. light, having no part dark, the whole shall 15 But some of them said, He casteth out be full of light, as when the bright shining devils through Beelzebub the chief of the of a candle doth give thee light. devils. 37 ~ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him besought him to dine with him: and he a sign from heaven. went in, and sat down to meat. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said un- 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marto them, Every kingdom divided against it- veiled that he had not first washed before self is brought to desolation; and a house dinner. divided against a house falleth. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup how shall his kingdom stand? because ye and the platter; but your inward part is full say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. of ravening and wickedness. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by 40 Ye fools, did not he, that made that which whom do your sons cast them out? there- is without, make that which is within also? fore shall they be your judges. 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out have; and, behold, all things are clean unto devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is you. come upon you. 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, palace, his goods are in peace: and pass over judgment and the love of 22 But when a stronger than he shall come God: these ought ye to have done, and not upon him, and overcome him, he taketh to leave the other undone. from him all his armour wherein he trusted, 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love and divideth his spoils. the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and 23 He that is not with me is against me; and greetings in the markets. he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a hypocrites! for ye are as graves which apman, he walketh through dry places, seek- pear not, and the men that walk over them ing rest; and finding none, he saith, I will are not aware of them. return unto my house whence I came out. 45 T Then answered one of the lawyers, and 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reand garnished. proachest us also. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawother spirits more wicked than himself; and yers I for ye lade men with burdens grievous they enter in, and dwell there: and the last to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the state of that man is worse than the first. burdens with one of your fingers. 27 ~ And it came to pass, as he spake these 47 Woe unto you I for ye build the sepulthings, a certain woman of the company chres of the prophets, and your fathers killitfted up her voice, and said unto him, Bless- ed them. ed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the which thou hast sucked. deeds of your fathers: for they indeed kill28 But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they ed them, and ye build their sepulchres. that hear the word of God, and keep it. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, 29 T And when the people were gathered I will send them prophets and apostles, and thick together, he began to say, This is an some of them they shall slay and persecute: evil generation: they seek a sign; and there 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jo- was shed from the foundation of the world, nas the prophet. may be required of this generation; 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Nine- 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood rites, so shall also the Son of man be to this of Zacharias, which perished between the generation. altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in It shall be required of this generation. the judgment with the men of this genera- 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have tion, and condemn them: for she came from taken away the key of knowledge: ye enterthe utmost parts of the earth to hear the ed not in yourselves, and them that were Wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater entering in ye hindered. than Solomon is here. 53 And as he said these things unto them, 32 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge judgment with this generation, and shall him vehemently, and to provoke him to condemn it: for they repented at the preach- speak of many things: ing of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to Jonas is here. catch something out of his mouth, that they 33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, might accuse him. putteth it in a secret place, neither under a CHAPTER XII. bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. Of avoiding hypocrsy. 34 The light of the body is the eye: there- TN the mean time, when there were gathfore when thine eye is single, thy whole I ered together an innumerable multitude body also is full of light; but when thine eye of people, insomuch that they trode one Is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. upon another, he began to say unto his dis35 Take heed therefore, that the light ciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of which is in thee be not darkness. the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 669 To avoid hypocrisy ST. LUKE. Against worldly carefulness 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall how much more are ye better than the not be revealed; neith2r hid, that shall not fowls? be known. 25 And which of you with taking thought 3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in can add to his stature one cubit? darkness shall be heard in the light; and 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing that which ye have spoken in the ear which is least, why take ye thought for the in closets shall be proclaimed upon the rest? housetops. 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not toil not, they spin not; and yet I say untco afraid of them that kill the body, and after you, that Solomon in all his glory was not that have no more that they can do. arrayed like one of these. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed to day in the field, and to morrow is cast hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, Fear him. you, O ye of little faith? 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two far- 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, o0 things, and not one of them is forgotten be- what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubt. fore God? ful mind. 7 But even the very hairs of your head are 30 For all these things do the nations of tha all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are world seek after: and your Father knoweth of more value than many sparrows. that ye have need of these things. 8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall 31 ~ But rather seek ye the kingdom of confess me before men, him shall the Son God; and all these things shal be added of man also confess before the angels of unto you. God: 32 Fear not, little flock for it is your Fa. 9 But he that denieth me before men shall ther'sgoodpleasuretogive youthe kingdom. be denied before the angels of God. 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; pro. 10 And whosoever shall speak a word vide yourselves bags which wax not old, a against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven treasure in the heavens that faileth not, him: but unto him that blasphemeth against where no thief approacheth, neither moth the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. corrupteth. 11 And when they bring you unto the syna- 34 For where your treasure is, there will gogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, your heart be also. take ye no thought how or what thing ye 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your shall answer, or what ye shall say: lights burning; 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that the same hour what ye ought to say. wait for their lord, when he will return from 13 ~ And one of the company said unto the wedding; that, when he cometh and him, Master, speak to my brother, that he knocketh, they may open unto him immedivide the inheritance with me. diately. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the me a judge or a divider over you? lord when he cometh shall find watching: 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himbeware of covetousness: for a man's life self, and make them to sit down to meat, consisteth not in the abundance of the and will come forth and serve them. things which he possesseth. 38 And if he shall come in the second 16 And he spake a parable unto them, say- watch, or come in the third watch, and find lag, The ground of a certain rich man them so, blessed are those servants. brought forth plentifully: 39 And this know, that if the goodman of 17 And he thought within himself, saying, the house had known what hour the thief rhat shall I do, because I have no room would come, he would have watched, and where to bestow my fruits? not have suffered his house to be broken,i8 And he said, This will I do: I will pull through. down my barns, and build greater; and 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son there will I bestow all my fruits and my of man cometh at an hour whea ye think goods. not. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou 41 ~ Then Peter said unto him, Lcid, speakhast much goods laid up for many years; est thou this parable unto us, or even to take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. all? 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this 42 And the Lord said, Who then Is that night thy soul shall be required of thee: faithful and wise steward, whom his lord then whose shall those things be, which thou shall make ruler over his household, to give hast provided? them their portion of meat in due season? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for him- 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord self, and is not rich toward God. when he cometh shall find so doing. 22 And he said unto his disciples, There- 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will fore I say unto you, Take no thought for make him ruler over all that he hath. your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, body what ye shall put on. My lord delayeth his coming; and shall be, 23 The life is more than meat, and the body gin to beat the menservants and maidens, is more than raiment. and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither 46 The lord of that servant will come in a sow nor reap, which neither have store- I day when he looketh not for him, and at ar house nor barn; and God feedeth them:; hour when he is not aware, and will cut hizt 670 LatIosnls trto the gosvpe. ST. LUKE. The crooked woman healed, tr, sunder, and will appoint him his portion ing fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut w th the unbelievers. it down; why cunmbereth it the ground? 7 And that servant, which knew his lord's 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, will, and prepared not himself, neither did let it alone this year also, till I shall dig according to his will, shall be beaten with about it, and dung it: many stripes. 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then 48 But he that knew not, and did commit after that thou shalt cut it down. things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten 10 And he was teaching in one of the synwith few stripes. For unto whomsoever agogues on the sabbath. much is given, of him shall be much re- 11 And, behold, there was a woman which quired; and to whom men have committed had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and much of him they will ask the more. was bowed together, and could in no wise 49 H i am come to send fire on the earth; lift up herself. and what will I, if it be already kindled? 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art with; and how am I straitened till it be loosed from thine infirmity. accomplished! 13 And he laid his hands on her, and imme51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace diately she was made straight, and glorified on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather dj- (eod. vision: 14 And the ruler of the synagogue an52 For from henceforth there shall be five swered with indignation, because that Jesus in one house divided, three against two, and had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto two against three. the people, There are six days in which men 53 The father shall be divided against the ought to work: in them therefore come and son, and the son against the father; the be healed, and not on the sabbath day. mother against the daughter, and the daugh- 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, ter against the mother; the mother in law Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on against her daughter in law, and the daugh- the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the ter in law against her mother in law. stall, and lead him away to watering? 54 ~ Aun he said also to the people, When 16 And ought not this woman, being a ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straight- daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath way ye say, There cometh a shower; and so bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed it is. from this bond on the sabbath day? 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye 17 And when he had said these things, all say, There will be heat; and it cometh to his adversaries were ashamed: and all the pass. people rejoiced for all the glorious things 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of that were done by him. the sky and of the earth; but how is it that 18 ~ Then said he, Unto what is the kingye do not discern this time? dom of God like? and whereunto shall I re57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge semble it? ye not what is right? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which 58 ~ When thou goest with thine adversary a man took, and cast into his garden; and it to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls give diligence that thou mayestbe delivered of the air lodged in the branches of it. from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I and the judge deliver thre to the officer, and liken the kingdom of God? the officer cast thee into prison. 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, and hid in three measures of meal, till the till thou hast paid the very last mite. whole was leavened. HAPTER XI 22 And he went through the cities and vilCHAPTR lages, teaching, and journeying toward JeJesus teacheth repentance. rusalem. THERE were present at that season some 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there that told him of the Galileans, whose few that be saved? And he said unto them, blood Pilate had mingled with their sacri- 24 ~ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for fices. many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, and shall not be able. Suppose ye that these Galileans were sin- 25 When once the master of the house is ners above all the Galileans, because they risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye suffered such things? begin to stand without, and to knock at the 3 1 tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and shall all likewise perish. he shall answer and say unto you, I know 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower you not whence ye are: In Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have they were sinners above all men that dwelt eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou in Jerusalem? hast taught in our streets. 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you shall alllikewise perish, not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye 6 ~ He spake also this parable; A certain workers of iniquity. man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of and he came and sought fruit thereon, and teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and found none. Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vine- the Kingdom of God, and you yourselves yard, Behold, these three years I come seek- thrust out. 671 CUnrst healeth the dropsy. ST. LUKE. 0/ bearing the cross. 29 And they shall come from the east, and lest they also bid thee again, and a recomfrom the west, and from the north, and pense be made thee. from the south, and shall sit down in the 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the Kingdom of God. poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 30 And, behold, there are last which shall 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they can. be first; and there are first which shall be not recompense thee: for thou shalt be rec. last. ompensed at the resurrection of the just. 31 ~ The same day there came certain of 15 ~ And when one of them that sat at meat the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee with him heard these things, he said unto out, and depart hence; for Herod will kill him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the thee. kingdom of God. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do made a great supper, and bade many: cures to day and to morrow, and the third 17 And sent his servant at supper time to day I shall be perfected. say to them that were bidden, Come; for ail 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to things are now ready. morrow, and the day following: for it can- 18 And they all with one consent began to not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusa- make excuse. The first said unto him, I have lem. bought a piece of ground, and I must needs 34 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. the prophets, and stonest them that are sent 19 And another said, I have bought five unto thee; how often would I have gathered yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I thy children together, as a hen doth gather pray thee have me excused. her brood under her wings, and ye would 20 And another said, I have married a wife, not Iand therefore I cannot come. 35 Behold, your house is left unto you deso- 21 So that servant came, and shewed his late: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not lord these things. Then the master of the see me, until the time come when ye shall house being angry said to his servant, Go say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name out quickly into the streets and lanes of the of the Lord. city, and bring in hither the poor, and the CHAPTER XTV. maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done Jesus teacheth humility, as thou hast commanded, and yet there is AND it came to pass, as he went into the room. j house of one of the chief Pharisees to 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go eat bread on the sabbath day, that they out into the highways and hedges, and comr watched him. pel them to come in, that my house may be. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man be- filled. fore him which had the drop sy. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the men which were bidden shall taste of my lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful supper. to heal on the sabbath day? 25 t And there went great multitudes with 4 And they held their peace. And he took him: and he turned, and said unto them, Wim, and healed him, and let him go; 26 If anyman come to me, and hate not his 5 And answered them, saying, Which of father, and mother, and wife, and children, you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own pit, and will not straightway pull him out life also, he cannot be my disciple. cn the sabbath day? 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, 6 And they could not answer him again to and come after me, cannot be my disciple. these things. 28 For which of you, intending to build a 7 T And he put forth a parable to those tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth which were bidden, when he marked how the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish they chose out the chief rooms; saying it? unto them, 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the founda8 When thou art bidden of any man to a tion, and is not able to finish it, all that wedding, sit not down in the highest room; behold it begin to mock him, lest a more honourable man than thou be 30 Saying, This man began to build, and bidden of him; was not able to finish. 9 And he that bade thee and him come and 31 Or what king, going to make war against say to thee, Give this man place; and thou another king, sitteth not down first, and begin with shame to take the lowest room. consulteth whether he be able with ten 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit thousand to meet him that cometh against down in the lowest room; that when he that him with twenty thousand? bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and deworship in the presence of them that sit at sireth conditions of peace. meat with thee. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall my disciple. be exalted. 34 T Salt is good: but if the salt have lost 12 T, Then said he also to him that bade his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? him, When thou makest a dinner or a sup- 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for per, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; hath ears to hear, let him hear. 672 Paraable of ST. L, tCAPTER XV. Parable of the lost sheep. frHEN drew near unto him all the puolicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3 v And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 1 say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repepteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 8 i Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in;he presence of the angels of God over one sinner that' epenteth. 11 ~ And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a,mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into hiis fields to feed swine. 6 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no -man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sion: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. 'But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet ' 57 2S UK1. the prodtgaL SIX 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo. these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. CHAPTER XVI. Of the uriust steward. AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 1 am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10 He that is faithfal in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that 673 The rich man and Lazarus. ST. LUKE. Christ healeth ten lepers. which is another man's, who shall give you 2 It were better for him that a millstone that which is your own? were hanged about his neck, and he cast into 13 T No servant can serve two masters: for the sea, than that he should offend one of either he will hate the one, and love the these little ones. other; or else he will hold to the one, and 3 ~ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and trespass against thee, rebuke hin; and if he mammon. repent, forgive him. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covet- 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times, ous, heard all these things: and they derided in a day, and seven times in a day turn him. again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shall 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they forgive him. which justify yourselves before men; but 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, In-. God knoweth your hearts: for that which is crease our faith. highly esteemed among men is abomination 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a in the sight of God. grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto 16 The law and the prophets were until this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by John: since that time the kingdom of God the root, and be thou planted in the sea; is preached, and every man presseth into it. and it should obey you. f And it is easier for heaven and earth to 7 But which of you, having a servant pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and him by and by, when he is come from the marrieth another, committeth adultery: and field, Go and sit down to meat? whosoever marrieth her that is put away 8 And will not rather say unto him, Make from her husband committeth adultery. ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, 19 ~ There was a certain rich man, which and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; was clothed in purple and fine linen, and and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? fared sumptuously every day: 9 Doth he thank that servant because he 20 And there was a certain beggar named did the things that were commanded him? Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, ful of I trow not. sores, 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done 21 And desiring to be fed withl the crumbs all those things which are commanded you, which fell from the rich man's table: more- say, We are unprofitable servants: we have over the dogs came and licked his sores. done that which was our duty to do. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar 11 ~ And it came to pass, as he went to Jedied, and was carried by the angels into rusalem, that he passed through the midst Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, of Samaria and Galilee. and was buried; 12 And as he entered into a certain village, 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in there met him ten men that were lepers, torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and which stood afar off: Lazarus in his bosom. 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that 14 And when he saw them, he said unto he may dip the tip of his finger in water, them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in And it came to pass, that, as they went, they this flame. were cleansed. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that 15 And one of them, when he saw that he thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good was healed, turned back, and with a loud things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but voice glorified God, now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giv26 And beside all this, between us and you ing him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. there is a great gulf fixed:so that they which 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there would pass from hence to you cannot; nei- not ten cleansed? but where are the Rine? ther can they pass to us, that-would come 18 There are not found that returned to from thence. give glory to God, save this stranger. 27 Then he said, I pray thle therefore, 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy father, that thou wouldest send him to my way: thy faith hath made thee whole. father's house: ' 20 ~ And when he was demanded of the 28 For I have five brethren; that he mday Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should testify unto them, lest they also come into come, he answered them and said, The kingthis place of torment. dom of God cometh not with observation: 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Mo- 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, io ses and the prophets; let them hear thm. there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is 30 And he said, Nay, father Abrahamsrf but within you. if one went unto them from the dead, they 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will repent. will come, when ye shall desire to see one of 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be see it. persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or; CHAPTER XVII. see there: go not after them, nor follow them. To avoid giving offence. 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out THEN said he unto the disciples, It is im- of the one part under heaven, shmneth unto L possible but that offences will come: but the other part under heaven; so shall also woe unto him, through whom they come I the Son of man be in his day. 674 Coming of the Son of man. ST. LUKE. The rich ruler. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and would not lift up so much as his eyes unto be rejected of this generation. heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,:6 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall God be merciful to me a sinner. it be also in the days of the Son of man. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his 27 They did eat, they drank, they married house justified rather than the other: for wives, they weregiven inmarriage, untilthe every one that exalteth himself shall be (lay that Noe entered into the ark, and the abased; and he that humbleth himself shall flood came, and destroyed them all. be exalted. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of 15 And they brought unto him also infants, lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, that he would touch them: but when his they sold, they planted, they builded; disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 29 But -the same day that Lot went out of 16 But Jesus called them unto him, and Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from said, Suffer little children to come unto me, heaven, and destroyed them all. and forbid them not: for of such is the 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when kingdom of God. the Son of man is revealed. 17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the not receive the kingdom of God as a little housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him child shall in no wise enter therein. not come down to take it away: and he 18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, th.at is in the field, let him likewise not re- Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eterturn back. nal life? 32 Remember Lot's wife. 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life thou me good? none is good, save one, that shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his is, God. life shall preserve it. 20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy and the other shell be left. father and thy mother. 35 Two,women shall be grinding together; 21 And he said, All these have I kept from the one shall be taken, and the other left. my youth up. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he shall be taken, and the other left. said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: 37 And they answered and said unto him, sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto Where, Lord? And he said unto them, the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Wheresoever the body is, thither will the heaven: and come, follow me. eagles be gathered together. 23 And when he heard this, he was very CHAPTER XVIII. sorrowful: for he was very rich. 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very The importunate wido. sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they.ND he spake a parable unto them to this that have riches enter into the kingdom f A end, that men ought always to pray, and God! rot to faint; 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter feared not God, neither regarded man: into the kingdom of God. 3 And there was a widow in that city; and 26 And they that heard it said, Who then she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of can be saved? mine adversary. 27 And he said, The things which are im4 And he would not for a while: but after- possible with men are possible with God. ward he said within himself, Though I fear 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and not God, nor regard man; followed thee. 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I 29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto will avenge her, lest by her continual corn- you, There is no'"nan thatf hath left house, ing she weary me. or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust fir the lingdonm of God's sake, judge saith. 30 Who shfti not receive manifold more in 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, this present time, and in the world to come which cry day and night unto him, though life everlasting. he bear long with them? 31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and 8 1 tell you that he will avenge them speed- 'said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusafly. Nevertheless, when the Son of man lem, and all things that are written by the cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? prophets concerning the Son of man shall be 9 And he spake this parable unto certain acco nplished. -which trusted in themselves that they were 32 1 or he shall be delivered unto the Genrighteous, and despised others: tiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully en10 Two men went up into the temple to treated, and spitted on: pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him publican. to death; and the third dayhe shall rise again. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with 34 And they understood none of these himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as things: and this saying was hid from them, other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulter- neither knew they the things which were ers, or even as this publican. spoken. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of 35 T And it came to pass, that as he was all that I possess. come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind i3.And the pu!blican, standing afar off, man sat by the way side begging: 675 A blind man healed. ST. LUKE. The ten pieces of money. 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he that he might know how much every iman asked what it meant. had gained by trading. 37 And they told him, that J -sis of Naza- 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thV reth passeth by. pound hath gained ten pounds. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of 17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good David, have mercy on me. servant: because thou hast been faithful i:J 39 And they which went before rebuked a very little, have thou authority over teil him, that he should hold his peace: but he cities. cried so much the miore, Thou Son of David, 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy have mercy on me. pound hath gained five pounds. 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to 19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou aisc be brought unto him: and when he was over five cities. come near, he asked him, 20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, 41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do here is thy pound, which I have kept laid ur.: unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I mnay in a napkin: receive my sight. 21 For I feared thee, because thou art an 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy austere man: thou takest up that thou laysight: thy faith hath saved thee. edst not down, and reapest that thou dids. 43 And immediately he received his sight, not sow. and followed him, glorifying God: and all 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own the people, when they saw it, gave praise mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servunto God. ant. Thou knewest that I was an austere CHAPTER XIX. man, taking up that I laid not down, and Of Zracehelus thle pilnn reaping that I did not sow: 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my AND Jesus entered and passed through money into the bank, that at my coming t Jericho. might have required mine own with usury: 2 And, behold, there was aman named Zac- 24 And he said unto them that stood by, cheus, which was the chief among the pub- Take from himll the pound, and give it to him licans, and he was rich. that hath ten pounds. 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hatli and could not for the press, because he was ten pounds.) little of stature. 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one 4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a which hath shall be given; and from hin sycamore tree to see him; for he was to that hath not, even that he hath shall be pass that way. taken away from him. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, lie 27 But those mine enemies, which would looked up, and saw him, and said unto not that I should reign over them, brin'; him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come hither, and slay them before me. down: for to day I must abide at thy 28. And when he had thus spoken, he wen house. before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 6 And he made haste, and came down, and 29 And it came to pass, when he was comns received him joyfully, nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the 7 And when they saw it, they all murmur- mount called the mount of Olives, he sent ed, saying, That he was gone to be guest two of his disciples, with a man that is a sinner. 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over 8 And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the against you; in the which at your entering Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet nevca give to the poor; and if I have taken any man sat: loose himn, and bring him hither. thing from any man by false accusation, I1 31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose restore him fourfold. him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because 9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is sal- the Lord hath need of him. vation come to this house, forasmuch as he 32 And they that were sent went their way, also is a son of Abraham. and found even as he had said unto them. 10 For the Son of man is come to seek and 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the to save that which was lost. owners thereof said unto them, Why loose 11 And as they heard these things, he add- ye the colt? ed and spake a parable, because he was nigh 34 And theysaid, The Lord hath need of him. to Jerusalem, and because they thought that 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and the kingdom of God should immediately ap- they cast their garments upon the colt, and pear. they set Jesus thereon. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes went into a far country to receive for him- in the way. self a kingdom, and to return. 37 And when he was come nigh, even now 13 And he called his ten servants, and deliv- at the descent of the mount of Olives, the ered them ten pounds, and said unto them, whole multitude of the disciples began to reOccupy till I come. joice and praise God with a loud voice for 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a all the mighty works that they had seen; messenger after him, saying, We will not 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh have this man to reign over us. in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, 15 And it came to pass, that when he was and glory in the highest. returned, having received the kingdom, then 39 And some of the Pharisees from among he commanded these servants to be called the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke o'nto him, to whom he had given the money, thy disciples. 676 -hr-ist's authority. ST. LUKE. Of paying tribute to Ccsar. 40 And he answered and said unto them, I 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they tell you that, if these should hold their peace, reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the stones would immediately cry out. the heir: come, let us kill him, that the in4J ~ And when he was come near, he be- heritance may be ours. held the city, and wept over it, 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, 42 Saying-, If thou hadst known, even thou, and killed him. What therefore shall the at least in this thy day, the things which lord of the vineyard do unto them? 1belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid 16 He shall come and destroy these husfrom thine eyes. bandmen, and shall give the vineyard to 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that others. And when they heard it, they said, thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, God forbid. and compass thee round, and keep thee in 17 And he beheld them, and said, What is on every side, this then that is written, The stone which 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, the builders rejected, the same is become and thy children within thee; and they shall the head of the corner? ntot leave in thee one stone upon another; 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone because thou knewest not the time of thy I shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall visitation. fall, it will grind him to powder. 4;i And he went into the temple, and began 19 ~ And the chief priests and the scribes to cast out them that sold therein, and them the same hour sought to lay hands on him; that bought; and they feared the people: for they per46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house ceived that he had spoken this parable is the house of prayer; but ye have made it against them. a den of thieves. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But spies, which should feign themselves just the chief priests and the scribes and the men, that they might take hold of his words, chief of the people sought to destroy him, that so they might deliver him unto the 48 And could not find what they might do: power and authority of the governor. I )r all the people were very attentive to 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we bear him. know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, CHAPTER XX. neither acceptest thou the person of any, *Christ avmuceth his authority. but teachest the way of God truly: s aut22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto AND it came to pass, that on one of those Cesar, or no? j days, as he taught the people in the tem- 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and ple, and preached the gospel, the chief said unto them, Why tempt ye me? priests and tae scribes came upon him with 24 Shew nme a penny. Whose image and the elders, superscription hath it? They answered and 2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by said, Cesar's. what authority doest thou these things? or 25 And he said unto them, Render there vho is he that gave thee this authority? fore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar's, 3 And he answered and said unto them, I and unto God the things which be God's. fill also ask you one thing; and answer 26 And they could not take hold of his roe: words before the people: and they marvelled i The baptism of John, was it from heaven, at his answer, and held their peace. or of men? 27 T Then came to hira certain of the Sad1' And they reasoned with themselves, say- ducees, which deny that there is any resuring, If we shall say, From heaven; he will rection; and they asked him, say, Why then believed ye him not? 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If 6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people any man's brother die, having a wife, and will stone us: for they be persuaded that he die without children, that his brother John was a prophet. should take his wife, and raise up seed unto 7 And they answered, that they could not tell his brother. whence it was. 29 There were therefore seven brethren:.3 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I and the first took a wife, and died without you by what authority I do these things. children. 9 Then began he to speak to the people this 30 And the second took her to wife, and he parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, died childless. and let it forth to husbandmen, and went 31 And the third took her; and in like maninto a far country for a long time. ner the seven also: and they left no chil10 And at the season he sent a servant to dren, and died. the husbandmen. that they should give him 32 Last of all the woman died also. of the fruit of the vineyard: but the hus- 33 Therefore in t1e resurrection whose bandmen beat him, and sent him away wife of them is she? for seven had her to empty. wife. 11 And again he sent another servant: and 34 And Jesus answering said unto them, they beat him also, and entreated him The children of this world marry, and are shamefully, and sent him away empty. given in marriag e: 12 And again he sent a third: and they 35 But they which shall be accounted wor. wounded him also, and cast him out. thy to obtain that world, and the resurrec 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What tion from the dead, neither marry, nor are shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it given in marriage: may be they will reverence hia' whlen they 36 Neither can they die any more: for they see him. are equal unto the angels; and are the chil5T6 677 The poor widow's two mites. ST. LUKE. Of Christ second coming dren of God, being the children of the resur- 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. rection. 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Mo- meditate before what ye shall answer: ses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of which all your adversaries shall not be able Isaac, and the God of Jacob. to gainsay nor resist. 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of 16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, the living: for all live unto him. and brethren, and kinsfolks, and frienlds; 39 ~ Then certain of the scribes answering and some of you shall they cause to be put to said, Master, thou hast well said. death. 40 And after that they durst not ask him 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my any question at all. name's sake. 41 And he said unto them, How say they 18 But there shall not a hair of your head that Christ is David's son? perish. 42 And David himself saith in the book of 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit 30 And when ye shall see Jerusalem corn thou on my right hand, passed with armies, then know that the deso. 43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. lation thereof is nigh. 44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to ts he then his son? the mountains; and let them which are in 45 T Then in the audience of all the people the midst of it depart out; and let not theln lie said unto his disciples, that are in the countries enter thereinto. 46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to 22 For these be the days of vegeance, that walk in long robes, and love greetings in the all things which are written may be fulilled, markets, and the highest seats in the syna- 23 But woe unto them that are with child gogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; and to them that give suck in those daysi 47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a for there shall be great distress in the land, shew make long prayers: the same shall re- and wrath upon this people. ceive greater damnation. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the CHAPTER XXI. sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden Destruction of the temple foretold. down of the Gentiles, until the times of the AND he looked up, and saw the rich menGentiles be fulfilled. casting their gifts into the treasury. 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the casting in thither two mites. earth distress of nations, with perplexity; 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, the sea and the waves roaring; that this poor widow hath cast in more than 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and they all: for looking after those things which are 4 For all these have of theirabundance cast coming on the earth; for the powers ol in unto the offerings of God: but she of her heaven shall be shaken. penury hath cast in all the living that she 27 And then shall they see the Son of man had. coming in a cloud with power and greal 5 ~ And as some spake of the temple, how glory. it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, 28 And when these things begin to conme he said, to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads 6 As.for these things which ye behold, the for your redemption draweth nigh. days will ccme, in the which there shall not 29 And he spake to them a parable; Be. be left one stone upon another, that shall hold the fig tree, and all the trees; not be thrown down. 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but know of your own selves that summer is now when shall these things be? and what sign nigh at hand. will there be when these things shall come to 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things pass? come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not God is nigh at hand. deceived: for many shall come in my name, 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation saying, I am Ciri.st; and the time draweth shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. near: go ye not therefore after them. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away; but 9 But when ye shall hear of wars and corn- my words shall not pass away. motions, be not terrified: for these things34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any must first come to pass; but the end is not time your hearts be overcharged with surby and by. feiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall life, and so that day come upon you unrise against nation, and kingdom against awares. kingdom: 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers that dwell on the face of the whole earth. places, and famines, and pestilences; and 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, fearful sights and great signs shall there be that ye may be acounted worthy to escape from heaven, all these things that shall come to pass, and 12 But before all these, they shall lay to stand before the Son of man. their hands on you, and persecute you, deliv- 37 And in the daytime he was teaching in cring you up to the synagogues, and into the temple; and at night he went out, and risons, being brought before kings and rul abode in the mount that is called the mourn rs for my rname's sake. of Olives 678 Conspiracy against Christ. ST. LUKE. His agony in the garden. 38 And all the people came early in the 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the morning to him in the temple, for to hear Gentiles exercese lordship over them; ane him. they that exercise authority upon them are CHAPTER XXII. cal'ed benefactors. Thfe Jws conspire aainst Ci^ 26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is The Jews conspire against Chrst. e greatest amotg you, let him be as the young\;1OW the feast of unleavened bread drew er; and he that 's chief, as he that doth serve. i nigh, which is called the passover. 27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sit* how they might kill him; for they feared teth at meat? but I am among you as he that the people. serveth. 3 I Then entered Satan into Judas sur- 28 Ye are they which have continued with named Iscariot, being of the number of the me in my temptations. twelve. 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as 4 And he went his way, and communed my Father hath appointed unto me; with the chief priests and captains, how he 30 That ye may eat and drink at my table might betray him unto them. in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to the twelve tribes of Israel. give him money. 31 T And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, be6 And he promised, and sought opportunity hold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he to betray him unto them in the absence of may sift you as wheat: the multitude. 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy 7 ~ Then came the day of unleavened faith fail not: and when thou art converted, bread, when the passover must be killed. strengthen thy bretthren. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready end prepare us the passover, that we may to go with thee, both into prison, and to rat. death. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock that we prepare? shall not crow this day, before that thou 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. are entered into the city, there shall a man 35 And he said unto them., When I sent you meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked him into the house where he entereth in. ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he the house, The Master saith unto thee, that hath a purse, let him take it, and likeWhere is the guestchamber, where I shall wise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let eat the passover with my disciples? him sell his garments, and buy one. 12 And he shall shew you a large upper 37 For I say unto you, that this that is writ. room furnished: there make ready. ten must yet be accomplished in me, And he 13 And they went, and found as he had said was reckoned among the transgressors: for 'into them: ard they made ready the pass- the things concerning me have an end. over. 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are.14 And when the hour was come, he sat two swords. And he said unto them, It is down, and the twelve apostles with him. enough. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I 39 IT And he came out, and went, as he was have desired to eat this passover with you wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciSefore I suffer: ples also followed him. 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more 40 And when he vas at the place, he said eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the king- unto them, Pray that ye enter not into d.om of God. temptation. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, 41 And he was withdrawn from them about ind said, Take this, and divide it among a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 'ourselves: 42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, re18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of move this cup from me: nevertheless, not the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of my will, but thine, te done. God shall come. 43 And there appeared an angel unto him 19 ~ And he took bread, and gave thanks, from heaven, strengthening him. and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, 44 And being in an agony he prayed more This is my body which is given for you: this earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great do in remembrance of me. drops of blood falling down to the ground. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, say- 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and Ing, This cup is the new testament in my was come to his disciples, he found them blood, which is shed for you. sleeping for sorrow, 21 I But, behold, the hand of him that be- 46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise trayeth me is with me on the table. and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it 47 ~ And while he yet spake, behold a mulwas determined: but woe unto that man by titude, and he that was called Judas, one of whom he is betrayed! the twelve, went before them, and drew 23 And they began to inquire among them- near unto Jesus to kiss him. selves, which of them it was that should do 48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betray, this thing. est thou the Son of man with a kiss? 24 ~ And there was also a strife among 49 When they which were about him saw them, which of them should be accountsv what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, the Freateot. shall we smite with the sword? 679 Peter denieth Christ. ST. LUKE. Barabbas is release. t50 And one of them smote the servant of 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests anti the high priest, and cut off his right ear. to the people, I find no fault in this man. 51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye 5 And they were the more fierce, sayingi thus far. And he touched his ear, and He stirreth up the people, teaching through. healed him. out all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to 52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, this place. and captains of the temple, and the elders, 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked which were come to him, Be ye come out, as whether the man were a Galilean. against a thief, with swords and staves? 7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged 53 When I was daily with you in the tern- unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him topie, ye stretched forth no hands against me: Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem but this is your hour, and the power of at that time. darkness. 8 ~ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was ex54 ~ Then took they him, and led him, and ceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him brought him into the high priest's house. of a long season, because he had heard many And Peter followed afar off. things of him; and he hoped to have seen 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the some miracle done by him. anidst of the hall, and were set down togeth-9 Then he questioned with him in many Or, Peter sat down among them. words; but he answered him nothing. 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and vehemently accused him. and said, This man was also with him. 11 And Herod with his men of war set him 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed know him not. him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again 58 And after a little while another saw him, to Pilate. and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter 12 T And the same day Pilate and Herod said, Man, I am not. were made friends together; for before 59 And about the space of one hour after they were at enmity between themselves, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a 13 ~ And Pilate, when he had called totruth this fellow also was with him; for he gether the chief priests and the rulers and is a Galilean. the people, 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this thousayest. Andimmediately, while heyet man unto me, as one that perverteth the spake, the cock crew. people; and, behold, I, having examined 61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon him before you, have found no fault in this Peter. And Peter remembered the word of man touching those things whereof ye acthe Lord, how he had said unto him, Before cuse him: the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you tc 62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is 63 T And the men that held Jesus mocked done unto him. him, and smote him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release 64 And when they had blindfolded him, they him. struck him on the face, and asked him, say- 17 (For of necessity he must release one ing, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? unto them at the feast.) 65 And many other things blasphemously 18 And they cried out all at once, saying. spake they against him. Away with this man, and release unto us 66 ~ And as soon as it was day, the elders of Barabbas: the people and the chief priests and the 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the scribes came together, and led him into city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) their counsel, saying, 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus. 67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said spake again to them. unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crum 68 And if I also ask you, ye will not answer cify him. me, nor let me go. 22 And he said unto them the third time. 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the Why, what evil hath he done? I have found right hand of the power of God. no cause of death in him: I will therefore 70 Then said they all, Art thou then the chastise him, and let him go. Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye 23 And they were instant with loud voices, say that I am. requiring that he might be crucified: and 71 And they said, What need we any fur- the voices of them and of the chief priests ther witness? for we ourselves have heard of prevailed. his own mouth. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should CHAPTER XXIII. be as they required. 25 And he released unto them him that for Herod mocketh Christ. sedition and murder was cast into prison, AND the whole multitude of them arose, whom they had desired; but he delivered and led him unto Pilate. Jesus to their will. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold We found this fellow perverting the nation, upon one Simon,:. Cyrenian, coming out oi and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, say- the country, and on him they laid the cross. ing that he himself is Christ a king. that he might bear it after Jesus. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou 27 ~ And there followed him a great corn. the King of the Jews? And he answered pany of people, and of women, which also him and said, Thou sayest it. bewaS-ed and lamented him. 680 Christ is crucifled. ST. LUKE. His resurrection. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, 62 This mlanl went unto Pilate, and begged Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, the body of Jesus. but weep for yourselves, and for your chil- 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in dren. linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the hewn in stone, wherein never man before which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, was laid. and the wombs that never bare, and the 54 And that day was the preparation, and paps which never gave suck. the sabbath drew on. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the 55 And the women also, which came with mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld Cover us. the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 31 For if they do these things in a green 56 And they returned, and prepared spices tree, what shall be done in the dry? ' and ointments; and rested the sabbath day 32 And there were also two others, 1nale- according to the commandment. factors, led with him to be put to death. APTER XI 33 And when they were come to the place, HA I. which is called Calvary, there they crucified Christ's resurrection declared. him, and the malefactors, one on the right KT OW upon the first day of the week, very hand, and the other on the left. early in the morning, they came unto 34 ~ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; the sepulchre, bringing the spices which for they know not what they do. And they they had prepared, and certain others with parted his raiment, and cast lots. them. 35 And the people stood beholding. And 2 And they found the stone rolled away the rulers also with them derided him, say- from the sepulchre. in-, He saved others; let him save himself, 3 And they entered in, and found not the if he be Christ, the chosen of God. body of the Lord Jesus. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, com- 4 And it came to pass, as they were much ing to him, and offering him vinegar, perplexed thereabout, behold, two men 37 And saying, If thou be the King- of the stood by them in shining garments: Jews, save thyself. 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down 38 And a superscription also was written their faces to the earth, they said unto them, over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Why seek ye the living among the dead? Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE 6 He:: not here, but is risen: remember JEWS. how he spake unto you when he was yet in 39, And one of the malefactors which were Galilee, hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered Christ, save thyself and us. into the hands of sinful men, and be cruci40 But the other answering rebuked him, fled, and the third day rise again. saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou 8 And they remembered his words, art in the same condemnation? 9 And returned from the sepulchre, and 41 And we indeed justly; for e receive the told all these things unto the eleven, and to due reward of our deeds: but this man all the rest. hath done nothing amiss. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, re- and Mary the mother of James, and other member me when thou comest into thy women that were with them, which told kingdom. these things unto the apostles. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say 11 And their words seemed to them as idle unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in tales, and they believed them not. paradise.12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sep44 And it was about the sixth hour, and ulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the there was a darkness over all the earth until linen clothes laid by themselves, and departthe ninth hour. ed, wondering in himself at that which was 45 And the sun was darkened, and the vail come to pass. of the temple was rent in the midst. 13 1 And, behold, two of them went that 46 ~ And when Jesus had cried with a loud same day to a village called Emmaus, which voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I com- was from Jerusalem about threescore furmend my spirit: and having said thus, he longs. ogave up the ghost. 14 And they talked together of all these 47 Now when the centurion saw what was things which had happened. lone, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this 15 And it came to pass. that, while they was a righteous man. communed together and reasoned, Jesus 48 And all the people that came together to himself drew near, and went with them. that sight, beholding the things which were 16 But their eyes were holden that they lone, smote their breasts, and returned, should not know him. 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women 17 And he said unto them, What manner of that followed him from Galilee, stood afar communications are these that ye have one ff, beholding these things. to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 50 ~ And, behold, there was a man named 18 And the one of them, whose name was Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou man, and a just: only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not 51 (The same had not consented to the coun- known the things which are come to pass sel and deed of them:) he was of Arimathea, there in these days? % city of the Jews; who also himself waited 19 And he said unto them, What things?:or the kingdom of God. - they said unto him, Concerning Jesus 681 Christ appeareth ST. JOHN. to his disciples. of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in 35 And they told what things were done in deed and word before God and all the peo- the way, and how he was known of them itr pie: breaking of bread. 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers 36 T And as they thus spake, Jesus himself delivered him to be condemned to death, stood in the midst of them, and saith unto and have crucified him. them, Peace be unto you. 21 But we trus'ted that it had been he which 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, should have redeemed Israel: and beside all and supposed that they had seen a spirit. this, to day is the third day since these 38 And he said unto them, Why are yti things were done. troubled? and why do thoughts arise it! 22 Yea, and certain women also of our corn- your hearts? pany made us astonished, which were early 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it i> at the sepulchre; I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit 23 And when they found not his body, they hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. came, saying, that they had also seen a vi- 40 And when he had thus spoken, he sion of angels, which said that he was alive. shewed them his hands and his feet. 24 And certain of them which were with us 41 And while they yet believed not for joy, went to the sepulchre, and found it even so and wondered, le said unto them, Have yS as the women had said: but himii they saw here any meat? not. 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and fish, and of a honeycomb. slow of heart to believe all that the prophets 43 And he took it, and did eat before them, have spoken: 44 And he said unto them, These aree the 36 Ought not Christ to have suffered these words which I spake unto you, while I was things, and to enter into his glory? yet with you, that all things must be fultill27 And beginning at Moses and all the ed, which were written in the law of Moses, prophets, he expounded unto them in all the and in the prophets, and in the psalms, conScriptures the things concerning himself. cerning me. 28 And they drew nigh unto the village, 45 Then opened he their understanding, whither they went: and he made as though that they might understand the Scriptures, he would have gone further. 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to with us; for it is toward evening, and the rise from the dead the third day: day is far spent. And he went in to tarry 47 And that repentance and remission of with them. sins should be preached in his name among 30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and 48 And ye are witnesses of these things. brake, and gave to them. 49 q And, behold, I send the promise of my 31 And their eyes were opened, and they Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city knew him; and he vanished out of their of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power sight. from on high. 32 And they said one to another, Did not 50 ~ And he led them out as far as to Bethour heart burn within us, while he talked any, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed with us by the way, and while he opened to them. us the Scriptures? 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed 33 And they rose up the same hour, and re- them, he was parted from them, and carried turned to Jerusalem, and found the elevenup into heaven. gathered together, and them that were with 52 And they worshipped him, and returned them, to Jerusalem with great joy: 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 53 And were continually in the temple, hath appeared to Simon. praising and blessing God. Amen. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOTN. CHAPTER I. 6 ~ There was a man sent from God, whose The Divinity, &c., of Chst. naewasJoh. name was John. The Di t, c., of Christ. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witTN the beginning was the Word, and the ness of the Light, that all men through him Word was with God, and the Word was might believe. God. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to 2 The same was in the beginning with bear witness of that Light. God. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth 3 All things were made by him; and without every man that cometh into the world. him was not any thing made that was made. 10 He was in the world, and the world was 4 In him was life; and the life was the light made by him, and the world knew him not. of men. 11 He came unto his own, and his own re, 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and ceived him not. the darkness comprehended it not. 12 But as many as received him. to them 682 7'he testimony of John. ST. JOHN. Water turned into wine. gave he power to become the sons of God, said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being even to them that believe on his name: interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the 39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with of God. him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt 40 One of the two which heard John speaek, amonig us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of brother. grace and truth. 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, 15 i John bare witness of him, and cried, and saith unto him, We have found the saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that Messias, which is, being interpreted, the cometh after me is preferred before me; for he Christ. was before me. 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon andi grace for grace. the son of Jona: Thou shalt be called Cephas, 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace which is by interpretation, A stole. andl truth came by Jesus Christ. 43 1 The day following Jesus would go forth 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith ontly begotten Son, which is in the bosom of unto him, Follow me. the Father, he hath declared him. 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of 19 1l And this is the record of John, when the Andrew and Peter. Jews sent priests and Levites front Jerusalem 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto to ask him, Who art thou? him, We have found him, of whom Moses in 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of co:nfessed, I am not the Christ. Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip thou that Prophet? And he answerd, No. saith unto him, Come and see. 22 Then said they unto hinl, Who art Thou? 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and that we may give an answer to them that sent sait of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in us. What sa est thou of thyself? whom is no guile! 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowthe wilderness, Make straight the way of the est thou me? Jesus answered and said unto Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. him, Before that Philip called thee, when 24 And they which were sent were of the thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Pharisees. 49 Nathaniel answered and saith unto him, 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that King of Israel: Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Be26 John answered them, saying, I baptize cause I said unto thee, I saw thee under the With water: but there standeth one among fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater you, whom ye know not; things than these. 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven Worthy to unloose. open, and the angels of God ascending and 28 These things were done in Bethabara be- descending upon the Son of man. yond Jordan, where John was baptizing. HATER 29 ~[ The next day John seeth Jesus coming CAP tnto him, and saith, Behold the Lambof God, Water turned into wine. which taketh away the Sin of the world! A ND the third day there was a marriage in 30 This is he of whom I said, After me com- Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus eth a mnan which is preferred before me; for was there: lie was before me. 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disci31 i Iind I knew him not: but that he should pies, to the marriage. b mae mle anifest to Israel, therefore am I 3 And whenl they wanted wine, the mother comen baptizing with water. of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 32 Aind Johli bare record, saying, I saw the 4 Jesus saith unto her, Womanl, what have Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, I to do with thee? minie huur is not yet and it abode upon him. come. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatto baptize with water, the same said unto me, soever he saith unto you, do it. UJpon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descend- 6 And there were set there six waterpots ing, and remaining on hin, the same is ie of stone, after the manner of the purifying Which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. of the Jews, containing two or three firkins 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is apiece. the Sorn of God. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots 35 IT Again the next day after, John stood, with water. And they filled them up to the and two of his disciples; brim. 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, saith, Behold the Lamb of God! and bear unto the governor of the feast. And 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, they bare it. and they followed Jesus. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted 38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them follow- the water that was made wine, and knew gag, -and saith unto them, What seek ye? They not whence it was, (but the servants which 683 Christ purgeth the temple. ST. JOHN. He teacheth Nicodetmus. drew the water knew,) the governor of the the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom feast called the bridegroom, of God. 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; beginning doth set forth good wine; and and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit,. when men have well drunk, then that which 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must is worse: hut thou hast kept the good wine be born again. until now. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his not tell whence it cometh, and whither it glory; and his disciples believed on him. goeth: so is every one that is born of the 12 ~ After this he went down to Caperna- Spirit. um, he, and his mother, and his brethren, 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, and his disciples; and they continued there IHow can these things be? not many days. 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art 13 T And the Jews' passover was at hand, thou a master of Israel, and knowest not and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, these things? 14 And found in the temple those that sold 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers that we do know, and testify that we have of money sitting: seen; and ye receive not our witness. 15 And when he had made a scourge of 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye small cords, he drove them all out of the believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and you of heavenly things? poured out the changers' money, and over- 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, threw the tables; but he that came down from heaven, even 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take the Son of man which is in heaven. these things hence; make not my Father's 14 T And as Moses lifted up the serpent in house a house of merchandise. the wilderness, even so must the Son of mall 17 And his disciplesrememberedthatitwas be lifted up: written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten 15 That whosoever believeth in him should me up. not perish, but have eternal life. 18 ~ Then answered the Jews and said unto 16 1i For God so loved the world, that he him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever that thou doest these things?believeth in him should not perish, but have 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, De- everlasting life. stroy this temple, and in three days I will 17 For God sent not his Son into the world:aise it up. to condemn the world; but that the world 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years through him might be saved. was this temple in building, and wilt thou 18 IHe that believeth on him is not condemrear it up in three days? ned: but he that believeth not is condemned 21 But he spake of the temple of his already, because he hath not believed in the 9ody. name of the only begotten Son of God. 22 When therefore he was risen from the 19 And this is the condemnation, that light dead, his disciples remembered that he had is come into the world, and men loved darksaid this unto them; and they believed the ness rather than light, because their deeds Scripture, and the word which Jesus had were evil. said. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the 23 T Now when he was in Jerusalem at the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his passover, in the feast day, many believed in deeds should be reproved. his name, when they saw the miracles which 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the he did. light, that his deeds may be made manifest, 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto that they are wrought in God. them, because he knew all men, ~ 1 After these things came Jesus and his 25 And needed not that any should testify disciples into the land of Judea; and there Df man; for he knew what was in man. he tarried with them, and baptized. CHAPTER TII. 23 And John also was baptizing in Enor near to Salim, because there was much water The necessity of regelneration. there: and they came, and were baptized. THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 25 ~ Then there arose a question between. 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and some of John's disciples and the Jews about said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art purifying. a teacher come from God: for no man can 26 And they came unto John, and said unt) do these miracles that thou doest, except him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyondl God be with him. Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, be3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Veri- hold, the same baptizeth, and all men come ly, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be to him. born again, he cannot see the kingdom of 27 John answered and said, A man can reGod. ceive nothing, except it be given him froml 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a heaven. man be born when he is old? can he enter 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I the second time into his mother's womb, said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent and be born? before him. 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; thee, Except a man be born of water and of but the friend of the bridegroom, whicb 684 Christ talketh with ST. JOHN. a woman of Samaria, standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy hus, because of the bridegroom's voice: this my band, and come hither. joy therefore is fulfilled. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast 31 He that cometh from above is above all: well said, I have no husband: ne that is of the earth is earthly, and speak- 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he eth of the earth: he that cometh from heav- whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in en is above all. that saidst thou truly. 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perhe testifieth; and no man receiveth his tes- ceive that thou art a prophet. timony. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mount33 HIe that hath received his testimony hath ain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the set to his seal that God is true. place where men ought to worship. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the words of God: for God giveth not the the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in Spirit by measure unto him. this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, wor-;35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath ship the Father. given all things into his hand. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we knovh 36 He that believeth on the Son hath ever- what we worship; for salvation is of the lasting life: and he that believeth not the Jews. Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when abideth on him. the true worshippers shall worship the FaCHAPTER IVI ther in spirit and in truth: for the Father H wAE. seeketh such to worship him. The wonman of Samaria. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship THEN therefore the Lord knew how the him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Pharisees had heard that Jesus made 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that and baptized more disciples than John, Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but he is come, he will tell us all things. his disciples,) 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto 3 He left Judea, and departed again into thee am he. Galilee. 27 1 And upon this came his disciples, and 4 And he must needs go through Sa- marvelled that he talked with the woman: maria. yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, Why talkest thou with her? which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. went her way into the city, and saith to the 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus there- men, fore, being wearied with his journey, sat 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things t hus on the well: and it was about the sixth that ever I did: is not this the Christ? hoar. 30 Then they went out of the city, and canm 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to unto him. draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me 31 ' In the mean while his disciples prayed to drink. him, saying, Master, eat. 3 (For his disciples were gone away unto 22 But he said unto them, I have meat to the city to buy meat.) eat that ye know not of. 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto 33 Therefore said the disciples one to anhim, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest other, Hath any man brought him aught to drink of me, which am a woman of Sama- eat? ria? for the Jews have no dealings with the 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do Samaritans. the will of him that sent me, and to finish 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If his work. thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto wouldest have asked of him, and he would you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the have given thee living water. fields; for they are white already to harvest. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, hast nothing to draw with, and the well is and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that deep: from whence then hast thou that liv- both he that soweth and he that reapeth ing water? may rejoice together. 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, 37 And herein is that saying true, One sowwhich gave us the well, and drank thereof eth, and another reapeth. himself, and his children, and his cattle? 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye be13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Who- stowed no labour: other men laboured, and soever drinketh of this water shall thirst ye are entered into their labours. again: 39 ~ And many of the Samaritans of that 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water I city believed on him for the saying of the that I shall give him shall never thirst; but woman, which testified, He told me all that the water that I shall give him shall be in ever I did. him a well of water springing up into ever- 40 So when the Samaritans were come unto lasting life. him, they besought him that he would tarry 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me with them: and he abode there two days. this water, that I thirst not, neither come 41 And many more believed because of his hither to draw. own word; 58 685 The ~ruler's sonI hc(-tled. ST. JOHN. Christ reproveth the Jewls. 42 And said unto the womvan, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard hire ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 43 ~ Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. 45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. CHAPTER V. The impotent man healed. AFTER this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 7 The impotent man answered him. Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coining, another steppeth down before me. 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the silme day was the sabbath. 686 10 1 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. 12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the tern pie, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 171 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father ldo: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the SOn likewise. 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and shew eth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hate committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son. even as they honour the Father. He that honoureith not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hoirs is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself: so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to exe. cute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. Me shcweth who he is. ST. JOHN'. Five thousolnd fed. 3~ ~ There is another that lbcareth witness 1the men sat down, in number about five of me; and I know that the witness which thousand. he witnesseth of me is true. 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness he had given thanks, he distributed to the unto the truth.. disciples, and the disciples to them that 34 But I receive not testimony from man: were set down; and likewise of the fishes but these things I say, that ye might be as much as they would. saved. 12 When they were filled, he said unto his 35 He was a burning and a shining light: disciples, Gather up the fragments that reand ye were willing for a season to rejoice main, that nothing be lost. in his light. 13 Therefore they gathered them together, 36 i But I have greater witness than that of and filled twelve baskets with the fragments John: for the works which the Father hath of the five barley loaves, which remained given me to finish, the same works that I do, over and above unto them that had eaten. bear witness of me, that the Father hath 1 Then those men, when they had seen the sent me. miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a 37 And the Father himself, which hath truth that Prophet that should come into sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye the world. have neither heard his voice at any time, 15 T When Jesus therefore perceived that nor seen his shape. they would come and take him by force, to 38 And ye have not his word abiding in make him a king, he departed again into a you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe mountain himself alone. not. 16 And when even was now come, his disci39 T Search the Scriptures; for in them ye pies went down unto the sea, think ye have eternal life: and they are they 17 And entered into a ship, and went over which testify of me. the sea toward Capernaum. And it was 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. might have life. 18 And the sea arose by reason of a great 41 I receive not honour from men. wind that blew. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the 19 So when they had rowed about five and love of God in you. twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto receive me not: if another shall come in his the ship: and they were afraid. -wn name, him ye will receive. 20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not 44 How can ye believe, which receive hon- afraid. our one of another, and seek not the honour 21 Then they willingly received him into that corneth from God only? the ship: and immediately the ship was at 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the land whither they went. the Father: there is oae that accuseth you, 22 T The day following, when the people, rven Moses, in whom ye trust. which stood on the other side of the sea, 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would saw that there was none other boat there. have believed me: for he wrote of me. save that one whereinto his disciples were 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how entered, and that Jesus went not with his shall ye believe my words? disciples into the boat, but that his disciples CHAPTER VI. were gone away alone; 23 Howbeit there came other boats from Five thousand miraculeusly fed. Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did AFTER these things Jesus went over the eat bread, after that the Lord had given A sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Ti- thanks: berias. 24 When the people therefore saw that 2 And a great multitude followed him, Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, because they saw his miracles which he did they also took shipping, and came to Caperon them that were diseased. naum, seeking for Jesus. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and 35 And when they had found him on the there he sat with his disciples other side of the sea, they said unto him, 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was Rabbi, when camest thou hither? nigh. 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, 5 E When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not saw a great company come unto him, he saith because ye saw the miracles, but because ye unto Philip, Whence shall ve buy bread, that did eat of the loaves, and were filled. these may eat? 27 Labour not for the meat which perish6 And this he said to prove him: for he him- eth, but for that meat which endureth unto self knew what he would do. everlasting life, which the Son of man shall 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pen- give unto you: for him hath God the Father nyworth of bread is not sufficient for sealed. them, that every one of them may take a 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we little. do, that we might work the works of God? 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This brother, saith unto him, is the work of God, that ye believe on him 9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley whom he hath sent. loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign among so many? shewest thou then, that we may see, and 10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. believe thee? what dost thou work? NJow there was much grass in the place. So 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; 687 Christ the bread of life. ST. JOHN. Peter confesseth Christ. as it is written, He gave them bread from 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my heaven to eat. blood is drink indeed, 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, veri- 56 He that eateth my flesh, and dr.lkketh ly, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. bread from heaven; but my Father giveth 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I you the true bread from heaven. live by the Father; so he that eateth me, 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh even he shall live by me. down from heaven, and giveth life unto the 58 This is that bread which came down world. from heaven: not as your fathers did eat 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this give us this bread. bread shall live for ever. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the 59 These things said he in the synagogue, as bread of life: he that cometh to me shall he taught in Capernaum. never hunger; and he that believeth on me 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when shall never thirst. they had heard th, said, This is a hard say, 36 But I said unto you, That ye also have ing; who can hear it? seen me, and believe not. 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his dis.. 37 All that the Father giveth me shall ~ome ciples murmured at it, he said unto them, to me; and him that cometn- to me I will in Doth this offend you? no wise cast out. 2 IWhat and if ye shall see the Son of man 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do ascend 1rr here he was before? mine own will, but the will of him that sent 63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the fiesh me. profiteth nothing: the words that I speak 39 And this is the Father's will which hath unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. sent me, that of all which he hath given me 64 But there are some of you that believe I should lose nothing, but should raise it up not. For Jesus knew from the beginning again at the last day. who they were that believed not, and who 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, should betray him. that every one which seeth the Son, and 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you. believeth on him, may have everlasting that no man can come unto me, except it life: and I will raise him up at the last were given unto him of my Father. day. 66 1i From that time many of his disciples 41 The Jews then murmured at him, be- went back, and walked no more with him. mause he said, I amn the bread which came 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye down from heaven. also go away? 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to of Joseph, whose father and mother we whom shall we go? thou hast the words ol know? how is it then that he saith, I came eternal life. down from heaven? 69 And we believe and are sure that thor 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto art that Christ, the Son of the living God. them, Murmur not among yourselves. 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosei 44 No man can come to me, except the Fa- you twelve, and one of you is a devil? ther which hath sent me draw him. and I 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Si, will raise him up at the last day. mon: for he it was that should betray him 45 It is written in the prophets, And they being one of the twelve. shall be all taught of God. Every man CHAPTER V1. therefore that hath heard, and hath learned AP i. of the Father, cometh unto me.Christ teac7eth i the temple. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, AFTER these things Jesus walked in Gall. save he which is of God, he hath seen the. lee: for he would not walk in Jewry, Father. because the Jews sought to kill him. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles wasf al believeth on me hath everlasting life. hand. 48 I am that bread of life. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wil- Depart hence, an 1 go into Judea, that thy derness, and are dead. disciples also may see the works that thou 50 This is the bread which cometh down doest. fr omn heaven, that a man may eat thereof, 4 For there is no man that doeth any thing and not die. in secret, and he himself seeketh to be 51 I am the living bread which came down known openly. I- thou do these things, from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, shew thyself to the world. he shall live forever: and the bread that I 5 For neither did his brethren believe in will give is my flesh, which I will give for him. the life of the world. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is 52 The Jews therefore strove among them- not yet come: but your time is always ready. selves, saying, How can this man give us 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it his flesh to eat? hateth, because I testify of it, that the 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, veri- works thereof are evil. Jy, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh 8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye unto this feast; for my time is not yet full have no life in you. come. 54 Wroso eateth my flesh, and d'inketh my 9 When he had said these words unto them, blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him he abode still in Galilee. up at the last day. 10 T But when his brethren were gone upg J'rus teaeheth in the temple. ST. JOHN. Divers opinions of Christ. 'hen went he also up unto the feast, not Whither will he go, that we shall not find openly, but as it were in secret. him? will he go unto the dispersed among 11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?.nd said, Where is he? 36 What manner of saying is this that he 12 And there was much murmuring among said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find ihe people concerning him: for some said, me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? Tie is a good man: others said, Nay; but he 37 In the last day, that great day of the fleceiveth the people. feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any 13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. for fear of the Jews. 38 He that believeth on me, as the Scripture 14 ~ Now about the midst of the feast Jesus hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers Wtent up into the temple, and taught. of living water. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which ki )weth this man letters, having never they that believe on him should receive: for 1earned? the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doc- that Jesus was not yet glorified.) trine is not mine, but his that sent me. 40 ~ Many of the people therefore, when 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or is the Prophet.,hether I speak of myself. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? own glory: but he that seeketh his glory 42 Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ tiat sent him, the same is true, and no un- cometh of the seed of David, and out of righteousness is in him. the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet 43 So there was a division among the peonone of you keepeth the law? Why go ye pie because of him. about to kill me? 44 And some of them would have taken 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast him; but no man laid hands on him. a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? 45 1 Then came the officers to the chief:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I priests and Pharisees; and they said unto have done one work, and ye all marvel. them, Why have ye not brought him? '2, Moses therefore gave unto you circum- 46 The officers answered, Never man spake cision; (not because it is of Moses, but of like this man. the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are circumcise a man. ye also deceived? 2: If a man on the sabbath day receive cir- 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees (:umcision, that the law of Moses should not believed on him? be broken; are ye angry at me, because I 49 But this people who knoweth not the l;ave made a man every whit whole on the law are cursed. sabbath day? 50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that ''A Judge not according to the appearance, came to Jesus by night, being one of them,):ut judge righteous judgment. 51 Doth our law judge any man, before it '5 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is hear him, and know what he doeth? 'iot this he, whom they seek to kill? 52 They answered and said unto him, Art 26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for nothing unto him. Do the rulers know in- out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. lted that this is the very Christ? 53 And every man went unto his own house. 27 Howbeit we know this man whence lhe CHAPTER VIII. is: but when Christ cometh, no man know- A E V. e;h whence he is. Qf the adulterous woman..':8 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he TESUS went unto the mount of Olives. taught, saying, Ye both know m-e, and ye J 2 And early in the morning he came know whence I am: and I am not come of again into the temple, and all the people myself, but he that sent me is true, whom came unto him; and he sat down, and ye know not. taught them. 29 But I know him; for I am from him, 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought Ind he hath sent me. unto him a woman taken in adultery; and 80 Then they sought to take him: but no when they had set her in the midst, man laid hands on him, because his hour 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was not yet come. was taken in adultery, in the very act. 31 And many of the people believed on him, 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do that such should be stoned: but what sayest tmore miracles than these which this mnan thou? bath done? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they 82 ~ The Pharisees heard that the people might have to accuse him. But Jesus murmured such things concerning him; and stooped down, and with his finger.wrote on the Pharisees and the chief priests sent offi- the ground, as though he heard them not. cers to take him. 7 So when they continued asking him, he 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little lifted up himself, and said unto them, He rhile am I with you, and then I go unto him that is without sin among you, let him first that sent me. cast a stone at her. 84 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on tnd where I am, thither ye cannot come. the ground. 5 Then said the Jews among themselves, 9 And they which heard it, being convicted p 2T^ ~ 89 Christ justificth his doctrine ST. JOHN. and answereth tih ~ Jews by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 12 ~ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. 20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not thaf I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. 27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. 30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which be690 lieved on him, If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the, truth shall make you free. 33 i They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fcrnication; we have one Father, even God. 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him,, When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, N ow we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. ')le born bMind receiveth silht. ST. JOH(N. lIHe is excommunicatcd. 56 Your fatherAbraham rejoiced to see my know that this is our son, and that he was lay: and he saw it, and was glad. born blind: 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art 21 But by what means he now seeth, we 1ot yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we Abraham? know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I speak for himself. say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 22 These words spake his parents, because 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: they feared the Jews: for the Jews had hut Jesus hid himself, and went out of the agreed already, that if any man did confess temple, going through the midst of them, that he was Christ, he should be put out of and so passed by. the synagogue. CHAPTER 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; CHAPTER IX. ask him. The blind man restored to sight. 24 Then again called they the man that AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man was blind, and said unto him, Give God the N which was blind from his birth. praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Mas- 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a ter who did sin, this man, or his parents, sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that he was born blind? that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man 26 Then said they to him again, What did sinned, nor his parents: but that the works he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? of God should be made manifest in him. 27 He answered them, I have told you al4 1 must work the works of him that sent ready, and ye did not hear: wherefore me, while it is day: the night cometh, when would ye hear it again? will ye also be his no man can work. disciples? 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou tight of the world. art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the 29 We know that God spake unto Moses: ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he as for this fellow, we know not from whence ano inted the eyes of the blind man with the he is. clay. 30 The man answered and said unto them, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) know not from whence he is, and yet he He went his way therefore, and washed, and hath opened mine eyes. came seeing. 31 Now we know that God heareth not sin8 ~ The neighbours therefore, and they ners: but if any man be a worshipper of which before had seen him that he was God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. blind, said, Is not this he that sat and 32 Since the world began was it not heard begged? that any man opened the eyes of one that 9 Sc me said, This is he: others said, He is was born blind. like him: but he said, I am he. 33 If this man were not of God, he could 10 Therefore said they unto him, How were do nothing. thine eyes opened? 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou 11 lHe answered and said, A man that is wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou ealled Jesus made clay, and anointed mine teach us? And they cast him out. -yes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and when he had found him, he said unto arnd I received sight. him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, He said, I know not. that I might believe on him? 13 1 They brought to the Pharisees him that 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast aforetime was blind. both seen him, and it is he that talketh with 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus thee. made the clay, and opened his eyes. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him worshipped him. how he had received his sight. He said unto 39 ~ And Jesus said, For judgment I am them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I come into this world, that they which see washed, and do see. not might see; and that they which see 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, might be made blind. This man is not of God, because he keepeth 40 And some of the Pharisees which were not the sabbath day. Others said, How can with him heard these words, and said unto a man that is a sinner do such miracles? him, Are we blind also? And there was a division among them. 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, 17 They say unto the blind man again, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We What sayest thou of him, that he hath open- see; therefore your sin remaineth. ed thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. CA R 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning CHA. him, that he had been blind, and received Christ the Shepherd. his sight, until they called the parents of ITERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that him that had received his sight. V entereth not by the door into the sheep19 And they asked them, saying, Is this fold, but climbeth up some other way, the your son, who ye say was born blind? how same is a thief and a robber. then doth he now see? 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the 2O His parents answered them and said, We shepherd of the sheep. 691 Christ the good shepherd ST. JOHN. The sickness and 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the Voice of strangers. 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them; but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. 7 Theii said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepaerd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling tleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 141 am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. 19 ~ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 22 ~ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life: n nd, 692 they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God carie, and the Scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know, anl! believe, that the Father is in me, and I ii him. 39 Therefore they sough t again to take him; but he escaped out of their hand, 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. CHAPTER XI. Lazarus raised from death. OW a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) u Therefore his sisters sent unto' him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is siCK. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sick.. ness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus. 6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. 8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goesr, thou thither again? 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. 11 These things said he: and after that he,8ith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleep. death of Lazarus. ST. JOHN. Jesus raiseth him to life. eth: but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. 16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. 1T Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection,' nd the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believess thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. 28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying-, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. 30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. 31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him. Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Je&4s therefore again groaning in him-, self cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saitb unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me al. ways: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bouno hand and footwith graveclothes; andhis face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 46 Bit some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 47 ~ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him; and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 Nor consider 'hat it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. 55 ~ And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him. CHAPTER XII. Mary anointeth Christ's feet. THEN Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. i There they made him a supper; and Mar693 AMary anointeth Jesus- reet. ST. JOHN. Tie Jews generally blinded.. tha served: but Lazarus was one of them 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall that sat at the table with him. 1 say? Father, save me from this hour: but 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of for this cause came I unto this hour. spikenard, very costly, and anointed the 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then camel feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her there a voice from heaven, sayin!l, I have hair: and the house was filled with the odour both glorified it, and will glorify it ag-ain. of the ointment. 29 The people therefore that stood by, anIt 4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas heard it, said that it thundered: others said. Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray An angel spake to him. himl, 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice cam. 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three not because of me, but for your sakes. hundred pence, and given to the poor? 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now 6 This he said, not that he cared for the shall the prince of this world be cast out. poor; but because he was a thief, and had 33 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, the bag, and bare what was put therein. will draw all meil unto me. 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against 33 This he said, signifying what death h? the day of my burying hath she kept this. should die. ' 8 For the poor always ye have with you; 34 The people answered him,We have heal)d but me ye have not always. out of the law that Christ abideth for eve.': 9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew and how sayest thou, The Son of man must that he was there: and they came not for be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Jesus' sake only, but that they might see 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the while is the light with you. Walk while y,: dead. have the light, lest darkness come upon you: 10 1 But the chief priests consulted that for he that walketh in darkness knoweti they might put Lazarus also to death; not whither he goeth. 11 Because that by reason of him many of 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. that ye may be the chiidren of light. These 12 ~[ On the next day much people that things spake Jesus, and departed, and did were come to the feast, when they heard hide himself from them. that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 37 T But though he had done so many mira-. 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went cles before them, yet they believed not on forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: him: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet the name of the Lord. might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young who hath believed our report? and to whomi ass, sat thereon; as it is written, hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy 39 Therefore they could not believe,because King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. that Esaias said again, 16 These things understood not his disci- 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardenples at the first: but when Jesus was glori- ed their heart; that they should not see with fled, then remembered they that these things their eyes, nor understand with their heart, were written of him, and that they had done and be converted, and I should heal them. these things unto him. 41 These things said Esaias, when he sa" 17 The people therefore that was with him his glory, and spake of him. when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and42 I Nevertheless among the chief rulers raised him from the dead, bare record. also many believed on him; but because of 18 For this cause the people also met him, the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest for that they heard that he had done this they should be put out of the synagogue: miracle. 43 For they loved the praise of men more 19 The Phariseesthereforesaidamongthein- than the praise of God. selves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? 44 ~ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth behold, the world is gone after him. on me, believeth not on me, but on himt that 20 T~ And there were certain Greeks among sent me. them that came up to worship at the feast: 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent 2i The same came therefore to Philip, me. which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and de- 46 I am come a lignt into the world, that Isired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. whosoever believeth on nle should not abide ' 2 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and in darkness. again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 47 And if any man hear my words, and be233 And Jesus answered them, saying, The lieve not, I judge him not: for I came not to hour is come, that the Son of man should be judge the world, but to save the world. glorified. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a my words, hath one that judgeth him: the corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, word that I have spoken, the same shall it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth judge him in the last day. forth much fruit. 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and the Father which sent me, he gave me a cornhe that hateth his life in this world shall keep mandment. what I should say, and what I it unto life eternal, should speak. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; 50 And I know tuat his commandment is and where I am, there shall also my servant life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therebe: if any man serve me, hinm will my Fa- fore, even as the Father said unto me, so 1 ther honour. speak 694 3J humility and charity. ST. J( CHAPTER XIII. Jesus washeth his disciples' feet. OW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that ho should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Sirnon's son, to betray him;:1 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his rarments; and took a towel, and girded hirimself. 5 After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash ray feet? 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed n1 eedeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say Well; for so I am. 14 If I then, JyoUr Lord and Master, have Washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 18 ~ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, wher it is come to pass, ye may believe that lam he. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that recei veth whomsoever I send receiveth me; mnd he that receiveth me receiveth him that Sent me. 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, aIld testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 22 Then the disciples looked one on anothP,, doubting of whom he spake. i!3 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, )1IN. Peter's denial foretold. that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? 26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, lie gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. 29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. 30 lHe then, having received the sop, went immllediately out; and it was night. 31 tl Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 3 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 36 ~ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. CHAPTER XIV. Christ comforteth his disciples. ET not your heart be troubled: ye bej lieve in God, believe also in mhe. 2 In my father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen 695 The Holy Ghosi promised. ST. JOHN. /The mutual love betwee;i the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew mandmeat, even so I do. Arise, let us g& us the Father? hence. 10 Bellevest thou not that I am in the Fa- CHAPTER XV. ther, and the Father in me? the words that Chris l t i r I speak unto you I speak not of myself: butsts loe to h ers the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth AM the true vine, and my Father is thin the works. husbandman. 11 Believe me that I Cam in the Father, and 2 Every branch in me that beareth not the Father in me: or else believe me for ths fruit he taketh away: and every bralnc very works' sake. that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that may bring forth more fruit. believeth on me, the works that I do shall 3 Now ye are clean through the word which he do also; and greater works than these I have spoken unto you. shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the brancl 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in that will I do, that the Father may be glori- the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide fled in the Son. in me. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I 5 1 am the vine, ye are the branches. He will doit. that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 15 ~ If ye love me, keep my commandments. bringeth forth much fruit; for without uPf 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall ye can do nothing. give you another comforter, that he may 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast fortlh abide with you for ever; as a branch, and is withered; and men gath17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the er them, and cast them into the fire, andl world cannot receive, because it seeth him they are burned. not, neither knoweth him: but ye know 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide ir him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be in you. done unto you. 18 1 will not leave you comfortlecs: I will 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beat come to you. much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have 1 me no more; but ye see me: because I live, loved you: continue ye in my love. ye shall live also. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in abide in my love; even as I have kept my my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Father's commandments, and abide in hi 21 He that hath my commandments, and love. keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and 11 These things have I spoken unto you, ae that loveth me shall be loved of my Fa- that my joy might remain in you, and that ther, and I will love him, and will manifest your joy might be full. myself to him. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, one another, as I have loved you. how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto 13 Greater love hath no man than this, theb, us, and not unto the world? a man lay down his life for his friends. 93 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I man love me, he will keep my words: and command you. my Father will love him, and we will come 15 Henceforth T call you not servants; for unto him, and make our abode with him. the servant knoweth not what his lore 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my doeth: but I have called you friends; for a.: sayings: and the word which ye hear is not things that I have heard of my Father 1 have mine, but the Father's which sent me. made known unto you. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have cho being yet present with you. sen you, and ordained you, that ye should 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit Ghost, whom the Father will send in my should remain; that whatsoever ye shall as:3 name, he shall teach you all things, and of theFather irmy name, he maygive it you bring all things to your rememr rance, what- 17 These things I command you, that ye soever I have said unto you. love one another. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 18 If the world hate you, ye know that fi unto you: not as the world giveth, give I hated me before it hated you. unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, 19 If ye were of the world, the world woula neither let it be afraid. love his own; but because ye are not of the 28 Ye have heaed how I said unto you, I go world, but I have chosen you out of the away, and come again unto you. If ye lov- world, therefore the world hateth you. ed me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go 20 Remember the word that I said unto you. unto the Father: for my Father is greater The servant is not greater than his lord. If than I. they have persecuted me, they will also per29 And now I have told you before it come secute you; if they have kept my saying. to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye they will keep yours also. might believe. 21 But all these things will they do unto 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you for my name's sake, because they know you: for the prince of this world oometh, not him that sent me. and hath nothing in me. t22 1 1 had not come and spoken unto them, 31 But that the world may know that I love they had not had sin; but now they have no the Father; and as the Father gave me corn- cloak for their sin. 696 Christ and his nembers,. STI; JOHN. Peace in Christ. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word 1 might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 26t But when the Comforter is come, whom I wili send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me::;7 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. CHAPTER XVI. T7he Holy Ghost promised, &c. TIPESE things have I spoken unto you, J that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. X And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. t But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him ntto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the World of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall be speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shali see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye in59 quire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, be-; cause ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. 30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye sham have tribulation: but be of good chaex i I have cvercome the world. CHAPTER XVII. Christ prayeth for his apostles. THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine 697 erayer forc all believe:rs ST. JOHN. Judts betrayetth Christ, they were, and thou gavest them me; and brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the they have kept thy word. which he entered, and his disciples. 7 Now they have known that all things 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted 8 For I have given unto them the words thither with his disciples. which thou gavest me; and they have re- 3 Judas then, having received a band (f ceived them, and have known surely that I men and officers from the chief priests and came out from thee, and they have believed Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and that thou didst send me. torches and weapons. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that but for them which thou hast given me; should come upon him, went forth, and said for they are thine. unto them, Whom seek ye? 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. mine; and I am glorified in them. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas 11 And now I am no more in the world, but also, which betrayed him, stood with them. these are in the world, and I come to thee. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I Holy F-:ther, keep through thine own name am he, they went backward, and fell to the those whom thou hast given me, that they ground. may be one, as we are. 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek 12 While I was with them in the world, I ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. kept them in thy name: those that thou 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am avest ine I have kept, and none of them is he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go fost, but the son of perdition; that the their way: Scripture might be fulfilled. 9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which 13 And now come I to thee; and these he spake, Of them which thou gavest me things I speak in the world, that they might have I lost lone. have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew 14 I have given them thy word; and the it, and smote the high priest's servant, and world hath hated them, because they are cut off his right ear. The servant's name not of the world, even as I am not of the was Malchus. world. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up they 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them sword into the sheath: the cup which my out of the world, but that thou shouldest Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? keep them from the evil. 12 Then the band and the captain and 16 They are not of the world, even as I am officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound not of the world. him 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy 13 And led him away to Annas first; for he word is truth. was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, high priest that same year. even so have I also sent them into the world. 14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave count19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, sel to the Jews, that it was expedient thrt chat they also might be sanctified through one man should die for the people. the truth. 15 ~ And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for so did another disciple: that disciple was them also which shall believe on me through known unto the high priest, and went in their word; with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Fa- 16 But Peter stood at the door without. ther, art in me, and I in thee, that they also Then went out that other disciple, which may be one in us: that the world may be- was known unto the high priest, and spake lieve that thou hast sent me. unto her that kept the door, and brought in 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I Peter. have given them; that they may be one, 17 Then satth the damsel that kept the door even as we are one: unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may man's disciples? He saith, I am not. be made perfect in one; and that the wor'l 18 And the servants and officers stood there, may know that thou hast sent me, and hast who had made a fire of coals, for it was loved them, as thou hast loved me. cold; and they warmed themselves: and Pe. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou ter stood with them, and warmed himself. hast given me, be with me where I am; that 19 ~ The high priest then asked Jesus of they may behold my glory, which thou hast his disciples, and of his doctrine. given me: for thou lovedst me before the 20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to foundation of the world. the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, 25 0 righteous Father, the world hath not and in the temple, whither the Jews always known thee: but I have known thee, and resort; and in secret have I said nothing these have known that thou hast sent me. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which 26 And I have declared unto them thy heard me, what I have said unto them: bename, and will declare it, that the love hold, they know what I said. wherewith thou hast loved me may be n 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of them. and I in them. the officers which stood by struck Jesnu CHAPTER XVIII. with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?,das betrayeth thrst, &c. 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken W HEN Jesus had spoken these words, he evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, went forth with his disciples over the why smitest thou re?:;98 C7hrist brought before Pilate. ST. JOHN. Christ's crucifixion. 24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto to you, that ye may know that I find no Caiaphas the high priest. fault in him. 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown limuself. They said therefre unto him, Art of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate not thou also onei of his disciples? IHe dc- saith unto them, Behold the man! tieed it, and said, I anm not. 6 When the chief priests therefore and of. 26 One of the servants of the high priest, licers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucie being hlis kinsman whose car Peter cut off, fy hmin, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, saith, Did rnot I see thee in the garden with T'ake ye him, and crucify him: for I find nc him? fault in him. 27 Peter then denied again; and immedi- 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, ately the cock crew. and by our law he ought to die, because he 28 '1 Thon led they Jesus from Caiaphas made himself the Son of God. unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; 8 ~ When Pilate therefore heard that say and they theimselves went not into the judg- ing, lie was the more afraid; ment hall, lest they should be defiled; but 9 And went again into the judgment hall that they might eat the passover. and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and But Jesus gave him no answer. said, What accusation bring ye against this 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest man? thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I 3i They answered and said unto him, If he have power to crucify thee, and have power were not a malefactor, we would not have to release thee? delivered him u up unto tee. 1I Jesus answered. Thou couldest have no 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye power at all against me, except it were given him, and judge him according to your law. thee from above: therefore he that deliverThe Jews therefore said unto him, It is not ed me unto thee hath the greater sin. lawful for us to put any man to death: 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to 32 That tie saying of Jesus might be ful- release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, illed, which he spake, signifying what death If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's he should die. friend: whosoever maketh himself a king 33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment speaketh against Cesar. hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto 13 ~ When Pilate therefore heard that sayhim, Art thou the King of the Jews? ing, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this the judgment seat in a place that is called thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. ne? 14 And it was the preparation of the pass35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine over, and about the sixth hour: and he saith )wn nation and the chief priests have deliv- unto tho Jews, Behold your King!,red thee unto me: what hast thou done? 15 But they cried out, Away with him. 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith this world: if my kingdom were of this unto them,Shall Icrucifyyour King? The world, then would my servants fig-ht, that I chief priests answered, We have no king but should not be delivered to the Jews: but Cesar. aow is my kingdom not from hence. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest and led him away. that I am a king. To this end was I born, 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into and for this cause came I into the world, a place called the place of a skull, which is that I should bear witness unto the truth, called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Every one that is of the truth heareth my 18 Where they crucified him, and two others voice. with him, on either side one, and Jesus in 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? the midst. And when he had said this, he went out again 19 t And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on Into the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF him no fault at all. NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 But ye have a custom, that I should re. 20 This title then read many of the Jews; lease unto you one at the passover: will ye for the place where Jesus was crucified was therefore that I release unto you the King nigh to the city: and it was written in Heof the Jews? brew, and Greek, and Latin. 40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; arobler, but that he said, I am King of the Jews. CHAPTER XIX. 22 Pilate answered, What 1 have written I have written. Chlrist arcignedl ct crucifiet. 23 Tfhen the soldiers, when they had cruelI'HEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and fled Jesus, took his garments, and made four I scourged hiin. parts, to every soldier a part; and also his 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, coat: now the coat was without seam, wov. and put it on his head, and they put on him a en from the top throughout. purple robe, 24 They said therefore among themselves, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose they smote him with their hands. it shall be: that the Scripture might be ful4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and filled, which saith, They parted ray raiment qaith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth among them, and for my vesture they did 699 C67rist's death, burial, ST. JOHN. and resurrection, cast lots. These things therefore the sol- away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we diers did. know not where they have laid him. 25 T Now there stood by the cross of Jesus 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 4 So they ran both together: and the other 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, the sepulchre. he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold 5 And he stooping down, and looking in, thy son! saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy in. mother I And from that hour that disciple 6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, took her unto his own home. and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the 281 After this, Jesus knowing that all things linen clothes lie, were now accomplished, that the Scripture 7 And the napkin, that was about his head. might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vine- together in a place by itself. gar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and 8 Then went in also that other disciple, put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. which came first to the sepulchre, and he 30 When Jesus therefore had received the saw, and believed. vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bo wed 9 For as yet they knew not the Scripture, his head, and gave up the ghost. that he must rise again fron the dead. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the 10 Then the disciples went away again unto preparation, that the bodies should not re- their own home. main upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for 11 ~ But Mary stood without at the sepulthat sabbath day was a high day,) besought chre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped Pilate that their legs might be broken, and down, -Itd looked into the sepulchre, that they might be taken away. 12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the the one at the head, and the other at the legs of the first, and of the other which was feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. crucified with him. 13 And they say unto her, Woman, why 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw weepest thou? She saith unto them, Bethat he was dead already, they brake not cause they have taken away my Lord, and I his legs: know not where they have laid him. 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear 14 And when she had thus said, she turned pierced his side, and forthwith came there herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and out blood and water. knew not that it was Jesus. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his 15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weep. record is true; and he knoweth that he saith est thou? whom seekest thou? She, suppose true, that ye might believe. ing him to be the gardener, saith unto hinm, 36 For these things were done, that the Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him where thou hast laid him, and I will take shall not be broken. him away. 37 And again another Scripture saith, They 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned 1hall look on him whom they pierced. herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which 38 IT And after this Joseph of Arimathea, is to say, Master.,eing a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he I am rnot yet ascended to my Father: but go might take away the body of Jesus: and to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend Pilate gave h im leave. He came therefore, unto my Father, and your Father; and to and took the body of Jesus. my God, and your God. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, (which 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disat the first came to Jesus by night,) and ciples that she had seen the Lord, and that brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, he had spoken these things unto her. about a hundred pound weight. 19 T Then the same day at evening, being 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and the first dayj of the week, when the doors wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as were shut where the disciples were assemthe manner of the Jews is to bury. bled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and 41 Now in the place where he was crucified stood in the midst, and saith unto them, there was a garden; and in the garden a Peace be unto you. new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet 20 And when he had so said, he shewed unlaid. to them his hands and his side. Then were 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepul- 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be vhre was nigh at hand. unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even CHAPTER XX. so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed Christ's resurrection. on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye THE first day of the week cometh Mary the Holy Ghost: Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, 23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are reunto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone mitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye taken away from the sepulchre. retain, they are retained. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon 24 T But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus Didymus, was not with them when Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken came. 700 (.Trist's repeated ST. JOHN. charge to Peter. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto 10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish him, We have seen the Lord. But he said which ye have now caught. unto them, Except I shall see in his hands 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net the print of the nails, and put my finger in- to land full of great fishes, a hundred and to the print of the nails, and thrust my hand fifty and three: and for all there were so into his side, I will not believe. many, yet was not the net broken. 26 ~I And after eight days again his disciples 12 Jesus Faith unto them, Come and dine. were within, and Thomas with them: then And none of the disciples durst ask him, came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood Who art thou? knowing that it was the in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Lord. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach and giveth them, and fish likewise. hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; 14 This is now the third time that Jesus and be not faithless, but believing. shewed himself to his disciples, after that he:8 And Thomas answered and said unto was risen from the dead. him, My Lord and my God. 15 f So when they had dined, Jesus saith 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: bless- thou me more than these? He saith unto ed (are they that have not seen, and yet have him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love believed. thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. '30 And many other signs truly did Jesus 16 He saith to him again the second time, in the presence of his disciples, which are Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He not written in this book: saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest 31 But these are written, that ye might be- that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed lieve that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of my sheep. God; and that believing ye might have life 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simor through his name. son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter w' CHAPTER XXI grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto Christ again appears to his disciples. him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou AFTER these things Jesus shewed himself knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto a again to the disciples at the sea of Tibe- him, Feed my sheep. lias; and on this wise shewed he himself. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When 4 There were together Simon Peter, and thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when C'ana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth and two other of his disciples. thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fish- carry thee whither thou wouldest not. ing. They say unto him, We also go with 19 This spake he, signifying by what deat~;hee. They went forth, and entered into a he should glorify God. And when he haQ ship immediately; and that night they spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. caught nothing. 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the 4 But when the morning was now come, disciple whom Jesus loved following; which Jesus stood on the shore; but the disciples also leaned on his breast at supper, and said knew not that it was Jesus. Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, 21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. and what shall this man do? 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. tarry till I come, what is that to thee? folThey cast therefore, and now they were not low thou me. able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 23 Then went this saying abroad among the 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved brethren, that that disciple should not die: saith urto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was what is that to thee? naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of 8 And the other disciples came in a little these things, and wrote these things: and ship, (for they were not far from land, but we know that his testimony is true. as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the 25 And there are also many other things net with fishes. which Jesus did, the which, if they should 9 As soon then as they were come to land, be written every one, I suppose that even they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid the world itself could not contain the books thereon, and bread. that should be written. Amen. 59* 701 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER I. 18 Now this man purchased a field with the A repetition of Christ's history, c. reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowTHE former treatise have I made, O The- els gushed out. ophilus, of all that Jesus began both to 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers do and teach, at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is call2 Until the day in which he was taken up, ed, in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that after that he through the Holy Ghost had is to say, The field of blood. wiven commandments unto the apostles 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, whom he had chosen: Let his habitation be desolate, and let no 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive man dwell therein: and, His bishoprick let after his passion by many infallible proofs, another take. being seen of them forty days, and speaking 21 Wherefore of these men which have of the things pertaining to the kingdom of companied with us all the time that the God: Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 4 And, being assembled together with them, 22 Beginning from the baptism of Johs, commanded them that they should not de- unto that same day that he was taken up part from Jerusalem, but wait fsr the from us, must one be ordained to be a witpromise of the Father, which, saith he, ye ness with us of his resurrection. have heard of me. 23 And they appointed two, Joseph calleC 5 For John truly baptized with water: but Barsabas, who was surnamed Justuu, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost Matthias. not many days hence. 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord. 6 When they therefore were come togeth- which knowest the hearts of all men, she; er, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt whether of these two thou hast chosen, thou at this time restore again the kingdom 25 That he may take part of this ministry to Israel? and apostleship, from which Judas by trans. 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you gression fell, that he might go to his owr to know the times or the seasons, which place. the Father hath put in his own power. 26 And they gave forth their lots; and the 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbep Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall ed with the eleven apostles. 'e witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, CHAPTER I. and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. The apostles receive the Holy Ghost. 9 And when he had spoken these things,A ND when the day of Pentecost was full3.chile they beheld, he was taken up; and a come, they were all with one accord iD cloud received him out of their sight. one place. 10 And while they looked steadfastly to- 2 And suddenly there came a sound frome vard heaven as he went up, behold, two heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it men stood by them in white apparel: filled all the house where they were sitting. 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why 3 And there appeared unto them cloven stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each Jesus, which is taken up from you into of them. heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye 4 And they were all filled with the Holy have seen him go into heaven. Ghost, and began to speak with other 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem tongues, as the Spirit gave them utter. from the mount called Olivet, which is from ance. Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem 13 And when they were come in, they went Jews, devout men, out of every nation unup into an upper room, where abode both der heaven. Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Mat- multitude came together, and were conthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon founded, because that every man heard Zel tes, and Judas the brother of James. them speak in his own language. 14 These all continued with one accord i. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled. prayer and supplication, with the women, saying one to another, Behold, are not all and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his these which speak Galileans? brethren. 8 And how hear we every man in our owE 15 ~i And in those days Peter stood up in tongue, wherein we were born? the midst of the disciples, and said, (the 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and number of names together were about a the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, hundred and twenty,) and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 16 Men and brethren, this Scripture must 10 Phrygia. and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and Ghost by the mouth of David spake before strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, concerning Judas, which was guide to them 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them that took Jesus. speak in our tongues the wonderful works 17 For he was numbered with us, and had of God. obtained part of this ministry. 12 And they were all amazed, and were ir 702 Peter's sermon on THE ACTS. the day of Pentecost. doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth shed forth this, which ye now see and this? hear. JJ Others mocking said, These men are full 34 For David is not ascended into the heav)i nSw wine. ens: bat he saith himself. The LORD said 14 I But Peter, standing up with the eleven, unto my Lord, Sft thou on my right hand, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jeru- 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel knew salem, be this known unto you, and hearken assuredly, that God hath made that same to my words: Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, and Christ. seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 37 ~ Now when they heard this, they were 16 But this is that which was spoken by the pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter prophet Joel; and to the rest of the apostles, Men and 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, brethren, what shall we do? saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and all flesh: and your sons and your daughters be baptized every one of you in the name of shall prophesy, and your young men shall Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and see visions, and your old men shall dream ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. dreams: 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your 18 And on my servants and on my hand- children, and to all that are afar off, even as maidens I will pour out in those days of my many as the Lord our God shall call. Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 40 And with many other words did he testi19 And I will shew wonders in heaven fy and exhort, saying, Save yourselves front above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, this untoward generation. and fire, and vapour of smoke: 41 ~ Then they that gladly received his word 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, were baptized: and the same day there were and the moon into blood, before that great added unto them about three thousand souls. and notable day of the Lord come: 42 And they continued steadfastly in the 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in shall call on the name of the Lord shall be breaking of bread, and in prayers. saved. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus many wonders and signs were done by the of Nazareth, a man approved of God among apostles. you by miracles and wonders and signs, 44 And all that believed were together, and Which God did by him in the midst of you, had all things common; as ye yourselves also know: 45 And sold their possessions and goods, 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate and parted them to all men, as every man counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have had need. taken, and by wicked hands have crucified 46 And they, continuing daily with one acknd slain: cord in the temple, and breaking bread from 24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed house to house, did eat their meat with the pains of death: because it was not pos- gladness and singleness of heart, sible that he should be holden of it. 47 Praising God, and having favour witk 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I all the people. And the Lord added to the foresaw the Lord always before my face; church daily such as should be saved. for he is on my right hand, that I should not CHAPTER III. bt moved: 2 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my Peter cureth a lame man, &c. tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh NTOW Peter and John went up together shall rest in hope: At into the temple at the hour of prayer, 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in being the ninth hour. hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One 2 And a certain man lame from his mothto see corruption. er's womb was carried, whom they laid daily 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways at the gate of the temple which is called of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered thy countenance. into the temple; 29 Men and brethren, let me freely spewk 3 Who, seeing Peter and John about to go unto you of the patriarch David, that he is into the temple, asked an alms. both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with us unto this day. with John, said, Look on us. 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting that God had sworn with an oath to him, to receive something of them. that of the fruit of his loins, according to the 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his none; but such as I have give I thee: In throne; the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise 31 He, seeing this before, spake of the up and walk. resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not 7 And he took him by the right hand, and left in hell, neither his flesh did see corrup- lifted him up: and immediately his feet and tion. ankle bonesreceived strength. 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof 8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, e all are witnesses. and entered with them into the temple, 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God walking, and leaping, and praising God. exalted, and having received of the Father 9 And all the people saw him walking and the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath praising God: 703 '"i- ft r' ex.7ch'ortit;. Tle ACiTS. T7'1 ta.rlcsr; are o ffetil.e 10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the telmple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. 11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 12 T And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let hint go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. 16 And his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 19 ~ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. CHAPTER IV. Peter and John imprisoned. AND as they spake unto the people, the. priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 704 3 And they I:ld hands on them, and put thlemt in hold unto the next day: Ior it vwa; now eventide. 4 Howbeiti many of them which heard the word belie (ed; and the number of the nmer: was about five th(eusand. 5 1 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caialhas, and John, and Alexander, and as many a:. were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst they asked, By what power, or by wha-; name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesu:, Christ of Nazareth,whom ye crucified, whoni God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was sot at n )u,hi of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other. for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must 'e saved. 13 ~ Now when they saw the boldness ot Peter and John, and perceived that th': were unlearned and ignorant raen, they marvelled; and they took knowledge ot them, that they had been with J 'sus. 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it, 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18 And they ca 'ed them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in 'the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the peoc ple: for all men glorified God for that which was done. 22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed. 23 T And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chic t priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted u] their voice to God with one accord, and said. Lord, thou alrt God, which hast made heaven The sin of THE ACTS Alania's and Sapplt'a and earth, and the sea, and all that in them 1 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that is; ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and have buried thy husband are at the door, tie people imagine vain things? and shall carry thee out. 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the 10 Then fell she down straightway at his rulers were gathered together against the feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the Lord, and against his Christ. young men came in, and found her dead, 27 For of a truth against thy holy child and, carrying her forth, buried her by her Jesus,whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, husband. and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and 11 And great fear came upon all the church, the people of Israel, were gathered together, and upon as many as heard these things. 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy 12 T And by the hands of the apostles were counsel determined before to be done. many signs and wonders wrought among the 29 And now, Lord, behold their threaten- people; (and they were all with one accord ings: and grant unto thy servants, that with in Solomon's porch. all boldness they may speak thy word, 13 And of the rest durst no man join him30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; self to them: but the people magnified them, and that signs and wonders may be done by 14 And believers were the more added to the name of thy holy child Jesus. the Lord, multitudes both of men and wo31 ~ And when they had prayed, the place men;) was shaken where they were assembled to- 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the Nether: and they were all filled with the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds ioly Ghost, and they spake the word of God and couches, that at the least the shadow of with boldness. Peter passing by might overshadow seine of 32 And the multitude of them that believ- them. ed were of one heart and of one soul: nei- 16 There came also a multitude out of the ther said any of them that aught of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing things which he possessed was his own; but sick folks, and them which were vexed with they had all things common. unclean spirits: and they were healed every 33 And with great power gave the apostles one. witness of the resurrection of the Lord 17 T Then the high priest rose up, and all j ess: and great grace was upon them all. they that were with him, (which is the sect 34 Neither was there any among them that of the Sadducees,) and were filled with in. lacked: for as many as were possessors of dignation, lands or houses sold them, and brought the 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, price of the things that were sold, and put them in the common prison. 35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: 19 But the angel of the Lord by night openand distribution was made unto every man ed the prison doors, and brought them forth, according as he had need. and said, 36 And Joses, who by the apostles was sur- 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the named Barnabas, (which is, being interpret- people all the words of this life. ed, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and 21 And when they heard that, they entered Df the country of Cyprus, into the temple early in the morning, and 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the taught. But the high priest came, and they mnoney, and laid it at the apostles' feet. that were with him, and called the council CHAPT ER V.together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have Ananias and Sapphira smitten, &c. them brought. BUT a certain man named Ananias, with 22 But when the officers came, and found Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, them not in the prison, they returned, and 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife told, also being privy to it, and brought a certain 23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. with all safety, and the keepers standing 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan without before the doors: but when we had filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, opened, we found no man within. and to keep back part of the price of the 24 Now when the high priest and the cap. land? tain of the temple and the chief priests 4 While it remained, was it not thine own? heard these things, they doubted of them and ' ter it was sold, was it not in thine own whereunto this would grow. power? why hast thou conceived this thing 25 Then came one and told them, saying, in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are but unto God. standing in the temple, and teaching the 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell people. down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear 26 Then went the captain with the officers, came on all them that heard these things. and brought them without violence: for 6 And the young men arose, wound him up they feared the people, lest they should 'and carried him out, and buried him. have been stoned. t7 And it was about the space of three hours 27 And when they had brought them, they after, when his wife, not knowing what was set them before the council: and the high done, came in. priest asked them, 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command whether ye sold the land for so much? And you that ye should not teach in this name? she said, Yea, for so much. and, behold, yo have filled Jerusalem with 2 U 705 Gamaliel's advice. THE ACTS. Stephen falsely accused. your doctrine, and intend to bring this and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, man's blood upon us. and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of 29 1 Then Peter and the other apostles an- Antioch; swered and said, We ought to obey God 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and rather than men. when they had prayed, they laid their hands 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, on them. whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 7 And the word of God increased; and the 31 Him hath God exalted with his right number of the disciples multiplied in Jeruhand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to salem greatly; and a great company of the give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of priests were obedient to the faith. sins. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; great wonders and miracles among the and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God people. hath given to them that obey him. 9 ~T Then there arose certain of the syna33 ~ When they heard that, they were cut to gogue, which is called the synagogue of the the heart, and took counsel to slay them. Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, 34 Then stood there up one in the council, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the with Stephen. law, had in reputation among all the people, 10 And they were not able to resist the wisand commanded to put the apostles forth a dom and the spirit by which he spake. little space; 11 Then they suborned men, which said, 35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, We have heard him speak blasphemous take heed to yourselves what ye intend to words against Moses, and against God. do as touching these men. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the 36 For before these days rose up Theudas, elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom and caught him, and brought him to the a number of men, about four hundred, council, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous brought to nought. words against this holy place, and the law: 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee 14 For we have heard him say, that this in the days of the taxing, and drew away Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, much people after him: he also perished; and shall change the customs which Moses and all, even as many as obeyed him, were delivered us. dispersed. 15 And all that sat in the council, looking 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had these men, and let them alone: for if this been the face of an angel. counsel or this work be of men, it will come CHAPTER VII. to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow Stephen answereth for himself. it; lest haply ye be found even to tight THEN said the high priest, Are these against God. l things so? 40 And to him they agreed: and when they 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, had called the apostles, and beaten them, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto they commanded that they should not speak our father Abraham, when he was in Mesoin the name of Jesus, and let them go. potamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 41 ~ And they departed from the presence 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy of the council, rejoicing that they were country, and from thy kindred, and come counted worthy to suffer shame for his into the land which I shall shew thee. name. 4 Then came he out of the land of the 42 And daily in the temple, and in every Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from house, they ceased not to teach and preach thence, when his father was dead, he removJesus Christ. ed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. CHAPTER VI. 5 And he gave him none inheritance in it. no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he Seven deacons appointed, &c. promised that he would give it to him for a AND in those days, when the number of possession, and to his seed after him, when the disciples was multiplied, there arose as yet he had no child. a murmuring of the Grecians against the 6 And God spake on this wise, That his seer Hebrews, because their widows were neg- should sojourn in a strange land; and that lected in the daily ministration. they should bring them into bondage, and 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of entreat them evil four hundred years.. the disciples unto them, and said, It is not 7 And the nation to whom they shall be max reason that we should leave the word of bondage will I judge, said God: and after God, and serve tables. that shall they come forth, and serve me in 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among this place. you seven men of honest report, full of the 8 And he gave him the covenant of cirHoly Ghost and wisdom, whom we may ap- cumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, point over this business. and circumcised him the eighth day; and 4 But we will give ourselves continually to Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the prayer, and to the ministry of the word. twelve patriarchs. 5 And the saying pleased the whole mul- 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold titude: and they chose Stephen, a man full Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, 10 And delivered him out of all his afflio~ 706 gStephen7s apology. TI.H ACTS. Stephen's apolugy. lions, and gave him favour and wisdom in 34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction ot the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he my people which is in Egypt, and I have made him governor over Egypt and all his heard their groaning, and am come down to house. deliver them. And now come, I will send 11 Now there came a dearth over all the thee into Egypt. land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great afflic- 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, tion: and our fathers found no sustenance. Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the 12 But when Jacob heard that there was same did God send to he a ruler and a delivcorn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. erer by the hand of the angel which appear13 And at the second time Joseph was made ed to him in the bush. known to his brethren; and Joseph's kin- 36 He brought them out, after that he had dred was made known unto Pharaoh. shewed wonders and signs in the land of 14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilJacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore derness forty years. and fifteen souls. 37 1 This is that Moses, which said unto the 15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord died, he, and our fathers, your God raise up unto you of your breth16 And were carried over into Sychern, and ren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought 38 This is he, that was in the church in the for a sum of money of the sons of Enmmor, wilderness with the angel which spake to the father of Sychem. him in the mount Sina, and with our fa17 But when the time of the promise drew thers: who received the lively oracles to nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the give unto us: people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, 18 Till another king arose, which knew not but thrust him from them, and in their Joseph. hearts turned back again into Egypt, 19 The same dealt subtilely with our kin- 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go dred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that before us: for as for this Moses, which they cast out their young children, to the brought us out of the land ot Egypt, we wot end they might not live. not what is become of him. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was 41 And they made a calf in those days, and exceeding fair, and nourished up in his fa- offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced ther's house three months: in the works of their own hands. 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to daughter took him up, and nourished him worship the host of heaven; as it is written for her own son. in the book of the prophets, O ye house of 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and sacrifices by the space of forty years in and in deeds. the wilderness? 23 And when he was full forty years old, it 43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Mocame into his heart to visit his brethren the loch, and the star of your god Remphan, children of Israel. figures which ye made to worship them: 'A And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. defended him, and avenged him that was 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witoppressed, and smote the Egyptian: ness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, 25 For he supposed his brethren would have speaking unto Moses, that he should make it understood how that God by his hand would according to the fashion that he had seen. deliver them; but they understood not. 45 Which also our fathers that came after 26 And the next day he shewed himself brought in with Jesus into the possession of unto them as they strove, and would have the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are face of our fathers, unto the days of David; brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 46 Who found favour before God, and de27 But he that did his neighbour wrong sired to find a tabernacle for the God of thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a Jacob. ruler and a judge over us? 47 But Solomon built him a house. 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the 48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in Egyptian yesterday? temples made with hands; as saith the 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was prophet, i stranger in the land of Madian, where he 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my begat two sons. footstool: what house will ye build me? 30 And when forty years were expired, saith the Lord: or what is the place of my there appeared to him in the wilderness of rest? mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flamle 50 Hath not my hand made all these things? of fire in a bush. 51 T Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in 31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. voice of the Lord came unto him, 52 Which of the prophets have not your fa32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the thers persecuted? and they have slain them God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and which shewed before of the coming of the the God of Jacob. Then Moses trenbled, Just One; of whom ye have been now the and durst not behold. betrayers and murderers: 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy 53 Who have received the law by the disshoes from thy feet: for the place where position of angels, and have not kept it. thou standest is holy ground. 54 T When they heard these things, they 707 Stephen stoned to death. THE ACTS. Philip sent to the eunuch, were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my slirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. CHAPTER VIII. Persecution in Jerusalem. AND Saul was consenting unto his death. N And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, Dnd that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city. 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. 11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, 708 prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none ol them: only they were loaptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, anm they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through Isy. ing on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghosl was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with morney. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gal} of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 25 And they, when they bad testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward thle south, unto the way that goetL down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold. a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, GG near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32 The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and be. gan at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand The convcrsion of Saul. THE ACTS. The Jews seek to kill him, still: and they went down both into the as it had been scales: and he received sight water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. baptized him. 19 And when he had received meat, he was 39 And when they were come up out of the strengthened. Then was Saul certain days water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away with the disciples which were at Damascus. Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: 20 And straightway he preached Christ in and he went on his way rejoicing. the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and 21 But all that heard h/ir,. were amazed, and passing through he preached in all the cities, said; Is not this hethat destroyed them which till he came to Cesarea. called on this name in Jerusalem, and came CHAPTER IX hither for that intent, that he might bring arthem bound unto the chief priests? Saul goeth to Damascus, &c. 2 3But Saul increased the more in strength, AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and confounded the Jews which dwelt at DaJ and slaughter against the disciples of Imascus, proving that this is very Christ. the Lord, went unto the hi.gh priest, 23 ~f And after that many days were ful2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to filled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: the synagogues, that if he found any of this 24 But their laying wait was known of Saul, way, whether they were men or women, he And they watched the gates day and night might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. to kill him. 3 And as he journeyed, he ca;e near Da- 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and mascus: and suddenly there shined round let him down by the wall in a basket. about him a light from heaven: 26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a he assayed to join himself to the disciples: voice saying unto him. Saul, Saul, why per- but they were all afraid of him, and believed secutest thou me? not that he was a disciple. 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And 27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou perse- to the apostles, and declared unto them how cutest: it is hard for thee to kick against he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he the prricks. had spoken to him, and how he had preached 6 And he trembling and astonished said, boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. Lord, what wht thou have me to do? And 28 And he was with them coming in and the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into going out at Jerusalem. the city, and it shall be told thee what thou 29 And he spake boldly in the name of the tnmst do. Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Gre7 And the men which journeyed with him cians: but they went about to slay him. stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing 30 Which when the brethren knew, they no man. brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when forth to Tarsus. his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but 31 Then had thechurches rest throughout they led him by the hand, and brought him all Judea and Galilee and Samnaria, and were into Damascus. edified; and walking in the fear of the 9 And he was three days without sight, and Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, neither did eat nor drink. were multiplied. 10 ~ And there was a certain disciple at Da- 32 ~ And it came to pass, as Peter passed mascus, named Ananias; and to him said throughout all quarters, he came down also the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. Behold, I am here, Lord. 33 And there he found a certain man named 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, go into the street which is called Straight, and was sick of the palsy. and inquire in the house of Judas for one34 And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make prayeth, thy bed. And he arose immediately. 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron Ananias coming in, and putting hits hand saw him, and turned to the Loid. on him, that he might receive his sight. 36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disci13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have pie named Tabitha, which by interpretation heard by many of this man, how much evil is called Dorcas: this woman was full of be hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: good works and almsdeeds which she did. 14 And here he hath authorityfromthechief 37 And it came to pass in those days, that priests to bind all that call on thy name. she was sick, and died: whom when they 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: had washed, they laid her in an upper chamfor he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my ber. name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the 38 And forasm uch as Lydda was nigh to Jopchildren of Israel: pa, and the disciples had heard that Peter 16 For I will shew him how great things he was there, they sent anto him two men, demust suffer for mny name's sake. siring him that he would not delay to come 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered to them. Into the house; and putting his hands on him 39 Then Peter arose and went with them, said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that When he was come, they brought him into appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, the upper chamber: and all the widows hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats eight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. and garments which Dorcas made, while she 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes was with them. 60 709 Peter's heavenly vision. THE ACTS. 1'leer yoeth to (esarea. 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and Widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. CHAPTER X. Cornelius sendeth for Peter, &c. THERE was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. 3 He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming irn to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him,hewals afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. 7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; 8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. 9 ~ On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about tho sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate. 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. 19 T While Peter thought on the vision, the 710 Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 23 Then called he them in, and lodged them, And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa acT companied him. 24 And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Corneliau waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, aeid worshipped him. 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. 27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 34 ~ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceived that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God weq with him. Peter defendeth his THEf; ACTS. preaching to the Gentiles. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. 44 ~ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized In the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. CHAPTER XI. Peter maketh his defence, &c. AND the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncireumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: 6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. 8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call no' thou common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me. 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house: 13 And he shewed us how he had seen an nagel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send man to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 19 [ Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene. which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 22 5 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as.far as Antioch. 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. 27 ~ And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar. 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. CHAPTER XII. Herod persecuteth the Christians. NTOW about that time Herod the king I stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four 711 Peters miraculous deliverance. THE ACTS. Elymas the sorcerer. quaternions of soldiers to keep him intend- 22 And the people gave a shout, sayinqg It. ing after Easter to bring him forth to the is the voice of a god, and not of a man. people. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but smote him, because he gave not God the prayer was made without ceasing of the glory and he was eaten of worms, and gave church unto God for him. up the ghost. 6 And when Herod would have brought 24 1 But the word of God grew and multi. him forth, the same night Peter was sleep- plied. ing between two soldiers, bound with two 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from chains: and the keepers before the door Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their kept the prison. ministry, and took with them John, whose 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came surname was Mark. upon hnm, and a light shined in the prison: CHAPTER XIII. and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his Paul and Barnabas chosen, &c. chains fell off from his hands. XTOW there were in the church that was at 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thy-.l Antioch certain prophets and teachers; self, and bind on thy sandals: and so he did. as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, about thee, and follow me. which had been brought up with Herod the 9 And he we::t out, and followed him; and tetrarch, and Saul. wist not that it was true which was done by 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fast. the an, el; but thought he saw a vision. ed, the Hol1 Ghost said, Separate me Bar. 10 When they were past the first and the nabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I second ward, they came unto the iron gate have called them. that l-auc`th unto the city; which opened to 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, them of his wn accord: and they went out, and laid their hands on them, they sent and- aessed on through one street; and forth- them away. with the angel departed from him. 4 T So they, being sent forth by the Holy 11 An` when Peter was come to himself, he Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord thence they sailed to Cyprus. hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me 5 And when they were at Salamis, they out of the hand of Herod, and from all the preached the word of God in the synaexpectation of the people of the J jws. gogues of the Jews: and they had also John 12 And when he had considered the thing, to their minister. he came to the house of Mary the mother of 6 And when they had gone through the isle John, whose surname was Mark; where unto Paphos, they found A certain sorcerer, many were gathered together praying. a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the Bar-jesus: gate, a damsel came to hearken, named 7 Which was with the deputy of the counRhoda. try, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who 14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, hear the word of God. and told how Peter stood before the gate. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. name by interpretation) withstood them, But she constantly affirmed that it was even seeking to turn away the deputy from the so. Then said they, It is his angel. faith. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) when they had opened the door, and saw filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, they were astonished. him, 17 But he, beckoning unto them with the 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all hand to hold their peace, declared unto mischief, thout child of the devil, thou enemy them how the Lord had brought him out of of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease ta the prison. And he said, Go shew these pervert the right ways of the Lord? things unto James, and to the brethren.11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord And he departed, and went into another is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not place. seeing the sun for a season. And immedi18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no ately there fell on him a mist and a darksmall stir among the soldiers, what was be- ness; and he went about seeking some to come of Peter. lead him by the hand. 19 And when Herod had sought for him, and 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was;ound him not, he examined the keepers, and done, believed, being astonished at the doccommanded that they should be put to death. trine of the Lord. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, 13 Now when Paul and his company loosed and there abode. from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pam20 T And Herod was highly displeased with phylia: and John departing from them rethem of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with turned to Jerusalem. one accord to him, and, having made Blastus 14 ~ Bu3t when they departed from Perga, the king's chamberlain their friend, desired they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went peace; because their country was nourished into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and by the king's country. sat down. 21 And upon a set (lay Herod, arrayed in 15 And after the reading of the law and the royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made prophebs, the rulers of the synagogue sent an oration unto them. unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if 712 Paul preacheth at Atstioce.l THE ACTS. 17he Gentiles believe. ye have any word of exhortation for the 36 For David, after he had served his own people, say on. generation by the Trill of God, fell on sleep, 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corhis hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that ruption: fear God, give audience. 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no 17 The God of this people of Israel chose corruption. our fathers, and exalted the people when 38. Be it known unto you therefore, men they dwelt as strangers in the landof Egypt, cand brethren, that through this man is and with a high arm brought he them out preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: of it. 39 And by him all that believe are justified 18 And about the time of forty years suf- from all things, from which ye could not be fered he their manners in the wilderness. justified by the law of Moses. 19 And when he had destroyed seven na- 40 B1eware therefore, lest that come upon tions in the land of Chanaan, he divided you, which is spoken of in the prophets; their land to them by lot. 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and 20 And after that he gave unto them judges perish: for I work a work in your days, a about the space of four hundred and fifty work which ye shall in no wise believe, years, until Samuel the prophet. though a manl declare it unto you. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and 42 And when the Jews were gone out of God gave unto themi Saul the son of Cis, a the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that tnan of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space these words might be preached to them the of forty years. next sabbath. 22 And when he had removed him, he rais- 43 Now when the congregation was broken ed up unto them David to be their king; to up, many of the Jews and religious prosewhom also he gave testinony, and said, I lytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, have found David the sont of Jesse, a man seaking to them, persuaded them to conafter mine own heart, which shall fulfil all tinue in the grace of God. my will. 44 ~ And the next sabbath day came almost 23 Of this man's seed hath God, according the whole city together to hear the word of to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, God. Jesus: 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, 24 When John had first preached before his they were filled with envy, and spake coming the baptism of repentance to all the ag'ainst those things which were spoken by people of Israel. Paull, contradicting- and blaspheming. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. and saiid, It was necessary that the word of But, behold, there comneth one after me, God should first have been spoken to you: whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to but seeing ye put it from you, and judge loose. yourselves unlworthy of everlasting life, lo, 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock we turn to the Gentiles. of Abrahaml, and whosoever among you 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, feareth God, to you is the word of this sal- sacyiiy, I have set thee to be a light of the vation sent. (entiles, that thou shouldest be for salva27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and tion unto the ends of the earth. their rulers, because they knew him not, 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they nor yet the voices of the prophets which are were glad, and glorified the word of the read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled Lord: and as many as were ordained to eterthem in condemning him. nal life believed. 28 Anld though they found no cause of 49 And the word of the Lord was published death iln ism, yet desired they Pilate that he throughout all the region. should be slain. 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was honourable women, and the chief men of written of him, they took him down from the city, and raised persecution against Paul the tree, and laid himn in a sepulchre. and Barnabas, and expelled them out of 30 But God raised him from the dead: their coasts. 3l And he was seen many days of them 51 lBut they shook of the dust of their feet which came up with him from Galilee to agfainst them, and calme unto Iconium. Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, people. and with the Holy Ghost. 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, APT V how that the promise which was made unto CHAP the fathers, Paul and 3arlnabas are persecuted. 3:3 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their ND it came to pass in Iconium, that they children, in that he hath raised up Jesus.A went both together into the synagogue again; as it is also written in the second of the Jews, and so spake, that a great mulpsalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I titude both of the Jews and also of the begotten thee. Greeks believed. 34 And as concerning that he raised him 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the up from the dead, now no more to return Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected to corruption, he said on this wise, I will against the brethren. give you the sure mercies of David. 3 Long time therefore abode they speaking 35 Wherefore he saith also in another boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One unto the word of his grace, and granted to see corruption. signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 60* 713 Paul healeth a cripple. THE ACTS. The case of Gentie 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 ~ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also arc men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: 16 Who in times past suffered all nations tc walk in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. 18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. 19 ~ And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. 20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with OBarnabas to Derbe. & 21 And when they had preached the gospel ~to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. 24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: 26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from 1,4A whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they ful. filled. 27 And when they were come, and had gath. ered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. 28 And there they abode long time with the disciples. CHAPTER XV. Dissension about circumcision, &c. AND certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of tne apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, Thai It was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 6 ~ And the apostles and elders came to. gether for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disput, ing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. 12 ~ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 13 T And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord. and all the Gentiles, upon whom converts decided. THE ACTS. Paut and Barnabas separate, my name is called, saith the Lord, who Pamphylia, and went not with them to the doeth all these things. work. 18 Known unto God are all his works from 39 And the contention was so sharp between the beginning of the world. them, that they departed asunder one from 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and trouble not them, which from among the sailed unto Cyprus; Gentiles are turned to God: 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, be20 But that we write unto them, that they ing recommended by the brethren unto abstain from pollutions of idols, and from the grace of God. fornication, and from things strangled, and 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, from blood. confirming the churches. 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city APT XV them that preach him, being read in the syn- HAPTER VI. agogues every sabbath day. Paul circumeciseth Timothy, &c. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and eld- rTHEN came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, ers, with the whole church, to send chosen _ behold, a certain disciple was there, men of their own company to Antioch with named Timotheus, the son of a certain woPaul and Barnabas; namely, Judas sur- man, which was a Jewess, and believed; but named Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among his father was a Greek: the brethren: 2 Which was well reported of by the breth23 And they wrote letters by them after ren that were at Lystra and Iconium. this manner; The apostles and elders and 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with brethren send greeting unto the brethren him; and took and circumcised him because which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and of the Jews which were in those quarters: Syria and Cilicia: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 21 Forasmuch as we have heard, that cer- 4 And as they went through the cities, fain which went out from us have troubled they delivered them the decrees for to keep, you with words, subverting your souls, say- that were ordained of the apostles and eldmg, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the ers which were at Jerusalem. law; to whom we gave no such command- 5 And so were the churches established in meat: the faith, and increased in number daily. 25 It seemed good unto us, being assem- 6 Now when they had gone throughout ble1l with one accord, to send chosen men Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were unto you with our beloved Barnabas and forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the Pall, word in Asia, 26 Men that have hazarded their lives for 7 After they were come to Mysia, they asthe name of our Lord Jesus Christ. sayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suf27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, fered them not. Who shall also tell you the same things by 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to mouth. Troas. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the and to us, to lay upon you no greater bur- night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and den than these necessary things;prayed him, saying, Come over into Mace29 That ye abstain from meats offered to donia, and help us. idels, and from blood, and fronm things stran- 10 And after he had seen the vision, immegled, and from fornication: from which if diately we endeavoured to go into Miacedoye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare nia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had ye well. called us for to preach the gospel unto them. 30 So when they were dismissed, they came 11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came to Antioch: and when they had gathered with a straight course to Samothracia, and the multitude together, they delivered the the next day to Neapolis; epistle: 12 And from thence to Philippi, which is 31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced the chief city of that part of Macedonia, ansl for the consolation. a colony: and we were in that city abiding 32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also certain days. themselves, exhorted the brethren with 13 And on the sabbath we went out of the manywords, and confirmed them. city by a river side, where prayer was wont 33 And after they had tarried there a space, to be made; and we sat down, and spake they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the women which resorted thither. unto the apostles. 14 T And a certain woman named Lydia, a 34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide sellerof purple,of the cityof Thyatira, which there still. worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in An- Lord opened, that she attended unto the tioch, teaching and preaching the word of things which were spoken of Paul. the Lord, with many others also. 15 And when she was baptized, and her 36 ~t And some days after, Paul said unto household, she besought uts, saying, If P Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our have judged me to be faithful to the Lora, brethren in every city where we have come into my house, and abide there. And preached the word of the Lord, and see how she constrained us. they do. 16ti And it came to pass, as we went to 37 And Barnabas determined to take with prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a them John, whose surname was Mark. spirit of divination met us, which brought 38 But Paul thought not good to take him her masters much gain by soothsaying: With them, who departed from them from 17 The same followed Paul and us, and criedc -. 715 Paul and Silas imprisoned. THPEE ACTS. Paut preacheth in Berea saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 18 And thus did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. 19 ~ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. 22 And the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely: 24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 25 ~ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. f6 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all thfe doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thv house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. 35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. 36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us 2ut. 38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 39 And they came and besought them, and 716 brought them out, and desired them to deo part out of the city. 40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. CHAPTER XVII. Paul preacheth at ThesslcMonica. XTOW when they had passed through Am. phipolis and Appolonia, they came tc Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again frori the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And some of them believed, and consorts ed with Paul and Silas; and of the devoul Greeks a great multitude, and of the chiie women not a few. 5 T But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fel-:ows of the baser sort, and gathered a con.pany, and set all the city on an uproar, an.l assaulted the house of Jason, and sought te bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, the:; drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that hav,; turned the world upside down are come hither also; 7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, say ing that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people and the ru'ers of the city, when they heard these things 9 And when they had taken security of.Jason, and of the others, they let them go. 10 T And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica ha(i knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. 16 T Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons., and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epiou. reans and of the Stoics, encountered hr,. fie disputeh at Athens. THE ACTS. Pftl preacheth at Corinth. And some said, What will this babbler say? 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every other some, Ho seemeth to be a setter forth sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the of strange gods: because he preached unto Greeks. them Jesus, and the resurrection. 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were 19 And they took him, and brought him come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in anto Areopagus, saying, May we know what the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jethis new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, 'is? sus was Christ. 20 For thou bring'est certain strange things 6 And when they opposed themselves, and to our ears: we would know therefore what blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said these things mean. unto them, Your blood be upon your own 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will which were there, spent their time in noth- go unto the Gentiles. ing else, but either to tell or to hear some 7 ~i And he departed thence, and entered new thing.) into a certain nman's house, named Justus, 22: ~ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' oune that worshipped God, whose house hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive joined hard to the synagogue. that in all things ye are too superstitious. 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the syna23 For as I )passed by, and beheld your de- gogue, believed on the Lord with all his Vetions, I found an altar with this inscrip- house; and many of the Corinthians heartion, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom ing believed, and were baptized. therefore ye ignorantly worship, him de- 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night glare I unto you. by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and 24 God that muade the world and all things hold not thy peace: therein, seeing that ihe is Lord of heaven and 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set sarth, dwelleh not in temples made with on thee to hurt thee: for I have much peohands; pie in this city. 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, 11 And he continued there a year and six as theugh he needed any thing, seeing he months, teaching the word of God among giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; them. V6 And hath made of one blood all nations 12 T And when Gallio was the deputy of bf men for to dwell on all the face of the Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with,arth, and hath determined the times before one accord against Paul, and brought him to lppointed, and the bounds of their habita- the judgment seat, ion; 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to 37 That they should seek the Lord, if hap- worship God contrary to the law. jy they might feel after him, and find him, 14 Ana when Paul was now about to open though he be not far from every one of us: his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it 28 For in him we live, and move, and have were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, amur being; as certain also of your own poets 0 ye Jews, reason would that I should bear bave said, For we are also his offspring. with you: 29l Porasmuch then as we are the offspring 15 But if it be a question of words and of God, we ought not to think that the God- names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I leiad is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, will be no judge of such matters. graven by art and man's device. 16 And he drave them from the judgment 30 And the times of this ignorance God seat. winked at; but now commandeth all men 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ev ery where to repent: chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him St Because he hath appointed a day, in the before the judgmentseat. And Gallio cared which he will judge the world in righteous- for none of those things. ness by that man whom he hath ordained; 18 ~ And Paul after this tarried there yet a whereof he hath given assurance unto all good while, and then took his leave of the men, in that he hath raised him from the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and dead. with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn 32 ~ And when they heard of the resurrec- his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. tion of the dead, some mocked: and others 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them said, We will hear thee again of this matter. there: but he himself entered into the syna, 33 So Paul departed from among them. gogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, 20 When they desired him to tarry longer and believed: among the which was Dio- time with them, he consented not; nysius the Areopagite, and a woman nam- 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must ed Damaris, and others with them. by all means keep this feast that cometh in CHAPTER XVIII. Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. Paid accused before Gallio. 22 And when he had landed at Cesarea, and AFTER these things Paul departed from gone up, and saluted the church, he went,7 Athens, and came to Corinth; down to Antioch. 8 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, 23 And after he had spent some time there, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with he departed, and went over all the country his wife Priscilla, (because that Claudius of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthhad commanded all Jews to depart from ening all the disciples. Romne,) and came unto them. 24 ~ And a certain Jzw na.ned Apollos, 3 And because he was of the same craft, he born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and abode with them, and wrought: (for by mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. their occupation they were tentmakers.) 25 This man was instructed in the way of 717 Paul preacheth at Ephesus. THE the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, lie spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them. and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. CHAPTER XIX. The Holy Ghost given, &c. AND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 7 And all the men were about twelve. 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, bo-h Jews and Greeks. 11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 ~ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 718 ACTS. An uproar against him. 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and feaf fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pleces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. 21 T After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines foa Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth, 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 27 So that not only this our craft is in dan. ger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole city was filled with con. fusion: and having caught Gaius and Aris. tarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's compan ions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. 31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was con. fused: and the more part knew not where. fore they were come together. 33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned wi ' the hand, and would have made his defen'e Lnto the people. 34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of twa hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephe. sians. 35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipf fSutyehus raised to tfe. T~RE ACTS. Paur~s chavrge, to the eld~ers.s per of the great goddess Diana, and of the 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next niage which fell down from Jupiter? day over against Chios; and the next day 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogylspoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to lium; and the next day we came to Miletus. do nothing rashly. 16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephe37 For ye have brought hither these men, sus, because he would not spend the time in which are neither robbers of churches, nor Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for yet blasphemers of your goddess. him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pente38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the crafts- cost. men which are with him, have a matter 17 ~ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, against any man, the law is open, and there and called the elders of the church. are deputies: let them implead one another. 18 And when they were come to him, he 39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning said unto them, Ye know, from the first day other matters, it shall be determined in a that I came into Asia, after what manner I lawful assembly. have been with you at all seasons, 40 For we are in danger to be called in 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of question for this day's uproar, there being mind, and with many tears, and temptano cause whereby we may give an account tions, which befell me by the lying in wait of this concourse. of the Jews: 41 And when he had thus spoken, he dis- 20 And how I kept back nothing that was missed the assembly. profitable unto you, but have shewed you, CHAPTER XX. and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, Paul goeth to Macedonia, &c. 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to AND after the uproar was ceased, Paul the Greeks, repentance toward God, and called unto him the disciples, and em- faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. traced them, and departed for to go into 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit Macedonia. unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that 2 And when he had gone over those parts, shall befall me there: and had given them much exhortation, he 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in came into Greece, every city, saying that bonds and afflictions 3 And there abode three months. And abide me. when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was 24 But none of these things move me, neiabout to sail into Syria, he purposed to ther count I my life dear unto myself, so return through Macedonia. that I might finish my course with joy, and 4 And there accompanied him into Asia the ministry, which I have received of the Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of of God. Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tych- 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, icus and Trophimus. among whom I have gone preaching the 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, the days of unleavened bread, and came that I am pure from the blood of all men. Unto them to Troas in five days; where we 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto abode seven days. you all the counsel of God. 7 And upon the first day of the week, when 28 T Take heed therefore unto yourselves, the disciples came together to break bread, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Paul preached unto them, ready to depart Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the on the morrow; and continued his speech church of God, which he hath purchased until midnight. with his own blood. 8 And there were many lights in the upper 29 For I know this, that after my departchamber, where they were gathered to- ing shall grievous wolves enter in among gether. you, not sparing the flock. 9 And there sat in a window a certain 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, young man named Eutychus, being fallen speaking perverse things, to draw away disinto a deep sleep: and as Paul was long ciples after them. preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by fell down from the third loft, and was taken the space of three years I ceased not to warn up dead. every one night and day with tears. 10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to and embracing him said, Trouble not your- God, and to the word of his grace, which is selves; for his life is in him. able to build you up, and to give you 11 When he therefore was come up again, an inheritance among all them which are and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked sanctified. a long while, even till break of day, so he 33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, departed. or apparel. 12 And they brought the young man alive, 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these and were not a little comforted. hands have ministered unto my necessities, 13 ~ And we went before to ship, and sailed and to them that were with me. unto Asses there intending to take in Paul: 35 1 have shewed you all things, how that so for so had he appointed, minding himself to labouring ye ought to support the weak, and 4ro afoot. to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we how he said, It is more blessed to give than tok; him in, and came to Mitylene. to receive. 779 el goeth to Jerausalem. L'TE ACTS. He is assaulted, 36 ~ And when he had thus spoken, he 18 And the day following Paul went in with rneeled down, and prayed with them all. us unto James; and all the elders were 37 And they all wept sore. and fell on Paul's present. neck, and kissed him, 19 And when he had saluted them, he de, 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words ecared particularly what things God had which he spake, that they should see his wrought among the Gentiles by hisministry. face no more. And they accompanied him 20 And when they heard it, they glorified unto the ship. the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seesti CHA PTER XXI. brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous Paul goeth to Jerusalem, &c. of the law: ND it came to pass, that after we were 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou gotten from them, and had launched, teachest all the Jews which are among the we came with a straight course unto Coos, Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they and the day following unto Rhodes, and ought not to circumcise their children, nei, from thence unto Patara: ther to walk after the customs. 2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phe- 22 What is it therefore? the multitude nicia, we went abroad, and set forth. must needs come together: for they will 3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we hear that thou art come. left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was We have four men which have a vow (n to unlade her burden.them; 4 And finding disciples, we tarried there i Them take, and purify thyself with them, seven days: who said to Paul throulgh and be at charges with them, that they may the Spirit, that he should not go up to shave their heads: and all may know that Jerusalem. those things, whereof they were informed 5 And when we had accomplished those concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou days, we departed and went our way; and thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest they all brought us on our way, with wives the law. and children, till we were out of the city: 25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, and we kneeled down on the shore, and we have written and concluded that they obh prayed. serve no such thing, save only that they keep 6 And when we had taken our leave one of themselves from things offered to idols, and another, we took ship; and they returned from blood, and from strangled, and from for. home again. nication. 7 And when we had finished our course 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and salut- day purifying himself with them entered ed the brethren, and abode with them one into the temple, to signify the accomplishday. ment of the days of purification, until that 8 And the next day we that were of Paul's an offering should be offered for every one of company departed, and came unto Cesarea; them. and we entered into the house of Philip the 27 And when the seven days were almost evangelist, which was one of the seven; and ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when abode with him. they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the 9 And the same man had four daughters, people, and laid hands on him, virgins, which did prophesy. 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is 10 And as we tarried there many days, there the man, that teacheth all men every where came down from Judea a certain prophet, against the people, and the law, and this named Agabus. place: and further brought Greeks also into 11 And when he was come unto us, he took the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and 29 (For they had seen before with him in feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man they supposed that Paul had brought into that owneth this girdl e, and shall deliver hin, the temple.) into the hands of the Gentiles. 30 And all the city was moved, and the peo12 And when we heard these things, both pie ran together: and they took Paul, and we, and they of that place, besought him drew him out of the temple: and forthwith 1iot to go up to Jerusalem. the doors were shut. J 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to 31 And as they went about to kill him, ti, weep and to break mine heart? for I amu dings came unto the chief captain of the ready not to be bound only, but also to die band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar: at Jerusalem for the name of tile Lord 32 Who immediately took soldiers and cen. Jesus. turions, and ran down unto them: and when 14 And when he would not be persuaded, they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be they left beating of Paul. done. 33 Then the chief captain came near, and 15 And after those days we took up our car- took him, and commanded him to be bound riages, and went up to Jerlsalem. with two chains; and demanded who he 16 There went with us also certain of the was, and what he had done. disciples of Cesarea, and brought with thei 34 And some cried one thing, some anothone Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with er, among the multitude: and wheIn he whom we should lodge. could not know the certainty for the tu17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, mult, he commanded him to be carried into the brethren received us gladly. the castle..yw h^'a"s haramngue THE ACTS. to the people. 35:.nd when he came upon the stairs, so it will, and see that Just One, and shouldest was, that he was borne of the soldiers for hear the voice of his mouth. the violence of the people. 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all 36 For the multitude of the people follow- men of what thou hast seen and heard. ed after, crying, Away with him. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and 37 And as Paul was to be led into the cas- be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calltie, he said unto the chief captain, May I ing on the name of the Lord. ipeak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou 17 And it came to pass, that when I was ipeak Greek? come again to Jerusalem, even while 1 38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which be- prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; fore these days madest an uproar, and led- 18 And saw him saying unto me, Make rest out into the wilderness four thousand haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusauen that were murderers? len: for they will not receive thy testimo39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a ny concerning me. Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of 19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imio mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me prisoned and beat in every synagogue them;o speak unto the people. that believed on thee: 40 Anld when he had given him license, 20 And when the blood of thy martyr StePaul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with phen was shed, I also was standing by, and;he hand unto the people. And when there consenting unto his death, and kept the raivas made a great silence, he spake unto ment of them that slew him. qhem in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will CHAPTER XXsend thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 22 And they gave him audience unto this Paul declareth his conversion, &c. word, and then lifted up their voices, and M/EN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my said, Away with such a fellow from the V defence which I make now unto you. earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in 23 And as they cried out, and cast off their.he Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the clothes, and threw dust into the air, 'nore silence: and he saith,) 24 The chief captain commanded him to be 3 1 am verily a man which am a Jew, born brought into the castle, and bade that he a Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in should be examined by scourging; that he this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught might know wherefore they cried so against ccording to the perfect manner of the law him.,if the fathers, and was zealous toward God, 25 And as they bound him with thongs es ye all are this day. Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, 4 And I persecuted this way unto the Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is death, binding and delivering into prisons a Roman, and uncondemned? both men and women. 26 When the centurion heard that, he went 5 As also the high priest doth bear me wit- and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed in~ss, and all the estate of the elders: from what thou doest; for this man is a Roman. 'vhom also I received letters unto the breth- 27 Then the chief captain came, and said iecn, and went to Damascus, to bring then unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He which were there bound unto Jerusalem, said, Yea. 'or to be punished. 28 And the chief captain answered, With a I; And it came to pass, that, as I made my great sum obtained I this freedom. And Gourney, and was come nigh unto Damas- Paul said, But I was free born. flus about noon, suddenly there shone from 29 Then straightway they departed from keaven a great light round about me. him which should have examined him: and 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a the chief captain also was afraid, after he voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why per- knew that he was a Roman, and because he secutest thou me? had bound him. 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord?.30 On the morrow, because he would have And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Naza- known the certainty wherefore he was acr.th, whom thou persecutest. cused of the Jews, he loosed him from his 9 And they that were with me saw indeed bands, and commanded the chief priests and tile light, and were afraid; but they heard all their council to appear, and brought not the voice of him that spake to me. Paul down, and set him before them. 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And HAPTER XXII the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee Pul pleadeth his cause. of all things which are appointed for thee AND Paul, earnestly beholding the council, to do. said, Men and brethren, I have lived in 11 And when I could not see for the glory allgood consciencebeforeGod untilthis day. of that light, being led by the hand of them 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded that were with me, I came into Damascus. them that stood by him to smite him on the 12 And one Ananias, a devout man accord- mouth. ing to the law, having a good report of all 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite the Jews which dwelt there, thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto judge me after the law, and commandest me me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the to be smitten contrary to the law?.ame hour I looked up upon him. 4 And they that stood by said, Revilest 14 And he said, The God of our Fathers hath thou God's high priest? chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that 61 2V 721 Paul before the couneil. THE ACTS. Be is sent to i ldix he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thypeople. 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the lead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye could inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. 18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly. 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. 22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell 722 no man that thou hast shewed these tluage to me. 23 And he called unto himn two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers tc go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the thirc hour of the night; 24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Fellt the governor. 25 And he wrote a letter after this manner 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellen governor Felix sendeth greeting. 27 This man was taken of the Jews, ant should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. 28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought hin forth into their council: 29 Whom I perceived to be accused of ques tions of their law, but to have nothing laii to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. 30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to hi. accusers also to say before thee what the) had against him. Farewell. 31 Then the soldiers, as it was commandel them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: 33 Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. 34 And when the governor had read the leiter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 351 will hear thee, said he, when thine ac. cusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. CHAPTER XXIV. Paul accused by Tertullus, &c. AND after five days Ananias the high L priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator namned Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. 2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, withi all thankfulness. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, 8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. Paul's defence before Felix. THE ACTS. Paul appealeth unto Cesar. 9 And the Jews also assented, saying that 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the 'hese things were so. Jews informed him against Paul, and bee 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had sought him, beckoned unto him to speak, answered, For- 3 And desired favour against him, that he;smuch as I know that thou hast been of would send for him to Jerusalem, laying nany years a judge unto this nation, I do wait in the way to kill him. ihe more cheerfully answer for myself: 4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be 11 Because that thou mayest understand, kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would that there are yet but twelve days since I depart shortly thither. went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 5 Let them therefore, said he, which among 12 And they neither found me in the temple you are able, go down with me, and accuse disputing with any man, neither raising up this man, if there be any wickedness in him. the people, neither in the synagogues, nor 6 And when he had tarried among them in the city: more than ten days, he went down unto 13 Neither can they prove the things where- Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the Df they now accuse me. judgment seat commanded Paul to be 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after brought. ihe way which they call heresy, so worship I 7 And when he was come, the Jews which )he God of my fathers, believing all things came down from Jerusalem stood round rhich are written in the law and in the about, and laid many and grievous com-,)rophets: plaints against Paul, which they could not 5 And have hope toward God, which they prove. themselves also allow, that there shall be a 8 While he answered for himself, Neither resurrection of the dead, both of the just against the law of the Jews, neither against and unjust. the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I of16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have fended any thing at all. always a conscience void of offence toward 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasGod, and toward men. ure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go 17 Now after many years I came to bring up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of alms to my nation, and offerings. these things before me? 18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgfound me purified in the temple, neither ment seat, where I ought to be judged: to Wvith multitude, nor with tumult. the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou 19 Who ought to have been here before very well knowest. thee, and object, if they had aught against 11 For if I be an offender, or have comm itmte. ted any thing worthy of death, I refuse not 20 Or else let these same here say, if they to die: but if there be none of these things have found any evil doing in me, while I whereof these accuse me, no man may destood before the council, liver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesa '. 21 Except it be for this one voice, that I 2 Then Festus, when he had conferred with cried standing among them, Touching the the council, answered, Hast thou appealed tesurrection of the dead I am called in unto Cesar? unto Cesar shalt thou go. question by you this day. 13 And after certain days king Agrippa 22 And when Felix heard these things, hav- and Bernice came unto Cesarea to sal ate Ing more perfect knowledge of that way, he Festus. deferred them, and said, When Lysias the 14 And when they had been there many chief captain shall come down, I will know days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the the uttermost of your matter. king, saying, There is a certain man left in 23 And he commanded a centurion to keep bonds by Felix: Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that 15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, he should forbid none of his acquaintance the chief priests and the elders of the Jews to minister or come unto him. informed me, desiring to have judgment A4 And after certain days, when Felix came against him. With his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, 16 To whom I answered, It is not the manhe sent for Paul, and heard him concerning ner of the Romans to deliver any man to the faith in Christ. die, before that he which is accused have 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, the accusers face to face, and have license temperance, and judgment to come, Felix to answer for himself concerning the crime trembled, and answered, Go thy way for laid against him. this time; when I have a convenient season, 17 Therefore, when they were come hither, t will call for thee. without any delay on the morrow I sat on 26 He hoped also that money should have the judgment seat, and commanded the been given him of Paul, that he might loose man to be brought forth. him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, 18 Against whom when the accusers stood and communed with him. up, they brought none accusation of such 27 But after two years Porcius Festus came things as I supposed: Into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew 19 But had certain questions against him the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, CHAPTER XXV. which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. The Jews accuse Paul before Festus. 20 And because I doubted of such manner N\OW when Festus was come into the of questions, I asked him whether he would province, after three days he ascended go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of rom Cesarea to Jerusalem. these matters. 723 Paul's defence THE ACTSo before Agrippa. 21 But vrhen Paul had appealed to be re- authority and comrmission from the chief served unto the hel ring of Augustus, I corn- priests, manded him to be kept till I might send him 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a to Cesar. light from heaven, above the brightness o:C 22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would the sun, shining round about me and them also hear the man myself. To morrow, said which journeyed with me. he, thou shalt hear him. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earths 23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was I heard a voice speaking unto me, and say.come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and ing in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, wh.y was entered into the place of hearing, with persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to the chief captains, and principal men of the kick against the pricks. city, at Festus' commandment Paul was 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And brought forth. he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for 1 men which are here present with us, ye see have appeared unto thee for this purpose, this man, about whom all the multitude of to make thee a minister and a witness both the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jeru- of these things which thou hast seen, and of salem, and also here, crying that he ought those things in the which I will appear unto not to live any longer. thee; 25 But when I found that he had committed 17 Delivering thee from the people, and nothing worthy of death, and that he him- from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send self hath appealed to Augustus, I have de- thee, termined to send him. 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them 26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write from darkness to light, and from the power unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought of Satan unto God, that they may receive him forth before you, and specially before forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among thee, 0 king Agrippa, that, after examina- them which are sanctified by faith that is in tion had, I might have somewhat to write. me. 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not send a prisoner, and not withal to signify disobedient unto the heavenly vision: the crimes laid against him. 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, CHAPTER XXVI. and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles. Of Paul's life and conversion. that they should repent and turn to God, T1[HEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art and do works meet for repentance. I permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul 21 For these causes the Jews caught me in stretched forth the hand, and answered for the temple, and went about to kill me. himself: 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, be- continue unto this day, witnessing both to cause I shall answer for myself this day be- small and great, saying none other things fore thee touching all the things whereof I am than those which the prophets and Moses accused of the Jews: did say should come: 3 Especially because I know thee to be ex- 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he pert in all customs and questions which are should be the first that should rise from thG among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to dead, and should shew light unto the people, hear me patiently. and to the Gentiles. 4 My manner of life from my youth, which 24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus was at the first among mine own nation at said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside Jerusalem, know all the Jews; thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. 5 Which knew me from the beginning, if 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble they would testify, that after the most strait- Festus; but speak forth the words of truth est sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee, and soberness. 6 And now I stand and am judged for the 26 For the king knoweth of these things, be hope of the promise made of God unto our fore whom also I speak freely: for I am per fathers: suaded that none of these things are hidder 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, in- from him; for this thing was not done in a stantly serving God day and night, hope to corner. come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, 27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophI am accused of the Jews. ets? I know that thou believest. 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almos with you, that God should raise the dead? thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ouglit 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that no. to do many things contrary to the name of only thou, but also all that hear me this day Jesus of Nazareth. were both almost, and altogether such as 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and am, except these bonds. many of the saints did I shut up in prison, 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king having received authority from the chief rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, anr priests; and when they were put to death, I they that sat with them: gave my voice against them. 31 And when they were gone aside, they 11 And I punished them oft in every syna- talked between themselves,saying, This mar. gogue, and compelled thent to blaspheme; doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. and being exceedingly mad against them, I 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man persecuted then even unto strange cities. might have been set at liberty, if he had not 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with appealed unto Cesar. 724 Paul's voayge toward Rotme. THE ACTS, -le suf creth shipwreck. CHAPTER XXVII. Paul shippeth for Rome, &c. AND when it was determined that we A should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. 7 And when we had sailed slowly many (lays, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; 8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place Which is called the Fair Havens; nigh whereUnto was the city of Lasea. 9 Now when much time was spent, and When sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. 11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the southwest and northwest. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their pIurpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 Blut not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. 16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. 18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many r"ays appeared, and no small tempest lay on ts, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. 21 But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth 61* in the midst of t!hem, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve. 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all of them that sail with thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and downI in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; 28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. 30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. 33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. 31 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you, 35 And when he had thus spoken, he tool bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all; and when he had broken it, he began to eat. 30 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. 37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. 39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. 40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. 42 And the soldiers' counsel was Xt Kfll the 725 A viper on Paul's hand. THE ACTS. PaulZprearchethr in Rome. prisoners, lest any of them should swim 16 And when we came to Rome, the centu.. out, and escape. rion delivered the prisoners to the captair 43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, of the guard; but Paul was suffered to dwcei kept them from their purpose; and corn- by himself with a soldier that kept him. manded that they which could swim should 17 And it came to pass, that after three east themselves first into the sea, and get to days Paul called the chief of the Jews toaand: getler: and when they were come togeth44 And the rest, some on boards, and some er, he said unto them, Men and brethren, an broken pieces of the ship. And so it came though I have committed nothing against to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. the people, or customs of our fathers, yet CHAPTER XXVIII. was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans: Paul in the island of Melita. 18 Who, when tLky had examined mnt, A ND when they were escaped, then they would have let me go, because there was no knew that the island was called Melita. cause of death in me. 2 And the barbarous people shewed us no 19 But when the Jews spake against it, I little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not received us every one, because of the pres- that I had aught to accuse my nation of. ent rain, and because of the cold. 20 For this cause therefore have I called 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of for you, to see you, and to speak with yo.:: sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came because that for the hope of Israel I ar a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his bound with this chain. hand. 21 And they said unto him, We neither re 4 And when the barbarians saw the venom- ceived letters out of Judea concerning thee ous beast hang on his hand, they said among neither any of the brethren that cailn themselves, No doubt this man is a murder- shewed or spake any harm of thee. er, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, 22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou yet vengeance suffereth not to live. thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we 5 And he shook off the beast irto the fire, know that every where it is spoken and felt no harm. against. 6 Howbeit they looked when he should 23 And when they had appointed him a day have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: there came many to him into his lodging; to, but after they had looked a great while, and whom he expoundjd and testified the king, saw no harm come to him, they changed dom of God, persuading them concerning their minds, and said that he was a god. Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out 7 In the same quarters were possessions of of the prophets, from morning till evening, the chief man of the island, whose name 24 And some believed the things which was Publius; who received us, and lodged were spoken, and some believed not. us three days courteously. 25 And when they agreed not among them. 8 And it came to pass, that the father of selves, they departed, after that Paul had Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody spoken one word, Well spake the Holy flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our faand laid his hands on him, and healed him, thers, 9 So when this was done, others also, which 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, had diseases in the island, came, and were Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not under healed: stand; and seeing ye shall see, and not per. 10 Who also honoured us with many hon- ceive: ours; and when we departed, they laded us 27 For the heart of this people is waxed with such things as were necessary. gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and 11 And after three months we departed in a their eyes have they closed; lest they should ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in see with their eyes, and hear with their ears. the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. and understand with their heart, and should 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there be converted, and I should heal them. three days. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that 13 And from thence we fetched a compass, the salvation of God is sent unto the Geo' and came to Rhegium: and after one day tiles, and that they will hear it. the south wind blew, and we came the next 29 And when he had said these words, the day to Puteoli: Jews departed, and had great reasoning 14 Where we found brethren, and were de- among themselves. sired to tarry with them seven days: and so 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his we went toward Rome. own hired house, and received all that came 15 And from thence, when the brethren in unto him, heard of us, they came to meet us as far as 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and Appii Forum, and the Three Taverns; whom teaching those things which concern the Lord when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man fl rcourage. bidding him. 726 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS. CHAPTER T. Paul commeLndethl his calling, &c. PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy Scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, ealled to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness; whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 14 1 am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath Phewed it unto them, 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glry of the uncorruptible God into an impa made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiv. ing in themselves that recompense of theil error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. CHAPTER II. The Jews that sin inexcusable, &c. THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, 0 man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, 0 man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 727 God's impartial judgment. ROMANS. The Jews' prerogative. 5 But, after thy hardness and impenitent wardly; neither is that circumcision, whlcl: heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath is outward in the flesh: against the day of wrath and revelation of 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly the righteous judgment of God; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the 6 Who will render to every man according spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise 'i to his deeds: not of men, but of God. 7 To them who by patient continuance in CHAPTER ITT. well doing seek for glory and honour and, - immortality, eternal life: The Jews' prerogative, &c. 8 But unto them that are contentious, and -7IHAT advantage then hath the Jew? ot do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteous- T what profit is there of circumcision? nes, indignation and wrath, 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that un. 9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul to them were committed the oracles of God. of man that doeth evil; of the Jew first, and 3 For what if some did not believe? shall also of the Gentile: their unbelief make the faith of God with. 10 But glory, hon q, and peace, to every out effect? man that worketh lod; to the Jew first, 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but and also to the Gen tle:every man a liar; as it is written, That thou 11 For there is no respect of persons with mightest be justified in thy sayings, and God. mightest overcome when thou art judged. 12 For as many as have sinned without law 5 Blt if our unrighteousness commend the? shall also perish without law; and as many righteousness of God, what shall we say? I: as have sinned in the law shall be judged by God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (i the law; spek as a man) 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge, before God, but the doers of the law shall the world? be justified. 7 For if the truth of God hath more 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not abounded through my lie unto his glory, the law, do by nature the things contained in why yet am I also judged as a sinner? the law, these, having not the law, are a law 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously unto themselves: reported, and as some affirm that we say,4 15 Which shew the Work of the law written Let us do evil, that good may come? whosc in their hearts, their conscience also bearing damnation is just. witness, and their thoughts the mean while9 What then? are we better than they? No, accusing or else excusing one another;) in no wise: for we have before proved both 16 In the day when God shall judge the se- Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under crets of men by Jesus Christ according to sin; my gospel. 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest no, not one: in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 11 There is none that understandeth, therq 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the is none that seeketh after God. things that are more excellent, being in- 12 They are all gone out of the way, they structed out of the law; are together become unprofitable; there i 19 And art confident that thou thyself art none that doeth good, no, not one. a guide of the blind, a light of them which 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; withi are in darkness, their tongues they have used deceit; tbh 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher poison of asps is under their lips: of babes, which hast the form of knowledge 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitand of the truth in the law. terness; 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: teachest thou not thyself? thou that preach- 16 Destruction and misery are in their est a man should not steal, dost thou steal? ways: 22 Thou that sayest a man should not com- 17 And the way of peace have they not mit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? known: thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. sacrilege? 19 Now we know that what things soever 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, the law saith, it saith to them who are under through breaking the law dishonourest thou the law: that every mouth may be stopped, God? and all the world may become guilty before 24 For the name of God is blasphemed God. among the Gentiles through you, as it is 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law thero written. shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou the law is the knowledge of sin. keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of 21 But now the righteousness of God with. the law, thycircumcision is made uncircumn- out the law is manifested, being witnessed cision. by the law and the prophets; 26 Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep 22 Even the righteousness of God which i* the righteousness of the law, shall not his un- by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and uponl circumcision be counted for circumcision? all them that believe; for there is no differs 27 And shall not uncircumoision which is ence: by nature, if it fulfil the law; judge thee, 23 For all have sinned, and come short of who by the letter and circumcision dost the glory of God; trangress the law? 24 Being justified freely by his grace through Fpr bef s not a Jew, which is one out, the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. V9 Abraham justified by faith. ROMANS. Reconciliation by Christ. 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propi-I by grace; to the end the promise might be tiation through faith in his blood to declare sure to all the seed; not to that only which his righteousness for the remission of sins is of the law, but to that also which is of the that are past, through the forbearance of faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, God 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a fa26 To declare, I say, at this time his right- ther of many nations,) before him whom he eousness: that he might be just, and the justi- believed, even God, who quickeneth the tier of him which believeth in Jesus. dead, and calleth those things which be not 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. as though they were: By what law? of works? Nay; but by the 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that law of faith. he might become the father of many na28 Therefore we conclude that a man is just- tions, according to that which was spoken, Ified by faith without the deeds of the law. So shall thy seed be.?9 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not 19 And being not weak in faith, he considalso of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles ered not his own body now dead, when he also; was about a hundred years old, neither yet 30 Seeing it s one God, which shall justify the deadness of Sarah's womb: the circumcision by faith, and uncircumci- 20 He staggered not at the promise of God sion through faith. through unbelief; but was strong in faith, 31 Do we then make void the law through giving glory to God; f; ith? God forbid: yea, we establish the 21 And being fully persuaded, that what he taw had promised, he was able also to perform. CHAPTER IV. 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for Of Abraham's faith, &. righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake WTHAT shall we say then that Abraham alone, that it was imputed to him; our father, as pertaining to the flesh, 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be bath found? imputed, if we believe on him that raised up 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, Jesus our Lord from the dead; he hath whereof to glory; but not before 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and God. was raised again for our justification. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham CHAPTER v believed God, and it was counted unto him eor righteousness. Justification by faith, &c. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward rTHEREFORE being justified by faith, we not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 1 have peace with God through our Lord 5 But to him that worketh not, but believ- Jesus Christ: eth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his 2 By whom also we have access by faith faith is counted for righteousness. into this grace wherein we stand, and re. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessed- joice in hope of the glory of. God. ness of the man, unto whom God imputeth 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribularighteousness without works. tions also; knowing that tribulation work7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities eth patience; ire forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 4 And patience, experience; and experi8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will ence, hope: not impute sin. 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts circumcision only, or upon the uncircumci- by the Holy Ghost which is given unto' us. sion also? for we say that faith was reckon- 6 For when we were yet without strength, ad to Abraham for righteousness. in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one 'n circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not die: yet peradventure for a good man some In circumcision, but in uncircumcision. would even dare to die. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which in that whil e we were yet sinners, Christ he had yet being uncircumcised: that he died for us. eight be the father of all them that believe, 9 Much more then, being now justified by though they be not circumcised; thac right- his blood, we shall be saved from wrath eousness might be imputed unto them also: through him. 1 And the father of circumcision to them 10 For if when we were enemies, we were Who are not of the circumcision only, but reconciled to God by the death of his Son; who also walk in the steps of that faith of much more, being reconciled, we shall be our father Abraham, which he had being yet saved by his life. uncircumcised. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God 13 For the promise, that he should be the through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to have now received the atonement. his seed, through the law, but through the 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered righteousness of faith. into the world, and death by sin; and so 14 For if they which are of the law he heirs, death passed upon all men, for that all have faith is made void, and the promise made of sinned: eone effect: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where but sin is not imputed when there is no law. no law is, there is no transgression. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam 16; Therefore it is of faith, that it might be to Moses, even over them that had not sin729 We are dead unto sin, ROMANS. The power of the law ned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift: for if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free ift came upon all men unto justification of ife. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many Were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the ofTence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. CHAPTER VI. We may not live in sin, &c. WTHAT shall we say then? Shall we conT tinue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over 730 you: for ye are not under the law, but un der grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unt( death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from thf heart that form of doctrine which -was deliv ered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye beh came the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruil unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesun Christ our Lord. CHAPTER VII. The law hath power only during life. NOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be call, ed an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupicence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. Works of the ROMANS. Jlesh and Spirit. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the corn- because of sin; but the Spirit is life because trandment, deceived me, and by it slew of righteousness. me. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the corn- Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that, mandment holy, and just, and good. raised up Christ from the dead shall also 13 Was then that which is good made death quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit rnto'me? God forbid. Butsin,thatit might that dwelleth in you. appear sin, working death in me by that 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not which is good; that sin by the command- to the flesh, to live after the flesh. ment might become exceeding sinful. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify but I am carnal, sold under sin. the deede of the body, ye shall live. 15 For that which I do, I allow not: for 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of what I would, that do I not; but what I God, they are the sons of God. hate, that do I. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of 16 If then I do that which I would not, I bondage again to fear; but ye have received consent unto the law, that it is good. the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but Abba, Father. Sin that dwelleth in me. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my our spirit, that we are the children of God: flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of present with me; but how to perform that God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be which is good I find not. that we suffer with him, that we may be 1) For the good that I would, I do not: but also glorified together. the ovil which I would not, that I do. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no present time are not worthy to be compared more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in with the glory which shall be revealed in us. me. 19 For the earnest expectation of the 2L 1 find then a law, that, when I would do creature waiteth for the manifestation of good, evil is present with me. the sons of God. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the 20 For the creature was made subject to inward man: vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him 23 But I see another law in my members, who hath subjected the same in hope; warring against the law of my mind, and 21 Because the creature itself also shall be bringing me into captivity to the law of sin delivered from the bondage of corruption which is in my members. into the glorious liberty of the children of 24 0 wretched man that I am! who shall God. deliver me from the body of this death? 22 For we know that the whole creation 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our groaneth and travaileth in pain together Lord. So then with the mind I myself until now. serve the law of God; but with the flesh 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, the law of sin. which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even CHAPTER VII. we ourselves groan within ourselves, waitHAP. ing for the adoption, to wit, the redemption Who are free from condemnation. of our body. f.TBERE is therefore now no condemna- 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope. tion to them which are in Christ Jesus, that is seen is not hope: for what a man w ho walk not after the flesh, but after the seeth, why doth he yet hope for? Spirit. 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ do we with patience wait for it. Jesub hath made me free from the law of 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our insin and death. firmities: for we know not what we should 3 For what the law could not do, in that it pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself was weak through the flesh, God sending maketh intercession for us with groanings his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, which cannot be uttered. and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 27 And he that searcheth the hearts know4 That the righteousness of the law might eth what is the mind of the Spirit, because be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the he maketh intercession for the saints acflesh, but afrer the Spirit. cording to the will of God. 5. For they that are after the flesh do mind 28 And we know that all things work tot} e things of the flesh; but they that are gether for good to them that love God, to alter the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. them who are the called according to his 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but purpose. to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against predestinate to be conformed to the image God: for it is not subject to the law of God, of his Son, that he might be the firstborn neither indeed can be. among many brethren. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot 30 Moreover, whom he did predestinate, please God. them he also called: and whom he called, 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the them he also justified: and whom he justiSpirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell fled, them he also glorified. in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit 31 What shall we then say to these things? of Christ, he is none of his. If God be for us, who can be against us? 10 And if Christ be in you, the body i 4,a1 32 He that spared not his own Son, but de. 73I God hathr mercy ROMANS. on whom he wili, 1lvered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. CHAPTER IX. Paul's sorrow for the Jews, &cc. SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. 10 And not only this; but when Rebecca Also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 14 What shall we say then? is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor 732 of him that runneth, but of God that shewv eth mercy. 17 For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why dotli he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repli. est against God? Shall the thing formed sa} to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 29 And as Esaias said before, Except t;he Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unte Gomorrah. 30 What shall we say then? That the Gen. tiles, which followed not after righteousness, hfave attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: nrd whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. CHAPTER X. Righteousness of the law, and of faith. )RETHREN, my heart's desire and prayer D to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God Salvation to all believers. ROMANS. All!rar.q not cast off. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for right- there is a remnant according to the election eousness to every one that believeth. of grace. 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of which is of the law, That the man which works: otherwise grace is no more grace. doeth those things shall live by them. But if it be of works, then is it no more 6 But the righteousness which is of faith grace: otherwise work is no more work. speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to that which he seeketh for; but the election bring Christ down from above:) hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. r Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that 8 (According as it is written, God hath given is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, should not see, and ears that they should even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, not hear;) unto this day. the word of faith, which we preach; 9 And David saith, Let their table be made 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine and a recompense unto them: heart that God hath raised him from the 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they dead, thou shalt be saved. may not see, and bow down their back alway, 10 For with the heart man believeth unto 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that righteousness; and with the mouth confes- they should fall? God forbid: but rather sion is made unto salvation. through their fall salvation is come unto the 11 For the Scripture saith, Whosoever be- Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. lie:veth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of 12 For there is no difference between the the world, and the diminishing of them the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over riches of the Gentiles; how much more all is rich unto all that call upon him. their fulness? 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as of the Lord shall be saved. I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify 14 How then shall they call on him in whom mine office: they have not believed? and how shall they 14 If by any means I may provoke to emubelieve in him of whom they have not heard? lation them which are my flesh, and might and how shall they hear without a preacher? save some of them. 15 And how shall they preach, except they 15 For if the casting away of them be the be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are reconciling of the world, what shall the rethe feet of them that preach the gospel of ceiving of them be, but life from the dead? peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump i 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed branches. our report?17 And if some of the branches be broker 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert bearing by the word of God. graffed in among them, and with them par18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes takest of the root and fatness of the olive verily, their sound went into all the earth, tree: and their words unto the ends of the world. 18 Boast not against the branches. But if 19) But I say, Did not Israel know? First thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but Mloses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy the root thee. by them that are no people, and by a foolish 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were nation I will anger you. broken off, that I might be graffed in. X) But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was 20 Well; because of unbelief they were found of them that sought me not; I was broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be tflmde manifest unto them that asked not not highminded, but fear: after me. 21 For if God spared not the natural branch-:'1 But to Israel he saith, All day long I es, take heed lest he also spare not thee. have stretched forth my hands unto a diso- 22 Behold therefore the goodness and sebedient and gainsaying people. verity of God: on them which fell, severity; CHAPTER XI. but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue, A P. in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt God hath not cast off all Israel, &c. be cut off., SAY then, Hath God cast away his peo- 23 And they also, if they abide not still in A pie? God forbid. For I also am an Isra- unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able elite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of to graff them in again. Benjamin. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree ' God hath not cast away his people which which is wild by nature, and wert grafted b3 foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scrip- contrary to nature into a good olive tree; tlre saith of Elias? how he maketh interces- how much more shall these, which be the Bion to God against Israel, saying, natural branches, begraffed into their own 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and olive tree? digged down thine altars; and I am left 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should alone, and they seek my life. be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should 4 But what saith the answer of God unto be wise in your own conceits, that blindness him? I have reserved to myself seven thou- in part is happened to Israel, until the fulpand men, who have not bowed the knee to ness of the Gentiles be come in. he image of Baal. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is 6 Even so then at this present time also written, There shall come out of Sion the 62 73a Exhortation to holiness. ROMANS. Sundry duties recommended Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless from Jacob: and curse not. 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, ali I shall take away their sins. weep with them that weep. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are ene- 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. mies for your sakes: but as touching the Mind not high things, but condescend to election, they are beloved for the fathers' men of low estate. Be not wise in your sakes. own conceits. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. without repentance. Provide things honest in the sight of all 30 For as ye in times past have not believed men. God, yet have now obtained mercy through 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, their unbelief: live peaceably with all men. 31 Even so have these also now not believ- 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, ed, that through your mercy they also may but rather give place unto wrath: for it is obtain mercy. written, Vengeance is mine; I will ready, 32 For God hath concluded them all in saith the Lord. unbelief, that he might have mercy upon 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed all. him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so 33 0 the depth of the riches both of the doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his wisdom and knowledge of God! how un- head. searchable are his judgments, and his ways 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcorne past finding out! evil with good. 34 For who hath known the mind of theHAPER CHAPTER XIII. Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it Of subjection to magistrates. shall be recompensed unto him again? T ET every soul be subject unto the higher 36 For of him, and through him, and to 1i powers. For there is no power but of him, are all things: to whom be glory for God: the powers that be are ordained of ever. Amen. God. CHAPTER XII. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they God to be praised for his mercies, that resist shall receive to themselves BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by damnation. the mercies of God, that ye present your 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be unto God, which is your reasonable service. afraid of the power? do that which is good, 2 And be not conformed to this world: but and thou shalt have praise of the same: be ye transformed by the renewing of your 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for mind, that ye may prove what is that good, good. But if thou do that which is evil, be and acceptable, and perfect will of God. afraid; for he beareth not the sword in 3 For I say, through the grace given unto vain: for he is the minister of God, a ro, me, to every man that is among you, not to venger to execute wrath upon him that think of himself more highly than he ought doeth evil. to think; but to think soberly, according as 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not God hath dealt to every man the measure only for wrath, but also for conscience' of faith. sake. 4 For as we have many members in one 6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also: body, and all members have not the same for they are God's ministers, attending conoffice: tinually upon this very thing. 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute and every one members one of another. to whom tribute is due; custom to whom 6 Having then gifts differing according to custom; fear to whom fear; honour to the grace that is given to us, whether proph- whom honour. ecy, let us prophesy according to the propor- 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one tion of faith; another: for he that loveth another hath 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our minister- fulfilled the law. ing; or he that teacheth, on teaching; 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth shalt not covet; and if there be any other mercy, with cheerfulness, commandment, it is briefly comprehended 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Ab- in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thY hor that which is evil; cleave to that which neighbour as thyself. is good. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. with brotherly love; in honour preferring 11 And that, knowing the time, that now one another; it is high time to awake out of sleep: for 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spir- now is our salvation nearer than when we it: serving the Lord; believed. 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribula- 12 The night is far spent, the day is ad tion- continuing instant in prayer; hand: let us therefore cast off the works ol 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; darkness, and let us put on the armour ot given to hospitality. light. 734 ,Lgainst uncharltable judgment. ROMANS. Wet~ may not please, ourselves, 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chainbering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. CHAPTER XIV. NVot to condemn one another, &c. TIM that is weak in the faith receive ye, hut not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art tho that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or talleth; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. bet every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. lie that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, [o the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and on man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? )r why dost thou set at nought thy brother? tor we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another 8,ny more: but judge this rather, that no taan put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that, esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and trink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy la the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved if men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things Which make for peace, and things wherev'ith one may edify another. 10 For meaa destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. CHAPTER XV. The strong must bear with the weak. W E then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but. as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward an.ther according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11 And aWa'n, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and 1 ud him, all ye people. 12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought 73d Paul sclldeth 1ROMANS. divers salutations. by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by house. Salute my well beloved Epenetus, word and deed, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour the power of the Spirit of God; so that from on us. Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kins. I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. men, and my fellow prisoners, who are of 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gos- note among the apostles, who also were im pel, not where Christ was named, lest I Christ before me. should build upon another man's founda- 8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. tion: 9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and 21 But as it is written, To whom he was not Stachys my beloved. spoken of, they shall see: and they that have 10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Saluto not heard shall understand. them which are of Aristobulus' household. 22 For which cause also I have been much 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet hindered from coming to you. them that be of the household of Narcissus, 23 But now having no more place in these which are in the Lord. parts, and having a great desire these many 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who la. years to come unto you; bour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, 24 Whensoever I take my journey into which laboured much in the Lord. Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his you in my journey, and to be brought on mother and mine. my way thitherward by you, if first I be 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, somewhat filled with your company. Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister are with them. unto the saints. 15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and his sister, and Olympas, and all the and Achaia to make a certain contribution saints which are with them. for the poor saints which are at Jerusa- 16 Salute one another with a holy kiss. The lem. churches of Christ salute you. 27 It hath pleased them verily; and their 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have which cause divisions and offences contrary been made partakers of their spiritual to the doctrine which ye have learned; and things, their duty is also to minister unto avoid them. them in carnal things. 18 For they that are such serve not our 28 When therefore I have performed this, Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and have sealed to them this fruit, I will and by good words and fair speeches decome by you into Spain. ceive the hearts of the simple. 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the bless- all men. I am glad therefore on your being of the gospel of Christ. half: but yet I would have you wise unto 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the that which is good, and simple concerning Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of evil. the Spirit, that ye strive together with me 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan in your prayers to God for me; under your feet shortly. The grace of our 31 That I may be delivered from them that Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. do not believe in Judea and that my service 21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, of the saints; salute you. 32 That I may come unto you with joy by 22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute the will of God, and may with you be you in the Lord. refreshed. 23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. saluteth you. Erastus the chamferlain of the Amen. city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. CHAPTER XVI. 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ bz Salutations and praise, c with you all. Amen. 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish COMM-ND unto you Phebe our sister, you according to my gospel, and the preach1 which is a servant of the church which is ing of Jesus Christ, according to the revelaat Cenchrea: tion of the mystery, which was kept secret 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as be- since the world began, cometh saints, and that ye assist her in what- 26 But now is made manifest, and by the soever business she hath need of you: for Scriptures of the prophets, according to the she hath been a succourer of many, and of commandment of the everlasting God, made myself also. known to all nations for the obedience of 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in faith: Christ Jesus: 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus 4 Who have for my life laid down their own Christ for ever. Amen. necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, ~ Written to the Romans from Corinthus, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. and sent by Phebe servant of the church 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their at Ceanhreso 736 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. CHAPTER I. God by the foolishness of preaching to save Paul exhorteth to unity, &c. them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the DAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Greeks seek after wisdom: p Christ through the will of God, and Sos- 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the thenes o0r brother, Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks 2 Unto the church of God which is at Cor- foolishness; lnth, to them that are sanctified in Christ 24 But unto them which are called, both Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, every place call upon the name of Jesus and the wisdom of God. Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God than men; and the weakness of God is our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. stronger than men. 4 I thank my God always on your behalf, 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how for the grace of God which is given you by that not many wise men after the flesh, not Jesus Christ; many mighty, not many noble, are called: 5 That in every thing ye are enriched by 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; of the world to confound the wise; and God 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was con- hath chosen the weak things of the world to armed in you: confound the things which are mighty; 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting 28 And base things of the world, and things for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, and things which are not, to bring to nought that ye may be blameless in the day of our things that are: Lord Jesus Christ. 29 That no flesh should glory in his pres9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called ence. unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of our Lord. God is made unto us wisdom, and righteous10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the ness, and sanctification, and redemption: llame of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all 31 That, according as it is written, He that speak the same thing, and that there be no glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. divisions among you; but that ye be per- CHAPTER II Lectly joined together in the same mind and In the same judgment. Character of Paul's preaching. 11 For it hath been declared unto me of AND I, brethren, when I came to you, you, my brethren, by them which are of the A came not with excellency of speech or house of Chloe, that there are contentions of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimoamong you. ny of God. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you 2 For I determined not to know any thing faith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I among you, save Jesus Christ, and him cru-:t Cephas; and I of Christ. cified. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in you? or were ye baptized in the name of fear, and in much trembling. Paul? 4 And my speech and my preaching was 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but Crispus and Gains; but in demonstration of the Spirit and of 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized power: In mine own name. 5 That your faith should not stand in the 16 And I baptized also the household of wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them baptized any other. that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to world, nor of the princes of this world, that preach the gospel: not with wisdom of come to nought: words, lest the cross of Christ should be 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a made of none effect. mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them ordained before the world unto our glory; that perish, foolishness; but unto us which 8 Which none of the princes of this world are saved, it is the power of God. knew: for had they known it, they would 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wis- not have crucified the Lord of glory. iom of the wise, and will bring to nothing 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, the understanding of the prudent. nor ear heard, neither have entered into 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? the heart of man, the things which God where is the disputer of this world? hath hath prepared for them that love him. not God made foolish the wisdom of this 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by world? his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the yea, the deep things of God. world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased 11 For what man knoweth the things of a 62* 2 W 737 Christ the only founcdatio LA I. CORINTHIANS.,4fflictions of the apousttlc. man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. CHAPTER III. Paul's manner with weak believers. A ND I, brethren, could not speak unto A.t you as unto spiritual, but as unto caraal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire, 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. A8 Let no man deceive himself. If any 73a man among. you seemeth to be wise in tlhii world, let him become a fool, that he mal: be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish. ness with God: for it is written, tie takel I the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 21 Therefore let no man glory in men: for all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ i.s God's, CHAPTER IV. Hbow to account of ministers, &c. ET a man so account of us, as of the J ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judg. ment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am 1 not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to llight the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 6 And these things, brethren, I have In a figure transferred to myself and to A-olloz for your sakes; that ye might learn iln us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst no,; received it? 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye ars wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye ma strong; ye are honourable, but we are de1spised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. 14 T write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye follo7w ers of me, Against going to L, CORIiNTHiANS. law with brethren. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Ti- 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels ' notheus, who is my beloved son, and faith- how much more things that pertain to this ful in the Lord, who shall bring you into re- life? membrance of my ways which be in Christ, 4 If then ye have judgments of things peras I teach every where in every church. taining to this life, seo them to judge who 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I are least esteemed in the church. would not come to you. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the there is not a wise man among you? no, not Lord will, and will know, not the speech of one that shall be able to judge between his them which are puffed up, but the power. brethren? 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, but in power. and that before the unbelievers. 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of among you, because ye go to law one with meekness? another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? CHAPTER V. Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Paul reproveth for szundr sins, &c. 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that IT is reported commonly that there is forni- your brethren. cation among you, and such fornication 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall as is not so much as named among the Gen- not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not tiles, that one should have his father's wife. deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers -nourned, that he that hath done this deed of themselves with mankind, might be taken away from among you. 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunk'3 For I verily, as absent in body, but pres- ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall ent in spirit, have judged already, as though inherit the kingdom of God. I were present, concerning him that hath so 11 And such were some of you: but ye are done this deed, washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and when ye are gathered together, and my by the Spirit of our God. spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all Christ, things are not expedient: all things are 5 To deliver such a one unto Satan for the lawful for me, but I will not be brought destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may under the power of any. be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for 6 Your glorying is rot good. Know ye meats: but God shall destroy both it and (not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole them. Now the body is not for fornication, lump? but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleaven- and will also raise up us by his own power. ed. For even Christ our passover is sacri- 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the ficed for us: members of Christ? shall I then take the 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with members of Christ, and make them the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice members of a harlot? God forbid. and wickedness: but with the unleavened 16 What! know ye not that he which is bread of sincerity and truth. joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to he, shall be one flesh. company with fornicators: 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators one spirit. of this world, or with the covetous, or ex- 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man tortioners, or with idolaters; for then must doeth is without the body; but he that comye needs go out of the world. mitteth fornication sinneth against his own 11 But now I have written unto you not to body. keep company, if any man that is called a 19 What! know ye not that your body is brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- you, which ye have of God, and ye are not tortioner; with such a one no not to eat. your own? 12 For what have I to do to judge them also 20 For ye are bought with a price: therethat are without? do not ye judge them fore glorify God in your body, and in youl that are within? spirit, which are God's. 13 But them that are without God judgeth. CHAPTER VII Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. Marriage, the remedy for fornication. CHAPTER VI. TOW concerning the things whereof ye ~ wrote unto me: It is good for a man Law with brethren forbidden, &c. not to touch a woman.,ARE any of you, having a matter against 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let J another, go to law before the unjust, every man have his own wife, and let every and not before the saints? woman have her own husband. 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due the world? and if the world shall be judged benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto by you, are ye unworthy to judge the small- the husband. est matters? 4 The wife hath not power of her own body 739 Of marriage. I. CORINTHIANS. Of virginit but the husband: and likewise also the hus- 1 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not tu band hath not power of his own body, but be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? the wife. seek not a wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not with consent for a time, that ye may give sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble together again, that Satan tempt you not in the flesh: but I spare you. for your incontinency. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time U/ 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of short: it remaineth, that both they that have commandment. wives be as though they had none; 7 For I would that all men were even as I 30 And they that weep, as though they wept myself. But every man hath his proper gift not; and they that rejoice, as though they of God, one after this manner, and another rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though after that. they possessed not; 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and wid- 31 And they that use this world, as not ows, It is good for them if they abide even abusing it: for the fashion of this world as I. passeth away. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them mar- 32 But I would have you without carefulry: for it is better to marry than to burn. ness. He that is unmarried careth for the 10 And unto the married I command, y/et things that belong to the Lord, how he may not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart please the Lord: from her husband: 83 But he that is married careth for the 11 But and if she depart, let her remain un- things that are of the world, how he may married, or be reconciled to her husband: please his wife. and let not the husband put away his wife. 31 There is difference also between a wife 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth any brother hath a wife that believeth not, for the things of the Lord, that she may be and she be pleased to dwell with him, let holy both in body and in spirit: but she that him not put her away. is married careth for the things of the world, 13 And the woman which hath a husband how she may please her husband. that believeth not, and if he be pleased to 35 And this I speak for your own profit: dwell with her, let her not leave him. not that I may cast a snare upon you, but 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified for that which is comely, and that ye may by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is attend upon the Lord without distraction. sanctified by the husband: else were your 36 But if any man think that he behavetb children unclean; but now are they holy. himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him pass the flower of her age, and need so redepart. A brother or a sister is not under quire, let him do what he will, he sinneth bondage in such cases: but God hath called not: let them marry. us to peace. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth steadfast 16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether in his heart, having no necessity, but hath thou shalt save thy husband? or how know- power over his own will, and hath so decreed est thou, O man, whether thou shalt save in his heart that he will keep his virgin, thy wife? doeth well. 17 But as God hath distributed to every 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage man, astheLord hath called everyone, so let doeth well; but he that giveth her not In him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. marriage doeth better. 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as him not become uncircumcised. Is any her husband liveth; butif her hushand be called in uncircumcision? let him not be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whonm circumcised. she will; only in the Lord. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircum- 40 But she is happier if she so abide, aftel cision is nothing, but the keeping of the my judgment: and I think also that I have commandments of God. the Spirit of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling C R VI. wherein he was called.TE III. 21 Art thou called, being a servant? care not To abstain from forbidden meats. for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use KOW as touching things offered unto idols it rather. l we know that we all have knowledge. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also 2 And if any man think that he knowetB he that is called, being free, is Christ's serv- any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ant. ought to know. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye 3 But if any man love God, the same is the servants of men. known of him. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is 4 As concerning therefore the eating of called, therein abide with God. those things that are offered in sacrifice unto 25 Now concerning virgins I have no com- idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the mandment of the Lord: yet I give my judg- world, and that there is none Other God but ment, as one that hath obtained mercy of one. the Lord to be faithful. 5 For though there be that are called gods, 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be the present distress, I say, that it is good for gods many, and lords many,) a aan so to be. 6 Rut to us there is but one God, the Father. 740 Of meats offered to idols. I. CORINTHIANS. Pau's Christian liberty. of whom are all things, and we in him; and they which preach the gospel should live of one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all the gospel. things, and we by him. 15 But I have used none of these things. 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that neither have I written these things, that it knowledge: for some with conscience of the should be so done unto me: for it were betidol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered ter for me to die, than that any man should unto an idol; and their conscience being make my glorying void. weak is defiled. 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for i nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach if we eat not, are we the worse. not the gospel! 9 But take heed lest by any means this 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a liberty of yours become a stumblingblock reward: but if against my will, a dispensato them that are weak. tion of the gospel is committed unto me. 10 For if any man see thee which hast 18 What is my reward then? Verily that, knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, when I preach the gospel, I may make the shall not the conscience of him which is weak gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse be emboldened to eat those things which are not my power in the gospel. offered to idols; 19 For though I be free from all men, yet 11 And through thy knowledge shall the have I made myself servant unto all, that I weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? might gain the more. 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin that I might gain the Jews; to them that are against Christ. under the law, as under the law, that I 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to might gain them that are under the law; offend, I will eat no flesh while the world 21 To them that are without law, as without standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. law, (being not without law to God, but unCHAPTER IX. der the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. Ministers ought to live by the gospel. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I M I not an apostle? am I not free? have might gain the weak: I am made all things N I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are to all men, that I might by all means save pot ye my work in the Lord? some. 2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine I might be partaker thereof with you. apostleship are ye in the Lord. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So es this: run, that ye may obtain. 4 Have we not power to eat and to 25 And every man that striveth for the masdrink? tery is temperate in all things. Nowthey do 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we art a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the incorruptible. brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we pow- fight I, not as one that beateth the air: er to forbear working? 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his into subjection: lest that by any means, own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and when I have preached to others, I myself eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feed- should be a castaway. eth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of CHAPTER X. the flock? 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not Of the Jews' sacraments. the law the same also? /[OREOVER, brethren, I would not that 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou lL ye should be ignorant, how that all our shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that fathers were under the cloud, and all passed treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care through the sea; for oxen? 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the 10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? cloud and in the sea; tor our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; he that plougheth should plough in hope; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual and that he that thresheth in hope should be drink; for they drank of that spiritual partaker of his hope. Rock that followed them: and that Rock 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual was Christ. things, is it a great thing if we shall reap 5 But with many of them God was not well your carnal things? pleased: for they were overthrown in the 12 If others be partakers of this power over wilderness. you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we 6 Now these things were our examples, to have not used this power; but suffer all the intent we should not lust after evil things, lest we should hinder the gospel of things, as they also lusted. Christ. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of 13 Do ye not know that they which minister them; as it is written, The people sat down about holy things live of the things of the to eat and drink, and rose upto play. temple? and they which wait at the altar 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as are partakers with the altar? some of them committed, and fell in one 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that day three and twenty thousand. 741 Concerningl things indiffierent. 1. CORINTH~IANS. Rules for divine worship. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not them also tempted, and were destroyed of seeking mine own profit, but the profit of serpents. many, that they may be saved. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them CHAPTER XI. also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Of covering heads in prayer. 11 Now all these things happened unto them TE ye followers of me, even as I also am for ensamples: and they are written for our 1) of Christ. admonition, upon whom the ends of the 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye reworld are come. member me in all things, and keep the ordi12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he nances, as I delivered them to you. standeth take heed lest he fall. 3 But I would have you know, that -Lh, 13 There hath no temptation taken you but head of every man is Christ; and the head such as is common to man: but God is faith- of the woman is the man; and the head of ful, who will not suffer you to be tempted Christ is God. above that ye are able; but will with the 4 Every man praying or prophesying, havtemptation also make a way to escape, that ing his head covered, dishonoureth his head, ye may be able to bear it. 5 But every woman that prayeth or proph14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from esieth with her head uncovered dishonouridolatry. eth her head: for that is even all one as if 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I she were shaven. say. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a not the communion of the blood of Christ? woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be The bread which we break, is it not the com- covered. munion of the body of Christ? 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover hi/ 17 For we being many are one bread, and head, forasmuch as he is the image and one body: for we are all partakers of that glory of God: but the woman is the glory one bread. of the man. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of woman of the man. the altar? 9 Neither was the man created for the 19 What say I then? that the idol is any woman; but the woman for the man. thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to 10 For this cause ought the woman to have idols is any thing? power on her head because of the angels. 20 But I say, that the things which the 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, the woman, neither the woman without the and not to God: and I would not that ye man, in the Lord. should have fellowship with devils. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and is the man also by the woman; but all things the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of God. of the Lord's table, and of the table of 13Judge in yourselves: is it comely that, devils. woman pray unto God uncovered? 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, are we stronger than he? that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame 23 All things are lawful for me, but all unto him? things are not expedient: all things are 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a lawful for me, but all things edify not. glory to her: for her hair is given her for a 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man covering. another's wealth. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, wo 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that have no such custom, neither the churches eat, asking no question for conscience' sake: of God. 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the ful- 17 Now in this that I declare unto you X ness thereof. praise you not, that ye come together not 27 If any of them that believe not bid you for the better, but for the worse. to a fest, and ye be disposed to go; whatso- 18 For first of all, when ye come together ever Is set before you, eat, asking no ques- in the church, I hear that there be divisions tion fpr conscience' sake. among you; and I partly believe it. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is 19 For there must be also heresies among offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for you, that they which are approved may be his sake that shewed it, and for conscience' made manifest among you. sake: for the earth is the-Lord's, and the ful- 20 When ye come together therefore into ness thereof: one place, this is not to eat the Lord's 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of supper. the other: for why is my liberty judged of 21 For in eating every one taketh before another man's conscience? i other his own supper: and one is hungry, 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why amn and another is drunken. I evil spoken of for that for which I give 22 What! have ye not houses to eat and to thanks? drink in? or despise ye the church of God, 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or and shame them that have not? What shall whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, praise you not. nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of 23 For I have received of the Lord that God: which also I delivered unto you, That the 74m Of the Lord's supper. I. CORINTHIANS. ChIristians one mystical bod? Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the -up, when he had supped, saying, This cup is;he new testament in my blood: this do ye, tis oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of fme. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. L'1 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 2 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto con-!lemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. CHAPTER XII. Diversity of spiritual gifts. NTOW concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that to man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can gay that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ihost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all i n al 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 0 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of Spirits; to another divers klinds of tongues; to another the injterpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the Belfsame Spirit," dividing to every man sevrally as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many oembers, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. CHAPTER XIII. Gifts ee enothing without charity. THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. -3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 74,3 The praises of charity. I. CORINTHIANS. Edification of the churC 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; char- of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to ity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, the edifying of the church. is not puffed up, 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in ao) 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. not her own, is not easily provoked, think- 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my eth no evil; spirit prayeth, but my understanding is un6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth fruitful. in the truth; 15 What is it then? I will pray with the 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, spirit, and I will pray with the understandhopeth all things, endureth all things. ing also: I will sing with the spirit, and 1 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there will sing with the understanding also. be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there 16 Else, when thou shalt bless with the spitbe tongues, they shll cease; whether there it, how shall he that occupieth the room of be knowledge, it shall vanish away. the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in thanks, seeing he understandeth not whar part. thou sayest? 10 But when that which is perfect is come, 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but then that which is in part shall be done the other is not edified. away. 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I more than ye all: understood as a child, I thought as a child: 19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five but when I became a man, I put away child- words with my understanding, that by my ish things. voice I might teach others also, than ten 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; thousand words in an unknown tongue. but then face to face: now I know in part; 20 Brethren, be not children in understandbut then shall I know even as also I am ing: howbeit in malice be ye children, but known. in understanding be men. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, 21 In the law it is written, With men of these three; but the greatest of these is other tongues and other lips will I speak uncharity. to this people; and yet for all that will they CHAPTER XIV. not hear me, saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to Prophecy commended, &c. them that believe, but to them that believe FOLLOW after charity, and desire spiritual not: but prophesying serveth not for them F ifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. that believe not, but for them which believe. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown 23 If therefore the whole church be come tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto together into one place, and all speak with God: for no man understandeth him; how- tongues, and there come in tMose that are unbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. learned, or unbelievers, wi ey not say 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto that ye are mad?: men to edification, and exhortation, and 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in comfort. one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue is convinced of all, he is judged of all: edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth 25 And thus are the secrets of his heart.difieth the church. made manifest; and so falling down on his 5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, face he will worship God, and report thart but rather that ye prophesied: for greater God is in you of a truth. is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come with tongues, except he interpret, that the together, every one of you hath a psalm, church may receive edifying. hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a reve6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speak- lation, bath an interpretation. Let all things ing with tongues, what shall I profit you, be done unto edifying. except I shall speak to you either by revela- 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, tion, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and or by doctrine? that by course; and let one interpret. I And even things without life giving 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him iound, whether pipe or harp, except they keep silence in the church; and let him give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it speak to himself, and to God. be known what is piped or harped? 29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain let the other judge. sound, who shall prepare himself to the 30 If any thing be revealed to another that battle? sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the 31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that tongue words easy to be understood, how all may learn, and all may be comforted. shall it be known what is spoken? for ye 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subshall speak into the air. ject to the prophets. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of 33 For God is not the author of confusion, Vrices in the world, and none of them isbut of peace, as in all churches of the saints. without signification. 34 Let your women keep silence in the 11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of churches: for it is not permitted unto them the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh to speak; but they are commanded to be una barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a der obedience, as also saith the law. barbarian unto me. 35 And if they will learn anything, let 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous them ask their husbands at home: for it 744 O}/ the resurrection. 1. CORINTHIANS. The manner of ft. is a shame for women to speak in the church. 36 What! came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order. CHAPTER XV. Of Christ's resurrection. JlOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto MIL you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;, 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that w hich I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriphures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After thatlwas seen of James; then of fil the apostleS. 8 And last 6f all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that S(m not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of (cod; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, If so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is rain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in 4Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in (Ihrist, we are of all men most miserable.;0 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man same also the resurrection of the dead. 63 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cooeth the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put under hein, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sit, not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spisr 745 Sundry abominations II. CORINTHIANS. andr salutation,. itual but that which is natural; and after- 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, an!: ward that which is spiritual. winter with you, that ye may bring me o: 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy, my journey whithersoever I go. the second man is the Lord from heaven. 7 For I will not see you now by the way 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that but I trust to tarry awhile with you, if thel are earthy: and as is hleavenly, such are Lord permit. they also that are heavenly. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pente: 49 And as we have borne the Image of the cost. earthy, we shall also bear the image of the 9 For a great door and effectual is openec, heavenly unto me, and there are many adversaries. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and 10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; be with you without fear: for he worke;* neither doth corruption inherit incorrup the work of the Lord, as I also do. tion. 11 Let no man therefore despise him: but 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall conduct him forth in peace, that he nay not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, come unto me: for I look for him with the 1 i a a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, brethren. aL the last trump: for the trumpet shall 12 As touching our brother Apollos, I sound, and the dead shall be raised incor- greatly desired him to come unto you with rnlntible. and we shall be changed. the brethren: but his will was not at all to 53 For this corruptible must put on incor- come at this time; but he will come when ruption, and this mortal must put on ir- he shall have convenient time. mortality. 13 Aatch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit 54 So when this corruptible shall have put you like men, be strong. on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 14 Let all your things be done with charity. put on immortality, then shall be brought 15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the to pass the saying that is written, Death is house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits swallowed up in victory. of Achaia, and that they have addictc& 55 0 death, where is thy sting? grave, themselves to the ministry of the saints,) where is thy victory? 16 That ye submit yourselves unto such 56 The sting of death is sin; and the and to every one that helpeth with us, anC' strength of sin is the law. laboureth. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us 17 I am glad of the coming of Stephana;r the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye which was lacking on your part they have steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in supplied. the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know 18 For they have refreshed my spirit aln that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. yours: therefore acknowledge ye them thii CHAPTER XVI. ae such. 19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquili Exhortations to charity, &c. and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, VTOW concerning the collection for the with the church that is in their house. 1 saints, as I have given order to the 20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye churches of Galatia, even so do ye. one another with a holy kiss. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every 21 The salutation of me Paul with mine one of you lay by him in store, as God hath own hand. prospered him, that there be no gatherings 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus when I come. Christ, let him be Anathema, Maran atha. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be approve by your letters, them will I send to with you. bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall Amen. go with me. T The first epistle to the Corinthians wal 5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall written from Philippi by Stephanas, andt pass through Macedonia: for I do pass Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Tilmo through Macedonia. theus. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. CHAPTER I. Lord Jesus Christ, the Father ot mercies, Te ^church crmnfolrted, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all ourtribulation, AUTL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the that we may be able to comfort them which P will of God, and Timothy our brother, are in any trouble, by the comfort whereunto the church of God which is at Corinth, with we ourselves are comforted of Goc. with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God us, so our consolation also aboundeth at our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ. 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our And whether we be afflicted, it is t( 746 The manner of pI. CORINTItIAN.s Pauls pretching. your consolation and salvation, which is 3 Axnd I wrote this same unto you, lest, when laeetual in the enduring of the same suffer- I came, I should have sorrow fromn them o: ings which we also suffer: or whether we whom I ought to rejoice; having contidence be comforted, it is for your consolation and in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.;alvation, 4 For out of much afiliction and anguish of 7 And our hope of you is steadfast, know- heart I wrote unto you with many tears., ing, that as ye are partakers of the suffer- not that ye should be grieved, but that ye ings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. might know the love which I have more 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ig- abundantly unto you. norant of our trouble which came to us in 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, grieved me, but in part: that I may not above strength, insomuch that we despaired overcharge you all. even of life: 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punish9 But wve had the sentence of death in our- ment, which was inflicted of many. selves, that we should not trust in ourselves, 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to but in God which raiseth the dead: forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, such a one should be swallowed up with and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he overmuch sorrow. Will yet deliver y; 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would 11 Ye also helping together by prayer for confirm your love toward him. us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the 9 For to this end also did I write, that I Reans of many persons thanks may be given might know the proof of you, whether ye be iy many on our behalf. obedient in all things. 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive Our conscience, that in simplicity and godly also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the Wgrace of God, we have had our conversation person of Christ;.n the world, and more abundantly to you- 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of ward. us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 13 Forwe write none other things unto you, 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to than what ye read or acknowledge; and I preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opentrust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; ed unto me of the Lord, It As also ye have acknowledged us in part, 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of cae ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 15 And in this confidence I was minded to 14 Now thanks he unto God, which always come unto you before, that ye might have a causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh second benefit; manifest the savour of his knowledge by us 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and in every place. to come again out of Macedonia unto you, 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of and of you to be brought on my way toward Christ, in them that are saved, and in them Judea. that perish: 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I 16 To the one we are the savour of death use lightness? or the things that I purpose, unto death; and to the other the savour of do I purpose according to the flesh, that with life unto life. And who is sufficient for me there should be yea, yea, and nay, nay? these things? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you 17 For we are not as many, which corrupt was not yea and nay. the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who of God,in the sight of God speak we in Christ. was preached among you by us, even by me HA TER I and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea C R I and nay, but in him was yea. Of minseters of the law and gospel. 20 For all the promises of God in him are TO we begin again to commend ourselves? yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of I1 or need we, as some others, epistles of God by us. commendation to you, or letters of com21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in mendation from you? Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts. 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the known and read of all men: earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, any soui, that to spare you I came not as yet written not with ink, but with the Spirit of unto Corinth. the living God; not in tables of stone, but 24 Not for that we have dominion over your in fleshly tables of the heart. faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by 4 And such trust have we through Christ to faith ye stand. God-ward: CAPTER II5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to CHAPTER 1I. think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufPaul's preaching and success. ficiency is of God; BITT I determined this with myself, that I 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of B would not come again to you in heavi- the new testament; not of the letter, but of ness. the spirit. for the letter killeth, but the 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then spirit giveth life. that maketh me glad, but the same which is 7 But if the ministration of death, written ld sgorry by mea 9 and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that * - ^ w Pat'Fs unwearied diligence. II. CORINTHIANS. ilis hope A, Immortality. the children of Israel could not steadfastly i of Jesus might be made manifest in out behold the face of Moses for the glory of his mortal flesh. countenance; which glory was to be done 12 So then death worketh in us, but life i a away; you. 8 How shall not the ministration of the 13 We having the same spirit of faith, ac( spirit be rather glorious? cording as it is written, I believed, and there 9 For if the ministration of condemnation fore have I spoken; we also believe, anl, be glory, much more doth the ministration therefore speak; of righteousness exceed in glory. 14 Knowing that he which raised up the 10 For even that which was made glorious Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, had no glory in this respect, by reason of and shall present us with you. the glory that excelleth. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the 11 For if that which is done away was glo- abundant grace might through the thanksrious, much more that which remaineth is giving of many redound to the glory of God. glorious. 16 For which cause we faint not; but 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we though our outward man perish, yet the inuse great plainness of speech: ward man is renewed day by day. L6 And not; as Moses, which put a vail over 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a his face, that the children of Israel could moment, worketh for us a far more exceednot steadfastly look to the end of that which ing and eternal weight of glory; is abolished: 18 While we look not at the things which are 14 But their minds were blinded: for until seen, but at the things which are not seen: this day remaineth the same vail untaken for the things which are seen are temporal; 'away in the reading of the old testament; but the things which are not seen are eternal. which vail is done away in Christ. CAPTER V 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Paul's hope of eternal glory. 16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the OR we know that, if our earthly house ot Lord, the vail shall be taken away. F this tabernacle were dissolved, we haves 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where building of God, a house not made with the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, hands, eternal in the heavens. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring t~o in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed be clothed upon with our house which is into the same image from glory to glory. from heaven: even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be CAPTER IV. found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan. Paul's comfort in distress. being burdened: not for that we wTould be THEREFORE, seeing we have this minis- unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality try, as we have received mercy, we faint might be swallowed up of life. not; 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the seJls 2 But have renounced the hidden things same thing is God, who also hath given unto of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor us the earnest of the Spirit. handling the word of God deceitfully; but, 6 Therefore wre are always confident, knoW, by manifestation of the truth, commending ing that, whilst we are at home in the body, ourselves to every man's conscience in the i we are absent from the Lord: sight of God. 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them 8 We are confident, Isay, and willing rather that are lost: to be absent from the body, and to be pres. 4 In whom the god of this world hath ent with the Lord. blinded the minds of them which believe not, 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether preslest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, ent or absent, we may be accepted of him. who is the image of God, should shine unto 10 For we must all appear before the judgthem. ment seat of Christ; that every one may re5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ ceive the things done in his body, according Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants to that he hath done, whether it be good or for Jesus' sake. bad. 6 For God, who commanded the light to 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the shine out of darkness, hath shined in our Lord, we persuade men; but we are made hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of manifest unto God; and I trustalso are made the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. manifest in your consciences. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen ves- 12 For we commend not ourselves again sels, that the excellency of the power may unto you, but give you occasion to glory on be of God, and not of us. our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not answer them which glory in appearance, and distressed; we are perplexed, but not in de- not in heart. spair; 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, to God: or whether we be sober, it is for but not destroyed; your cause. 10 Always bearing about in the body the 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; dying of the Lordi Jesus, that the life also of I because we thus judge, that if one died for Jesus might be made manifest in our body. I all, then were all dead: 11 For we which live are alway delivered 15 And that he died for all, that they which anto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also live should not henceforth live unto them748 Paul's faithful ministry. II. CORINTHIANS. Exhortation to purity. Eolves, but unto him which died for them, 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and rose again. and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man touch not the unclean thing; and I will reafter the flesh: yea, though we have known ceive you, Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye know we him no more. shall be my sons and daughters, saith the 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is Lord Almighty. a. new creature: old things are passed away; CHAPTER VII behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath rec- Exhortations to purity. onciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and TAVING therefore these promises, dearhath given to us the ministry of reconcilia- Il ly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves tion; from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, recon- perfecting holiness in the fear of God. ciling the world unto himself, not imputing 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, their trespasses unto them; and hath conl- we have corrupted no man, we have demitted unto us the word of reconciliation. frauded no man. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I as though God did beseech you by us: we have said before, that ye are in our hearts to pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled die and live with you. to God. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, you, great is my glorying of you: I am fill - who knew no sin; that we might be made ed with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in the righteousness of God in him. all our tribulations. TCHA PTER VI. 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled Paul's faithfulness in the ministry. on every side; without were fightings, withW E then, as workers together with him, in were fears. V beseech you also that ye receive not 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those the grace of God in vain. that are cast down, comforted us by the 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time coming of Titus; accepted, and in the day of salvation have I 7 And not by his coming only, but by the Succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted consolation wherewith he was comforted in time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) you, when he told us your earnest desire, 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the your mourning, your fervent mind toward ministry be not blamed: me; so that I rejoiced the more. a4 But in all things approving ourselves as 8 For though I made you sorry with a letthe ministers of God, in much patience, in ter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for tfflictions, in necessities, in distresses, I perceive that the same epistle hath made 5> In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, you sorry, though it were but for a season. i L labours, in watchings, in fastings; 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made i; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuf- sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: F ring, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by for ye were made sorry after a godly man. i)ve unfeigned, ner, that ye might receive damage by us in r By the word of truth, by the. power of nothing. tCod, by the armour of righteousness on the 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to tight hand and on the left, salvation not to be repented of: but the 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report sorrow of the world worketh death. and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dy- sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulIng, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and ness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing not killed; of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, poor, yet making many rich; as having what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things nothing, and yet possessing all things. ye have approved yourselves to be clear in 11 0 ye Corinthians, our mouth is open this matter. unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, 1 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are did it not for his cause that had done the straitened in your own bowels. wrong, nor for his cause that suffered 13 Now for a recompense in the same, (I wrong, but that our care for you in the speak as unto my children,) be ye also en- sight of God might appear unto you. larged. 13 Therefore we were comforted in your 1U Be ye not unequally yoked together with comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more unbelievers: forwhat fellowship hath right- joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his eousness with unrighteousness? and what spirit was refreshed by you all. communion hath light with darkness? 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of 15 And what concord hath Christ with Be- you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all lial? or what part hath he that believeth things to you in truth, even so our boastwith an infidel? ing, which I made before Titus, is found a 16 And what agreement hath the temple of truth. God with idols? for ye are the temple of 15 And his inward affection is more abundthe living God; as God hath said, I will ant toward you, whilst he remembereth the dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will obedience of you all, how with fear and be their God, and they shall be my people. trembling ye received him. i 7498 Exhortation to liberality. II. CORINTHIANS. Why Paul sentit,'s. 16 1 rejoice therefore that f have confidence the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight in you in all things. of men. CHAPTTER VIII i22 And we have sent with them our brotlh er, whom we have oftentimes proved dii. Paul exhorteth to liberality. gent in many things, but now much 1more M/]OREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit diligent, upon the great confidence which Mll of the grace of God bestowed on the have in you. churches of Macedonia; i 23 Whether any clo inquirec of Titus, he i,, 2 How that in a great trial of affliction, the my partner and fellow helper concerning abundance of their joy and their deep pov- you: or our brethren be inquired of, thic erty abounded unto the riches of their lib- are the messengers of the churches, and the erality. glory of Christ. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before and beyond their power they were willing of the churches, the proof of your love, and ol themselves; our boasting on your behalf. 4 Praying us with much entreaty that we CTAPTER IX would receive the gift, and take upon us the. fellowship of the ministering to the saints. Bountifulness recommended. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but OR as touching the ministering to the first gave their own selves to the Lord, and 'L saits, it is superfluous for me to write unto us by the will of God. to you: 6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as 2 For I know the forwardness of your he had begun, so he would also finish in you mind, for which I boast of you to them oI the same grace also. Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, ago; and your zeal hath provoked very in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and many. in all diligence, and int your love to us, see 3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest out that ye abound in this grace also. boasting of you should be in vain in this 8 I speak not by commnandment, but by oc- behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: casion of the forwardness of others, and to 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come prove the sincerity of your love. with me, and iind you unprepared, we (that 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for same confident boasting. your sakes he became poor, that ye through 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhis poverty might be rich. hort the brethren, that they would go be10 And herein I give my advice: for this is fore unto you, and make up beforehand expedient for you, who have begun before, your bounty, whereof ye had notice before. not only to do, but also to be forward a that the same might be ready, as a matter of year ago. bounty, and not as of covetousness. 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; 6 But this Ip say, He which soweth sparingly that as there was a readiness to will, so there shall reap also sparingly; and he which sow. may be a performance also out of that which eth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Te have. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is his heart, so let hlim give; not grudgingly, iccepted according to that a man hath, and or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful aot according to that he hath not, giver. 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, 8 And God is able to make all grace abound and ye burdened: toward you; that ye, always having all suf14 But by an equality, that now at this time ficiency in all things, may abound to every your abundance may be a supply for their good work: want, that their abundance also may be a 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed supply for your want; that there may be abroad; he hath given to the poor: his equality: righteousness remaineth for ever. 15 As it is written, He that had gathered 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the much had nothing over; and he that had sower both minister bread for your food, gathered little had no lack. and multiply your seed sown, and increase 16 But thanks be to God, which put the the fruits of your righteousness:) same earnest care into the heart of Titus 11 Being enriched in every thing to all for you. bountifulness, which causeth through us 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; thanksgiving to God. but being more forward, of his own accord 12 For the administration of this service he went unto you. not only supplieth the want of the saints, 18 And we have sent with him the brother, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings whose praise is in the gospel throughout all unto God; the churches; 13 While by the experiment of this minis19 And not that only, but who was also tration they glorify God for your professed chosen of the churches to travel with us subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and with this grace, which is administered by us for your liberal distribution unto them, and to the glory of the same Lord, and declara- unto all men ton of your ready mind: 14 And by their prayer for you, which lona' 20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame after you for the exceeding grace of Goc~ us in this abundance which is administered in you. by us: 15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable 21 Providing for honest things, not only in gift. 7,50 .nt Tul's spirituaZ' pow er. II. CO)I LNT!IIANS. HIis god(ly jcealosy. CHAPTER X. Of Paul's spiritual might. NTOW I Paul myself beseech you by the L meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence (iam base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, Wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as i f we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that aexalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; t And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7 I)o ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself chat he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 11 Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we xre present. 12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, cr compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and cormparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to Us, a measure to reach even unto you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our meaesure, as though we reached not unto you; for we are come as far as to vou also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, wlhen your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, 16 To preach the gospel in the regions be3ond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is pproved, but whom the Lord commendeth. CHAPTER XI. Paul's forced self commendation. W OULD to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear f wet 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiceest apostles. 6 But though I bhe rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly mlade manifest among you in all things. 7 Htave I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 16 1 say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye Vourselves are wise. 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of youo, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as theugh we had been weak. Howbeit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft, 751 Paul's visions and revelations. II. CORINTHIANS. He threateneth offenders, 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were stripes save one. wrought among you in all patience, in 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night 13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior and a day I have been in the deep; to other churches, except it be that I myself 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, was not burdensome to you? forgive me this in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own wrong. countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, come to you; and I will not be burdensome in perils in the sea, in perils among false to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for brethren; the children ought not to lay up for the 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watch- parents, but the parents for the children. ings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings 15 And I will very gladly spend and be often, in cold and nakedness. spent for you; though the more abundantly 28 Beside those things that are without, I love you, the less I be loved. that which cometh upon me daily, the care 16 But be it so, I did not burden you: never, of all the churches. theless, being crafty,I caught you with guile. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them is offended, and I burn not? whom I sent unto you? 30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the 18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a things which concern mine infirmities. brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus walked we not in the same spirit? walked we Christ, which is blessed for evermore, know- not in the same steps? eth that I lie not. 19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas unto you? we speak before God in Christ: the king kept the city of the Damascenes but we do all things, dearly beloved, for with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: your edifying. 33 And through a window in a basket was I 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. find you such as I would, and that I shall be CHAPTER XII. found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, Paul's wonderful revelations. backbitings,whisperings, swellings,tumults. T is not expedient for me doubtless to 21 And lest, when I come again, my God L glory. I will come to visions and revela- will humble me among you, and that I shall tions of the Lord. bewail many which have sinned already, 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen and have not repented of the uncleanness years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot and fornication and lasciviousness which tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot they have committed. tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up CHAPTER XIII. to the third heaven. 3 And I know such a man, (whether in the Obstinate sinners threateed. body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God PHIS is the third time I am coming to you. knoweth;) In the mouth of two or three witnesses 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, shall every word be established. and heard unspeakable words, which it is 2 1 told you before, and foretell you, as if I not lawful for a man to utter. were present, the second time; and being 5 Of such a one will I glory: yet of myself absent now I write to them which heretoI will not glory, but in mine infirmities. fore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I 6 For though I would desire to glory, I come again, I will not spare: shall Lot be a fool; for I will say the truth: 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking but now I forbear, lest any man should in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but think of me above that which he seeth me is mighty in you. to be, or that he heareth of me. 4Forthoughhewas crucifiedthroughweak7 And lest I should be exalted above meas- ness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For ure through the abundance of the revela- we also are weak in him, but we shall live tions, there was given to me a thorn in the with him by the power of God toward you. flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the lest I should be exalted above measure. faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in that it might depart from me. you, except ye be reprobates? 9 And he said unto me, My grace is suffi- 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are cient for thee: for my strength is made per- not reprobates. feet in weakness. Most gladly therefore will 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not I rather glory in my infirmities, that the that we should appear approved, but that power of Christ may rest upon me. ye should do that which is honest, though 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, we be as reprobates. in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I but for the truth. am weak, then am I strong. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have ye are strong: and this also we wish, even compelled me: for I ought to have been your perfection. commended of you: for in nothing am I 10 Therefore I write these things being abbehind the very chiefest apostles, though I sent, lest being present I should use sharpbe nothing. ness, according to the power which the Lord 752 Paul's conversion GALATIANS. before his cafling hath given me to edification, and not to 13 All the saints salute you. destruction. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, the love of God, and the communion of the be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. peace; and the God of love and peace shall i The second epistle to the Corinthians was be with you. written from Philippi, a city of Macedo12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. nia, by Titus and Lucas. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS. CHAPTER I. Of their leaving the gospel. AUL, an apostle, (not of men, neither by,man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, Unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you, and peace, from God the.ather, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil World, according to the will of God and our Tather: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. &men. 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Clhrist unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some (hat trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that Which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. I 19 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be acwtursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? forif I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after snan. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For ye have heard of my conversation In time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And profited in the Jews' religion above nany my equals in mine own nation, being waore exceedinglyzeatous of the traditions of tay fathers, 15 But when it pleased God, who separated mae from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 6 To reveal his Son in me, that I might breach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went Into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to Je2X rusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. 19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ: 23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me; CHAPTER II. Of justification by faith. THEN fourteen years after I went up 1 again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them thatgospelwhich I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 6 But of those who seemed to be somewhat, whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person: for they who seemed to be somewhat in confer ence added nothing to me: 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was commits ted unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter: 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles;) 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I 753 Of justification by faith. GALATIAN4.'\ Believers are j usthji',tf. withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing themx which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, i4 therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. CHAPTER III. Believers are justified. FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, uaying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the taw are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in 74 all things which are written in the book or the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the lawv in the sight of God, it is evident: for, Thie just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangetls on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner ot men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance he of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it t(i Abraham by promise, 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it cwas ordained by angels in the hands of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the Scripture hath concluded all un, der sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept un-, der the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our choolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise, CHAPTER IV. Christ freeth us from the law, NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he Is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all, 3 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were, in bondage under the elements of the world; Fireedom from the law. GALATIANS. The fruits of the Spirit. 4 But when the fulness of the time was 1 29 But as then he that was born after the:;ome, God sent forth his Son, made of a flesh persecuted him that was born after the womran, made under the law, Spirit, even so it is now. 5 To redeem them that were under the 30 Nevertheless what saith the Scripture?,aw, that we might receive the adoption of Cast out the bondwoman and her eon: for,ons. the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent with the son of the free woman. forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of crying, Abba, Father. the bondwoman, but of the free. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, C PT but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God CHA R V. through Christ. Of the liberty of the gospel. 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye OTAND fast therefore in the liberty where, did service unto them which by nature are k with Christ hath made us free, and be not no gods. entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, j3 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be or rather are known of God, how turn ye circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. again to the weak and beggarly elements, 3 For I testify again to every man that is whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, whole law. and years. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you,:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed whosoever of you are justified by the law; upon you labour in vain. ye are fallen from grace. 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the I am as ye arc: ye have not injured me at hope of righteousness by faith. all. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision 13 Ye know how through infirmity of the availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the faith which worketh by love. first. 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you 14 And my temptation which was in my that ye should not obey the truth? fesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but re- 8 This persuasion cometh not of him that ceived me as an angel of God, even as Christ calleth you. Jesus. 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake 10 I have confidence in you through the of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been Lord, that ye will be none otherwise mindpossible, ye would have plucked out your ed: but he that troubleth you shall bear his own eyes, and have given them to me. judgment, whosoever he be. 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, be- 11 ind I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcause I tell you the truth? cision, why do I yet suffer persecution? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; then is the offence of the cross ceased. yea, they would exclude you, that ye might 12 1 would they were even cut off which affect them. trouble you. 18 But it is good to be zealously affected al- 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto ways in a good thing, and not only when I liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion am present with you. to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 19 My little children, of whom I travail in 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, birth again until Christ be formed in you, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour 20 T desire to be present with you now, and as thyself. to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of 15 But if ye bite and devour one anotner, you. take heed that ye be not consumed one of "1 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the another. law, do ye not hear the law? 16 h7is I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, free woman. and the Spirit against the flesh: and these 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was are contrary the one to the other; so that born after the flesh; but he of the free wo- ye cannot do the things that ye would. mian was by promise. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not 24 Which things are an allegory: for these under the law. are the two covenants; the one from the 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which are these, Adultery, fornication, unwhich is Agar. cleanness, lasciviousness, 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, and is in bondage with her children. 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, lings, and such like: of the which I tell you which is the mother of us all. before, as I have also told you in time past, 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that they which do such things shall not inthat bearest not; break forth and cry, thou herit the kingdom of God. that travailest not: for the desolate hath 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, soy, many more children than she which hath a peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, husband, faith, 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the 23 Meekness, temperance: against such children of promise. there is no law. 755 A cadtion agaialst valniy, EPlHESIANS. Patul lor:icth in tlti c('ros 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we li ve in the Spirit, let us also walk In the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another, CHAPTER VI. To deal mildly with offenders, BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. a For if a man think himself to be some. thing, when he is nothing, he decelveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For every man shall bear his own burden, 6 Let him that is taught in the word comrmunicate unto him that teacheth in all good things, 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in weit doin(iz for in due season we shall reap, if we tanvm not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all mele, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 11 Ye see how large a letter I have wrttten unto you with mine own hand. 12 As many as desire to make a fair shew In the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, tby whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, bux a new creature, 16 And as many as walk according to thim rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me ' for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. ~ Unto the Galatians written from Rome. THE EPISTLE OOF PAUL TIE APOSTLE TO THE EPIIHESIANS, CIAPTE L things in Christ, both which are in heaven Of tand which are on earth; even in him: lection and adoption. 11 In whom also we have obtained an in. DAtTL,anapostleof Jesus Christbythe will heritance, being predestinated according te J of God, to the saints which are at Ephe- the purpose of him who worketh all things sus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: after the counsel of his own will: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our 12 That we should be to the praise of hit Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. glory, who first trusted in Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye Jesus Christ, who bath blessed us with all heard the word of truth, the gospel of youi spiritual blessings in heavenly places in salvation: in whom also, after that ye be. Christ: lieved, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit 4 According as he hath chosen us in him of promise, before the foundation of the world, that we 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance should be holy and without blame before until the redemption of the purchased pohim in love: session, unto the praise of his glory. 5 Having predestinated us unto the adop- 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of youl tlon of children by Jesus Christ to himself, faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the according to the good pleasure of his saints, will 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, mention of you in my prayers; wherein be hath made us accepted in the 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, beloved: the Father of glory, may give unto you the 7 In whom we have redemption through his spirit of wisdom and revelation In the blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to knowledge of him: the riches of his grace; 18 The eyes of your understanding being 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in enlightened; that ye may know what is thi all wisdom and prudence; hope of his calling, and what the riches (of 9 Having made known unto us the mystery the glory of his inheritance in the saints, of his will, according to his good pleasure 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of which he hath purposed in himself: his power to us-ward who believe, according 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness to the working of his mighty power, of times he might gather together in one all 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when le 756 W[e are saved by grace. EPHESIANS. x'he hidden mystery. raised him from the dead, and set him at his and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the own right hand in the heavenly places, saints, and of the household of God; 21 Far above all principality, and Dower, 20 And are built upon the foundation of the and might, and dominion, and every name apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself that is named, not only 4n this world, but being the chief corner stone; also in that which is to come: 21 In whom all the building fitly framed 22 And hath put all thigs under his feet, together groweth unto a holy temple in the and gave him to be the head over all things Lord: to the church, 22 In whom ye also are builded together 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him for a habitation of God through the Spirito that filleth all in all-CHAPTER III CH2 2TER II. Salvation for the Gentiles. All are crea xd for good works. liOR this cause T Paul, the prisoner of Jr A ND you hath he quickened, who were dead 1 sus Christ for you Gentiles, A, in trespasses and sins; 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of 2 Wherein in time past ye walked accord- the grace of God which is given me to youing to the course of this world, according to ward: the prince of the power of the air, the spirit 3 How that by revelation he made known that now worketh in the children of disobe- unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in dienee: few words; 3 Among whom also we all had our conver- 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may under. tation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, stand my knowledge in the mystery of fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the Christ,) tmind; and were by nature the children of 5 Which in other ages was not made known wrath, even as others. unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his unto his holy apostles and prophets by the great love wherewith he loved us, Spirit; 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, quickened us together with Christ, (by grace and of the same body, and partakers of his ye are saved;) promise in Christ by the gospel: 6 And hath raised us up together, and made 7 Whereof I was made a minister, accordus sit together in heavenly places in Christ ing to the gift of the grace of God given unJesus: to me by the effectual working of his power. 7 That In the ages to come he might shew 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kind- all saints, is this grace given, that I shoulc ness toward us, through Christ Jesus. preach among the Gentiles the unsearch8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; able riches of Christ; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of 9 And to make all men see what is the febl God: lowship of the mystery, which from the be9 Not of works, lest any man should ginning of the world hath been hid in God, boast. who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 For we are his workmanship, created in 10 To the intent that now unto the princi. Christ Jesus unto good works, which God palities and powers in heavenly places might hath before ordained that we should walk in be known by the church the manifold wisthem. dom of God, 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in 11 According to the eternal purpose which time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: Uncircumcision by that which is called the 12 In whom we have boldness and access Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; with confidence by the faith of him. 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at being aliens from the commonwealth of Is- my tribulations for you, which is your rael, and strangers from the covenants of glory. promise, having no hope, and without God 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the in the world: Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some- 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven times were far off are made nigh by the blood and earth is named, of Christ. 16 That he would grant you, according to 14 For he is our peace. who hath made both the riches of his glory, to be strengthened one, and hath broken down the middle wall with might by his Spirit in the inner man; of partition between us; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded even the law of commandments contained in in love, ordinances; for to make in himself of twain 18 May be able to comprehend with all one new man, so making peace; saints what is the breadth, and length, and 16 And that he might reconcile both unto depth, and height; G-od in one body by the cross, having slain 19 And to know the love of Christ, which the enmity thereby: passeth knowledge, that ye might be tilled 17 And came and preached peace to you with all the fulness of God. vhich were afar off, and to them that were 20 Now unto him. that is able to do exceed. nigh. ing abundantly above all that we ask or 18 For through him we both have access by think, according to the power that worketh une Spirit unto the Father. in us. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers 21 Unto him be glory in the church by 64 757 Exhortation to holiness. EPHE8IANS. Exhortation to loTe. Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world after God is created in righteousness and without end. Amen. true holiness. CHAPTER IV. 5 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for Exhortation to unity. we are members one of another. THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun beseech you that ye walk worthy of the go down upon your wrath: vocation wherewith ye are called, 27 Neither give place to he devil. 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but longsuffering, forbearing one another in rather let him labour, working with his love; hands the thing which is good, that he may 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the have to give to him that needeth. Spirit in the bond of peace. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as out of your mouth, but that which is good ye are called in one hope of your calling; to the use of edifying, that it may minister 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, grace unto the hearers. 6 One God and Father of all, who is above 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. all, and through all, and in you all. whereby ye are sealed unto the day of re7 But unto every one of us is given grace demption. according to the measure of the gift of 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, Christ. and clamour, and evil speaking, be put 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended away from you, with all malice: up on high, he led captivity captive, and 32 And be ye kind one to another, tendergave gifts unto men. hearted, forgiving one another, even as God 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. he also descended first into the lower parts CHAPTER V. of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that Exhortations against divers sins. ascended up far above all heavens, that he DE ye therefore followers of God, as dear might fill all things.) 3 children; 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, us, and hath given himself for us an offering pastors and teachers; and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the savour. work of the ministry, for the edifying of 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or the body of Christ: covetousness, let it not be once named 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, among you, as becometh saints; and of the knowledge of the Son of God, 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor unto a perfect man, unto the measure of jesting, which are notconvenient: but rather the stature of the fulness of Christ: giving of thanks. 14 That we henceforth be no more children, 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, tossed to and fro, and carried about with nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they kingdom of Christ and of God. lie in wait to deceive; 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow for because of these things cometh the wrath up into him in all things, which is the head, of God upon the children of disobedience. even Christ: 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined 8 For ye were sometime darkness, but now together and compacted by that which every are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of joint supplieth, according to the effectual light; working in the measure of every part, mak- 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all good.. eth increase of the body unto the edifying ness and righteousness and truth;) of itself in love. 10 Provingwhat is acceptable unto theLord. 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitlord, that ye henceforth walk not as other ful works of darkness, but rather reprove Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, them. 18 Having the understanding darkened, be- 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those ing alienated front the life of God through things which are done of them in secret. the ignorance that is in them, because of 13 But all things that are reproved are the blindness of their heart: made manifest by the light: for whatsoever 19 Who being past feeling have given them- doth make manifest is light. selves over unto lasciviousness, to work all 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that uncleanness with greediness. sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; shall give thee light. 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not have been taught by him, as the truth is in as fools, but as wise, Jesus: 16 Redeeming the time, because the days 22 That ye put off concerning the former are evil. conversation the old man, which is corrupt 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but underaccording to the deceitful lusts; standing what the will of the Lord is. 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is mind; excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 94 And that ye put on the new man. which 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and 75B The duty of children. EPHESIANS. The Christian warfare. hymns and spiritual songs, singing and mak- 7 With good will doing service, as to the ing melody in your heart to the Lord; Lord, and not to men: 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any God and the Father in the name of our Lord man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Jesus Christ; Lord, whether he be bond or free. 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in 9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto the fear of God. them, forbearing threatening: knowing that 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own your Master also is in heaven; neither is husbands, as unto the Lord. there respect of persons with him. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the even as Christ is the head of the church: and Lord, and in the power of his might. he is the Saviour of the body. 11 Put on the whole armour of Cod, that ye 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto may be able to stand against the wiles of the Christ, so let the wives be to their own hus- devil. bands in every thing. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as blood, but against principalities, against Christ also loved the church, and gave him- powers, against the rulers of the darkness self for it; of this world, against spiritual wickedness 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it in high places. with the washing of water by the word, 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole 27 That he might present it to himself a armour of God. that ye may be able to glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, withstand in the evil day, and having done or any such thing; but that it should be holy all, to stand. and without blemish. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt 28 So ought men to love their wives as their about with truth, and having on the breastown bodies. Hle that loveth his wife loveth plate of righteousness; himself. 15 And your feet shod with the preparation 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; of the gospel of peace; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, lord the church: wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the 30 For we are members of his body, of his fiery darts of the wicked. tlesh, and of his bones. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and 31 For this cause shall a man leave his the sword of the Spirit, which is the word father and mother, and shall be joined unto of God: his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 18 Praying always with all prayer and sup32 This is a great mystery: but I speak con- plication in the Spirit, and watching thereterning Christ and the church. unto with all perseverance and supplication 33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in par- for all saints; ticular so love his wife even as himself; and 19 And for me, that utterance may be given the wife see that she reverence her husband. unto me, that I may open my mouth boldCHAIPTER VI. ly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, everal duties recomnstended. 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds; CHILDREN obey your parents in the that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought C Lord: for this is right. to speak. 2 Honour thy father and mother; which is 21 But that ye also may know my affairs, the first commandment with promise; and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou and faithful minister in the Lord, shall mayest live long on the earth. make known to you all things: 4 And ye fathers, provoke not your chil- 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same dren to wrath: but bring them up in the purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and nurture and admonition of the Lord. that he might comfort your hearts. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with your masters according to the flesh, with faith, from God the Father and the Lord fear and trembling, in singleness of your Jesus Christ. heart, as unto Christ; 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. as the servants of Christ, doing the will of Written from Rome unto the Ephesians God from the heart; by Tychicus. 759 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TrM PHILIPPIANS. CHAPTER. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, Paul's prayer to God for them. which is far better: PAUL and Timotheus, the servants of 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ needful for you. Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops 25 And having this confidence, I know that and deacons: I shall abide and continue with you all for 2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God your furtherance and joy of faith; our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 26 That your rejoicing may be more abund. 31 thank my God upon every remembrance ant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to of you, you again. 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you 27 Only let your conversation be as it be. all making request with joy, cometh the gospel of Christ: that whether 1 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from come and see you, or else be absent, I may the first day until now; hear of youraffairs, that ye stand fast in one! 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he spirit, with one mind striving together for which hath begun a good work in you will the faith of the gospel; perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 28 And in nothing terrified by your adver. 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of saries: which is to them an evident token of you all, because I have you in my heart; in- perdition, but to you of salvation, and that asmuch as both in my bonds, and in the de- of God. fence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of are partakers of my grace. Christ, not only to believe on him, but also 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long to suffer for his sake; after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 30 Having the same conflict which ye sa:,r 9 And this I pray, that your love may in me, and now hear to bein me. abound yet more and more in knowledge CHAPTER II. ind in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are ex- Exhortation to unity and hunility. cellent; that ye may be sincere and without TF there he therefore any consolation in offence till the day of Christ; Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fell 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteous- lowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and ness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the mercies, glory and praise of God. 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded. 12 But I would ye should understand, having the same love, being of one accord, brethren, that the things which happened of one mind. unto me have fallen out rather unto the 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainfurtherance of the gospel; glory; but in lowliness of mind let each es13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest teem other better than themselves. in all the palace, and in all other places; 4 Look not every man on his own things, 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, but every man also on the things of others. waxing confident by my bonds, are much 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in more bold to speak the word without fear. Christ Jesus: 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought and strife; and some also of good will: it not robbery to be equal with God: 16 The one preach Christ of contention, not 7 But made himself of no reputation, and sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my took upon him the form of a servant, and bonds: was made in the likeness of men: 17 But the other of love, knowing that I am 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he set for the defence of the gospel. humbled himself, and became obedient un. 18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, to death, even the death of the cross. whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and him, and given him a name which is above will rejoice. every name: 19 For I know that this shall turn to my 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee salvation through your prayer, and the sup- should bow, of things in heaven, and things ply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, in earth, and things under the earth; 20 According to my earnest expectation 11,And that every tongue should confess and my hope, that in nothing I shall be that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of ashamed, but that with all boldness, as al- God the Father. ways, so now also Christ shall be magnified in 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have almy body, whether it be by life, or by death. ways obeyed, not as in my presence only, but 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die now much more in my absence, work out s gain. your own salvation with fear and trem22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit bung: of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot13 or it is God which worketh in you both %ot, to will and to do of his good pleasure. 760 Paul gtveth up PHILIPPIANS. all for Christ. 14 Do all things without murmurings and 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but tlisputings: loss for the excellency of the knowledge of 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have sufthe sons of God, without rebuke, in the fered the loss of all things, and do count midst of a crooked and perverse nation, them but dung, that I may win Christ, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 9 And be found in him, not having mine 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I own righteousness, which is of the law, but nay rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have that which is through the faith of Christ, not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. the righteousness which is of God by faith: 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacri- 10 That I may know him, and the power of fice and service of your faith, I joy, and re- his resurrection, and the fellowship of his joice with you all. sufferings, being made conformable unto his 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and death; rejoice with me. 11 If by any means I might attain unto the 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send resurrection of the dead. Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may 12 Not as though I had already attained, be of good comfort, when I know your either were already perfect: but I follow slate. after, if that I may apprehend that for which 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. naturally care for your state. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have ap21 For all seek their own, not the things prehended: but this one thing I do, forgetwhich are Jesus Christ's. ting those things which are behind, and 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a reaching forth unto those things which are son with the father, he hath served with me before, in the gospel. 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. SD scon as I shall see how it will go with me. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be shall come shortly, otherwise minded, God shall reveal even 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to this unto you. you Epaphroditus, my brother, and compan- 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already ion in labour, and fellow soldier, but your attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us messenger, and he that ministered to my mind the same thing. wants. 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, 26 For he longed after you all, and was full and mark them which walk so as ye have u2 of heaviness, because that ye had heard for an ensample. that he had been sick. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: you often, and now tell you even weeping, but God had mercy on him; and not on that they are the enemies of the'cross of him only, but on me also, lest I should have Christ: sorrow upon sorrow, 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, that, Adhen ye see him again, ye may rejoice, who mind earthly things.) and that I may be the less sorrowful. 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with whence also we look for the Saviour, the all gladness; and hold such in reputation: Lord Jesus Christ: 30Because for the work of Christ he was 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to may be fashioned like unto his glorious supply your lack of service toward me. body, according to the working whereby he CHAPTER IT. is able even to subdue all things unto him. To avoid false teachers. CHAPTER IV. FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the General exhortatios. Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it THEREFORE, my brethren dearly b6e is safe. 1 loved and longed for, my joy and crown, 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly bebeware of the concision. loved. 3 For we are the circumcision, which wor- 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, ship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ that they be of the same mind in the Lord. Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 3 And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, 4 Though I might also have confidence in help those women which laboured with me the flesh. If any other man thinketh that in the gospel, with Clement also, and with he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, other my fellow labourers, whose names are I more: in the book of life. 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew say. Rejoice. of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a 5 Let your moderation be known unto all Pharisee; men. The Lord is at hand. 8 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; 6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything touching the righteousness which is in the by prayer and supplication with thanksgiv. law, blameless. ng let your requests be made known unto 7 But what things were gain to me, those I God. mounted loss for Christ. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth ai 64 * An exhortation COLOSSIANS. to cll goodness. understanding, shall keep your hearts and 15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in minds through Christ Jesus. the beginning of the gospel, when I departed 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are from Macedonia, no church communicateoi true, whatsoever things are honest, whatso- with me as concerning giving and receiving, ever things are just, whatsoever things are but ye only. pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatso- 16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and, ever things are of good report, if there be again unto my necessity. any virtue, and if there be any praise, think 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I on these things. desire fruit that may abound to your a(e 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, count. and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full. and the God of peace shall be with you. having received of Epaphroditus the things 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that which were sent from you, an odour of a now at the last your care of me hath flour- sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasished again; wherein ye were also careful, ing to God. but ye lacked opportunity. 19 But my God shall supply all your need 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I according to his riches in glory by Christ have learned, in whatsoever state I am, there- Jesus. with to be content. 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory 12 I know both how to be abased, and I for ever and ever. Amen. know how to abound: everywhere and in 21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The all things I am instructed both to be full and brethren which are with me greet you. to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer 22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that need. are of Cesar's household. 13 I can do all things through Christ, which 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with strengtheneth me. you all. Amen. 14 Notwithstanding, ye have well done, that ~ It was written to the Philippians from ye did communicate with my affliction. Rome by Epaphroditus. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. CHAPTER I his glorious power, unto all patience and longr, suffering with joyousness; Paul describeth the true Christ. 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, whichl TPAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the hath made us meet to be partakers of the in. p will of God, and Timotheus our brother, heritance of the saints in light: 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto darkness, and hath translated us into ths, you, and peace, from God our Father and the kingdom of his dear Son: Lord Jesus Christ. 14 In whom we have redemption through his 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of blood, even the forgiveness of sins: our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, tha you, firstborn of every creature: 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ 16 For by him were all things created, thai Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible the saints, and invisible, whether they be thrones, or de5 For the hope which is laid up for you in minions, or principalities, or powers: all heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word things were created by him, and for him: of the truth of the gospel; 17 And he is before all things, and by him all 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the things consist: world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it cloth also 18 And he is the head of the body, the in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew church; who is the beginning, the firstborn the grace of God in truth: from the dead; that in all things he might 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear have the preeminence. fellow servant, who is for you a faithful mim- 19 For it pleased the Father that in him ister of Christ; should all fulness dwell; 8 Who also declared unto us your love in the 20 And, having made peace through the blood Spirit. of his cross, by him to reconcile all things 9 For this cause we also, since the day we unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to things in earth, or things in heaven. desire that ye might be filled with the knowl- 21 And you, that were sometime alienated edge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual and enemies in your mind by wicked worlds understanding; yet now hath he reconciled, 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord 22 In the body of his flesh through death unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good to present you wholly and unblameable ani work, and increasing in the knowledge of unreproveable in his sight: God; 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and 11 Strengthened with all might, according to settled, and be not moved away from the 762 Fxhortation to steadfastness. COLOSSIANS. Exhortation to holiness. ihope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and 15 And having spoiled principalities and which was preached to every creature which powers, he made a show of them openly, tri-;is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a umphiug over them in it. minister; t16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of and fill up that which is behind of the afflic- the new moon, or of the sabbath days: tions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; which is the church: but the body is of Christ. 25 Whereof I am made a minister, according 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward:to the dispensation of God which is given to in a voluntary humility and worshipping of;me for you, to fulfil the word of God; angels, intruding into those things which he 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly from ages and from generations, but now is mind, made manifest to his saints: 19 And not holding the Head, from which 27 To whom God would make known what all the body by joints and bands having is the riches of the glory of this mystery nourishment ministered, and knit together, among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, increaseth with the increase of God. the hope of glory: 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, the rudiments of the world, why, as though and teaching every man in all wisdom; that living in the world, are ye subject to orci-we may present every man perfect in Christ nances, Jesus: 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 29 Whereunto I also labour, striving ac- 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) cording to his working, which worketh in me after the commandments and doctrines of mightily. men? CHAPTER II 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neExhortation a to constancy. glecting of the body; not in any honour to VOR I would that ye knew what great con- the satisfying of the flesh. flict I have for you, and for them at Lao- CHAPTER III. dicea, and for as many as have not seen my E t s face in the flesh; Exhortation to sundry duties. 2 That their hearts might be comforted, be- TF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those ing knit together in love, and unto all riches J things which are above, where Christ sitof the full assurance of understanding, to the teth on the right hand of God. acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and 2 Set your affection on things above, not on of the father, and of Christ; things on the earth. 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wis- 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with ilom and knowledge. Christ in God. 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, you with enticing words. then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am 5 Mortify therefore your members which are, with you in the spirit, joying and beholding upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inyour order, and the steadfastness of your faith ordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and en Christ, covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God the Lord, so walk ye in him: cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished 7 In the which ye also walked sometime, in the faith, as ye have been taught, abound- when ye lived in them. i.ng therein with thanksgiving. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communicaphilosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition tion out of your mouth. of men, after the rudiments of the world, and 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have not after Christ. put off the old man with his deeds; 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the 10 And have put on the new sman, which is Godhead bodily. renewed in knowledge after the image of 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the him that created him: head of all principality and power: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, circumcision made without hands, in putting Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and off the body of the sins of the flesh by the cir- in all. cumcision of Christ: 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindye are risen with hinm through the fl;ith of the ness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longoperation of God, who hath raised him from suffering; the dead. 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the one another, if any man have a quarrel uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quick- against any: even as Christ forgave you, so ened together with him, having forgiven you also do ye. all trespasses; 14 And above all these things put on charity, 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordi- which is the bond of perfectness. nances that was against us, which was con- 15 And let the peace of God rule in your trary to us, and took it out of the way, nail- hearts, to the which also ye are called in one ing it to his cross; body; and be ye thankful. 768 Divers precepts I. THESSALONIANS. and salutations. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you rich- seasoned with sale, that ye may know hoa ly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing ye ought to answer every man. one another inpsalms and hymns and spirit- 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto ual songs, singing with grace in your hearts you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful to the Lord. minister and fellow servant in the Lord: 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving purpose, that he might know your estate, thanks to God and the Father by him. and comfort your hearts; 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. brother, who is one of you. They shall make 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not known unto you all things which aire done bitter against them. here. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to (touching whom ye received commandanger, lest they be discouraged. ments: if he come unto you, receive 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters him;) according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, are of the circumcision. These only are my fearing God: fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as which have been a comfort unto me. to the Lord, and not unto men; 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall re- Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fer. ceive the reward of the inheritance: for ye vently for you in prayers, that ye may stand serve the Lord Christ. perfect and complete in all the will of God. 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a for the wrong which he hath done: and great zeal for you, and them that are int there is no respect of persons. Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. CHAPTER IV. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. Fervent prayer recommended. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Landi. MASTERS, give unto your servants that cea, and Nymphas, and the church which is which is just and equal; knowing that in his house. ye also have a Master in heaven. 16 And when this epistle is read among you, 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the cause that it be read also in the church of same with thanksgiving; the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read 3 Withal praying also for us, that God the epistle from Laodicea. would open unto us a door of utterance, to 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am ministry which thou hast received in the also in bonds: Lord, that thou fulfil it. 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul, to speak. Remember my bonds. Grrace be with you. 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are Amen. without, redeeming the time. ~ Written from Rome to the Colossians by 6 Let your speech be always with grace, Tychicus and Onesimus. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. CHAPTER I. what manner of men we were among you History of their conversion. for your sake. 6 And ye became followers of us, and of the 'DAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto Lord, having received the word in much af<. the church of the Thessalonians which is fliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: In God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that beChrist: Grace be unto you, and peace, from lieve in Macedonia and Achaia. God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 For from you sounded out the word of 2 We give thanks to God always for the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, you all, making mention of you in our but also in every place your faith to Godprayers; ward is spread abroad; so that we need not 3 Remembe ring without ceasing your work to speak any thing. of faith, and labour of love, and patience of 9 For they themselves shew of us what manhope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight ner of entering in we had unto you, and how of God and our Father; ye turned to God from idols to serve the liv4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your elec- ing and true God; tion of God. 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, 5 For our gospel came not unto you in whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus. word only, but also in power, and in the Holy which delivered us from the wrath to -host, and in much assurance; as ye know come. 764 Paul's greut love for I THESSALONIANS. the Thessalonians. CHAPTER II CHAPTER TIL How they received the gospel Paul's love in sedinf them Timothy. 'OR yourselves, brethren, know our en- ITHEREFORE when we could no longer. trance in unto you, that it was not in forbear, we thought it good to be left vain: at Athens alone; 2 But even after that we had suffered be- 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and fore, and were shamefully entreated, as ye minister of God, and our fellow labourer in know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to to speak unto you the gospel of God with comfort you concerning your faith: much contention. 3 That no man should be moved by these 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, afflictions: for yourselves know that we are nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: appointed thereunto. 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put 4 For verily, when we were with you, we in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; told you before that we should suffer tribunot as pleasing men, but God, which trieth lation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. our hearts. 5 For this cause, when I could no longer for5 For neither at any time used we flatter- bear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some nlg words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covet- means the tempter have tempted you, and ousness; God is witness: our labour be in vain. 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of 6 But now when Timotheus came from you sou, nor yet of others, when we might unto us, and brought us good tidings of your have been burdensome, as the apostles of faith and charity, and that ye have good reChrist. membrance of us always, desiring greatly to 7 But we were gentle among you, even as see us, as we also to see you: a nurse cherisheth her children: 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted S So being affectionately desirous of you, over you in all our affliction and distress by we were willing to have imparted unto you, your faith: iot the gospel of God only, but also our own 8 For now we live, if we stand fast in the souls, because ye were dear unto us. Lord. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour 9 For what thanks can we render to God and travail: for labouring night and day, be- again for you, for all the joy wherewith we eause we would not be chargeable unto any joy for your sakes before our God; of you, we preached unto you the gospel of 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that God. we might see your face, and might perfect 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holi- that which is lacking in your faith? ly and justly and unblameably we behaved 11 Now God himself and our Father, and oulrselves among you that believe: our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto 11 As ye know how we exhorted and com- you. torted and charged every one of you, as a 12 And the Lord make you to increase and father doth his children, abound in love one toward another, and to12 That ye would walk worthy of God, ward all men, even as we do toward you: who hath called you unto his kingdom and 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts glory. unblameable in holiness before God, even 13 For this cause also thank we God with- our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus oat ceasing, because, when we received the Christ with all his saints. word of God which ye heard of us, ye re- APT TV ceived it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effect- Description of the resurrection. ually worketh also in y u that believe. F URTHERMORE then we beseech you, 14 Forye, brethren, became followers of the brethren, and exhort you by the Lord churches of God which in Judea are in Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like ought to walk and to please God, so ye would things of your own countrymen, even as abound more and more. they have of the Jews: 2 For ye know what commandments we 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and gave you by the Lord Jesus. their own prophets, and have persecuted 3 For this is the will of God, even your sancas; and they please not God, and are con- tification, that ye should abstain from fornitrary to all men: cation: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles 4 That every one of you should know how,hat they might be saved, to fill up their sins to possess his vessel in sanctification and always: for the wrath is come upon them to honour; the uttermost. 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you the Gentiles which know not God: for a short time in presence, not in heart, en- 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his deavoured the more abundantly to see your brother in any matter: because that the face with great desire. Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also 1s Wherefore we would have come unto you, have forewarned you and testified. even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hin-7 For God hath not called us unto uncleandered us. ness, but unto holiness. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of man, but God, who hath also given unto us his our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? Holy Spirit. 20 For ye are our glory and joy. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need 765 Christ's second cominzg. II. THESSALONIANS. Divers exhorltctions. not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do othersi are taught of God to love one another. but let us watch and be sober. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the breth- 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; ren which are in all Macedonia: but we be- and they that be drunken are drunken ii? seech you, brethren, that ye increase more the night. and more; 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do putting on the breastplate of faith and love your own business, and to work with your and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. own hands, as we commanded you; 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesu. that are without, and that ye may have lack Christ, of nothing. 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wak's 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, or sleep, we should live together with him. brethren, concerning them which are asleep, 1 1 Wherefore comfort yourselves togethert that ye sorrow not, even as others which and edify one another, even as also ye do. have no hope. 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and them which labour among you, and are over rose again, even so them also which sleep in you in the Lord, and admonish you; Jesus will God bring with him. 13 And to esteem them very highly in love 15 For this we say unto you by the word of for their work's sake. And be at peace the Lord, that we which are alive and re- among yourselves. main unto the coming of the Lord shall not 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warrn prevent them which are asleep, them that are unruly, comfort the feeble, 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from minded, support the weak, be patient to heaven with a shout, with the voice of the ward all men. archangel, and with the trump of God: and 15 See that none render evil for evil unto the dead in Christ shall rise first: any man; but ever follow that which is good, 17 Then we which are alive and remain both among yourselves, and to all me. shall be caught up together with them in the 16 Rejoice evermore. clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so 17 Pray without ceasing. shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the 18 Wherefore comfort one another with will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. these words. 19 Quench not the Spirit. CHAPTER V 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which ia Description of Christ's coming. good. UT of the times and the seasons, breth- 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. ren, ye have no need that I write unto 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you you. wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the and soul and body be preserved blameless day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. night. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who alst 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safe- will do it. ty; then sudden destruction cometh upon 25 Brethren, pray for us. them, as travail upon a woman with child; 26 Greet,ll the brethren with a holy kiss. and they shall not escape. 27 I charge you by the Lord, that this epis4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that tie be read unto all the holy brethren. that day should overtake you as a thief. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the with you. Amen. children of the day: we are not of the ~ The first epistle unto the Thessalonianl night, nor of darkness. was written from Athens. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. CHAPTER I. churches of God, for your patience and Paul's comfort aganst persecution. faith in all your persecutions and tribula. tions that ye endure: DAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto 5 Which is a manifest token of the right, the church of the Thessalonians in God eous judgment of God, that ye may be our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our which ye also suffer: Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to 3 We are bound to thank God always for recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, brethren, as it is meet, because that you; your faith groweth exceedingly, and the char- 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, ity of every one of you all toward each other when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from aboundeth; heaven with his mighty angels, 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them 766 nirittCist descri, ed. I. THESSALONIA9NS. Divers precepts. that know not God, and that obey not the 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: the traditions which ye have been taught, 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting whether by word, or our epistle. destruction from the presence of the Lord, 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and and from the glory of his power; God, even our Father, which hath loved us, 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his and hath given us everlasting consolation aints, and to be admired in all them that and good hope through grace, believe (because our testimony among you 17 Comfort your hearts, and establish you in was believed) in that day. every good word and work. 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, CHAPTER III. that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure Paul giveth them divers precepts. of his goodness, and the work of faith with ]INALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the iower: ' word of the Lord may have free course, 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and be glorified, even as it is with you: may be glorified in you, and ye in him, ac- 2 And that we may be delivered from uncording to the grace of our God and the reasonable and wicked men: for all men torda Jesus Christ. have not faith. CHAPTE IT3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. Of stealfastness in the truth. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord \rOW we beseech you, brethren, by the touching you, that ye both do and will de N coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the things which we command you. by our gathering together unto him, 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or love of God, and into the patient waiting for be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, Christ. nor by letter as from us, as that the day of 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the Christ is at hand. name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye with3 Let no man deceive you by any means: draw yourselves from every brother that for tlat day shall not come, except there walketh disorderly, and not after the tradicome a falling away first, and that man of tion which he received of us. sin be revealed, the son of perdition 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above follow us: for we behaved not ourselves all that is called God, or that is worshipped; disorderly among you: so that he as God sitteth in the temple of 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for God, shewing himself that he is God. nought; but wrought with labour and trav-, Remember ye not, that, when I was yet ail night and day, that we might not be with you, I told you these things? chargeable to any of you: 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that 9 Not because we have not power, but to he might be revealed in his time. make ourselves an ensample unto you to 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already follow us. work: only he who now letteth will let, un- 10 For even when we were with you, this dl he be taken out of the way. we commanded you, that if any would not 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, work, neither should he eat. whom the Lord shall consume with the 11 For we hear that there are some which spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with walk among you disorderly, working not at the brightness of his coming: all, but are busybodies. 9 Even him, whose coming is after the 12 Now them that are such we command Working of Satan with all power and signs and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that and lying wonders, with quietness they work, and eat their own 10 And with all deceiveableness of unright- bread. eousness in them that perish; because they 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well received not the love of the truth, that they doing. mi rht be saved. 14 And if any man obey not our word by 11 And for this cause God shall send them this epistle, note that man, and have no strong delusion, that they should believe a company with him, that he may be ashamed. lie: 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but ad1: That they all might be damned who be- monish him as a brother. lieved not the truth, but had pleasure in un- 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you righteousness. peace always by all means. The Lord be 13 But we are bound to give thanks always with you all. to God for you, brethren beloved of the 17 The salutation of Paul with mine own Lord, because God hath from the beginning hand, which is the token in every epistle: so chosen you to salvation through sanctifica- I write. tion of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, with you all. Amen. to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord ~ The second epistle to the Thessalonians 3sus Christ, was written from Athens. 767 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF TIMC PAUL THE APOSTLE TO }THY. which some having put away, conoeroini faith have made shipwreck: 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. CHAPTER I. Timothy put in mind of his charge. PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour, and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; I CHAPTER II. Prayers and thanks to be made for all men. I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediatol between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to bo testified in due time. 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and ile not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shames facedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be ir silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. CHAPTER III. The quaifications of bishops, &c. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up wit'i Of OtfSiops and deacons. 1. TIMOTHY. O(f widows alnd etders. pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wtrie ruling their children and their own houses well.!3 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, p —eached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. CHAPTER IV. Apostasy foretold. NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereLinto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation. 10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. 11 These things command and teach. 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. t 9V 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. CHAPTER V. Of widows and elders. EBITKE not an elder, but entreat him as tL a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, 10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. 11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. 16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou "T9 Thie duty of servants. II. TIMOTHY. AJ charge to the rteh. observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. 24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. 25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. CHAPTER VI. The great gain of godliness. rET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed, 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown menin destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before, Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 20 0 Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21 Which some professing have erred con. cerning the faith. Grace be with thee Amen. ~ The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.,-. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY. CHAPTER I. thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother EuPaul's love to Timothy. nice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, 'DAAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in i will of God, according to the promise of thee by the putting on of my hands. life which is in Christ Jesus, 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: fear; but of power, and of love, and of a Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Fa- sound mind. ther and Christ Jesus our Lord. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the tes3 I thank God, whom I serve from my fore- timony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: fathers with pure conscience, that without but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my gospel according to the power of God; prayers night and day; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a 4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful holy calling, not according to our works, but of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; according to his own purpose and grace, 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeign- which was given us in Christ Jesus beforb ed faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in the world began; 77( Divers exhortations II. TIMOTHY. to Timothy 10 But is now made manifest by the appear- for they will increase unto more ungodli ing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath ness. abolished death, and hath brought life and 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker; immortality to light through the gospel: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; 11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, 18 Who concerning the truth have erred, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. saying that the resurrection is past already; 12 For the which cause I also suffer these and overthrow the faith of some. things: nevertheless I am not ashamed; for 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God [ know whom I have believed, and am per- standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord suaded that he is able to keep that which I knoweth them that are his. And, Let every have committed unto him against that day. one that nameth the name of Christ depart 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, from iniquity. which thou hast heard of me, in faith and 20 But in a great house there are not only love which is in Christ Jesus. vessels of gold and of silver, but also of 14 That good thing which was committed wood and of earth; and some to honour, unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which and some to dishonour. dwelleth in us. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from 15 This thou knowest, that all they which these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, are in Asia be turned away from me; of sanctified, and meet for the master's use, whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. and prepared unto every good work. 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with was not ashamed of my chain: them that call on the Lord out of a pure 17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought heart. me out very diligently, and found me. 23 But foolish and unlearned questions 18 The Lord grant unto him that he may avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in 24 And the servant of the Lord must not how many things he ministered unto me at strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to Ephesus, thou knowest very well. teach, patient; CHAPTER II 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves: if God peradventure will Timothy exhorted to constancy. give them repentance to the acknowledging THOU therefore, my son, be strong in the of the truth; I grace that is in Christ Jesus. 26 And that they may recover themselves 2 And the things that thou hast heard of out of the snare of the devil, who are taken me among many witnesses, the same corm- captive by him at his will. mit thou to faithful men, who shall be able CHAPTER III. to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a Enemies of the truth described. good soldier of Jesus Christ. THIS know also, that in the last days peril4 No man that warreth entangleth himself I ous times shall come. with the affairs of this life; that he may 2 For men shall be lovers of their own please him who hath chosen him to be a selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemsoldier. ers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, un, 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet holy, is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers tirst partaker of the fruits, of those that are good, 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of thee understanding in all things. pleasures more than lovers of God; 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying of David was raised from the dead, accord- the power thereof: from such turn away. ing to my gospel: 6 For of this sort are they which creep into 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, houses, and lead captive silly women laden even unto bonds; but the word of God is not with sins, led away with divers lusts, bound. 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to 10 Therefore I endure all things for the the knowledge of the truth. elect's sake, that they may also obtain the 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eter- Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men *al glory. of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead faith. osith him, we shall also live with him: 9 But they shall proceed no further: for 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with their folly shall be manifest unto all men, Anm: if we deny him, he also will deny us: as theirs also was. 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, de cannot deny himself. manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charity, patience, charging them before the Lord that they 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unltrive not about words to no profit, but to to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the subverting of the hearers. what persecutions I endured: but out of A5 Studyto shew thyself approved unto God, them all the Lord delivered me. a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Vightly dividing the word of truth. Jesus shall suffer persecution. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: 13 But evil men and seducers shall waX 5YPT;~ Paults charge TITUS. to Timothy. worse and worse, deceiving, and being de- 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: ceived. 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having 14 But continue thou in the things which loved this present world, and is departed thou hast learned and hast been assured of, unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Ti. knowing of whom thou hast learned them; tus unto Dalmatia. 15 And that from a child thou hast known 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and,he holy Scriptures, which are able to make bring him with thee: for he is profitable to thee wise unto salvation through faith me for the ministry. which is in Christ Jesus. 12 An_ Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of 13 The cloak that I left at Troas with CarGod, and is profitable for doctrine, for re- pus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and proof, for correction, for instruction in the books, but especially the parchments. righteousness: 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much 17 That the man of God may be perfect, evil: the Lord reward him according to his thoroughly furnished unto all good works. works: CHAPTER IV, 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath t APEr lv greatly withstood our words. Paul's triumph in prospect of death. 16 At my first answer no man stood with CHARGE thee therefore before God, and me, but all men forsook me: I pray God the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge that it may not be laid to their charge. the quick and the dead at his appearing and 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with his kingdom; me, and strengthened me; that by me the 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, preaching might be fully known, and that out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivall longsuffering and doctrine. ered out of the mouth of the lion. 3 For the time will come when they will 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from not endure sound doctrine; but after their every evil work, and will preserve me unto own lusts shall they heap to themselves his heavenly kingdom: to whom Le glory leachers, having itching ears; for ever and ever. Amen. 4 And they shall turn away their ears from 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the housethe truth, and shall be turned unto fables. hold of Onesiphorus. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure af- 20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophi. flictions, do the work of an evangelist, make mus have I left at Miletum sick. full proof of thy ministry. 21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Lille time of my departure is at hand. nus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. ay course, I have kept the faith: Grace be with you. Amen. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a ~ The second epistle unto Timotheus, orcrown of righteousness, which the Lord, the dained the first bishop of the church of righteous judge, shall give me at that day: the Ephesians, was written from Rome, and not to me only, but unto all them also when Paul was brought before Nero the that love his appearing. second time. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS. CHAPTER I. 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one ow ministers should be qualified. wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. TAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the J Jesus Christ, according to the faith of steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon anGod's elect, and the acknowledging of the gry, not given to wine. no striker, not given trath which is after godliness; to filthy lucre; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good cannot lie, promised before the world be- men, sober, just, holy, temperate; gan; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath 3 But hath in due times manifested his word been taught, that he may be able by sound through preaching, which is committed un- doctrine both to exhort and to convince the to me according to the commandment of gainsayers. God our Saviour; 10 For there are many unruly and vain 4 To Titus, mine own son after the common talkers and deceivers, specially they of the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God circumcision: the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who Saviour. subvert whole houses, teaching things which 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. thou shouldest set in order the things that 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, their own, said, The Cretians are always as I had appointed thee: liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 772 Titus directed as to PHILEMON. what he should teach 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16 They profess that they know God. but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. CHAPTER II. Directions for life and doctrine. BUT speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men likewise exhort to be soberminded. 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. CHAPTER III. What Titus is to teach. PUT them in mind to be subject to prince palities and powers, to obey magistrates. to be ready to every good work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3 For we ourselves also were sometime foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 10 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. 14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not un fruitful. 15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO PHILEMON. Pal intercedeth for Onesimnus. 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our tercedeth or Onesims. Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. DAUL,aprisonerof Jesus Christ, and Tim- 4 I thank my God, making mention of thee othy our brother, unto Philemon our always in my prayers, dearly beloved, and fellow labourer, 5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou 2 And to our beloved Apphta, and Archip- hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all pus our fellow soldier, and to the church in saints; thy house: 6 That the communication of thy faith may 65t 773 Paul intercedeth HEBREWS. for Onesimu. become effectual by the acknowledging of 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servevery good thing which is in you in Christ ant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but Jesus, how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, 7 For we have great joy and consolation in and in the Lord? thy love, because the bowels of the saints 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, are refreshed by thee, brother. receive him as myself. 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee in Christ to enjoin thee that which is con- aught, put that on mine account; venient, 19 I Paul have written it with mine own 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to being such a one as Paul the aged, and now thee how thou owest unto me even thine also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. own self besides. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in whom I have begotten in my bonds: the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 11 Which in time past was to thee un- 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I profitable, but now profitable to thee and to wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also me: do more than I say. 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: receive him, that is, mine own bowels: for I trust that through your prayers I shalt 13 Whom I would have retained with me, be given unto you. that in thy stead he might have ministered 23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow unto me in the bonds of the gospel: prisoner in Christ Jesus; 14 But without thy mind would I do noth- 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my ing; that thy benefit should not be as it were fellow labourers. of. ecessity, but willingly. 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a with your Spirit. Amen. season, that thou shouldest receive him for ~ Written from Rome to Philemon, by ever; Onesimus a servant. THE, EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS. CHAPTER I. laid the foundation of the earth; and tht heavens are the works of thine hands. ohrist far above angels. 11 They shall perish, but thou remainest: f OD, who at sundry times and in divers and they all shall wax old as doth a gar. manners spake in time past unto the ment; fathers by the prophets, 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by up, and they shall be changed: but thou art his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all the same, and thy years shall not fail. things, by whom also he made the worlds; 13 But to which of the angels said he at any 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, time, Sit on my right hand, until I make and the express image of his person, and up- thine enemies thy footstool? holding all things by the word of his power, 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent 'when he had by himself purged our sins, sat forth to minister for them who shall be down on the right hand of the Majesty on heirs of salvation? high; 4 Being made so much better than the an. CHAPTER II. gels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a Obedience due to Christ. more excellent name than they. HEREFORE we ought to give the more 5 For unto which of the angels said he at earnest heed to the things which we any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I have heard, lest at any time we should let begotten thee? And again, I will be to him them slip. a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 2 For if the word spoken by angels was 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first- steadfast, and every transgression and disobegotten into the world, he saith, And let all bedience received a just recompense of rethe angels of God worship him. ward; 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame great salvation: which at the first began to of fire. be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O unto us by them that heard him; God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of 4 God also bearing them witness, both with righteousness is the sceptre of thy king- signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, dom. and gifts of the Holy Ghost, accordimr to hiB 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated own will? iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath 5 For unto the angels hath he not put in anointed thee with the oil of gladness above subjection the world to come whereof we thy fellows. speak. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast 6 But one in a certain place testified, Say774 Christ is more EEBREWS. worthy than Moses. Ing, What is man, that thou art mindful of 7 Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith, To him? or the son of man, that thou visitest day if ye will hear his voice, him? 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provo7 Thou madest him a little lower than the cation, in the day of temptation in the wilangels; thou crownedst him with glory and derness: honour, and didst set him over the works of 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved thy hands: me, and saw my works forty years. 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection un- 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that gender his feet. For in that he put all in sub- eration, and said, They do always err in jection under him, he left nothing that is their heart; and they have not known my not put under him. But now we see not yet ways. all things put under him. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little enter into my rest. lower than the angels for the suffering of 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any death, crowned with glory and honour; that of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departhe by the grace of God should taste death ing from the living God. for every man. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is 10 For it became him, for whom are all called To day; lest any of you be hardened things, and by whom are all things, in bring- through the deceitfulness of sin. ing many sons unto glory, to make the cap- 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if tain of their salvation perfect through suf- we hold the beginning of our confidence ferings. steadfast unto the end; 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear who are sanctified are all of one: for which his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the cause he is not ashamed to call them breth- provocation. ren, 16 For some, when they had heard, did pro12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my voke: howbeit not all that came out of brethren, in the midst of the church will I Egypt by Moses. sing praise unto thee. 17 But with whom was he grieved forty 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. years? was it not with them that had And again, Behold I and the children which sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderGod hath given me. ness? 14 Forasmuch then as the children are par- 18 And to whom sware he that they should takers of flesh and blood, he also himself not enter into his rest, but to them that belikewise took part of the same; that through lieved not? death he might destroy him that had the 19 So we see that they could not enter in power of death, that is, the devil; because of unbelief. 15 And deliver them, who through fear of CAPT death were all their lifetime subject to CHAPTER IV. ibondage. est attained by believers. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature ET us therefore fear, lest, a promise be. of angels; but he took on him the seed of 1J ing left us of entering into his rest, any Abraham. of you should seem to come short of it. 17 Wherefore in all things it behooved him 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as to be made like unto his brethren, that he well as unto them: but the word preached mnight be a merciful and faithful high priest did not profit them, not being mixed with In things pertaining to God, to make recon- faith in them that heard it. 4eiliation for the sins of the people. 3 For we which have believed do enter into 18 For in that he himself hath suffered be- rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, Ing tempted, he is able to succour them that if they shall enter into my rest: although the tire tempted. works were finished from the foundation of the world. r CHAPTER III. the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the Christ is more worthy than Moses. seventh day on this wise, And God did rest W HEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers the seventh day from all his works. T of the heavenly calling, consider the 5 And in this place again, If they shall enApostle and High Priest of our profession, ter into my rest. Christ Jesus 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed must enter therein, and they to whom it was him, as also Moses was faithful in all his first preached entered not in because of unhouse. belief: 3 For this man was counted worthy of 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who in David, To day, after so long a time; as hath builded the house hath more honour it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, than the house. harden not your hearts. 4 For every house is builded by some man; 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then but he that built all th igs is God. would he not afterward have spoken of an5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his other day. house as a servant, for a testimony of those 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the tnings which were to be spoken after; people of God. 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he whose house are we, if we hold fast the con- also hath ceased from his own works, as God fidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm did from his. unto the end. il Let us labour therefore to enter into 775 Of Christ's priesthood. HEBEIE WS. The guilt of apostasy. that rest, lest any man fall after the same CHAPTER VI. example of unbelief. The danger of apostasy. 12 For the word of God is quick, and pow- da r a erful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, THEREFORE leaving the principles of the piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul 1 doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perand spirit, and of the joints and marrow, fection; not laying again the foundation of and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents repentance from dead works, and of faith of the heart. toward Go, 13 Neither is there any creature that is 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying not manifest in his sight: but all things are on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, naked and opened unto the eyes of him with and of eternal judgment. whom we have to do. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high 4 For it is impossible for those who were priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus once enlightened, and have tasted of the the Son of God, let us hold fast our profes- heavenly gift, and were made partakers of sion. the Holy Ghost, 15 For we have not a high priest which 5 And have tasted the good word of God, cannot be touched with the feeling of our and the powers of the world to come, infirmities; but was in all points tempted 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them like as we are, yet without sin. again unto repentance; seeing they crucify 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the to themselves the Son of God afresh, and throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, put him to an open shame. and find grace to help in time of need. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain CHAPTER V. that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, Of Christ's priesthood. receiveth blessing from God: OR every high priest taken from among 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers men is ordained for men in things per- is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose taining to God, that he may offer both gifts end is to be burned. and sacrifices for sins: 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better 2 Who can have compassion on the igno- things of you, and things that accompany rant, and on them that are out of the way; salvation, though we thus speak. for that he himself also is compassed with 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget infirmity. your work and labour of love, which ye have 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for shewed toward his name, in that ye have the people, so also for himself, to offer for ministered to the saints, and do minister. sins. 11 And we desire that every one of you do 4 And no man taketh this honour unto shew the same diligence to the full assurancea himself, but he that is called of God, as was of hope unto the end: Aaron. 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be them who through faith and patience inherit; made a high priest; but he that said unto the promises. him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begot- 13 For when God made promise to Abra. ten thee. ham, because he could swear by no greater, 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art he sware by himself. a priest for ever after the order of Melchise- 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, dec- and multiplying I will multiply thee. 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had 15 And so, after he had patiently endured,, offered up prayers and supplications with he obtained the promise. strong crying and tears unto him that was 16 For men verily swear by the greater: able to save him from death, and was heard and an oath for confirmation is to them an in that he feared: end of all strife. 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly obedience by the things which he suffered; to shew unto the heirs of promise the irm 9 And being made perfect, he became the mutability of his counsel, confirmed it by author of eternal salvation unto all them an oath: that obey him; 18 That by two immutable things, in which 10 Called of God a high priest after the it was impossible for God to lie, we might order of Melchisedec. have a strong consolation, who have fled for 11 Of whom we have many things to say, refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull us: of hearing. 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the 12 For when for the time ye ought to be soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enteachers, ye have need that one teach you tereth into that within the vail; again which be the first principles of the ora- 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, cles of God; and are become such as have even Jesus, made a high priest for ever after need of milk, and not of strong meat. the order of Melchisedec. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskil- CHAPTER VII ful in the word of righteousness: for he is ac a babe.Melchisedec and Christ. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that T[OR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest are of full age, even those who by reason of 1 of the most high God, who met Abrause have their senses exercised to discern ham returning from the slaughter of the both good and evil. kings, and blessed him. 77a Cirist's priesthood IIEBRIEWS, above Aaron's. 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part seeing he ever lrveth to make Intercession of all; first being by interpretation King of for them. righteousness, and after that also King of 26 For such a high priest became us, who i Salem, which is, King of peace: holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sin* 3 Without father, without mother, without ners, and made higher than the heavens; descent, having neither beginning of days, 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high nor end of life; but made like unto the Son priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own of God; abideth a priest continually. sins, and then for the people's: for this he 4 Now consider how great, this man was, did once, when he offered up himself. unto whom even the patriarch Abraham 28 For the law nmaketh men high priests gave the tenth of the spoils. which have infirmity; but the word of the 5 And verily they that are of the sons of oath, which was since the law, maketh the Levi, who receive the office of the priest- Son, who is consecrated for evermore. hood, have a commandment to take tithes CAPTR' VIrL of the people according to the law, that is of their brethren, though they come out of Aaron's priesthood lost in Christ. the loins of Abraham: 'TOW of the things which we have spoken 6 But he whose descent is not counted 1. this is the sum: We have such a high from them received tithes of Abraham, and priest, who is set on the right hand of the blessed him that had the promises. throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 7 And without all contradiction the less is 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the blessed of the better. true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but not man. there he receiveth them, of whom it is wit- 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer nessed that he liveth. gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of neces. 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who re sitythat this manhave somewhatalsoto offer. ceiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham. 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, a priest, seeing that there are priests that when Melchisedec met him. offer gifts according to the law 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitt 5 Who serve unto the exampl and shadow teal priesthood (for under it the people re- of heavenly things,as Moses was admonished ceived the law,) what further need was there of God when he was about to make the tabthat another priest should rise after the ernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make order of Melchisedec, and not be called all things according to the pattern shewed after the order of Aaron? to thee in the mount. 12 For the priesthood being changed, there 6 But now hath he obtained a more excel* is made of necessity a change also of the lent ministry, by how much also he is the law. mediator of a better covenant, which was 13 For he of whom these things are spoken established upon better promises. pertaineth to another tribe, of which no 7 For iL that first covenant had been fault. man gave attendance at the altar. less, then should no place have been sought 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang for the second. out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Benothing concerning priesthood. hold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I 15 And it is yet far more evident: for that will make a new covenant with the house of after the similitude of Melchisedec there Israel and with the house of Judah: ariseth another priest, 9 Not according to the covenant that I made 16 Who is made, not after the law of a car- with their fathers, in the day when I took nal commandment, but after the power of them by the hand to lead them out of the an endless life. land of Egypt; because they continued not 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for in my covenant, and I regarded them not, ever after the order of Melchisedec. saith the Lord. 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the 10 For this is the covenant that I will make. commandment going befcre for the weak- with the house of Israel after those days, ness and unprofitableness thereof. saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but mind, and write them in their hearts: and I the bringing in of a better hope did; by will be to them a God, and they shall be to the which we draw nigh unto God. me a people: 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he 11 And they shall not teach every man his was made priest: neighbour, and every man his brother, say21 (For those priests were made without an ing, Know the Lord: for all shall know oath; but this with an oath by him that said me, from the least to the greatest. unto him, The Lord sware and will not re- 12 For I will be merciful to their unright. pent, Thou art a priest foe ever after the or- eousnes?, and their sins and their iniquities der of Melchisedec ) will I remember no more. 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of 13 In that he saith, A new covenant he hath a better testament. made the first old. Now that which decay. 23 And they truly were many priests, be- eth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away, cause they were not suffered to continue by CAPTER IS reason of death' 24 But this man, because he continueth Blood of Christ above all sacrifice. ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. THEN verily the first covenant had also 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to T ordinances of divine service, and a the uttermost that come unto God by him, worldly sanctuary. 777 Die sacrsrifices of th~e 7aw HEBREWS. inferior to that of Chrst, 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 And over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 WThich stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are '- the law 778 purged with blood; and without shedding ol blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himr self. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. CHAPTER X. Christ's perfect sacrifice. FOR the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices, which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more con, science of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remem. brance again made of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood ol bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume ot the book it is written of me) to do thy willI O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offer. ing and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, (Q God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacri. fces, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his ene. mies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with therm after those days, saith the Lord, .Exhortation to steadfast faith. REB1t I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised; 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32 But call to Remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to tbi saving of the soul. EWS. The nature of faith. CHAPTER XI. Of faith and its fruits. TOWfaith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being, dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before hiss translation ne had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him;: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come, T79 iTe worthy fruits of faith. HEBREWS. Exhortation to faith 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, us run with patience the race that is set be. blessed both the sons of Joseph; and wor- fore us, shipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finishel 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made of our faith; who for the joy that was set mention of the departing of the children of before him endured the cross, despising the Israel; and gave commandment concerning shame, and is set down at the right hand of his bones. the throne of God. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was 3 For consider him that endured such conhid three months of his parents, because they tradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye saw he was a proper child; and they were be wearied and faint in your minds. not afraid of the king's commlandment. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to against sin. years, refused to be called the son of Phara- 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation oh's daughter; which speaketh unto you as unto children, 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with My son, despise not thou the chastening of the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of of sin for a season; him: 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he and scourgeth every son whom he receivetli. had respect unto the recompense of the re- 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with ward. you as with sons; for what son is he whom 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the the father chasteneth not? wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing 8 But if ye be without chastisement, wherehim who is invisible. of all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and not son:s. the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed 9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our the firstborn should touch them. flesh which corrected us, and we gave them 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea reverence: shall we not much rather be il as by dry land: which the Egyptians assay- subjection unto the Father of spirits, and ing to do were drowned. live? 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, 10 For they verily for a few days chastened after they were compassed about seven days. us after their own pleasure; but he for our 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not profit, that we might be partakers of his holiwith them that believed not, when she had ness. received the spies with peace. 11 Now no chastening for the present seem32 And what shall I more say? for the time eth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David righteousness unto them which are exercised also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: thereby. 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, 12 Wherefore lift up the hands-which hang wrought righteousness, obtained promises, down, and the feeble knees; stopped the mouths of lions, 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the that which is lame be turned out of the way; edge of the sword, out of weakness were but let it rather be healed. made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, to flight the armies of the aliens. without which no man shall see the Lord 35 Women received their dead raised to life 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail o.f again: and others were tortured, not accept- the grace of God: lest any root of bitternelss ing deliverance; that they might obtain a springing up trouble you, and thereby many better resurrection: be defiled; 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat imprisonment: sold his birthright. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asun- 17 For ye know how that afterward, when der, were tempted, were slain with the he would have inherited the blessing, he was sword: they wandered about in sheepskins rejected: for he found no place of repentand goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tor- ance, though he sought it carefully with mented; tears. 38 Of whom the world was not worthy: they 18 For ye are not come unto the mount wandered in desert., and in mountains, and in that might be touched, and that burned with dens and caves of the earth. fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and 39 And these all, having obtained a good tempest, report through faith, received not the 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the promise: voice of words; which voice they that heard 40 God having provided some better thing entreated that the word should not be spoken for us, that they without us should not be to them any more: made perfect. 20 (For they could not endure that which CHAPTER XII. was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or Exhortation to faith and patience. thrust through with a dart: W HEREFORE, seeing we also are com- 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses Vpassed about with so great a cloud of said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and 22 But ye are cone unto mount Sion, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let unto the city of the living God, the heavenly 780 Divers exhortations. JAMES. The concluling prayer. Jerusalem, anl to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused himn that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh, from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying,Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the rerovingof those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire. CHAPTER XIII. Godly admonitions. ET brotherly love continue. J2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. t Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. ti Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. ' So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7 Remember them which have the rule cever you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suf. fered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set c.t liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen. Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES. CHAPTER L that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting Wisdom to be sought of G nothing. to be souht 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask TAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord of God, that giveth to all men liberally, Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which and upbraideth not; and it shall be given are scattered abroad, greeting. him. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing waverInto divers temptations: ing: for he that wavereth is like a wave of 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your the sea driven with the wind and tossed. faith worketh patience. 7 For let not that man think that he shall 4 But let patience have her perfect work, receive any thing of the Lord, 66 71 Ex1hor-t atin, to holiness. JAMES. Of faith without deeds. 8 A doubleminded man Is unstable in all his Stand thou there, or sit here under my foot ways. stool: 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in 4 Are ve not then partial in yourselves, that he is exalted: and are become judges of evil thoughts? 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: be- 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not cause as the flower of the grass he shall pass God chosen the poor of this world rich in away. faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a hath promised to them that love him? burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of rich men oppress you, and draw you before the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the the judgment seats? rich man fade away in his ways. 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name 12 Blessed is the man that endureth tempt- by the which ye are called? ation: for when he is tried, he shall receive 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the the crown of life, which the Lord hath Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as promised to them that love him. thyself, ye do well: 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted commit sin, and are convinced of the law with evil, neither tempteth he any man: as transgressors. 14 But every man is tempted, when he is 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bring- 11 For he that said, Do not commit aduleth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, tery, said also, Do not kill. Now if tholu bringeth forth death. commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thor 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. art become a transgressor of the law. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall from above, and cometh down from the Fa- be judged by the law of liberty. ther of lights, with whom is no variableness, 13 For he shall have judgment without neither shadow of turning. mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and 18 Of his own will begat he us with the mercy rejoiceth against judgment. word of truth, that we should be a kind 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though of firstfruits of his creatures. a man say he hath faith, and have not 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let works? can faith save him? every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and desslow to wrath: titute of daily food, 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart righteousness of God. in peace, be ye warmed and filled; not 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and withstanding ye give them not those things superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with which are needful to the body, what doth it meekness the engrafted word, which is able profit? to save your souls. 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not dead, being alone. hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and and I have works: shew me thy faith with. not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding out thy works, and I will shew thee my faith his natural face in a glass: by my works. 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his 19 Thou believest that there is one God: way, and straightway forgetteth what man- thou doest well: the devils also believe, and. ner of man he was. tremble. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that of liberty, and continueth therein, he being faith without works is dead? not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 21 Was not Abraham our father justified work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. by works, when he had offered Isaac his 26 If any man among you seem to be re- son upon the altar? ligious, and bridleth not his tongue, but de- 22 Seest thou how faith wrough with his ceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is works, and by works was faith made perfect? vain. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God saith, Abraham believed God, and it was and the Father is this, To visit the father- imputed unto him for righteousness: and less and widows in their affliction, and to he was called the Friend of God. keep himself unspotted from the world. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is CHAPTER II justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot Of faith and works. justified by works, when she had received l/1Y brethren, have not the faith of our the messengers, and had sent them out an IVL Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, other way? with respect of persons. 26 For as the body without the spirit * 2 For if there come unto your assembly a dead, so faith without works is dead also. man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, CHAPTER III and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; Of prudence in reproving. 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth Y brethren, be not many masters, know the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou IVJ ing that we shall receive the greater here in a good place; and say to the poor, condemnation. 782 Of governing the tongue. JAMES. Patience commend~ 2 For in many things we offend all. If any 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. I man offend not in word, the same is a per- sist the devil, and he will flee from you. feet man, alod able also to bridle the whole 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh body. to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. that they may obey us; and we turn about 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let their whole body. your laughter be turned to mourning, and 4 Behold also the ships, which though they your joy to heaviness. be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the yet are they turned about with a very small Lord, and he shall lift you up. helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, He that speaketh evil of his brother, and and boasteth great things. Behold, how judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the great a matter a little fire kindleth! law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniq- the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but uity: so is the tongue among our members, a judge. that it defileth the whole body, and setteth 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to on fire the course of nature; and it is set save and to destroy: who art thou that judgon fire of hell. est another? 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morand of serpents, and of things in the sea, is row we will go into such a city, and continue tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. the morrow. For what is your life? It is 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; even a vapour, that appeareth for a little and therewith curse we men, which are time, and then vanisheth away. tnade after the similitude of God. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth we shall live, and do this, or that. blessing and cursing. My brethren, these 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: things ought not so to be. all such rejoicing is evil. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do place sweet water and bitter? good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive CHAPTER V berries? either a vine, figs? so can no founttin both yield salt water and fresh. Of wucked rich men, &c. ~3 Who is a wise man and endued with ' 0 to now, ye rich men, weep and howl knowledge among you? let him shew out of G for your miseries that shall come upon a good conversation his works with meek- you. ness of wisdom. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your gar14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife ments are motheaten. In your hearts, glory not, and lie not against 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the the truth. rust of them shall be a witness against you, 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye but is earthly, sensual, devilish. have heaped treasure together for the last 16 For where envying and strife is, there is days. confusion and every evil work. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first have reaped down your fields, which is of pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, cries of them which have reaped are enterrithout partiality, and without hypocrisy. ed into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, peace of them that make peace. and been wanton; ye have nourished your CHAPTER IV. hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; Worldly desires reproved. and he doth not resist you. FROM whence come wars and fightings 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the among you? come they not hence, even coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandof your lusts that war in your members? man waiteth for the preci9us fruit of the 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire earth, and hath long patience for it, until he to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and receive the early and latter rain. war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: 3 Ye ask, and receive hot, because ye ask for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. amiss, that ye may consume it upon your 9 Grudge not one against another, brethlusts. ren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye judge standeth before the door. not that the friendship of the world is en- 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who mity with God? whosoever therefore will be have spoken in the name of the Lord, for a friend of the world is the enemy of God. an example of suffering affliction, and of 5 Do ye think that the Scripture saith in patience. vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth 11 Behold, we count them happy which ento envy? dure. Ye have heard of the patience of 6 Buthegiveth more grace. Wherefore he Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; uith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender grace unto the humble merey, 788 Efticocy of - I FETER, Jervent prayer. 12 But above all things, rmy brethren, swear pray one for another, that ye may be healed. not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous neither by any other oath: but let your yea man availeth much. be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions condemnation. as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him might not rain: and it rained not on the pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. earth by the space of three years and six 14 Is any sick amlong you? let him call for months. the elders of the church; and let them pray 18 And he prayed again, andthe heaven,ave over him, anointing him with oil in the name rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. of the Lord: 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the truth, and one convert him; sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if 20 Let him know, that he which converteth he have committed sins, they shall be for- the sinner from the error of his way shall given him. save a soul from death, and shall hide a mul 16 Confess your faults one to another, and titude of sins. THE FIPST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER. CHAPTER I. Of God's manifold spiritual grace. DETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the L strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with tire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent 784 down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your so, journing here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation reo ceived by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe'in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirituntounfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. CHAPTER II. Christ the corner stone. W HEREFORE laying aside all malice, Y and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, anrl all evil speakings, The duties of servants, I. PETER. wives, and husbands. 2 As new born babes, desire the sincere milk but committed himself to him that judgeth of the word, that ye may grow thereby: righteously: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his gracious. own body on the tree, that we, being dead 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, to sins, should live unto righteousness: by disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of whose stripes ye were healed. God, and precious, 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a are now returned unto the Shepherd and spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer Bishop of your souls. tip spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God byCHAPTER III,Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the Scrip- Duty of wives and husbands. ture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner T IKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth LS your own husbands; that, if any obey on him shall not be confounded. not the word, they also may without the 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is word be won by the conversation of the precious: but unto them which be disobedi- wives; ent, the stone which the builders disallow- 2 While they behold your chaste conversaed, the same is made the head of the corner, tion coupled with fear. 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of 3 Whose adorning, let it not be that outoffence, even to them which stumble at the ward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of word, being disobedient: whereunto also wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; they were appointed. 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal in that which is not corruptible, even the orpriesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; nament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is that ye should shew forth the praises of him in the sight of God of great price. who hath called you out of darkness into his 5 For after this manner in the old time the,larvellous light: holy women also, who trusted in God, adorn10 Which in time past were not a people, ed themselves, being in subjection unto their but are now the people of God: which had own husbands: pot obtained mercy, but now have obtained 6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling mercy. him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as stran- ye do well, and are not afraid with any gers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, amazement. which war against the soul; 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them 12 Having your conversation honest among according to knowledge, giving honour unto the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as against you as evil doers, they may by your being heirs together of the grace of life; that good works, which they shall behold, glorify your prayers be not hindered. God in the day of visitation. 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of compassion one of another; love as brethman for the Lord's sake: whether it be to ren, be pitiful, be courteous; the king, as supreme; 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for 1' Or unto governors, as unto them that railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing are sent by him for the punishment of evil that ye are thereunto called, that ye should doers, and for the praise of them that do inherit a blessing. well. 10 For he that will love life, and see good 15 For so is the will of God, that with well days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, doing ye may put to silence the ignorance and his lips that they speak no guile: of foolish men: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a him seek peace, and ensue it. cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the of God. righteous, and his ears are open unto their 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. prayers: but the face of the Lord is against Fear God. Honour the king. them that do evil. 18 Servants, be subject to ywor masters with 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye all fear; not only to the good and gentle, be followers of that which is good? but also to the froward. 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' 19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of conscience toward God endure grief, suffer- their terror, neither be troubled; ing wrongfully. 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buff- and be ready always to give an answer to eted for your faults, ye shall take it pa- every man that asketh you a reason of the tiently? butif, when ye do well,andsufferfor hope that is in you, with meekness and it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable fear: with God. 16 Having a good conscience: that, whereas 21 For even hereunto were ye called: be- they speak evil of you, as of evil doers, they cause Christ also suffered for us, leaving may be ashamed that falsely accuse your us an example, that ye should follow his good conversation in Christ. steps: 17 For it is better, if the will. of God be so, 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil in his mouth: doing. 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for again; when he suffered, he threatened not; sins, the just for the unjust, that he might 66 2 Z 785 Tie apostle exhorteth I. PEATEL. to several dulie,. bring us to God, being put to death in the he is evil spoken of, but on your part he i>i flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: glorified. 19 By which also he went and preached unto 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, the spirits in prison; or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busy-. 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when body in other men's matters. ouce the longsuffering of God waited in the 16 Yet if any eman suffer as a Christian, let; days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, him not be ashamed; but let him glorify wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved God on this behalf. by water. 17 For the time is come that judgment must 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism begin at the house of God: and if it first b-. doth also now save us, (not the putting away gin at us, what shall the end be of them that of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a obey not the gospel of God? good conscience toward God,) by the resur- 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, rection of Jesus Christ: where shall the ungodly and the sinner ap22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the pear? right hand of God; angels and authorities 19 Wherefore, let them that suffer accordand powers being made subject unto him. ing to the will of God commit the keeping CHAPTER IV. of their souls to him in well doing, as unto. Of ceasing to sin. FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered F for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves, for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him spedk as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part 786 I -. 1-1 - -.1 i_ —Wts CHAPTER V. The duty of elders, &c. THE elders which are among you I exhoi, who am also an elder, and a witness ef the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is amonilg you, taking the oversight thereof, not b/) constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under thus mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for ho careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your ad. versary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, know. ing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make yoa perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you, 11 To him be glory and dominion for eves and ever. Amen. 12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhort ing, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you alli that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER. CHAPTER I. we heard, when we were with him in the holy lxhortations to several duties. mount. xhoations to severa duies 19 We have also a more sure word of proph. SIMON PETER, a servant and an apostle of ecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, V Jesus Christ, to them that have obtain- as, rito a light that shineth in a dark place, ed like precious faith with us through the until the day dawn, and the day star arise in righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus your hearts: Christ: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you the Scripture is of any private interpretathrough the knowledge of God, and of Jesus tion. our Lord. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by 3 According as his divine power hath given the will of man: but holy men of God spake into us all things that pertain unto life and as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. godliness, through the knowledge of him that CHAPTER II. hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great False teachers foretold. fnd precious promises; that by these ye might DUT there were false prophets also among be partakers of the divine nature, having es- J) the people, even as there shall be false caped the corruption that is in the world teachers among you, who privily shall bring through lust. in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord 5 And besides this, giving all diligence. add that bought them, and bring upon themselves to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowl- swift destruction. ldge; 2 And many shall follow their pernicious 6 And to knowledge, temperance; and to ways; by reason of whom the way of truth t emperance, patience; and to patience, godli- shall be evil spoken of. ness; 3 And through covetousness shall they with 7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and feigned words make merchandise of you: to brotherly kindness, charity. whose judgment now of a long time linger8 Forif these things be in you, and abound, eth not, and their damnation slumbereth they make you that ye shall neither be bar- not. en nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinLord Jesus Christ. ned, but cast them down to hell, and deliver9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, ed them into chains of darkness, to be reond cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten served unto judgment; that he was purged from his old sins. 5 And spared not the old world, but saved 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give Noah the eighth person, a preacher of rightdiligence to make your calling and election eousness, bringing in the flood upon the world sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never of the ungodly; fall: 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Go11 For so an entrance shall be ministered morrah into ashes condemned them with an unto you abundantly into the everlasting overthrow, making them an ensample unto kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus those that after should live ungodly; Christ. 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put filthy conversation of the wicked: you always in remembrance of these things, 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among though ye know them, and be established in them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his right the present truth. cous soul from day to day with their unlawful 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in deeds:) this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly in remembrance; out of temptation, and to reserve the usn14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this just unto the day of judgment to be punmy tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ ished: hath shewed me. 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may in the lust of uncleanness, and despise govbe able after my decease to have these things ernment. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, always in remembrance. they are not afraid to speak evil of digni16 For we have not followed cunningly de- ties. vised fables, when we made known unto 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in you the power and coming of our Lord Je- power and might, bring not railing accusasus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his tion against them before the Lord. majesty. 12 But these, as natural brute beasts made to 17 For he received from God the Father be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the honour and glory, when there came such a things that they understand not; and shall voice to him from the excellent glory, This utterly perish in their own corruption; is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 13 And shall receive the reward of unrightpleased. ousness, as they that count it pleasure to 18 And this voice which came from heaven riot in the daytime. Spots they are and 787 The day of the 1. JOHN, Lord describcdt blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and, The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. CHAPTER III. Coming of the last day. THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens wers of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which arc now, by the same word are kept in store, re, served unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen, THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN. CHAPTER I. seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you 'he Word of life. that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) THAT which was from the beginning, 3 That which we have seen and heard dewhich we have heard, which we have dare we unto you, that ye also may have felseen with our eyes, which we have looked lowship with us: and truly our fellowship is upon, and our hands have handled, of the with theFather, andwithhis SonJesusChrist. Word of life; 4 And these things write we unto you, that $ (For the life was manifested, and we have your joy may be full.,788 ()lirst our advocate. I. JOHN. Against false teachers, 5 This then is the message which we have the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the heard of him, and declare unto you, that pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. the world. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with 17 And the world passeth away, and the him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of not the truth: God abideth for ever. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as light, we have fellowship one with another, ye have heard that antichrist shall come, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans- even now are there many antichrists; eth us from all sin. whereby we know that it is the last time. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive 19 They went out from us, but they were ourselves, and the truth is not in us. not of us; for if they had been of us, they 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and would no doubt have continued with us: but just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us they went out, that they might be made manfromt all unrighteousness. ifest that they were not all of us. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy make him a liar, and his word is not in us. One, and ye know all things. CHAPTER IT. S2I 1 have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know Christ our advocate. it, and that no lie is of the truth. tY little children, these things write I 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that L unto you, that ye sin not. And if any Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that man sin, we have an advocate with the Fa- denieth the Father and the Son. ther, Jesus Christ the righteous:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: hath not the Father: [but] he that acno'wland not for ours only, but also for the sins of edgeth the Son hath the Father also. the whole world. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which 3 And hereby we do know that we know ye have heard from the beginning. If that him, if we keep his commandments. which ye have heard from the beginning 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth shall remain in you, ye also shall continue not his commandments, is a liar, and the in the Son, and in the Father. truth is not in him. 25 And this is the promise that he hath 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily promised us, even eternal life. is the love of God perfected: hereby know 26 These things have I written unto you we that we are in him. concerning them that seduce you. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought 27 But the anointing which ye have received himself also so to walk, even as he walked. of him abideth in you, and ye need not that 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment any man teach you: but as the same anointlnto you, but an old commandment which ing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, ye had from the beginning. The old corn- and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, tnmmdment is the word which ye have heard ye shall abide in him. from the beginning. 28 And now, little children, abide in him; 8 Again, a new commandment I write unto that, when he shall appear, we may have you, which thing is true in him and in you: confidence, and not be ashamed before him because the darkness is past, and the true at his coming. light now shineth. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth that every one that doeth righteousness is his brother, is in darkness even until now. born of him. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the A light, and there is none occasion of stum- CHAPTER II. bling in him. God's singular love to us. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in dark- BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father ness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth J) hath bestowed upon us, that we should not whither he goeth, because that darkness be called the sons of God: therefore the hath blinded his eyes. world knoweth us not, because it knew him 12 1 write unto you, little children, because not. your sins are forgiven you for his name's 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and sake. it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye we know that, when he shall appear, we shall have known him that is from the beginning. be like him; for we shall see him as he is. I write unto you, young men, because ye 3 And every man that hath this hope in have overcome the wicked one. I write un- him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. to you, little children, because ye have 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth known the Father. also the law: for sin is the transgression of 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because the law. ye have known him that is from the begin- 5 And ye know that he was manifested to ning. I have written unto you, young men, take away our sins; and in him is no sin. because ye are strong, and the word of God 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not; abideth in you, and ye have overcome the whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neiwicked one. ther known him. 15 Love not the world. neither the things 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: that acre in the world. If any man love the he that doeth righteousness is righteous, world, the love of the Father is not in him. even as he is righteous. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; 789 How to try the spirits. L JOHN. Exhortation to brotherly love, for the devil sinneth from the beginning. they of the world, and the world heareth For this purpose the Son of God was mani- them. fested, that he might destroy the works of 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God the devil. heareth us; he that is not of God heareth 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not corn- not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth. mit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and and the spirit of error. he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love, 10 In this the children of God are manifest, is of God; and every one that loveth is born and the children of the devil: whosoever of God, and knoweth God. doeth not righteousness is not of God, nei- 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for ther he that loveth not his brother. God is love. 11 For this is the message that ye heard 9 In this was manifested the love of God tofrom the beginning, that we should love ward us, because that God sent his only beone another. gotten Son into the world, that we might 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, live through him. and slew his brother. And wherefore slew 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, bu, he him? Because his own works were evil, that be loved us, and sent his Son to be the and his brother's righteous. propitiation for our sins. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also hate you. to love one another. 14 We know that we have passed from 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If death unto life, because we love the breth- we love one another, God dwelleth in us,,ren. He that loveth not his brother abideth and his love is perfected in us. in death. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a mur- and he in us, because he hath given us ox derer: and ye know that no murderer hath his Spirit. eternal life abiding in him. 14 And we have seen and do testify that 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, be- the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of cause he laid down his life for us: and we the world. ought to lay down our lives for the breth- 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is ren. the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and he in God. seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up 16 And we have known and believed the his bowels of compassion from him, how love that God hath to us. God is love; and dwelleth the love of God in him? he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, 18 My little children, let us not love in word, and God in him, neither in tongue: but in deed and in truth. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that 19 And hereby we know that we are of the we may have boldness in the day of judgtruth, and shall assure our hearts before him. ment: because as he is, so are we in this 20 Forif our heart condemn us, God is great- world. er than our heart, and knoweth all things. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, love casteth out fear: because fear hath then have we confidence toward God. torment. He that feareth is not made per22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of feet in love. him, because we keep his commandments, 19 We love him, because he first loved us. and do those things that are pleasing in his 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his sight. brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not 23 And this is his commandment, That we his brother whom he hath seen, how can he should believe on the name of his Son Jesus love God whom he hath not seen? Christ, and love one another, as he gave us 21 And this commandment have we from commandment. him, That he who loveth God love his 24 And he that keepeth his commandments brother also. dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby CHAPTER V we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit CHAPTEr V. which he hath given us. The three witnesses. CHAPTER IV. 7WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the T V C V Christ is born of God: and every one Against believing all teachers. that loveth him that begat loveth him also BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but that is begotten of him. try the spirits whether they are of God: 2 By this we know that we love the chilbecause many false prophets are gone out dren of God, when we love God, and keep into the world. his commandments. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is his commandments: and his commandments come in the flesh is of God: are not grievous. 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcomJesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of eth the world: and this is the victory that God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, overcometh the world, even our faith. whereof ye have heard that it should come; 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but and even now already is it in the world. he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have God? overcome them: because greater is he that 6 This is he that came by water and blood, is in you, than he that is in the world. even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but 5 They are of the world: therefore speak by water and blood. And it is the Spirit 79O 'The Christian's II. JOHN. confidence in prayenr that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in l1is Son. 1,: He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this Is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, what. soever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one touch. eth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN. The elect lady, &c. exhorted. 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is fHE elder unto the elect lady and her come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an children, whom I love in the truth; and antichrist. not I only, but also all they that have 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not known the truth; those things which we have wrought, but 2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in that we receive a full reward. Ius, and shall be with us for ever. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He from God the Father, and from the Lord that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth hath both the Father and the Son. and love. 10 If there come any unto you, and 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy bring not this doctrine, receive him not children walking in truth, as we have re- into your house, neither bid him God ceived a commandment from the Father. speed: 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is though I wrote a new commandment unto partaker of his evil deeds. thee, but that which we had from the begin- 12 Having many things to write unto you, I ning, that we love one another. would not write with paper and ink: but I 6 And this is love, that we walk after his trust to come unto you, and speak face to commandments. This is the command- face, that our joy may be full. ment, That, as ye have heard from the 13 The children of thy elect sister greet beginning, ye should walk in it. thee. Amen. 791 THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN. Gains' piety commended. IHE elder unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is il thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:? Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also beat record; and ye know that our record is true. 13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to, thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE. Of constancy in the faith. the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. TUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when eonbrother of James, to them that are tending with the devil he disputed about sanctified by God the Father, and preserved the body of Moses, durst not bring against in Jesus Christ, and called: him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be rebuke thee. rultiplied. 10 But these speak evil of those things 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to which they know not: but what they know write unto you of the common salvation, it naturally, as brute beasts, in those things was needful for me to write unto you, and they corrupt themselves. exhort you that ye should earnestly contend 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in for the faith which was once delivered unto the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the the saints. error of Balaam for reward, and perished in 4 For there are certain men crept in un- the gainsaying of Core. awares, who were before of old ordained to 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, this condemnation, ungodly men, turning when they feast with you, feeding themthe grace of our God into lasciviousness, selves without fear: clouds they are withand denying the only Lord God, and our out water, carried about of winds; trees Lord Jesus Christ. whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice 51 will therefore put you in remembrance, dead, plucked up by the roots; though ye once knew this, how that the 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out Lord, having saved the people out of the their own shame; wandering stars, to whom Jand of Egypt, afterward destroyed them is reserved the blackness of darkness for that believed not. ever. 6 And the angels which kept not their first 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, estate, but left their own habitation, he hath prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the reserved in everlasting chains under dark- Lord cometh with ten thousand of his ness unto the judgment of the great day. saints, 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to cities about them in like manner, giving convince all that are ungodly among them themselves over to fornication, and going of all their ungodly deeds which they have after strange flesh, are set forth for an ex- ungodly committed, and of all their hard ample, suffering the vengeance of eternal speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken fire. against him. 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile 16 These are murmurers, complainers 79 John's salutation to the REVELATION. seven churches of Asia.,walking after their own lusts; and their 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, lookmouth speaketh great swelling words, hav- ing for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ ing men's persons in admiration because of unto eternal life. advantage. 22 And of some have compassion, making 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words a difference: which were spoken before of the apostles of 23 And others save with fear, pulling them,umr Lord Jesus Christ; out of the fire; hating even the garment 11 How that they told you there should be spotted by the flesh. mockers in the last time, who should walk 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you after their own ungodly lusts. from falling, and to present you faultless be19 These be they who separate themselves, fore the presence of his glory with exceedewnsual, having not the Spirit. ing joy, 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be on your most holy faith, praying in the glory and majesty, dominion and power., Holy Ghost, both now and ever. Amen. THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, CHAPTER I. Of the coming of Christ. THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. - 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 4 TOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstbegotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto 67 Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 lam he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. CHAPTER II. To the churches of Ephesus, &. TTNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus w rite; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlcsticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:.3 Ad hast borne, and hast patience, and 793 What John was commanded REVELATION. to write to the angest for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast 21 And I gave her space to repent of her not fainted. fornication; and she repented not. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, andl thee, because thou hast left thy first love. them that commit adultery with her into 5 Remember therefore from whence thou great tribulation, except they repent oTl art fallen, and repent, and do the first their deeds. works; or else I will come unto thee quick- 23 And I will kill her children with death: ly, and will remove thy candlestick out of and all the churches shall know that I am ho his place, except thou repent. which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the will give unto every one of you according to deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. your works. 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, that overcometh will I give to eat of the and which have not known the depths of tree of life, which is in the midst of the par- Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you adise of God. none other burden. 8 And unto the angel of the church in 25 But that which ye have already, holi Smyrna write; These things saith the first fast till I come. and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 26 And he that overcometh, and keepetl 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and my works unto the end, to him will I givw! poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know( the power over the nations: blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of and are not, but are the synagogues of Satan. iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be 10 Fear none of those things which thou broken to shivers: even as I received of my shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast Father. some of you into prison, that ye may be 28 And I will give him the morning star. tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what, days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will the Spirit saith unto the churches. give thee a crown of life. CAPT 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear whatHAPE. the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that To the church of Sardis, &c. overcometh shall not be hurt of the second AND unto the angel of the church in Sar. death. A dis write; These things saith he that, 12 And to the angel of the church in Perga- hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven mos write; These things saith he which bath stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a the sharp sword with two edges; name that thou livest, and art dead. 13 I know thy works, and where thou dwell- 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things est, even where Satan's seat is: and thou which remain, that are ready to die: for I boldest fast my name, and hast not denied have not found thy works perfect before my faith, even in those days wherein Anti- God. pas was my faithful martyr, who was slain 3 Remember therefore how thou hast reamong you, where Satan dwelleth. ceived and heard, and hold fast, and repent. 14 But I have a few things against thee, be- If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will cause thou hast there them that hold the come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to know what hour I will come upon thee. cast a stumblingblock before the children of 4 Thou hast a few names even in SardiN Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, which have not defiled their garments; and and to commit fornication. they shall walk with me in white: for they 16 So hast thou also them that hold the doc- are worthy. trine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee clothed in white raiment; and I will not quickly, and will fight against them with blot out his name out of the book of life, the sword of my mouth. but I will confess his name before my Fa. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what ther, and before his angels. the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what that overcometh will I give to eat of the the Spirit saith unto the churches. hidden manna, and will give him a white 7 And to the angel of the church in Philastone, and in the stone a new name written, delphia write; These things saith he that i: which no man knoweth saving he that re- holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of ceiveth it. David, he that openeth, and no man shut. 18 And unto the angel of the church in teth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; Thyatira write; These things saith the Son 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set beof God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame fore thee an open door, and no man can of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and 19 I know thy works, and charity, and serv- hast kept my word, and hast not denied my ice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy name. works; and the last to be more than the 9 Behold, I will make them of the syrnfirst. agogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things and are not, but do lie; behold, 1 will makes against thee, because thou sufferest that them to come and worship before thy feet, woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a and to know that I have loved thee. prophetess, to teach and to seduce my serv- 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my ants to commit fornication, and to eat patience, I also will keep thee from the hou' things sacrificed unto idols. of temptation, which shall come upon at 794 of the seven churches. REVELATION. 2The sealed book. t:he world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. CHAPTER IV. The vision of a throne. AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like Unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of. fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. CHAPTER V. Thfe book with seven seals. AND I saw in the right hand of him that Jl sat on the throne a book written within and on the back side, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book,and to loose the seven seals thereof, 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thyblood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, 795 The opening of the seals. REVELATION. The number of the seatod. and glory, and power, be unto him that sit- the dens and in the rocks of the mount, teth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ains: ever and ever. 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him the four and twenty elders fell down and that sitteth on the throne, and from the( worshipped him that liveth for ever and wrath of the Lamb: ever. 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; CHAPTER VI. and who shall be able to stand? The seven seals opened. CHAPTER VII. AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of The number of the sealed. the seals, and I heard, as it were the AND after these things I saw four angels noise of thunder, one of the four beasts say- l standing on the four corners of the ing, Come and see. earth, holding the four winds of the earthi 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and that the wind should not blow on the earthi, he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown nor on the sea, nor on any tree. was given unto him: and he went forth con- 2 And I saw another angel ascending fromn quering, and to conquer. the east, having the seal of the living God: 3 And when he had opened the second seal, and he cried with a loud voice to the four anl I heard the second beast say, Come and see. gels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth 4 And there went out another horse that and the sea, uwas red: and power was given to him that 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sat thereon to take peace from the earth, sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the and that they should kill one another: and servants of our God in their foreheads. there was given unto him a great sword. 4 And I heard the number of them which 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I were sealed: and there were sealed a hunheard the third beast say, Come and see. dred and forty and four thousand of all the And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he tribes of the children of Israel. that sat on him had a pair of balances in his 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve hand. thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a were sealed twelve thousand. penny, and three measures of barley for a 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were the wine. sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Mt7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, nasses were sealed twelve thousand. I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelvsl Come and sec. thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachal and his name that sat on him was Death, were sealed twelve thousand. and Hell followed with him. And power 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve was given unto them over the fourth part thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealof the earth, to kill with sword, and with ed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Ben. hunger, and with death, and with the beasts jamin were sealed twelve thousand. of the earth. 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multi9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I tude, which no man could number, of all saw under the altar the souls of them that nations, and kindreds, and people, an,' were slain for the word of God, and for the tongues, stood before the throne, and betestimony which they held: fore the Lamb, clothed with white robes, 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, and palms in their hands; How long, 0 Lord, holy and true, dost thou 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salnot judge and avenge our blood on them vation to our God which sitteth upon tha that dwell on the earth? throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And white robes were given unto every 11 And all the angels stood round about one of them; and it was said unto them, the throne, and about the elders and rih: that they should rest yet for a little season, four beasts, and fell before the throne oli until their fellow servants also and their their faces, and worshipped God, brethren, that should be killed as they were, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, anl should be fulfilled. wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, andt 12 And I beheld when he had opened the power, and might, be unto our God for ever sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earth- and ever. Amen. quake; and the sun became black as sack- 13 And one of the elders answered, sayinlg cloth of hair, and the moon became as unto me, What are these which are arrayed blood; in white robes? and whence came they? 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely And he said to me, These are they which figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. came out of great tribulation, and hav< 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when washed their robes, and made them whito it is rolled together; and every mountain in the blood of the Lamb. and island were moved out of their places. 15 Therefore are they before the throne o, 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great God, and serve him day and night in hi\ men, and the rich men, and the chief cap- temple: and he that sitteth on the throne tains, and the mighty men, and every bond shall dwell among them. man, and every free man, hid themselves in 16 They shall hunger no more, neither 796 qChe seventh seal opened REVELATION. The trumpets sounded. thirst any more; neither shall the sun light the air were darkened by reason of the J>I them, nor any heat. smoke of the pit. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts the throne shall feed them, and shall lead upon the earth: and unto them was given them unto living fountains of waters: and power, as the scorpions of the earth have God shall wipe away all tears from their power. iyes. 4 And it was commanded them that they CHAPTER VIII. should not hurt the grass of the earth, neiSeven angels with trumpets. ther any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of AND when he had opened the seventh God in their foreheads. A seal, there was silence in heaven about 5 And to them it was given that they the space of half an hour. should not kill them, but that they should 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood be tormented five months: and their tor. before God; and to them were given seven ment was as the torment of a scorpion, trumpets. when he striketh a man. 3 And another angel came and stood at 6 And in those days shall men seek death, the altar, having a golden censer; and there and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, Was given unto him much incense, that he and death shall flee from them. should offer it with the prayers of all saints 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like Upon the golden altar which was before the unto horses prepared unto battle; and on throne. their heads were as it were crowns like gold, 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came and their faces were as the faces of men. with the prayers of the saints, ascended up 8 And they had hair as the hair of womeni W, fore God out of the angel's hand. and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled 9 And they had breastplates, as it were tt with fire of the altar, and cast it into the breastplates of iron; and the sound of their earth; and there were voices, and thunder- wings was as the sound of chariots of many aigs, and lightnings, and an earthquake. horses running to battle. 6 And the seven angels which had the seven 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, trumpets prepared themselves to sound. and there were stings in their tails: and t The first angel sounded, and there fol- their power was to hurt men five months. Mwed hail and tire mingled with blood, and 11 And they had a king over them, which is they were cast upon the earth: and the the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name third part of trees was burnt up, and all in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in erteen grass was burnt up. the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. And the second angel sounded, and as it 12 One woe is past; adl, behold, there come here a great mountain burning with fire two woes more hereafter..ras cast into the sea: and the third part of 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ~he sea became blood; a voice from the four horns of the golden i And the third part of the creatures which altar which is before God, Mrere in the sea, and had life, died; and the 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the:lhird part of the ships were destroyed. trumpet, Loose the four angels which are 10 And the third angel sounded, and there bound in the great river Euphrates. foll a great star from heaven, burning as it 15 And the four angels were loosed, which W'ere a lamp, and it fell upon the third part were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a of the rivers, and upon the fountains of month, and a year, for to slay the third part W aters; of men. '1 And the name of the star is called Worm- 16 And the number of the army of the woo4d: and the third part of the waters be- horsemen were two hundred thousand thouaiame wormwood; and many men died of sand: and I heard the number of them. the waters., because they were made bitter. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, 12 A.3d the fourth angel sounded, and the and them that sat on them, having breastthird part of the sun was smitten, and the plates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: third part of the moon, and the third part of and the heads of the horses were as the heads the stars; so as the third part of them was of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire darkened, and the day shone not for a third and smoke and brimstone. part of it, and the night likewise. 18 By these three was the third part of men 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by through the midst of heaven, saying with a the brimstone, which issued out of their lb)ud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters mouths. ef the earth by reason of the other voices of 19 For their power is in their mouth, and the trumpet of the three angels, which are in their tails: for their tails were like unto Vet to sound! serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. CHAPTER IX. HAPTR X.20 And the rest of the men which were not A star falleth from heaven. killed by these plagues yet repented not of AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a the works of their hands, that they should 'L star fall from heaven unto the earth: not worship devils, and idols of gold, and And to him was given the key of the bottom- silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood; %ess pit. which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and 21 Neither repented they of their murders, there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornicaWmoke of a great furnace; and the sun and tion, nor of their thefts 67 *797 A mighty angel appeareth. REVELATION. The seventh trumpet sounded. CIHAPTER X blood, and to smite the earth with all An an with aa book. plagues, as often as they will. 7 And when they shall have finished their ND I saw another mighty ange! com.e testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of A down from heaven, clothed with a olu d: the bottomless pit shall make war against and a rainbow was upon his head, and hi- them, and shall overcome them, and kil face was as it were the sun, and his feet as them, pillars of fire. 8 And their dead bodies shal lie in the 2 And he had in his hand a little book open: street of the great city, which spiritually is and he set his right foot upon the sea, and called Sodom and Egypt, where also our his left foot on the earth, Lord was crucified. 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a 9 And they of the people and kindreds and lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven tongues and nations shall see their dead thunders uttered their voices. bodies three days and a half, and shall not 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. their voices, I was about to write: and I 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall beard a voioc from heaven saying unto me, rejoice over them, and make merry, and Seal up -hose things which the seven thun- shall send gifts one to another; because ders uttered, and write them not these two prophets tormented them that 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the dwelt on the earth. sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to 11 And after three days and a half the Spirheaven, it of life from God entered into them, and 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever they stood upon their feet; and great fear and ever, who created heaven, and the fell upon them which saw them. things that therein are, and the earth, and 12 And they heard a great voice from heavthe things that therein are, and the sea, and en saying unto them, Come up hither. And the things which are therein, that there they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and should be time no longer: their enemies beheld them. 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh 13 And the same hour was there a great angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mys- earthquake, and the tenth part of the city tery of God should be finished, as he hath fell, and in the earthquake were slain tf declared to his servants the prophets. nen seven thousand: and the remnant were 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven affrighted, and gave glory to the God of spake unto me again, and said, Go and take heaven. the little book which is open in the hand of 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, bha the angel which standeth upon the sea and third woe cometh quickly. upon the earth. 15 And the seventh angel sounded; aild 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto there were great voices in heaven, sayiong him, Give me the little book. And he said The kingdoms of this world are become the unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy and he shall reign for ever and ever. mouth sweet as honey. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which 10 And I took the little book out of the an- sat before God on their seats, fell upon their gel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my faces, and worshipped God, mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, 0 Lord God eaten it, my belly was bitter. Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to 11 And he said unto me, Thou must proph- come; because thou hast taken to thee thy esy again before many peoples, and nations, great power, and hast reigned. and tongues, and kings. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy,CHAPTER XI. TIr A xBe Ywrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thout The two witnesses prophesy. shouldest give reward unto thy servants AND there was given me a reed like unto the prophets, and to the saints, and them L a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, that fear thy name, small and great; and and measure the temple of God, and the shouldest destroy them which destroy the altar, and them that worship therein. earth. 2 But the court which is without the temple 19 And the temple of God was opened in leave out, and measure it not for it is given heaven, and there was seen in his temple the unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall ark of his testament: and there were lightthey tread under foot forty and two months. nings, and voices, and thunderilng, and av '-; And I will give power unto my two wit- earthquake, and great hail. nesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand HAPTER T two hundred and threescore days, clothed. n sackcloth. he great red dragon. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two AND there appeared a great wonder in candlesticks standing before the God of the A heaven; a woman clothed with the sunm earth. and the moon under her feet, and upon her 5 And If any man will hurt thena, fire pro- head a crown of twelve stars: feedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth 2 And she being with child cried, travail. their enemies; and if any man will hurt ing in birth, and pained to be delivered. them, he must in this manner be killed. 3 And there appeared another wonder it 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it heaven, and behold a great red dragon, rain not in the days of their prophecy: and having seven heads and ten horns, and seahave power over waters to turn them to en crowns upon his heads. 798 The great red dragon. REVELATION. Another beast ariseth. I And his tall drew the third part of the wounded to death; and his deadly wound stars of heaven, and did cast them to the was healed: and all the world wondered earth: and the dragon stood before the wo- after the beast. mnan which was ready to be delivered, for to 4 And they worshipped the dragon which:evour her child as soon as it was born. gave power unto the beast: and they wor5 And she brought forth a man child, who shipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; the beast? who is able to make war with and ber child was caught up unto God, and him? to his throne. 5 And there was given unto him a mouth 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, speaking great things and blasphemies; and where she hath a place prepared of God, power was given unto him to continue forty that they should feed her there a thousand and two months. two hundred and threescore days. 6 And he opened his mouth In blasphemy 7 And there was war in heaven. Michael against God, to blaspheme his name, and his and his angels fought against the dragon; tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. and the dragon fought and his angels, 7 And it was given unto him to make war 8 And prevailed not, neither was their with the saints, and to overcome them: and J)lace found any more in heaven.. power was given him over all kindreds, and 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that tongues, and nations, old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall which deceiveth the whole world. he was worship him, whose names are not written cast out into the earth, and his angels were in the book of life of the Lamb slain from cast out with him, the foundation of the world. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying In heav. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. en, Now is come salvation, and strength, 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go and the kingdom of our God, and the power into captivity ~ he that killeth with the sword of his Christ: forthe accuser of our brethren must be killed with the sword. Here is the Is cast down, which accused them before patience and the faith of the saints. our God day and night. 11 And I beheld another beast coming up 11 And they overcame him by the blood of out of the earth; and he had two horns like the Lamb, and by the word of their testi- a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. mony; and they loved not their lives unto 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the the death. first beast before him, and causeth the earth 12 Therefore rejoice, My heavens, and ye and them which dwell therein to worship the that dwell in them. Wo to the Inhabiters first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. Of the earth and of the sea I for the devil is 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he come down unto you, having great wrath, maketh fire come down from heaven on the because he knoweth that he hath but a short earth in the sight of men, time. 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the 13 And when the dragon saw that he was earth by the means of those miracles which cast unto the earth, he persecuted the wo- he had power to do in the sight of the beast; man which brought forth the man child, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that 14 And to the woman were given two wings they should make an image to the beast, of a great eagle, that she might fly into the which had the wound by a sword, and did wilderness, into her place, where she is live. nourished for a time, and times, and half a 15 And he had power to give life unto the time, from the face of the serpent. image of the beast, that the image of the 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth beast should both speak, and cause that as Water as a flood after the woman, that he many as would not worship the image of the might cause her to be carried away of the beast should be killed. lood. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, 16 And the earth helped the woman and rich and poor, free and bond to receive a the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed mark in their right hand, or in their foreup the flood which the dragon cast out of heads: s mouth. 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save IT And the dragon was wroth with the woe he that had the mark, or the name of the man, and went to make war with the rem- beast, or the number of his name. nant of her seed, which keep the command- 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath unments of God, and have the testimony of derstanding count the number of the beast: Joeas Christ. for it Is the number of a man; and his num' CHAPTER XII her. Six hundred threescore and sil The beast wNh seven heaf, CHAPTER XIV. AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and TE Lamb and his company. IV saw a beast rise up out of the sea, hav- AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on ing seven heads and ten horns, and upon his the mount Sion, and with him a hun. horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the dred forty and four thousand, having his name of blasphemy. Father's name written in their foreheads. t And the beast which I saw was like unto 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a voice of many waters, and as the voice of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: great thunder: and I heard the voice of and the dragon gave him his power, and his harpers harping with their harps: seat, and great authority. 3 And they sung as it were a new song be3 And I saw one of his heads as it were fore the throne, and before the four beasts 799 lhe fall of Babylon. REVELATION. The vials poured out. and the elders: and no man Could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guilec for they are without fault before the throne of God. eq And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with loud voice, Fear God, and give glory t him; for the hour of his judgment is come: ana worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voloe from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the templ which Is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thv sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 800 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred fur. longs. CHAPTER XV. The seven last plagues. AND I saw another sign in heaven, great A. and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of hin name, stand on the sea of glass, having thi harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the serv. ant of God, and the song of the Lamb, say. ing, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord and glo. rifythy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifestb 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed In pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. CHAPTER XVI Of the vials fuU of wrath. AND I heard a great voice out of the term 1 ple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark the he beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood oi a dead man: and every living soul died is the sea. 4 And the third angel poured out his vian upon the rivers and fountains of waters and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, 0 Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saintv and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7 And I heard another out of the altar say Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to worch men with fAre Jhrist cometh suddenly. RREVELATION. The victory,of the Lamb. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABO M and blasphemed the name of God, which INATIONS OF THE EARTH. hath power over these plagues: and they re- 6 And I saw the woman drunken with lh pented not to give him glory, blood of the saints, and with the blood of t.he 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom wondered with great admiration. was full of darkness; and they gnawed their 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore tongues for pain, didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the myan 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven be- tery of the woman, and of the beast that cause of their pains and their sores, and carrieth her, which hath the seven heads repented not of their deeds, and ten horns. 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; upon the great river Euphrates; and the and shall ascend out of the bottomless p it, water thereof was dried up, that the way of and go into perdition: and they that dwell the kings of the east might be prepared. on the earth shall wonder, whose names were 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like not written in the book of life from the frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, foundation of the world, when they behold and out of the mouth of the beast, and out the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. of the mouth of the false prophet. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, work- The seven heads are seven mountains, on Ing miracles, which go forth unto the kings which the woman sitteth. of the earth and of the whole world, to 10 And there are seven kings: five are gather them to the battle of that great day fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet of God Almighty. come; and when he cometh, he must co;a, 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he tinue a short space. that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. he is the eighth, and is of the seven, ard 16 And he gathered them together into a goeth into perdition. place called in the Hebrew tongue Armaged- 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are don. ten kings, which have received no kingdom 17 And the seventh angel poured out his as yet; but receive power as kings one hour vial into the air; and there came a great with the beast. voice out of the temple of heaven, from the 13 These have one mind, and shall give throne, saying, It is done. their power and strength unto the beast. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, 14 These shall make war with the Lamto, and lightnings; and there was a great earth- and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he quake, such as was not since men were up- Is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and on the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and they that are with him are called, and choso great. sen, and faithful. 19 And the great city was divided into three 15 And he saith unto me, The waters whic i parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are great Babylon came in remembrance before peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of tongues. the fierceness of his wrath. 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest 20 And every island fled away, and the upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, mountains were not found. and shall make her desolate and naked, and 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. of heaven, every stone about the weight of a 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil talent: and men blasphemed God because his will, and to agree, and give their kingof the plague of the hail; for the plague dom unto the beast, until the words of God thereof was exeuding great.shall be fulfilled. CMI-rmTER XVI. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the The mystery of Babylon. kings of the earth. AND there came one of the seven angels CHAPTER XVIII A which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I Babylon's destruction. will shew unto thee the judgment of the AND after these things I saw another angel great whore that sitteth upon many waters; A come down from heaven, having great 2 With whom the kings of the earth have power; and the earth was lightened with his committed fornication, and the inhabitants glory. of the earth have been made drunk with the 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, wine of her fornication, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into and is become the habitation of devils, and the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of every unclean and hateful bird. blasphemy,havingsevenheadsandtenhorns. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple the wrath of her fornication, and the kings and scarlet colour, and decked withgold and of the earth have committed fornication precious stones and pearls, having a golden with her, and the merchants of the earth are cup in her hand full of abominations and waxed rich through the abundance of her lithiness of her fornication: delicacies. 5 And upon her forehead was a name writ- 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, ten MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye 3 A 801 The fall of Babylon. REVELATION. God is praised in heavei. be not partakers of her sins, and that ye re- 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, ceive not of her plagues. and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of and God hath remembered her iniquities. whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, more in thee; and the sound of a millstone and double unto her double according to her shall be heard no more at all in thee; works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no to her double. more at all in thee; and the voice of the 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard ilived deliciously, so much torment and sor- no more at all in thee: for thy merchants row give her: for she saith in her heart, I were the great men of the earth; for be thy sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see sorceries were all nations deceived. no sorrow. 24 And in her was found the blood of proph. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one ets, and of saints, and of all that were slain day, death, and mourning, and famine; and upon the earth. she shall be utterly burned with fire: for CHAPTER XIXT strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have The marriage of the Lamb. committed fornication and lived deliciously AND after these things I heard a great with her, shall bewail her, and lament for L voice of much people in heaven, saying, her, when they shall see the smoke of her Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, burning, and power, unto the Lord our God: 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her tor- 2 For true and righteous are his judgments ment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Bab- for he hath judged the great whore, which ylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is did corrupt the earth with her fornication, thy judgment come. and hath avenged the blood of his servants 11 And the merchants of the earth shall at her hand. weep and mourn over her; for no man buy- 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her eth their merchandise any more: smoke rose up for ever and ever. 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and 4 And the four and twenty elders and the precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, four beasts fell down and worshipped God and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivo- Alleluia. ry, and all manner vessels of most precious 5 And a voice came out of the throne, say. wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, ing, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and oint- ye that fear him, both small and great. ments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and multitude, and as the voice of many waters, sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and as the voice of mighty thuDderings, sayand souls of men. ing, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after relgneth, are departed from thee, and all things 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honwhich were dainty and goodly are departed our to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is from thee, and thou shalt find them no more come, and his wife hath made herself ready. at all. 8 And to her was granted that she should 15 The merchants of these things, which be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for were made rich by her, shall stand afar off the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. for the fear of her torment, weeping and 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are wailing, they which are called unto the marriage 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, These are the true sayinga of God. and scarlet, and decked with gold, and pre- 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. cious stones, and pearls! And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I 17 For in one hour so great riches is come am thy fellow-servan, and of thy brethren to nought. And every shipmaster, and all that have the testimony of Jesus: worship the company in ships, and sailors, and as God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit many as trade by sea, stood afar off, of prophecy. 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a her burning, saying, What city is like unto white horse; and he that sat upon him was this great city! called Faithful and True, and in righteous19 And they cast dust on their heads, and ness he doth judge and make war. cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on alas, that great city, wherein were made his head were many crowns: and he had a rich all that had ships in the sea by reason name written, that no man knew, but he of her costliness! for in one hour is she himself. made desolate. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped 20- Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye in blood: and his name is called The Word holy apostles and prophets; for God hath of God. avenged you on her. 14 And the armies which were in heaven fol21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like lowed him upon white horses, clothed in a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, fine linen, white and clean. saing, Thus with violence shall that great 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp city Babylon be thrown down, and shaP be sword, that with it he should smite the found no more at all. nations; and he shall rule them with a rod 802 The first resurrection. REVELATION. The general judgment. of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. where the beast and the false prophet are, 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his and shall be tormented day and night for thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, ever and ever. AND LORD OF LORDS. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him 17 And [ saw an angel standing in the sun; that sat on it, from whose face the earth an(' and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the heaven tied away; and there was found the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, no place for them. Come and gather yourselves together unto 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand the supper of the great God; before God; and the books were opened: 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and and another book was opened, which is the the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty book of life: and the dead were judged out men, and the flesh of horses, and of them of those things which were written in the that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, books, according to their works. both free and bond, both small and great. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of in it; and death and hell delivered up the the earth, and their armies, gathered to- dead which were in them: and they were gether to make war against him that sat on judged every man according to their works. the horse, and against his army. 14 And death and hell were cast into the 20 And the beast was taken, and with him lake of fire. This is the second death. the false prophet that wrought miracles be- 15 And whosoever was not found written in fore him, with which he deceived them that the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. had received the mark of the beast, and CHA R them that worshipped his image. These CA I. both were cast alive into a lake of fire burn- New Jerusalem described. ing with brimstone. ND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: 21 And the remnant: were slain with the A for the first heaven and the first earth sword of him that sat upon the horse, which were passed away; and there was no more sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all sea. the fowls were filled with their flesh. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new JeruCHAPTER XX. salern, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husThe first and last resurrection. band. AND I saw an angel come down from heav- 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven i en, having the key of the bottomless saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is pit and a great chain in his hand. with men, and he will dwell with them, and 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old they shall be his people, and God himself serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and shall be with them, and be their God. bound him a thousand years, 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and their eyes; and there shall be no more shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither he should deceive the nations no more, till shall there be any more pain: for the forthe thousand years should be fulfilled: and mer things are passed away. after that he must be loosed a little season. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon Behold, I make all things new. And he said them, and judgment was given unto them: unto me, Write: for these words are true and I saw the souls of them that were be- and faithful. headed for the witness of Jesus, and for the 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am word of God, and which had not worshipped Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the the beast, neither his image, neither had re- end. I will give unto him that is athirst of ceived his mark upon their foreheads, or in the fountain of the water of life freely. their hands; and they lived and reigned 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all with Christ a thousand years. things; and i will be his God, and he shall 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again be my son. until the thousand years were finished. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the This is the first resurrection. abominable, and murderers, and whoremon6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in gers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the first resurrection: on such the second liars, shall have their part in the lake which death hath no power, but they shall be burneth with fire and brimstone: which is priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign the secon.d death. with him a thousand years. 9 And there came unto me one of the seven 7 And when the thousand years are expired, angels which had the seven vials full of the Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, seven last plagues, and talked with me, say8 And shall go out to deceive the nations ing, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, which are in the four quarters of the earth, the Lamb's wife. Gog and Magog, to gather them together to 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to battle: the number of whom is as the sand a great and high mountain, and shewed me of the sea that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descend9 And they went up on the breadth of the ing out of heaven from God, earth, and compassed the camp of the saints 11 Having the glory of God: and her light about, and the beloved city: and fire came was like unto a stone most precious, even down from God out of heaven, and devour- like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; ed them. 12 And had a wall great and high, and had 10 And the devil that deceived them was twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels 803 The new Jerusalem. REVELATION. Christ's coming and eternity. tnd names written thereon, which are the 3 And there shall be no more curse: but riames of the twelve tribes of thre children the throne of God and of the Lamb shall I~: of Israel: in it; and his servants shall serve him: 13 On the east three gates; on the north 4 And they shall see his face; and his name three gates; on the south three gates; and shall be in their foreheads. on the west three gates. 5 And there shall be no night therem; and 14 And the wall of the city had twelve they need no candle, neither light o f the sun; foundations, and in them the names of the for the Lord God giveth them light: and twelve apostles of the Lamb. they shall reign for ever and ever. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden 6 And he said unto me, These sayings are reed to measure the city, and the gates faithful and true: and the Lord God of the thereof, and the wall thereof. holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the his servants the things which must shortly length is as large as the breadth: and he de done. measisred the city with the reed, twelve 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that thousand furlongs. The length and the keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this breadth and the height of it are equal. book. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, a 8 And I John saw these things, and heard hundred and forty and four cubits, accord- them. And when I had heard and seen, I felt ing, to the measure of a man, that is, of the down to worship before the feet of the art.. angel. gel which shewed me these things. 18 And the building of the wall of it was of 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: jasper: and the city was pure gold, like un- for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy to clear glass. brethren the prophets, and of them which 19 And the foundations of the wall of the keep the sayings of this book: worship city were garnished with all manner of pre- God. cious stones. The first foundation was jas- 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the say. per; the second, sapphire; the third, a chal- Ings of the prophecy of this book: for the eedony; the fourth, an emerald; time is at hand. 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysopra- and he that is righteous, let him be righteous sus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an still: and he that is holy, let hin be holy amethyst. still. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; 12 And, behold, I come quickly: and my reevery several gate was of one pearl: and the ward is with me, to give every nm n accordstreet of the city was pure gold, as it were ing as his work shall be. transparent glass. 13 1 am Alpha and Omega, the beginning 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the and the end, the first and the last. Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the 14 Blessed are they that do his commandtemple of it. ments, that they ray have right to the tree 23 And the city had no need of the sun, nei- of life, and may enter in through the gates ther of the moon, to shine in it: for the glo- into the city. ry of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and dight thereof. whoremongers, and murderers, and idol24 And the nations of them which are saved aters, and whosoever loveth and snaketh a shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of lie. the earth do bring their glory and honour 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify Into it. unto you these things in the churches. I 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all am the root and the offspring of David, amd by day: for there shall be no night there. the bright and morning star. 26 And they shall bring the glory and hon- 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. our of the nations into it. And let him that heareth say, Come. And 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it let him that is athirst come. And whosoever any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever will, let him take the water of life freely. worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but 18 For I testify unto every man that hearthey which are written in the Lamb's book eth the words of the prophecy of this book, of life. If any man shall add unto these things, God CHAPTER XXII. shall add unto him the plagues that are Then^ er aid of ife. written in this book: The rer and tree19 And if any man shall take away from the AND he shewed me a pure river of water of words of the book of this prophecy, God life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of shall take away his part out of the book of the throne of God and of the Lamb. life, and out of the holy city, and from the 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on things which are written in this book. either side of the river, was there the tree of 20 He which testifieth these things saith, life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, Surely I come quickly: Amen. Even so, aid yielded her fruit every month: and the come, Lord Jesus. leaves of the tree were for the healingof the 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ b nations 1 with you all. Amen. 804 THE O. THE BOOK or' PS L S. PITTSBURGH: UNITED PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION,~ 53 AND 55 NINTH STREET. Entered according to Act of Cougress, tn the year 1872, by TuE EJNITED PRESBYTERIANIJ BORD OF PUBLICATION, Jr~ lb. omeie of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. 0. A TABLE OF THE PSALMS, Classed under their several Subjects. PRAYERS. I. PRAYERS for pardon of sin: Psalms 6th, 2.5th, 38th, 51st, 130th. Psalms styled PENITENTIAL, are the 6th, 32d, 38th, 51st, 102d, 130th, 143d. II. Prayers composed when the Psalmist was deprived of an opportunity of the public exercises of religion: Psalms 42d, 43d, 63d, 84th. III. Prayers wherein the Psalmist seems extremely dejected, though not totally deprived of consolation under his afflictions: Psalms 13th, 22d, 69th, 77th, 88th, 143d. IV. Prayers wherein the Psalmist asketh help of God, in consideration of his own integrity, and the uprightness of his cause: Psalms 7th, 17th, 26th, 35th. V. Prayers expressing the firmest trust and confidence in God under afflictions: Psalms 3d, 16th, 27th, 31st, 54th, 56th, 57th, 61st, 62d, 71st, 86th. VI. Prayers composed when the people of God were under affliction or persecution: Psalms 44th, 60th, 74th, 79th, 80th, 83d, 89th, 94th, 102d, 123d, 137th. VII. The following are likewise Prayers in time of trouble and affliction: Psalms 4th, 5th, 11th, 28th, 41st, 55th, 59th, 64th, 70th, 109th, 120th, 140th, 141st, 142d. VIII. Prayers of INTERCESSION: Psalms 20th, 67th, 122d, 132d, 144th. THANKSGIVING. I. THANKSGIVINGS for mercies vouchsafed to particular persons: Psalms 9th, 18th, 22d, 30th, 34th, 40th, 75th, 103d, 108th, 116th, 118th, 138th, 144th. II. Thanksgivings for mercies vouchsafed to the Israelites in general: Psalms 46th, 48th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 76th, 81st, 85th, 98th, 105th, 124th, 126th, 129th, 135th, 136th, 149th. 51 3 4 4 TABLE OF PSALMS. PRAISE AND ADORATION..Pealms celebrating the Attributes and Providence of God. I. General acknowledgments of God's goodness and mercy, anad particularly his care and protection of good men: Psalms 23dw 34th, 36th, 91st, 100th, 103d, 107th, 117thl 121st, 145th, 346th. II. The power, majesty, glory, and other attributes of the Divine Being: Psalms 8th, 19th, 24th, 29th, 33d, 47th, 60th,7 6.5th, 66th, 76th, 77th, 93d, 95th, 96th, 97th, 99th, 104th, 111th, 113tL. 114th, 115th, 134th, 139th, 147th, 148th, 150th. INSTRUCTIVE. I. The different characters of good and bad men,-the happiness of the, one and the miseries of the other: Psalms 1st, 5th, 7th, 9th 10th, 11th, 12th. 14th, 15th. 17th, 24th, 25th, 32d, 84th,7 36th, 37th, 50th, 52d, 53d, 58th, 73d, 75th, 84th, 91st, 92d, 94th, 112th, 119th, 121st, 125th, 127th, 128th, 133d. II. The excellence of God's law: Psalms 19th, 119th. III. The vanity of human life: Psalms 39th, 49th, 90th. IV. Advice to magistrates: Psalms 82d, 101st. V. The virtue of humility: Psalm 131st. PROPHETICAL. Psalms 2d, 16th, 22d, 40th, 45th, 68th, 72d, 87th, 101st. 1l8tb HISTORICAL. Psalms 78th, 105th, 106th. THE PSALMS OF DAVID, IN METRE. PSALMt 1. C. M. TTOW blest and happy is the man L. Who walketh not astray In counsel of ungodly men, Nor stands in sinners' way, 2 Nor sittteth in the scorner's chair, But places his delight Upon God's law, and meditates On his law day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree that grows Set by a river's side, Which in its season yields its fruit, And green its leaves abide. 4 And all he does shall prosper well: The wicked are not so, But like the chaff before the wind, Are driven to and fro. 5 In judgment therefore shall not stand Such as ungodly are; Nor in th' assembly of the just Shall wicked men appear. 6 Because the way of godly men Is to Jehovah known; Whereas the way of wicked men Shall quite be overthrown. PSALMI 2. C. M. 1 TTHY lage the heathen? and valt V things Why do the people mind? The kings of earth do set themselves, And princes are combined, 2 To plot against the Lord, and his Anointed, saying thus, Let us asunder break their bands, And cast their cords from us. 3 But he that sits in heav'n shall laugh; The Lord shall scorn them all; Then shall he speak to them in wrath, In rage he vex them shall. 4 Yet I my King anointed have Upon my holy hill; And reign as King on Zion mount For evermore he will. 5 The sure decree I will declare; The Lord hath said to me, Thou art my only Son; this day I have begotten thee. 6 Ask me, and for thy heritage The heathen I'll make thine; And, for possession, I to thee Will give earth's utmost line. 7 Thou shalt as with a weighty rod Of iron break them all; And them, as potter's vessel, thou Shalt dash in pieces small. 8 Now, therefore, kings, be wise; be taught Ye judges of the earth; In holy fear Jehovah serve, And tremble in your mirth. 9 And kiss the Son, lest in his ire Ye perish from the way, If once his wrath begin to burn. Blest all that on him stay. PSALM 2. 7s. 1 dTHY do heathen nations rage? Why vain things do people mindt Kings of earth in plots engage, Rulers are in league combined. PSALMf 1. L. M. 6 lines. 1 T' OW blest the man that doth not. stray Where wicked counsel tempts his feet; Who stands not in the sinner's way, And sits not in the scorner's seat, But in God's law he takes delight, And meditates both day and night. 2 He shall be like the tree that springs Where streams of water gently glide; Which plenteous fruit in season brings, And ever green its leaves abide. hus shall prosperity attend The good man's work, till life shall end. 3 Not so ungodly men, for they Like chaff before the wind are driven; Hence they'll not stand in judgment day, Nor mingle with the saints in heaven. The Lord approves the good man's path, But sinners' ways shall end in wrath. 2 Thus against the Lord they speak, Thus against his Christ they say, " Let us join their bands to break, Let us cast their cords away." 6 6 PSALMS II., III., IV. 3 He shall laugh who sits above, God Most High shall scorn them all; Them in anger fierce reprove; Burning wrath shall on them fall 4 Yet according to my will, Have I set my King to reign; Him on Zion's holy hill, My Anointed, I'll maintain. 5 Thus hath said the Lord Most High, I will publish the decree: Thee I own my Son, for I Have this day begotten thee. 6 Ask, for heritage I'll make All the heathen nations thine; Thou shalt in possession take Earth to its remotest line. 7 Let thy rod of iron fall; Break them with thy sceptre's sway; Dash them into pieces small, Like the potter's brittle clay. 8 Therefore, kings, be wise, give ear; Hearken, judges of the earth; Learn to serve the Lord with fear, Mingle trembling with your mirth. 9 Fear his wrath, and kiss the Son, Lest ye perish from the way, When his wrath is but begun. Blest are all that on him stay. PSALM 2. L. M. 1 TTHY do the heathen storm with V The people vanity devise? [ire? The rulers craftily conspire, The kings of earth rebellious rise. 2 Against the Lord they lift their hands, Against him and his Christ they say, " Asunder let us break their bands, And from us cast their cords away." 3 He that in heaven sits shall laugh, Jehovah shall deride them all; Then as he speaks in burning wrath, Dismay and dread shall on them fall. 4 "Yet notwithstanding I ordain," Thus shall he speak his sov'reign will, " He my anointed King shall reign, On Zion, my own holy hill." 6 Thus spake to me the Holy One, I utter now the Lord's decree, " Thou art proclaimed my only Son, This day have I begotten thee. 6 " Ask for inheritance of me, And I will make the heathen thine, And for possession, give to thee The earth to its remotest line. 7 " An iron sceptre thou shalt sway, And with it break and crusn them all; Even like the potter's brittle clay, thou shalt them dash in pieces small." 8 And now, ye kings, be wise and hear; Be Xiarned, ye judges of the earth; See that ye serve the Lord with fear, And mingle trembling with your mirth. 9 Unto the Son your homage pay, Lest, when his wrath begins to flame, Ye fall and perish from the way. Blest all confiding in his name. PSALMf 3. C. M. 1 LORD, how are my foes increased! _J Against me many rise; How many say of me, For him In God no safety lies I 2 Yet thou my shield and glory art, Thou liftest up my head; I cried, and from his holy hill, The Lord me answer made. 3 I laid me down and slept, I waked, For God protected me. I will not fear though thousands ten Arrayed against me be. 4 Arise, 0 Lord, save me, my God, Thou smitten hast my foes; The face and teeth of wicked men Are broken by thy blows. 5 Salvation to the Lord belongs, In him his saints are blest; Thy blessing, Lord, for evermore Shall on thy people rest. PSALM 3. S. M. 1 T ORD, how my foes increase I Against me many rise, How many say of me, "In God For him no safety lies " 2 My shield and glory, Lord, Thou liftest up my head. I cried, and from his holy hill The Lord me answer made. 3 I lay and slept, I woke, Kept by Jehovah's care; Though myriads compass me around, Their hosts I will not fear. 4 Rise, Lord, save me, my God; The cheeks of all my foes Thou smitten hast: the wicked's teeth Are broken by thy blows. 5 Salvation to the Lord Alone doth appertain: Upon thy people evermore Thy blessing shall remain. PSALM 4. C. M. 1 0 HEAR me when on thee I call, God of my righteousness; Have mercy, hear my prayer; thou hast Enlargpd me in distress. PSALMS IV., V. 7 2 Ye sons of men, how long will ye My glory turn to shame! How long shall vanity and lies Your willing service claim! 3 But know that for himself the Lord The godly man doth choose: The Lord, when I upon him call, To hear will not refuse. 4 Fear, and sin not, talk with your heart On bed, and silent be; Present the gifts of righteousness, And in the Lord trust ye. 5 0 who will show us any good? Is that which many say; But of thy countenance the light, Lord, lift on us, we pray. 6 Upon my heart bestowed by thee More gladness I have found; Than they in times when corn and wine Did most with them abound. 7 I will both lay me down in peace, And quiet sleep will take; Because thou only me to dwell In safety, Lord, dost make. PSAILM 4. L. M. 1 / OD of my righteousness, reply In mercy to my earnest cry; In past distress thou didst relieve, Be gracious now, my prayer receive. 2 How long, ye sons of men, defame, And turn my glory into shame? In vanities which ye devise, How long delight, and follow lies? 3 Yet know that ever for his own The Lord doth choose the godly one; And when to him my prayers ascend, The Lord will graciously attend. 4 Then stand in awe, from sin depart; And hold communion with your heart When on your bed reclined at rest, And still the risings of your breast. 5 In sacrifice of righteousness Your homage to the Lord express; And ever let your heart rely With confidence on God Most High. 6 0 who will show us any good? Exclaims the restless multitude; But lift on us, 0 God of grace, The cheering brightness of thy face. 7 More joy from thee has filled my heart Than all their corn and wine impart. I lay me down to peaceful sleep, For thou wilt me in safety keep. PSALM 5. C. M. 1 TEHOVAH, hearken to my words, PJ My meditation weigh. 0 hear my cry, my King, my God, For I to thee will pray. 2 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice; I early will direct My pray'r to thee, and looking up, An answer will expect. 3 For thou art not a God that doth In wickedness delight; No evil shall abide with thee, Nor fools stand in thy sight. 4 All evil-doers thou dost hate, Destroyed shall liars be; The bloody and deceitful man Shall be abhorred by thee. 5 But I thy temple will approach In thy abundant grace; And I will worship in thy fear Within thy holy place. 6 Because of watchful foes, 0 Lord, Direct me by thy grace; And in thy righteousness thy way Make plain before my face. 7 For in their mouth there is no truth, Their inward thoughts are vile; Their throat is like an open grave, Their tongue is full of guile. 8 0 God, destroy them; let them fall By plans which they devise; Them for their many sins cast out, For they against thee rise. 9 Let all who trust in thee be glad, In shouts their praise proclaim; Thou savest them; let all rejoice Who love thy holy name. 10 For, to the righteous man, 0 Lords Thou wilt thy blessing yield; With favour thou wilt compass him About as with a shield. PSALM 5. 7s. 1 O JEHOVAH, hear my words, And my meditation weigh; Hear my cry, my King, my God, For to thee, 0 Lord, I'll pray. 2 In the morning, Lord, my voice Thou shalt hear in suppliant cries; In the morning, Lord, to thee I will lift my waiting eyes. 3 Thou, Jehovah, art a God Who in sin cannot delight; Evil shall not dwell with thee, Nor shall fools stand in thy sight. 4 Evil-doers thou dost hate, Liars all destroyed shall be; Men of blood and of deceit Ever are abhorred by thee. 5 But in thy abundant grace To thy house will I draw near; To thy holy temple, Lord, I will look, and bow in fear. 8 PSALMS VI., VII. 6 Lead me in thy righteousness; Evermore my steps maintain; And because of watchful foes, Make thy way before me plain. 7 In their mouth there is no truth, All their heart is full of wrong, Like an open grave their throat; And they flatter with their tongue. 8 Let transgressors be destroyed, Un their sins by thee expelled; By their counsels let them fall, For against thee they rebelled. 9 But let all in thee who trust, Ever glad and joyful be; Let them joy who love thy name, Safely guarded, Lord, by thee. 10 For Jehovah to the just Will abundant blessings yield, And with favour compass him Safely round as with a shield. PSALM 6. C. M. 1 TN thy great indignation, Lord, Do thou rebuke me not; Nor on me lay thy chastening hand In thy displeasure hot. 2 Lord, I am weak, thy mercy show, And me restore again; 0 heal me, Lord, for thou dost know My bones are filled with pain. 8 My soul is sorely vexed, but, Lord, How long stay wilt thou make? Return, 0 Lord, my soul set free, Save for thy mercies' sake. 4 Because of thee in death there shall No more remembrance be; Of those that in the grave do lie Who shall give thanks to thee? 5 I with my groaning weary am; Through all my night of woe, My weeping made my bed to swim, My couch with tears to flow. 6 By reason of my vexing grief My eye consumes away; And through my foes, it waxes old In failure and decay. 7 But now depart from me, all ye That work iniquity, Because Jehovah heard my voice When I did mourn and cry. 8 And to my supplicating voice The Lord did~hearing give; When I to him address my prayer, The Lord will it receive. 9 Let all my haters be ashamed, And smitten with affright; In shame let them be driven back, And put to sudden flight. PSALM 6. L. M. 1 TN anger, Lord, rebuke me not; In chastening, thy fierce wrath reLord, pity me, for I am weak, [strain; And heal my bones so vexed with pain. 2 My soul is also sorely vexed; But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make' Return, 0 Lord, my soul set free; 0 save me for thy mercies' sake. 3 For they who sleep the sleep of death, Of thee shall no remembrance have; And who is he that will to thee Give praises lying in the grave? 4 I with my groaning weary am; Through all the dreary night my bed I made to swim, and I my couch Have watered with the tears I shed. 5 My eye, consumed with grief, grows dim, Because of all my enemies; Depart, ye wicked workers all, For God hath heard my weeping cries. 6 My supplication God hath heard, And will receive my earnest cry; Ashamed and vexed be all my foes, And back in sudden terror fly. PSALM 6. 8s and Us. 1 T ORD, in anger do not chasten; L Thy fierce wrath from me restrain I am weak; in mercy hasten, 0 relieve my flesh from pain. 2 Sorrows deep my soul are grieving; Lord, how long! — pity take; Lord, return, my soul relieving; Save me for thy mercy's sake. 3 Thee the grave no more remembers; Who gives thanks among the dead? Weary groans distract my slumbers, Tears have overflowed my bed. 4 Sorely vexed by my oppressors Grief like age has dimmed my eye. Hence, and leave me, all transgressors, For the Lord hath heard my cry. 5 God hath heard my supplication; My petition will not spurn. Let my foes, with sore vexation, Back in sudden shame return. PSALM 7. C. M. 1 LORD my God, in thee do I My confidence repose; Deliver me and save from all My perseouting foes. 2 Lest like a lion fierce the foe My soul should seize and rend, In pieces tearing it, whilst there Is no one to defend. PSALM VII. 8 0 Lord, my God, if it be so That I committed this; If it be so that in my hands Iniquity there is; 4 If I rewarded ill to him W1ho was at peace with me; 'Yea, ev'n the man that without cause My foe was, I did free;) 5 Then let the foe pursue and take My soul, and my life thrust Down to the earth, and let him lay My honor in the dust. 6 Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, For my foes raging be; And to the judgment which thou hast Commanded, wake for me. 7 The people shall assemble then, And unto thee draw nigh; Return thou therefore for their sakes Unto thy place on high. 8 Jehovah shall the people judge; My judge, Jehovah, be, According to my righteousness, And inward purity. 9 0 let the wicked's malice cease, But let the just abide, For God is righteous, and by him The heart and reins are tried. 10 In God, who saves the pure in heart, Is my defence and stay. God judgeth just men, but is wroth With sinners every day. 11 Then if the sinner do not turn, The Lord his sword will whet; His bow he hath already bent, And hath it ready set. 12 He also hath for him prepared The instruments of death; Against the persecutors he Ordained his arrows hath. 13 Behold, he with iniquity Doth travail as in birth; He also mischief hath conceived, And falsehood shall bring forth. 14 He made a pit, and digged it deep, Another there to take; But now is prostrate in the ditch Which he himself did make. 15 His mischief on his guilty head In justice shall come down; His lawless deeds in vengeance fall On his devoted crown. 16 According to his righteousness The Lord I'll magnify, And will sing praises to the name Of God, who is Most High..PSALM 7. S. M. 1 LORD, my God, in thee Do I my trust repose; 0 do thou save, and rescue me From all my cruel foes. 2 Lest they my soul should tear, And like a lion rend, When no deliverer is near To rescue and defend. 3 Lord, if thy searching eye This crime in me hath seen; If on my hand the guilt do lie Of this most grievous sin: 4 If evil I repaid To one with me at peace, (Yea, I my causeless foe did aid, And freely did release;) 5 Then let the foe in strife Pursue me as his prey, Tread down upon the earth my life, In dust my honor lay. 6 In wrath lift up thy hand; My foes are filled with rage; Awake, and as thou didst command, On my behalf engage. 7 So saints with one accord Around thee shall draw nigh; And therefore for their sakes, 0 Lord, Do thou return on high. 8 Thou, Lord, shalt judge all flesh; In judgment take my part, According to my righteousness, And purity of heart. 9 Let sin no longer be, Whilst God the just sustains, For God is righteous, and doth see, And try the heart and reins. 10 God saves the pure in heart; He shields me in my way; In judgment takes the just man's part, Hates sinners every day. 11 If they do not repent, His sword he sharpened hath, His bow is ready made, and bent To execute his wrath. 12 To smite with deadly blows, His weapons he hath framed; Against all persecuting foes His arrows he hath aimed. 13 The foe hath labored long In vain and wicked things; In heart he mischief plans and wrong, And falsehood forth he brings. 14 A secret pit he made, Where others might be snared; He prostrate in that pit is laid Whih his own hands prepared. PSALMS VII., VIII. 15 The mischiefs he designed Shall on his head come down; His violence reward shall find, Returned on his own crown. 16 For all his righteousness, The Lord I'll magnify; His name will I forever bless, The name of God Most High. PSALM 7. 11s. I TEHOVAH, my God, on thy help I O depend; prom all those who persecute, save and defend ' test he like a lion, in rage tear my soul, When no one is near me his rage to control. 2 My God, 0 Jehovah, if I have done this, Or if in my hands this iniquity is; If him I have wronged who with me was at peace; (My foewithout cause, I did even release;) 3 My soul let the enemy seize for his prey, My life and my honor in dust let him lay. Arise, Lord, in anger, thy help interpose, Arise, thou, because of the rage of my foes. 4 Awake, that my cause may by thee be sustained, Awake to the judgment which thou hast ordained, And then shall the people around thee draw nigh; For sake of them, therefore, return thou on high. 5 All nations of men shall be judged by the Lord; To me, 0 Jehovah, just judgment afford, According as righteous in life I have been, And ever integrity cherished within. 6 Establish the just, and let evil depart, For God who is just tries the reins and the heart. In God for defence I have placed all my trust; He saveth the upright, and judgeth the just. 7 The Lord with the wicked is wroth every day; His sword, if they turn not, is sharpened to slay; His bow is now bent, and his arrows are aimed; Ils weapons of death for oppressors are framed. 8 Behold, he in wickedness labors with pain; He mischief conceives, but he brings forth in vain. He made a deep pit, other men to ensnare, But fell in the ditch which himself did prepare. 9 On him shall his mischievous plots re. turn home, His violent deeds on his own head shall come: To God, for his righteousness, praises I'll sing; I'll sing to the name of Jehovah our King, PSALMT 8. C. M. 1 TOW excellent in all the earth, 1l 0 Lord, our Lord, thy name I Thou hast thy glory far advanced Above the starry frame. 2 From mouths of babes and sucklings O Lord, didst strength ordain, [thou, Because of foes, that so thou'mightst Thy vengeful foes restrain. 3 When to the heavens I look up, Which thy own fingers framed, Unto the moon and to the stars, Which were by thee ordained; 4 Then say I, What is man, that he Remembered is by thee? Or what the son of man, that thou So kind to him shouldst be? 5 For thou a little lower hast Him than the angels made, A crown of matchless glory thou Hast placed upon his head. 6 Appointed Lord of all thy works, Beneath him thou didst lay All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts That in the field do stray; 7 The fowls of air, and fish of sea, All passing through the same. How excellent in all the earth, 0 Lord, our Lord, thy name! PSAL21 8. 8, 6, and 4. 1 LORD, our Lord, how excellent In all the earth thy name, Who hast thy glory set above The starry frame. 2 From infants' and from sucklinge mouths Is strength by thee ordained, That so th' avenger may be quelled, The foe restrained. 3 When I behold thy spacious heavens, The work of thy own hand, The moon and stars in order set By thy command: 4 0 what is man that thou shouldst him In kind remembrance bear? Or what the son of man that thou For him shouldst care? 5 For thou a little lower hast Him than the angels made; With honor and with glory thou Hast crowned his head. PSALMS VIII., IX. 11 4 Lord of thy works thou hast him made; All under him must yield, All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts Which roam the field. 7 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea, All that pass through the same; 0 Lord, our Lord, in all the earth, How great thy name. PSALMI 8. 7s. 1 TORD, our Lord, o'er earth's vast L frame, How exalted is thy name I Who hast set thy glory bright Far above the heavens height. 2 From the mouth of children young, From the infant's lisping tongue, Matchless strength thou hast ordained, Thus, thy vengeful foes restrained. 3 When thy heavens I survey, Which thy fingers' work display, When the moon and stars I see Ordered all by thy decree: 4 What is man that in thy mind He a constant place should find? What the son of man that he Should be visited by thee? 5 Thou his station didst ordain Just below the angel train; Glory thou hast o'er him shed, And with honor crowned his head. 6 Thou hast given him command O'er the creatures of thy hand; And beneath his feet hast laid All the works which thou hast made; 7 Flocks and cattle, every tribe, Beasts that in the field abide, Birds that through the heavens roam, Fish that make the sea their home; 8 Every living thing that strays Through the ocean's secret ways. Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame, How exalted is thy name! PSALM 9. C. M. 1 T ORD, thee I'll praise with all my L Thy wonders all proclaim. [heart, O thou, Most High, in thee I'll joy, And gladly praise thy name. 2 When back my foes were turned, they And perished at thy sight: [fell, My right and cause thou hast maintained; Enthroned didst judge aright. 3 The nations all thou hast rebuked, The wicked overthrown; Thou hast put out their names, that they May never more be known. 4 0 enemy, destructions have An end perpetual: Thou cities hast destroyed, and lost Is their memorial. 5 The Lord forever shall endure, For judgment sets his throne; In righteousness to judge the world, And justice give each one. 6 God also will a refuge be For those who are oppressed; A refuge will he ever prove For those that are distressed. 7 And they who know thy name, in thee Their confidence will place; For thou hast not forsaken them Who truly seek thy face. 8 0 sing ye praises to the Lord, Who dwells on Zion Mount; Among the people every where His mighty deeds recount. 9 When he inquireth after blood, He then remembers them; The humble he will not forget Who call upon his name. 10 Lord, pity me; behold the grief Which I fron foes sustain; 0 thou, who from the gates of death Dost raise me up again. 11 That I, in Zion's daughters' gates, May all thy praise relate; And that I ever may rejoice In thy salvation great. 12 The heathen are sunk in the pit Which they themselves prepared; And in the net which they have hid Their own feet fast are snared. 13 The Lord is by the judgment known Which he himself hath wrought: The sinners' hands do make the snares With which themselves are caught. 14 They who are wicked, into hell Shall driven be with shame; And all the nations that forget The Lord's most holy name. 15 The Lord will not forever be Unmindful of the poor; Nor shall the hope of needy ones Be lost for evermore. 16 Arise, Lord, let not man prevail; Judge heathen in thy sight: That they may know themselves but men The nations, Lord, affright. PSALM 9. L. M. T ORD, thee I'll praise with all nm _J heart, And all thy wondrous works proclaim; In thee, 0 thou Most High, Ill joy, And sing the praise of thy great name. 12 PSALM IX. 2 When back my enemies were turned, They fell and perished at thy sight. Thou hast maintained my right and cause, And on thy throne sat judging right. 3 The nations, Lord, thou hast rebuked, The wicked thou hast overthrown; Their very names are blotted out, That they may never more be known. 4 Their ruin thou hast made complete; Their cities thou hast laid in heaps; With them their name has passed away, Their mem'ry in oblivion sleeps. 5 The Lord forever shall endure, He hath for judgment set his throne, In righteousness to judge the world, And justice give to every one. 6 Jehovah shall a refuge prove, A refuge strong for poor oppressed, A safe retreat, where weary souls In troublous times may find a rest. 7 And they, 0 Lord, that know thy name, Their confidence in thee will place; For thou, Jehovah, never hast, Forsaken them that seek thy face. 8 Sing praises to the Lord most high, To him that doth in Zion dwell; Declare his mighty deeds abroad, His deeds among all people tell. 9 When he inquiry makes for blood, He calls to mind the murderer's deed; Nor will forget the humble saints, Who cry to him in time of need. 10 0 Lord, have mercy, and regard The grief which I from foes sustain; 0 thou, who from the gates of death Dost raise me up to life again; 11 That I, in Zion's daughters' gates, May sing thy praise with cheerful voice: In that salvation thou dost bring, Redeemed from death I will rejoice. 12 The heathen in that pit are sunk Which they had wickedly prepared; Their net was cunningly concealed, And in it are their own feet snared. 13 The Lord is by the judgment known Which he in righteousness has wrought; The hands of sinners make the snares, The snares with which themselves are caught. 14 The wicked turned to hell shall be, And nations that forget the Lord: The needy shall not be forgot, Nor poor men lose their hoped reward. 15 Arise, and let not man prevail; O Lord, judge heathen in thy sight; That they may know themselves but men, The nations of the world affright. PSALM 9. S. M. 1 /Y heart shall praise the Lord, Thy wonders I'll proclaim; In thee, Most High, I'll greatly joy, And celebrate thy name. 2 Lord, when my foes turn back, They perish at thy sight; Thou hast maintained my righteous causq Enthroned, thou judgest right. 3 Thou heathen hast rebuked, The wicked overthrown; And blotted out their very name; It shall no more be known. 4 The foe in ruin lies, Made desolate and waste; His cities all hast thou destroyed, Their memory erased. 5 But God shall ever reign, His throne eternal stands; He'll judge the world in righteousness, And rule by just commands. 6 A refuge God will be, For those whom foes oppress; A tower of strength he ever proves In seasons of distress. 7 And they that know thy name, In thee their trust will place; For thou hast not forsaken them That truly seek thy face. 8 Sing praise to Zion's God, And all his works declare; When he inquireth after blood, He makes the meek his care. 9 Lord, see what I endure From foes that do me hate; Have mercy, thou, who liftest me From death's devouring gate. 10 That I in Zion's gate May utter all thy praise; And may, in thy salvation great, A song of gladness raise. 11 The heathen nations sink In pits which they prepared; And in the nets which they have hid, Their own feet fast are snared. 12 The Lord Most High is known By judgments he hath wrought; For sinners' hands have made the snares By which their feet are caught. 13 The wicked into hell Shall yet be turned with shame; And all the nations that forget The Lord's most holy name. 14 The Lord will not forget The needy when they cry; Nor always disappoint the poor, Who on his word rely. PSALM X. 15 Rise, let not man prevail, Judge heathen in thy sight; That they may know themselves but men, The nations, Lord, affright. PSAL7M 10. C. M. I O WHEREFORE is it, Lord, that Dost stand from us so far? [thou And wherefore dost thou hide thyself When times so troublous are? 2 The wicked in their pride pursue, And make the poor their prey: Let them be taken in the snares Which they for others lay. 3 The wicked of his heart's desire Doth talk with boasting great; IHe blesseth him that's covetous, Whom yet the Lord doth hate. 4 The wicked, through his pride of face, On God will never call; And in the counsels of his heart The Lord is not at all. 5 His ways at all times grievous are; Thy judgments from his sight Are far removed: at all his foes He puffeth with despite. 6 Within his heart he thus hath said, I never moved shall be; And no adversity at all Shall ever come to me. 7 With cursing, fraud, and foul deceit, His mouth is always filled While vanity and mischief lie Beneath his tongue concealed. 8 He closely sits in villages; He slays the innocent: Against the poor that pass him by His cruel eyes are bent. 9 He, lion-like, lurks in his den; He waits the poor to take; Aund when he draws him in his net, His prey he doth him make. 10 Himself he humbleth very low, He croucheth down withal, That so a multitude of poor May by his strong ones fall. H1 He thus hath said within his heart, The Lord hath quite forgot; He hides his countenance, and he Forever sees it not. 12 Arise, Jehovah, 0 my God, Lift up thy hand on high; Put not the meek afflicted ones Out of thy memory. 23 0 why is it the wicked man Thus doth the Lord despise? Because that God will it require He in his heart denies. 14 Thou hast it seen; for thou their spite And mischief wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; Thou art the orphan's stay. 15 The arm break of the wicked man, And of the evil one; Do thou seek out his wickedness, Until thou findest none. 16 The Lord is King through ages all, His throne shall ever stand; The heathen people utterly Are perished from his land. 17 0 Lord, of those that humble are Thou the desire didst hear; Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou To hear wilt bend thy ear. 18 To judge the fatherless, and those Beneath oppression sore; That man, who is but sprung of earth, May them oppress no more. PSALM 10. S. M. 1 WHEREFORE dost thou stand From us, 0 Lord, so far? And why dost thou conceal thyself, When times so troublous are? 2 The wicked in his pride Doth persecute the poor; The evil things which they devised, The same let them endure. 3 He of his soul's desire Doth talk with boasting great; He blesses him that's covetous, Whom yet the Lord doth hate. 4 The wicked seeks not God, Restrained through pride of face; In all his thoughts the thought of God Hath in his heart no place. 5 His ways still grievous are, And far above his sight Thy judgments are; at all his foes He puffs with scornful spite. 6 He in his heart hath said, "I never moved shall be, And I from all adversity Forever shall be free." 7 With cursing, fraud, deceit, His mouth is ever filled: Whilst vanity and mischief lie Beneath his tongue concealed. 8 In villages he lurks, And slays the innocent; His eyes are set against the poor, On secret mischief bent. 9 Concealed he lies in wait. like lion in his lair; He takes the poor and needy one Entangled in his snare. PSALM XI. 10 Himself he humbleth low, He croucheth down withal, That so a multitude of poor May by his strong ones falL 11 He says within his heart, "The Lord hath quite forgot; He turns away his countenance, His eye beholds it not." 12 Do thou, 0 Lord, arise, 0 God, lift up thy hand, Do not forget the suffering poor, The humble in the land. 13 Why doth the wicked man The mighty God despise? Because that thou wilt it require, He in his heart denies. 14 But thou hast seen, thou wilt Their wrongs and spite repay; The poor commits himself to thee, Thou art the orphan's stay. 15 Break thou the wicked's arm, Subdue the evil one; And search out all his wickedness Until thou findest none. 16 Jehovah ever reigns, And firm his throne shall stand. The heathen nations are destroyed Forever from his land. 17 Of those that humble are, Thou, Lord, hast heard the prayer; Thou also wilt prepare their heart, And still incline thine ear; 18 To judge the fatherless, And those by men distressed, That they by man that is of earth May be no more oppressed. PSALM 11. C. M. 1 T IN Jehovah put my trust; Then wherefore say to me, As timid birds a refuge seek, So to your mountain flee? 2 For, lo! the wicked bend the bow, On string their arrow fit, That those who upright are in heart In secret they may hit. 2 For if foundations be destroyed, What hath the righteous done? Jehovah in his temple is, In heaven is his throne. 4 His eyes do see, his eyelids try Men's sons. The just he proves; But his soul hates the wicked man, And him that vi'lence loves. 6 Snares, fire, and brimstone, raging On sinners he shall rain; [storms, This, as the portion of their cup, Shall unto them pertain. 6 Because the Lord most righteous doth In righteousness delight; And with a pleasant countenance Beholdeth the upright. PSALM 11. L. M. 1 M Y trust is in the Lord Most High; V Then to my soul why should ye Away to your lone mountain fly, [say, Speed like a bird and flee away? 2 For lo! the wicked bend the bow, With skilful hand they aim the dart; Their arrows through the darkness go, To pierce the man of upright heart. 3 If the foundations be o'erthrown, Of what avail the righteous race? The Lord in heaven has fixed his throne, And reigns within his holy place. 4 His eyes behold, his eyelids scan The sons of men, the just he tries. His soul doth hate the wicked man, And bold transgressors doth despise. 5 Snares, fire and brimstone, round their path, On wicked men the Lord shall rain; Dark tempests filled with burning wrath, Their cup's full portion shall remain. 6 The Lord is just in all his ways, And righteousness is his delight; To upright men his grace displays, And gives them favor in his sight. PSALM 11. S. M. 1 aM Y trust is in the Lord; lVl How to my soul say ye, Away with speed, and like a bird To your high mountain flee? 2 Lo, sinners bend the bow; On string they fit the dart, That they unseen may shoot at tho8a Who upright are in heart. 3 What can the righteous do? What can for them avail, If the foundations be destroyed And all they built on fail? 4 The Lord in Zion dwells, The Lord's throne is on high: His eyes behold the sons of men; Yea, them his eyelids try. 5 The Lord the righteous tries; But those that wicked be, And him who loveth violence In soul abhorreth he. 6 Fire, brimstone, snares, fierce stormn On sinners he shall rain; This is the portion of their cup; The cup which they shall drain. PSALMS XII., XIH., XIV. 15 t Because the righteous Lord DeDlights in righteousness; Arnd with his gracious countenance The upright ho will bless. PSALM 12. C. M. 1 O THOU, Jehovah, grant us help, J Because the godly cease; And from among the sons of men The faithful ones decrease. 2 For with his neighbor every one Doth utter vanity: They with a double heart do speak, And lips of flattery. t God shall cut off all flattering lips, Tongues that speak proudly thus, We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips Are ours; who's lord o'er us? 4 For poor oppressed, and for the sighs Of needy, I will rise, Saith God, and him in safety set From such as him despise. 5 Jehovah's words are words most pure, They are like silver tried In earthen furnace, seven times That hath been purified. de 0 Lord, thou shalt them keep and save Forever from this race. On each side walk the wicked, when Vile men are high in place. PSALM 12. C.P.M. 1 TEHOVAH, help; the godly cease; eJ Among the sons of men decrease Those who uprightly live. With flattering lips all falsehood speak, And with a double heart they seek Their neighbors to deceive. 2 The Lord shall flattering lips destroy, And tongues that boastful words employ; That say with one accord, "Our tongues shall in our cause be strong, Our lips to us alone belong; Who over us is lord?" 3 " For those that are oppressed indeed, F)r all the poor that sigh in need, Lo, now will I arise;" Thus saith Jehovah in his grace, "And them I will in safety place From such as them despise." 4 God's words are pure as silver tried, In furnace sev'n times purified. Thou from this race, 0 God, Shalt keep thy servants evermore. When vilest men are raised to power, The wicked walk abroad. PSALM 13. C. M. 1 TOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord? Shall it forever be? O how long shall it be that thou Wilt hide thy face from me? 2 How long take counsel in my soul, Still sad in heart, shall I? How long exalted over me Shall be my enemy? 3 0 Lord my God, consider well, And answer to me make; My eyes enlighten, lest the sleep Of death me overtake. 4 Lest that my enemy should say, Against him I prevailed; And those who trouble me rejoice When I am moved and failed. 5 But I have all my confidence Upon thy mercy set; My heart within me shall'rejoice In thy salvation great. 6 I will unto Jehovah sing His praises cheerfully, Because he hath his bounty shown To me abundantly. PSALM 13. 7s and 6s. 1 T OW long wilt thou forget me? LI Shall it forever be? O Lord, how long neglect me, And hide thy face from me? 2 How long my soul take counsel? Thus sad in heart each day, How long shall foes exulting, Subject me to their sway? 3 0 Lord, my God, consider, And hear my earnest cries; Lest I in death should slumber, Enlighten thou my eyes; 4 Lest foes be heard exclaiming Against him we prevailed; And they that vex my spirit, Rejoice when I have failed. 5 But on thy tender mercy I ever have relied; With joy in thy salvation My heart shall still confide. 6 And I with voice of singing, Will praise the Lord alone, Because to me his favor He hath so largely shown. PSALM 14. C. M. 1 EIHAT there is not a God, the fool I Doth in his heart conclude; They are corrupt, their works are vile; Not oun of them doth good. 16 PSALMS XIV., XV., XVI. 2 Upon the sons of men the Lord From heaven looked abroad, To see if any one were wise, And seeking after God. S They altogether filthy are, They all aside are gone; And there is none that doeth good, No, not so much as one. 4 These workers of iniquity Do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, And on God do not call? 5 There feared they much; for God is with The whole race of the just. You shame the counsel of the poor, Because God is his trust. 6 Let Israel's help from Zion come; When back the Lord shall bring His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, And Israel shall sing. PSALM 14. L. M. 1 rRHE God who sits enthroned on high I The fool doth in his heart deny; Corrupt are they, vile works have done, And doing good there is not one. 2 From heaven with searching eye the Did all the sons of men regard; [Lord To see if any understood, If any one were seeking God. 3 From righteous ways they all depart; All are corrupt and vile in heart; Among them doing good is none, Among them all, not even one. 4 Has knowledge from the wicked fled, That they my people eat as bread? That they delight in works of shame, And call not on Jehovah's name? 5 There fearful terror on them fell; For God doth with the righteous dwell; The poor man's counsel you despise, Because in God his refuge lies. 6 May Israel's help from Zion come; When God shall bring his captives home, Then Jacob greatly shall rejoice, And Israel shout with gladsome voice. PSALM 15. C. M. 1 -TITHIN thy tabernacle, Lord, VV Who shall abide with thee? And in thy high and holy hill Who shall a dweller be? 2 The man who walketh uprightly, And worketh righteousness, And as he thinketh in his heart, So doth he truth express. 3 Who neither slanders with his tongue, Nor to his friend doth hurt; bNor yet against his neighbor doth Take up an ill report. 4 In whose eyes vile men are despised; But those that God do fear He honoreth; and changeth not, Though to his hurt he sware. 5 His coin puts not to usury, Nor take a bribe will he Against the guiltless. Who doth thus Unmoved shall ever be. PSALM 15. 7s. 1 O JEHOVAH, who shall dwell In the temple of thy grace? Who shall on thy holy hill Have a fixed abiding place? 2 He who walks in righteousness, All his actions just and clear; He whose words the truth express, Spoken from a heart sincere; 3 He who ne'er with slandering tongue Utters malice and deceit; Who will ne'er his neighbor wrong, Nor a slanderous tale repeat: 4 Who the impious will spurn, Honor those that fear the Lord; Though he to his loss have sworn, Will not break his plighted word; 5 Who no usury will claim, Nor with bribes pollute his hand; He who thus his life shall frame, Shall unmoved forever stand. PSALMf 16.. M. 1 T ORD, keep me, for I trust in the& LJ To God thus was my speech; Thou art my Lord, and unto thee My goodness doth not reach; 2 To saints on earth, the excellent, Where my delight is placed. Their sorrows shall be multiplied To other gods that haste. 3 Of their drink-offerings of blood I will no offering make; Yea, neither I their very names Up in my lips will take. 4 Of that inheritance and cup Which unto me pertain, The Lord most high the portion is; My lot thou dost maintain. 5 To me most happily the lines In pleasant places fell; The heritage which I received In beauty doth excel. 6 I bless the Lord, because he doth By counsel me conduct; And in the seasons of the night My reins do me instruct. PSALMS XVI., XVII. 17 7 Before me still the Lord I set; Since it is so that he Doth ever stand at my right hand, I never moved shall be. 8 Because of this my heart is glad, And joy shall be expressed Ev'n by my glory; and my flesh In confidence shall rest. 9 Because within the grave my soul Shall not be left by thee: Corruption thou wilt not permit Thy Holy One to see. o1 Thou wilt me show the path of life; Of joys there is full store Before thy face; at thy right hand Are pleasures evermore. PSALM' 16. S. M. 1 T 0 thee, 0 Lord, I fly, And on thy help depend; I said, Thou art my Lord Most HW.gh, To me deliv'rance send. 2 Not unto thee my worth, It reaches not that height, To saints, the noble ones of earth, With whom is my delight. 3 Their sorrows shall be great That other gods adore, Their very names I'll not repeat, Nor their blood-offerings pour. 4 A heritage for me Jehovah will remain; The portion of my cup is he, My lot he shall maintain. 6 The lot to me that fell Is beautiful and fair; The heritage in which I dwell, None can with it compare. 6 I'll praise God while I live, His counsel guides me right; My reins to me instruction give, In seasons of the night. 7 The Lord before me still I set, and trust his love; t At my right hand he guards from ill, 4 And nothing shall me move. 8 Now gladness fills my soul, And joy shall be expressed; My glory shall his name extol, My flesh in hope shall rest. 9 My soul in death's dark pit Shall not be left by thee; Corruption thou wilt not permit Thy Holy One to see. 10 Life's path thou wilt me show, To thy right hand me guide, Where streams of pleasure ever flow, And boundless joys abide. 2 PSALMI 17. C.M. 1 ORD, hear the right, attend my cry, J And to my prayer give heed, That doth not in hypocrisy From feigning lips proceed. 2 And from before thy presence forth My judgment do thou send; And unto things that equal are O let thy eyes attend. 3 Thou hast my heart proved, an.d by Didst visit, and me try, [night Yet nothing find, for that my mouth Shall not sin purposed I. 4 As for men's works, I, by the word, Which from thy lips doth flow, Have kept myself out of the paths In which destroyers go. 5 Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide In paths that are divine, That so my footsteps may not slide Out of those ways of thine. 6 Upon thee I have called, 0 God, Because thou wilt me hear: That thou mayst hearken to my speech, To me incline thy ear. 7 Thy wondrous lovingkindness show, Thou, who by thy right hand Dost save all those who trust in thee From such as them withstand. 8 As th' apple of the eye me keep; In thy wings' shade me hide From wicked men and deadly foes Who rage on every side. 9 In their own fat they are enclosed; Their mouth speaks loftily. Our steps they compassed, and to earth They bowing, set their eye; 10 Even like a lion fierce and strong, And greedy of his prey, Or lion young, which lurking doth In secret places stay. 11 Arise, and disappoint my foe, And cast him down, 0 Lord; Save thou my soul from wicked men, From men who are thy sword. 12 From men who are thy hand, 0 Lord,. From worldly men me save, Who only in this present life Their part and portion have. 13 They with thy hidden wealth are filled And many children have; The rest of their abundant wealth They to their children leave. 14 But as for me, I thy own face In righteousness shall see; And with thy likeness when I wake I satisfied shall be. 18 PSALMS XVII., XVIII. PSALM 17. C. 11. M. 1 ( LORD, do thou the right regard, And to my cry give ear; From no dissembling lips, 0 Lord, Proceeds my humble prayer. O let my judgment come to light, And let thine eyes behold the right. 2 When thou dost prove and try my heart, And nightly visit me, To search me in the inmost part, And all my thoughts to see, Thou nought in me shalt find amiss, For never shall my mouth transgress. 3 As for the works of men, O Lord, Who seek my overthrow, I have preserved me by thy word From paths wherein they go. Hold up my goings in thy way, And then my footsteps shall not stray. 4 I call on thee, for thou wilt hear, And answer when I pray; O God, to me incline thy ear, Thy wond'rous love display. Those trusting thee, thy strong right hand Defends from those who them withstand. 5 Keep as the apple of the eye, In thy wings' shade me close; Bid my oppressors from me fly, Preserve from deadly foes. Enclosed in fat, and filled with pride, They watch our steps on every side. 6 They, like a lion craving food, Crouch down and fix their eye; As lions young that thirst for blood, In secret places lie. Arise, withstand, cast down, 0 Lord, Save from the wicked man, thy sword. I From men, thy hand, Lord, save thou This world is all their care; [me: With wealth and children filled by thee, Their wealth their offspring share. In righteousness thy face I'll see, Blest when I wake to be like thee. PSAILM 18. C. M. 1 T HEE will I love, 0 Lord, my 1 strength. My fortress is the Lord, My rock, and he 'hat doth to me Deliverance afford: 2 My God, my strength, whom I will trust, A buckler unto me, The horn of my salvation, too, And my high tower is he. 8 The Lord is worthy to be praised, Upon his name I'll call; And he from all my enemies Preserve me safely shall. 4 Death's pangs surrounded me, ill men Like floods made me afraid; Hell's sorrows compassed me about; Death's snares were on me laid. 5 In my distress I called on God, Cry to my God did I; He from his temple heard my voice, To his ears came my cry. 6 The earth affrighted then did shake, Upon it trembling seized; The hills' foundations moved and shook, Because he was displeased. 7 Then from his nostrils rose a smoke, And from his mouth there came Devouring fire, and coals by it Were kindled into flame. 8 The heavens also he bowed down, And thence he did descend, Whilst thickest clouds of darkness did Beneath his feet attend. 9 And he upon a cherub rode, Upon it he did fly; Yea, on the swift wings of the wind His flight was from on high. 10 He darkness made his secret place;. Around him gathered were For his pavilion, waters dark And clouds that fill the air. 11 And at the brightness of that light Which was before his eye, His thick clouds passed away, hailstones And coals of fire did fly. 12 Jehovah also in the heavens Did thunder in his ire; And there the Highest gave his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 13 He sent his arrows forth, and they Were scattered far and near; His lightnings also he shot out, And they confounded were. 14 The waters' channels then were seen, The world's foundations vast At thy rebuke discovered were, And at thy nostrils' blast. 15 And from above the Lord sent down And took me from below; From many waters drew me out, Which would me overflow. 16 He me relieved from my strong foeg And such as did me hate; Because he saw that they for me Too strong were, and too great. 17 They rose against me in the day Of my calamity; But even then the Lord himself A stay was unto me. PSALM 18 fle to a place where liberty And room was hath me brought; Because he took delight in me, He my deliv'rance wrought. 19 According to my righteousness IIe did me recompense, le me repaid according to IMy hands' pure innocence. 20 For I have kept Jehovah's ways, From God turned not aside; 1Before me still his judgments are, His statutes are my guide. 21 Sincere and upright in my heart Before his face was I; And watchfully I kept myself From my iniquity. 22 According to my righteousness The Lord did me requite, According as my hands were clean Before his searching sight. 23 Thou wilt thy tender mercy show To those who mercy love; Thou also with the upright man Thyself wilt upright prove. 24 To those who walk in purity Thyself thou pure wilt show; And froward thou wilt prove to those In froward ways that go. 25 For thou wilt the afflicted save In grief that low do lie: But wilt bring down the countenance Of them whose looks are high. 26 The Lord will light my candle so, That it shall shine full bright; The Lord my God will also make My darkness to be light. 27 By thee through troops of men I break, And them discomfit all; And, by my God assisting me, I overleap a wall. 28 All perfect is the way of God; Jehovah's word is tried; He is a buckler unto all Who do in him confide. 29 Who but the Lord is God? but he Who is a rock and stay? Jehovah girdeth me with strength, And perfect makes my way. 30 He set me on my places high, Like hinds' feet mine did make: My hands he taught to war, my arms A bow of steel did break. 31 The shield of thy salvation thou Upon me didst bestow; Thy right hand held me up, and great Thy kindness made me grow. 52 XVIII. I 32 And in my way thou hast enlarged My footsteps under me, That I go safely, and my feet Are kept from sliding free. 33 My enemies I have pursued, And them did overtake; Nor turned again till I of them An utter end did make. 34 I wounded them, they could not rise, They at my feet did fall. Thou girdedst me with strength for war; My foes thou broughtst down all. 35 And thou hast given me the necks Of such as are my foes; That I might them destroy who do With hatred me oppose. 36 They in their trouble cried for help, But there was none to save; Yea, they upon Jehovah called, But he no answer gave. 37 Then did I beat them small as dust Before the wind that flies; And I did cast them out like filth Upon the street that lies. 38 Thou mad'st me free from people's The heathen's head to be; [strife, A people whom I have not known Shall service do to me. 39 At hearing they shall yield to me, Mly will they shall obey: From their enclosures, struck with fear Shall strangers fade away. 40 God lives, blest be my rock, and praised Let God my Saviour be. God doth avenge me, and subdues The people under me. 41 He saves me from my enemies; Yea, thou hast lifted me Above my foes; and from the man Of vi'lence set me free. 42 I therefore will to thee, 0 Lord, In songs my thanks proclaim; And I among the heathen will Sing praises to thy name. 43 He great deliv'rance gives his king; He mercy doth extend To David, his anointed one, And his seed without end. PSALM 18. L. M. 1 THEE will I love, 0 Lord, my might 1 My rock, my help, my saving power My God, my trust, my shield in fight, My great salvation, my high tower. 2 I to Jehovah lift my prayer, To whose great name all praise we owe) So shall I by his watchful care Be safely guarded from my foe. 20 PSALM XVIII. 3 By floods of wicked men distressed, With deadly sorrows compassed round My soul with pains of hell oppressed, And in death's iron fetters bound. 4 Distressed, I called upon the Lord, And to my God addressed my prayer; My voice he from his temple heard, My cry ascended to his ear. 5 When God in his fierce anger came, The everlasting hills did quake; The trembling earth throughout its frame, Did from its deep foundations shake. 6 Dark clouds of smoke, dreads signs of ire Up from Jehovah's nostrils came; His mouth sent frth devouring fire, And coals were kindled into flame. 7 He bowed the heavens, his high abode, Taescending 'mid the gloom of night; lie on a cherub swiftly rode, And on the wings of wind his flight. 6 Dark watery mists in thick array And lowering clouds his presence vail, But at his brightness pass away, And burst in storms of fire and hail. B Then through the heaven with lightning liven, Jehovah thundered in his ire; The voice of God Mostl.igh was given 'Mid storms of hail and coals of fire. 10 His deadly shafts around he threw, His foes dispersed in wild retreat; Like burning darts his lightnings flew, Consuming them in sore defeat. 11 The waters' channels were disclosed, Laid bare the world's foundations vast; By thy rebuke, 0 Lord, exposed, And by thy nostrils' angry blast. 12 He sent from heaven and rescued me From many waters swelling high; From those that hate me set me free, And foes that stronger were than I. 13 With fierce assault in sorrow's day, My foes came on, but God was near; He saved mie, and enlarged my way, Because to him my soul was dear. 3t As I in life have righteous been, Jehovah will his grace afford; According as my hands are clean He'll give to me a just reward. 15 Jehovah's ways I kept aright, And from my God did not depart; I kept his judgments in my sight, And all his statutes in my heart. 16 Sincere beneath his searching sight, I kept from each besetting sil; So he my goodness doth requite, According as my hands are clean. 17 To gracious men thou gracious art, And pure to such as purely live, Upright to men of upright heart, But with the froward thou wilt strive. 18 For thou the troubled soul wilt save, High looks wilt humble in thy might. A lamp to mee Jehovah gave, And turned my darkness into light. 19 I on his mighty arm relied, And over troops of foes prevailed; And with my God upon my side, Their lofty walls I learless scaled. 20 The way of God perfection shows, Jehovah's holy word is tried; He is a buckler unto those Who in his mighty power confide. 21 For who as God should be adored? Who but our God can us befriend? Who is a rock besides the Lord? Who else is able to defend? 22 My loins with strength th' Almighty binds, My way makes perfect by his hand; My feet he makes as swift as hinds', On my high places makes me stand. 23 By him well trained in arts of war, My arms the bow of steel shall break; Thy hand and shield my safety are, And great thy kindness shall me make. 24 Thou hast made room where I did go, Kept safe my feet whilst I pursued, And pressed upon the flying foe, Nor turned till they were all subdued. 25 I smote them, they could rise no more; They fell down helpless at my feet. Thou didst me gird with strength f r war; Through thee my triumph was complete. 26 The lives of all my deadly foes To be destroyed to me were given; They called, but none to save them rose; In vain they cried for help to heaven. 27 Then small as rising dust which flies Before the wind, I did them beat; I cast them forth like dirt which lies Down-trodden in the miry street. 28 From strife thou hast secured my throne; O'er heathen made me head to be; A people which I have not known Shall render service unto me. 29 They shall obey soon as they hear; The sons of strangers shall submit; Yea, strangers' sons shall fade with fear, Who in their strong enclosures sit 30 Jehovah lives, let him be praised, My rock, on whom alone I rest; And highly let God's name be raised, Who me with his salvation blessed. PSALM XIX. &1 The mighty God avenges me, Hath nations under me subdued, From all my foes hath set me free, And saved from all that me withstood. 32 From men of violence and blood Thou didst to me deliv'rance bring; Sc thanks to thee I'll give, 0 God, Thy praise among the nations sing. 33 He to his king deliv'rance sends, To his anointed slows his grace; His mercy evermore extends To David and his promised race. PSALM 19. C. M. 1 gTHE heavens God's glory do declare, 1 The skies his hand's works preach; Day utters speech to day, and -night To night doth knowledge teach. 2 No language utter they, nor speech, No voice of theirs is heard; Yet through the world their line goes To ends of earth their word. [forth, 3 There for the sun he pitched a tent, Who comes with beaming face As bridegroom comes, and giant-like With joy begins his race. 4 His circuit is from heaven's end, And back to it again; And there is nothing from his heat That hidden doth remain. 5 God's law is perfect, and converts The soul in sin that lies: God's testimony is most sure,' And makes the simple wise. 6 The statutes of the Lord are right, And do rejoice the heart; The Lord's command is pure, and doth Light to the eyes impart. 7 Unspotted is the fear of God, And ever doth endure; The judgments of the Lord are truth, And lighteousness most pure. 8 They more than gold. yea, much fine To be desired are; [gold Than honey, honey from the comb That droppeth, sweeter far. 9 Moreover, they thy servant warn HIow he his life should frame: A great reward provided is For them that keep the same. 10 Who can his errors understand? From secret faults me cleanse: Thy servant also keep thou back From all presumptuous sins. 11 And do not suffer them to have Dominion over me; t shall be righteous then, and from The great transgression free. 12 The words which from my mouth proceed, The thoughts sent from my heart, Accept, 0 Lord, for thou my strength And my Redeemer art. PSALM 19. H. M. 1 rHE glory of the Lord I The heavens declare abroad; The firmament displays The handiwork of God; Day unto day declareth speech, And night to night doth knowledge teach 2 Aloud they do not speak, They utter forth no word, Nor into language break; Their voice is never heard. Their line through all the earth extends, Their words to earth's remotest ends. 3 In them he for the sun Hath set a dwelling-place; Rejoicing as a man Of strength, to run a race; He, bridegroom like in his array, Comes from his chamber, bringing day. 4 His daily going forth Is from the end of heaven; The firmament to him Is for his circuit givenHis circuit reaches to its ends, And everywhere his heat extends. 5 God's perfect law converts The soul in sin that lies; His testimony sure Doth make the simple wise; His statutes just delight the heart; His holy precepts light impart. 6 The fear of God is clean, And ever doth endure; His judgments all are truth, And righteousness most pure. To be desired are they far more Than finest gold in richest store. 7 God's judgments to the taste More sweet than honey are, Than honey from the comb That droppeth, sweeter far. With counsel they thy servant guards In keeping them is great reward. 8 Who can his errors know? From secret faults me cleanse; Thy servant keep thou back From all presumptuous sins. O let them not my way control, Nor gain dominion o'er my soul. 9 Then in thy righteous way My life shall upright be; I shall be innocentFrom great transgression free. Accept my words, and thoughts of heart; Lord, thou my strength and Saviour an. t2 PSALMS XX., XXI. PSALM 20. C. M. J1 EHOVAH hear thee in the day When trouble he doth send; And let the name of Jacob's God From every ill defend. 2 0 let him send his help to thee Out from his holy place; Let him from Zion, his own hill, Sustain thee by his grace. 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, Accept thy sacrifice; Grant thee thy heart's wish, and fulfil Thy thoughts and counsel wise. 4 In thy salvation we will joy, In our God's name we will Display our banners; and the Lord Thy prayers all fulfil. 5 Now know I God his King doth save; He from his holy heaven Will hear him, with the saving strength By his own right hand given. 6 In chariots some put confidence, On horses some rely, But we remember will the name Of God, our God Most High. 3 We rise, and upright stand, when they Are made to bow, and fall. Deliver, Lord, and let the King Us hear, when we do call. PSALfM 20. L. M. 1 nHE Lord thee hear in time of grief, 1 Let Jacob's God defend thee still; Send from his holy place relief; And strengthen thee from Zion hill. 2 May he thy sacrifice regard, And all thy offrings bear in mind; Thy heart's desire to thee accord, Fulfilling all thou hast designed. 3 In thy salvation we'll rejoice, In our God's name our banners rear; The Lord Jehovah hear thy voice, And evermore fulfil thy prayer. I I know Jehovah doth defend, And save his own anointed King; le will from heav'n an answer send; RIis right hand saving power shall bring. 5 In chariots some put confidence, And others on their steeds rely; But we remember for defence The name of God, our God Most High. 6 Now we arise, and upright stand, Whilst they brought down, in ruin fall. Lord, save us by thy mighty hand. TbA King us hear when we do call. PSALM Zr. C. M. 1 TEIOVAH, in thy strength the king Shall very joyful be; And in thy saving help exult Exceedingly shall he. 2 For thou upon him hast bestowed All that his heart would have; And thou from him hast not withheld Whate'er his lips did crave. 3 Thou wilt him bless with timely gift, Of goodness manifold; And thou wilt set upon his head A crown of purest gold. 4 And when of thee he life desired, Thou life to him didst give, Even such a length of days, that he Forevermore should live. 5 In that salvation wrought by thee His glory is made great; Yea, honor great and majesty Thou hast upon him set. 6 For thou, 0 Lord, forevermore Most blessed hast him made; And with thy countenance thou bast Made him exceeding glad. 7 Because the king his confidence Upon the Lord doth place; And God Most High will him preserve In his abundant grace. 8 Thy hand shall all those men find out That en'mies are to thee, And thy right hand discover those Of thee that haters be. 9 Like furnace hot thou shalt them When kindled is thy ire; [make, God shall them swallow in his wrath, Devour them shall the fire. 10 Their fruit from earth thou shalt deTheir seed from men among; [stroy, Because in fruitless malice they Did mischief plot and wrong. 11 For thou shalt make them turn their When arrows thou shalt place [back, Upon thy strings, and ready make To fly against their face. 12 In thy great power and strength, O Do thou exalted be; [Lord, So shall we sing with joyful hearts, Thy power praise shall we. PSALM 21. 12s and 9s. 1 " OW the king in thy strength shall.N be joyful, 0 Lord, And shall in thy salvation rejoice; For the wish of his heart thou didst freely afford, And request of his suppliant voice. PSALMS XXI., XXII. 23 2 All the blessings he craved thou didst 6 On all that hate thee, all thy foes, graciously give, Thy hand shall be outstretched in power; With the purest of gold he is crowned; Like flames thy wrath shall round them When he asked of thee life, thou hast made close, him-to live And God's consuming rage devour. WhIle the ages shall circle around. 7 From earth their race shall be destroyed, 3 Through salvation from thee, has his Their lineage never more be known; fame spread abromad, Their schemes and plottings all are void, Thou s lor ad or impart; Their counsels utterly o'erthrown. Thou didst glory and honor impart; Thou hast made him most blessed forever, 8 Thou at their face thy shafts shalt aim, 0 God, And turn them back in sudden flight. And thy presence has gladdened his 0 Lord, in strength exalt thy name, heart. And we will celebrate thy might..4 For the king, in the name of Jehovah PSALM. 22. C. M. Most High, 1 m Y God, my God, why hast thou me Did unwavering confidence place; 1 Forsaken? why so far On the name of Jehovah he still will rely, Art thou from helping me and from And shall stand evermore in his grace. My words tha roaring are.5 Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand on the 2 All day, my God, to thee I cry, head of thy foes, Yet am not heard by thee; On thy haters a right hand of power; And in the season of the night 'Then thy wrath shall around them like I cannot silent be. furnace flames close; 3 But thou art holy, thou that dost Yea, the fire of God's wrath shall devour. In t srel' p. Inhabit Isr'el's praise. In thee our fathers hoped, they hoped, 6 From the earth shall their race be con- And thou didst them release. sumed and destroyed, And their offspring forever shall fail; 4 And when to thee thy sent their cry, By the evil they plotted, the schemes they To them deliv'rance came; employed, In thee they placed their confidence, They shall never against thee prevail. And were not put to shame.? But their back thou wilt make them to 5 But as for me, a worm I am, turn in swift flight, And as no man am prized: When thy arrows are aimed at their face. Reproach of men I am, and by Be thou, 0 Jehovah, exalted in might, The people am despised. We will sing of thy power and grace. 6 All that me see laugh me to scorn; Shoot out the lip do they; PSALM 21. L. M. At me they also shake their head, And, mocking, thus they say, 1 ' -TOW, 0 Jehovah, shall the king JN Be joyful in thy saving might, 7 He trusted on the Lord, that he And of thy great salvation sing Would free him by his might; In songs of rapture and delight. Let him deliver him, since he Had in him such delight. 2 His heart's desire, his lip's request, Thy gracious hand did not withhold; 8 But thou art he who gave me birth, With all thy goodness he is blessed, From thee I being had; And wears a crown of purest gold. And I upon my mother's breast By thee to hope was made. 3 He asked for life, thou didst decree n For him an endless length of days; 9 And was ca pon thy care, And through salvation wrought by thee, E'n from the brth til now; How great his majesty and praise. An from amy eal chidahood, Lo My God and guide art thou. 4 Afar his glory is displayed, 10 Be not far off, for grief is near, With highest honor he is crowned; nd none to help is found. Thou hast the king a blessing made Bulls many compass me, strong ulls While endless ages circle round. Of Bashan me surround. 5 Blessed with the favor thou hast shown, 11 Their mouths they opened wide on my And gladdened with thy beaming face, Upon me gape did they, In God Most High he trusts alone, Ev'n like a lion ravening, And stands forever in his grace. And roaring for his prey. PSALM XXII. 12 As water I'm poured out; my bones All put of joint do part: Amidst my bowels as the wax So melted is my heart. 13 My strength is like the potsherd dried; My tongue cleaves to my jaws; And even to the dust of death By thee reduced I was. 14 For dogs have compassed me about, The wicked, that did meet In their assembly, me inclosed; They pierced my hands and feet. 15 I all my bones can count; my foes Upon me look and stare. Upon my vesture lots they cast, And clothes among them share. 16 Be not far off, 0 Lord, my strength In haste give help to me. From sword my soul, irom power of dogs My darling set thou free. 17 Lord, from the roaring lion's mouth Do thou my life defend: For from the horns of unicorns An answer thou didst send. 18 Then to my brethren I'll declare The glory of thy name; Amidst the congregation I Thy praises will proclaim. j9 Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear; Him glorify all ye The seed of Jacob; fear hm all That Isr'el's children be. 20 For he despised not nor abhorred Th' afflicted's misery; Nor from him hid his face, but heard When he to him did cry. 21 Within the congregation great My praise shall be of thee; My vows before them that him fear Shall be performed by me. 22 The meek shall eat, and shall be filled; They also praise shall give To God the Lord who do him seek; Your heart shall ever live. 23 All ends of earth remember shall, And turn to God the Lord: By all the kindreds of the earth His name shall be adored. 24 Because the kingdom evermore To God Most High pertains; And o'er the nations of the earth As governor he reigns. 25 Earth's fat ones eat, and worship All who to dust descend [shall: Shall bow to him; and no one can His soul from death defend. 26 A seed shall service do to him; It to Jehovah shall A generation counted be Ev'n unto ages all. 27 And they shall come, and shall deHis truth and righteousness Vclarp To people that shall yet be born, And that he hath done this. PSALM 22. L. M. 1 M Y God, my God, why me forsake? I 0 why to me no answer make? In deep distress I cry, 0 Lord, Why stand afar-nor help afford? 2 All day my God I cry in vain, Nor can I in the night refrain: But thou art holy, who dost dwell Amid the songs of Israel. 3 Our fathers put their trust in thee, They trusted and thou didst them free; To thee they cried, deliv'rance came; They hoped, and were not put to shame. 4 But I a worm, as no man prized, Reproached of men, by all despised; All shake the head, they mock and gaze. Each scornful lip contempt betrays. 5 " He trusts in God; let God defend And save him, since he is his friend." Thou mad'st me first the light to see, In infant years to hope in thee. 6 From birth dependent on thy power, Thou art my God from childhood's hour; Be not far off: for trouble nears, And none to give me help appears. 7 My cruel foes around me throng, Like bulls of Bashan fierce and strong; They open wide their mouths to slay, Like lions roaring on their prey. 8 Like water poured so sinks my frame; As wax is melted in the flame, So in me melts my aching heart, And all my bones asunder part. 9 Dried like the potter's worthless clay, My strength is all consumed away; My tongue and jaws all parched adhere, I to the dust of death draw near. 10 Like dogs the wicked round me meet They pierce my hands, they pierce my feet; I all my bones in number know; They look and stare to mock my woe. 11 My clothes among them they divide, And on my robe by lot decide. But be not far from me, 0 Lord, Haste, 0 my strength, and help afford. 12 From piercing sword deliver me, My loving one from dogs set free; From lion's mouth thy help I crave, From unicorns thou didst me save. PSALMS XXSII., XXIV. 25 13 I will to brethren show thy name, Within the church thy praise proclaim; Who fear the Lord, him laud and praise, Him fear, all ye of Jacob's race. 14 For he despised not nor abhorred Those who in trouble sought the Lord; He never turns his face away, But hears the humble when they pray. 15 To thee in praise, I'll lift my song, Amid the great assembled throng; Whero those that fear Jehovah bow, 3 will perform my sacred vow. 16 The meek shall eat till satisfied, The food thy liberal hands provide. Who seek the Lord, shall him adore; Your heart shall live for evermore. 17 Earth's utmost bounds shall hear and turn; All tribes and realms thy worship learn; For God the Lord all empire owns, And rules above all earthly thrones. 18 All rich ones on the earth shall eat, And bowing worship at his feet; And all who to the dust descend; None can his soul from death defend. 19 A seed shall rise to serve the Lord, That race as his he will regard; They'll come and tell to sire and son, The righteous deeds the Lord hath done. PSALJMt 23. C. M. H rHE Lord's my shepherd, I'll not 1 He makes me down to lie [want. In pastures green; he leadeth me The quiet waters by. 2 My soul he doth restore again; And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, Even for his own name's sake. 3 Yea, though I walk through death's dark Yet will I fear no ill; [vale, For thou art with me, and thy rod And staff me comfort still. 4 A table thou hast furnished me In presence of my foes; My head thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me; And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be. PSALM: 23. 7s and 6s. 1 IpHE Lord my Shepherd feeds me, L And I no want shall know; He in green pastures leads me, By streams which gently flow. 2 He doth, when ill betides me, Restore me from distress; For his name's sake he guides me In paths of righteousness. 3 Thy rod and staff shall cheer me, When passing death's dark vale; Thou, Lord, wilt still be near me, And I shall fear no ill. 4 My food thou dost appoint me, Prepared before my foes; With oil thou dost anoint me; My cup of bliss o'erfiows. 5 Thy goodness shall not leave me, Thy mercy still shall guide, Till God's house shall receive me, Forever to abide. PSALtM 23. L. M. 1 M/tY Shepherd is the Lord Most High LV And all my wants shall be supplied; In pastures green he makes me lie, And leads by streams which gently glide. 2 He in his mercy doth restore My soul when sinking in distress; For his name's sake he evermore Leads me in paths of righteousness. 3 Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale, Ev'n there no evil will I fear, Because thy presence shall not fail, Thy rod and staff my soul shall cheer. 4 For me a table thou hast spread, Prepared before the face of foes; With oil thou dost anoint my head; My cup is filled and overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy shall not cease Through all my days to follow me; And in God's house my dwelling-place With him forevermore shall be. PSALM 24. 0. M. 1 TEHOVAH claims as his the earth,,J And all that it contains, The world and all that dwellers are Within its wide domains. 2 For he upon the waters vast Did its foundations lay; He firmly hath established it Upon the floods to stay. 3 Who is the man that shall ascend Into the hill of God? Or who within his holy place Shall have a firm abode? 4 Whose hands are clean, whose heart is And unto vanity [pure9 Who hath not lifted up his soul, Nor sworn deceitfully. 26 PSALMS XXIV., XXV. 5 This is the man who from the Lord The blessing shall receive, And righteousness to him will God His great Redeemer give. V Lo, this the generation is That after him inquire, 0 Jacob, who do seek thy face With their whole heart's desire. 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high; Ye doors that last for aye, Be lifted up, that so the King Of glory enter may. 8 But who of glory is the King? The mighty Lord is this; Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might, And strong in battle is. 9 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high; Ye doors, that last for aye, Be lifted up, that so the King Of glory enter may. 10 But who is he that is the King Of glory? Who is this? The Lord of hosts, and none but he The King of glory is. PSALM 24. 11s. 1?fHE earth and the fulness with 1_ which it is stored, The world and its dwellers belong to the Lord; For he on the seas its foundation hath laid, And firm on the waters its pillars hath stayed. 2 What man shall the hill of Jehovah ascend? And who in the place of his holiness stand? The man of pure heart, and of hands without stain, Who swears not to falsehood, nor loves what is vain. 3 He shall from Jehovah the blessing receive, The God of salvation shall righteousness give; For this is the people, yea, this is the race, The Israel true who are seeking thy face. 4 Ye gates, lift your heads, and an entrance display, Ye doors everlasting, wide open the way; The King of all glory high honors await, The King of all glory shall enter in state. 5 What King of all glory is this that ye sing? The Lord, strong and mighty, the conquering King. Ye gates, lift your heads, and an entrance display, Ye doors everlasting, wide open the way. 6 The King of all glory high honors await, The King of all glory shall enter in state. What King of all glory is this that ye sing? Jehovah of hosts, he of glory is King. PSALSt 25. C. M. 1 T0 thee I lift my soul, 0 Lord: 1 My God, I trust in thee; 0 let me never be ashamed, Nor foes exult o'er me. 2 0 Lord, let none be put to shame Upon thee who attend; But make all those to be ashamed Who causelessly offend. 3 Thy ways, Lord, show; teach me thy Lead me in truth, teach me; [paths For of my safety thou art God; All day I wait on thee. 4 Thy mercies that most tender are, To mind, 0 Lord, recall, And loving-kindnesses, for they Have been through ages all. 5 Let not the errors of my youth, Nor sins remembered be; In mercy, for thy goodness' sake, 0 Lord, remember me. 6 Jehovah good and upright is, The way he'll sinners show; The meek in judgment he will guide, And make his path to know. 7 The whole paths of the Lord our God Are truth and mercy sure To such as keep his covenant, And testimonies pure. 8 Now, for thy own name's sake, 0 Lord, I humbly thee entreat To pardon my iniquity, For it is very great. 9 What man fears God? him shall he teach The way that he shall choose: His soul shall dwell at ease; his seed The earth, as heirs, shall use. 10 Jehovah's secret is with those That fear his holy name; And he his gracious covenant Will manifest to them. 11 My waiting eyes upon the Lord Continually are set; For he it is that shall bring forth My feet out of the net. 12 0 turn thee unto me, my God, To me thy mercy show; Because by solitude and grief I am brought very low. 13 The sorrows of my heart increaser Me from distress relieve: See my affliction and my pain, And all my sins forgive. PSALM XXV. 17 14 Consider thou my enemies, Because they many are; And it a cruel hatred is Which they against me bear. 15 0 Lord, in safety keep my soul; Do thou deliver me; And let me not be put to shame, Because I trust in thee. 16 Let rectitude and truth me keep, For on thee I attend. Redemption, Lord, to Israel From all his troubles send. PSALM 25. S. M. 1 T0 thee I lift my soul; 1 0 Lord, I trust in thee; My God, let me not be ashamed, Nor foes exult o'er me. 2 Let none who wait on thee Be put to shame at all; But those who causelessly transgress, On them the shame shall fall. 3 Show me thy ways, 0 Lord; Thy paths, 0 teach thou me; And do thou lead me in thy truth, Therein my teacher be: 4 For thou art God that dost To me salvation send; And waiting for thee all the day, Upon thee I attend. 5 Thy tender mercies, Lord, To mind do thou recall, And loving-kindnesses, for they Have been through ages all. 6 My sins and faults of youth Do thou, 0 Lord, forget; In tender mercy think of me, And for thy goodness great. 7 God good and upright is; The way he'll sinners show. The meek in judgment he will guide, And make his path to know. 8 The whole paths of the Lord Are truth and mercy sure To such as keep his covenant, And testimonies pure. 9 Now for thy own name's sake, 0 Lord, I thee entreat To pardon my iniquity, For it is very great. 10 What man is he that fears The Lord, and doth him serve? Him shall he teach the way that he Shall choose, and still observe. 11 His soul shall dwell at ease; And his posterity Shall flourish still, and of the earth Inheritors shall be. 12 With those that fear him, is The secret of the Lord: The knowledge of his covenant He will to them afford. 13 My eyes upon the Lord Continually are set; For he it is that shall bring forth My feet out of the net. 14 0 turn to me thy face, To me thy mercy show, For I am very desolate, I am brought very low. 15 My heart's griefs are increased; Me from distress relieve: See my affliction and my pain, And all my sins forgive. 16 Consider thou my foes, Because they many are; And it a cruel hatred is Which they against me bear. 17 0 do thou keep my soul, Do thou deliver me; And never let me be ashamed, Because I trust in thee. 18 Let truth and right me keep, For on thee I attend. Redemption, Lord, to Israel From all his troubles send. PSAL;'M 25. 7s. 1 ORD, I lift my soul to thee, O my God, in thee I trust; From confusion keep me free; Let not foes their triumph boast. 2 Those that wait upon thy name, Let no shame their souls oppress; But let those be brought to shame Who without a cause transgress. 3 Lord, to me thy ways make known Lead in truth, and teach thou me; Thou my Saviour art alone; All the day I wait on thee. 4 Lord, remember in thy grace All thy mercies manifold, And thy loving-kindnesses, They have been from days of old. 5 All my sins of youth forget, Nor my trespasses record; Think of me in mercy great For thy goodness' sake, 0 Lord. 6 God is good and just indeed, He his way will sinners show; Will the meek in judgment lead, Making them his way to know. 7 All the paths of God the Lord Grace and truth to those will proie Who his covenant regard, Who his testimonies love. 28 PSALMS XXVI., XXVII. 8 For the glory of thy name, 0 Jehovah, I entreat, Me from all my guilt redeem, For my sin is very great. 9 Who is he that fears the Lord, Him he'll teach his way to choose; Good shall be his soul's reward; Earth his seed as heirs shall use. 10 Those that reverence his name Shall Jehovah's secret know; In his sovereign grace to them He his covenant will show. 11 Toward God continually I my waiting eyes have set; For the Lord my feet will free, He will pluck them from the net. 12 0 my God, to me return. Unto me thy mercy show; I in deep affliction mourn, Desolate and very low. 13 Griefs of heart are very great; Me from all distress relieve; Look on my afflicted state, All my trespasses forgive. 14 0 consider well my foes, For in number they are great; Me they wickedly oppose, Hating me with cruel hate. 15 Let my soul be kept by thee; Rescue me from all my foes; From confusion keep me free, 1 in thee my trust repose. 16 Truth and rignt shall me defend, For on thee I ever wait: Ransom, Lord, to Israel send, Him redeem from every strait. PSALM 26. C. M. TITDGE me, 0 Lord, for I have walked eJ In my integrity; I trusted also in the Lord, Slide therefore shall not I. a Examine me, and do me prove; Try heart and reins, 0 God; For thy love is before my eyes, Thy truth's paths I have trod. 8 With persons vain I have not sat, Nor with dissemblers gone; Th' assembly of ill men I hate; To sit with such I shun. 4 My hands in innocence, 0 Lord, I'll wash and purify; So to thy holy altar go, And compass it will I. 5 That I, with voice of thankfulness, May publish and declare, And tell of all thy mighty works, Which great and wondrous are. 6 The habitation of thy house, Lord, I have loved it well; Yea, in that place I take delight, Where doth thy honor dwell. 7 From sinners and from men of blood, My soul and life relieve; Upon whose hands are stains of crime, Whose right hands bribes receive. 8 But as for me I will walk on In my integrity: Do thou redeem me, and, 0 Lord, Be merciful to me. 9 My fbot upon an even place Now stands with stedfastness: And where his saints assembled are, Jehovah I will bless. PSAL2EM 26. S.M. 1 LORD, do thou me try, In pureness I abide; I also on thy name rely, Nor shall my footsteps slide. 2 Examine me, and prove, Try thou my reins and heart; Before my eyes I set thy love, From truth did not depart. 3 I sat not with the vain, Nor with the false will meet; I shunned the throng of wicked men, With such I will not sit. 4 My hands I'll cleanse, 0 God, So to thy altar go. With voice of thanks proclaim abroad, And all thy wonder show. 5 I in thy house delight, Where is thy honor seen: My soul, my life, do not unite With wicked, bloody men. 6 Their hands with crimes they fill, Their right hands bribes retain; But I in all my way shall still Integrity maintain. 7 Redeem me from distress, Thy grace to me afford. I stand upon an even place; With saints I'll bless the Lord. PSALM 27. C. M. 1 fHE Lord my light and Saviour Is, 1 Who shall make me dismayed? My life's strength is the Lord, of whom Then shall I be afraid? 2 For when my enemies and foes, Most wicked persons all, Against me rose to eat my flesh, They stumbled and did fall. 3 Against me though a host encamp, My heart yet fearless is; Though war against me rise, I will Be confident in this. PSALMS XXVII., XXVIII. 4 One thing I of the Lord desired, And will seek to obtain, That all days of my life I may Within God's house remain; 5 That I the beauty of the Lord Behold may and admire, And that I in his holy place May rev'rently inquire. 6 For he in his pavilion shall Me hide in evil days; In secret of his tent me hide, And orn a rock me raise. 7 And even at this present time, My head shall lifted be Above all those that are my foes, And round jncompass me. 8 I therefore to his holy house Will joyful off'rings bring; Jehovah I will praise, yea I To him will praises sing. 9 0 Lord, give ear when with my voice I cry aloud to thee; Upon me also mercy have, And do thou answer me. 10 When thou didst say, Seek ye my face, My heart did thus reply: Thy face, 0 Lord, above all things Forever seek will I. 1 Far from me hide not thou thy face; Put not away from thee rhy servant in thy wrath; thou hast A helper been to me. i2 0 God my Saviour, leave me not, And never me forsake: Though parents both should me desert, Jehovah will me take. 13 0 Lord, instruct me in thy way, Do thou my leader be, 5Makle plain my path, because of those Th'at hatred bear to me. t4 Nor give me to my foes' desire, For witnesses that lie Against me risen are, and such As breathe out cruelty. 15 I should have perished had I not Believed that I would see Jehovah's goodness in the land Of them that living be. 16 Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong, And he shall strength afford; A.hy heart with strength lie will confirm, O wait upon the Lord. PSALM 27. H.M. 1 TEHOVAH is my light, j And my salvation near; Who shall my soul affright, Or raise in me a fear? While God my strength, my life sustains, Secure from fear my soul remains. 2 When wicked men in power. Came on with all my foes, Impatient to devour, They stumbled, fell, nor rose: Though warring hosts beset me round, Still shall my confidence abound. 3 One thing I seek through grace, For this to God I pray; That in his holy place I evermore may stay, To see the beauty of the Lord, And in his temple seek his word. 4 In times of trouble I In hiis pavilion hide; Safe in his tent I lie, And on a rock abide. Above my foes he lifts my head, And I delight his praise to spread. 5 Lord, hear me when I pray, In mercy answer me; Soon as I heard thee say, "Seek ye my face," to thee With pleasure did my heart reply, Thy face, Jehovah, seek will I. 6 In wrath put not away Thy servant from thy face; Oft hast thou been my stay, 0 leave not, God of grace. Should both my parents me forsake, The Lord my soul his care will make. 7 Teach me, 0 Lord, thy way, Make plain to me my path; Because of foes, I pray, Give me not to their wrath. False witnesses against me rise, Who breathe out cruelty and lies. 8 Unless my trust had been, When threatened by their spite, Thy goodness to have seen, I should have fainted quite. Wait on the Lord, be firm of heart, Yea, wait, and he shall strength impart, PSALM 28. C. M. 1 T thee I'll cry, 0 Lord, my rock, Then do not silence keep; Lest by thy silence I become Like those in death that sleep. 2 The voice of my petitions hear, When unto thee I cry; When to thy holy oracle I lift my hands on high. 3 With sinners draw me not away That work iniquity; They peace to neighbors speak, while it Their hearts doth mischief lie. 4 Give them according to their deeds, And ills they have essayed; As doings of their hands deserve, Be it to them repaid. so PSALMS XXVIII., XXIX. 5 God shall not build, but them destroy, Who would not understand His mighty works, nor yet regard The doings of his hand. 6 Forever blessed be the Lord, For graciously he heard My supplications, and my prayers He kindly did regard. I The Lord's my strength and shield; my Upon him did rely; [heart I have been helped, and hence my heart Doth joy exceedingly. 8 And with my song I will him praise. Their strength is God alone: He also is the saving strength Of his anointed one. 9 0 thy own people do thou save, Bless thy inheritance; Them also do thou feed,-and them For evermore advance. PSALM 28. S. M. 21 LORD, to thee I cry, \J Thou art my rock and trust; 0 be not silent, lest I die And slumber in the dust. 0 hear my earnest cry, Thy favor I entreat; Hear, while I lift imploring hands Before thy mercy-seat. 5 0 draw me not away With men who live in sin; Who to their neighbors speak of peace While malice lurks within. A Repay them for their deeds And vile attempts, 0 Lord; And for the doings of their hands Return a just reward. 5 Because they disregard The works the Lord hath done, By him they shall not be upbuilt, But utterly o'erthrown. 6 Now blessed be the Lord, He heard me when I cried; Jehovah is my strength and shield, On him my heart relied. 7 I help from him obtained, And therefore give him praise; And while my heart exults with joy, My song to him I raise. 8 God is his people's strength, And his Messiah's power; Save, bless, and feed thy heritage, Exalt them evermore. PSALM 29. C. M. 1 GIVE ye to the Lord, ye song That of the mighty be, All strength and glory to the Lord With cheerfulness give ye. 2 The glory to Jehovah give Which to his name is due; And beautified in holiness, Before Jehovah bow. 3 Jehovah's voice is on the deep; The God of majesty Doth thunder, and on multitudes Of waters sitteth he. 4 A voice of mighty power comes Out from the Lord Most High; The voice of that great Lord is full Of glorious majesty. 5 The voice of the Eternal doth Asunder cedars tear; Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break That Lebanon doth bear. 6 He makes them like a calf to skip, Ev'n that great Lebanon, And, like to a young unicorn, The mountain Sirion. 7 God's voice divides the flames of fire; The desert it doth shake: The Lord doth make the wilderness Of Kadesh all to quake. 8 Jehovah's voice makes hinds to calve, It strips the forest bare: And in his temple all unite His glory to declare. 9 Jehovah sits upon the flood; His throne shall never cease. The Lord will give his people strength, And bless them all with peace. PSALM 29. 12s and 11s. 1 Y E sons of the mighty, give ye t; 1 Jehovah, O give to him honor and strength ever. more, 0 give to the name of Jehovah due gloryI In beauty of holiness bow and adore. 2 The voice of Jehovah comes over the waters; His voice o'er the vast and deep ocean is heard: The God of all glory is speaking in thunder; How mighty, how awful the voice of the Lord! 3 The voice of Jehovah is breaking the cedars; The cedars which Lebanon's summi! adorn; Yea, Lebanon, Sirion, too, he is making To leap like a calf, or the young unicorn PSALM XXX. 4 The-voice of Jehovah the burning flame severs, It makes the hinds calve, and the forest lays bare; It shakes the great desert, the desert of Kadesh; All join in his temple his praise to declare. 5 Upon the great waters Jehovah is seated, A King whose dominion is never to cease. Jehovah with power will strengthen his people; Jehovah will bless all his people with peace. PSA.LM 30. C. M. T ORD, I will thee extol, for thou LJHast lifted me on high, And over me thou to rejoice Mad'st not my enemy. 2 0 thou who art the Lord my God, I in distress to thee, With loud cries lifted up my voice, And thou hast healed me. 3 0 Lord, my soul thou hast brought up, And rescued from the grave; That I to death should not go down, Alive thou didst me save. 4 0 ye that are his holy ones, Sing praises to the Lord, And thanks to him express, when ye His holiness record. 5 For but a moment lasts his wrath; Life in his favor lies: Though weeping for a night endure, At morn doth joy arise. 6 In my prosperity I said, That nothing shall me move. 0 Lord, thou hast my mountain made To stand strong by thy love. 7 But when that thou, 0 gracious God, Didst hide thy face from me, Then quickly was my prosperous state Turned into misery. 8 To thee, 0 Lord, in my distress, With earnest cries I prayed, And humbly unto God most high My supplication made. 9 What profit is there in my blood, When I to death go down? Shall unto thee the dust give praise? Shall it thy truth make known? 10 In mercy hear, and help me, Lord; From sackcloth thou didst free; My grief to dancing thou hast turned, With gladness girded me; 11 That sing thy praise my glory may, And never silent be. 0 Lord my God, for evermore I will give thanks to thee. PSALM 30. 7s and 6. 1 O LORD, by thee delivered, With songs I'll thee extol: No en'my hast thou suffered To glory o'er my fall. I cried to thee, Jehovah, Thou didst me heal and save; From death thou didst deliver, And ransom from the grave. 2 His holiness, remember, Ye saints give thanks and praise; A moment lasts his anger, His favor crowns our days. For sorrow, like a pilgrim, May sojourn for a night, But joy the heart shall gladden, When dawns the morning light. 3 In prosperous days I boasted, That nothing shall me move; Lord, thou hast made my mountain Stand firmly by thy love. But soon I was afflicted, For thou didst hide thy faee; And then to thee, Jehovah, Arose my cry for grace. 4 What can my blood avail thee When in the grave I dwell? Shall dust repeat thy praises? Thy truth and glory tell? O Lord, on me have mercy, And my petition hear; That thou mayst be my helper In mercy, Lord, appear. 5 And now to joyous dancing My sorrow thou hast turned; And girded me with gladness, Who had in sackcloth mourned; That unto thee my glory May ceaseless praise accord. Forever I will render Thanksgiving to the Lord. PSALM 30. H. M. 1 T ORD, I will praise thy name, For thou hast set me free; Nor suffered foes to claim A triumph over me. O Lord, my God, to thee I cried, And thou hast health and strength si plied. 2 Thou hast my soul restored, When I was near the grave; And from the pit, 0 Lord, Alive thou didst me save. 0 ye his saints, sing to the Lord, With thanks his holiness record. 3 His anger soon is past, Life in his favotries; Weeping a night may last, At morn shall joy arise: In my prosperity secure, I said, my peace shall still endure, PSALM XXXI. 4 Jehovah, by thy grace My mountain standeth strong; Thou hast withdrawn thy face, And troubles round me throng. To thee, O Lord, I raise my cries; To God my supplications rise. 5 What shall my blood avail, When to the grave I go? Shall dust thy praises tell? Thy truth to others show? Hear me, 0 Lord, and mercy send, My God, to me thy help extend. 6 My mourning now is past, And songs my lips employ; My sackcloth from me cast, And I am girt with joy. So shall my tongue through life ado'e, And praise my God for evermore. PSAsLM 31. C. M. 1 TN thee, 0 Lord, I put my trust, I Shamed let me never be; According to thy righteousness Do thou deliver me. 2 Bow down thine ear to me, with speed Send me deliverance: To save me, my strong rock be thou, And house of my defence. 3 Because thou art my rock, and thee I for my fortress take; Do thou me therefore lead and guide, Ev'n for thine own name's sake. 4 Because thou art my strength, 0 Lord, Me rescue from the net, Which they in subtilty for me So secretly have set. 5 I to thy hands my soul commit, For thou alone art he, 0 thou, Jehovah, God of truth, Who hast redeemed me. 6 Who lying vanities observe, I ever have abhorred; But as for me, my confidence Is fixed upon the Lord. 7 I'll in thy mercy gladly joy, For thou hast seen my grief; In troubles thou hast known my soul, And sent to me relief. 3 Thou also hast not shut me up Within the en'my's hand; But in a wide place have my feet By thee been made to stand. 9 Because I am in trouble, Lord, Have mercy, send relief; My eye, my very flesh, and soul, Are all consumed with grief. 10 My life is all with sorrow spent; My years with sighs and groans: My sin has caused my strength to fail, And wasted are my bones. 11 A scorn was I to all my foee, To friends I was a fear, And specially reproached of them Who were my neighbors near. 12 And when they saw me walk abroad, They from my presence fled; I like a broken vessel am, Forgotten like the dead. 13 For slanders I of macy heard; Fear compassed me, while they Against me did consult, and plot To take my life away. 14 But as for me, 0 Lord, my trust Upon thee I have laid; And I to thee, Thou art my God, Have confidently said. 15 My times are wholly in thy hand, Do thou deliver me From hands of those that enemies And persecutors be. 16 Thy countenance to shine do thou Upon thy servant make; And thy salvation give to me, For thy great mercy's sake. 17 Let me not be ashamed, 0 Lord, For on thee called I have; Let sinners be ashamed, let them Be silent in the grave. 18 To silence put the lying lips, That things reproachful say, And charges false, in pride and scorn, Upon the righteous lay. 19 How great the goodness thou for them That fear thee hast in store! Hast wrought for them that trust in thee The sons of men before. 20 In secret of thy presence thou Shalt hide them from man's pride: From strife of tongues thou closely shalt, As in a tent, them hide. 21 All praise and thanks be to the Lord, For he hath magnified His wondrous love to me within A city fortified. 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, I in my haste had said; Yet thou didst hear my voice, when I My supplication made. 23 0 love the Lord, all ye his saints, The Lord the faithful guards; And he the proud and haughty ones Abundantly rewards. 24 Good courage have, and he his strength Within your heart shall send, All ye whose hope and confidence Upon the Lord depend. PSALMS XXXI., XXXII. PSALM3 31. S. M. PART I. 1 'TEFEND me, Lord, from shame, For still I trust in thee; As just and righteous is thy name, From trouble set me free. 2 Bow down to me thine ear, Deliver me with speed; Be thou my rock and fortress near, My help in time of need.;Thee for my rock I take, My fortress and my stay; Do thou me lead for thy name's sake, And guide me in thy way. 4 Lord thou dost strength impart; Then free me from the snare Which foes for me, with wicked art, Did secretly prepare. 5 In confidence to thee, My spirit I commend; Jehovah, God of truth, to me Thou didst redemption send. 6 I hate the false and vain, My trust is in the Lord; And still my heart in joyous strain Thy mercy will record. 7 Lord, thou hast seen my woes, My soul in trouble known; Nor shut me in the hand of foes, But freedom to me shown. 8 In mercy send relief, For troubles now prevail; My eye is dim, consumed with grief, My flesh and spirit fail. 9 My life in grief is past, My weary years in groans, For sin my strength is failing fast, Decayed are all my bones. 10 Reproached by every foe, And more, by neighbors near; Through fear, my friends no friendship They flee when I appear. [show, 11 Forgotten like the dead, And spurned as broken ware; I hear the frequent slander spread; On every side is fear. 12 They join in dark accord, They plot my blood to shed: I trusted have on thee, 0 Lord, " Thou art my God," I said. 13 My times are wholly thine, From cruel foes me take: Thy face make on thy servant shine, Save for thy mercy's sake. 14 From shame, 0 Lord, defend, For I to thee have cried; Let foes be shamed, to death descend, And, silent, there abide. 15 Do thou their tongues restrain, Who false reports do seek; And grievous things with proud disdain Against the righteous speak. PART II. C. P. M. 16 How great the goodness thou hast tores In secret for thy saints, 0 Lord, Thy holy name who fear! How great the mercies wrought for tho0e Who do in thee their trust repose, Before men's sons appear. 17 Thou in the secret of thy face, Shalt find for them a hiding place From proud oppressor's wrongs; A safe retreat for them prepare, And keep them in a covert there, Secure from strife of tongues. 18 0 let Jehovah blessed be, Who showed his wondrous love to me In city fortified; "Cut off from thee," I said in fear, Yet thou my suppliant voice didst hear, When unto thee I cried. 19 0 love the Lord all that him serve, For he the faithful shall preserve, And all the proud reward. Be of good courage; he with strength Will fill your steadfast hearts at length, All ye who trust the Lord. PSALXM 32. C. M. 1 OW blest the man whose sins the 1L Lord Has pardoned in his grace, All whose transgressions are removed, And covered from his face I 2 How blest the man to whom the Lord Inlputeth not his sin; And in whose spirit is no guile, Nor fraud is found therein I 3 When I from speaking had refrained, And silent was my tongue, My bones waxed old, and were consumed Through roaring all day long. 4 Because upon me night and day Thy hand did heavy lie; So that my moisture has been turned To summer's drought thereby. 5 My sin I have confessed, my guilt Have not concealed from thee; I said, " My faults I will confess," And thou forgavest me. 6 For this shall every godly one His pray'r direct to thee; In such a time he shall thee seek, As found thou mayest be. 7 Surely, when floods of waters great Do swell up to the brim, They shall not overwheln his soul, Nor once come near to him. 3 M4 PSALMS XXXII., XXXIII. 8 Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt From trouble keep me free; With songs of my deliverance Thou shalt encompass me. 9 I will instruct thee, and thee teach The way in which to go; And, with my eye upon thee set, I will direction show. 10 Then be not like the horse or mule, Which do not understand; Whose mouth, lest they come near to thee, A bridle must command. 11 The sorrows of the wicked man Exceedingly abound; But him who trusts upon the Lord Shall mercy compass round. 12 Ye righteous in the Lord be glad, In him do ye rejoice: All ye that upright are in heart, For joy lift up your voice. PSALM 32. 7s and 6s. 1 T' OW blest the man whose trespass _l1 Hath freely pardoned been; To whom the Lord hath given A covering for sin. 2 How blest to whom imputed His guilt no more shall be: The man in whom his spirit From all deceit is free. 3 My bones waxed old through silence: Through mourning night and day; My flesh was dried like summer, Thy hand so heavy lay. 4 My trespass I acknowledged, Nor hid my sin from thee; t said, I'll make confession; Then thou forgavest me. 5 For this shall all the godly In prayer to thee abound; In seasons they shall seek thee, When thou art to be found. 6 Great floods of water surely To them shall not come nigh: " To thee, 0 Lord, my refuge And hiding place, I fly. 7 From troubles that surround me Thou shalt my soul keep free; With songs of thy salvation Thou shalt encompass me. S I will instruct and teach thee, And lest thou turn aside, I'll in the way direct thee, My eye shall be thy guide. 9 Nor horse nor mule resemble, Which do not understand; Whose mouths the bit and bridlle Must hold in safe command. 10 The sorrows of the wicked In number shall abound; But those that trust Jehovah His grace shall compass round. 11 Ye righteous in Jehovah Be glad, in him rejoice; All that in heart are upright, For joy lift up your voice. PSALM 33. C. M. 1 Y E righteous in the Lord rejoice, It comely is and right, That upright men with thankful voice Should praise the Lord of might. 2 Praise God with harp, and unto him Sing with the psaltery; Upon a ten-stringed instrument Make ye sweet melody. 3 A new song to him sing, and play With loud noise skilfully; For right is God's word, all his works Are done in verity. 4 To judgment and to righteousness A love he beareth still: The loving-kindness of the Lord The earth throughout doth fill. 5 The heavens by the word of God Did their beginning take; And by the breathing of his mouth He all their hosts did make. 6 The waters of the seas he brings Together as a heap; And in storehouses by his power He layeth up the deep. 7 Let earth and all that live therein With rev'rence fear the Lord; Let all the world's inhabitants Dread him with one accord. 8 For he did speak the word, and done It was without delay; And it established firmly stood, Whatever he did say. 9 The Lord to naught the counsel brings Which heathen nations take; And what the people have devised Of no effect doth make. 10 The counsel of Jehovah stands Forever firm and sure; And of his heart the purposes From age to age endure. 11 That nation blessed is whose God Jehovah is alone; The people blessed are whom he Hath chosen for his own. 12 The Lord from heaven looks; he sees All sons of men full well; Ie from his habitation views All on the earth who dwell PSALMS XXXI1I., XXXIV. 13 He forms their hearts alike, and all Their doings he observes. Great hosts save not a king, much strength No mighty man preserves. 14 A horse for safety and defence Is a deceitful thing; And by the greatness of his strength Can no deliv'rance bring. 15 Behold r,p those that do him fear The Loid doth set his eye; On those who in his merer do With confidence rely; 16 In famine to preserve alive, Their soul from death to free; Our soul dotlh wait upon the Lord; Our help and shield is he. 17 Since in his holy name we trust, Our heart shall joyful be. Lord, let thy mercy be on us, As we do hope in thee. PSALM' 33. C. P. M. 1 Y E righteous, in theLord rejoice; It well becomes the good man's To sing Jehovah's praise. [voice With harp praise ye the Lord our King, With ten-stringed lyre his praises sing, Aloud the anthem raise. 2 With joyful noise play loud and well, With notes of joy the anthem swell, And let the song be new; For upright is Jehovah's word, And all the doings of the Lord Most faithful are and true. 3 In justice and in judgment right The Lord doth ever take delight, His goodness fills the earth. Jehovah's word the heaven hath made; To all the host therein arrayed His breath hath given birth. 4 He rolled the waters heap on heap, And stored away the mighty deep In garners he prepared. Let all the earth Jehovah fear, And all within the world's wide sphere With reverence him regard. 5 He spake the word, creation came; He gave command, the world's fixed At once to being rose. [frame He makes the heathen's counsel vain, The plans the people would maintain At will he overthrows. 6 Jehovah's counsels shall endure, And of his heart the thoughts secure Shall stand from age to age. Blest realm, whose God is he alone; Blest people whom he makes his own, His chosen heritage. 5.4 7 Jehovah looks from heaven to earth, And all the sons of mortal birth His searching eye surveys; From heaven, his dwelling-place on high, On all who dwell beneath the sky, Rests his omniscient gaze. 8 He forms alike their hearts each one; The works which by their hands are doun He carefully observes. No king is saved by mighty hosts; 'Tis not the strength the strong nms:a That him from harm preserves. [boast 9 'Tis vain to trust the martial steed; Nor can he by his strength or speed Avail in peril great. With watchful eye the Lord is near To those his holy name that fear, And for his mercy wait. 10 He's ever near to them, to save Their soul front the devouring grave, In famine life to yield. Our soul in hope waits for the Lord, And he protection will afford; He is our help and shield. 11 In him our hearts shall joyful be. For on his holy name have we In confidence relied. As we have hoped in thee alone, Lord. let thy grace to us be shown, On us let it abide. PSALM 34. C. M. 1 'pHE Lord will I at all times bless; 1 With prtaise my mouth emnloy; MIy soul shall in Jehovah boast, The meek shall hear with joy. 2 0 let us magnify the Lord, Exalt his name with me. I sought the Lord, and he me heard And from all fears set free. 3 They looked to him, and lightened were Their faces were not shamed. This poor man cried, God heard, and him From all distress redeemed. 4 The angel of the Lord encamps, And he encompasseth All those who do him truly fear, And them delivereth. 5 0 taste and see that God is good; Who trusts in him is blest. Fear God, his saints, none that him fear Shall be with want oppressed. 6 The lions young may hungry be, And they may lack their food; But they that truly seek the Lord Shall not lack any good. 7 0 children, hither do ye come, And unto me give ear; I shall you teach to understand How ye the Lord should fear. PSALMS XXXIV., XXXV. 8 What man is he that life desires, To see good would live long? Thy lips refrain from speaking guile, And from ill words thy tongue. 9 Depart from ill, do good, seek peace, Pursue it earnestly. God's eyes are on the just, his ears Are open to their cry. 10 The face of God is set against Those that do wickedly, That he may quite out from the earth Cut off their memory. 11 The righteous cry unto the Lord, He unto them gives ear; And they out of their troubles all By him delivered are. 12 The Lord is ever nigh to them That are of broken heart; To those of contrite spirit he Salvation doth impart. 13 The troubles that afflict the just In number many be; But yet Jehovah from them all Doth save and set him free. 14 He carefully his bones doth keep, Whatever can befall, That not so much as one of them Can broken be at all. 15 Ill shall the wicked slay; laid waste Shall be who hate the just. The Lord redeems his servants' souls; None perish that him trust. PSALMf 34. L. M. T mTIE Lord I will at all times bless; JL My mouth his praise shall still express. My soul shall boast in God; my voice The meek shall hear and shall rejoice. 2 0 magnify the Lord with me, Let us to praise his name agree. I sought the Lord; he did me hear, And set me free from ev'ry fear. 3 They looked to him and light received, Their faces were from shame relieved. This poor man on the Lord did call; He heard, and saved from sorrows all. 4 His angel camps around to guard And rescue them that fear the Lord. See, God is good; his goodness taste, For all that trust in him are blest. ~ Fear God, his saints; no want at all Can such as fear the Lord befall. Young lions pine for lack of food; WVho seek the Lord shall lack no good. 6 Ye children, come; to me give ear, And learn how ye the Lord should fear: What man to length of life aspires, And many days of good desires? 7 From evil let thy tongue abstain; From speaking guile thy lips refrain; From ev'ry wicked way depart; Do good; seek peace with all thy hear*. 8 Upon the just God keeps his eyes; His ears are open to their cries: Against the wicked sets his face, From earth their memory to erase. 9 When just men cry, Jehovah hears, And rescues them from all their fears; The Lord draws nigh to broken hearts; To contrite spirits, help imparts. 10 Though many ills the just befall, The Lord delivers from them all; God shall him guard from every stroke, Nor shall a single bone be broke. 11 Ill slays the wicked; ruin waits For him the righteous man who hates; His servants' souls will God redeem; None perish shall who trust in him. PSALM11 35. C. M. 1 P]LEAD, Lord, with those that plea:, _L and fight With those who fight with me. Of shield and buckler take thou hold, Stand up my help to be. 2 Draw also out the spear, 0 Lord; Against them stop the way That ioe pursue, and to my soul I'm thy salvation say. 3 Let them confounded be and shamed That for my soul have sought; Who plot my hurt turned back be they And to confusion brought. 4 Let them be like the empty chaff That flies before the wind; And let the angel of the Lord Pursue them close behind 5 With darkness covet thou their way, And let it slippery prove; And let the angel of the Lord Pursue them from above. 6 For they without a cause for me In secret hid their snare; And they a pit without a cause Did for my soul prepare. 7 Let ruin seize him unawares; And let himself be caught In his own hidden net, and be To that same ruin brought. 8 My soul in God shall joy, and glad In his salvation be; And all my bones shall then exclaim, Lord, who is like to thee. 9 Thou dost the poor set free from him That is for him too strong; The poor and needy from the man That spoils and does him wvrong. PSALM XXXV. 10 False witnesses against me rose, And unknown charges made: They, to the spoiling of my soul, Me ill for good repaid. 11 But as for me, when they were sick, In sackcloth sad I mourned; My humbled soul did fast, my prayer Into my bosom turned. 12 Had he my friend or brother been, I could have done no more; Ibowed in grief as one who doth A mother's loss deplore. 13 But in my trouble they rejoiced, And they together met, Yea, abjects vile together did Themselves against me set. 14 I knew it not; they did me tear, And quiet would not be. With mocking hypocrites, at feasts They gnashed their teeth at me. 15 How long, 0 Lord, wilt thou look on? From ruins they intend 0 save my soul, from lions young My darling do defend. 16 Within the congregation great I'll thank thy holy name; And where much people gathered are I will thy praise proclaim. 17 Let not my wrongful enemies With pride rejoice o'er me; Nor let them wink with scornful eye, Who hate me causelessly. 18 For peace they do not speak at all; But cafty plots prepare Against all those within the land That meek and quiet are. 19 With open mouth they 'gainst me said, Ha, ha! our eye doth see. Lord, thou hast seen, hold not thy peace; Lord, be not far from me. 20 Arouse thyself, awake for me, And judgment just afford, Ev'n to my cause, 0 thou that art My only God and Lord. 21 0 Lord my God, do thou me judge In thine own righteousness; Against me let them not their joy Triumphantly express. 22 Nor let them say within their hearts, Ah, we would have it thus; Nor suffer them to say, Now he Is swallowed up by us. 23 Shamed and confounded be they all That at my hurt are glad; And let those who against me boast With shame and scorn be clad. 24 Let them who love my righteous cause With gladness shout; nor cease To say, The Lord be magnified, Who loves his servants' peace. 25 Then also shall thy righteousness Be published by my tongue; And it, the praises due to thee, Shall utter all day long. PSALM 35. L. M. 1 T ORD, plead my cause against m J foes, Against them fight that fight with me; With shield and buckler them oppose, Stand up and my defender be. 2 Draw out the spear, and close the way Against the men that me oppress; And to my soul, in mercy say, " I am thy saviour in distress." 3 Ashamed, confounded let them be, That to destroy my soul have sought; Brought to confusion, let them flee, Turned backward, who to hurt me plot. 4 Jehovah's angel, in his wrath, Drive them like chaff before the winds All dark and slippery make their path, His angel pressing hard behind. 5 Without a cause a snare they laid, Within a pit which they prepared, A pit which without cause they made, In which my soul may be ensnared. 6 Let him with sudden ruin meet, And let him struggle in the snare, Which he had spread for other feet; Yea, let him meet destruction there I 7 Then shall my soul in Gon rejoice, In his salvation joyful be, And all my frame shall lift its voice. And say, Lord, who is like to thee? 8 Who is like thee, who dost defend The needy poor against the strong; Who to the poor dost help extend, To save froll him that would him wrong 9 False witnesses against me stood; Of things I knew not, charges made. They me rewarded ill for good; To rob my soul they ill repaid. 10 But I in mourning garb was clad, When they in sickness suffered pain. I made my soul with fasting sad; My prayer to me returned again. 11 As one for friend's or brother's woes So I for them went sadly on; As one for mother mourning goes, So I with grief went bowing down. 12 But they rejoiced in my distress; To mock, the abjects gathered were; Unknown to me, around did press; With ceaseless slanders did me tear. PSALMS XXXVI., XXXVII. ~3 With hypocrites at feasts that mock, They with their teeth have gnashed on How lung, Jehovah, wilt thou look; [me. How long wilt thou their raging see? 14 My soul from their destructions guard; My darling from the lions bring; Then in the great assembly, Lord, Among the people, praise I'll sing. 15 Let not my causeless foes, elate With joy, o'er me triumphant cry; Nor they who me unjustly hate, 'With secret scorning wink the eye. 16 They speak not peace, but falsehoods Against the quiet ones devise; [they lMake wide their mouths at me, and say, " Ala I we've seen it with our eyes." 17 This thou hast seen, thy silence break! Lord, be from me not far away. Stir up thyself, my God, awake To judgment; nor my cause delay. 18 Judge me in righteousness, 0 God; Let them not triumph over me; Nor from their hearts proclaim abroad, A' Aha! our soul's desire we see." 19 Let them who glory in myfall, Not say, " We have him swallowed quite!" Dishonor, shame, confound them all, Who rise against me in their might. 20 But let them shout, let them rejoice, Who long to see me justified; Yea, let them say, with ceaseless voice, The Lord, the Lord be magnified. 21 The Lord who loves his servant's peace, To him prosperity doth give. 3My joyful tongue shall never cease To praise thy justice while I live. PSALM 36. C. M. 4 {rHE wicked's sin doth cause this i Within my heart to rise, [thought tVndoubtedly the fear of God Is not before his eyes. e Because in his deceitful eyes His ways are always right, Jntil the vileness of his sin Shall all be brought to light. % The words that from his mouth proceed Are wickedness and lies; HIe has refrained from doing good, And ceased from being wise. I He mischief, lying on his bed, Most cunningly doth plot; He sets himself in ways not good, And ill abhorreth not. S Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens; Thy truth doth reach the clouds; Thy justice is like mountains great; Thy judgments deep as floods. 6 Lord, thou preservest man and beast. How precious is thy grace! Therefore in shadow of thy wings Men's sons their trust shall place. 7 They with the fatness of thy house Shall be well satisfied; From rivers of thy pleasures thou Wilt drink to them provide. 8 Because of life the fountain pure Remains alone with thee; And in that purest light of thine, We clearly light shall see. 9 Thy loving-kindness unto them Continue that thee know; And still on men upright in heart Thy righteousness bestow. 10 Let not the foot of cruel pride Come, and against me stand; And let me never be removed, Lord, by the wicked's hand. 11 They fallen have, they ruined are, That work iniquities: Cast down they are, and never shall Be able to arise. PSALMI 37. C. M. 1 -[OR evil-doers fret thou not 1 Thyself unquietly; Nor do thou envy bear to those That work iniquity. 2 For even like the fading grass, Soon be cut down shall they; And, like the green and tender herb, They wither shall away. 3 Set thou thy trust upon the Lord, And be thou doing good; And so thou in the land shalt dwell, And verily have food. 4 Delight thyself in God; he'll give Thy heart's desire to thee. Thy way to God commit, him trust, It bring to pass shall he. 5 And like the morning light he shall Thy righteousness display; And he thy judgment shall bring forth Like noon-tide of the day. 6 Rest in the Lord, in patience wait, Nor for the wicked fret, Who prospering in his evil way. Success in sin doth get. 7 Do thou from anger cease, and wrath See thou forsake also; Fret not thyself in any wise, That evil thou shouldst do. 8 For they that evil-doers are Shall be cut off and fall; But they who wait upon the Lord The earth inherit shall. PSALM XXXVIII. 39 9 For yet a little while, and then T'le wicked shall not be; Ii L place thou shalt consider well, But it thou shalt not see. 10 But by inheritance the earth The meek ones shall possess; They also shall delight themselves In an abundant peace. 11 The wicked plot and gnash their teeth; Against the just they stand; The Lord shall laugh at them, because ) He sees their day at hand. 12 The wicked have drawn out the sword, And bent their bow, to slay The poor and needy, and to kill The men of upright way. 13 But yet the sword which they have Shall enter their own heart; [drawn Their bows which they have bent shall And into pieces part. [break, 14 A little that a just man hath Is more and better far Than is the wealth of many such As lewd and wicked are. 15 For sinners' arms shall broken be; But God the just sustains. He knows their days, and evermore Their heritage remains. 16 They shall not be ashamed when they The evil times shall see; And w'hen the days of famine are They satisfied shall be. 17 But wicked men and foes of God As fat of lambs decay; They shall consume, yea, into smoke They shall consume away. 18 The wicked borrows, but the same Again he doth not pay; Whereas the righteous mercy shows, And gives his own away. 19 Because they whom the Lord doth bless The earth as heirs shall own; But all accursed of him shall be Cut off and overthrown. 20 The footsteps of the righteous man The Lord directs aright; And in the way in which he walks He taketh great delight. 21 Although he fall, yet shall he not Be cast down utterly; Because the Lord with his own hand Upholds him mightily. 22 I have been young, and now am old, Yet have I never seen The just man left, nor that his seed For bread have beggars been. 23 He's ever merciful, and lends; His seed is therefore blest. Depart from evil, and do good, And ever dwell at rest. 24 For God loves judgment, and his saints Leaver not in any case; They are kept ever; but cut off Shall be the sinner's race. 25 The just inherit shall the land, And ever in it dwell; The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak His tongue doth judgment tell. 26 The law of God is in his heart, His steps slide not away. The wicked watcheth for the just, And seeketh him to slay. 27 Yet him the Lord will not forsake, Nor leave him in his hands; The righteous will he not condemn, When he in judgment stands. 28 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, And thee exalt shall he To hold the land by heritage, And sinners' ruin see. 29 I saw the wicked great i-n power, Spread like a green bay-tree; He passed, lo, he was gone, I sought, But found he could not be. 30 Mark thou the perfect, and behold The man of upright ways; Because the man of holy life In peace shall end his days. 31 But God upon transgressors shall A common ruin send; And when the wicked are cut off, In woe their days shall end. 32 But the salvation of the just Is from the Lord above; He in the time of their distress Their stay and strength doth prove. 33 The Lord shall help, and rescue them; He shall them free and save From wicked men, because in him Their confidence they have. PSAL3 38. C. M. 1 TN thy great indignation, Lord, Do thou rebuke me not; Nor on me lay thy chastening hand, In thy displeasure hot. 2 For in me fast thine arrows stick, Thy hand doth press me sore; And in my flesh there is no health, Nor soundness any more 3 This grief I have because thy wrath Is forth against me gone; And in my bones there is no rest, For sin that I have done. 40 PSALM XXxvm. A Because gone up above my head My great transgressions be; And, as a weighty burden, they Too heavy are for me. 6 My wounds are putrid and corrupt; My folly makes it so. I troubled am, and much bowed down; All day I mourning go..6 For a disease which loathsome is So fills my loins wtith pain, That in my weak and weary flesh No soundness doth remain. T So feeble and infirm am I, And broken am so sore, That, through disquiet of my heart, I have been made to roar. 8 0 Lord, all that I do desire Is still before thy eye; And of my heart the secret groans Not hidden are from thee. 1 My heart doth pant incessantly, My strength dotl quite decay; As for my eyes, their wonted light Is from mo gone away. 20 My lovers and my friends do stand At distance from my sore; And they do stand aloof who were Kinsmen and kind before. 11 Yea, they who seek my life lay snares; And they who would me wrong Have spoken mischief, and deceits Imagined all day long. 12 But as one deaf, I did not hear, I suffered all to pass; And as a dumb man I became, Whose mouth not opened was: 13 As one that hears not, in whose mouth Are no reproofs at all: For, Lord, I hope in thee, my God Will hear me when I call. 34 Because I said, Hear me, lest they Rejoice o'er me with pride; And o'er me magnify themselves, Because my foot doth slide. 15 For I am near to halt, my grief Is still before my eye; I will declare my sin, and grieve For my iniquity. 16 But yet my foes are full of life, My enemies are strong; And they are greatly multiplied Who hate and would me wrong. 17 And they for good who render ill, As en'mies me withstood; They are my bitter foes because I follow what is good. 18 Forsake me not, 0 Lord; my God, Far from me never be. 0 Lord, thou my salvation art, In haste give help to me. PSAJLM 38. 8s and 7s. 1 T ORD, do not in hot displeasure 1 Lay thy heavy hand on me; Let thy chastening be in measure, Thy rebukes from anger free. 2 For thy hand most sorely presses, Fast thy arrows stick within; Wrath my weary flesi distresses, Gives my bones no rest for sin. 3 O'er my head like billows rushing My transgressions risen are; Like a burden heavy, crushing, Greater far than I can bear. 4 Loathsome are my wounds neglected, My own folly makes it so; Bowed with grief, and much afflicted, All the day I mourning go. 5 For my loins are filled with burning, Health in me no more remains: I am feeble, bruised, and mourning, Groaning loud through inward pains. 6 My desires and ceaseless wailing, Lord, unveiled before thee lie; Pants my heart, my strength is failing, All its light hath left mine eye. 7 Friends and lovers now are standing At a distance from my sore; Kinsmen once my cause befriending, Come to visit me no more. 8 They that for my life are seeking, Snares for me in secret lay; Hurtful things against me speaking, Plots devising all the day. 9 But as one that's deaf I heard not, As one dumb no word I spake; Silent like those that regard not, Those whose mouths no answer maka 10 Lord, my God, in thee I'm trusting, Thou wilt hear me when I call; Hear, lest they against me boasting, Joy and triumph when I fall. 11 Ready now to halt and stumble, Griefs before me still have been; I'll confess with spirit humble, And be sorry for my sin. 12 Great in power, life, and number, Bitter foes have me withstood, Evil they for kindness render, Hating me for doing good. 13 Lord, my God, do not forsake me, Distant from me never be; To my Saviour I betake me; Hasten, Lord, give help to me. PSALMS XXXIX., XL. 41 PSALlf 39. C. M. I SAID, my ways I'll guard with care, Lest with my tongue I sin; In sight of wicked men my mouth With bridle I'll keep in. 2 With silence I as dumb became, I did myself restrain From speaking good, but then the more Increased my inward pain. 3 My heart within me was inflamed, And, while I musing was, The fire was kindled, and these words I from my tongue let pass: 4 My end, and measure of my days, To me, Jehovah, show What is the same, that I thereby How frail I am may know. 5 Lo, thou hast made my days a span, As nothing are my years; Before thy sight, each man at best But vanity appears: 6 Yea, each man walks in empty show; They vex themselves in vain; He heaps up wealth, and knoweth not To whom it shall pertain. 7 And now, 0 Lord, what wait I for? My hope is fixed on thee. Deliver me from all my sins; The fool's scorn make not me. 8 As dumb I opened not my mouth, Because this work was thine. Thy stroke remove, for by the stroke Of thy strong hand I pine. 9 With thy rebukes thou dost correct Man for iniquity, And waste his beauty like a moth: Each man is vanity. 10 Lord, hear my prayer, and at my cry, And tears not silent be: I sojourn as my fathers all, And stranger am with thee. 11 0 spare thou me, that I my strength Recover may again, Before from hence I do depart, And here no more remain. PSALM? 39. S.M. 1 T SAID, I'll walk with care, From sin my tongue command; My mouth a wise restraint shall bear, While sinners near me stand. 2 As dumb, I silent stood, From words I did refrain, I held my peace from speaking good, My soul was filled with pain. 3 My heart was all on fire, With burning thoughts suppressed; Then, with my tongue, my soul's desire I thus to God addressed: 4 My end and length of days, To me, 0 Lord, unveil; Tlat I may know, in all my ways. How weak I am and frail. 5 Lord, thou hast made my years To measure but a span; As nought to thee my age appears; How vain, at best, is man! 6 Man lives in empty show, His anxious care is vain, He hoards his wealth, and doth not know Who shall possess his gain. 7 Now, Lord, why do I wait? My hope is in thy name; Blot out my sins in mercy great, Nor let the fool me shame. 8 As dumb, I silent stand, Because this work is thine; Remove from me thy chastening hand, Beneath thy stroke I pine. 9 Rebukes for sin consume, And chasten man with pain; Like moths they waste his beauty's bloom Lo, every man is vain. 10 Jehovah, hear my prayers, And answer my request; Turn not in silence from my tears, But give the mourner rest. 11 I am a stranger here, Dependent on thy grace; A pilgrim, as my fathers were, With no abiding place. 12 Spare, Lord, and strength bestow, My fainting soul restore, Ere I to dust and darkness go, And be on earth no more. PSALM 40. C. M. 1 T WAITED for the Lord my God, And patiently did bear; At length to me he did incline My voice and cry to hear. 2 He took me from a fearful pit, And from the miry clay, Upon a rock he set my feet, Establishing my way. 3 IHe put a new song in my mouth, Our God to magnify; Many shall see it, and shall fear, And on the Lord rely. 4 0 blessed is the man whose trust Upon the Lord relies; Respecting not the proud, nor such As turn aside to lies. 5 0 Lord my God, how many are The wonders thou hast done? Thy gracious thoughts to us above All other thoughts are gone. 42 PSALM XL. 6 To thee no one can them express; If I would them declareIf I would speak of them, they more Than can be numbered are. 7 My ears thou opened hast; and thou No offering hast desired, Nor sacrifice; sin-offering thou And burnt hast not required. 8 Then to the Lord these were my words, I come, behold and see; Within the volume of the book, It written is of me;! To do thy will I take delight, O thou my God tlat art; Yea, that most holy law of thine I have within my heart. 10 Within the congregation great I righteousness did preach; Lo, thou dost know, O Lord, that I Have not refrained my speech. 11 I never have within my heart Concealed thy righteousness; I thy salvation have declared, And shown thy faithfulness: 12 Thy kindness which most loving is I ever have revealed; And from the congregation great Thy truth have not concealed. 13 Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me O do thou not restrain; Thy loving-kindness, and thy truth, Let them me still maintain. 14 For ills past reck'ning compass me, And mly iniquities Such hold upon me taken have, I cannot lift my eyes: 15 They more than hairs are on my head; Thence is my heart dismayed. Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me; Lord, hasten to my aid. 26 Let them confounded be, and shamed Who seek my soul to kill; Yea, let them backward driven be, And shamed, who wish me ill. 17 And for reward of this their shame Confounded let them be, That in this manner scoffing say, Aha, aha! to me. 18 In thee let all be glad, and joy, Who seeking thee abide; Who thy salvation love, say still, The Lord be magnified. 19 I poor and needy am, but yet The Lord of me takes thought: Thou art my Saviour and my help; My God, 0 tarry not. PSALM 40. L. H. M. 1 T WAITED long for God Most High, And he inclined to hear my cry; He took me from a fearful pit, And from the miry clay; Upon a rock he set my feet, Establishing my way. 2 He taught my mouth and lips to frams New songs to magnify his name. This many seeing, filled with fear, Shall on the Lord rely; Blest in their trust, they shun with care The proud, and such as lie. 3 0 Lord my God, thy wonders wrought, And thy kind thoughts exceed all thought; No mind can their vast sum contain. If them I would declare, And speak of them, the task is vain, So numberless they are. 4 Sin-offering thou hast not desired, Burnt sacrifice hast not required. O Lord, thou opened hast my ears; I come, said I to thee. Lo, this within thy book appears; There it is said of me: 5 To do thy holy will aright, O Lord my God, is my delight; Thy law within my heart doth reign. Thy justice I have shown; That I my lips did not refrain, To thee, 0 Lord, is known. 6 I have not in my heart concealed, But to the saints thy truth revealed; The righteousness which thou haw wrought, And faithfulness made known; And thy salvation I have taught, Thy love and truth have shown. 7 I for thy tender mercies cried, O Lord, let then not be denied; To me thy loving-kindness show, Thy truth be still my stay. Let them preserve me where I go, And keep me every day. 8 Encompassed round with ills untold, On me my sins have taken hold, They're more than hairs upon my head, And shame my face hath veiled. Lord, save me, haste to give me aid, My very heart hath failed. 9 All those who seek my soul to kill, Together let confusion fill. Those who desire my hurt, 0 Lord, Drive backward in their way; Make desolate as their reward, To me " aa " that say. PSALMS XLI., XLII. 43 10 Let all who seek to see thy face Be glad and joyful in thy grace; Let those who thy salvation love Continually proclaim, " 0 praise the Lord who dwells above, And magnify his name." 11 I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord With kindest thoughts will me regard. Thy helping grace thou wilt impart, And keep me in the way, Thou only my deliverer art, My God, do not delay. PSALM 41. C. M. 1 ROW blest the man who wisely doth J1 Upon the poor attend; The Lord in times of evil will To him deliverance send. 2 God will him keep, yea, save alive; On earth he blest shall live; And to his enemies' desire Thou never wilt him give. 3 God will give strength when he on bed Of languishing doth mourn; And in his sickness sore, 0 Lord, Thou all his bed wilt turn. 4 I said, 0 Lord, do thou extend Thy mercy unto me; And do thou heal my soul, because I have offended thee. 5 Those that to me are enemies Of me do evil say, When shall he die, that so his name May perish quite away? 6 To see me if he come, he speaks Vain words, and in his heart He gathers mischief, which he tells When forth he doth depart. 7 My haters jointly whispering, Against me ill devise. Disease, say they, cleaves fast to him; He lies, and shall not rise. 8 Yea, even my familiar friend, On whom I did rely, Who ate my bread, even he his heel Against me lifted high. 9 But, Lord, be merciful to me, And up again me raise, That I may justly them requite According to their ways. 10 By this I know that certainly I favored am by thee, Because my enemy no more Doth triumph over me. '1 But in integrity thou hast Upheld me by thy hand; 4nd me before thy countenance Forever made to stand. 12 The Lord, the God of Israel, Be blest forever then, From age to age eternally, Amen, yea, and amen. PSALM 41. L. MI. 1 ILEST he who wisely helps the poor B In trouble he shall help secure: The Lord shall keep him, he shall live, And blessing on the earth receive. 2 Thou wilt not give him to the will Of foes that seek to do him ill. When laid upon the bed of pain, The Lord with strength will him sustai. 3 On him thou wilt compassion take, And all his bed in sickness make. I said, Lord, pity, heal thou me, Because I have offended thee. 4 My foes speak ill of me, they say, When shall lie die? his name decay? If seeing me, his speech is vain; His heart hoards ills to tell again. 5 All those who hate me, whisper lies, Against me hurtful things devise: Now his disease, say they, is sore, It binds him fast, he'll rise no more. 6 Yea, ev'n my own familiar friend, The man on whom I did depend, Who ate my bread, pretending zeal, Against me lifted up his heel. 7 In mercy raise me up, 0 Lord, To render foes a due reward. By this I know thy love remains, Because my foe no triumph gains. 8 Thou dost my steps direct aright, And set me ever in thy sight. Let Isr'el's God, Jehovah, then Be ever blest. Amen, amen. PSALM 42. C. M. 1 AS in its thirst the panting hart To water-brooks doth flee, So pants my longing soul, 0 God, That I may come to thee. 2 My soul for God, the living God, Doth thirst; when shall I near Before thy countenance approach, And in God's sight appear? 3 My tears have unto mle been mntte Both in the night and day; While unto mie continually, Wlere is thy God? they say. 4 My soul witlin me is poured out When this I tlhink upon; Because tllat with the nultitude I heretofore had gone: 44 PSALM XLII. 5 With them into God's house I went With voice of joy and praise; Yea, with the multitude that kept The solemn holy days. 6 0 why art thou cast down, my soul? Why in me so dismayed? Trust God, for I shall praise him yet, His presence is my aid. 7 My God, my soul's cast down in me; I thee remember will Prom Jordan's land, from Hermon's And even Mizar-hill. [heights, 8 In answer to thy water-spouts, Deep unto deep doth call; Thy breaking waves pass over me, Yea, and thy billows all. 9 His loving-kindness yet the Lord Command will in the day; His song is with me in the night; To God, my life, I'll pray. 10 I'll say to God my rock, 0 why Dost thou forget me so? Beneath oppression of my foes Why do I mourning go? 71 'Tis as a sword within my bones, When me my foes upbraid; When it by them, Where is thy God? Is daily to me said. 12 0 why art thou cast down, my soul? Why thus with grief oppressed, Art thou disquieted in me? In God still hope and rest; 13 For yet I know I shall him praise Who graciously to me The health is of my countenance, Yea, my own God is he. PSA4L3M 42. 8s and 4s. 1 AS pants the hart for cooling flood, A.So pants my soul, 0 living God, To taste thy grace. When unto thee shall I draw near? O when within thy courts appear, And see thy face? 2 Tears day and night have been my bread, Whilst, "Where is now thy God? " is said By foes to me. I call these things to mind with grief. My soul I then, to find relief, Pour out to thee. 3 With numbers gathered from abroad I went to seek the house of God, With joy and praise. I ever joined with true delight Thel nmultitude which kept aright The holy days. 4 0 thou my soul, why so depressed? Why thus with vexing thoughts oppressedl On God rely; For I shall yet behold his face; My God, who helps me by his grace, I'll magnify. 5 My God, my soul's cast down, yet still From Jordan, Hermon, Mizar-hill, I'll think of thee. Deep calls to deep with deafening roar, Thy water-spouts and billows pour Their floods on me. 6 God will command his love by day, And I by night will sing and pray To God my life. To God my rock I'll make my plea, O why hast thou forgotten me Amidst this strife? 7 Why ever restless do I mourn, Oppressed by foes whose words of scorn Are spread abroad? And daily their reproachful words Have pierced ny soul like cutting swords; " Where is thy God? " 8 0 thou my soul, why so depressed? Why thus with vexing thoughts oppressed? On God rely; For I shall yet behold his face; My God, who helps me by his grace, I'll magnify. PSATLM 42. L. M. 1 A S pants the hart for water brooks.. So pants my soul, 0 God, for thee For thee it thirsts, to thee it looks, And longs the living God to see. 2 Far from thy sacred courts, my tears Have been my food by night and day, While constantly, with bitter sneers, " Where is thy God?" the scoffers say. 3 These things I'll call to mind, and cry, When I shall tread the sacred way To Zion, praising God on high, With throngs who keep the holy day. 4 0, why art thou cast down, my soul? And what should so disquiet thee? Still hope in God, and him extol, Whose face brings saving health to me. 5 My Ged, although dejected now, I think of thee to check my fear, From Jordan's land, from Hermon's brow. And Mizar-hill, for thou art near. 6 Deep calls to deep in thunders loud, Thy water-spouts repeat the call, Whilst o'er me roll the billows proud, And all thy waves upon me tall. 7 Yet shall the Lord command by day His loving-kindness; and his song By night be with me; and I'll pra-r To him wiho doth mly life prolong. PSALMS XLIII., XLIV. 8 I cry to God, my rock and stay, Oh why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning all the day Oppressed by my fierce enemy? 0 Keen as a sword within my bones Are the reproaches which I hear; Whilst every day, in scornful tones, "Where is thy God?" the scoffers sneer. 10 0, why art thou cast down, my soul? And what should so disquiet thee? Still hope in God, and him extol, Whose face brings saving help to me. PSALM 43. C. M. 1 AGAINST a wicked nation, Lord,. Plead thou my cause, judge me; And from unjust and crafty men 0 do thou set me free. 2 0 God my strength, why dost thou me Cast off in my distress? Why go I mourning all the day While enemies oppress? 3 0 send thy light forth, and thy truth, Let them be guides to me, And bring me to thy holy hill, Ev'n where thy dwellings be. 4 Then will I to God's altar go, To God my chiefest joy: Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise My harp I will employ. 5 Why art thou then cast down, my soul? What should discourage thee? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me? 6 Still trust in God; for him to praise Good cause I yet shall have: He of my count'nance is the health, My God that doth me save. PSALM' 43. 8s and 7s. 1 -]IGHTEOUS Judge, from foes deJ R fend me, Who combined false charges lay; From thy arm deliv'rance send me, And my treach'rous foes dismay. 2 God my rock, my strength sustaining, Why cast off my soul distressed? Why am I in grief complaining, By the power of foes oppressed? 3 Now thy light and truth forth sending, Let them lead and guide me still, Guide me to thy house ascending, Lead me to thy holy hill. 4 There thine altar, Lord, surrounding, God, my God, my boundless joy, Harp and voice aloud resounding, Praise shall all my powers employ. 5 Why my soul cast down and grieving? Why within me such distress? Hope in God, his help receiving, God my life I yet shall bless. PSALM 44. C. M. 1 GOD, we with our ears have heard, Our fathers have us told The works by thee in their days done, Ev'n in the days of old; 2 How thy hand drove the heathen out, To plant them in their land; How thou the nations didst afflict, And cast out by thy hand. 3 For neither got their sword the land, Nor did their arm them save; But thy right hand, arm, countenance: Thy favor conquest gave. 4 Thou art my King; for Jacob, Lord, Deliv'rances command. Through thee we shall push down our foes, That do against us stand. 5 We through thy name shall tread down those That ris'n against us have: For in my bow I will not trust, Nor shall my sword me save. 6 But from our foes thou hast us saved, Our haters put to shame: In God we all the day do boast, And ever praise thy name. 7 But thou, 0 Lord, hast cast us off, Thou hast us put to shame; And when our armies do go forth, Thou goest not with them. 8 Thou mak'st us from the enemy, Faint-hearted to turn back; And they who hate us, for themselves, Our spoils away do take. 9 Like sheep for meat thou gavest us; 'Midst heathen cast are we. Thou didst for naught thy people sell; Their price enriched not thee. 10 Thou makest us a vile reproach To all our neighbors near; Derision and a scorn to them That round about us are. 11 A bye-word also thou dost us Among the heathen make; The people in contempt and spite At us their heads do shake. 12 Before me my confusion great Abides continually; And of my bashful countenance The shame doth cover me; 13 For voice of him that doth reproacl And utter blasphemy; By reason of th' avenging foe, And cruel enemy. 46 PSALM 14 All this is come on us; yet we Have not forgotten thee; Nor falsely in thy covenant Behaved ourselves have we. 15 Back from thy way our heart turned Our steps no straying made; not; Though crushed by thee in dragons' place, And covered with death's shade. 16 If we God's name forgot, or stretched To some strange god our hands; Shall God not search this out? For he Heart's secrets understands. 17 Yea, for thy sake we're killed all day; And deemed as slaughter-sheep. Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off; Awake, why dost thou sleep? 18 0 wherefore dost thou hide thy face? Forget our cause distressed, And our oppression? For our soul Down to the dust is pressed: 19 Our bodies also on the earth, Fast cleaving, hold do take. Rise for our help, and us redeem, Even for thy mercy's sake. PSALiMF 44. 11s. 1 O GOD, we have heard, and our fath\ ers have taught The works which of old, in their day, thou hadst wrought. The nations were crushed, and expelled by thy hand, Cast out that thy people might dwell in their land. 2 They gained not the land by the edge of the sword, Their own arm to them could no safety afford; But by thy right hand, and the light of thy face, The strength of thy arm, and because of thy grace. 3 To Jacob, 0 God, thou my Saviour and King, Command, and thy word shall deliverance bring. We through thy assistance will push down our foes; In thy name we'll trample on all that oppose. 4 No trust will I place in my bow to defend, Nor yet on my sword for my safety depend, In God who has saved us, and pAlt them to shame, We boast all the day, ever praising his name. XLIV. 5 But now we're cast off, and with shame are brought low; No more to the field with our troops dost thou go. From foes thou hast made us turn back with dismay, And those who have hated us seize on the prey. 6 Like sheep to the slaughter, for meat we are given, And widely dispersed 'midst the heathen are driven. Thy people thou sellest for naught, and in vain, Their price has returned thee no increase of gain. 7 Our name have our neighbors reproached in their pride, Thev cease not around us to scoff and deride. A bye-word and proverb 'midst heathen we're made; Against us the people in scorn sheke their head. 8 Before me I constantly see my disgrace, And shame and confusion have covered my face; For foes in revilings and slanders delight, Their hearts full of hate and revengeful despite. 9 Though all these sore evils have been our sad lot, Our God and his cov'nant we have not forgot. Our heart turned not back, our feet have not strayed, Though broken 'midst dragons, and clothed with death's shade. 10 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or unto some idol our hands spread abroad, Shall not the Almighty, who sees all within, And knows the heart's secrets, discover this sin? 11 Yea, all the day long for thy sake we're consumed; Like sheep for the slaughter to death we are doomed. Awake, O Jehovah, and sleep thou no more; Arise for our help, cast not off evermore. 12 O why hast thou hidden the light of thy face, Forgetting how enemies grieve and oppress? Our soul's crushed to earth, and we cleave to its dust, Rise, help, and redeem us, thy mercy we trust. PSALMI XLV. 47 PSALMf 45. C. M. 1 7MjY heart brings forth a goodly 1 thing; My words that I indite Concern the King; my tongue's a pen Of one that swift doth write. 2 Thou fairer art than sons of men, And in thy lips is store Of grace infused; God therefore thee Hath blest for evermore. 3 0 thou that art the mighty One, Thy sword gird on thy thigh; Even with thy glory excellent, And with thy majesty. 4 For meekness, truth, and righteousness, In state ride prosperously; And thy right hand shall thee instruct In things that fearful be. 5 Thy arrows sharp do pierce the hearts Of those who hate the King; And under thy subjection they The people down do bring. 6 Forever and forever is, O God, thy throne of might; The sceptre of thy kingdom is A sceptre that is right. 7 Thou lovest right, and hatest ill; For God, thy God Most High, Above thy fellows hath with oil Of joy anointed thee. 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia, A smell thy garments had, From palaces of ivory, Whereby they made thee glad. 9 Among thy women dear to thee, Kings' daughters were at hand: Upon thy right hand did the queen In gold of Ophir stand. 10 0 daughter, hearken and regard, And do thy ear incline; Do thou forget thy father's house, And people that are thine. 11 And then the King thy beauty shall Desire most fervently; Because he is thy Lord, do thou Him worship reverently. 12 The daughter there of Tyre shall be With gifts and offrings great; The rich among the people then Thy favor shall entreat. 13 Behold, the daughter of the King All glorious is within.; And with embroideries of gold Her garments wrought have been. 14 She shall be brought before the King In robes with needle wrought; Her fellow-virgins following Shall unto thee be brought. 15 With gladness and rejoicings great Thou all of them wilt bring; And they together enter shall The palace of the King. 16 Instead of those thy fathers dear, Thy children thou shalt take, And in all places of the earth Them noble princes make. 17 Thy name remembered I will make Through ages all to be; The people therefore evermore Shall praises give to thee. PSALM 45. S. M. 1 /M Y heart is bringing forth V Good matter in a song; I speak the things that I have made Which to the King belong. 2 My tongue shall be as quick, His honor to indite, As is the pen of any scribe That useth fast to write. 3 More fair than sons of men; Grace in thy lips doth flow: And therefore blessings evermore On thee doth God bestow. 4 Thy sword gird on thy thigh, Thou that art great in might: Appear in dreadful majesty, And in thy glory bright. 5 For meekness, truth, and right, Ride prosperously in state; And thy right hand shall teach to thee Things terrible and great. 6 Thy shafts shall pierce the hearts Of those that hate the King; And under thy dominion thou The people down shalt bring. 7 Thy royal seat, 0 Lord, Forever shall remain; The sceptre of thy kingdom doth All righteousness maintain. 8 Thou lovest right, but ill Dost hate, for on thy head Above thy fellows God, thy God The oil of joy hath shed. 9 Of myrrh, and spices sweet A smell thy garments had, From palaces of ivory, Whereby they made thee glad. 10 And in thy glorious train Kings' daughters waiting stand; And thy fair queen in Ophir gold Doth stand at thy right hand. 11 0 daughter, take good heed, Incline, and give good ear; Thou must forget thy kindred all, And father's house most dear. 48 PSALM XLVI. 12 Thy beauty to the King Shall then delightful be: And do thou humbly worship him, Because thy Lord is he.. 13 The daughter then of Tyre There with a gift shall be, And all the wealthy of the land Shall make their suit to thee. 14 The daulghter of the King All glorious is within; And with embroideries of gold Her garments wrought have been. 15 She cometh to the King In robes with needle wrought; The virgins that do follow her Shall unto thee be brought. 16 With gladness and with joy Thou all of them shalt bring, And they together enter shall The palace of the King. 17 And in thy fathers' stead, Thy children thou shalt take, And in all places of the earth Them noble princes make. 18 I will show forth thy name To generations all: The people therefore evermore To thee give praises shall. PSALM 46. C. M. 1 OD is our refuge and our strength, In straits a present aid; And therefore though the earth remove, We will not be afraid; 2 Though hills amidst the seas be cast; Though waters roaring make, And troubled be; yea, though the hills By swelling seas do shake. 3 A river is whose streams make g'la The city of our God; The holy place wherein the Lord Most High hath his abode. 4 God in the midst of her doth dwell, And nothing shall her move; God also very early will To her a helper prove. 6 The heathen raged in tumult great, And moved the!kingdoms were; Thle Lord Most High sent forth his voice, The earth did melt for fear. t> Our God, who is the Lord of hosts, Is ever on our side; The God of Jacob evermore Our refuge will abide. 7 Ocome, behold what wondrous works Have by the Lord been wrought; Pome, see what desolations he Upon the earth hath bi ought. 8 And to the ends of all the earth Wars into peace he turns: The bow lie breaks, the spear he cuts, In fire the chariot burns. 9 Be still, and know that I am God; Among the heathen I Will be exalted; I on earth Will be exalted high. 10 Our God, who is the Lord of hosts, Is ever on our side; The God of Jacob evermore Our refuge will abide. PSALfM 46. L. M. 1 OD will our strength and refugo prove, In all distress a present aid; And though the trembling earth remove, We will not fear or be dismayed. 2 Though hills be cast amid the sea, And angry billows 'round them break, Though waters roar and troubled be, And mountains, with their swelling, shake. 3 A river flows, whose living streams Make glad the city of our God, The tents where heavenly glory beams, Where God Most High hath his abode. 4 God has in her his dwelling made, And she shall never more be moved; Her God shall early give her aid, As he her help hath ever proved. 5 The kingdoms moved, the heathen raged, He spake, earth melted at his word; The Lord of hosts for us engaged, Our refuge high is Jacob's Lord. 6 Come, see the works of God displayed, The wonders of his mighty hand; What desolations he hath made, What ruins spread through all the land. 7 From earth the scourge of war he takes, The deadly strife to peace he turns, The spear he cuts, the bow he breaks, And in the fire the chariot burns. 8 Be still; know I am God Most High, O'er earth, o'er heathen I will reign. The Lord of hosts to us is nigh, Our shield shall Jacob's God remain. PSALM 46. 8,8,8,8, 6, 6, 6, 8. 1 f OD is our strength and refuge high; A sure and present help is he, When dark and troublous days are nigh, Hence free from fear our hearts shall be. Though earthquakes move the world, And hills 'midst seas be hurled, Though waters of the deep In turmoil roar and leap, And swelling shake the mountains steep. PSALMS XLVII., XtLIII. 49 2 A river flows, whose waters clear The city of our God make glad, The holy tabernacles, where The Highest One his dwelling made. In midst of her hath God Established his abode; No trouble can her move, For God her help will prove, When morning light dawns from above. 3 The nations rage, the kingdoms shake, His voice goes forth, earth melts away. She Lord of Hosts our part doth take, And Jacob's God is shield and stay. Come, then, let all draw near, And view with holy fear The works surpassing thought Jehovah's arm hath wrought, What ruins he on earth hath brought. 4 To earth's remotest bounds he turns Wars into peace: He breaks the bow; He cuts the spear, the chariot burns. That I am God, be still and know; Among the heathen I Will be exalted high; On earth supreme. The Lord Of hosts doth aid afford, And Jacob's God is shield and sword. PSALM 47. C. M. 1 ALL people clap your hands for joy; L To God in triumph shout: For dreadful is the Lord Most High, Great King the earth throughout. 2 The heathen people under us He surely shall subdue; The nations he shall also make Beneath our feet to bow. 3 And he for us a heritage Will carefully select, And give to us: the excellence Of Jacbb his elect. 4 God is with shouts gone up, the Lord With trumpets sounding high. Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise, Praise to our King sing ye. 6 For God is King of all the earth; With knowledge praise express. God rules the nations; God sits on His throne of holiness. 6 The people's princes gathered are, With Abr'am's people met. Because earth's shields to God belong In glory he is great. PSALM 47. S. M. 1 ALL nations clap your hands, A Let shouts of triumph ring, For dreadful over all the lands The Lord Most High is King. 4 2 He'll quell the people's rage, And nations will destroy; For us will choose our heritage, His chosen Jacob's joy. 3 With shouts ascends our King, With trumpets' stirring call; Praise, praise ye God, his praises sing, For God is Lord of all. 4 0 sing in joyful strains, In songs his truth make known; God over all the nations reigns, High on his holy throne. 5 The heirs of gentile thrones With Abr'am's children meet. The shields of earth Jehovah owns; Exalted is his seat. PSALM 48. C. M. 1 rTHE Lord is great, and greatly he 1 Should be exalted still, Within the city of our God, Upon his holy hill. 2 Mount Zion stands most beautiful, The joy of all the land. The city of the mighty King On her north side doth stand. 3 The Lord within her palaces Is for a refuge known. For, lo, the kings that gathered were Together, by have gone. 4 When they beheld it, all amazed, They fled in great dismay; And, being troubled at the sight, They thence did haste away. 5 There seized with fear, they were as ono Whom travail-pains o'ertake. Thou with a mighty eastern wind Dost ships of Tarshish break. 6 In our God's city we have seen What we had heard before, The city by the Lord of hosts Established evermore. 7 We of thy loving-kindness thought, Lord, in thy holy place. O God, according to thy name Through all the earth's thy praise. 8 Thy right hand's full of righteousness Make Judah's daughters glad. Let Zion Mount rejoice because Thy judgments are displayed. 9 Encompass Zion, and go round, Her lofty towers tell; Consider ye her palaces, And mark her bulwarks well; 10 That ye may tell posterity. For this God doth abide Our God forevermore; he will Even unto death us guide. 60 PSALMS XLVIII., XLIX. PSALM 48. S. M. H1 HE Lord our God is great, ' And greatly to be praised, Within his city where his throne Is on Mount Zion raised. 2 The joy of all the earth, The walls of Zion rise Most beautiful, and on the north The great King's city lies. 3 God in her palaces Is known a refuge high; For, lo, assembled kings drew near, But quickly hasted by. 4 They saw, they were amazed, And seized with sudden dread, With anguish like sore travail pains, They turned their backs and fled. 5 By thee the Tarshish ships On stormy seas are tossed, And broken by an Eastern wind Are with their treasures lost. 6 Such things our eyes have seen, As we had heard before, In our God's city, which he will Establish evermore. 7 Within thy temple, Lord, In that most holy place,, We on thy loving-kindness thought, And wonders of thy grace. 8 According to thy name Through all the earth's thy praise; And every work of thy right hand Thy righteousness displays. 9 Let Zion now rejoice, And Judah's daughters sing, Let them with joyfulness proclaim The judgments of their King. 10 About Mount Zion walk, Survey her walls with care, And look upon her lofty towers; See what their numbers are. 11 Observe her palaces, And mark her ramparts well, That so what you have seen you may To future ages tell. 32 Because this God, our God, Forever will abide; And till life's journey close in death Will be our faithful guide. PSALM 48. H. M. (verses 9-14.) 1 -t TITHIN thy temple, Lord, v We on thy mercies dwell; As is thy name adored, So let thy praise excel: Thy praises sound through every land, And right thy sceptre shall command. 2 Let Zion Mount rejoice, Let Judah's daughters praise The Lord with cheerful voice, For judgment he displays; Go round the walls on Zion's Mount, Go round her splendors to recount. 3 The towers of Zion tell, Her palaces survey, Mark all her bulwarks well, And to your children say: This God forever shall abide, Ev'n unto death our God and guide. PSALM 49. C. M. 1 -T"EAR this, all people, and give ea; JL All in the world that dwell; Both low and high, both rich and poor: My mouth shall wisdom tell. 2 My heart shall knowledge meditate: I will incline my ear To parables, and on the harp My sayings dark declare. 3 Amidst those days that evil are, Why should I, fearing, doubt? When enemies supplanting me Shall compass me about. 4 Whoe'er they be whose confidence Upon their wealth is placed, And who do boast themselves because Their riches are increased: 5 Yet none of these his brother can Redeem by any way; Nor can he unto God for him Sufficient ransom pay. 6 (Their soul's redemption precious is, And it can never be,) That still he should forever live, And not corruption see. 7 Because he sees that wise men die, The fools, the brutish, too, They all shall perish, and their wealth Must then to others go. 8 Their inward thought is, that their house And dwelling-places shall Continue evermore; their lands By their own names they call. 9 But yet in honor shall not man Abide continually, But passing hence may therefore be Compared to beasts that die. 10 Thus brutish folly plainly is Their wisdom and their way; Yet their posterity approve What they do fondly say. 11 Like sheep they in the grave are laid, And death shall them devour; And in the morning upright men Shall over them have power. PSALMS XLIX., L. 51 12 Their beauty from their dwelling shall Consume within the grave; But from hell's hand God will me free, For he shall me receive. 13 Be not afraid when one advanced In riches thou dost see; Nor when his house in glory is Increased exceedingly. 14 For he shall carry nothing hence When death his days shall end; Nor shall his glory after him Into the grave descend. 15 For though his soul he fondly bless While he on earth doth live; (And when thou to thyself dost well, lIen will thee praises give;) 16 He to his fathers' race shall go, They never shall see light. Man honored wanting knowledge is Like beasts that perish quite. PSALM 49. 7s. 1 [TEAR this, all ye people, hear, I1 Earth's inhabitants give ear, All of high and low estate, Rich and poor together met. 2 For my mouth shall wisdom speak, Knowledge in my heart I'll seek. Lend to parables my ear, On the harp make dark things clear. 3 Why should I to fear give way When I see the evil day: When my wicked artful foesVile supplanters round me close. 4 They that trust in treasured gold, They that boast of wealth untold, ~sone can bid his brother live, N2one to God a ransom give. 5 Soul-redemption precious is, And the hope must ever cease That forever live shall he, And corruption never see. 6 For he sees that wise men die, Brutish fools in death must lie; Then their riches' hoarded heap, Other hands in turn shall keep. 7 Secret hopes engage their heart, That their house shall ne'er depart; That their lordly dwelling-place Shall remain from race to race. 8 To their lands they give their name, In the hope of lasting fame; But man's pomp shall not abide; He shall die as beasts have died. 9 Folly thus marks out their way, Yet their seed laud what they say: In the grave like sheep they're laid, Death shall there upon them feed. 10 O'er them soon shall rule the just, And their strength shall turn to dust; But my soul shall God redeem From the grave to dwell with him. 11 Fear not when one's wealth is great, When his house gains high estate; Death shall all his glory end, Naught shall after him descend. 12 Though in life his soul be blessed As of all he wished, possessed (And the world thy praise will tell, When to self thou hast done well); 13 With his fathers he shall lie, Where no light shall meet his eye. Mtan in honor whlen not wise, Like the beast both lives and dies. PSALM 50. C. M. 1 THE mighty God Jehovah spoke, 1 And called the earth upon, Even front the rising of the sun To where he goeth down. 2 Where beauty in perfection shines, And crowns the hill of God, Ev'n Zion hill, from thence the Lord In glory shone abroad. 3 Our God shall come, nor silence keep, Jehovah shall speak out: Before him fire shall waste, great storms Shall compass him about. 4 He to the heavens from above, And to the earth below Shall call that lie his judgment may Before his people show. 5 Now unto me let all my saints Together gathered be, Those that by sacrifice have made A covenant with me. 6 And then the heavens shall declare His righteousness abroad; Because the Lord himself doth come None else is judge but God. 7 Hear, 0 my people, and I'll speak; O Israel by name, Against thee I will testify; For God, thy God, I am. 8 Because of sacrifices, I Reprove thee never will, Nor for burnt-offrings which have been Before me offered still. 9 I'll take no bullock nor he-goats From house nor folds of thine, For beasts of forests, cattle all On thousand hills, are mine. 10 The fowls are all to me well known That mountains high do yield; I also claim as all my own The wild beasts of the field 52 PSALM L. 11 If I were hungry, I would not To thee for need complain; For earth, and all its fulness, doth To me it right pertain. 12 That I to eat the flesh of bulls Take pleasure dost thou think? Or that, to quench my thirst, I need The blood of goats to drink? 13 Nay, rather unto me thy God, Thanksgiving offer thou; To him who is the Lord Most High, Pay faithfully thy vow. 14 And when the day of trouble comes, Thou unto me shalt cry; I will deliver thee, and thou My name shalt glorify. o But to the wicked man God saith, Why shouldst thou mention make Of my commands? Why dost thou in Thy mouth my cov'nant take? 16 Since thou instruction in thy way Perversely hated hast, And since my words behind thy back Thou with contempt dost cast. 17 When thop didst see a thief, with him Thou didst consent in sin, And with the vile adulterers, Partaker thou hast been. 18 Thy mouth to evil thou dost give, Thy tongue deceit doth frame. Thou sitst thy brother to revile, Thy mother's son to shame. 19 These things thou wickedly hast done And I have silent been; Thou thoughtst that I was like thyself, And did approve thy sin. 20 But I will sharply thee reprove For this thy evil way, And all thy wicked deeds I win Before thy face array. 21 Consider this, and be afraid, Ye that forget the Lord, Lest I in pieces tear you all, When none can help afford. 92 He glorifies my name who brings The sacrifice of praise; 'll God's salvation show to him Who orders right his ways. PSALM_ 50.. S. M. 1 rTHE mighty God, the Lord, I Hath spoken unto all; From rising to the setting sun, He unto earth doth call. 2 From Zion, his own hill, Where perfect beauty dwells, Jehovah hath his glory shown In brightness that excels. 3 Our God shall surely come, Keep silence shall not he: Before him fire shall waste, great storms Shall round about him be. 4 Then to the heavens high He from above shall call, And likewise to the earth that he May judge his people all. 5 Together let my saints Be gathered unto me, Those that by sacrifice have made A covenant with me. 6 The heavens then shall show His righteousness abroad; Because the Lord himself is judge; Yea, none is judge but God. 7 0 ye my people, hear, I'll speak and testify Against thee, 0 thou Israel, For God, thy God am I. 8. For sacrifices I No blame will on thee lay, Nor for burnt-off'rings which to me Are offered every day. 9 I'll take no calf nor goats From house or fold of thine; For beasts of forests, cattle all On thousand hills, are mine. 10 The fowls on mountains high Are all to me well known; Wild beasts which in the fields do lie, Even they are all my own. 11 Then, if I hungry were, I would not tell it thee; Because the world with fulness stored Belongs alone to me. 12 Will I eat flesh of bulls? Or goats' blood drink will I? Thanksgiving offer thou, and pay Thy vows to God Most High. 13 And call upon me when In trouble thou shalt be; I will deliver thee, and thou My name shalt glorify. 14 But to the wicked man God saith, My laws and truth Shouldst thou declare? Why dost thou tak My cov'nant in thy mouth? 15 Since good instruction thou Perversely hated hast; And since my words behind thy back Thou with contempt dost cast. 16 Thou gavest thy consent When thou a thief hast seen; And with the vile adulterers Partaker thou hast been. PSALMI LI. 53 17 Thy mouth to ill is given, Thy tongue deceit doth frame; Thou sitst thy brother to revile, Thy mother's son to shame. 18 Because I silence kept, While thou these things hast wrought; That I was wholly like thyself Has been thy impious thought. 19 Yet I will thee reprove For this thy evil way, And all thy wicked deeds I will Before thy face array. 20 Now ye that God forget, Consider this with care, Lest I, when there is none to save, Do you in pieces tear. 21 He honors me who brings The sacrifice of praise, I'll God's salvation show to him Who orders right his ways. PSALM_ 51. C. M. 1 TN thy great loving-kindness, Lord, Be merciful to me; In thy compassions great blot out All my iniquity. 2 0 wash me thoroughly from sin; From all my guilt me cleanse: For my transgressions I confess; I ever see my sins. 3 'Gainst thee, thee only have I sinned, Done evil in thy sight, That when thou speak'st thou mayst be And in thy judging right. [just, 4 Behold, I in iniquity My being first received; And with a nature all corrupt My mother me conceived. 5 Behold, thou in the inward parts With truth delighted art; And wisdom thou shalt make me know Within the hidden part. 6 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, And clean I then shall be; I shall be whiter than the snow When I am washed by thee. 3 Of gladness and of joyfulness Make me to hear the voice, That so these very bones which thou Hast broken may rejoice. 8 All my iniquities blot out, My sin hide from thy view. Create a clean heart, Lord, in me A spirit right renew. 9 And from thy gracious presence, Lord, 0 cast me not away; Thy Holy Spirit utterly Take not from me, I pray. 10 The joy which thy salvation brings Again to me restore; With thy free Spirit, 0 do thou Uphold me evermore. 11 Then in thy ways will I instruct Those that transgressors be, And those that sinners are shall then Return again to thee. 12 0 God, of my salvation God, Free me from guilt of blood; Then of thy righteousness, 0 Lord, My tongue shall sing aloud. 13 Lord, open thou my lips again, Long closed by sin and shame; And then thy praises with my mouth I'll openly proclaim. 14 No sacrifice dost thou desire, Else would I give it thee; Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering At all delighted be. 15 A broken spirit is to God A pleasing sacrifice; A broken and a contrite heart, Lord, thou wilt not despise. 16 Show kindness, and do good, 0 Lord, To Zion, thy own hill; The walls of thy Jerusalem Build up of thy good will. 17 Then righteous off'rings shall thee please, And off'rings burnt which they, With whole burnt-offrings, and with Shall on thy altar lay. [calvea PSALM 51. 7s. T ORD, to me compassion show, J As thy tender mercies flow; In thy vast and boundless grace, My transgressions all erase; Wash me wholly from my sins, Cleanse me from my guilty stains. 2 For my great transgression lies Ever present to my eyes; I have sinned 'gainst thee alone, In thy sight this evil done; That thy judgment may be clear, And thy speaking just appear. 3 Lo, conceived was I in sin, Born unholy and unclean; Yet thou dost desire to find Truth sincere within the mind, And thou wilt within my heart Wisdom unto me impart. 4 Wash from every guilty stain, Cleanse with hyssop, make me clean, Then from all pollution free, Whiter than the snow I'll be. Let me hear joy's cheering tonee, Making glad these broken bones. 64 PSALMS LII., LIII. b From my sins hide thou thy face, Blot them out in thy rich grace; Free my heart, 0 God, from sin, Spirit right renew within. Cast me not away from thee, Nor thy Spirit take from me. 6 Give salvation's joy again, Let thy Spirit me sustain, Then shall sinners, taught by me, Learn thy ways and turn to thee. Free me from the guilt of blood, God, of my salvation God. 7 Freed from guilt, my tongue shall raise Songs thy righteousness to praise; Open thou my lips, 0 Lord, Then my mouth shall praise accord; Sacrifice thou wilt not take, Else would I the offring make. 8 Sacrifice, or burnt-offring, Can to thee no pleasure bring; But a spirit crushed for sin, Contrite, broken heart within, Thine accepted sacrifice, Thou, 0 God, wilt not despise. 9 Zion favor in thy grace, Yea, Jerus'lem's ramparts raise; Then shall sacrifices right, Whole burnt-off'rings thee delight; So shall men, their vows to pay, Victims on thine altar lay. PSALII' 52. C. M. 1 IToHY dost thou boast, 0 mighty V V Of mischief and of ill? [man, The goodness of Almighty God Endureth ever still. 2 Thy tongue doth slanders mischievous Devise most cunningly, Like to a razor sharp to cut, It works deceitfully. 3 Ill more than good, and more than truth Thou lovest speaking wrong: Thou lovest all-devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 4 So God shall thee destroy for aye, Remove thee, pluck thee out Quite from thy house, and from the land Of life he shall thee root. 6 The righteous shall it see, and fear, And laugh at him they shall: Lo, this the man is that did not Make God his strength at all. 6 But he in his abundant wealth His confidence did place; lie also to himself took strength From his own wickedness. 7 But I within the house of God Am like an olive green; My confidence forever hath Upon God's mercy been. 8 And I forever will thee praise, Because thou hast done this; I on thy name will wait, for good Before thy saints it is. PSALM 52. L. M. 1 O MIGHTY man, why boast in sin! Forever merciful is God. Thy tongue is like a razor keen, Devising wrong, and working fraud. 2 Yea, more than good thou lovest wrong Lies more than truth thy lips employ; 0 thou deceitful, lying tongue. Thou lovest words that life destroy. 3 So God shall thee destroy for aye, And pluck thee from thy dwelling-place; The Lord shall thee remove away, And from the earth thy name erase. 4 The godly see his ruined state, And fearing, they shall laugh and say, Behold the man of boasting great, Who would not make the Lord his stay 5 But placed his confidence in gold, And wealth increased to ample store; In wickedness he grew more bold, In sin increased yet more and more. 6 But I within God's holy place Am like a fruitful olive tree; My trust on God's abundant grace Shall ever and forever be. 7 Thy praise I ever will proclaim, Because, 0 Lord, thou hast done this; And I will wait upon thy name, For good before thy saints it is. PSALM 53. C. Hn. 1 m[HAT there is not a God, the fool I Doth in his heart conclude; They are corrupt, their works are vile; Not one of them doth good. 2 The Lord upon the sons of men From heaven looked abroad, To see if any one were wise, And seeking after God. 3 They altogether filthy are, They all are backward gone; And there is none that doeth good, No, not so much as one. 4 These workers of iniquity, Do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread? On God they do not call. 5 Ev'n there they were afraid, and stood With trembling, all dismayed, Whereas there was no cause at all Why they should be afraid. PSALMS LIII., LIV., LV. 55 6 For God his bones that thee besieged Hath scattered all abroad; Thou hast confounded them, because They are despised of God. 7 Let Isr'el's help from Zion come; When back the Lord shall bring Ilis captives, Jacob shall rejoice, And Israel shall sing. PS 4LM 53. S. M. 1 THAT there is not a God, f Fools in their heart conclude; Corrupt they are, their works are vile, Not one of them doth good. 2 Upon the sons of men God looked from heaven abroad, To see if any understood, If any sought for God. 3 Together all are vile, They all aside are gone; And there is none that doeth good, No, not so much as one. 4 These men of wicked works, Do they not know at all? My people they devour like bread, On God they do not call. 5 Great terror on them came, And they were much dismayed, Although there was no cause why they Should be at all afraid. 6 His bones who thee besieged God hath dispersed abroad: Thou hast them put to shame, because The were despised of God. 7 From Zion, Lord, give help, And back thy captives bring; Then Jacob shall exult with joy, And Israel shall sing. PSALM 54. C. M. 1 SAVE me, 0 God, by thy great name, And judge me by thy strength: My prayer hear, and to my words, 0 God, give ear at length. 2 For they that strangers are to me Do up against me rise; Oppressors seek my soul, and God Set not before their eyes. 3 The mighty God my helper is, Lo, therefore I am bold: He taketh part with every one That doth my soul uphold. I To all my watchful foes he will Their evil deeds repay: ), for thy truth's sake cut them off, And sweep them clean away. 5 A free-will off'ring I to thee In sacrifice will bring: Lord, of thy name, for it is good, The praises I will sing. 6 Because he hath delivered me From all adversities; And his desire my eye hath seen Upon my enemies. PSALM 54. S. M. 1 SAVE by thy name, 0 Lord, In power my judge appear; My earnest prayer do thou regard, And to my voice give ear. 2 For foes against me rise, Oppressors seel my soul; They set not God before their eyes, Nor own his just control. 3 My helper is the Lord, With those who me defend; With ill he shall my foes reward, On them destruction send. 4 I'll free-will off'rings bring, And sacrifice with joy. Thy name is good; its praise to sing My tongue I will employ. 5 Because from all my woes The Lord hath set me free; And he the ruin of my foes Hath made my eyes to see. PSALM2 55. C. M. 1 O GOD, my prayer hear, nor hide From my entreating voice; Attend and hear, in my complaint I mourn and make a noise: 2 For voice of foes, for wicked men In their oppression great; Who on me cast iniquity, And who in wrath me hate. 3 Sore pained within me is my heart, Death's terrors seize my soul; Great trembling, fearfulness, rnd dread Like waters o'er me roll. 4 0 that I, like a dove, had wings, Said I, then would I flee Far hence, that I might find a place Where I at rest might be. 5 Lo, then far off I wander would, And in the desert stay; From stormy wind and tempest I Would haste to flee away. 6 0 Lord, on them destruction bring, Do thou their tongues divide; For in the city violence And strife I have espied. 6b PSALMI LV. 7 They day and night upon the walls Do go about it round: Iniquity and sorrow there In midst of it are found. 8 Abundant wickedness there is Within her inward part; And from her streets deceitfulness And guile do not depart. 9 He was no foe that me reproached, For that endure I could; No hater boasting over me, For hide from him I would. 10 But thou, a man, my equal, guide, Who my acquaintance wast: We joined sweet counsels, to God's house In company we passed. 11 Death shall them seize, and to the grave Alive they shall go down; For wickedness is in their homes, Among them sins abound. 12 But as for me, I'll call on God, Jehovah shall me save. He'll hear me when I cry aloud At morning, noon, and eve. 13 The Lord delivered hath my soul, That it in peace might be From battle that against me was; For many were with me. 14 The Lord shall hear, and them afflict; Of old he hath abode: Because they never changes have, They therefore fear not God. 15 Against the men at peace with him He hath put forth his hand; The covenant which he had made, By breaking he profaned. 16 Than butter smoother were his words, While in his heart was war; His speeches softer were than oil, And yet drawn swords they are. 17 Cast thou thy burden on the Lord, And he shall thee sustain; Yea, he shall cause that still unmoved The righteous shall remain. J8 But thou, 0 God, in righteousness, Those men shalt overthrow, And in destruction's dungeon dark At last shalt lay them low..9 Deceitful, bloody men shall die Ere half their days they spend; Jut I with confidence on thee Will evermore depend. PSALM 55. C. M. (Second.) TTNTO my earnest prayer give ear, U Nor hide thee, 0 Most High; Attend my sad complaint, and hear LMy mourning, bitter cry. 2 Because of sinful men I weep, And persecuting foes, Who wickedness upon me heap, And me in wrath oppose. 3 Sore pained in heart, I find no ease; Death's terrors fill my soul; Great fear and trembling on me seize, And horrors o'er me roll. 4 0, had I wings, I sigh and say, Like some swift dove to roam; Then would I hasten far away, And find a peaceful home. 5 Lo, wandering far my rest should be In some lone desert waste; I from the windy storm would flee, And from the tempest haste. 6 Destroyed, Jehovah, let them be; Divide, confuse their tongue; For in the city, lo, I see Great strife and grievous wrong. 7 All day and night they go around Upon her circling walls, While sin and sorrow great are found Within her peopled halls. 8 Yea, crimes of violence and fraud Within the city meet; Deceit and guile there stalk abroad, Nor leave the crowded street. 9 'Twas not a foe who did deride, For that I could endure; No hater who thus rose in pride, Else I would hide secure. 10 But thou it was, my friend and guide, We did as equals meet; We walked to God's house side by side, And blended counsel sweet. 11 Death shall them seize, and to the tonil Alive they shall go down; For wickedness is in their home; Among them sins abound. 12 But as for me I'll call on God; The Lord will safety give; He'll hear me when I cry aloud At morning, noon, and eve. 13 He hath restored my soul to peace, From trouble set me free, And made the war against me cease, For many were with me. 14 The everlasting God shall hear, And bring upon them woe. They of Jehovah have no fear, Since they no changes know. 15 Against the men that were his friends And such as peace preferred, He wickedly put forth his hands, And broke his plighted word. PSALMS LVI., LVII., LVIII. 16 His lips more smooth than butter were, But in his heart was war; More soft than oil his words appear, But like drawn swords they are. 17 Upon the Lord thy burden cast, And he shall thee sustain; tor he will make the just stand fast, Unmoved shall they remain. 18 But, Lord, thou wilt in judgment sit, And bring them down to woe; And in the deep and darksome pit Of ruin lay them low. 19 The men of wicked, bloody ways, And all that liars be, Shall not live out one-half their days; But I will trust in Thee. PSALMI 56. C. M. 1 TB E merciful to me, 0 God, For man would me devour; He fights against me every day, Oppressing by his power. 2 My watchful foes to swallow me Are seeking day and night: For they are many, 0 Most High, That do against me fight. 3 When I'm afraid I'll trust in thee: In God I'll praise his word; I will not fear what flesh can do, My trust is in the Lord. 4 Each day they wrest my words; their thoughts Are all conceived in hate. They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps, While for my soul they wait. 5 But shall they by iniquity Escape thy judgments just? 0 God, in indignation down Do thou the people thrust. 6 Thou countest all my wanderings, Not one dost overlook: Within thy bottle put my tears; Are they not in thy book? 7 My foes shall, when I cry, turn back; I know God is for me. In God his word I'll praise; his word Praised in the Lord shall be. 8 I will not fear what man can do; For I on God rely. Thy vows upon me are, 0 God: To thee give praise will I. 9 From death thou hast me saved; my feet Do thou from falls keep free: So in the light of those who live I'll walk, O Lord, with thee. PSALX 57. C. M. 1 E merciful to me, 0 God; Be merciful to me; Because my soul in humble trust A refuge seeks in thee. 2 Yea, in the shadow of thy wings My confidence is placed, Until these sad calamities Are wholly overpast. 3 My prayer shall ascend to him Who is the Lord Most High; To God performing all for me I lift my earnest cry. 4 From heaven he shall send, and me From his reproach defend Who would devour me: God his truth And mercy forth shall send. 5 My soul among fierce lions is, I firebrands live among, Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and darts, A sharpened sword their tongue. 6 Be thou exalted very high Above the heavens, 0 God; And let thy glory be advanced O'er all the earth abroad. 7 My soul's bowed down; for they a net Have laid, my steps to snare: But in the pit which they have made For me, they fallen are. 8 My heart, 0 God, is fixed, is fixed; To thee I'll sing, and praise; Awake my glory, hute, and harp; Myself I'll early raise. 9 I'll praise thee with the people, Lord, With nations sing will I: For great to heaven thy mercy is, Thy truth is to the sky. 10 Above the heavens high, 0 God, Do thou exalted be; And let thy glory be advanced Above both land and sea. PSALM 58. C. M. 1 O CONGREGATION, is it so That ye speak righteousnwls O ye that are the sons of men, Judge ye with uprightness? 2 Yea, even in your very hearts Ye wickedness have done; And of your hands the violence Ye weigh the earth upon. 3 The wicked even from their birth Estranged are from the way; And speaking lies as soon as born, They wander far astray. PSALMS LIX., LX. 4 And as a serpent's poison too Their poison doth appear; Yea, they are like the adder deaf, Which closely stops her ear; 5 That so she may not hear the voice Of one that charm her would, No, not though he most cunning were, And charm most wisely could. g Their teeth, 0 God, within their mouth, Break thou in pieces small; The great teeth break thou out, 0 Lord, Of these young lions all. 7 Let them like waters melt away, V'hich downward ever flow; His arrows all in pieces cut When he shall bend his bow. 8 And like a snail that melts away, Let each of them be gone; That as a birth untimely they May never see the sun. 9 He shall them take away before Your pots the thorns can heat, Both living, and in dreadful wrath, As with a whirlwind great. 10 The righteous, when he vengeance sees, Shall be most joyful then; The righteous one shall wash his feet In blood of wicked men. 11 So men shall say, the righteous man Reward shall never miss: And verily upon the earth A God to judge there is. PSALM 59. C. M. 1 1M/Y God, deliver me from those LVl That are my enemies; And do thou me defend from those That up against me rise. 2 Do thou deliver me from them That work iniquity; And keep me safely from the men Of bloody cruelty. 3 For, lo, they for my soul lay wait: The mighty do combine Against me, Lord, not for my fault, Nor any sin of mine. i They run, and, without wrong in me, Themselves they ready make: Awake to meet me with thy help, And do thou notice take. 5 Thou therefore, Lord, the God of hosts, The God of Israel, Awake to visit heathen all, Nor spare those who rebel. 6 They at the evening time return, They make a howling sound, Even like a dog, and often walk About the city round 7 Behold, they belch out with their moutil And in their lips are swords; For thus with confidence they say, Who now doth hear our words? 8 But thou, 0 Lord, wilt laugh at them; And all the heathen mock. While he's in power I'll wait on thee; For God is my high rock. 9 The God of all my mercies will With speed give help to me; He my desire upon my foes Will cause my eyes to see. 10 0 Lord our shield, destroy them not, My people would forget; But scatter thou, and humble them Beneath thy power great. 11 For their mouth's sin, and for the Which from their lips do fly, [words Let them be taken in their pride, Because they curse and lie. 12 In wrath consume them, them consume, That so they may not be; And that in Jacob God doth rule To earth's ends let them see. 13 Let them at evening time return, And make a howling sound, Even like a dog, and often walk About the city round. 14 And let them wander up and down In seeking food to eat; And let them grudge, when they shall not Be satisfied with meat. 15 But of thy power I'll sing; at morn Aloud thy mercy praise; For thou a tower and refuge wast To me in troublous days. 16 0 God, thou art my strength, and I Will praises sing to thee; For God is my defence, a God Of mercy unto me. PSAL.M 60.. C.. 1 LORD, thou hast rejected us, And scattered us abroad; With us thou hast offended been, Return to us, 0 God. 2 The earth to tremble thou hast made, In it didst breaches make; Do thou thereof the breaches heal, Because the land doth shake. 3 To thy own people thou hard things Hast shown, and on them sent; And thou hast caused us drink the wine Of sore astonishment. 4 And yet a banner thou hast given To those who thee do fear, That for the sake of truth by them Displayed it may appear. PSALMS LX., LXI. 5 That thy beloved people, Lord, May all delivered be, Save with the power of thy right hand, And answer give to me. 6 God in his holiness did speak, In this rejoice I will: I Shechem will divide, and I Will measure Succoth's vale. 7 I Gilead claim as mine by right; Mlanasseh mine shall be; Of my head Ephraim's the strength; Judah gives laws for me. $ In Moab I will wash; my shoe I will to Edom throw; A;id o'er the land of Palestine I will in triumph go. 0 0 who is he will bring me to The city fortified? And who is he that to the land Of Edom will me guide? 10 0 God, who hadst rejected us, This thing wilt thou not do? Even thou, 0 God, thou who didst not Forth with our armies go? 11 Ielp us from trouble; for the help Is vain which man supplies. Through God we'll do great acts; he will Tread down our enemies. PSALM 60. S. M. X O LORD, thou hast cast off, \_ And scattered us abroad; Th,11u wast displeased with us, but now Return again, 0 God. 2 The earth thou mad'st to shake, In it didst breaches make; These breaches in thy mercy heal, Because the land doth shake. 3 Thou didst hard things to us Thy erring people show; And thou hast filled for us a cup Of fearfulness and woe. 4 A banner thou hast given To them thy name who fear, That it displayed because of truth, Before them might appear. 5 That thy beloved land From trouble may be free, Deliver thou with thy right hand; And hear my earnest plea. 6 In holiness God spake, In this rejoice I will; The land of Shechen I'll divide, And measure Succoth's vale. To me Manasseh's land, And Gilead belong; Judah gives laws for me, my head Shall Ephraim make strong 8 In Moab I will wash, My shoe o'er Edom throw; Thou Palestine because of me Shalt forth in triumph go. 9 Unto the city strong 0 who will be may guide? And who will lead mle to the land Where Edom's bands reside? 10 0 God, wilt thou not guide; Thou who didst stand afar, Refusing with our host to go When marching forth to war? 11 From trouble give us help, For vain is human aid; Through God we shall do valiant deeds; He on our foes shall tread. PSALM 61. C.M. 1 O GOD, give ear unto my cry, And to my prayer attend. From th' utmost corner of the land My cry to thee I'll send. 2 And when my heart is overwhelmed, And in perplexity, Do thou me lead unto the Rock That higher is than I. 3 For thou hast for my refuge been A shelter by thy power; And for defence against my foes Thou hast been my strong tower. 4 Within thy tabernacle I Forever will abide; And under covert of thy wings With confidence will hide. 5 For thou the vows that I did make, O Lord, my God, didst hear; The heritage hast given me Of those thy name that fear. 6 A life prolonged for many days Thou to the king wilt give; Like many generations are The years which he shall live. 7 And in God's presence his abode He evermore shall have; Thy mercy and thy truth prepare That may him surely save. 8 And so will I forevermore Sing praises to thy name; That having made my vows, I may Each day perform the same. PSALMI 61. C. P. 3. 1 T ORD, hear my voice, my praye: J attend, Fronm earth's remotest bound I send My supplicating cry. When troublles great o'erwhelm nlm bream Thllen lead nme on the Rock to rest Tlhat higher is than I. 60 PSALMS LXII., L:XIII. 2 In thee my soul hath shelter found, And thou hast been from foes around The tower of my defence; My home shall thy pavilion be; To covert of thy wings 11 flee, And find deliverance. 3 For thou, 0 Lord, my vows hast heard, On me their heritage conferred, That fear thy holy name. Long life thou to the king wilt give, Through generations he shall live, From age to age the same. 4 Before the Lord shall he abide: 4), do thou truth and grace provide To guard him in the way. So I thy praises will make known, And humbly bending at thy throne, My vows will daily pay. PSALM 62. C. M. 1 Mf/'Y soul with expectation doth iVi Depend on God indeed; My strength and my salvation do From him alone proceed. 2 He only my salvation is, And my strong rock is he; He only is my sure defence; Much moved I shall not be. 3 How long will ye against a man Conspiring seek his fall? Ye all shall die, ye shall be like A tottering fence or wall. 4 To bring his glory down they plot; In lies is their delight: And whilst they bless him with their They curse with inward spite. Lmouth, 6 Yet, 0 my soul, upon the Lord Still patiently attend; My expectation and my hope On him alone depend. 6 He only my salvation is, And my strong rock is he; HIe only is my sure defence; And moved I shall not be. t In God alone my glory is, And my salvation sure; My rock of strength is in the Lord, My refuge most secure. B On him, ye people, evermore With confidence rely; Before him pour ye out your heart; God is our refuge high. 9 Mean men are surely vanity, And great men are a lie In balance altogether they Are less than vanity. 10 Then do not in oppression trust, In robb'ry be not vain, *nd when your riches are increased Set not your hearts on gain. 11 The Lord hath spoken once to me% Yea, this I heard again, That power to Almighty God Alone doth appertain. 12 Yea, mercy also unto thee Belongs, 0 Lord, alone; For thou according to his work Rewardest every one. PSALM 63. C. M. 1 T ORID, thee my God, I'll early seek, 1. My soul doth thirst for theeMy flesh longs in a dry parched land, Wherein no waters be; 2 That I thy power may behold, And brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore Within thy holy place. 3 Since better is thy love than life, My lips thee praise shall give. I in thy name will lift my hands, And bless thee while I live. 4 As when with fatness well supplied Mly soul enriched shall be; Then shall my mouth with joyful lips Sing praises unto thee: 5 When I do thee upon my bed Remember with delight, And when on thee I meditate In watches of the night. 6 In shadow of thy wings I'll joy; For thou my help hast been. To thee my soul clings fast, and me Thy right hand doth sustain. 7 To lowest depths of earth shall go They who my soul would slay: They all shall perish by the sword, To foxes be a prey. 8 Yet shall the king in God rejoice, And each one glory shall That swears by him; but stopped shall be The mouth of liars all. PSA LM 63. C. P. M. 1 YTHOU art my God, 0 God Most Hig4 I And early seek thy face will I; My soul doth thirst for thee. My spirit thirsts to taste thy grace, My flesh longs in this barren place In which no waters be. 2 I long as in the times of old Thy power and glory to behold Within thy holy place; Because to me thy wondrous love Than life itself doth dearer prove, My lips slhall praise thy grace. PSALMS LXIV., LXV. 61 3 Thus will I bless thee while I live, And with uplifted hands will give Praise to thy holy name. As when with fatness well supplied, So shall my soul be satisfied, My mouth shall praise proclaim: 4 My lips shall in thy praise delight When on my bed I rest at night, And meditate on thee. Because thy hand assistance brings, Beneath the shadow of thy wings My heart shall joyful be. 5 My soul, O Lord, cleaves fast to thee, And thy right hand upholdeth me; It doth my life defend: But those who seek me for a prey, That they may take my life away, Shall into earth descend. 6 They by the sword shall fall and die, Their flesh a prey for foxes lie. In God the king shall joy: Who swears by him shall still rejoice, But mouths which speak with lying voice He'll silence and destroy. PSALM' 64. C. M. 1 W-1 HEN I to thee my prayer make, V Lord, to my voice give ear; My life save from the enemy, Of whom I stand in fear.:Me from their secret counsel hide Who do live wickedly; From insurrection of the men Who work iniquity. 3 For they their tongues with malice whet, They make them cut like swords; In their bent bows are arrows set, Even sharp and bitter words; 4 That they may at the perfect man In secret aim their shot; Yea, suddenly they dare at him To shoot, and fear it not. 5 In ill encourage they themselves; In secret, snares they lay, They conference together have; Who shall them see? they say. 6 They have sought out iniquities, A perfect search they keep; Of each of them the inward thought, And very heart is deep. 7 God shall an arrow shoot at them, And wound them suddenly: Their own false tongue shall them conAll seeing them shall flee. [found; 8 All men shall fear, and that this is God's work they shall declare; They shall observe and understand What these his doings are. 9 The righteous shall on God rely, In him shall they delight. In him shall glory every one Who is in heart upright. PSALM. 65. C. M. 1 PRAISE waits for thee in Zion, Lord L To thee vows paid shall be. O thou that hearer art of prayer, All flesh shall come to thee. 2 Iniquities, I must confess, Prevail against me do: But as for our transgressions all, Them purge away shalt thou. 3 The man is blest whom thou dost chooe And make approach to thee, That he within thy courts, 0 Lord, May still a dweller be. 4 We surely shall be satisfied With thy abundant grace, And with the goodness of thy house, Even of thy holy place. 5 By fearful works and terrible Thou in thy righteousness, O God our Saviour, to our prayers Thy answer dost express. 6 And so all ends of earth shall place Their confidence in thee, Even those who dwell in distant lands, And far off on the sea. 7 He, being girt with power, sets fast By his great strength the hills, The roar of seas, the noise of waves, And people's tumult stills. 8 They in the utmost parts that dwell Are at thy signs afraid; The goings out of morn and eve By thee are joyful made. 9 Thou earth dost visit, watering it; Thou mak'st it rich to grow With God's full flood; thou givest corn, For thou provid'st it so. 10 Her ridges thou dost water well, Her furrows down are pressed; Thou dost with showers soften her, Her spring by thee is blest. 11 So thou the year most lib'rally Dost with thy goodness crown; And all thy paths abundantly On us drop fatness down. 12 They drop upon the pastures wide, That in the deserts lie; The little hills on every side Rejoice right pleasantly. 13 With flocks the pastures covered are The vales with corn are clad; And now they shout and sing to thee, For thou hast made them glad. 82 PSALMS LXV., LXVI. PSALM 65. 7s and 6s. 1 ' RAISE waits for thee in Zion, To thee vows paid shall be; O thou of prayer the hearer, All flesh shall come to thee. 2 Iniquities against me Prevail from day to day; But as for our transgressions, Them shalt thou purge away. 3 Blest he whom thou hast chosen, And unto thee brought nigh; Who hath for habitation The courts of God Most High. ' We shall in rich abundance Be satisfied with grace, And filled with all the goodness Of thy most holy place. 5 0 God of our salvation, We plead with thee in prayer; Thy righteousness makes answer By things which fearful are. 6 Of earth the ends remotest, And those afar at sea, These all, O Lord, are placing Their confidence in thee. T His strength sets fast the mountains, He's girt about with power, He calms the angry people, And stills the ocean's roar. 8 Thy dreadful signs and wonders Make distant lands afraid; The morning and the evening By thee are joyful made. 9 Thy visit brings the showers, Thy floods enrich the field: Thy blessing so provides it, That earth our food shall yield. 10 Thou waterest her ridges, Her furrows down are pressed; With showers they are softened, Her spring by thee is blest. 11 The year is crowned with goodness, Thy paths drop fatness round; The little hills and pastures With joyfulness resound. S'2 The fields with flocks are covered, The vales with corn are clad; They shout, yea, they are singing, For thou hast made them glad. PSALM 65. C. P. M. 1 'IEFORE thee, Lord, a people waits, To praise thy name in Zion's gates; To thee shall vows be paid. thou hearer of the suppliant's prayer, All flesh shall unto thee repair, To seek thy gracious aid. 2 How great my trespasses appear! But from all guilt thou wilt me clear, And my transgressions hide. How blest thy chosen, who by grace Are brought within thy dwelling-place, That they may there abide. 3 The goodness of thy house, 0 Lord, The joys thy holy courts afford, Our souls shall satisfy. By fearful deeds, in justice wrought, The Lord will grant us what we souglht, Our Saviour, God Most High. 4 On whose sustaining arm depend, To earth's and sea's remotest end, All men, in every age. Who, girt with strength, sets fast the hillq Who roaring seas and billows stills, Who calms the nations' rage. 5 The tribes of earth's remotest lands Behold the tokens of thy hands, And fear the earth throughout. The east, where beams the morning light The west, in evening glories bright, By thee in gladness shout. 6 Thy timely visits bless the earth, To drenching rains thy clouds give bi"th, Enriching all the land. By God's own river, deep and broad, Thou wilt prepare their corn, 0 God, By thy providing hand. 7 Thou wilt its ridged and furrowed plain Make'soft and smooth with showers of rails Its springing thou wilt bless. The year thou hast with goodness crowned Thy paths drop fatness all around, Ev'n on the wilderness. 8 The little hills with verdure clad, Are girt with joy, by thee made glad; The flocks in pastures lie; The vales are robed with waving grain; And shout and song from hill and plain, Swell joyous to the sky. PSALM 66. C. 3. A LL lands to God, in joyful sounds, Aloft your voices raise; Sing forth the honor of his name, And glorious make his praise. 2 Say ye to God, How terrible In all thy works art thou! Through thy great power thy foes to thee Shall be constrained to bow. 3 And all the earth shall worship thee,' They shall thy praise proclaim With cheerful heart, aloud they shall Sing to thy holy name. 4 0 come, the works that God hath With admiration see: [wrought In working, to the sons of men Most terrible is he. PSALMS LXVII., LXVIII. 67 5 He to dry land did turn the sea, And they a passage had: They through the flood on foot did march; There we in him were glad. 1 He ruleth ever by his power; His eyes the nations see; Let not the proud rebellious ones Lift up themselves on high. 7 0 all ye people, bless our God, Aloud proclaim his praise, Who safely holds our soul in life, Our foot from sliding stays. 8 For thou hast proved and tried us, Lord, As men do silver try; Hast brought us into nets, and made Bands on our loins to lie. 9 Thou o'er our heads hast caused that men Triumphantly should ride; Through fire and flood thou to a place Of plenty didst us guide. 10 I'll bring burnt-off'rings to thy house; To thee my vows I'll pay, Which my lips uttered, my mouth spoke, When trouble on me lay. 11 Burnt-sacrifices of fat rams With incense I will bring; Of bullocks and of goats I will Present an offering. 12 All that fear God, come, hear, I'll tell What he did for my soul. I with my mouth cried unto him, My tongue did him extol. 13 If in my heart I sin regard, Jehovah will not hear; But surely God hath heard my voice, Attending to my prayer. 14 0 let the Lord, our gracious God, Forever blessed be, Who hath not turned my prayer from him, Nor yet his grace from me. PSALM 67. C. M. 1 \ LORD, to us be merciful, Do thou us also bless; And graciously cause shine on us The brightness of thy face: 2 That so thy way upon the earth To all men may be known; And also to the nations all Thy saving health be shown. 3 Let all the people praise thee, Lord, ''heir voice in praise employ. O let the nations all be glad, And ever sing for joy. 4 For rightly thou shalt people judge, And nations rule on earth. O let the people praise thee, Lord, All nations praise with mirth. 5 The earth her increase then shall God, our God, bless us shall. [yield; God will us bless; and of the earth The ends shall fear hin all. PSALM 67. S. M. 1 T ORD, bless, and pity us, 1 Shine on us with thy face: That earth thy way, and nations all May know thy saving grace. 2 Let people praise thee, Lord, Let people all thee praise: O let the nations all be glad, In songs their voices raise. 3 Thou'lt justly people judge; On earth rule nations all. Let people praise thee, Lord; let them Praise thee, both great and small. 4 The earth her fruit shall yield; Our God shall blessing send. God will us bless; men shall him fear To earth's remotest end. PSALM 67. 7s and Os. 1 GOD, to us show mercy, And bless us in thy grace, Cause thou to shine upon us The brightness of thy face. 2 That so throughout all nations Thy way may be well known, And unto every people Thy saving health be shown. 3 0 God, let people praise thee, Let all the people praise; O let the nations joyful Their songs of gladness raise. 4 For thou shalt judge the people In truth and righteousness; And on the earth all nations Shall thy just rule confess. 5 0 God, let people praise thee; Thy praises let them sing; And then in rich abundance The earth her fruit shall bring. 6 The Lord our God shall bless us: God shall his blessing send; And people all shall fear him To earth's remotest end. PSALM 68. C. M. 1 T ET God arise, and scattered fai Let all his en'mies be; And let all those who do him hate Before his presence flee. 2 As smoke is driv'n, so drive thlu them. As fire melts wax away, Before God's face let wicked men So perish and decay. 64 PSALM LXVIII. 3 But let the righteous all be glad; Rejoice before God's sight; Let them exult exceedingly, And joy with all their might. 4 0 sing to God and praise his name; Extol him with your voice, That rides on heav'n by his name JAH; Before his face rejoice. 5 Because the Lord a father is To children fatherless; He is the widow's judge, within His place of holiness. 6 God doth the solitary set In families; and from bands The chained he frees, but rebels dwell In dry and desert lands. 7 0 God, when thou wast going forth Before thy people's face, And when thy glorious marching was Within the wilderness; 8 Then at God's presence shook the earth, Then drops from heaven fell; This Sinai shook before the Lord, The God of Israel. 9 0 God, thou to thy heritage Didst send a plenteous rain, By which thou when it weary was, Didst it refresh again. 10 Thy congregation then did make Their habitation there: Of thy own goodness for the poor, O God, thou didst prepare. 11 The Lord himself did give the word, The mighty word of God; Great was the company of them Who published it abroad. 12 Kings of great armies vanquished were, And forced to flee away; And women, who remained at home, Distributed the prey. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, Like doves ye shall appear, Whose wings with silver, and with gold Whose feathers covered are. 14 When there th' Almighty scattered Like Salmon's snow 'twas white. [kings, God's hill is like to Bashan hill, Like Bashan hill for height. 15 Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? This is the hill of God; He here desires to dwell, and here Will ever make abode. 16 God's chariots twenty thousand are, Of angels thousands strong; As once on Sinai's holy mount, The Lord is them among. 17 Thou hast, 0 Lord, most gloriously Ascended up on high, And captive thou triumphantly Hast led captivity. 18 And gifts thou hast received for men, For such as did rebel; Yea, even for them, that God the Lord In midst of them might dwell. 19 Blest be the Lord, who is to us Of our salvation God, Who daily with his benefits Us plenteously doth load. 20 He of salvation is the God, Who is our God most strong; And unto God the Lord from death The issues do belong. 21 But surely God shall wound the head Of those that are his foes, The hairy scalp of him that on In his transgression goes. 22 God said, My people I will bring Again from Bashan hill; Yea, from the sea's devouring depths Them bring again I will; 23 That in the blood of enemies Thy foot imbrued may be, And of thy dogs dipped in the same The tongues thou nayest see. 24 0 God, thy goings they have seen, The goings of my God, The stately steppings of my King In his divine abode. 25 Before went singers, next to them The players took their way; Among them also damsels were Who did on timbrels play. 26 Within the congregations great Bless God with one accord, From Isr'el's fountain do ye bless, And praise the mighty Lord. 27 Their prince, young Benjamin, is there, And Judah's rulers high, The chiefs of Zebulon are there, And those of Naphtali. 28 Thy God commands thy strength; for Make strong thy work, O Lord. [ue For thy house at Jerusalem Kings shall thee gifts afford. 29 The spearmen's host, the multitude Of bulls which fiercely look, Those calves which people have sent forth%, O Lord our God, rebuke, 30 Till every one submit himself, And silver pieces bring: The people that delight in war Disperse, O God and King. PSALM LXVIII. 66 31 They who are princes great shall then Come out of Egypt lands; And Ethiopia to God Shall soon stretch out her hands. 32 0 all ye kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to this King; To him who is the Lord of all, 0 do ye praises sing. 33 To him that rides on heav'ns of heav'ns, Which he of old did found; Io, he sends out his voice, a voice In might that doth abound. 34 All strength to God do ye ascribe; His glorious majesty Is over Isr'el, and his strength Is in the clouds most high. 35 How dreadful from thy temple, Lord! Isr'el's own God is he, Who gives his people strength and power; O let God blessed be. PSALM 68. 7s and 6s. lT ET God arise; and scattered Let all his en'mies be, And let all those who hate him Before his presence flee. 2 Drive them as smoke is driven, As wax melts in the fire, Before God's face let sinners So perish in his ire. 3 But let the just be joyful; Let them with one accord Exult with joy and gladness In presence of the Lord. 4 To God's name sing, sing praises, Extol him with your voice; Who rides as JAH on heavens; Before his face rejoice. 5 The Lord God is a father To children fatherless, The widow's just avenger, Within his holy place. 6 The Lord doth set in fam'lies The lonely, and from bands Brings forth the chained, but rebels Inhabit parched lands. 7 0 God, when thou wast going Before thy people's face, And when thy glorious marching Was through the wilderness, 8 Earth trembled at thy presence, And rain from heaven fell; Ev'n Sinai shook before thee, Thou God of Israel. 9 0 God, thou to thy people Didst send a plenteous rain; Thy heritage, when weary, Thou didst refresh again. 5 10 And then thy congregations Did imake their dwelling there, O God, thou of thy goodness For poor ones didst prepare. 11 The Lord the word delivered, And many heard the same; Of those great was the number Who did the word proclaim. 12 Kings at the head of armies Were forced to flee away; And she at home who tarried Distributed the prey. 13 Though ye 'midst pots were lying, Like doves ye shall appear, Whose wings are clothed with silver, Whose feathers golden are. 14 When kings th' Almighty scattered, Like Salmon's snow 'twas white; God's hill is high like Bashan, Like Bashan hill for height. 15 Why leap, ye lofty mountains? This hill the Lord loves well; It is his habitation, Yea, here he'll ever dwell. 16 God's chariots and angels By thousands wait his will; lie's with them in his temple As once on Sinai's hill. 17 Thou hast, 0 Lord, with glory Ascended up again, And captive led captivity Triumphant in thy train. 18 To thee have gifts been granted For men who did rebel, That so the Lord Jehovah In midst of them might dwell. 19 Blest be the Lord Jehovah, Of our salvation God, Who us with blessings daily Abundantly doth load. 20 He is the Lord, the Saviour, Who is our God Most High: And with the Lord Jehovah From death the issues lie. 21 The Lord will break in pieces The heads of all his foes, His hairy crown who ever On in his trespass goes. 22 God said, I'll bring my people Again from Bashan hill; And from the deep sea's billows Them bring again I will. 23 That in the blood of en'mies Thy foot imbrued may be; And of thy dogs dipped in it The tongues thou mayest see. PSALM LXIX. 24 0 God, they've seen thy goings Of majesty and grace; My God, my King, thy goings Within thy holy place. 25 Before went singers, next them The players took their way; Amongst them were the damsels That did on timbrels play. 26 Within the congregations Bless God with one accord; Bless ye from Isr'el's fountain, And praise the mighty Lord. 27 There Judah's chiefs in council, With little Benjamin Their prince; and chiefs of Zab'lon And Naphtali are seen. 28 Thy God thy strength commandeth, Make strong thy work, 0 Lord; For thy house at Jerus'lem Kings shall thee gifts afford. 29 The spearmen's host, great numbers Of bulls, which fiercely look, With calves sent by the people, 0 Lord our God, rebuke. SO Till all shall yield submission, And silver pieces bring; Those who in war take pleasure, Disperse, 0 God and King. 31 Then princes great and mighty Shall come from Egypt lands: To God in supplication Shall Cush stretch forth his hands. 32 Through all the earth, ye kingdoms Sing unto God the King; Sing praises to Jehovah, His praise, O^do ye sing. 33 He rides on heaven of heavens, Which he of old did found; Lo, when his voice is uttered His words in might abound. 34 Strength unto God attribute, His glorious majesty O'er Isr'el is, his power Is in the heavens high. 35 Thou, from thy house art dreadful Isr'el's own God is he, Who gives strength to his people. 0 let God blessed be. PSA4IM 69. C. M. 1 ( GOD, preserve me, for the floods 0 Do so encompass me, That even to my very soul Come in the waters be. 2 I downward in deep mire do sink, Where standing there is none, And into waters deep have come, Where floods have o'er me gone. 3 I weary with my crying am, My throat is also dried; My sight decays, while for my God I waiting do abide. 4 The men who do without a cause Bear hatred unto me, Ev'n than the hairs upon my head In number more they be. 5 They who are wrongful enemies, And seek my soul to slay Are great in might; then I restored What I took not away. 6 0 God, my folly and my sins Are not concealed from thee. Let none that wait on thee be shamed, Lord God of hosts, for me. 7 0 Lord, the God of Israel, Let none who seek thy face Be ever made to suffer shame Because of my disgrace. 8 For I have borne reproach for thee, My face is hid with shame. To brethren strange, to mother's sons An alien I became. 9 Because the zeal did eat me up Which to thy house I bear; And the reproaches cast at thee Upon me fallen are. 10 I wept and fasted in my soul, And that was to my shame; When I with sackcloth clothed mysel[f A by-word I became. 11 The men who sit within the gate Against me evil spake; They also that vile drunkards were, Of me their song did make. 12 But in a time accepted, Lord, My prayer is to thee; In thy salvation's truth, 0 Lord, In mercy great hear me. 13 Deliver me out of the mire, And me from sinking keep; Free me from those that do me hate, And from the waters deep. 14 Let not the flood on me prevail, Whose water overflows; Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit Her mouth upon me close. 15 Thy loving-kindness, Lord, is good, My prayer therefore hear; Turn thou to me, for very great Thy tender mercies are. 16 Nor from thy servant hide thy face; I'm troubled, soon attend. Draw near my soul, and it redeem; Me from my foes defend. PSALM LXIX. 67 17 To thee is my reproach well known, My shame and my disgrace; Those that to me are enemies Are all before thy face. 18 My heart is broken by reproach, My soul is full of grief: I looked in vain for those who would Give pity and relief. 19 They also bitter gall did give To me instead of meat; They gave me vinegar to drink, What time my thirst was great. 20 Before them let their table prove A snare; and do thou make Their welfare and prosperity A trap themselves to take. 21 Let thou their eyes so darkened be, That sight may them forsake; And let their loins be made by thee Continually to shake. 22 Upon them, Lord, thy fury pour, Them seize in anger great; And in their tents let no one dwell, Their homes be desolate. 23 For they have persecuted him, Whom thou didst smite before; And to the grief of those they talk Whom thou hast wounded sore. 24 Add thou iniquity to all Their former wickedness; And do not let them come at all Into thy righteousness. 25 And from the book of life let them Be blotted out by thee; Among the just and righteous ones Their names not written be. 26 But now become exceeding poor And sorrowful am I: By thy salvation, 0 my God, Let me be set on high. 27 The name of God I with a song Most cheerfully will praise; And I, in giving thanks to him, His name will highly raise. IS And to the Lord an offering More pleasing this shall prove Than sacrifice of any beast That hath both horn and hoof. 29 When this the humble men shall see, It joy to them shall give: 0 all ye that do seek the Lord, Your hearts shall ever live. 30 For God the poor hears, and will not His prisoners contemn. Let heaven, and earth, and seas him praise; And all that move in them. 31 For God will Judah's cities build, And Zion he will save, That they may dwell therein, and it In sure possession have. 32 And they that are his servants' seed Inherit shall the same; So they shall have their dwelling there Who love his blessed name. PSALM 69. S. M. 1 SAVE me, 0 God; the floods 3 So violent have been, That even to my very soul The waters have come in. 2 I'm sinking in deep mire, Where standing there is none; I into waters deep have come, Where floods have o'er me gone. 3 I'm weary with my cries, My throat is also dried; My eyes have failed while for my God In waiting I abide. 4 Those who without a cause Against me hatred bear, Ev'n than the hairs upon my head They more in number are. 5 Those who would me destroy, My en'mies wrongfully Are mighty; then what I took not Restore again did I. 6 My sins and follies, Lord, Are not concealed from thee; Let none who wait on thee be shamed, Lord God of hosts, for me. 7 0 God of Israel, For me let no disgrace, Or shame be brought on any one Who truly seeks thy face. 8 Because for thee reproached, My face is hid with shame; To brethren strange, to mother's son* An alien I became. 9 The zeal hath me consumed Which to thy house I bear; And those reproaches cast on thee Upon me fallen are. 10 My tears and my sad fasts Were counted as my shame; When sackcloth I put on, to them A proverb I became. 11 Those sitting in the gate Against me evil spake, And drunkards also in their cups Of me their song did make. 12 But in th' accepted time, Lord, I will pray to thee; In truth of thy salvation, Lord, And mercy great, hear me. 68 PSALM LXX. 13 0 take me from the mire, And me from sinking keep; From those who hate me save thou me, And from the waters deep. 14 Let not the flood prevail, Whose water overflows, Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit Her mouth upon me close. 15 Lord, hear me, for thy love And kindness is most good; 0 turn, and manifest to me Thy mercies' multitude. 16 Hide not thy face from me, I'm troubled, soon attend, Draw near, thy servant's soul redeem, Me from my foes defend. 17 Thou my reproach dost know, My shame and my disgrace; Those that are enemies to me Are all before thy face. I8 Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm full of grief; for one To pity me I looked in vain, All comforters were gone. 19 They also gave me gall, They gave it for my meat: They gave me vinegar to drink, What time my thirst was great. 20 For recompense to them A snare their table make; Their welfare and prosperity A trap themselves to take. 21 So darkened be their eyes, That they no light may see, And let their loins by thee be made To shake continually. 22 Fierce wrath pour forth, let it Fast hold upon them take; And let their tents be desolate; None there his dwelling make. 23 For him they persecute, Whom thou didst smite before; And to the grief of those they talk Whom thou hast wounded sore. 24 Add thou iniquity To their past wickedness, And never let them come at all Into thy righteousness. 25 And from the book of life Their names let be erased; And in the record of the just Let not their names be placed. 26 But now exceeding poor, And sorrowful am I; By thy salvation, 0 my God, Let nme be set ou high. 27 I, with a song to God, His praises will proclaim, And I, in giving thanks to him, Will magnify his name. 28 To God this sacrifice Shall be more pleasing far Than ox or bullock, beasts on which Both horns and hoofs there are. 29 When this the humble see It joy to them shall give; All ye who truly seek the Lord, He'll make your hearts to live. 30 God hears the poor, nor will His prisoners contemn. Let heaven and earth and seas him praise And all that move in them. 31 He'll Judah's cities build, And Zion he will save, That they may dwell therein, and it A sure possession have. 32 His servants' children, too, Inherit shall the same: And those shall have their dwelling there Who love his blessed name. PSALM' 70. C. M. 1 ' /rAKE haste, 0 God, me to preserve; lVl With speed, Lord, help thou me. *And let all those who seek my soul Shamed and confounded be. 2 Turned back be they, and put to shame, That in my hurt delight. Turned back be they, Ha, ha! that say, Their shaming to requite. 3 Let all who seek thy face be glad, And ever joyful be: Let them who thy salvation love Say still, The Lord praise ye. 4 But I both poor and needy am; Come, Lord, and make no stay; My help thou, and deliv'rer art; 0 Lord, make no delay. PSALiM 70. S. M. 1 T ORD, hasten me to save; With speed, 0 Lord, help me; And let all those who seek my soul With shame confounded be. 2 Turned back be they, and shamed, That in my hurt delight. Turned back be they, Ha, ha! that ay, Their shaming to requite. 3 In thee let all be glad, And joy that seek for thee; Let them who thy salvation love Say still, The Lord praise ye. PSALMS LXX., LXXL 4 I poor and needy am; Come, Lord, and make no stay: My help thou and deliv'rer art; 0 Lord, make no delay. PSALI 70. 11s and 8s. 1 M tAKE haste, 0 my God, to deliver, _J_ I pray, O Lord, to my succor make haste; Let them be confounded who seek me to And in their own folly disgraced. [slay, 2 Let them be turned back in confusion, 0 Lord, Who wish my destruction to see; Let shame and defeat be their only reward, Who laugh in derision at me. 3 Let all them that seek thee be glad and rejoice, And who thy salvation would see; In anthems of praise let them lift up the voice, And constantly magnify thee. 4 But I, poor and needy, still trust in thy word; Make haste to the rescue, I pray; My helper thou art, and my Saviour, 0 No longer thy coming delay. [Lord, PSALM 71. C. M. 1 LORD, my hope and confidence Are placed alone in thee; Then let me evermore be kept From all confusion free. 2 And let me, in thy righteousness, From thee deliv'rance have; O rescue me, incline thy ear To hear me, and me save. 3 Be thou my dwelling rock, to which I ever may resort: Thou my salvation hast ordained; Thou art my rock and fort. 4 Free me, my God, from wicked hands, Hands cruel and unjust; For thou, 0 Lord God, art my hope, And from my youth my trust. 5 Thou from my birth hast held me up, Thou art the same that me Out of my mother's womb didst take: I ever will praise thee. 6 To many I a wonder am; Thou art my refuge strong. Filled let my mouth be with thy praise And honor all day long. 7 0 do not cast me off, when me Old age doth overtake; And in the day of failing strength, O do not me forsake. 8 For they who are my enemies Against me speak with hate; And they together counsel take Who for my soul lay wait. 9 They say God leaves him, him pursue, And take, for none will save. Be thou not far from me, my God; Thy speedy help I crave. 10 Confounded, and consumed let all My adversaries be; And clothed with scorn and shame be the] Who seek to injure me. 11 But I in thee with confidence Will hope continually; And yet with praises more and more I will thee magnify. 12 Thyjustice and salvation, Lord, My mouth abroad shall show, Even all the day; for I thereof The numbers do not know. 13 And I will constantly go on In strength of God the Lord; And thy own righteousness, even thine Alone, I will record. 14 For even from my youth, 0 God, By thee I have been taught; And hitherto I have declared The wonders thou hast wrought. 15 And now, 0 God, forsake me not When I am old and gray; Till I to this and every age Thy strength and power display. 16 Thy perfect righteousness, 0 God, The heavens height exceeds; 0 who is like to thee, who hast Performed such mighty deeds? 17 Thou, Lord, who great adversities, And sore, to me didst show, Shalt quicken me, and bring again From depths of earth below. 18 My greatness and my power thou wilt Increase and far extend; Against all grief on every side Thou wilt me comfort send. 19 Thee, ev'n thy truth, I'll also praise, My God, with psaltery; Thou Holy One of Israel, With harp I'll sing to thee. 20 My lips shall much rejoice in thee, When I thy praises sound; My soul, by thee redeemed from death, In joy shall much abound. 21 And with my tongue I will proclaim Thy justice all day long; For they confounded are and shauned Who seek to do me wrong. PSALM LXXII. PSALMf 72. C. I. 1 O LORD, thy judgments give the His son thy righteousness. [king, Thy people he shall justly judge, Thy poor with uprightness. 2 The lofty mountains shall bring forth To all the people peace; The little hills shall also yield The same by righteousness. 3 The people's poor ones he shall judge, The needy's children save; He also shall in pieces break Those who oppressed them have. 4 They shall thee fear while sun and moon Do last through ages all; He'll come like rain on meadows mown, Or showers on earth that fall. 5 The just shall flourish in his days, And prosper in his reign: And while the moon endures he shall Abundant peace maintain. 6 His large and great dominion shall From sea to sea extend; It from the river shall reach forth To earth's remotest end. 7 They in the wilderness that dwell Bow down before him must; And they that are his enemies Shall lick the very dust. 8 The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, To him shall presents bring; And unto him shall offer gifts Sheba's and Seba's king. 9 Yea, all the mighty kings on earth Before him down shall fall; And all the nations of the world Do service to him shall. 10 For he the needy will set free, When he on him shall call; He'll save the poor, and those for whom There is no help at all. 11 The poor man and the indigent In mercy he shall spare; He shall preserve alive the souls Of them that needy are. 12 Both from deceit and violence Their souls he shall set free; And also in his sight their blood Shall very precious be. 13 Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him Shall be of Sheba's gold; For him shall constant prayer be made, His praise each day be told. 14 Of corn a handful in the earth, On tops of mountains cast, Shall wave with fruit like Lebanon When shaken with the blast. 15 The city shall be flourishing, Her citizens have peace; And like the grass that clothes the earth2 Their numbers shall increase. 16 His name forever shall endure; Last like the sun it shall; Men shall be blest in him, and blest All nations shall him call. 17 Now blessed be Jehovah, God, The God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous works, In glory that excel. 18 And blessbd be his glorious name To all eternity: The whole earth let his glory fill. Amen, So let it be. PSALMf 72. L. M. 1 0 GOD, thy judgments give the king, His royal Son thy righteousness; He to thy people right shall bring, With judgment shall thy poor redress. 2 The mountains great shall peace secure, And little hills by means of right; He'll save the needy, judge the poor, And crush the proud oppressor's might. 3 Till sun and moon no more are known, They shall thee fear through ages all; He'll come like rain on meadows mown, And showers upon the earth that fall. 4 The just shall flourish in his day, While lasts the moon shall peace extend; From sea to sea shall be his sway, And from the river to earth's end. 5 To him shall bow who dwell in wilds, Down to the dust his foes shall bend; The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, Sheba and Seba, gifts shall send. 6 All kings before him down shall fall; All nations shall his laws obey; He'll save the needy when they call, The poor, and those that have no stay. 7 The poor and needy spared shall be, The needy's souljsaved by his might, From fraud and violence set free; Dear shall their blood be in his sight. 8 He'll live; before him shall be laid Of Sheba's gold an offering; For him shall constant prayer be made, His praises they shall daily sing. 9 On hill-tops sown a little corn Like Lebanon with fruit shall bend; New life the city shall adorn; She shall like grass grow and extend. 10 Long as the sun his name shall last, It shall endure through ages all; And men shall still in him be blest, Blest all the nations shall him call. PSALMS LXXIII., LXXIV. 71 It Now blessed be the mighty One, Jehovah, God of Israel, For he alone hath wonders done, And deeds in glory that excel. 12 And blessed be his glorious name, Long as the ages shall endure. O'er all the earth extend his fame. Amen, amen, forevermore. PSALMl 73. C. M. 1 YET God is good to Israel, I To each pure-hearted one. With me, my steps had nearly slipped, My feet were almost gone. 2 For I was envious, and grudged The foolish ones to see, When I perceived that wicked men Enjoyed prosperity. 3 Because their strength continues firm, Their death from bands is free. They are not toiled like other men, Nor plagued as others be. 4 Their pride doth therefore like a chain Encompass them about; And, as a garment, violence Doth cover them throughout. 5 Their eyes stand out with fat, they have More than their hearts could wish. They are corrupt; their talk of wrong Both lewd and lofty is. Z They set their mouth against the heavens In their blaspheming talk; And their reproaching tongue at large Throughout the earth doth walk. 7 His people, therefore, oftentimes Look back, and turn about; And in abundance unto them The waters are wrung out. 8 And thus they say, How can it be That God these things doth know? Or, Can there in the Highest be Knowledge of things below? 9 Behold, how these the wicked ones Do prosper at their will In worldly things; how they increase In wealth and riches still! 10 I verily have sought in vain My heart to purify; And vainly also washed my hands In innocence have I. 11 For daily, and all day throughout, Great plagues I suffered have; Yea, every morning I anew Did chastisement receive. 12 If in this manner foolishly To speak I would intend, Thy children's generation then Behold I should offend. 13 When I this thought to know, it was Too hard a thing for me; Till to God's holy place I went, Then I their end did see. 14 Them set upon a slippery place Assuredly thou hast; And suddenly didst thou, 0 Lord, Them to destruction cast. 15 How in a moment suddenly To ruin brought are they I With fearful terrors utterly They are consumed away. 16'Even like an empty dream when one From sleeping doth arise, So thou, when thou awakest, Lord, Their image shalt despise. 17 Thus grieved within me was my heart And me my reins opprest; So rude was I, and ignorant, And in thy sight a beast. 18 Yet notwithstanding this, 0 Lord, I ever am with thee; Thou hast me held by my right hand; And still upholdest me. 19 With thy good counsel while I live Thou wilt me safely guide; And into glory afterward Receive me to abide. 20 0 whom have I in heavens high, But thee, 0 Lord, alone? And in the earth whom I desire Besides thee there is none. 21 My flesh and heart do faint and fail, But God my heart sustains; The strength and portion of my heart He evermore remains. 22 For lo, they that are far from thee Forever perish shall; And as for those who from thee stray, Thou hast destroyed them all. 23 But surely it is good for me That I draw near to God: In God I trust, that all thy works I may declare abroad. PSAJL2M 74. C. M. 1 GOD, why hast thou cast us off? Is it forevermore? Against thy pasture-sheep why doth Thy anger smoke so sore? 2 Thy congregation, Lord, do thou In thy remembrance hold; Forget not those who purchased were By thee in times of old. 3 The rod of thy inheritance, Which thou redeemed hast, This Zion hill, in which thou hadst Thy dwelling in times past. 12 PSALM LXX1V. 4 To these long desolations, Lord, O haste, and tarry not! For all the ills thy foes within Thy holy place have wrought. 5 Amidst thy congregations, Lord, Thy enemies do roar: Their ensigns they set up for signs Of triumph, thee before. 6 A man was famous, and was held In honor and renown, According as with lifted axe, He cut the thicket down. 7 But all at once, with axes now, And hammers, they engage; And all the carved work thereof They break down in their rage. 8 Thy holy place they set on fire; They have defiled the same, By casting down, even to the ground, The place where dwelt thy name. 9 They said in heart, "Now let them be To one destruction doomed; " God's synagogues in all the land With fire they have consumed. 10 Our signs we do not now behold, There is not us among A prophet now, nor any one Who knows the time how long. 11 How long shall adversaries, Lord, Thus in reproach exclaim? Shall enemies forever thus Blaspheme thy holy name? 12 Thy hand, even thy right hand of Why dost thou thus draw back? [might, 0 from thy bosom pluck it out For our deliv'rance sake. 13 Because my King is God alone, Even from the times of old; He works, in midst of all the earth, Salvation manifold. 14 The sea by thy great power to part Asunder thou didst make; And thou the dragons' heads, 0 Lord, Didst in the waters break. 15 The heads of the leviathan Thy hand did break and give To be the people's sustenance Who in the deserts live. 16 The fount and flood were cleft by thee, The mighty streams were dried. The day and night are thine, and thou Didst light and sun provide. 17 By thee the borders of the earth Were settled everywhere; The summer and the winter both By thee created were. 18 That spiteful foes have thee reproached, In memory record; And that the foolish people have Blasphemed thy name, 0 Lord. 19 0 do not to the multitude Thy turtle's soul give o'er; The congregation of thy poor Forget not evermore. 20 Lord, to thy cov'nant have respect; Because in every clime Are earth's dark places filled with homes Of cruelty and crime. 21 0 let not those that are oppressed Return again with shame; Let those that poor and needy are Give praises to thy name. 22 Do thou, 0 God, arise and plead The cause that is thy own: Remember how thou art reproached Still by the foolish one. 23 0 Lord, do not forget the voice Of such as are thy foes; Of them that up against thee rise The tumult ever grows. PSAtIJM 74. 8,6,8,4. 1 GOD, why hast thou cast us off! Why doth forever smoke Thy wrath against thy chosen race, Sheep of thy flock? 2 Thy church by thee redeemed of old In love remember still, The rod of thy inheritance, This Zion hill. 3 Here thou hast dwelt; lift up thy feet, To these sad ruins haste, Thy holy place, with wicked hands By foes laid waste. 4 Thy enemies in triumph shout Where saints were wont to pray; Their ensigns on thy temple's walls For signs display. 5 Once men were famed for felling treea, But now the carved work falls; With axes and with hammers now They break the walls. 6 They have thy temple set on fire, In dust they have defiled Thy holy place where dwelt thy name, Thy house despoiled. 7 They, to destroy us all at once Did in their hearts conspire; Through all the land God's synagogues They've burnt with fire. 8 Our signs we see not; there is now No prophet us among, Nor is there any one who knows The time how long. PSALMS LXXV., LXXVI. 73 9 0 Lord, how long shall those blaspheme Thy name who thee withstand? Why hide thyself? make bare thy hand, Ev'n thy right hand. 10 Because God is my King of old; Salvation worketh he, Through all the earth, and by his strength Divides the sea. 11 Thou broken hast the dragons' heads, And as their meat didst give leviathan to those who did In deserts live. 12 Fountain and flood thou didst divide, Made mighty rivers dry; The day is thine, the night is thine, The sun and sky. 13 Thou hast established by decree All borders of the earth; To summer and to winter thou Hast given birth. 14 0 Lord, do thou this keep in mind, How enemies defame, And how the foolish people have Blasphemed thy name. 15 Thy turtledove deliver not To crowds which it beset, And thy poor flock forevermore Do not forget. 16 Unto thy cov'nant have respect, For every where we see The earth's dark habitations filled With cruelty. 17 0 let not those that are oppressed Return again with shame; But let the poor and needy ones Still praise thy name. 18 Arise, 0 God, plead thy own cause, Keep thou in memory How every day the foolish man Reproacheth thee. 19 Of them that up against thee rise The tumult ever grows; Forget not thou the voice of them That are thy foes. iPSALMJL 75. C. M. 1 rT thee, 0 God, we render thanks, We render thanks to thee; Because thy wondrous works declare Thy great name near to be. 2 I purpose when I shall receive The congregation, Lord, That I will judgment uprightly To every one award. 3 The land has been dissolved throughout, With all that in it dwell, But yet its pillars I bear up, And them establish well. 4 I to the foolish people said, Do not deal foolishly; And unto those that wicked are, Lift not your horn on high. 5 Lift not your horn on high, nor speak With stubborn neck; but know, Promotion not from east, nor west, Nor from the south doth flow. 6 But God is judge, he puts down one, And sets another up. For in the hands of God Most High Of red wine is a cup; 7 'Tis full of mixture; he pours forth, And makes the wicked all Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; Yea, and they drink them shall. 8 But I forever will exult, I Jacob's God will praise. All power of sinners will cut off; But just men's power will raise. PSALI 76. C. M. 1 TN Judah God is known; his name In Israel is great; In Salem is his holy place, In Zion is his seat. 2 There arrows of the bow he broke, The shield, the sword, the war. More glorious thou than hills of prey; siore excellent art far. 3 The stout of heart themselves were A deadly sleep they slept, [spoiled. And none of all the men of might Their strength of hands have kept. 4 When thy rebuke, 0 Jacob's God, Had forth against them passed, Then both the chariot and the horse Were in a dead sleep cast. 5 For thou, yea, thou art to be feared, And who, 0 Lord, is he That may stand up before thy sight, If once thou angry be? 6 From heaven judgment was proclaimed, The earth was still with fear, When God to judgment rose, to save All meek on earth that were. 7 Because the very wrath of man Unto thy praise redounds; Thou to the remnant of his wrath Wilt set restraining bounds. 8 Vow to the Lord your God, and pay: All ye that near him be, Bring gifts and presents unto him; To be adored is he. 9 For he the spirits shall cut off Of those that princes are: And to the kings that are on earth Hie fearful shall appear. n4 PSALMS LXXVI., LXXVII. PSAL2 70. L. M. 1 TN Judah God is known and feared, 1 In Israel his name is great, His tent in Salem he hath reared, In Zion fixed his royal seat. 2 He there break arrows of the bow, The shield, the sword, and war's array; More excellent, 0 Lord, art thou, More glorious far than hills of prey. 3 The stout of heart are spoiled in fight, A deadly sleep the warrior slept; No hand of all the men of might Its wonted strength or cunning kept. 4 0 Jacob's God, at thy command The chariot and the horse went down; For thou art dreadful; who can stand Before the tempest of thy frown? 6 From heaven Jehovah judgment gave; The trembling earth stood still and tfeared, When all the meek on earth to save, For righteous judgment God appeared. 6 The wrath of man thee praise shall bring, Remaining wrath thy hand shall stay. Vow to the Lord your God and King, Be faithful all your vows to pay. 7 Let all around their presents bring To him whom all the world should fear: He cuts off princes; God the King Shall dreadful to earth's kings appear. PSALMI 77. C. M. 1 T WITH my voice cried unto God, 1 Yea, unto God I cried; And to my earnest prayer his ear He graciously applied. 2 Through all the day I sought the Lord, While trouble on me pressed; Through all the night I spread my hands. MRy soul would take no rest. 3 I to remembrance God recalled, But trouble still remained; And overwhelmed my spirit was While I in grief complained. 4 Thou dost withhold my eyes from sleep, When sleep and rest I seek; My trouble is so great that I Unable am to speak. 5 I thought upon the days of old, The years departed long; I held communion with my heart; By night recalled my song. 6 My heart inquired with anxious care, Will God forever spurn? Shall we no more his favor see? Wili mercy ne'er return? s Forever does his promise fail? Hath God forgotten grace? RIath he shut up his tender love? In anger hid his face? 8 " But this is my innirmity," My thoughts at once reply; I'll call back years of God's right hand, The years of God Most High. 9 I will commemorate the deeds Accomplished by the Lord; The wonders done of old by thee I surely will record. 10 I also will of all thy works My meditation make; And of thy doings to discourse Great pleasure I will take. 11 0 God, most holy is thy way In thy divine abode; Who is so great a god of might As our Almighty God? 12 Thou art the God of wondrous dee.ld Performed by thy right hand; Thou hast declared thy strength among The tribes of every land. 13 To thy own people with thy arm Thou didst redemption bring; To Jacob's sons, and to the tribes From Joseph's house that spring. 14 The waters saw thee, 0 Most High, They saw, and troubled were; And from its lowest depths the sea Was moved, and fled for fear. 15 The clouds poured out abundant rain, Loud sounds filled all the sky; Yea, here and there on every side Thy arrows swift did fly. 16 In thunders loud along the heavens Thy voice was uttered forth; Thy lightnings blazed across the world, Then shook and quaked the earth. 17 Thy paths were in the waters great, Thy way was in the sea, Thy footsteps 'mid the deep sea waves Were only known to thee. 18 And like a flock of sheep thou didst Thy people safely guide By Moses' and by Aaron's hand Through all the desert wide. PSALM 77. L. M. I I CRIED to God, I cried, he heard; In day of grief I sought the Lord; All night with hands stretched out I wept, My soul no comfort would accept. 2 I thought of God, and was distressed; Complained, yet trouble round me pressed; Thou holdest, Lord, my eyes awake; So great my grief I cannot speak. 3 The days of old I called to mind, The ancient years when God was kind; I called to mind my song by night, My musing spirit sought for light. PSALM LXXVIII. 7S [ Will God cast off forevermore? His favor will he ne'er restore? Has grace forever passed away? Or, doth his promise fail for aye? 5 Hath God forgotten to be kind? His tender love in wrath confined? Mly weakness this, yet faith doth stand Recalling years of God's right hand. 6 The works of old done by the Lord, Thy wondrous works I will record; I'll muse on all thy works so vast, And talk of all thy doings past. 7 The holy place is thy abode; What god so great as is our God? Thy wondrous works thou hast made known, Thy strength among the people shown. 8 Thy arm the sons of Jacob saved, And Joseph's offspring when enslaved. The waters saw thee, God of might, The waters saw thee with affright. 9 Then troubled was the mighty main; The clouds poured out abundant rain; The lowering skies send out a sound, And far thy arrows blazed around. 10 Thy lightnings flashed, thy thunders pealed, The trembling earth in terror reeled; Thou through the sea thy way didst keep, Thy path was in the mighty deep. 11 Thy footsteps were to all unknown; Thy goodness to thy flock was shown. By Moses' and by Aaron's hand Thou didst them guide to Canaan's land. PSALM 78. C. M. 1 ATTEND, my people, to my law: Thereto give thou an ear, The words that from my mouth proceed Attentively to hear. 2 My mouth shall speak a parable, ' And sayings dark of old; The same which we have heard and Ev'n as our fathers told. [known, 3 We will not from their children hide The wonders done by thee; To generations yet to come These things declare will we. 4 The praises of the Lord our God, And his almighty strength, The wondrous works that he hath done, We will show forth at length. 5 His testimony and his law In Isr'el did he place, And charged our fathers it to show To their succeeding race; 6 That so the race which was to come These things might learn and know; And sons unborn, who should arise, Might to their sons them show: 7 That they might set their hope in God, And suffer not to fall His mighty works out of their mind, But keep his precepts all: 8 And might not, like their fathers, be A stiff rebellious race; A race not right in heart; with God Whose spirit faithless was. 9 The sons of Ephraim, who nor bows Nor other arms did lack, When as the day of battle was, Yet faintly turned back. 10 They broke God's cov'nant, and refused In his commands to go; His works and wonders they forgot, Which he to them did show. 11 Things marvellous he brought to pass; Their fathers them beheld Within the land of Egypt done, Yea, even Zoan's field. 12 By him divided was the sea, He led them through the flood; The waters on each side he raised, Till as a heap they stood. 13 With cloud by day, with light of fire All night he did them guide. In desert, rocks he cleft, and drink, As from great depths, supplied. 14 He also from the rock brought streams Like floods made waters run. Yet, sinning more, in desert they Provoked the highest One. 15 For in their heart they tempted God, And, speaking with mistrust, They greedily did meat require To satisfy their lust. 16 Against the Lord himself they spoke, And, murmuring, said thus, "A table in the wilderness Can God prepare for us? 17 Behold, he smote the rock, and thence Came streams and waters great But can lie give his people bread, And send them flesh to eat? " 18 Jehovah heard, his wrath arose: Then kindled was a flame On Jacob, and on Israel His indignation came. 19 For they believed not God, nor trust In his salvation had; Though clouds above he did command, And heaven's doors open made, 20 And manna rained on them, and gave Them corn of heav'n to eat. Man angels' food did eat; to them He to the full sent meat. 76 PSALM LXXVIII. 21 He In the heaven also caused An castern -wind to blow; And by his power he let out The southern wind to go. 22 Then flesh he rained on them like dust Which cannot numbered be; And feathered fowls in numbers vast Like sands along the sea. 23 At his command, amid their camp, The flesh in showers fell; On every side it fell about The tents where they did dwell. 24 So they did eat abundantly, And had of meat their fill; For he did give to them what was Their own desire and will. 25 They from their lust had not estranged Their heart and their desire; But while the meat was in their mouths, Which they did so require, 26 God's wrath upon them came, and slew The fattest of them all; And so the choice of Israel, O'erthrown by death, did fall. 27 Yet after all the Lord had done, They still went on in sin; Nor did believe, although his works So wonderful had been. 28 He therefore did in vanity Their days consume and waste; And by his wrath their wretched years Away in trouble passed. 29 But when he slew them, then they did To seek him show desire; Yea, they returned, and after God Did earnestly inquire. 30 And that the Lord had been their Rock They did remember then; And that the high almighty God Had their Redeemer been. 51 Yet with their mouth they flattered And with their tongues they lied; [him, Their heart was not sincere: they from His cov'nant turned aside. 82 But, full of pity, he forgave Their sin, nor did them slay; Wor stirred up all his wrath, but oft His anger turned away. 83 For that they were but fading flesh To mind he did recall; A wind that passeth soon away, And ne'er returns at all. 34 How often in the wilderness Did they provoke his wrath! -Low often grieve him, as they marched Along their desert path I 35 Yea, turning back, they tempt the Lord, And boldly limits place About the High and Holy OneThe God of Isr'el's race. 36 And they remembered not his hand, Nor yet the noted day When he redeemed them from the foe Who sought them for his prey. 37 Nor how great signs in Egypt land He openly had wrought; What miracles in Zoan's field His hand to pass had brought. 38 How he their rivers and their lakes Turned everywhere to blood, That neither man nor beast could drink Of standing lake or flood. 39 Devouring flies, of divers sorts, The Lord among them brought; And swarms of frogs o'er all the land, Which great destruction wrought. 40 He to the caterpillar gave The fruits of all their soil; He gave the labors of their hands To be the locust's spoil. 41 Their vines with hail, their sycamores He with the frost did blast: Their beasts to hail he gave; their flocks Hot thunderbolts did waste. 42 He cast upon them anger fierce; To burning wrath give vent; In indignation troubled them By evil angels sent. 43 He did not spare their soul from death, But for his wrath made way; And to the fearful pestilence He gave their life a prey. 44 And over Egypt's land he smote Their first-born, and their pride, Till everywhere in tents of Ham Their chief of strength had died. 45 But forth from thence like sheep ho His own, his chosen band, [brought And led his people like a flock Across the desert land. 46 And on their journey he them led, Secure from ev'ry fear. But by the sea's o'erwhelming waves Their en'mies covered were. 47 To borders of his holy place The Lord his people brought, Ev'n to the mountain which for them His own right hand had bought. 48 The nations which in Canaan dwelt, He also by his hand, Before his people's face, expelled Beyond their native land; PSALM LXXIX. 77 49 Which for inheritance to them By line he did divide, And made the tribes of Israel Within their teats abide. 50 But God Most High they did provoke, They tempted him again; His testimonies to observe Their will did not incline: 51 But, like their fathers, they turned In faithlessness and pride, [back And like a false, deceitful bow, They all were turned aside. 52 Because to anger they provoked The Lord with places high, And with their graven images Moved him to jealousy. 53 When God heard this, he angry was, And much loathed Isr'el then: So Shiloh's tent he left, the tent Which he had placed with men. 54 And he his strength delivered o'er To long captivity; He left his glory in the hand Of his proud enemy. 55 His people also to the sword In anger o'er he turned: Against his own inheritance His wrath so fiercely burned. 56 The fire consumed their choice young Their maids no marriage had; [men; And when their priests fell by the sword, Their wives no mourning made. 57 But then the Lord arose, as one That doth from sleep awake; And like a giant that, by wine Refreshed, a shout doth make. 58 And on the backs of fleeing foes He caused his strokes to fall, And to reproach perpetual He put his en'mies all. 59 Moreover Joseph's tent he spurned, Nor Ephraim's tribe approved; But Judah's tent Jehovah chose, The Zion Mount he loved. 60 And like the firm and lofty hills He built his holy place; Yea, strong as earth's foundations fast, He gave it changeless base. 61 Of David as his servant then He sovereign choice did make, And him, from out the folds of sheep, The Lord was pleased to take. 62 From waiting on the suckling ewes, He brought him forth to feed His Israel, his heritage, His people, Jacob's seed. 63 So with integrity of heart He did them wisely feed; And with his skilfulness of hands He did them safely lead. PSALM 79. C. M. 1 TNTO thy heritage, 0 God, 1 Have heathen entrance made; Thy holy place they have defiled, On heaps Jerus'lem laid. 2 Thy servants' bodies they have cast To fowls of heaven for meat; The flesh of thy dear saints they gave To beasts of earth to eat. 3 Their blood about Jerusalem Like water they have shed; And of their number none remained To bury them when dead. 4 And to our neighbors a reproach Most base become are we; A scorn and laughing-stock to them That round about us be. 5 How long, 0 Lord? for evermore Wilt thou still keep thine ire? 0 how long shall thy jealousy Burn like devouring fire? 6 On heathen pour thy fury forth, That never have thee known, And on those kingdoms which thy name Have never called upon. 7 For these are they who have devoured Thy servant Jacob's race, And they, all waste and desolate Have made his dwelling-place. 8 Against us mind not former sins; Thy tender mercies show; Let them relieve us speedily, For we're brought very low. 9 For thy name's glory help us, Lord, Who hast our Saviour been: Deliver us; for thy name's sake, O purge away our sin. 10 Why say the heathen, Where's their Let him to them be known; f God? When those who shed thy servants' blood Are in our sight o'erthrown. 11 0 let the prisoner's sighs ascend Before thy sight on high: Preserve those in thy mighty power That are condemned to die. 12 And to our neighbors' bosom cause It seven-fold rendered be, For that reproach which in their spite, O Lord, they cast on thee. 13 So we, thy people and thy flock, Will ever thank thy name; And unto generations all We will thy praise proclaim. I 78 8PSALMS LXXIX., LXXX. PSALM 79. S. M. 1 \ GOD, the heathen hosts Thy heritage invade; Thy holy house they have defiled, In heaps Jerus'lem laid. 2 Thy servants they when dead Have given to fowls for meat; And thy saints' flesh they have cast forth For beasts of earth to eat. 3 About Jerusalem, Like water, they have shed Thy servants' blood, and none was left To bury them when dead. 4 Our scoffing neighbors now With base reproach us wound; A scorn and laughing-stock we are To all the nations round. 5 How long, 0 Lord, how long Wilt thou retain thine ire? How long shall thy fierce jealousy Burn like devouring fire? 6 On heathen pour thy wrath Like fierce consuming flame; On kingdoms which have never known, Nor called upon thy name. 7 Because they have devoured Thy servant Jacob's race; They have made desolate and waste His pleasant dwelling-place. 8 Mind not our former sins; Thy tender mercies show; O let them visit us with speed, We are brought very low. 9 For thy name's glory help, Who hast our Saviour been; Deliver us for thy name's sake, And purge away our sin. 10 Why should the heathen scoff, And say, "Where is their God?" Be known to them before our eyes Avenging thy saints' blood. 11 In mercy, Lord, draw near, And hear the pris'ner's sigh; Preserve those in thy mighty power That are condemned to die. 12 And to our neighbors, Lord, Be seven-fold repaid, To their own bosoms, that reproach Which they on thee have laid. 13 So we thy chosen flock Will ever praise thy name; With thankful hearts to ages all Thy praise we will proclaim. PSALM 80. C. M. 1 T EAR, Isr'el's Shepherd! like a flock _1 Thou that dost Joseph guide; Shine forth, 0 thou that dost between The cherubim abide. I 2 In Ephraim's, and Benjamin's, And in Manasseh's sight, O come for our salvation, Lord, Stir up thy strength and might. 3 Turn us again, 0 Lord our God, Restore us unto thee; O cause thy face to shine on us, And saved we then shall be. 4 0 Lord of hosts, almighty God, How long shall kindled be Thy wrath against the prayer which Thy people make to thee? 5 Thou tears of sorrow giv'st to them Instead of bread to eat; Thou givest tears instead of drink To then in measure great. 6 Thou makest us to neighbors all A strife on every side, Our enemies among themselves With laughter us deride. 7 Turn us again, 0 God of hosts, Restore us unto thee. O cause thy face to shine on us And saved we then shall be. 8 A vine from Egypt thou hast brought, By thy almighty hand; And thou hast cast the heathen out, To plant it in their land. 9 Before it thou a place didst make, And give it room to stand; Thou causedst it deep root to take, And it did fill the land. 10 Its shadow veiled the highest hills, It covered mountains o'er; And like the goodly cedars were The branches which it bore. 11 Upon the one hand, to the sea, Her boughs she forth did send; Upon the other, to the flood, Her branches did extend. 12 Why hast thou broken down her hedge, And taken it away, So that all passers by do pluck And make of her a prey? 13 The boar that from the forest comes Doth waste it at his will; The wild beast also of the field Devours of it his fill. 14 0 God of hosts, we thee beseech, Return now unto thine; Look down from heaven, and behold, And visit thou this vine: 15 Ev'n this thy vineyard planted here, The work of thy right hand, And that same branch, which for thyself Thou hast made strong to stund. PSALMS LXXX., LXXXI. 16 Burnt up it is with flaming fire, It also is cut down: And perished utterly are they, Because thy face did frown. 17 0 let thy hand be laid upon The man of thy right hand, The Son of man, whom for thyself Thou hast made strong to stand. 18 So henceforth we will not go back, Nor turn from thee at all: 0 do thou quicken us, and we Upon thy name will call. 19 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts, Restore us unto thee; 0 cause thy face to shine on us, And saved we then shall be. PSALM 80. 11s. 1 0 THOU who the Shepherd of Israel art, Give ear to our prayer, and thy favor impart; Thou leader of Joseph, thou guide of his way, 'Mid cherubim dwelling, thy glory display. 2 In Ephraim's, Manasseh's and Benjamin's sight, 0 come thou and save us: awake in thy might. O God, give us favor, restore to thy grace; And then we shall live in the light of thy face. 3 How long wilt thou turn in fierce anger away, O Lord God of hosts, when thy people do pray? With tear-bread of sorrow their table is laid; Of tears' bitter mixture their drink thou hast made. 4 A strife thou hast made us to neighbors around, Our foes in their laughter and scoffing abound. O Lord God of hosts, us restore to thy grace, And then we shall live in the light of thy face. 5 From Egypt's dark border a vine thou didst take: Destroying the heathen didst room for it make. Where planted it grew at thy sov'reign command, With roots deeply set and boughs filling the land. 6 The mountains were covered beneath its deep shade, The cedars of God with the boughs it displayed; Her boughs to the sea afar off she did send, Her branches far out to the river extend. 7 0 why hast thou taken her hedges away, That all who pass by her may make her a prey? The boar from the forest destroys at his will, The beasts of the field are devouring her still. 8 Return, God of hosts, 0 return unto thine; Look down from the heavens and visit this vine; This vine, which was planted by thy mighty hand; This branch for thyself, which thou madest to stand. 9 The axe hews it down; it is burned in the fire; They perish, rebuked in thy terrible ire. O lay then thy hand on the man of thy might, The Son of man made to stand strong in thy sight. 10 No more shall we wander, delighting in shame; Revive us, 0 Lord; we will call on thy name. O Lord God of hosts, us restore to thy grace, And then we shall live in the light of thy face. PSA.LM 81. C. M. 1 SING loud to God our-strength; with k To God of Jacob sing. [joy Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp, Timbrel and psalt'ry bring. 2 Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day Our feast appointed is: For charge to Isr'el, and a law Of Jacob's God was this: 3 This testimony he ordained In Joseph, when the land Of Egypt he passed through, whose speech I did not understand. 4 His shoulder I from burdens took, His hands from pots did free. Thou didst in trouble on me call, And I delivered thee: 5 In secret place of thundering I did thee answer make; And at the streams of Meribah Of thee a proof did take. 6 0 thou, my people, give an ear, I'll testify to thee; To thee, 0 Isr'el, if thou wilt But hearken unto me. 7 In midst of thee there shal not be A heathen god at all; Nor unto any god unknown. Thou, bowing down, shalt fall. 80 PSALMS LXXXII., LXXXIII. i 1 am the Lord thy God, who did From Egypt land thee guide; I'll fill thy mouth abundantly, Do thou it open wide. 9 My people would not hear my voice, My presence Isr'el spurned; I gave them then to stubborn hearts, And where they would, they turned. 10 0 that my people had me heard, Isr'el my ways had chose! I had their en'mies soon subdued, My hand turned on their foes. 11 The haters of the Lord to him Submission should have feigned; But as for them, their time should have For evermore remained. 12 He should have also fed them with The finest of the wheat; Of honey from the rock thy fill I should have made thee eat. PSALM 82. C. M. 1 TN gods' assembly God doth stand; 1 He judgeth gods among. How long, accepting persons vile, Will ye give judgment wrong? 2 Defend the poor and fatherless; To poor oppressed do right. The poor and needy ones set free; Them save from ill men's might. 3 They know not, nor will understand; In darkness they walk on: For all foundations of the earth Out of their course are gone. 4 I said that ye are gods, and are The sons of God Most High; But as the princes ye shall fall, Like men ye all shall die. b 0 mighty God, do thou arise, The earth to judgment call: For thou, as thine inheritance, Shalt take the nations all. P$qALM 82. C. M. (Second.) AMONG assembled men of might, _LA The mighty God doth stand: He stands to orderjudgment right To judges of the land. e How long will ye, with wrongful aid, Th' oppressor's cause protect? How long, by gift and favor swayed, The wicked man respect? 8 Protect the fatherless and weak, Defend the poor distressed; And give deliv'rance to the meek By lawless power oppressed. 4 They will not know nor understand, In darkness on they go: Quake all the pillars of the land; They totter to and fro. 5 " True, ye are gods, ye kings," I said; "And sons of God Most High; Yet as the sons of men ye fade, And as the princes die." 6 Arise, 0 God, assert thy right, Pronounce thy just decree; The heritage of earth by right Belongs, 0 Lord, to thee. PSAL2M 83. C. M. 1 T EEP not, 0 God, we thee entreat, _K O keep not silence now: Hold not thy peace, 0 mighty God, And still no more be thou. 2 For lo! what tumults, in their rage, Thy enemies have made! And they that haters are of thee Have lifted up the head. 3 Against thy chosen people they Do crafty counsel take; And they against thy hidden ones Do consultations make. 4 Come on, we'll cut their nation off, We'll blot them out, said they; And thus shall Isr'el's race and name From mem'ry pass away. 5 With one consent they have conspired, Against thee they combined; With Edom's tents, the Ishma'lites. With Moab, Hagar joined. 6 Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, those of Tyre, And Assur joined with them; to help Lot's children they conspire. 7 To them as unto Midian do, Jabin at Kison strand; And Sis'ra, which at Endor fell, To fertilize the land. 8 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make Their noble men to fall; Like Zeba and Zalmunna make Their noble princes all: 9 Who said, For our inheritance Let us God's houses take. My God, them like a wheel, as chaff Before the wind, them make. 10 As fire consumes the wood, as flame Doth mountains set on fire, O chase and frighten them with storm And tempest of thine ire. 11 With shame their faces fill, 0 Lord, That they may seek thy name. Let them confounded be, and vexed. Yea, perish in their shame: PSALMS LXXXIV., LXXXV. 12 That men may know, that thou, whose Jehovah is alone, [name As God Most High, o'er all the earth, Art seated on thy throne. PSAIail 84. C. M. 1 LORD of hosts, how lovely is \J The place where thou dost dwell;The tabernacles of thy grace In pleasantness excei. '2 My soul doth long, yea even faint, Jehovah's courts to see; lMy heart and flesh are crying out, 0 living God, for thee. 3 Behold, the sparrow findeth out A house wherein to rest; 'The swallow also for herself Hath found a peaceful nest. 4 And there securely sheltered she Her young ones forth may bring; So thy own altars, Lord of hosts, I seek, my God and King. 4i Blest all who dwell within thy house, They ever give thee praise. And blest the man whose strength thou art, In whose heart are the ways: 6 Who passing on through Baca's vale. Do make of it a well; And copious rains descending there, The pools with water fill. 7 So they from strength unwearied go Still forward unto strength; And they in Zion shall appear Before the Lord, at length. 8 Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear; O Jacob's God, give ear. See, God, our shield, look on the face Of thy anointed dear. 9 For in thy courts one day excels A thousand; rather in My God's house will I keep a door, Than dwell in tents of sin. 10 For God the Lord's a sun and shield: He'll grace and glory give; And no good thing will he withhold,r From them that justly live. 11 0 thou that art the Lord of hosts, That man is truly blest, Who with unshaken confidence On thee alone doth rest. PSALM 84. 7s and 6s. 1 T ORD God of hosts, how lovely 1 The place where thou dost dwell! Thy tabernacles holy In pleasantness excel. 2 My soul is longing, fainting, Jehovah's courts to see; lMy heart and flesh are crying, O living God, for thee. 6 3 Behold, the sparrow findeth A house in which to rest, The swallow hath discovered Where she may build her nest; 4 And where, securely sheltered, Her young she forth may bring; So, Lord of hosts, thy altars I seek, my God, my King. 5 Blest who thy house inhabit, They ever give thee praise; Blest all whom thou dost strengthbu, Who love the sacred ways. 6 Who pass through Baca's valley, And make in it a well; There rains in showers abundant The pools with water fill. 7 So they from strength unwearied Go forvard unto strength, Till they appear in Zion, Before the Lord at length. 8 0 hear, Lord God of Jacob, To me an answer yield; The face of thy Anointed, Behold, 0 God, our Shield. 9 One day excels a thousand, If spent thy courts within; I'll choose thy threshold rather Than dwell in tents of sin. 10 Our sun and shield, Jehovah, Will grace and glory give; No good will he deny them That uprightly do live. 11 0 God of hosts, Jehovah, How blest is every one Who confidence reposes On thee, 0 Lord, alone. PSALM 85. C. M. 1 LORD, thou hast thy favor shovwr To thy beloved land: And Jacob's captive state thou hast Recalled with mighty hand. 2 Thou to thy people all their sins Most freely pardoned hast; And over all their trespasses Thou hast a covering cast. 3 Thou all thy anger hast removed; From wrath hast turned to peace: O God, our'Saviour, turn thou us, And make thy wrath to cease. 4 Shall thy displeasure thus endure Against us without end? Wilt thou to generations all Thy anger still extend? 5 Shall not thy people joy in the? Wilt thou not us revive? O Lord, to us thy mercy show, And thy salvation give. PSALMS LXXXV., LXXXVI., LXXXVI1. 6 Ill hear what God the Lord will speak; For he will speak in peace, To all his people and his saints, Let them from folly cease. 7 To such alone as fear the Lord, Is his salvation near, That as a dweller in our land His glory may appear. f Truth met with mercy, righteousness And peace kissed mutually; Truth springs from earth, and righteousLooks down from heaven high. [ness e Yea, what is good the Lord shall give; Our land shall yield increase: And right, to set us in his steps, Shall go before his face. PSALLM 85. L. P. M. 1 T ORD, thou hast favor shown thy L land, And broughlt back Jacob's captive band; Thy people's sins thou pardoned hast, And all their guilt hast covered o'er, Removed from them thine anger sore, All thy fierce wrath behind thee cast. 2 Turn us, 0 God our Saviour, turn Nor longer let thine anger burn. Wilt thou forever angry be? Through ages shall thy wrath survive? Wift thou not us again revive, That so we may rejoice in thee? 3 0 Lord, to us thy mercy show, And thy salvation now bestow; We wait to hear what God will say: Peace to his people he will speak, And to his saints, but let them seek No more in folly's path to stray. 4 His saving help is surely near To those his holy name that fear; Thus glory dwells in all our land. Now heavenly truth unites with grace, And righteousness and peace embrace In full accord they ever stand. 5 Truth springing forth the earth shall crown, And righteousness from heavi, look down, And God on us his goodness shed: Our land shall then with plenty flow; Before him righteousness shall go, And cause us in his steps to tread. PSALM 86. C. M. 1 ( LORD, do thou bow down thy ear, \J And hear me graciously; Because I sorely troubled am, I am in poverty. 2 Because I'm holy, let my soul By thee delivered be: O thou my God, thy servant save, That puts his trust in thee. 3 Since unto thee I daily cry, Be merciful to me. Rejoice thy servant's soul; for, Lord, I lift my soul to thee. 4 For thou, 0 Lord, most gracious art, And ready to forgive; And rich in mercy, all that call Upon thee to relieve. 5 0 Lord, my prayer hear; the voice Of my request attend: In troublous times I'll call on thee; For thou wilt answer send. 6 0 Lord, among the heathen gods Like thee there is not one; Nor are there any works, 0 Lord, Like those which thou hast done. 7 All nations, Lord, whom thou hast made Shall come and praise proclaim; Before thy face, they worship shall, And glorify thy name. 8 Because thou art exceeding great,' And works by thee are done, Which are to be admired; and thou Art God thyself alone. 9 Teach me thy way, and in thy truth O Lord, then walk will I; Unite miy heart, that I thy name May fear continually. 10 0 Lord my God, with all my heart Thy praise I will proclaim; I will ascribe forevermore All glory to thy name. 11 Because thy mercy toward me In greatness doth excel; And thou delivered hast my soul Out from the lowest hell. 12 0 God, the proud against me rise And vi'lent men have met, That for my soul have sought; and the. Before them have not set. 13 But thou, Jehovah, art a God In whom compassions flow; Thy mercy, grace and truth abound, Thou art to anger slow. 14 0 turn to me thy countenance, And mercy on me have Thy servant strengthen, and the sen Of thine own handmaid save. 15 Show me a sign for good, that they Who do me hate may see, And be ashamed; because thou, Lo4d Didst help and comfort me. PSALM 87. C. M. 1 TTPON the hills of holiness U He his foundation sets. And more than Jacob's dwellings all, The Lord loves Zion's gates. PSALMS LXXXVII., LXXVIII. 2 Things glorious are said of thee, Thou city of the Lord. Rahab and Babel I, to those That know me, will record: 3 Behold ev'n Tyrus, and with it The land of Palestine, And likewise Ethiopia; This man was born therein. 4 Of ZIon they shall say, this man And that man born were there, And he that is the highest shall Himself establish her. 5 When God the people writes, he'll count That this man born was there. There they shall be, who sing and play; My well-springs in thee are. PSALM 87. 7s. 1 ^ OD'S foundation stands unmoved, J On the high and holy hills; Zion's gates by him are loved, More than tents where Jacob dwells. 2 0 thou city of the Lord, Glorious things are said of thee; Babylon, I will record, Rahab, too, as knowing me. 3 Tyre, Philistia, Cush, behold, Born in her, her name adorn: It of Zion shall be told, Multitudes in her were born. 4 God the Highest by his might Will establish her on earth; God shall nations' records write, Counting, " These in her had birth." 5 Those on instruments that play, Shall with singers joyful be; And with one accord shall say, "All my springs are found in thee." PSALM 88. C. M. 1 T ORD God, my Saviour, day and night LJ 3efore thee cried have I. Before thee let my prayer come; Give ear unto my cry. 2 For troubles great do fill my soul; My life draws nigh the grave. I'm numbered with the buried dead And such as no strength have. 3 But like the slain in grave that lie, Among the dead I'm free; Like slain, whom thou forgotten hast, Who are cut off from thee. 4 Thou hast me laid in lowest pit, In deep and darksome caves. Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast Me pressed with all thy waves. 56 5 Thou hast put far from me my friends, By them I am abhorred. I am shut up, and there is none Who freedom can afford. 6 By reason of my deep distress, Mine eye mourns dolefully: To thee, O Lord, I call, and stretch My hands continually. 7 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they rise, and thee bless? Shall in the grave thy love be told? In death thy faithfulness? 8 Shall thy great wonders in the dark, Or shall thy righteousness Be known to any in the land Of deep forgetfulness? 9 But, Lord, to thee I cried; my prayer Each morn shall rise to thee. Lord, why dost thou cast off my soul, Why hide thy face from me? 10 Distressed am I, and from my youth I ready am to die; Thy terrors I have borne; I am Distracted fearfully. 11 By thy fierce wrath I'm overwhelmed: Cut off by dread of thee. Like water they around me come, They daily compass me. 12 My friends thou hast put far from me, And him that did me love; And those that my acquaintance were To darkness didst remove. PSALM 88. 8s and 7s. 1 THOU God of my salvation, J Day and night I cried to thee; Hear my humble supplication, Quickly bow thine ear to me. 2 Filled with grief, my soul is sighing, To the grave my life draws near, Numbered now among the dying; Like one helpless I appear. 3 Free to sleep in death's dark chamber Like the slain within the grave; Whom thou dost no more remember, Whom thy hand no more shall save. 4 In the pit thy hand has laid me, In the darkness and in deeps; Sorely has thy wrath dismayed me; O'er my soul affliction sweeps. 5 Friendship's ties by thee are broken, Friends are banished from my sight; Scorned by them, my name is spoken; Closed on me is sorrow's night. 6 Mourns my eye, my powers languish, Sore affliction presses me; Lord, I cry to thee in anguish, Daily stretch my hands to thee. 84 PSALM I Shall the dead, to life returning, Rise and sing thy wonders, Lord? Shall the grave thy love be learning, Death thy faithfulness record' 8 Shall thy works and wondrous doing, Be proclaimed in darkness deep? Righteousness shall they be viewing, Wrapt in cold oblivion's sleep? 9 But, 0 Lord, at dawn awaking, Prayer and cries I'll send to thee: Why, my God, my soul forsaking, Hidest thou thy face from me? 10 All my days I've been afflicted, Ready from my youth to die; I with suff'rings am distracted, While thy terrors on me lie. 21 Flames of wrath are o'er me leaping, Horrors great upon me roll; Round they come like waters sweeping, Daily compassing my soul. 12 Thou my dearest friends hast banished, My companions put to flight; All acquaintances have vanished, Driven to the shades of night. PSALM 89. C. M. 1 / OD'S mercies I will ever sing; ' And with my mouth I shall why faithfulness make to be known To generations all. 2 For mercy shall be built, said I, Forever to endure; Thy faithfulness, ev'n in the heav'ns, Thou wilt establish sure. 3 I with my chosen One have made A cov'nant graciously; And to my servant, whom I loved, To David sworn have I: 4 That I thy seed establish will Forever to remain, And will to generations all Thy throne build and maintain. 5 The praises of thy wonders, Lord, The heavens shall express; The congregation of thy saints, Shall praise thy faithfulness. 6 For who in heaven with the Lord May once himself compare? Who is like God among the sons Of those that mighty are? 7 Great fear in meeting of the saints Is due unto the Lord; And he of all about him should With rev'rence be adored. 8 0 thou that art the Lord of hosts, What Lord in mightiness Is like to thee? who compassed round Art with thy faithfulness. LXXXIX. 9 Ev'n in the raging of the sea Thou over it dost reign; And when the waves thereof do swell, Thou stillest them again. 10 Rahab in pieces thou didst break, Like one that slaughtered is; And with thy mighty arm thou hast Dispersed thine enemies. 11 The heav'ns are thine, thou for thins The earth dost also take; [own The world, and fulness of the same, Thy pow'r did found and make. 12 The north and south from thee alone Their first beginning had; Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill Shall in thy name be glad. 13 Thou hast an arm that's full of pow'r, Thy hand is great in might; And thy right hand exceedingly Exalted is in height. 14 Justice and judgment of thy throne Are made the dwelling-place; Mercy, accompanied with truth, Shall go before thy flice. 15 0 greatly blessed the people are, The joyful sound that know; In brightness of thy face, 0 Lord, They ever on shall go. 16 They in thy name shall all the day Rejoice exceedingly; And in thy righteousness shall they Exalted be on high; 17 Because the glory of their strength Doth only stand in thee: And in thy favour shall our horn And pow'r exalted be. 18 For God is our defence; he will To us salvation bring: The Holy One of Israel Is our almighty King. 19 In vision to thy Holy One Thou saidst, I help have laid Upon a mighty one, and from The people choice have made. 20 Ev'n David, I have found him out A servant unto me; And with my holy oil my King Anointed him to be. 21 With whom my hand shall stablishea My arm shall make him strong. LLe; On him the foe shall not exact, Nor son of mischief wrong. 22 I will beat down before his face All his malicious foes; I will them greatly plague who do With hatred him oppose. PSALM LXXXIX. 86 23 My mercy and my faithfulness With him yet still shall be; And in my name his horn and pow'r Men shall exalted see. 24 His hand and pow'r shall reach afar, I'll set it in the sea; And his right hand established shall Upon the rivers be. 25 Thou art my Father and my God, He unto me shall cry; Thou also art the Rock on which For safety I rely. 26 I'll make him my first-born, supreme O'er kings of ev'ry land. MIy love I'll ever keep for him, My cov'nant fast shall stand. 27 And I will also make his seed Forever to endure; And, as the days of heaven are, His throne shall stand secure. 28 But if his children shall forsake My laws, and go astray, And in my judgments shall not walk, But wander from my way: 29 And if my statutes they profane, My laws do not respect, I'll visit then their faults with rods, Their sins with stripes correct. 30 Yet I'll not take my love from him, Nor false my promise make. My cov'nant I'll not break, nor change What with my mouth I spake. 31 Once by my holiness I swore, To David I'll not lie; His seed and throne shall, as the sun, Before me last for aye. 32 It, like the moon, shall ever be Established steadfastly; And like to that which in the heav'n Doth witness faithfully. 33 But thou, displeased, hast cast him off, Thou didst abhor and loathe; With him that thy anointed is Thou hast been very wroth. 34 Thou hast thy servant's covenant Made void, and quite cast by; Thou hast profaned his crown, while it Cast on the ground doth lie. 35 Thou all his hedges broken hast, His strongholds down hast torn. He to all passers-by a spoil, To neighbors is a scorn. 36 Thou hast set up his foes' right hand; Made all his en'mies glad: Turned his sword's edge, and him to stand In battle hast not made. 37 His glory thou hast made to cease, His throne to earth hast cast; His days of youth made short, and him With shame thou covered hast. 38 How long, 0 Lord, wilt thou thyself Hide always in thine ire? And shall thy indignation great Forever burn like fire? 39 Remember, Lord, how short a time I shall on earth remain: O wherefore is it so, that thou Ilast made all men in vain? 40 What man is he that liveth here, And death shall never see? Or from the power of the grave Who can his soul set free? 41 Thy former loving-kindnesses, O Lord, where are they now? Those which in truth and faithfulness To David sworn hast thou? 42 Mind, Lord, thy servant's sad reproach; How I in bosom bear The scornings of the people all, Who strong and mighty are; 43 And how thy enemies reproached, Jehovah, think upon; Ev'n how they have reproached the steps Of thine anointed One. 44 All blessings to Jehovah be Ascribed forever then, Forevermore, so let it be. Amen, yea, and Amen. PSALMl 89. L. M. 1 ~R/ Y song shall evermore record -LV_ In praise the mercies of the Lord; Thy faithfulness my mouth shall show, While ceaseless ages onward flow. 2 For I have said, eternal years Shall crown the temple mercy rears; And in the heavens, firm and sure, Thy faithfulness thou wilt secure. 3 With David I a cov'nant made, And to my servant sware and said, Thy seed forever I'll extend, And build thy throne till time shall end. 4 The wonders done by thee, 0 Lord, The heaven shall in praise record; Thy faithfulness shall praise command, When holy ones assembled stand. 5 For who in heaven 'mid dwellers ther Can to the Lord himself compare? Or who, among the mighty, shares The likeness that Jehovah bears? 6 Great fear and dread to God belong, Where holy ones in council throng; Yea, he inspires great dread and fear, Ta all who round his throne appear. e6 PSALM XC. 7 0 thou Jehovah, God of liosts, What mighty one thy likeness boasts? Thy faithfulness is ever found, Encircling all thy path around. 8 The swelling sea thou dost control, And still its billows when they roll; Rahab, as slain thou didst subdue, Thine arm of strength thy foes o'erthrew. 9 The earth belongs to thee alone, The heavens, too, are all thine own; The world and all that it contains, By thee established, thine remains. 10 The north and south thy hands did frame; Tabor and Hermon praise thy name: Great strength within thy'arm doth lie, Thy hand is strong, thy right hand high. 11 On righteousness thy throne is stayed, On justice its foundations laid; Before thy face, thy way to show, Shall truth and mercy ever go. 12 How blest the realm with favor crowned, Who hear and know the joyful sound; They in the light, 0 Lord, shall live, The light thy face and favor give. 13 They in thy name shall joyful be, Yea, all the day be glad in thee; And in thy just and righteous ways To honor great thou wilt them raise. 14 Thou art the glory of their strength, Thy grace will lift our horn at length; For Israel's Holy One, who reigns As Lord, our shield and King remains. 15 Then thou in vision didst make known, And thus address thy Holy One: On one with mighty strength arrayed Great help and succor I have laid. 16 Yea, I have raised to honor great, One chosen from the people's state; My servant David I have found, And him as my anointed crowned. 17 With him my hand shall still remain, Mine arm with strength shall him sustain; The foe shall never him annoy, Nor son of wrong his peace destroy. 18 I'll crush before him every foe, His haters smite and overthrow; My faithfulness to him I'll prove, And ne'er from him my grace remove. 19 Yea, he shall triumph in my name, And great shall be his power and fame; '11 set his hand upon the sea, His right hand on the floods shall be. 20 Thou art my Father, he shall cry, My God, my Rock, my Saviour nigh; As my first-born I will him own, O'er kings of earth will set his throne. 21 My grace for him I'll keep secure, My covenant to him is sure; His seed forever I'll maintain, His throne while days of heav'n remaip. 22 But if his sons my law forsake; If they my holy statutes break; If from my judgments they shall stray, And my commands will not obey; 23 Then with a rod their sins I'll smite, Their guilt with stripes will I requite; Yet him my grace shall not forsake, My truth I will not falsehood make. 24 My cov'nant I will not evade, Nor change the promise I have made; Once in my holiness have I To David sworn, and will not lie. 25 His seed forever shall endure, And as the sun his throne is sure; Eternal as the moon on high, The faithful witness in the sky. 26 Yet now thine anger hotly burns, And thine anointed loathes and spurns; Thy servant's covenant we see Made void as if abhorred by thee. 27 Thou to the earth hast trampled dow, And thus profaned his sacred crown; His walls all prostrate thou hast laid, His fortresses a ruin made. 28 The passers-by upon him prey, His neighbors turn in scorn away; His foes' right hand hast thou made strong, And giv'n to them the victor's song. 29 His blunted sword hast thou repelled, Nor in the battle him upheld; His glory now no more is known, And thou to earth hast cast his throne. 30 His days of youth so quickly past, The garb of shame is o'er him cast; How long, Lord, hide thyself in ire? Shall wrath forever burn like fire? 31 Think on my life, 'tis but a span, Why thus in vain hast thou made man? What man that lives, has power to save His soul from death, and from the grave? 32 Where are thy former mercies? where? Which thou in truth to David sware? Remember, Lord, thy servant's scorn, And mine, from mighty people borne. 33 The scorn, 0 Lord, thy foes have shown On thine Anointed's footsteps thrown; Remember, let it be redressed: Forever let the Lord be blessed. Amen and Amen. PSALM 90. C. M. 1 T ORD, thou hast been our dwellingL In generations all. [plac Before thou ever hadst brought forth The mountains great or small: PSALMS XC. XCI. 87 2 Ere ever thou hadst formed the earth, And all the world abroad; Ev'n thou from everlasting art To everlasting God. 3 0 Lord, thou to destruction dost Man that is mortal turn: And unto them thou say'st, Again, Ye sons of men, return. 4 Because a thousand years appear No more before thy sight Than yesterday, when it is past, Or than a watch by night. 5 As with an overflowing flood Thou sweepest them away: They are as sleep, and as the grass That grows at morn are they. 6 At morn it flourishes and grows, Cut down at eve doth fade. For by thine anger we're consumed, Thy wrath makes us afraid. 7 All our iniquities thou dost Before thy presence place; I)ur secret sins dost set before The brightness of thy face. 8 For in thine anger all our days Are passing to an end; And as a tale that hath been told, Our fleeting years we spend. 9 The years our days on earth do make Are threescore years and ten; Or if there is more strength in some And they fourscore attain; 10 Yet doth the strength of such old men But grief and labor prove; For it is soon cut off, and we Fly hence, and soon remove. 11 Thy wrath's according to thy fear; Who knows its power great? Teach us that we our days may count, Our hearts on wisdom set. 12 Return again to us, 0 Lord, How long thus shall it be? Let it repent thee now for those That servants are to thee. 13 0 with thy tender mercies, Lord, Us early satisfy; So all our days we will rejoice, We will be glad in thee. 14 According as the days have been, Wherein we grief have had, And years wherein we ill have seen, So do thou make us glad. 15 0 let thy work and pow'r appear Thy servants' face before; And show to all their children dear Thy glory evermore: 16 And-let the beauty of the Lord Our God be us upon: The labors of our hands confirm, Establish them each one. PSALM_ 90. L. M. 6 lines. 1 ORD, thou hast been our dwelling. LJ place From age to age, from race to race. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth. From years which no beginning had To years unending, thou art God. 2 Thou turnest man to dust again, And say'st, Return, ye sons of men. As yesterday, when past, appears, So in thy sight a thousand years, They like a day are in thy sight, Yea, like a passing watch by night. 3 As with a flood thou mak'st them pass; They like a sleep are, like the grass, That in the morning may be seen To grow and flourish, fresh and green; At evening by the hand of death, It is cut down, and withereth. 4 For in thine anger we're consumed, And by thy wrath to trouble doomed; Thou in thy sight our sins dost place, Our secret sins before thy face. For in thy wrath our days we spend, Our years like tales which quickly end. 5 Our days are threescore years and ten, And if, through strength, fourscore, ye 'Tis labor, sorrow and decay; [then 'Tis soon cut off;-we fly away. Who knows the pow'r thine anger hath? As is thy fear so is thy wrath. 6 0 teach thou us to count our days, And set our hearts on wisdom's ways. Return, 0 Lord, at length relent, And for thy servants' sake repent. How long-how long-thus shall it be? Return, that we may joy in thee. 7 0 do thy mercy soon impart To satisfy our longing heart, So we rejoice shall all our days, And happy be in thee always. For days of grief that we have had, And years of evil, make us glad. 8 Thy work unto thy servants show, Thy glory let their children know, And let there be on us bestowed The beauty of the Lord our God: The work accomplished by our hand Let it by thee established stand. PS1ALM 91. C. M. 1 FrTHE man that doth in secret place J Of God Most High reside, Beneath the shade of him that ia Th' Almighty shall abide. PSALMS XCI., XCII. 2 I of the Lord my God will say, He is my refuge still, He is my fortress, and my God; And trust in him I will. 3 Assuredly he shall thee save, And give deliverance From cunning fowler's snare, and from The deadly pestilence. 4 His feathers shall thee hide; thy trust Beneath his wings shall be: His faithfulness shall be a shield And buckler unto thee. 5 Thou shalt not need to be afraid For terrors of the night; Nor for the arrow that doth fly By day, while it is light; 6 Nor for the pestilence, that walks In darkness secretly; Nor for destruction, that doth waste At noon-day openly. 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall, On thy right hand shall lie Ten thousand dead; yet unto thee It shall not once come nigh. 8 Thou with thy eyes shalt on it look, And a beholder be; And thou therein the just reward Of wicked men shalt see. 9 Because the Lord, who ever is My refuge and my aid, Ev'n God Most High, has been by thee Thy habitation made; 10 No plague shall near thy dwelling come, No evil thee befall: For thee to keep in all thy ways His angels charge he shall. 71 They in their hands shall bear thee up, Still waiting thee upon; Lest thou at any time shouldst dash Thy foot against a stone. 22 Upon the adderthou shalt tread, And on the lion strong; Thy feet on dragons trample shall, And on the lions young. 13 Because on me he set his love, I'll save and set him free; Because my great name he hath known, I will him set on high. 14 He'll call on me, I'll answer him; I will be with him still In trouble, to deliver him, And honor him I will. 15 A length of days to his desire I will on him bestow, And I in kindness unto him Will my salvation show. PSALM 91. L. M. I1 -T HE man who once has found abode 1 Within the secret place of God, Shall with Almighty God abide, And in his shadow safely hide. 2 I of the Lord my God will say, He is my refuge and my stay; To him for safety I will flee; My God, in him my trust shall be. 3 He shall with all protecting care Preserve thee from the fowler's lnare; When fearful plagues around prevail, No fatal stroke shall thee assail. 4 His outspread pinions shall thee hide; Beneath his wings shalt thou confide; His faithfulness shall ever be A shield and buckler unto thee. 5 No nightly terrors shall alarm, No deadly shaft by day shall harm, Nor pestilence that walks by night, Nor plagues that waste in noon-day light 6 A thousand at thy side shall lie, At thy right hand tea thousand die, But thou unharmed, secure, shalt see What wicked men's reward shall be. 7 Because thy trust is God alone, Thy dwelling-place the Highest One, No evil shall upon thee come, Nor plague approach thy guarded home. 8 O'er thee his angels he commands, To bear thee safely in their hands; To keep thee in thy ways each one, Nor dash thy foot against a stone. 9 Thy foot shall crush the adder's head, On lions and on dragons tread; And since on me he set his love, I will his constant Saviour prove. 10 Because to him my name is dear, I'll him exalt above all fear. To me he'll lift his earnest cry, And I will answer from on high. 11 I will be near when troubles press; I'll save him, and with honors bless; With life he satisfied shall be, And my salvation he shall see. PSALM 92. C. M. i T render thanks unto the Lord I It is a comely thing, And to thy name, 0 tbou Most High, Due praise aloud to sing. 2 Thy loving-kindness to show forth When shines the morning light; And to declare thy faithfulness With pleasure ev'ry night. 3 Upon a ten-stringed instrument, And on the psaltery, Upon the harp with solemn q)unc And grave sweet melody. PSALMS XCIII., XCIV. 89 4 For thou, Jehovah, by thy work, IIast made my heart right glad; And I will triumph in the works Which by thy hands were made. 5 How great, 0 Lord, are all thy works' A deep thy ev'ry thought. A brutish person doth not know, Fools understand it not. 6 When they that wicked are, spring up As grass upon the ground, And they that work iniquity Do flourish and abound; 7 It is that they forevermore May be destroyed and slain: But, 0 Jehovah, thou Most High, Shalt evermore remain. 8 For lo, thy foes, yea, all thy foes, Shall be destroyed, 0 God! And all that work iniquity Shall be dispersed abroad. 9 But like the horn of unicorns, My horn thou wilt exalt, And raise on high: thou with fresh oil Anoint me also shalt. 10 My eye shall also my desire See on my enemies; My ears shall of the wicked hear, That do against me rise. 11 But like the palm-tree flourishing Shall be the righteous one; And he shall like the cedar grow That is in Lebanon. 12 Those that within the house of God Are planted by his grace, They shall grow up, and flourish all In our God's holy place. 13 And in old age, when others fade, They fruit still forth shall bring; They shall be fat, and full of sap, And always flourishing; 14 To show that upright is the Lord; He is a rock to me; And he from all unrighteousness Is altogether free. PSALM 93. C. M. 1 TEHOVAI reigns, and clothed is he A) With majesty most bright; Himself Jehovah clothes with strength, And girds about with might. 2 The world is also firmly fixed, That it cannot depart. Thy throne is fixed of old, and thou From everlasting art 3 The floods, 0 Lord, have lifted up, They lifted up their voice; The floods have lifted up their waves, And made a mighty noise. 4 But yet the Lord, that is on high, Is mightier by far Than noise of many waters is, Or great sea-billows are. 5 Thy testimonies ev'ry one In faithfulness excel; And holiness forever, Lord, Thy house becometh well. PSALM 93. S. M. 1 OD reigneth, he is clothed With majesty most bright; Himself Jehovah clothes with strength, And girds about with might. 2 The world is firmly fixed, That it can not depart; Thy throne is fixed of old, and thou From everlasting art. 3 The floods have lifted up, They lifted up their voice, The floods have lifted up their waves, And made a mighty noise. 4 But yet the Lord on high, Is mightier by far Than noise of many waters is, Or great sea-billows are. 5 Thy testimonies all In faithfulness excel; And holiness forever, Lord, Thy house becometh well. PSALM 94. C. M. 1 f GOD the Lord, to whom alone All vengeance doth belong; O mighty God of vengeance, come; Shine forth, avenging wrong. 2 Lift up thyself, thou of the earth The sov'reign Judge that art; And unto those that are so proud, A due reward impart. 3 How long, 0 mighty God, shall they Who work iniquityHow long shall they who wicked are Thus triumph haughtily? 4 How long shall things so hard by them Still uttered be and told? And all that work iniquity To boast themselves be bold? 5 For they thy people crush, 0 Lord, Thy heritage oppress; The widow and the stranger slay, They kill the fatherless. 6 And yet they say, God will not see, Nor God of Jacob know. Ye brutish people! understand: Fools! when wise will ye grow? 7 The Lord did plant the ear of man, And hear then shall not he? He also formed the eye, and then Shall he not clearly see? 90 PSALMS XCV., XCVI. S He that the nations doth correct, Shall he not chasten you? He knowledge unto man doth teach, And shall himself not know? 9 Man's thoughts to be but vanity The Lord doth well discern. Blest is the man thou chast'nest, Lord, And mak'st thy law to learn: 10 That thou mayst give him rest from days Of sad adversity, Until the pit be digged for them That work iniquity. 11 Because the Lord will not cast off His people utterly, Nor shall his own inheritance By him forsaken be. 12 But judgment unto righteousness Shall yet return again; And all shall follow after it That are right-hearted men. 13 0 who will rise for me against Those that do wickedly? And who will stand for me 'gainst those That work iniquity? 14 Unless the Lord had been my help When I was sore opprest, My soul had almost in the house Of silence been at rest. 15 When I through fear had spoken thus, " My foot doth slip away," Thy mercy held me up, 0 Lord, Thy goodness did me stay. 16 When anxious thoughts my heart opAnd fill my soul with grief, [press, The consolations of thy grace To me afford relief. 17 Shall of iniquity the throne Have fellowship with thee, Which mischief, cunningly contrived, Doth by a law decree? 18 Against the righteous souls they join, They guiltless blood condemn. But of my refuge God's the rock, And my defence from them. 19 On them their own iniquity The Lord himself shall lay. He'll cut them off in their own sia: The Lord our God them slay. PSALMF 95. C. M. 1 COME, let us, in songs to God, Our cheerful voices raise, In joyful shouts let us the Rock Of our salvation praise. t Pefore his presence let us come With praise and thankful voice;.It us sing psalms to him with grace, And make a joyful noise. 3 For God, a mighty God, and King, Above all gods he is. The depths of earth are in his hand, The strength of hills is his. 4 To him the spacious sea belongs, For he the same did make; The dry land also from his hands Its form at first did take. 5 0 come, and let us worship him, Let us bow down withal, And on our knees, before the Lord Our Maker, let us fall. 6 Because he only is our God; And we the people are Of his own pasture, and the sheep Of his almighty care. 7 To-day, if ye his voice will hear, Your hearts then harden not; As they in desert did provoke And tempt his anger hot. 8 Your fathers did me tempt and prove, They did my working see; And for the space of forty years This race hath grieved me. 9 I said, This people errs in heart, My ways they do not know: To whom I sware in wrath, that to My rest they should not go. PSALM 95. L. M. 6 lines. 1 O COME, and let us sing to God, 0 The rock of our salvation laud; Let us in psalms our tongues employ; Before him render thanks with joy; The Lord is great whose praise we sing, Above all gods a mighty King. 2 The vast deep places of the land, And strength of hills, are in his hand; The sea is his, he gave it birth, His hands prepared the solid earth: 0 come, and let us worship now, Before the Lord our Maker bow. 3 He is our God, we are the sheep His hand doth feed and safely keep; If ye his voice will hear to-day, Then harden not your hearts, as they Who in the wilderness beheld His mighty works, and yet rebelled. 4 Your fathers there my works did see, But still they proved and tempted me; For forty years I did them bear; I said, in heart and ways they err; To whom in wrath I did protest They shall not see my promised rest. PSAJLM 96. C. M. 1 SING a new song to the Lord: Sing all the earth to God. To God sing, bless his name, and show His saving health abroad. PSALMS XCVI., XCVII. 91 2 Among the heathen nations all His glory do declare; And unto all the people show His works that wondrous are. 3 The Lord is great, and greatly he Is to be magnified: Yea, worthy to be feared is he Above all gods beside. I For all the gods are idols dumb, Which blinded nations fear; But by Jehovah's mighty hand The heav'ns created were. 5 Great honor is before his face, And majesty divine; Strength is within his holy place, And there doth beauty shine. 6 0, do ye to Jehovah give Of people ev'ry tribe, Yea, to Jehovah glory give, And mighty pow'r ascribe. 7 The glory to Jehovah give That to his name is due; 0 come into his courts, and bring An offering with you. 8 And, beautified with holiness, Bow down before the Lord. Before his face let all the earth Fear him with one accord. 9 Among the heathen say, God reigns; The world shall steadfastly Be fixed from moving; he shall judge The people righteously. 10 Let heav'ns be glad before the Lord, And let the earth rejoice; Let seas, and all that is therein, Cry out, and make a noise. 11 Let fields rejoice, and ev'ry thing That springeth of the earth: Then woods and ev'ry tree shall sing With gladness and with mirth 12 Before the Lord: because he comes, To judge the earth comes he: He'll judge the world with righteousness, The people faithfully. PSALM 96. L. M. 0 SING a new song to the Lord; Sing all the earth and bless his From day to day his praise record, [name. The Lord's redeeming grace proclaim. 2 Tell all the world his wondrous ways, Tell heathen nations far and near; Great is the Lord, and great his praise, Feared more than gods that nations fear. 3 The heathen gods are idols vain; He made the heavens, and he supports. Both light and honor lead his train, While strength and beauty fill his courts. 4 0 give the Lord, ye tribes and tongu 0 give the Lord due praise, and sing; Give strength and glory in your songs, Come, throng his courts, and offering. bring. 5 0 fear and bow, adorned with grace, And tell each land that God is King. He fixed the earth's unchanging base; Just judgment to the world he'll bring. 6 Let heav'n exult, let earth rejoice, Let seas and all their filness roar; Let waving fields lift high their voice, The wood's wild joy in songs shall soar. 7 So let them shout before our God, For lo, he comes, he comes with might, To wield the sceptre and the rod, To judge the world with truth and right. PSALMI 97. C. M. 1 IpHE Lord Jehovah reigns as King, 1 Let all the earth rejoice; And let the multitude of isles For joy lift up their voice. 2 With thickest clouds and darkness deep The Lord himself surrounds; His lofty throne on righteousness And judgment just he founds. 3 Before him goes a fire; his foes It burns up round about: His lightnings lighten did the world; Earth saw, and shook throughout. 4 Before the Lord the hills did melt As wax before the flame; Before the Lord of all the earth, When he in glory came. 5 The heav'ns declare his righteousness All men his glory see. All who serve graven images, Confounded let them be. 6 They who of idols boast themselves, Shall all be brought to shame. 0 all ye gods, see that ye give Due worship to his name. 7 When Zion heard, she joyful was, Glad Judah's daughters were; They much rejoiced, 0 Lord, because Thy judgments did appear. 8 For thou, 0 Lord, art high above All things on earth that are; Above all other gods thou art Exalted very far. 9 Hate ill, all ye that love the Lord: His saints' souls keepeth he; And from the hands of wicked men He sets them safe and free. 10 For them that follow righteousness Is sown a joyful light, And gladness great is sown for them That are in heart upright. 92 PSALMS XCVII., XCVIII. 11 e righteous, in the Lord rejoice; 7 Before the Lord; because he comes, Express your thankfulness, To judge the earth comes he; When ye into your memory He'll judge the world and people all Do call his holiness. With truth and equity. PSALM 97. L. M. PSALM 98. L. M. 1 TEHOVAH reigns; let earth be glad,1 /OME, let us sing unto the Lord, And all her islands clap their hands; New so gs of praise with sweet a With clouds and darkness he is clad, For wonders great by him are done; [cordHis throne in right and judgment stands. His hand and arm have vict'ry won. 2 A fiery stream before him goes, 2 The great salvation of our God And burns around him all his foes: Is seen through all the earth abroad; His lightning shafts, in vengeance hurled, Before the heathen's wondering sight, Blaze lurid o'er the trembling world. He hath revealed his truth and right. 3 Like wax the mountains melt away, 3 He called to mind his truth and grace Before his majesty divine; In promise made to Isr'el's race; The heavens his righteousness display, And unto earth's remotest bound, All nations see his glory shine. Glad tidings of salvation sound. 4 All lands to God lift up your voice; 4 Be shamed who idols serve and boast, Sing praise to him, with shouts rejoice; Fear him, ye gods, with all your host; With voice of joy and loud acclaim, When Zion glad, thy judgments heard, Let all unite and praise his laue. Then Judah's daughters praised the Lord. Exalted is thy throne, 0 Lord, 5 Praise God with harp, with harp sing praise, Above all gods, above all lands; ie s s is Hate eil, ye who love his word, With voice of psalms his glory raise; His saints he frees from wicked hands. With trumpets, comets, gladly sing, And shout before the Lord the King. 6 For all the righteous sown is light, 6 Let earth be glad, let billows roar And joy for men in heart upright, And all that dwell from shore to shore; Ye saints rejoice in God; him bless, Let floods clap hands with one accord, When musing on his holiness. Let hills rejoice before the Lord; PSALM 98. C. M. 7 For, lo, he comes; at his command All nations shall in judgment stand; t SING a new song to the Lord, In justice robed, and throned in light, For wonders he hath done; The Lord shall judge, dispensing right. His right hand and his holy arm Him victory hath won. PSALM 98. 8s and 7s. 2 The great salvation wrought by him, 1 ING a new song to Jehovah, Jehovah hath made known; K For the wonders he hath wrcught; His justice in the heathen's sight His right hand and arm, most holy, He openly hath shown. Victory to him have brought. 3 He mindful of his grace and truth 2 Lo, Jehovah his salvation To Isr'el's house hath been; Hath to all the world made known. The great salvation of our God In the sight of ev'ry nation All ends of earth have seen. He his righteousness hath shown. 4 Let all the earth unto the Lord 3 Mindful of his truth and mercy Send forth a joyful noise; He to Isr'el's house hath been, Jift up your voice aloud to him, And the Lord our God's salvation Sing praises, and rejoice. All the ends of earth have seen. 6 With harp, with harp, and voice of 4 All the earth, sing to Jehovah, Unto JEHOVAH sing: [psalms, Shout aloud, sing and rejoice; With trumpets, cornets, gladly sound With the harp sing to Jehovah, Before the Lord the King. -With the harp and tuneful voice. 6 Let seas and all their fulness roar; 5 Sound the trumpet and the cornet, The world, and dwellers there; Shout before the Lord the King; Let floods clap hands, and let the hills Sea, and all its fulness thunder; Together joy declare Earth, and all its people sing. PSALMS XCIX., C. 6 Let the rivers in their gladness Clap their hands with one accord; Let the mountains sing together, And rejoice before the Lord. 7 For, to judge the earth he cometh, And with righteousness shall he Judge the world; and all the nations He will judge with equity. PSALM 99. C. M. 1 FpHE Lord Jehovah reigns as King, Let all the people quake: He sits between the cherubim, Let earth be moved and shake. 2 Jehovah is in Zion great, Above all people high; Thy fearful, great, and holy name, 0 let them magnify. 3 The King's strength also judgment Thou settlest equity: [loves; Thou judgment just (lost execute In Jacob righteously. 4 The Lord our God exalt on high, And rev'rently do ye Before his footstool worship him: The Holy One is he. 5 Moses and Aaron, with his priests, Samuel, with then that call Upon his name: these called on God, And he them answered all. 6 Within the pillar of the cloud He unto them did speak: His statutes they observed; the laws He gave they did not break. 7 0 Lord, our God, thou wast a God, Who d;dst them answer send; Though punishing their deeds, to them Thou pardon didst extend. 8 Do ye exalt the Lord our God, And at his holy hill Do ye him worship: for the Lord, Our God, is holy still. PSALM 99. S. M. 1 TEHOVAH reigns supreme, Let all the people quake; He sits between the cherubim, Let earth's foundation shake. 2 In Zion God is great; O'er nations high his throne; His fearful, great, and holy name In praises let them own. 3 The King's strength judgment loves; Thou justice dost maintain: Both righteousness and judgment thou In Jacob dost sustain. 4 Do ye exalt the Lord, Our God in praises laud; And at his footstool worship him, For holy is our God. 5 Moses and Aaron, priests, 'Midst those that on hinm call, And Samuel, too, these called on God, And he them answered all. 6 In pillar of a cloud, To them Jehovah spake; He testimonies gave to them, And laws they did not break. 7 0 Lord, our gracious God, Thou didst an answer send; Though taking vengeance on their deeds Thou pardon didst extend. 8 Do ye exalt the Lord; Our God in praises laud, And worship at his holy hill, For holy is our God. PSALM 100. C. M. 1 ALL ye lands, unto the Lord Make ye a joyful noise. Serve God with gladness, and before Him come with singing voice. 2 Know ye the Lord that he is God; He for himself us made: We are his people, and the sheep Within his pasture fed. 3 Eater his gates and courts with thanksa His praise in songs proclaim; To him express your thankfulness, And ever bless his name. 4 Because the Lord our God is good, His mercy never ends; And unto generations all His faithfulness extends. PSALM 100. L. M. 1 ALL people that on earth do dwell, 1 Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make: We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. 3 0 enter then his gates with jcy, Within his courts his praise proclaim; Let thankful songs your tongues emplo' O bless and magnify his name. 4 Because the Lord our God is good, His mercy is forever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. PSALM 100. 8s. 1 ALL people that dwell on the earth, 1 Your songs to Jehovah now raise; O worship Jehovah with mirth, Approach him with anthems of praise 94 PSALMS CI., CII. 2 Know ye that Jehovah is God, Our Sov'reign and Maker is he; His people who bow to his rod, And sheep of his pasture are we. 3 0 enter his temple with praise, His portals with thankful acclaim; Your voices in thanksgiving raise, And bless ye his glorious name. 4 For good is Jehovah the Lord, His mercy to us never ends; His faithfulness true to his word, Through ages unending extends. PSALM 101. C. M. 1 T MERCY will and judgment sing, Lord, I will sing to thee. With wisdom in a perfect way Shall my behavior be. 2 0 when, in kindness unto me, Wilt thou be pleased to come? I with a perfect heart will walk Within my house at home. 3 I will endure no wicked thing Before mine eyes to be; I hate their work that turn aside, It shall not cleave to me. 4 A stubborn and a froward heart Depart quite from me shall; A person giv'n to wickedness I will not know at all. 6 I'll cut him off that slandereth His neighbor privily: The haughty heart I will not bear, Nor him whose looks are high. 6 Upon the faithful of the land Mine eyes shall be, that they May dwell with me; he shall me serve Who walks in perfect way. 7 Who of deceit a worker is In my house shall not dwell; Nor in my presence shall remain The man that lies doth tell. 8 Yea, all the wicked of the land I early will destroy; And from God's city cut them off That work iniquity. PSALM 101. 7s and 6s. 1 O F mercy and of judgment, 0 Lord, I'll sing to thee. In wisdom and uprightness Shall my behavior be. 2 0 when wilt thou, Jehovah, To me in kindness come? 'fith heart sincere and perfect I'll walk within my home. 3 No work of sin I'll suffer Before my eyes to be: I hate the work of sinners, It shall not cleave to me. 4 The man whose heart is froward, Shall from my presence go. None who in sin takes pleasure Will I consent to know. 5 The tongue of secret slander Shall from my sight depart; High looks I will not suffer, Nor yet the haughty heart. 6 My eyes shall seek the faithful, That they may dwell with me; The man who walks uprightly, He shall my servant be. 7 No man of works deceitful Within my house shall dwell; Nor in my sight shall tarry The man who lies doth tell. 8 I'll everywhere on sinners Inflict a swift reward; To free from evil-doers The city of the Lord. PSALM 102. C. M. 1 TEHOVAH, hear my pray'r, and let I My cry come up to thee; And in the day of my distress Hide not thy face from me. 2 Give ear to me; what time I call, To answer me make haste: For, as a hearth, my bones are burnt, My days, like smoke, do waste. 3 My smitten heart is like the grass When withered by the heat; And so I have forgetful been, My daily bread to eat. 4 By reason of my groaning voice My bones cleave to my skin. Like pelican in wilderness, Forsaken I have been: 5 I like an owl in desert am, That nightly there doth moan; I watch, and like a sparrow am On the house-top alone. 6 My bitter foes reproaches cast Upon me all the day; And, being mad at me, with rage Against me sworn are they. 7 Because I ashes eaten have Like bread, in sorrows deep; My drink I also mingled have With tears that I did weep. 8 Thy indignation and thy wrath Did cause this grief and pain; For thou hast lifted me on high, And cast me down again. PSALM CII. 95 9 My days are like a fleeting shade So swiftly do they pass; And I am withered all away, Ev'n like the fading grass. 10 But thou, 0 Lord, forever art, And thy remembrance shall Continually endure, and be To generations all. 11 Thou shalt arise, and mercy have Upon thy Zion yet; The time to favor her is come, The time that thou hast set. 12 For in her rubbish and her stones Thy servants pleasure take; Yea, they the very dust thereof Do favor for her sake. 13 So shall the heathen people fear The Lord's most holy name; And all the kings on earth shall dread Thy glory and thy fame. 14 When Zion, by the mighty Lord Built up again shall be, In glory then and majesty To men appear shall he. 15 The prayer of the destitute He surely will regard; Their prayer he will not despise, By him it shall be heard. 16 For generations yet to come This truth they shall record: So shall the people that shall be Created praise the Lord. 23 The firm foundation of the earth Of old time thou hast laid; The heavens also are the work Which thine own hands have made. 24 Thou shalt for evermore endure, But they shall perish all; Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old, Like to a garment, shall; 25 Thou, as a vesture, shalt them changa And changed they all shall be; But thou art still the same, thy years Are to eternity. 26 The children of thy servants shall Continually endure; And in thy sight, 0 Lord, their seed Shall be established sure. PSAIM 102. L. M. 1 T ORD, hear my pray'r, and let my cri _J Have speedy access unto thee; In day of my calamity O hide not thou thy face from me. 2 0 hear me when I call; that day An answer speedily return: My days, like smoke, consume away, And, as a hearth, my bones do burn. 3 My heart is smitten, and like grass When withered by the scorching heat, My days in weariness I pass, And I forget my bread to eat. 4 By reason of my grief within, And voice of my unceasing groans, My flesh is all consumed, my skin, All parched, doth cleave unto my bones. 5 The pelican of wilderness, The owl in desert, I do match; And, sparrow-like, companionless, Upon the house-top I do watch. 6 I all day long am made a scorn, Reproached by my malicious foes: The madmen are against me sworn, The men against me that arose. 7 For ashes I, in sorrow deep, Have eaten as my daily bread; And of the tears which I did weep I with my drink a mixture made. 8 Thy indignation unappeased. And thy fierce wrath have caused this pail Because. O Lord, thou hast me raised, And thou hast cast me down again. 9 My days of life with haste decline: They like the shadows swiftly pass; And I in deepest sorrow pine, And wither like the fading grass. 10 But thou, 0 Lord, shalt still endure. From change and all mutation free, And to all generations sure Shall thy remembrance ever be. 17 He from his sanctuary's height Hath downward cast his eye; Jehovah on the earth beneath Did look from heaven high; 18 That of the mournful prisoner The groanings he might hear, To set them free that unto death By men appointed are: 19 That they in Zion may declare The Lord's most holy name, # And publish in Jerusalem The praises of the same; 20 When all the people gather shall In troops with one accord, When kingdoms shall assembled be To serve the highest Lord. 21 My wonted strength and force he Abated in the way, My days he also shortened hath, Thus therefore did I say: 22 My God, 0 take me not away Ere half my days are past: Through generations all, thy years Eternally do last. hath 96 PSALM CII. 11 Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet Thou to mount Zion shalt extend: Now is the time for favor set, That thou to her shouldst mercy send. 12 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones, Her very dust to them is dear. All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth thy glorious name shall fear. 13 The Lord in glory shall appear, When Zion he again repairs. He shall regard and lend his ear To all the needy's humble pray'rs: 14 Th' afflicted's pray'r he will not scorn. This ever shall be on record: And generations yet unborn Shall praise and magnify the Lord. 15 He from his holy place looked down, The earth he viewed from heaven high, To hear the pris'ner's mourning groan, And free them that are doomed to die; 16 That Zion, and Jerus'lem too, His name and praise may well record; When people and the kingdoms do Assemble all to praise the Lord. 17 My strength he weakened in the way, My days of life he short hath made. My God, 0 take me not away In mid-time of my days, I said. 18 Thy years through all the ages last, And thou of old, 0 Lord, hast laid The earth's foundation firm and fast; Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made. 19 Thou shalt remain, they perish shall, They all like garments shall decay; Thou shalt as vestures change them all, They shall be changed, and pass away. 20 But from all changes thou art free; Thy endless years do last for aye. Thy servants, and their seed who be, EstablisLed shall before thee stay. PSALMf 102. 7s. 1 'TEAR my prayer, 0 Lord, attend, i1 Let my cry to thee ascend; From me hide not thou thy face, In the day of my distress. 2 Unto me incline thy ear; When I call, make haste to hear. For my days to smoke are turned, As a hearth my bones are burned. 3 As the grass my heart doth fade, I forget to eat my bread. Through my voice of ceaseless groans Cleaves my flesh to all my bones. 4 Like the pelican am I, Like the owl in desert dry; Sparrow-like on housetop 'lone, Through the sleepless night I moan. 5 From my foes, who speak with scorn, Vile reproach I've daily borne; They that mad against me are, In their rage against me swear. 6 I ate ashes for my bread, Mixed my drink with tears I shed; This, for thy displeasure, Lord, And thy wrath upon me poured. 7 Thou hast lifted me on high, But cast down again am I; All my days as shadows pass; And I wither like the grass. 8 But, 0 Lord, thou shalt endure, Still the same, for evermore; Thee to mind shall men recall Through the coming ages all. 9 Thou shalt now for Zion rise, Viewing her with pitying eyes; Now shall Zion favor see, 'Tis the time decreed by thee. 10 For thy saints thy promise trust, Loving ev'n her stones and dust. So shall heathen fear God's name; All earth's kings thy glorious fame. 11 Zion's walls built up shall be; All shall then God's glory see. He the destitute shall hear, And will not despise their prayer. 12 Of this truth shall record be, That the coming race may see. God shall into being bring, People, that his praise shall sing. 13 From his sanctuary high God hath looked with pitying eye; Earth he viewed from heaven, his throne, Listening to the prisoner's groan. 14 From the bonds in which they lie Freeing those condemned to die; This in Zion they'll proclaim, And in Salem praise his name. 15 When the people of the Lord Gathered are with one accord, When to serve the Lord of might Kingdoms of the earth unite. 16 In the way he made me weak, Life he shortened, then I spake.: "Take me not, 0 God, away In the midst of life, I pray." 17 Lord, thy years without an end Through the ages all extend. Earth's foundations thou hast laid; Thou of old the heavens hast made. 18 They shall speedily decay, But thy years shall last for aye; Yea, the works we now behold All like garments shall wax old. PSALM CIIL n7 19 As a vesture shall they be, They shall all be changed by thee; Yet unchanged, as years extend, Thy years, Lord, shall have no end. 20 Children of thy heritage Shall endure through every age, And their sons from race to race Shall not fail before thy face. PSALM 103. C. M. 1 THOU my soul, bless God the Lord; _ And all that in me is, Be lifted up, his holy name To magnify and bless. 2 Bless, 0 my soul, the Lord thy God, And not forgetful be Of all his gracious benefits He hath bestowed on thee. 3 All thy iniquities who doth Most graciously forgive: Who thy diseases all and pains I)oth heal, and thee relieve. 4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou To death mayst not go down; Who thee with loving-kindness doth, And tender mercies crown: 6 Who with abundance of good things Doth satisfy thy mouth; And even as the eagle's age, He hath renewed thy youth. t God righteous judgment executes Foi all oppressed ones. Hlis ways to Moses, he his acts Made known to Isr'el's sons. 7 The Lord Jehovah gracious is, And he is merciful, Long-suffering and slow to wrath, In kindness plentiful. 8 He will not chide continually, Nor keep his anger still. With us he dealt not as we sinned, Nor did requite our ill. 9 For as the heaven in its height The earth surmounteth far; So great to those that do him fear His tender mercies are: 10 As far as east is distant from The west, so far hath he From us removed, in tender love, All our iniquity. 11 Such pity as a father hath, Unto his children dear; Like pity shows the Lord to them Who worship him in fear. 12 For he remembers we are dust, And he our frame well knows. Frail man, his days are like the grass, As flow'r in field he grows: 7 13 For over it the wind doth pass, And it away is gone; And of the place where once it was It shall no more be known. 14 But unto them that fear the Lord His mercy never ends; And to their children's children all His righteousness extends: 15 To such as keep his covenant, And walk in wisdom's way; Who mindful are of his commands, That they may them obey. 16 Jehovah hath prepared his throne In heavens firm to stand; And ev'ry thing that being hath His kingdom doth command. 17 0 ye his angels, that excel In strength, bless ye the Lord; Ye who obey what he commands, And hearken to his word. 18 0 bless and magnify the Lord, Ye glorious hosts of his; Ye ministers, that do fulfil Whate'er his pleasure is. 19 0 bless the Lord, all ye his works, Wherewith the world is stored, In his dominions everywhere. My soul, bless thou the Lord. PSALM 103. 8s and 7s. 1 O MY soul, bless thou Jehovah, All within me bless his name; Bless Jehovah, and forget not All his mercies to proclaim. 2 Who forgives all thy transgressions, Thy diseases all who heals; Who redeems thee from destruction, Who with thee so kindly deals. 3 Who with tender mercies crowns thee, Who with good things fills thy mouth, So that even like the eagle Thou hast been restored to youth. 4 In his righteousness, Jehovah Will deliver those distressed; He will execute just judgment In the cause of all oppressed. 5 He made known his ways to Moses, And his acts to Isr'el's race; God is plentiful in mercy, Slow to anger, rich in grace. 6 He will not forever chide us, Nor keep anger in his mind, Hath not dealt as we offended, Nor rewarded as we sinned. 7 For as high as is the heaven, Far above the earth below; Ever great to them that fear him, Is the mercy he will show. PSALM CIV. 8 Far as east from west is distant, He hath put away our sin; Like the pity of a father Hath the Lord's compassion been. 9 Well he knows our frame, remembering We are dust, our days like grass; Man is like the flower blooming, Till the hot winds o'er it pass. 10 Then 'tis gone, and is remembered By its former place no more; But on them that fear Jehovah Rests his mercy evermore. 11 As it was without beginning, So it lasts without an end: To their children's children ever Shall his righteousness extend; 12 Unto such as keep his cov'nant, Anu are steadfast in his way; Unto those who still remember His commandments and obey. 13 In the heavens high, Jehovah Hath for him prepared a throne, And throughout his vast dominion All his works his power shall own. 14 Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, Spirits that excel in might; Ye who hear what he commands you, Ye that do it with delight. 15 Bless and magnify Jehovah, All ye hosts that do his will; Ye his servants, ever ready All his pleasure to fulfil. 16 Bless Jehovah, all his creatures Ever under his control; All throughout his vast dominion; Bless Jehovah, 0 my soul. PSALMt 104. C. M. 7 TB LESS God, my soul. 0 Lord my God, L) Thou art exceeding great; With honor and with majesty Thou clothed art in state. 2 With light, as with a robe, thyself ' Thou coverest about; And, like the curtain of a tent, The heavens stretchest out. 3 He of his chambers doth the beams Within the waters lay; He doth the clouds his chariot make, On wings of wind make way. 4 He doth the flames his ministers, The winds his angels make: He earth's foundations firmly laid That it should never shake. 5 Thou didst it cover with the deep, As with a garment spread: The waters stood above the hills, When thou the word hadst said. 6 But at the voice of thy rebuke They fled, and would not stay; They at thy thunder's dreadful voioc Did hasten fast away. 7 They by the mountains do ascend And by the valley-ground Descend again to that same place Which thou for them didst found. 8 To them a limit thou hast set, O'er which they may not go, That they do not return again The earth to overflow. 9 He to the valleys sends the springs, Which run among the hills: They to all beasts of field give drink, Wild asses drink their fills. 10 The fowls of heaven their dwellings Beside each flowing spring, [have And there among the branches they With joyful voices sing. 11 He from his chambers watereth The hills when they are dried: And with the fruit of these thy works, The earth is satisfied. 12 He makes the grass for cattle grow, He makes the herb to spring For use of man, that food to him He from the earth may bring; 13 And wine, that to the heart of man Doth cheerfulness impart; Oil that his face makes shine, and bread That strengtheneth his heart. 14 The trees of God are full of life; The cedars great that stand On Lebanon, all planted were By his almighty hand. 15 Where birds a place of safety choose In which their nests to make; As for the storks, the lofty firs They for their dwelling take. 16 Wild goats a place of refuge find Upon the mountains high; The conies also to the rocks Do for their safety fly. 17 He sets the moon in heav'n, thereby The seasons to discern; From him the sun his certain time Of going down doth learn. 18 Thou darkness mak'st, 'tis night, then Of forests creep abroad. [beasts The lions young do roar for prey, And seek their meat from God. 19 The sun doth rise, and heme they flock, Down in their dens they lie. Man goes to work, his labor he Doth to the ev'ning ply. PSALM CV. 99 O0 How manifold, 0 Lord, thy works, In wisdom wonderful Thou ev'ry one of them hast made; Earth's of thy riches full: 21 So is this great and spacious sea, Wherein things creeping are, Which numbered cannot be; and beasts Both great and small are there. 22 The ships go there, and there thou Leviathan to play. [mak'st These wait on thee, and from thy hand In due time fed are they. 23 And what thy kindness gives to them They gather for their food; Thine hand thou open'st lib'rally, And they are filled with good. 24 Thou hid'st thy face; they troubled are, Their breath thou tak'st away; They die, and to their kindred dust Return again do they. 25 Thy Spirit then thou sendest forth, And they created are; The face of earth thou dost revive, And all things new appear. 26 The glory of the mighty Lord For ever shall endure; And in his works Jehovah shall Rejoice for evermore. 27 Earth, as affrighted, trembleth all, If he on it but look; And if the mountains he but touch, They presently do smoke. 28 I to the Lord Most High will sing So long as I shall live; And while I being have I will To my God praises give. 29 Of him my meditation shall Sweet thoughts to me afford; And as for me, I will rejoice In God, my only Lord. 30 From earth let sinners be consumed, Let ill men no more be. O thou my soul, bless thou the Lord. Praise to the Lord give ye. PSALM 105. C. M. 1 /l IVE thanks to God, call on his name; To men his deeds make known. Sing ye to him, sing psalms; proclaim His wondrous works each one. 2 To glory in his holy name Unite with one accord; And let the heart of ev'ry one Rejoice that seeks the Lord. 3 The Lord Almighty, and his strength, With steadfast hearts seek ye: iis blessed and his gracious face -Seek ye continually. 57 4 Remember all his mighty deeds, The wonders he hath done, The righteous judgments of his mouth. Remember them each one. 5 0 ye the seed of Abraham, Who served him faithfully; Ye sons of Jacob whom lie chose, Keep these in memory. 6 Because he, and he only, is The mighty Lord our God; And his most righteous judgments are In all the earth abroad. 7 His cov'nant he remembered hath, That it may ever stand: To thousand generations he His promise did command. 8 Which covenant he firmly made With faithful Abraham, And unto Isaac, by his oath, He did renew the same: 9 And unto Jacob, for a law, He made it firm and sure, A covenant to Israel, Which ever should endure. 10 He said, I Canaan's land will give For heritage to you; While they were strangers there, and few, In number very few: 11 While yet they went from land to land, Without a sure abode; And while through many kingdoms they Did wander far abroad; 12 Yet, notwithstanding, suffered he No man to do them wrong; Yea, for their sakes he did reprove Kings, who were great and strong. 13 He said, these my anointed are. Touch not, nor do them wrong; Nor do the prophets any harm That unto me belong. 14 He called for famine on the land, He broke the staff of bread: But yet he sent a man before, By whom they should be fed; 15 Ev'n Joseph, whom, by envy moved. Sell for a slave did they; Whose feet they with the fetters hurt And he in irons lay; 16 Until the time that his word came To give him liberty; The word and purpose of the Lord Did him in prison try. 17 Then sent the king, and did comou;ia That he enlarged should be: He that the people's ruler was Did send to set him free. iw PSALM CVI. 18 To be the lord of all his house He raised him, as most fit; To him of all that lie possessed He did the charge commit: 19 That at his pleasure he might bind The princes of the land; And also make his senators True wisdom understand. 20 The people then of Israel Down into Egypt came; And Jacob for a time sojourned Within the land of Ham. 21 And he did greatly by his pow'r Increase his people there; And stronger than their enemies They by his blessing were. 22 Their heart he then to hatred turned Against his people there, To deal in subtlety with those Who his own servants were. 23 His servant Moses then he sent And Aaron, chosen one, And they his signs and wonders great, In land of Ham, made known. 24 He darkness sent, and made it dark; His word they did obey. He turned their waters into blood, And he their fish did slay. 25 The land in plenty brought forth frogs In chambers of their kings. His word all sorts of flies and lice In all their borders brings. 26 Hail stones for rain, and flaming fire Into their land he sent; And he their vines and fig-trees smote; Trees of their coasts he rent. 47 He spake, and caterpillars came, And locusts did abound; Which in their land all herbs consumed, And fruits of all their ground. 28 He smote all first-born in their land, Chief of their strength each one. With gold and silver brought them forth, Weak in their tribes were none. 29 Egypt was glad when forth they went, Their fear on them did light. He spread a cloud for covering, And fire to shine by night. SO They asked, and quails he brought: with bread Of heaven filled he them. He opened rocks, floods gushed, and ran In deserts like a stream. 81 For on his holy promise he, And servant Abr'ham thought. With joy his people, his elect, With gladneSs forth he brought. 32 And so the heathen's land to them, He for possession gave; That of the people's labor they Inheritance might have. 33 That they his statutes might observe According to his word; And that they might his laws obey. Give praises to the Lord. PSALM 106. C. M. 1 PRAISE ye the Lord, and give hfm I For bountiful is he; Lthanks, His tender mercy shall endure To all eternity. 2 God's mighty works who can express? Or show forth all his praise? O blest are they that judgment keep, And justly do always. 3 Remember me, 0 Lord, with love, Which thou to thine dost bear; With thy salvation, 0 my God, To visit me draw near. 4 That I thy chosen's good may see, And in their joy rejoice; And may with thine inheritance Exult with cheerful voice. 5 We with our fathers have transgressed, And done iniquity; With them we have transgressors been, We have done wickedly. 6 The wonders great, which thou, 0 Lord, Didst work in Egypt land, Our fathers, though they saw, yet them They did not understand: 7 And they thy mercies' multitude Kept not in memory; But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea, Provoked him grievously. 8 Yet notwithstanding he them saved, Ev'n for his own name's sake; That so he might, to be well known, His mighty power make. 9 The Red sea also he rebuked, And then dried up it was: Through depths, as through the wilderness He made them safely pass. 10 From hands of him that hated them, He did his people save; And from the en'my's cruel hand To them redemption gave. 11 The waters overwhelmed their foes, Not one was left alive. Then they believed his word, and praise To him in songs did give. 12 But soon they did his mighty works Unthankfully forget, And on his counsel and his will Did not with patience wait; PSALM CVII. IaC 13 But much did lust in wilderness, And God in desert tempt. He gave them what they sought, but to Their soul he leanness sent. 14 Moreover Moses, in the camp, They envied without cause: At Aaron too, the saint of God, Inflamed their envy was. 15 The earth did therefore open wide, And Dathan did devour, And all Abiram's company It covered in that hour. 16 And likewise 'mong their company A fire was kindled then; And so the hot consuming flame Burnt up these wicked men. 17 Yet they at Horeb made a calf, A molten image praised: Their glory changed to form of ox That in the pastures grazed. 18 They soon forgot the mighty God, Who had their Saviour been, By whom such great things brought to They had in Egypt seen. [pass 19 In land of Ham his wondrous works, Things terrible did he, When he his mighty hand and arm Stretched out at the Red sea. 20 He said he would them all destroy, Had not, his wrath to stay, His chosen Moses stood in breach, That them he should not slay. 21 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, Nor (lid believe his word, But murm'ring in their tents, refused To hearken to the Lord. 22 In desert therefore them to slay lie lifted up his hand: Through nations to o'erthrow their seed, And scatter in each land. 23 They unto Bail-peor did Themselves associate; The sacrifices of the dead They did profanely eat. 2/ Thus, by inventions of their own, They much provoked his ire; And then upon them suddenly The plague broke in as fire. 25 Then Phin'has rose, and justice did, And so the plague did cease; That to all ages counted was To him for righteousness. 26 And at the waters, where they strove, They did him angry make, In such a way that ill it fared With Moses for their sake: 27 Because they there his spirit meek Provoked so bitterly, That he with hasty lips did speak Words unadvisedly. 28 Nor, as the Lord commanded them, Did they the nations slay: But with the heathen mingled were, And learned of them their way. 29 Moreover they their idols served, Which to a snare was turned. To demons they in sacrifice Their sons and daughters burned. 30 In their own children's guiltless bloo4 Their hands they did imbrue, Whom unto Canaan's idols they For sacrifices slew. 31 So was the land defiled with blood. Stained with their works were they, And with inventions of their own, To idols they did stray. 32 Against his people kindled was The anger of the Lord, They so provoked his wrath that he His heritage abhorred. 33 He gave them to the heathen's power, Their foes did them command. Their en'mies them oppressed, they were Made subject to their hand. 34 He many times delivered them; But with their counsel so They him provoked, that for their sin They were brought very low. 35 Yet their affliction he beheld, When he did hear their cry: And he for them his covenant Recalled to memory; 36 And in his mercies' multitude He did repent, and make Them to be pitied of all those Who did them captive take. 37 Save us, 0 Lord our God, and us From heathen nations bring, That we thy holy name may thank, Thy praises ever sing. 38 Blessed be JEHOVAH, Isr'el's God, To all eternity: Let all the people say, Amen. Praise to the Lord give ye. PSALIMf 107. C. M. 1 O PRAISE the Lord, for he is good. His mercies lasting be. Let God's redeemed say so, whom he From pow'r of foes set free. 2 He gathered them from all the lands, From north, south, east, and west. They strayed in desert's pathles way, No city found to rest. 102 PSALM CVII. S Their weary soul within them faints, When thirst and hunger press; In trouble then they cry to God, He frees them from distress. 4 Them also in a way to walk That right is he doth guide, That they may to a city go, Wherein they may abide. 6 0 that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness then, And for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men! 5 For he the soul that longing is Doth fully satisfy; With goodness he the hungry soul Doth fill abundantly: T Such as shut up in darkness deep, And in death's shade abide, Whom strongly hath affliction bound, And irons fast have tied: 8 Because against the words of God They wrought rebelliously, And they the counsel did contemn Of him that is Most High. 9 Their heart with sorrow he brought They fell, no help could have. [down, In trouble then they cried to God, He them from straits did save. 10 He out of darkness did them bring, And from death's shade them take: The bands, wherewith they had been He did asunder break. [bound, 11 0 that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness then, And for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men! 12 Because the mighty gates of brass In pieces he did tear; By him in sunder also cut The bars of iron were. 13 Fools, for their sin, and their offence, Do sore affliction bear; All kind of meat their soul abhors; They to death's gates draw near. 14 In grief they cry to God; he saves Them from their miseries. He sends his word, them heals, and them From their destruction frees. 15 0 that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness then, knd for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men I 16 And let them sacrifice to him Off'rings of thankfulness: And let them show abroad his works In songs ofjoyfulness. 17 To those who go to sea in ships, And in great waters trade, Jehovah's works and wonders great Are in the deep displayed. 18 For he commands, and forth in haste The stormy tempest flies, Which makes the sea with rolling waves Aloft to swell and rise. 19 They mount to heav'n, then to the They downward go again; [deptrhd Their soul doth faint and melt away With trouble and with pain. 20 They reel and stagger like one drunk, They are at their wit's end; Then they to God in trouble cry, And he relief doth send. 21 The storm is changed into a calm At his command and will; And so the waves which raged before, Now quiet are and still. 22 Then they are glad, because at rest And quiet now they be: So to the haven he them brings, Which they desired to see. 23 0 that men to the Lord would give Praise for his goodness then, And for his works of wonder done Unto the sons of men! 24 Among the people when they meet, Let them exalt his name; Among assembled elders too, In songs advance his fame. 25 He to dry land turns water-springa, And floods to wilderness; For sins of those that dwell therein, Fat land to barrenness. 26 He into deserts dry and parched The standing water brings; And grounds which dry and barren werb He turns to water-springs. 27 And there, for dwelling, he a place Doth to the hungry give, That they a city may prepare, Where they in peace may live. 28 There sow they fields, and vineyards To yield fruits of increase; [plant, His blessing makes them multiply, Lets not their beasts decrease. 29 Again they much diminished are, And brought to low estate, Through sorrow and affliction sore, And by oppression great. 30 He on the princes pours contempt, He causes them to stray, And wander in a wilderness, In which there is no way. PSALMS CVIII., CIX. 103 81 Yet setteth he the poor on high, From all his miseries; And he, in number like a flock, Doth make him families. 32 They who are righteous shall rejoice, When they the same shall see; And, as confounded, stop her mouth Shall all iniquity. 83 Whoso is wise, and will these things Observe, and them record, Ev'n they shall understand the love, And kindness of the Lord. PSAI A 108. C. M. 1 /rY heart is fixed, 0 Lord; I'll sing, IVl And with my glory praise. Awake both psaltery and harp; Myself I'll early raise. 2 I'll praise thee 'mong the people, Lord; 'Mong nations sing will I: I Above the heav'ns thy mercy's great, Thy truth doth reach the sky. 3 Be thou above the heavens, Lord, Exalted very high, And far above the earth do thou Thy glory magnify; 4 That thy beloved people may From bondage be set free: O do thou save with thy right hand, And answer give to me. 5 God in his holiness hath said, In this rejoice I will; I Shechem will divide, and I Will measure Succoth's vale. O I Gilead claim as mine by right; Manasseh mine shall be; My head has strength in Ephraim, Judah gives laws for me; f In Moab I will wash; my shoe I will to Edom throw, And o'er the land of Palestine I will in triumph go. 6 0 who is he will bring me to The city fortified? 0 who is he that to the land Of Edom will me guide? 9 0 God, who hadst rejected us, This thing wilt thou not do? Ev'n thou, 0 God, thou who didst not Forth with our armies go? 1C Help us from trouble, for the help Is vain which man supplies. Through God we'll do great acts; he shall Tread down our enemies. PSALMI 108. L. M. 1 ~fY heart is firmly fixed, 0 God, IVI_ I'll sing and praise thy name to My glory, harp, and lute awake, [laud; The morning I will vocal make. 2 I'll thank thee 'mid the nations, Lord, Among the people praise accord; The heavens vast thy grace transcends, And to the clouds thy truth extends. 3 Be thou o'er heavens high, 0 God, Thy glory o'er the earth abroad; That thy beloved free may stand, Hear us, and save with thy right hand. 4 God spoken hath with holy voice, And I will triumph and rejoice; I'll Shechem's fields by lot assign, O'er Succoth's vale will draw the line. 5 Manasseh, Gilead too, are mine, On Ephraim shall my head recline; My ruler I shall Judah greet, In Moab I shall wash my feet. 6 To Edom I will cast my shoe, In triumph o'er Philistia go. Who to the city fortifiedTo Edom, who will be my guide? 7 0 God, do thou our leader be, Though we are now cast off from thee; And when our hosts to battle go, O God, do thou thy presence show. 8 From trouble help, and us relieve, For vain the help that man can give; In God will we great valor show, And he our foes will overthrow. PSA.LM 109. C. M. 1 O THOU the God of all my praise, Do thou not hold thy peace; For mouths of wicked men to speak Against me do not cease: 2 The mouths of vile, deceitful men Against me opened be; And with a false and lying tongue They basely slandered me. 3 They did'beset me round about With words of hateful spite: And though to them no cause I gave, Against me they did fight. 4 They for my love became my foes, But constantly I prayed; Yea, ill for good and hate for love To me they have repaid. 5 Set thou the wicked over him; Do thou, on his right hand, Give to his greatest enemy, Ev'n Satan, leave to stand. 6 And when by thee he shall be judge' Condemned then let him be; And let his pray'r be turned to sin, When he shall call on thee. 7 Make few his days, and in his room His charge another take. His children let be fatherless, HIis wife a widow make. 104 PSALM CIX. 8 His children let be vagabonds, And beg continually; And from their places desolate Seek bread for their supply. 9 Let covetous extortioners Catch all he hath away: Of all for which he labored hath, Let strangers make a prey. 10 Let there be none to pity him, Nor any, help to lend, Nor to his children fatherless His mercy to extend. 11 Let his posterity from earth Cut off forever be, And in the coming age their name Be blotted out by thee. 12 Let God his father's wickedness Still to remembrance call; And never let his mother's sin Be blotted out at all. 13 But let them all before the Lord Appear continually, 'That he may wholly from the earth Cut off their memory. 14 Because he mercy minded not, But persecuted still The poor and needy, that he might The broken-hearted kill. 15 As he in cursing pleasure took, So let it to him fall; As he delighted not to bless, So bless him not at all. 16 He cursing as a robe put on; So let his curse recoil; Like water through his bowels flow, And in his bones like oil. 17 And like the garment cov'ring him, So let it round him be, And as a girdle wherewith he Is girt continually. 18 From God let this be their reward That en'mies are to me, And their reward that speak against My soul maliciously. 19 0 God the Lord, for thy name's sake, Do thou appear for me; Since good and sweet thy mercy is, From trouble set me free. 0 I am afflicted very much; I needy am and poor; My heart within me smitten is And wounded very sore. 21 I like a shade declining pass, I'm like the locust tossed: My knees through fasting weakened are, My flesh hath fatness lost. 22 A vile reproach I also am Made unto them to be; And they that did upon me look Did shake their heads at me. 23 0 do thou grant thy help to me, Who art my God and Lord: And, for thy tender mercy's sake, Deliverance afford; 24 That they thereby may know that this Is thy almighty hand; And that, 0 Lord, thou hast done this, They well may understand. 25 Although they curse with spite, yet, Bless thou with loving voice: I Lord, Them fill with shame when they arise; Thy servant let rejoice. 26 Those that my adversaries are, Let them be clothed with shame; And as a mantle, let their own Confusion cover them. 27 But as for me, I with my mouth Will greatly praise the Lord; And I among the multitude His praises will record. 28 For at the right hand of the poor Shall stand the Lord Most High, To save him from all those that would Condemn his soul to die. PSALM 109. L. M. 1 O GOD, whom I in praise adore, Be silent in my cause no nore. Their mouths the wicked open wide; Against me hypocrites have lied. 2 With words of hate they throng around, And fight, although no cause be found. My love provokes their bitter spite, But I in constant pray'r delight. 3 With evil they my good reward, With hatred meet my kind regard. Place him beneath the wicked's hand, And on his right let Satan stand. 4 In judgment let his plea be spurned, And let his prayer to sin be turned. IIis days be few, and in his room To office let another come. 5 A widow let his wife be left, His children of their sire bereft; Let them be scattered far from home, And begging bread through deserts roam 6 Extortioners his substance take, His toil a prey let strangers make. Let him from none compassion know, None to his orphans favor show. 7 His seed let perish in their shame, The coming age blot out their name; His father's sin Jehovah mind, Hlis mother's sin no pardon find. PSALM CX. 8 Let them with God ne'er be forgot, Till he from earth their mem'ry blot; For he remembered not to show Compassion to the sons of woe. 9 The poor and those with want distressed, lie persecuted and oppressed; He them pursued to make his prey, And broken-hearted ones to slay. 10 The curse he loved on him shall rest, He blessing not, shall not be blest. Himself with cursing he arrayed, To him shall cursing be repaid. 11 In him like water it shall flow, Like oil through all his bones shall go; Like:iim"nt it shall clothe him o'er, A girdle binding evermore. 12 Foes and accusers, from the Lord, Shall find in cursing their reward; But God the Lord, for thy name's sake, For me in mercy undertake. 13 Because thy grace is rich and free, From all my foes deliver me. I'm poor and needy, grant relief, My heart within is pierced with grief. 14 Like locust tossed, like fleeting shade, My days to pass away are made. Through many fasts my strength declines; My knees are weak, my body pines. 15 To foes a vile reproach I'm made, On me they look and shake the head. O Lord, my God, my helper be, In thy great mercy save thou me. 16 That this to them, Lord, may be known, Has by thy mighty hand been done. They curse, but let their curse be vain; Thy blessing, Lord, let me obtain. 17 When they arise shamed let them be, But make thy servant glad in thee. Let foes be covered with disgrace, And mantle o'er with shame their face. 18 My mouth shall greatly praise the Lord, Yea, with the throng his praise record; For on the poor's right hand shall he Stand up, his soul from wrong to free. PSALM 110. C. M. 1 ' EHOVAH to my Lord thus said, J Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes a stool, On which thy feet may stand. 2 The Lord shall out of Zion send The rod of thy great pow'r: In midst of all thine enemies Be thou the governor. 8 A willing people in thy day Of pow'r shall come to thee, In holy beauties from morn's womb; Thy youth like dew shall be. 4 The Lord hath sworn, and from his oath He never will depart, Of th' order of Melchisedec A priest thou ever art. 5 The glorious and mighty Lord, That sits at thy right hand, Shall, in his day of wrath, strike throubg The kings that him withstand. 6 Among the heathen he shall judge, The nations fill with dead, And over all the countries wide tie wound shall every head. 7 The brook that runneth in the way With drink shall him supply; And, for this cause, in triumph he Shall lift his head on high. PSALM 110. S. M. 1 rpHE Lord to my Lord said, 1 At my right hand sit thou, Until I make thy enemies Beneath thy feet to bow. 2 Thy rod of strength the Lord Shall out of Zion send, And over all thy enemies Do thou thy pow'r extend. 3 And in the day when thou Dost thy great power take, Thy people shall themselves to thee A free-will off'ring make. 4 In beauteous, holy robes, Arrayed they come to thee; As dew-drops from the morning womb, Thy youth shall ever be. 5 The Lord an oath hath sworn, An oath he will not break: Forever like Melchisedec's, Thy priesthood I will make. 6 The sovereign Lord who sits At thy right hand as king, Shall strike through kings in that drea# When he shall vengeance bring. [day 7 The heathen he shall judge, And fill the land with dead; He over countries great and wide, Shall smite and wound the head. 8 And in his way, the brook His thirst shall satisfy, And thus refreshed, the conq'ring Lord Shall lift his head on high. PSALM 110. L. P. M. 1 TEHOVAH to my Lord thus spake, eJ Till I thy foes thy footstool makl, Sit thou in state at my right hand; God shall from Zion send abroad O'er nations all thy mighty rod, Amid thy foes thy throne shall stand, 106 PSALMS ( 2 Thee, in thy power's triumphant day, The willing nations shall obey; And when thy rising beams they view, Shall all, redeemed from error's night, Appear as numberless and bright As crystal drops of morning dew. 3 The Lord unchanging oath has made, "Melchisedec's thy priestly grade, In everlasting priesthood crowned;" The sovereign Lord, at thy right hand, Shall strike through princes of the land, While awful anger flames around. 4 Among the heathen judge he will; Unnumbered dead the land shall fill, The nat ions' chief shall smitten lie. The brook that runneth in the way, His burning thirst shall slake that day, And he shall lift his head on high. PSALM 111. C. M. 1 PRAISE ye the Lord: with all my L I will God's praise declare, [heart Ev'n where assemblies of the just And congregations are. 2 Jehovah's works are very great, The wonders of his might; Sought out they are of every one Who in them takes delight.?His work most honorable is, Most glorious and pure, And his untainted righteousness Forever doth endure. 4 His works of wonder he hath made To be remembered well: In grace and in compassion great Jehovah doth excel. 6 The Lord provideth food for all Who truly do him fear; And evermore his covenant He in his mind will bear. 6 He did the power of his works To his own people show, That he the heathen's heritage Upon them might bestow. 7 His hands' works all are truth and right; All his comnands are sure: And, done in truth and uprightness, They evermore endure. S He to his chosen people sent Redemption by his pow'r; His covenant he did command To be forevermore. ~ His name alone most holy is, In fear to be adored. Of wisdom the beginning is To truly fear the Lord. 10 Good understanding have they all Who carefully obey His just commandments ev'ry one; His praise endures for aye. CXI., CXII. PSALM 112. C. M. 1 TDRAISE ye the Lord; that mar is _L Who doth Jehovah fear; [blest Yea, blest is he whose great delight His holy precepts are. 2 His offspring for their might shall bu Upon the earth renowned; The generation of the just In blessings shall abound. 3 Abundant wealth within his hou6 Shall ever be in store; And his unspotted righteousness Endures for evermore. 4 Light to the upright doth arise, Though he in darkness be; Compassionate, and merciful, And ever just is he. 5 A good man doth his favor show And doth to others lend: He with discretion his affairs Will guide unto the end. 6 There surely is not any thing That ever shall him move: The righteous man's memorial Shall everlasting prove. 7 When evil tidings he shall hear, He shall not be afraid: His heart is fixed, his confidence Upon the Lord is stayed. 8 Established firmly is his heart, Afraid he shall not be, Until upon his enemies He his desire shall see. 9 He hath dispersed his wealth abroad, And given to the poor; His horn with honor shall be raised, His righteousness endure. 10 The wicked shall it see, and grieve, His teeth gnash, melt away: What wicked men do most desire Shall utterly decay. PSALM 112. L. M. HALLEL.UIAH. 1 TTOW blest the man that fears the LI1 Lord, And makes his law his chief delight; His seed shall share his great reward, And on the earth be men of might. 2 Abounding wealth shall bless his home, His righteousness shall still enduro, To him shall light arise in gloom; He's kind, compassionate and pure. 3 The good will favor show, and lend, And his affairs discreetly guide; Unmoved he stands till life shall end, ilis name and honor shall abide. PSALMS CXIII., CXIV. l(f 4 No evil tidings shall he fear; His heart doth on the Lord repose; He stands unmoved by dangers near, Till he shall see his prostrate foes. 5 Dispersing gifts among the poor, His lib'ral hands their wants supply; His righteousness shall still endure, His pow'r shall be exalted high. 6 The wicked shall his honor see, Consume with grief, and gnash and wail; Their hopes shall disappointed be, And their desires forever fail. PSALM 113. C. M. 1 P RAISE God; ye servants of the Lord, L Praise God, his name adore. Yea, blessed be the name of God Henceforth and evermore. 2 From rising sun to where it sets, God's name is to be praised. Above all nations God is high, 'Bove heav'ns his glory raised. 3 Unto the Lord our God that dwells On high, who can compare? Himself that humbleth things to see In heav'n and earth that are. 4 Hle from the dust doth raise the poor, That very low doth lie; And from the dunghill lifts the man Oppressed with poverty. 5 That he may highly him advance, And with the princes set; With those that of his people are The chief, ev'n princes great. 6 The barren woman house to keep lie maketh, and to be Of sons a mother full of joy. Praise to the Lord give ye. PSA1LM 113. L. M. 1 DRAISE God, ye servants of the Lord, L Praise, praise his name with one Bless ye the Lord, his name adore [accord; From this time forth forevermore. 2 From rising unto setting sun, Praised be the Lord, the mighty one. O'er nations all God reigns supreme, Above the heavens his glories beam. - 0 who is like the Lord, our God, Who makes the heavens his abode; Who stoops to see from his high throne What things in heaven and earth are done? 4 From dust he makes the poor to rise, The needy who in dunghill lies; That he with princes may him place, With princes of his chosen race. 5 He gives the barren woman joy, In keeping house she finds employ, And children joy to her afford. Praise ye Jehovah; praise the Lord. PSALMr 114. C. M. 1 TXTHEN Isr'el out of Egypt went, VV And did his dwelling change, When Jacob's house went out from thoet That were of language strange, 2 He Judah did his holy place, His kingdom Isr'el make: The sea beheld, and quickly fled, And Jordan hastened back. 3 Like rams the mountains, and like lambs The hills skipped to and fro. O sea, why fledd'st thou? Jordan, back Why wast thou driven so? 4 Ye mountains great, why was it so That ye did skip like rams? And wherefore was it, little hills, That ye did leap like lambs? 5 0 at the presence of the Lord, Earth, tremble thou for fear, Because the presence of the God Of Jacob doth appear: 6 Who in the desert from the rock Did standing water bring; And by his power turned the flint Into a water-spring. PSALM 114. L.M. 1 'TTHEN Israel had from Egypt gone, V Jacob from men of speech un. Then Judah was his holy place, [known, And his dominion Israel's race. 2 The sea, afrighted, saw and fled; Back Jordan driven was with dread; The lofty mountains skipped like rams, And all the little hills like lambs. 3 What ailed thee that thou fledd'st, 0 sea? Thou, Jordan, that thou back didst flee? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like ramsA. And all ye little hills like lambs? 4 Earth, tremble, for the Lord is near, Before the God of Jacob fear; Who from the rock did water bring, And made the flint a water-spring. PSALM 114. H. M. 1 XTHEN Israel again VV Was out of Egypt brought, And Jacob's house from men Whose language they knew not, Then Judah was his holy place, And his dominion Israel's race. xos PSALMS CXV., CXVI. 2 His face the sea discerned, In haste away it fled; The Jordan backward turnedIts waters were afraid; Behold! the mountains skipped like rams, And all the little hills like lambs. 3 What ailed thee, 0 thou sea, That thou fledd'st at the sight? Thou, Jordan! what ailed thee, That thou didst turn in flight? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? And you, ye little hills, like lambs? 4 Let all the earth abroad Before Jehovah fear; And tremble when the God Of Israel draws nearWho from the rock did water bring, Who made the flinty rock a spring. PSALM 115. C. I. 1 ' TOT unto us, Lord, not to us, IN But do thou glory take To thy own name, ev'n for thy truth, And for thy mercy's sake. 2 0 wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God now gone? But our God in the heavens is, What pleased him he hath done. 3 Their idols silver are and gold, The work of men they be. Though mouths they have, they do not And eyes, they do not see; [speak; 4 Though ears they have, they do not Their noses savor not; [hear; Hands, feet, but handle not, nor walk; Nor speak they through their throat. 5 Like them their makers are, and all On them their trust that build. O Isr'el, trust thou in the Lord, He is their help and shield. 6 0 Aaron's house, trust in the Lord, Their help and shield is he. Ye that fear God, trust in the Lord, Their help and shield he'll be. 7 The Lord of us hath mindful been, And he will bless us still; He will the house of Isr'el bless, Bless Aaron's house he will. 8 Both small and great, that fear the Lord, He will them surely bless. the Lord will you, you and your seed, Still more and more increase. O Yea truly blest are ye of God, Who made the earth and heav'n. The heav'n, ev'n heav'ns, are God's, but he Earth to men's sons hath giv'n. 10 The dead, and who to silence go, God's praise do not record. But henceforth we forever will Bless God. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 116. C. M. 1 T LOVE the Lord, because my voice And prayers he did hear. I, while I live, will call on him, Who bowed to me his ear. 2 Of death the cords and sorrows did About me compass round; The pains of hell took hold on me, I grief and trouble found. 3 Upon the name of God the Lord I then did call, and say, Deliver thou my soul, 0 Lord, I do thee humbly pray. 4 God merciful and righteous is, Yea, gracious is our Lord. God saves the meek: I was brought low, lie did me help afford. 5 0 thou my soul, do thou return Unto thy quiet rest; For, largely, unto thee, the Lord His bounty hath exprest. 6 For my afflicted soul, from deafh Delivered was by thee: Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears, My feet from falling, free. 7 I in the land of those that live Will walk the Lord before. I did believe, and therefore spoke: I was afflicted sore. 8 I said, when I was in my haste, That all men liars be. What shall I render to the Lord For all his gifts to me? 9 I'll of salvation take the cup, On God's name will I call: I'll pay my vows now to the Lord Before his people all. 10 In God's sight dear is his saints' death Thy servant, Lord, am I; Thy servant, and thy handmaid's son: My bands thou didst untie. 11 To thee thank-offrings I will give, And on God's name will call. I'll pay my vows now to the Lord Before his people all; 12 Within the courts of God's own house, Within the midst of thee, 0 city of Jerusalem. Praise to the Lord give ye. PSALM 116. L. M. 1 T LOVE the Lord, for he did hear I My voice and supplications all; Because he hath inclined his ear, I while I live, will on him call. 2 Death's sorrows compassed me around The pains of hell shook all my frame. I trouble great and sorrow found, Then called I oi Jehovah's name. PSALMS CXVII., CXVIII. lto 8 0 Lord, I humbly thee entreat, From all distress redeem my soul: The kindness of the Lord is great, Our God is just and merciful. 4 The simple with his care are blest; I was brought low, God rescued me; My soul, return thou to thy rest, Great love the Lord hath shown to thee. 5 For thou from death hast saved me, Lord, And thou hast freed my eyes from tears, My feet from falling hast secured. With God I'll walk, through all my years. 6 As I believed, so spake I then, When great affliction on me pressed; " How false, how faithless are all men!" Were words I uttered in my haste. 7 What fit return, Lord, can I make For all thy gifts on me bestowed? The cup of blessing I will take, And call upon the name of God. 8 Before God's people I'll appear, And pay my vows there with delight; The death of saints to God is dear, Most precious in Jehovah's sight. 9 0 Lord, the high and holy one, I am a servant unto thee, Thy servant and thy handmaid's son, Thou hast from bonds delivered me. 10 With sacrifice of thanks I'll go, And on Jehovah's name will call; Will pay to God the vows I owe, In presence of his people all. 11 Yea, I will pay my vows to God In midst of thee, Jerusalem. Within the courts of God's abode. Praise ye Jehovah, praise his name. PSALM 117. C. M. 1 0 ALL ye nations of the earth, J Praise ye the mighty Lord; And all ye people magnify His name with one accord. 2 For great to us his mercies are, And lovingkindnesses: His truth endures for evermore. The Lord 0 do ye bless. PSALM 117. 8s and 7s. J pRAISE Jehovah, all ye nations, All ye people praise proclaim; For his grace and lovingkindness, 0 sing praises to his name. 2 Great to us hath been his mercy, Ever faithful is his word; Through all ages it endureth, Halleluiah, praise the Lord. PSALM 118. C. M. 1 0 PRAISE the Lord, for he is good; \ His grace is ever sure. Let Israel now say, His grace Forever doth endure. 2 Let Aaron's house now say, His gract Forever doth endure. Let those who fear the Lord now say, His grace is ever sure. 3 I on the Lord in trouble called, The Lord gave ear to me; He in a large place did me set, From trouble made me free. 4 The mighty Lord is on my side, I will not be afraid; For any thing that man can do I shall not be dismayed. 5 The Lord doth take my part with them That render help to me, And therefore my desire on those Who hate me I shall see. 6 It better is to trust the Lord, Than trust in man's defence; Yea, better trust the Lord than place In princes confidence. 7 Against me all the nations joined, They compassed me about; But in the Lord's most holy name, I shall them all root out. 8 They have encompassed me about, They compassed to annoy; But in the Lord's most holy name I shall them all destroy. 9 As bees they compassed me about, But, like the thorns that flame, They have been quenched; and them Destroy in God's own name. [shall. 10 Thou sore hast thrust, that I might 41thl The Lord gave help to me, Jehovah is my strength and song, And my salvation free. 11 In dwellings of the just, the voice Of joy and health shall be; The right hand of the mighty Lord Doth ever valiantly. 12 The right hand of the mighty Lor3 Exalted is on high; The right hand of the mighty Lord Doth ever valiantly. 13 I shall not die, but live, and shall The works of God declare. The Lord hath sorely chastened m, But yet my life did spare. 14 0 set ye open unto me The gates of righteousness.; Then will I enter into them, And I the Lord will ble*. 1iu PSALMS CXVIII., CXIX. 15 This is the gate of God, by it The just shall enter in. I will thee praise, for thou me heard'st, And hast my safety been. 16 That stone is made head corner-stone Which builders did despise: This is the doing of the Lord, And wondrous in our eyes. 17 This is the day the Lord hath made, In it we glad will be. Save now, I pray thee, Lord; I pray, Send now prosperity. 18 0 blest be he who comes to save In God's most holy name; The blessing from the house of God Upon you we proclaim. 19 The Lord is God; he unto us Hath made the light arise; O bind ye to the altar's horns, With cords, the sacrifice. 20 Thou art my God, I will thee praise; My God, I'll thee extol. Praise God, for he is good; his grace Endures through ages all. PSALM 118. L. M. 1 THE Lord is good; 0 bless his name; _ His mercy ever is the same, And let the house of Isr'el say, His tender mercy lasts for aye. 2 Let Aaron's house this truth declare, Jehovah's mercies endless are. Let all that fear the Lord proclaim, His mercy ever is the same. 3 I called on God in time of grief; He heard my prayer, and sent relief. The Lord to rescue me is near; What man can do I will not fear. 4 The Lord doth take my part with those Who give me help against my foes; I my desire shall therefore see On those who hatred bear to me. 5 Better to trust the Lord Most High, Than on the help of man rely. Better to trust Jehovah's grace, Than confidence in princes place. 6 The nations all around me came; I'll them destroy in God's great name. They gathered, and around me came; I'll cut them off in God's great name. 7 Like bees they swarm in fiercest ire, They shall be quenched like thorns on fire. In God's great name I shall prevail, And those destroy who me assail. 8 Thou hast thrust sore at me to slay, But God has been my help and stay. My strength and song is God the Lord; to me he safety doth afford. 9 The voice of joy and saving grace Is in the just man's dwelling-place; The right hand of the Lord above, In mighty deeds, doth valiant prove. 10 The Lord's right hand is lifted high, The Lord's right hand doth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and praise Jehovah's gracious works and ways. 11 Jehovah hath me chastened sore, But unto death did not give o'er. Unfold the gates of righteousness, I'll enter in the Lord to bless. 12 This gate doth to the Lord belong, And hither shall the righteous throng. I will thee praise, for thou hast heard, And hast become my Saviour, Lord. 13 The stone which builders did disown Is now become chief corner-stone. This from Jehevah doth arise, And it is wondrous in our eyes. 14 This day God made; with cheerful In it we'll triumph and rejoice. [voice Save now, O Lord, we plead with thee; Lord, send us now prosperity. 15 Him ever blest do we proclaim, Vho cometh in Jehovah's name; We from the place of his abode Have blest you in the name of God. 16 Jehovah is the God of might; And he to us hath given light. Bring to the altar's horns, and bind The sacrifice with cords confined. i My God thou art; thee will I laud; I will exalt thee, 0 my God. The Lord is good; 0 praise his name; His mercy ever is the same. PSA MI 119. C. M. PART I. 1 TTOW blest are they whose lives are LJ And upright in the way; [pure, Who in the Lord's most holy law Do walk, and do not stray. 2 0 blest are they who to observe His statutes are inclined; And who do seek the living God With their whole heart and mind. 3 Such in his ways do walk, and they Do no iniquity. Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy precepts carefully. 4 0 that thy statutes to observe Thou wouldst my ways direct I Then shall I not be shamed, when I Thy precepts all respect. 5 Then with integrity of heart Thee will I praise and bless, When I the judgments all have learne Of thy pure righteousness. PSALM CXIX. lil 6 That I will keep thy statutes all, Firmly resolved have I: 0 do not then, most gracious God, Forsake me utterly. PART II. 7 By what means shall a young man learn His way to cleanse, 0 Lord? By taking careful heed to it, According to thy werd. e Unfeignedly thee have I sought With all my soul and heart: 0 never let me from the path Of thy commands depart. 9 Thy word I in my heart have hid, That I offend not thee. 0 Lord, thou ever blessed art, Thy statutes teach thou me. 10 The judgments of thy mouth, each one My lips recounted have: More joy thy testimonies' way Than riches all me gave. 11 I will thy holy precepts make My meditation still, And have respect to all thy ways Continually I will. 12 Upon thy statutes my delight Shall constantly be set: And by thy grace I never will Thy holy law forget. PART III. 13 With me, thy servant, in thy grace, Deal bountifully, Lord; That by thy favor I may live, And duly keep thy word. 14 Unveil my eyes, that of thy law The wonders I may see. I am a stranger on this earth, Hide not thy laws from me. 15 My soul within me breaks, and doth Much fainting still endure, Through longing that it hath all times Unto thy judgments pure. 16 Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who from thy precepts swerve. Reproach and shame remove from me, For I thy laws observe. 17 Against me princes spoke with spite, While they in council sat: But I thy servant did upon Thy statutes meditate. 18 Thy testimonies also are My comfort and delight: They ever are my counsellors, To guide my steps aright. PART IV. 19 My soul is cleaving to the dust; Me quicken by thy word. My ways I showed, thou hast me heard; Teach me thy statutes, Lord. 20 The way of thy commandments teach, And make me well to know; So all thy works that wondrous are I will to others show. 21 My soul doth melt, and drop away For heaviness and grief: To me, according to thy word, Give strength, and send relief. 22 0 let the wicked way of lies Removed far from me be, And graciously thy holy law Do thou grant unto me. 23 I of the perfect way of truth My choice have freely made; Thy judgments that most righteous are Before me I have laid. 24 I to thy testimonies cleave; Shame do not on me cast. I'll run thy precepts' way, because My heart enlarged th2u hast. PART V. 25 Teach me, 0 Lord, the perfect way Of thy commands divine, And to observe it to the end I will my heart incline. 26 Give understanding unto me, So keep thy law shall I; I'll with integrity of heart Observe it carefully. 27 In thy law's path make me to go: For I delight therein. My heart unto thy precepts turn, And not to worldly gain. 28 0 do thou turn away mine eyes From viewing vanity; And in thy good and holy way Be pleased to quicken me. 29 Confirm to me thy gracious word, Which I did gladly hear, To me, thy servant, Lord; I am Devoted to thy fear. 30 Turn thou away my feared reproach; For good thy judgments be. Lo, for thy precepts I have longed: In thy truth quicken me. PART VI. 31 Let thy sweet mercies also come And visit me, 0 Lord; Let thy salvation come to me, According to thy word. 32 So shall I have wherewith I may Give him an answer just, Who spitefully reproacheth me; For in thy word I trust. 33 The word of truth out of my mouth Take thou not utterly; For on thy righteous judgments, Lord, Doth all my hope rely. 112 PSALM CXIX. 34 So will I keep forevermore Thy law continually. Because I all thy precepts seek, I'll walk at liberty. 35 I'll speak thy word to kings, and I With shame will not be moved; I ever will delight myself In those thy laws I loved. 36 To thy commandments, which I loved, My hands lift up I will; And I will also meditate Upon thy statutes still. PART VII. 37 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word Thou to thy servant spake, Which, for the ground of my sure hope, Thou causedst me to take. 38 By this thy word in my distress Great comfort I have known, For in my strait, I am revived By this thy word alone. 39 The men whose hearts with pride are Did greatly me deride; [filled But yet from thy most perfect law I have not turned aside. 40 Thy righteous judgments which thou Make known of old, 0 Lord, [didst I have remembered, and to me They comfort did afford. 41 Great fear took hold on me, because Ill men thy law forsake. I in my house of pilgrimage Thy laws my songs do make. 42 Thy name by night, Lord, I recalled, And I have kept thy law. And this I had, because that I Thy precepts kept with awe. PART VIII. 43 Thou my sure portion art alone, Which I did choose, 0 Lord: I have resolved, and said, that I Would keep thy holy word. 44 With all my heart I did entreat Thy face and favor free: According to thy gracious word Be merciful to me. 45 I thought upon my former ways, With care did meditate; And to thy testimonies pure I then did turn my feet. 46 I did not stay, nor linger long, As thnse that slothful are; But hastily thy laws to keep Myself I did prepare. 47 The wicked bands me robbed; yet I Thy precepts did not slight. I'll rise at midnight thee to praise, Ev'n for thy judgments right. 48 I am companion to all those Who fear, and thee obey. 0 Lord, thy mercy fills the earth: Teach me thy laws, I pray. PART IX. 49 Well hast thou with thy servant dealt, As thou didst promise give. Good judgment me, and knowledge teach, For I thy word believe. 50 Before I chastened was I strayed; But now I keep thy word. Both good thou art, and good thou dost: Teach me thy statutes, Lord. 51 The men whose hearts are full of pride Against me forged a lie; But as for me, with all my heart Thy precepts keep will I. 52 Their hearts through worldly ease and Are gross and heavy grown; [wealth But my delight, 0 Lord, is placed Upon thy law alone. 53 It hath been very good for me That I afflicted was, That I might well instructed be, And learn thy holy laws. 54 The law which from thy mouth proTo me is better far [ceeds, Than many thousands and great sums Of gold and silver are. PART X. 55 Thy hands have made and fashioned Teach me thy laws, 0 Lord: [me; They who thee fear shall joy to see Me trusting in thy word. 56 That righteous all thy judgments are I know, and do confess; And that thou hast afflicted me In truth and faithfulness. 57 0 let thy kindness merciful, I pray thee, comfort me, As to thy servant promised was, In faithfulness, by thee. 58 And let thy tender mercies come To me, that I may live; Because thy holy laws to me A pure delight do give. 59 0 let the proud be put to shame, For they, without a cause, With me perversely dealt; but I Will muse upon thy laws. 60 Let such as fear thee, and have kno; a. Thy statutes, turn to me. My heart make sound in all thy laws, That shamed I never be. PART XI. 61 My soul for thy salvation faints. Yet I thy word believe. Mine eyes fail for thy word: I say When wilt thou comfort give? PSALM3 CXIX. ni3 62 For like a bottle I'm become, Which in the smoke is set: But still thy righteous statutes, Lord, I never do forget 63 How many are thy servant's days? When wilt thou execute Just judgment on these wicked men That do me persecute? 64 The proud for me have pits prepared, Which is against thy laws. Thy words all faithful are: help me, Pursued without a cause. 65 They so consumed me, that on earth My life they scarce did leave: Thy precepts yet forsook I not, But close to them did cleave. 66 According to thy mercy, Lord, Me quicken and preserve: The testimony of thy mouth So shall I still observe. PART XII. 67 Thy word forever is, 0 Lord, In heaven settled fast; And unto generations all Thy faithfulness doth last. 68 The earth by thee established was, By thee it doth remain. This day they stand thy servants all, For thou didst so ordain. 69 Unless in thy most perfect law My soul delights had found, I should have perished at the time My troubles did abound. 70 Thy precepts I will ne'er forget; They quick'ning to me brought. Lord, I am thine; 0 save thou me: Thy precepts I have sought. 71 For me the wicked have laid wait, Me seeking to destroy: But I thy testimonies true Consider will with joy. 72 An end of all perfection here I have beheld, 0 God: But as for thy commandment, Lord, It is exceeding broad. PART XIrr. 73 0 how I love thy law! it is My study all the day: It makes me wiser than my foes; For it doth with me stay. 74 Than all my teachers now I have More understanding far; Because my meditations all, Thy testimonies are. 75 In understanding I excel Those that the ancients are; Because to keep thy precepts all Has been my constant care. 8 76 My feet from each ill way I stayed, That I might keep thy word. I from thy judgments have not swerved; For thou hast taught me, Lord. 77 How sweet unto my taste, O Lord, Are all thy words of truth! Yea, I do find them sweeter far Than honey to my mouth. 78 I through thy precepts that are pure, Do understanding get; I therefore ev'ry way that's false With all my heart do hate. PART XIV. 79 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, And to my path a light. I will perform, as I have sworn, To keep thy judgments right. 80 I with affliction very sore Am overwhelmed, O Lord; In mercy raise and quicken me, According to thy word. 81 The free-will offrings of my mouth Accept, I thee beseech: And unto me, O Lord, do thou Thy judgments clearly teach. 82 Though still my soul be in my hand, Thy laws I'll not forget. I erred not from them, though for me The wicked snares did set. 83 I of thy testimonies have Above all things made choice, To be my heritage for aye; For they my heart rejoice. 84 With care I have my heart inclined That it should still attend, Thy statutes always to observe, And keep them to the end. PART xv. 85 I hate the thoughts of vanity, But love thy law do I. My shield and hiding-place thou ari. I on thy word rely. 86 All ye that evil-doers are From me depart away; Because the precepts of my God I purpose to obey. 87 According to thy faithful word Uphold and strengthen me, That I may live, and of my hope Ashamed may never be. 88 Hold thou me up, so shall I bP In peace and safety still; And to thy statutes have respect Continually I will. 89 Thou tread'st down all that love 0S False their deceit doth prove. [stray; Vile men, like dross, thou dost cagt off: Thy law I therefore love. 114 PSALM CXIX. 90 For fear of thee my very flesh Doth tremble, all dismayed; And of thy righteous judgments, Lord, My soul is much afraid. PART XVI. 81 To others I have judgment done, Performing justice right: 0 do not then deliver me To my oppressor's might. 92 For good to me thy servant, Lord, Thy servant's surety be: And from oppression of the proud Do thou deliver me. 93 My eyes do fail with looking long For thy salvation great, While for thy word of righteousness I earnestly do wait. 94 In mercy with thy servant deal, Thy statutes to me show; I am thy servant, wisdom give, That I thy laws may know. 95 'Tis time for thee to work, 0 Lord; They break thy law divine. Thy precepts therefore more I love Than gold, yea, gold most fine. 96 Concerning all things thy commands I therefore judge are right; And ev'ry false and wicked way Is hateful in my sight. PART XVII. 97 Thy statutes, Lord, are wonderful, My soul them keeps with care. The entrance of thy word gives light, Makes wise who simple are. 98 My mouth I also opened wide, And panted earnestly, While after thy commandments all, I longed exceedingly. t9 Lord, look on me, and merciful Do thou unto me prove, As thou art wont to do to those Thy name who truly love. 100 0 let my footsteps in thy word Aright still ordered be: Let no iniquity obtain Dominion over me. 301 From man's oppression save thou me: So keep thy laws I will. Thy face make on thy servant shine; Teach me thy statutes still. 102 Great streams of waters from my eyes Ran down, because I saw How wicked men run on in sin, And do not keep thy law. PART XVIII. 103 0 Lord, thou ever righteous art; Thy judgments are upright. Thy statutes, which thou hast ordained Most faithful are and right. 104 My zeal hath me consumed, because They who against me rise, Thy holy words forgotten have And they thy laws despise. 105 Thy word is very pure; on it Thy servant's love is set. Despised and small am I; yet I Thy laws do not forget. 106 Thy righteousness is righteousness Which ever doth endure: Thy holy law, Lord, also is The very truth most pure. 107 Distress and anguish have me found, On me fast hold they take; Yet in my trouble my delights I thy commandments make. 108 Eternal righteousness is in Thy testimonies all: Give understanding unto me, And ever live I shall. PART XIX. 109 With all my heart I cried, Lord, hear I will obey thy word. I cried to thee; save me, and I Will keep thy laws, 0 Lord. 110 Before the morning's dawn I roce And unto thee I cried; Because upon thy faithful word I constantly relied. 111 My wakeful eyes anticipate The watches of the night, That on thy word with earnest mind Then meditate I might. 112 In loving-kindness let my pray'r And cry be heard by thee; According to thy judgment, Lord, Revive and quicken me. 113 The men who follow crime draw nigl; They from thy law are far: But thou art near, 0 Lord; and truth All thy commandments are. 114 As for thy testimonies all, Of old this have I seen, That thou hast surely founded them Forever to remain. PART XX. 115 My trouble, Lord, do thou regard, And me in safety set: Deliver me, 0 Lord, for I Thy law do not forget. 116 And by thy word revive thou me; Save me, and plead my cause. Salvation is from sinners far; For they seek not thy laws. 117 Thy tender mercies, Lord, are great, They numbered cannot be. According to thy judgments just Revive and quicken me. PSALMS CXX., CXXI. 115 118 My persecutors many are, And foes that do combine; Yet from thy testimonies pure My heart doth not decline. 119 I saw transgressors, and was grieved; For they keep not thy word. See how I love thy law! as thou Art kind, me quicken, Lord. 120 For from beginning, all thy word Hath been most true and sure: Thy righteous judgments every one For evermore endure. PART XXI. 121 The princes persecuted me, Although no cause they saw: But still of thy most holy word My heart doth stand in awe. 122 I at thy word rejoice, as one Of spoil that finds great store. Thy law I love; but lying all I hate and do abhor. 123 To praise thy name sev'n times a day Hath been my constant care; Because of all thy judgments, Lord, Which righteous ever are. 124 Great peace have they who love thy Offence they shall have none. [law; I hoped for thy salvation, Lord. And thy commands have done. 125 My soul thy testimonies all Observed most carefully; On them my heart is set, and them I love exceedingly. 126 Thy testimonies and thy laws I kept with special care; For all my works and ways each one Before thee open are. PART XXII. 127 0 let my earnest pray'r and cry Come near before thee, Lord: Give understanding unto me, According to thy word. 128 Let my request before thee come: After thy word me free. My lips shall utter praise, when thou Hast taught thy laws to me. 129 My tongue of thy most blessed word Shall speak, and it confess; Because thy holy statutes all Are perfect righteousness. 130 0 let thy handgring help to me - Thy precepts are my choice. I longed for thy salvation, Lord, And in thy law rejoice. 131 My soul revive, and then it shall Give praises unto thee; And let thy judgments evermore Be helpful unto me. E58 132 I, like a lost sheep, went astray; Thy servant seek and find: For thy commandments all, 0 Lord, I ever keep in mind. PSALM 120. C. M. 1 TN my distress to God I cried, 1 And he gave ear to me. From lying lips and guileful tongue, 0 Lord, my soul set free. 2 What shall be given thee? or what Be done to thee, false tongue? Ev'n burning coals of juniper, Sharp arrows of the strong. 3 Alas for rae, that I abide In Mesech's land so long! That I in tabernacles dwell, To Kedar that belong. 4 My soul with him that hateth peace Hath long a dweller been. I am for peace; but when I speak, For battle they are keen. PSALM 120. L. M. 1 TN my distress I cried to God, My earnest cry Jehovah heard; From lying lips and tongue of fraud, Deliver thou my soul, 0 Lord. 2 To thee, false tongue, what shall b? What for thy lies a fit return? [done? Sharp arrows of a mighty one, With coals of juniper that burn. 3 Alas for me! that I so long Sojourn with Mesech's godless race; And near the tents of Kedar's throng Am forced to make my dwelling-place. 4 I long have made my dwelling-place With such as seek my peace to mar; With them I fain would live in peace, But when I speak, they are for war. PSALM 121. C. M. 1 T TO the hills will lift mine eyes, From whence doth come mine aid. My safety cometh from the Lord, Who heav'n and earth hath made. 2 Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will He;lumber that thee keeps. Behold, he that keeps Israel, He slumbers not, nor sleeps. 3 The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade On thy right hand doth stay: The moon by night thee shall not smite, Nor yet the sun by day. 4 The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall Preserve thee from all ill. Henceforth thy going out and in God keep forever will. 11d PSALMS CXXI., CXXII., CXXIII., CXXIV. PSALZM 121. 7s. 1 '0O the hills I'll lift mine eyes, Whence my hopes of succor rise; From the Lord comes all my aid, Who the earth and heav'n hath made. 2 He will ever be thy guide, And thy foot shall never slide; God his Israel that keeps, Never slumbers, never sleeps. 3 God thy keeper still shall stand, As a shade on thy right hand; Neither sun by day shall smite, Nor the silent moon by night. 4 God shall guard from every ill, Keep thy soul in safety still; Both without and in thy door, He will keep thee evermore. PSALM 122. C. M. I T JOY'D when to the house of God, Go up, they said to me. Jerusalem, within thy gates Our feet shall standing be. e Jerus'lem as a city is Compactly built, and fair; "o it the tribes go up; to it, The tribes of God repair: 3 lo Isr'el's testimony, there To God's name thanks to pay. F'or thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones Of David's house, there stay. t Pray that Jerusalem may have Peace and felicity: All those who love thee and thy peace Shall have prosperity. 6 I therefore wish that peace may still Within thy walls remain, And ever may thy palaces Prosperity retain. 6 And now, for friends' and brethren's Peace be in thee, I'll say. I sakes, Yea for the house of God our Lord, I'll seek thy good alway. PSALM 122. L. M. ' '\rITH joy I hear my friends ex~ W claim, "Come let us in God's temple meet." Within thy gates, Jerusalem, Shall ever stand our willing feet. 2 A city built compact and fair, Jerus'lem stands, the sacred place To which the gathering tribes repair, Tribes of Jehovah's chosen race. 3 'Tis there by his command they meet, To render thanks and pay their vows; And there is judgment's royal seat, There are the thrones of David's house. 4 Pray that Jerus'lem's peace endure, For all that love thee God will bless; Peace dwell within thy walls secure, And joy within thy palaces. 5 For sake of friends and kindred dear, 5Iy heart's desire is "peace to thee;" And for the house of God, my prayer Shall seek thy good continually. PSALM 123. C. M. 1 O THOU that dwellest in the hcav'na, I lift mine eyes to thee. Behold, as servants' eyes attend, Their masters' hand to see, 2 As handmaid's eyes her mistress' hana; So do our eyes attend Upon the Lord our God, until To us he mercy send. 3 0 Lord, be gracious unto us, Unto us gracious be; For filled with insolent contempt Exceedingly are we. 4 Our soul is filled with scorn of those That at their ease abide, And with the insolent contempt Of those that swell in pride. PSALM 123. L. M. 6 lines. 1 p0 thee, 0 Lord, I lift mine eyes, 1 0 thou enthroned above the skiest As servants watch their master's hand, Or maids by mistress watching stand, So to the Lord our eyes we raise, Until his mercy he displays. 2 Have mercy, Lord, we cry to thee; Filled with contempt thy servants see I On us have mercy, scorned by those Who live in undisturbed repose! Beneath the scorning of the proud, And their contempt, our soul is bowed. PSALM 124. C. M. 1 TTAD not the Lord been on our sidae JJ May Israel now say; Iad not the Lord been on our side, When men rose us to slay; 2 They had us swallowed up alive, When their fierce wrath did flame: The waters had us drowned, our soul Had sunk beneath the stream. 3 Then had the waters, swelling higv. Above our soul made way. O bless the Lord, who to their teetlUs gave not for a prey. 4 Our soul has, like a bird, escaped The cruel fowler's snare; The snare asunder broken is, And we escaped are. PSALMS CXXIV., CXXV., CXXVI. 117 5 Our sure and all-sufficient help Is in JEHOVAH'S name; His name who did the heav'n create, And who the earth did frame. PSALM 124. L. M. 1 TAD not the Lord, may Isr'el say, 11 Had not the Lord maintained our side,,'When men, to make our lives a prey, iRose like the swelling of the tide; T2 The swelling tide had been our grave, So fiercely did the waters roll: The waters proud, with wave on wave, Iad swept above our drowning soul. 3 Blest be the Lord; let praise be given, That we escaped from death so nigh; As when the fowler's snare is riven, The bird escaping soars on high: 4 The snare is rent, and we are free, Our grateful souls to God arise; For all our help has come from thee, Great maker of the earth and skies. PSALM 12,3. C. M. 1 TRHEY in the Lord that firmly trust, 1 Shall be like Zion hill, Which at no time can be removed, But standeth ever still. 2 As round about Jerusalem The mountains ever stand, So God his people will surround, And evermore defend. 3 For ill men's rod upon the lot Of just men shall not lie; Lest righteous men stretch forth their To work iniquity. [hands 4 Do thou to all those who are good Thy goodness, Lord, impart; And also do thou good to them Who upright are in heart. 5 But as for such as turn aside In their own crooked way, God shall lead forth with wicked men: On Isr'el peace shall stay. PSALM 125. 7s and 6s. 1 T__E that in God confideth, II Like Zion Mount shall be, Which evermore abideth Unmoved eternally. 2 As mountains, which defend her, Jerusalem surround, His saints secure to render, God compasseth around. 3 The sinner's rod shall never On just men's lot abide, Lest upright men should ever To sin be turned aside. 4 Thy goodness, Lord, our Saviour, To all the good impart; And ever show thy favor To men of upright heart. 5 But those whose choice is rather In crooked ways to go; With sinners God shall gather; On Israel peace bestow. PSALM 126. C. M. 1 T7IIEN Zior.'s bondage God turned V back, As men that dreamed were we. Then filled with laughter was our mouth, Our tongue with melody: 2 The heathen people said, The Lord Great things for them hath wrought. The Lord hath done great things for us, Whence joy to us is brought. 3 As streams of water in the south, Our bondage, Lord, recall. Who sow in tears, a reaping time Of joy enjoy they shall. 4 That man who, bearing precious seed, In going forth doth mourn, He, doubtless, bringing back his sheaves, llejoicing shall return. PSALM. 126. L. M. 1 WAWAS like a dream, when by the L Lord From bondage Zion was restored: Our mouths were filled with mirth,our Were ever singing joyful songs. [tongues 2 The heathen owned what God had wrought; Great works, which joy to us have brought. As southern streams, when filled with rain, Lord, turn our captive state again. 3 Who sow in tears, with joy shall reap; Though bearing precious seed they weep While going forth, yet shall they sing, When coming back their sheaves they bring. PSALM 126. H. M I ' THEN Zion by the Lord V From her captivity Was graciously restored, Like men that dream were we. Our mouths were filled with mirth, out Were ever singing joyful songs. [tongues 2 Great things the heathen own, The Lord for them hath wrought; Great things the Lord hath done, Which joy to us have brought. As southern streams sweep o'er the plain, Lord, turn our captive state again. 118 PSALMS CXXVII., CXXVIII., CXXIX. 3 The man in tears who sows, With joyfulness shall reap; With precious seed he goes, And going forth doth weep. Yet doubtless he his sheaves shall bring, And coming back, with joy shall sing. PSALM 127. C. M. I "XCEPT the Lord do build the house, J The builders lose their pain: Except the Lord the city keep, The watchmen watch in vain. 2 'Tis vain for you to rise betimes, Or late from rest to keep, To feed on sorrow's bread; so gives He his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are God's heritage, To parents his reward. The sons of youth as arrows are, For strong men's hands prepared. 4 0 happy is the man that hath His quiver filled with those; They, unashamed, within the gate Shall speak unto their foes. PSALM 127. L. M. 1 TJNLESS the Lord the house shall U build, The weary builders toil in vain; Unless the Lord the city shield, The guards a useless watch maintain. 2 In vain you rise ere morning break, And late your nightly vigils keep, And bread of anxious care partake: God gives to his beloved sleep. S Lo, children are the gift of God, And sons the blessing he commands; These, when in youthful days bestowed, Are like the shafts in warrior's hands. 4 And happy they whose quivers bear Full store of arrows such as these; They in the gate are free from fear, And boldly face their enemies. PSALM 128. C. M. 1 pHE man is blest who fears the Lord, L And walketh in his ways; For of thy labor thou shalt eat, And prosper all thy days. 2 Thy wife shah as a fruitful vine By thy house sides be found: Thy children like to olive-plants Thy table shall surround. 3 Behold, the man that fears the Lord, Thus blessed shall he be. The Lord shall out of Zion give His blessing unto thee. 4 Thou shalt Jerus'lem's good behold, Whilst thou on earth dost dwell. Thou shalt thy children's children see, And peace on Israel PSALM 128. 8s and 7s. 1 'LEST the man who fears Jehovah, B Walking ever in his ways; Thou shalt eat of thy hands' labor, And be happy all thy days. 2 Like a vine in fruit abounding, In thy house thy wife is found; And like olive-plants, thy children, Compassing thy table round. 3 Lo, on him that fears Jehovah, Shall this blessedness attend; Thus Jehovah out of Zion Shall to thee his blessings send. 4 Thou shalt see Jerus'lem prosper, Long as thou on earth shalt dwcil; Thou shalt see thy children's children, And the peace of Israel. PSALM 129. C. 31. 1 rlHEY oft did vex me from my youth, 1J May Isr'el now declare; They oft did vex me from my youth, Yet not victorious were. 2 The plowers plowed upon my back; They long their furrows made. The righteous Lord did cut the cords Which sinners on me laid. 3 Let Zion's haters be turned back, And in confusion thrown. As grass on house-tops let them be, Which fades ere it is grown: 4 Of which enough to fill his hand The mnower cannot find; Nor can the man his bosom fill, Whose work is sheaves to bind. 5 Nor say the men who pass them by, God's blessing on you rest: We in the name of God the Lord Do wish you to be blest. PSALM2 129. L. M. 1 TTOW oft from youth may Isr'el say, 1 J How oft from youth have foes assailed! How sorely troubled me have they! Yet ne'er against me have prevailed. 2 Upon my back the plowers plowed, Upon me long their furrows drew. The righteous Lord subdued the proud, In mercy cut their cords in two. 3 Let all be shamed, and made to flee, Who have to Zion hatred shown; As grass on house-tops let them be, As grass which fades ere it be grown. 4 Its blades no mower's hand may press, To sheaves no binder may lay claim; No strangers say, "The Lord thee bless We bless you in Jehovah's name." PSALMS CXXX., CXXXI., CXXXII. 11'9 PSALM2 130. C. M. TI ROM depths to thee, 0 Lord, I cried, _ My voice, Jehovah, hear; And to my supplication's voice O give attentive ear. 2 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, 0 Lord, Shouldst mark iniquity? But yet with thee forgiveness is, That feared thou mayest be. 3 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, MIy hope is in his word. Yea, more than they for morn that watch, My soul waits for the Lord; 4 Yea, more I wait than they that watch The morning light to see. Let Isr'el in Jehovah hope, For with him mercies be. 5 Redemption plentiful and free Is ever found with him. And he from all iniquity Shall Israel redeem. PSAIMl 130. 8s and 7s. 1 JliROM the depths do I invoke thee, 1 ' 0 Jehovah, give an ear; To my voice:b thou attentive, And my supplication hear. f Lord, if thou shouldst mark transgres' sions, Who, before thee, Lord, shall stand? But with thee there is forgiveness, That thy name may fear command 3 For Jehovah I am waiting, And my hope is in his word; In his word of promise given, Yea, my soul waits for the Lord. 4 For the Lord my soul is waiting, More than watchers in the night, More than they for morning watching, Watching for the morning light. 5 Isr'el, hope thou in Jehovah, Mercies great are found with him; de abounding in redemption, Isr'el will from sin redeem. PSALM 131. C. M. 1 /Y heart not haughty is, 0 Lord, -V-L My eyes not lofty be; Nor do I deal in matters great, Or things too high for me. 2 I surely have myself behaved With spirit meek and mild, As child of mother weaned: my soul Is like a weaned child. 3 Upon Jehovah let the hope Of Israel rely, lv'n from the time that present is Unto eternity. PSALMf 131. S. M. 1 M Y heart's not haughty, Lord, IVI Nor lofty is mine eye; I meddle not in matters great, In things for me too high. 2 I surely have composed And soothed myself to rest, Yea, even as a weaned child Upon its mother's breast, 3 My soul is like a child Weaned and submissive grown; 0 Isr'el, now and evermore Trust in the Lord alone. PSALM 132. C. M. 1 LORD, remember David now, \ -is troubles think upon; How unto God he swore, and vowed To Jacob's mighty One. 2 I will not come within my house, Nor rest in bed at all; Nor shall my eyes take any sleep, Nor eyelids slumber shall; 3 Till for the Lord a place I find, Where he may make abode; Until I find a dwelling-place, For Jacob's mighty God. 4 Lo, at the place of Ephratah Of it we understood; We also found it in the fields, And city of the wood. 5 We'll to his tabernacles go, And at his footstool bow. Arise, 0 Lord, into thy rest, Thy ark of strength bring thou. 6 Let all thy priests be clothed, 0 Lord, In robes of righteousness; And let all those that are thy saints Shout loud for joyfulness. 7 And for thy servant David's sake, Do not deny thy grace; Nor of thy own anointed one Turn thou away the face. 8 The Lord in truth to David swore, He will not turn from it, I of thy body's fruit will make Upon thy throne to sit. 9 My cov'nant if thy sons will keep, And laws to them made known, Their children then shall also sit Forever on thy throne. 10 For God of Zion hath made choice; There he desires to dwell. This is my rest, here will I stay; For I do like it well. 11 Her food I'll greatly bless; her poor With bread will satisfy. Her priests I'll clothe with health; her Shall shout forth joyfully. [saintl 120 PSALMS CXXXII., CXXXIII. 12 And there will I make David's horn To bud forth pleasantly: For him that mine anointed is A lamp ordained have I. 13 As with a garment I will clothe With shame his en'mies all; But yet the crown that he doth wear Upon him flourish shall. PSALM 132. L. M. 1 (~ LORD, remember David now, J And think on all his weight of care, How to the Lord he made his vow, To Jacob's mighty God he sware: 2 I will not tread within my hall, Nor on my bed will seek repose; No sleep upon my eyes shall fall, Nor slumber shall mine eyelids close 3 Until for Jacob's mighty Lord I find a sure and fit abode. Of it at Ephratah we heard, We found it in the fields of wood. 4 Arise, 0 Lord, come to thy rest; Thy footstool is our sacred shrine; With robes of truth thy priests invest; And shouts shall hail the ark divine. 5 For thine own servant David's sake, Turn not away Messiah's face; The Lord his truth will never break, The truth thus sworn to David's race: 6 " Upon thy throne thy seed shall reign; And if their heart my cov'nant own, And still my honored laws maintain, Their seed shall hold an endless throne." 7 For high on Zion's hill above, The Lord has fixed his dwelling bright: This is the city of my love, The chosen rest of my delight. 8 I'll bless her stores with large increase; With bread her poor will satisfy; Her priests I'll clothe in robes of peace, And all her saints shall shout for joy. 9 There David's horn shall bud and grow, Thence mine anointed's light shall stream. With utter shame I'll clothe his foe, But bright his endless crown shall beam. PSALM 132. 8s and 7s. 1 T ORD, remember thou for David, iJ All his trouble and his care; How he vowed to God of Jacob, To the great Jehovah sware: 2 I my dwelling will not enter, To my couch will not arise; I'll not give my eyelids slumber, Nor in sleep will close my eyes; 3 Till I find a place of dwelling, Where the Lord may make abode Till I find a habitation Meet for Jacob's mighty God. 4 Lo, at Ephratah we heard it, And of it we understood; In the fields we also found it, In the city of the wood. 5 Let us seek his courts, and worship At his footstool with delight: Rise, O Lord, thy rest to enter; Come, and bring thy ark of might. 6 Let thy priests be clothed with justice;' Let thy saints rejoicing make; See the face of thy anointed, For thy servant David's sake. 7 God hath sworn in truth to David, And his oath will not disown: Of the children which I give thee, I will place upon thy throne. 8 If thy sons will keep my cov'nant, And observe what I command, On thy throne forever sitting, Shall their children rule the land. 9 For the Lord hath chosen Zion, 'Tis the dwelling loved of God; Here I'll rest and dwell forever, I delight in this abode. 10 Richly blessing her provision, I will fill her poor with bread; Clothe her priests with my salvation, Make her saints exceeding glad. 11 There shall David's power flourish, For my king a lamp's ordained; I with shame his foes will cover, But his crown shall be maintained. PSAILM 133. C. M. 1 OEHOLD, how good a thing it is, B And how becoming well, Together such as brethren are In unity to dwell! 2 Like precious ointment on the head, That down the beard did flow, Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts Did of his garments go. 3 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth On Zion's hills descend: For there the blessing God commands, Life that shall never end. PSALM 133. C. P. M. 1 'T _OW good and pleasant to the siglht J1 When those that brethren are, delight In unity to dwell! Like precious ointment on the head, Which over Aaron's beard was shed, And down his garments fell. PSALMS CXXXIII., CXXXLV., CXXXV. 121 2 Or like the dew which night distils, Which over Hermon's lofty hills, And Zion's mounts descends; For there the Lord in love commands The blessing from his gracious hands, Even life that never ends. PSALM 133. 7s and 6s. 1 'EHOLD, how good and pleasant, B) And how becoming well, WVhrre brethren all united, In peace together dwell. 2 'Tis like the precious ointment That on the head did flow, Which down the beard of Aaron, Did o'er his vesture go. 3 Like dews which on Mount Hermon And Zion hills descend; There God commands the blessing, Life that shall never enid. PSALM 134. C. M. 1 -EHOLD, 0 bless the Lord, all ye ) That his attendants are, Ev'n you who in God's temple stand, And praise him nightly there. 2 Your hands within God's holy place, Lift up, and praise his name. From Zion hill the Lord thee bless, That he'av'n and earth did frame. PSALM 134. C. P. M. 1 "EHOLD, all ye that serve the Lord, J) Lift up your voice with one accord, Jehovah's name to bless. To bless his holy name unite, Ye that are standing night by night, Within his holy place. 2 Yea, in his place of holiness, Lift up your hands the Lord to bless; And unto you be given, From out of Zion, by the Lord, His blessing rich, who by his word Created earth and heaven. PSALM 135. C. M. 1 PRAISE the Lord, the Lord's name praise; His servants, praise ye God. Who stand in God's house, in the courts Of our God make abode. 2 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good, Sing praises to his name; lor it is pleasant thus in songs His praises to proclaim. 3 Because Jehovah for himself Of Jacob choice did make: Fot his peculiar treasure he Did Israel also take. 4 Because I know Jehovah is Above all others great, And that our Lord above all gods In glory hath his seat. 5 Jehovah hath in heaven done Whatever he did please; And in the earth and places deep, And in the mighty seas. 6 From earth's remotest ends he makes The vapors to ascend; With rain he lightnings makes, and w inK Doth from his treasures send. 7 He first-born all of Egypt smote, Sent signs and wonders grand On Pharaoh and his servants all, In thee, 0 Egypt land. S He smote great nations, slew great kings: Ev'n Sihon, Heshbon's king, And Og of Bashan, and to nought Did Canaan's kingdoms bring: 9 And for a heritage their land He unto Israel gave, That there his chosen people might A sure possession have. 10 Thy name, 0 Lord, shall still endure, And thy remembrance shall With honor great continued be To generations all. 11 Because the Lord himself will judge His people righteously; Concerning those that do him serve, Himself repent will he. 12 The idols of the nations all Of silver are and gold, They from the hands of men receive Their fashion and their mould. 13 Though mouths they have, they do not And eyes, they do not see; [speak, And ears, yet hear they not; and in Their mouth no breath can be. 14 Like them their makers are, and all Wrho do on them rely. 0 Isr'el's house, bless God; bless God, O Aaron's family. 15 0 house of Levi, bless the Lord, All who his servants are; And bless the holy name of God, All ye the Lord that fear. 16 And blessed be the Lord our God, From Zion's holy hill, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. The Lord 0 praise ye still. PSALM 135. L. M. 1 0 PRAISE the Lord, his praise pro \ claim; All ye his servants praise his name, Who in the Lord's house ever wait Who stand in our God's temple gate. 122 PSALM 2 The Lord is good, his praise proclaim, Since it is pleasant, praise his name; He for himself did Jacob take, And Isr'el his possession make. 3 I know the Lord is high in state, Above all gods our Lord is great; The Lord performs what he decrees, In heaven and earth, in depths and seas. 4 He makes the vapors to ascend In clouds from earth's remotest end; He for the rain gives lightning wings, The wind out from his treasures brings. 5 He smote from greatest to the least Of Egypt's first-born, man and beast; In midst of thee, 0 Egypt land, Sent signs and wonders from his hand. R He made his wonders dread to fall On Phar'oh and his servants all; He many nations overthrew, And mighty kings and princes slew. 7 IHe Sihon slew, and Bashan's king, On Canaan's thrones did ruin bring; Theirland for heritage bestowed On Isr'el for their own abode. 8 0 Lord, eternal is thy name, Thy mem'ry lives in endless fame; God will his people's cause maintain, And to his servants turn again. 9 The heathen idols all are nought, But silver, gold, by man's hand wrought; With mlouths, no power of speech they find, With eyes to see, they yet are blind. 10 With ears, they hear no voice or sound, And in their mouth no breath is found; Their makers all their likeness bear; Who trust in them their fate shall share. 11 0 house of Isr'el, bless the Lord; Let Aaron's house him praise accord; Him blest, let Levi's house proclaim; Bless ye the Lord, who fear his name. 12 Forever let the Lord be blest; From Zion let it be expressed; Jerus'lem is his dwelling-place. Praise ye the Lord, make known his grace. PSATLM 136. 8s and 7s. 1 fC IVE thanks to God, for good is he: For mercy hath he ever. Thanks to the God of gods give ye: For his grace faileth never. 2 Thanks give the Lord of lords unto: For mercy hath he ever. Who only wonders great can do: For his grace faileth never. S Who by his wisdom made heav'ns high: For mercy hath he ever. Who stretched the earth above the sea: For his grace faileth never. CXXXVI. 4 To him that made the great lights shine: For mercy hath he ever. The sun to rule till day decline: For his grace faileth never. 5 The moon and stars to rule by night: For mercy hath he ever. Who Egypt's first-born killed outright: For his grace faileth never. 6 And Isr'el brought from Egypt land: For mercy hath he ever. With stretched-out arm, and with strong For his grace faileth never. [hand: 7 By whom the Red sea parted was: For mercy hath he ever. He through its midst made Isr'el pass For his grace faileth never. 8 He Phar'oh and his host did drown: For mercy hath he ever. And through the desert led his own: For his grace faileth never. 9 To him great kings who overthrew: For he hath mercy ever. Yea, famous kings in battle slew: For his grace faileth never. 10 Ev'n Sihon, king of Amorites: For he hath mercy ever. And Og, the king of Bashanites: For his grace faileth never. 11 Their land in heritage to have: For mercy hath he ever. His servant Isr'el right he gave: For his grace faileth never. 12 In our low state who on us thought: For he hath mercy ever. And from our foes our freedom wrought: For his grace faileth never. 13 Who doth all flesh with food relieve: For he hath mercy ever. Thanks to the God of heaven give: For his grace faileth never. PSALIM 136. L. M. 1 O THANK the Lord, the Lord of love; 0 thank the God, all gods above. His mercy flows an endless stream. To all eternity the same. 2 0 thank the mighty King of kings, Whose arm hath done such wondronu things. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 3 Whose wisdom gave the heavens their birth, And on the waters spread the earth. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 4 Who taught yon glorious lights their iThe radiant sun to rule the day. [way, His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. PSALMS CXXXVT., CXXXVII. 123 5 The moon and stars to rule the night, With radiance of a milder light. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 6 Who smote th' Egyptians' stubborn pride, When in his wrath their first-6orn died. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 7 But led his Isr'el from their land, With outstretched arm and conquering His mercy flows an endless stream, [hand. To all eternity the same. 8 Whose hand the Red sea's waters clave, And guided Isr'el through the wave. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 9 But buried Pharaoh and his bands, And led his flock through desert lands. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 10 Who smote proud monarchs in their And warlike princes slew in fight. [might, His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 11 Sihon, the king of Heshbon's towers, And Og, the lord of Bashan's powers. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 12 And for inheritance their land lie gave to Isr'el's chosen band. His mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. 13 Who thought on us, amidst our woes, And rescued us from all our foes. His mercy flows an endless stream, To ill eternity the same. 14 Who daily feeds each living thing; 0 thank the heaven's Almighty King. Ills mercy flows an endless stream, To all eternity the same. PSALM 136. H.M. 1 PRAISE God, for he is kind: 1 His mercy lasts for aye: Give thanks with heart and mind To God of gods alway: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. i The Lord of lords praise ye, Whose mercies always last: The Lord alone is he Who doeth wonders vast. For certainly, etc. 8 To him, by wisdom's hand, Who heavens did create; To him who stretched the land Above the waters great. For certainly, etc. 4 To him great lights that made, The sun to rule by day; The moon and stars arrayed; To rule the night are they. For certainly, etc. 5 To him who Egypt smote In first-born everywhere; And Isr'el thence he brought, From those who en'mies were. For certainly, etc. 6 Who, with strong hand to guide, And arm that stretched out was, The Red sea did divide, And through made Isr'el pass. For certainly, etc. 7 But Phar'oh overthrew In Red sea with his host; And led his people through The deserts to their coast. For certainly, etc. 8 To him who great kings smote, Yea famous kings he slew; Sihon of Am'rites lot, And Og of Bashan, too. For certainly, etc. 9 By lot he gave their lands To Israel for aye: To those who his commands Did faithfully obey. For certainly, etc. 10 He thought on us when foes Had brought to low estate; And he from all our woes Did grant deliv'rance great. For certainly, etc. 11 And from his bounty he All flesh its food hath given. O thanks to God give ye; He is the God of heav'n. For certainly, etc. PSALIM 137. C. M. 1 DY Babel's streams we sat and wept. When Zion we thought on, In midst thereof we hung our harps The willow-trees upon. 2 For there a song required they, Who did us captive bring: Our spoilers called for mirth, and said, A song of Zion sing. 3 0 how the Lord's song shall we sing Within a foreign land? If thee, Jerus'lem, I forget, Skill part from my right hand. 4 My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleavs If I do thee forget, Jerusalem, and thee above My chief good do not set. 124 PSALMS CXXXVII., CXXXVIII., CXXIX. 5 Remember Edom's children, Lord, Who in Jerus'lem's day, Ev'n unto its foundation stone, Raze, raze it quite, did say. 6 0 daughter thou of Babylon, To ruin hastening on, lIe shall be blest who thee rewards As thou to us hast done. 7 Yea, happy surely shall he be, Thy tender little ones Who shall lay hold upon, and them Shall dash against the stones. PSALM 137. L. M. 1 DY Babel's streams we sat and wept, ) For memory still to Zion clung; The winds alone our harp-strings swept, That on the drooping willows hung. 2 There our rude captors, flushed with pride, A song required to mock our wrongs; Our spoilers called for mirth, and cried, " Come, sing us one of Zion's songs." 3 0 how can we the Lord's song sing While thus an exile captive band? O how can we our voices bring To sing God's song in this strange land? 4 Jerusalem, God's holy hill, If I of thee forgetful prove, Let my right hand forget its skill With grace the harp's sweet strings to move. 5 If I do not remember thee, Let my parched tongue its utterance If my chief joy be dear to me [cease; Beyond Jerus'lem's joy and peace. 6 Remember, Lord, how Edom's crowd, Glad in Jerus'lem's day of woe, Urged on the victor, shouting loud, "Down with her walls, o'erthrow, o'erthrow." 7 0 Babel's daughter, God's decree Dooms thee to wrath, a wretched prey; And blest shall that avenger be Who shall to thee our wrongs repay. 8 Yea, truly, shall that man be blest, And with triumphal honor crowned, Who rends thy children from the breast, To dash them bleeding to the ground. PSALM 138. C. M. 1 T WILL thee praise with all my heart, To thee I will sing praise, Before the gods; and worship will Towards thy holy place. 2 I'll praise thy name, ev'n for thy truth, And kindness of thy love; Sor thou thy word hast magnified All thy great name above. 3 Thou didst me answer in the day When I to thee did cry; And thou my fainting soul with strength Didst strengthen inwardly. 4 All kings upon the earth that are Shall give thee praise, 0 Lord; When as they from thy mouth shail hear Thy true and faithful word. 5 Yea, in the righteous ways of God With gladness they shall sing: For great's the glory of the Lord, Who is forever King. 6 Though God be high, yet he respects All those that lowly be; Whereas the proud and lofty ones Afar off knoweth he. 7 Though I in midst of trouble walk, I life from thee shall have: 'Gainst my foes' wrath thou'lt stretch thy Thy right hand shall me save. [hand; 8 That which concerneth me the Lord Will surely perfect make: O Lord, thy mercy lasts; do not Thine own hands' work forsake. PSALM_ 138. L. M. 1 'TITH all my heart I'll praise thy VV name,, Before the gods thy praise proclaim; I'll worship in thy holy place, And praise thee for thy truth and grace. 2 For thou o'er all thy name, 0 Lord, Hast magnified thy faithful word; Thou didst me answer when I cried, Thou hast my soul with strength supplied. 3 All kings of earth shall give thee praise, When from thy mouth they learn thy They in Jehovah's ways shall sing, [ways; For great in glory is our King. 4 The Lord, though high, respects the low; But he the proud far off doth know; Though waves of trouble round me roll, Thou, Lord, wilt yet revive my soul. 5 My foes enraged, my way withstand; Against them thou wilt stretch thy hand; Thine own right hand shall set me free, And perfect make thy work for me. 6 0 Lord, thy mercy never ends, Throughout all ages it extends; Then on thy servant pity take, Thine own hands' work do not forsake. PSALM 139. C. M. 1 O LORD, thou hast me searched aD4 known. Thou know'st my sitting down, And rising up; yea, all my thoughts Afar to thee are known. PSALM CXXXIX. 12: 2 My footsteps, and my lying down, Thou compassest always; Thou also most entirely art Acquaint with all my ways. 3 For in my tongue, before I speak, Not any word can be, But altogether, lo, 0 Lord, It is well known to thee. 4 Behind, before, thou hast beset, And laid on me thine hand. Such knowledge is too strange for me, Too high to understand. 5 Where from thy Spirit shall I go? Or from thy presence fly? Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there; There, if in hell I lie. 6 Take I the wings of morn and dwell In utmost parts of sea; Yet there, 0 Lord, thy hand shall lead, Thy right hand hold shall me. 7 Or if I say that darkness shall Me cover from thy sight Then surely shall the very naght About me be as light. 8 Yea, darkness hideth Ant from thee, But night doth shine as cay: Because the darkrees and the light Are both alike alway. 9 Because thou hast my reins possessed, And thou didst cover me, Ev'n when within my mother's womb Inclosed 1 was by thee. 10 I will thee praise, for fearfully And strangely made I am. Thy works are wonderful, and well My soul doth know the same. 11 My substance was not hid from thee, When as in secret I Was made; and in earth's lowet parts Was wrought most curiously. 12 Ere yet my substance shape received Thine eyes on it did look; And all my members even thern Were written in thy book; 13 Then afterwards thou didst impart Its form to ev'ry one; Although as yet they shapeless were, And of them there was none. 14 How precious unto me, 0 God, Thy gracious thoughts appear, And in their sum how very great, How numberless they are. 15 If I should count them, than the sand They more in number be: What time soever I awake, I ever asn with thee. 16 Thou, Lord, wilt surely sinners slay: Hence from me bloody men. Thy foes against thee loudly speak, And take thy name in vain. 17 Do not I hate all those, 0 Lord, That hatred bear to thee? With those that up against thee rise, Can I but grieved be? 18 With perfect hatred them I hate, My foes I them do hold. Search me, 0 God, and k now my heart, Try me, my thoughts unfold: 19 And see if any wicked way There be at all in me; And in thine everlasting way To me a leader be. PSALM.1 139. L. M. 1 TORD, thou hast searched me, and J hast known My rising up and lying down, And from afar thy searching eye Beholds my thoughts that secret lie. 2 Thou know'st my path and lying down, And all my ways to thee are known; For in my tongue no word can be, But, lo, 0 Lord, 'tis known to thee. 3 Behind, before me, thou dost stand, And lay on me thy mighty hand; Such knowledge is for me too strange, 'Tis high beyond my utmost range. 4 0 whither shall my footsteps fly, Beyond thy Spirit's searching eye? To what retreat shall I repair, And find not thy dread presence there? 5 If I to heaven shall ascend, Thy presence there will me attend; If in the grave I make my bed, Lo, there I find thy presence dread. 6 If on the morning wings I flee, And dwell in utmost parts of sea; Even there thy hand shall guide my way, And thy right hand shall be my stay. 7 Or, if I say, to shun thine eye, In shades of darkness I will lie, Around me then the very night Will shine as shines the noon-day light. 8 From thee the shades can nought diG* The night is day before thine eyes; [gui's The darkness is to thee as bright As are the beams of noon-day light 9 My very reins belong to thee; Thou in the womb didst cover me; And I to thee will praise proclaim, For fearful, wondrous is my frame. 10 Thy works are wonderful, I know; And when in depths of earth below, This complicated frame was made, 'Twas all before thine eyes displayed. 1;6 PSALMS CXL., CXLI. 11 My substance yet unformed by thee, Thy searching eyes did clearly see; My days were written every one, Within thy books, ere yet begun. 12 Thy thoughts, 0 God, to me are dear, How vast their numbers do appear! More than the sand my reck'nings make, I'm still with thee when I awake. 13 Thou wilt the wicked slay, 0 God; Depart from me, ye men of blood; Who speak of thee for ends profane, Thy foes who take thy name in vain. 14 Do not I hate thy haters, Lord? And thy assailants hold abhorred? A perfect hatred them I show, And count each one to me a foe. 15 Search me, 0 God, my heart discern, Try me, my very heart to learn; See if in evil paths I stray, And guide me in th' eternal way. PSALM 140. C. M. 1 TEHOVAH, from the evil man, eJ Do thou deliver me; And from the man of violence, 0 keep me safe and free. 2 They in their heart imagine wrong, And evil meditate; And they for battle and for war From day to day are met. S For like a serpent's piercing tongue Their tongues they sharp do make; And underneath their lips there lies The poison of a snake. 4 Lord, keep me from the wicked's hands, From vi'lent men me save; Who utterly to overthrow My goings purposed have. 5 The proud a snare and cords have laid, And they a secret net Have by the way-side for me spread; They traps for me have set. 6 I to Jehovah said, Thou art My God; then to the cry Of all my supplications, Lord, Do thou thine ear apply. 7 0 God the Lord, who art the strength Of my salvation great; A cov'ring in the day of war, Thou on my head hast set. 8 Unto the wicked man, 0 Lord, His wishes do not grant; Nor further thou his ill device, Lest they themselves should vaunt. 9 As for the head and chief of those About that compass me, Ev'n by the mischief of their lips Let thou them covered be. 10 Let burning coals upon them fall, Them throw in fiery flame, And in deep pits, that they no more May rise up from the same. 11 Let not a man of evil tongue On earth established be; Let mischief hunt the violent, Till ruined utterly. 12 I know God will th' afflicted save, The poor defend will he: The just shall surely praise tby name, The upright dwell with thee. PSAL-M 141. C. M. 1 O LORD, I unto thee do cry, Do thou make haste to me, And give an ear unto my voice, When e'er I cry to thee. 2 As incense let my pray'r, 0 Lord, Be ordered in thine eyes; Accept the lifting of my hands As th' ev'ning sacrifice. 3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth, Keep of my lips the door. Nor let my heart be turned aside To sins I should abhor. 4 To practise wicked works with men That work iniquity; And of their dainties let me not With them partaker be. 5 Let him that righteous is me smite, It shall a kindness be; Let him reprove, I shall it count A precious oil to me: 6 Such smiting shall not break my head; For yet shall come the day, When I in their calamities For them to God shall pray. 7 And when their judges down shall be In stony places cast, They then shall hear my words; for they Shall sweet be to their taste. 8 About the grave's devouring mouth Our bones are scattered round, As wood which men do cut and cleave Lies scattered on the ground. 9 But unto thee, 0 God the Lord, My longing eyes I raise: My soul do not leave destitute; My trust in thee I place. 10 Lord, keep me safely from the snares Which they for me prepare; And from the crafty plots of them That wicked workers are. 11 Let workers of iniquity Into their own nets fall, While by thy favor I escape The danger of them all. PSALMS CXLI., CXLIL, CXLIII. 13 PSALM 141. L. M. 1 LORD, my God, to thee I cry; Swift to my aid in mercy fly; And when to thee my cries ascend, In pity to my voice attend. 2 As fragrant incense on the air, So mount to heaven my early prayer; And let my hands uplifted be, As evening sacrifice to thee. 3 Set, Lord, a watch my mouth before, And of my lips keep thou the door; Nor leave my sinful heart to stray Where evil footsteps lead the way. 4 Let me not of the feast partake Which wicked men delight to make; Let righteous men in mercy smite, In their reproofs I'll take delight. 5 Let righteous lips my errors chide, Like healing oil the accents glide: If voice of faithful friend reprove, Such smiting comes to me in love. 36 For them, when they are in distress, To God I will my prayer address; Their judges cast on rocky ground, Then sweet to them my words shall sound. 7 Around the graves our bones are left, As branches by the woodman cleft: To thee, Lord God, I lift my eyes; On thee my helpless soul relies. 8 Preserve me from the secret net, The toils which impious hands have set; In their own snares let sinners fall, While I by grace escape them all. PSALM 142. C.M. 1 T WITH my voice cried to the Lord, With it made my request: To him poured out my sad complaint, To him my grief expressed. 2 When overwhelmed my spirit was, Thou well didst know my way; Where I did walk a snare for me They did in secret lay. 3 I looked on my right hand, and viewed, But none to know me were; All refuge failed, there was no man Who for my soul would care. 4 To thee I cried, 0 Lord, and said, Thou my sure refuge art; My portion in the land of life, Till life itself depart. 5 Because I very low am brought, Attend my plaintive cry: Me from my persecutors save, Who stronger are than I. 4 From prison bring my soul, that I Thy name may glorify: The just shall compass me, when thou With me deal'st bounteously. PSALM 142. L. M. 1 0O God my earnest voice I raise: To God my voice imploring prays. Before his face I pour my tears, And tell my sorrow in his ears. 2 When griefs my fainting soul o'erflow, Thou knowest, Lord, the way I go; And all the toils that foes do lay To snare thy servant in his way. 3 All unprotected, lo, I stand; No friendly guardian at my hand; No place of flight or refuge near, And none to whom my soul is dear. 4 0 Lord, my Saviour, now to thee, Without a hope besides, I flee; To thee, my shelter from the strife, My portion in the land of life. 5 Then hear and heed my fervent cry, For low with burning griefs I lie; Against my foes thy arm display, For I am weak, but strong are they. 6 Redeem me from the captive chains, That I may sing in grateful strains: Then shall the righteous round me press, For God shall me with favor bless. PSAJLM 143. C.M. 1 T ORD, hear my pray'r, attend my cries; And in thy faithfulness O give an answer unto me, Ev'n in thy righteousness. 2 Thy servant also bring thou not In judgment to be tried: Because no living man can be Before thee justified. 3 The foe pursued my soul, and crushed My life beneath his tread: In darkness he hath made me dwell, As who have long been dead. 4 My spirit, therefore overwhelmed, Doth sink in sorrows great; Within me breaks my very heart, And I am desolate. 5 I call to mind the days of old, I think upon thy deeds; I meditate on all the work, Which from thy hand proceeds. 6 My hands to thee I stretch; my soul Thirsts, as dry land, for thee. Lord, haste to hear; my spirit fails: Hide not thy face from me; 7 LQst like to them I do become That to the dust descend. At morn let me thy kindness hser; On thee do I depend. 128 PSALM CXLIII. 8 Teach me the way that I should walk: I lift my soul to thee. Lord, free me from my foes; I flee To thee to cover me. 9 Because thou art my God, to do Thy will do me instruct: Thy Spirit's good, me to the land Of righteousness conduct. 10 Revive and quicken me, 0 Lord, Ev'n for thine own name's sake; And also in thy righteousness, My soul from trouble take. 11 And of thy mercy slay my foes; Let all destroyed be That do afflict my soul; for I A servant am to thee. PSALM 143. C. M. (Second.) 1 TORD, hear my pray'r, and to my cry LJ In faithfulness attend; To me in righteousness reply, A gracious answer send. 2 Nor at thy just tribunal call Thy servant to be tried; For in thy sight, of mortals all, Shall none be justified. 3 For foes against my soul unite; My life to dust they tread; I dwell where darkness veils my sight, And midst those long since dead. I My spirit, overwhelmed with woes, Within me sighs for rest; And desolate, without repose, My heart is sore oppressed. 5 Yet I recall the days of old, Thy works of wonder trace: Thy works which ages past unfold; I muse upon thy grace. 6 And now, 0 Lord, my outstretched hands I lift to thee again; For thee I long, as thirsty lands For genial showers of rain. 7 0 hear me, Lord, nor more delay, For griefs my life consume; Nor hide thy face lest I decay, Like those within the tomb. S When morning lights the eastern skies, Thy mercy, Lord, disclose; And let thy loving-kindness rise: On thee my hopes repose. 9 Teach me the way where I should go; I lift my soul to thee; Redeem me from the raging foe; To thee, 0 Lord, I flee. 19 Because thou art my God, I pray, Teach me to do thy will; 9 lead me in the perfect way, By thy good Spirit still. 11 Revive me, Lord, for thy great narue, And for thy judgment's sake; From all my woes, 0 Lord, reclaim, My soul from trouble take. 12 In mercy bare thy mighty arm, To crush my foes in shame; Cut off, who work thy servant harn. Devoted to thy name. PSALM 143. 6s. 1 LORD, my prayer hewr, And to my suppliant cr' In faithfulness give ear, In righteousness reply. 2 Nor into judgment call Thy servant to be tried; With thee, of mortals all, Can none be justified! 3 I'm followed by the foe, My life to earth they tread, As men dead long ago, I dwell in darkness dread. 4 My spirit therefore vexed Is overwhelmed within; My heart in me perplexed And desolate hath been. 5 Yet I recall to mind What ancient days record; Thy works of every kind I think upon, 0 Lord. 6 To thee I stretch my handy. Do thou my helper be: As long the thirsting lands, So longs my soul for thee. 7 0 Lord, send quick relief, I humbly pray to thee: My spirit fails through grief, Thy face hide not from me. 8 Unless thou interpose, And help to me extend, I shall be like to those Who to the grave descend. 9 Because I trust in thee, O Lord, cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness free, When morning doth appear. 10 Cause me to know the wy7 In which my path should be; Because to thee I pray, And lift my soul to thee. 11 0 Lord, deliver me From all who me oppose; To thee alone I flee To hide me from my foes. 12 Thou art my God in need, Teach me thy just command, Thy Spirit's good; me lead Into the perfect lanu PSALMS CXLIV., CXLV. 3S 0 Lord, for thy name's sake, Revive and quicken me; And for thine own truth's sake, My soul from trouble free. 14 In mercy cut off all My foes, and put to shame All who afflict my soul; For I thy servant am. PSALM 144. C. M. I O BLESSED ever be the Lord, Who is my strength and might, Who doth instruct my hands to war, My fingers teach to fight. 2 Miy goodness, fortress, my high tow'r, Deliverance and shield, In whom I trust; who unto me My people makes to yield. 3 Lord, what is man, that thou of him Dost so much knowledge take? Or son of man, that thou of him So great account dost make? 4 Man is like vanity; his days, As shadows, pass away. Lord, bow thy heav'ns, come down, touch The hills, and smoke shall they. [thou OJast forth thy lightning, scatter them; Thine arrows shoot, them rout. Thine hand send from above, me save; From great depths draw me out. C Me free from hands of children strange, Whose mouth speaks vanity; And their right hand a right hand is That works deceitfully. 7 A new song I will sing to thee, O Lord, on psaltery: And on a ten-stringed instrument Will praises sing to thee. 8 For he it is that unto kings Deliverance doth send; And he his servant David doth From hurtful sw'rd defend. 9 Me free from hands of children strange, Whose mouth speaks vanity; And their right hand a right hand is That works deceitfully. 10 That, as the plants, our sons may be In youth grown up that are; Our daughters, like to corner-stones, Carved like a palace fair. 11 That to afford all kind of store Our garners may be filled; That our sheep thousapds, in our streets Ten thousands they may yield. 12 That strong our oxen be for work, That no in-breaking be, 'or going out; and that our strr tts..ty from complaints be free. *^4 13 0 blest the people who are found In such a state as this; Yea, greatly blest those people are, Whose God JEHOVAH is. PSALM 145. C. M. 1 T'LL thee exalt, my God, 0 King; I Thy name I will adore, I'll bless thee every day, and praise Thy name for evermore. 2 The Lord is great, much to be praised,' His greatness search exceeds. Race unto race shall praise thy works, And show thy mighty deeds. 3 I of thy glorious majesty The honor will record; I'll speak of all thy mighty works, Which wondrous are, 0 Lord. 4 Men of thine acts the might shall show Thine acts that dreadful are; And I, thy glory to advance, Thy greatness will declare. 5 The mem'ry of thy goodness great They largely shall express; With songs of praise they shall extol 'hy perfect righteousness. 6 The Lord Jehovah gracious is, In him compassions flow; In mere, he is very great, And unto anger slow. 7 The Lord JEHOVAH unto all His goodness doth declare: And over all his mighty works His tender mercies are. 8 Thy works shall all thee praise, 0 Lor* And thee thy saints shall bless; They shall thy kingdom's glory show, Thy pow'r by speech express: 9 To make the sons of men to know His acts done mightily, And of his kingdom to display The glorious majesty. 10 Thy kingdom shall forever stand, Thy reign through ages all. God raiseth all that are bowed down, Upholdeth all that fall. 11 The eyes of all things wait on tL;3 Thou giver of all good, And thou in season due dost give To every one his food. 12 Thy hand is opened lib'rally; It of thy bounty gives Enough to satisfy the want Of every thing that lives. 13 The Lord is just in all his wal: And good in his works all. God's near to all that call on hina In truth that on him calL ;50 PSALMS CXLV., CXLVI. 14 lie will accomplish the desire Of those that do him fear: Hle also will deliver them, And he their cry will hear. 15 The Lord preserves all who him love, That nought can them annoy: But he all those that wicked are Will utterly destroy. 16 My mouth the praises of the Lord To publish shall not cease: Let all flesh join his holy name Forevermore to bless. PSALM 145. L. M. 1 \ LORD, thou art my God and King; Jo I'll thee exalt, thy praise proclaim; I will thee bless, and gladly sing for ever to thy holy name. 2 Each day I rise I will thee bless, And praise thy name time without end. Much to be praised, and great God is; His greatness none can comprehend. 3 Race shall thy works praise unto race, The mighty acts show done by thee. And I will speak the glorious grace, And honor of thy majesty. 4 Thy wondrous works I will declare; By men the might shall be extolled Of all thy acts which dreadful are, And I thy greatness will unfold. 5 They utter shall abundantly The miem'ry of thy goodness great; They shall sing praises cheerfully, Whilst they thy righteousness relate. 6 The Lord our God most gracious is, In him compassions also flow; In mercy he is rich to bless, But unto anger he is slow. 7 To all the Lord is very good, O'er all his works his mercy is. Thy works all praise to thee afford: Thy saints, 0 Lord, thy name shall bless. 8 Thy kingdom's glory they shall show; They also shall thy power tell: That so men's sons his deeds may know, His kingdom's grace that doth excel. 9 Thy kingdom hath no end at all It shall to ages all remain. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, The cast-down raiseth up again. 10 The eyes of all upon thee wait; In season thou their food dost give; Thy opened hand, with bounty great, Supplies the wants of all that live. 11 The Lord is just in his ways all, And holy in his works each one. The Lord is near to all who call, Who call in truth on him alone. 12 God will the just desire fulfil Of such as do him fear indeed. Their cry regard, arid hear he will, And save them in the time of need. 13 The Lord will keep continually All who him love with upright heart; But all who work iniquity Destroy will he, and quite subvert. 14 My mouth and lips I'll therefore framq To speak the praises of the Lord: To magnify his holy name Forever let all flesh accord. PSALM 146. C. M. 1 pRAISE God. The Lord praise, 0 t my soul. I'll praise God while I live; While I have being, to my God In songs I'll praises give. 2 Trust not in princes, nor man's son, In whom there is no stay; His breath departs, to earth he turns; That day his thoughts decay. 3 0 happy is that man, and blest, Whom Jacob's God doth aid; Whose hope upon Jehovah rests, And on his God is stayed: 4 Who made the earth and heavens high, Who made the swelling deep, And all that is within the same; Who truth doth ever keep. 5 God righteous judgment executes For those oppressed that be; He to the hungry giveth food; God sets the pris'ners free. 6 The Lord doth give the blind their sight, The bowed down doth raise: Jehovah dearly loves all those That walk in upright ways. 7 The stranger's shield, the widow's stay, The orphan's help is he: But yet by him the wicked's way Turned upside down shall be. 8 The Lord shall reign for evermore: Thy God, 0 Zion, he Shall reign to generations all. Praise to the Lord give ye. PSA.LM 146. L. M. 1 PRAISE ye the Lord! my spirit, praise J Thy God through all thy length of days; I'll praise him with the breath he gives; I'll praise him while my spirit lives. 2 Trust not the pow'r of earthly kings, Nor strength that man's vain succor brings; His breath departs: he sinks to clay, His thoughts shall perish in that day. PSALMS CXLVI., CXLVII. 13 A 0 blest the man whose hope for aid 3 He that hath the God of Jacob On God, on Jacob's God is stayed, For his help is truly blest; Who made the heav'n, the earth and main, He whose hope is in Jehovah, And all the fulness they contain. And upon his God doth rest; 4 Whose truth forever stands secure; 4 On the Lord who made the heaven, Who saves th' oppressed, and feeds the Earth and sea, and all therein; poor; Who will keep his truth forever, Who gives them bread with bounteous Rights of all oppressed maintain. hand, And breaks the captive's iron band. 5 He gives food to those that hunger, To the blind restoreth sight; 5 The Lord unseals the sightless eyes, He gives freedom to the pris'ner, And gives the weary strength to rise; Makes the bowed to stand upright. The Lord dispels the stranger's fears, And guards the widow's lonely years. 6 He the righteous loves, and safely Keeps the stranger; he's a stay 6 The Lord maintains the orphan's cause, T the fatherless and widow, And loves the man who loves his laws; But subverts the sinner's way. But those in paths of sin that stray, The Lord shall overturn their way. 7 Evermore Jehovah reigneth, 7 Jehovah shall his throne maintain, Through all ages he is King. And through eternity shall reign; Even he, thy God, 0 Zion, Thy God, 0 Zion, be adored To Jehovah praises sing. Through ev'ry age: praise ye the Lord. PSALM 147. C. M. PSALM 146. L. M. 6 lines. 1 ' RAISE ye the Lord; for it is good PRAISE THE LORD. _ Praise to our God to sing: I TRAISE God,'my soul! while I have For it is pleasant, and to praise breath, It is a comely thing. Until my voice is lost in death, 2 The Lord doth build Jerusalem; His praise shall all my powers employ. And he it is alone My days of praise shall ne'er be past; That the dispersed of Israel While life and breath and being last, Doth gather into one. My God I'll praise with songs of joy. 3 Those that are broken in their heart, 2 In princes great put not your trust, And troubled in their minds, Nor son of man, who turns to dust; He healeth, and their painful wounds Vain is the hope which there shall bloom; He tenderly up-binds: Their breath departs, their pomp and power 4 He counts the number of the stars; And thoughts will vanish in an hour, He names them ev'ry one. And all shall perish in the tomb. Our Lord is great, and of great pow'r; His wisdom search can none. 3 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Jacob's God: he made the sky, 5 The Lord lifts up the meek; and casts And earth, and seas, and fulness all: The wicked to the ground. His truth forever stands secure; Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks, He saves th' oppressed; he feeds the poor; On harp his praises sound; And frees the captive from his thrall. 6 Who covereth the heav'n with clouds, 4 The Lord gives eye-sight to the blind; Who for the earth below The Lord supports the sinking mind; Prepareth rain, who maketh grass God loves the just; the poor sustains; Upon the mountains grow. The widow and the orphan's stay; God overturns the wicked's way: 7 He gives the beast his food, he feeds Thy God, 0 Zion, ever reigns. The ravens young that cry. His pleasure not in horses' strength, PSALM 146. 8s and 7s. Nor in man's legs, doth lie. 1 TALLELUJAH! praise Jehovah, 8 But in all those that do him fear JH 0 my soui, Jehovah praise; The Lord doth pleasure take; While I live I'll praise Jehovah, In those that to his mercy do To my God sing all my days. By hope themselves betake. 2 Put no trust in earthly princes, 9 The Lord praise, 0 Jerusalem, Nor man's son, whose help is vain; Thy God, 0 Zion, praise; Soon his breath and thoughts forsake him, For thy gates' bars he maketh strong; Back to dust he turns again. Thy sons in thee doth bless. 59 X32 PSALMS CXLVII., CXLVIII. 10 He in thy borders maketh peace, With fine wheat filleth thee. He sends forth his command on earth, His word runs speedily. 11 Hoar frost, like ashes, scatt'reth he; Like wool he snow doth give; Like morsels casteth forth his ice; Who in his cold can live? 12 He sendeth forth his mighty word, And melteth them again; His wind he makes to blow, and then The waters flow amain. 13 The doctrine of his holy word To Jacob he doth show; His statutes and his judgments he Gives Israel to know. 14 To any nation never he Such favor did afford; For they his judgments have not known. 0 do ye praise the Lord. PSALM 147. 7s and 6s. 1 'RAISE God! 'tis good and pleasant, L And comely to adore: Jehovah builds up Salem; Her outcasts doth restore. 2 He heals the broken-hearted, He makes the wounded live: The starry host lie numbers, And names to all doth give. 3 Our Lord is great and mighty, All things his Spirit knows; The Lord lifts up the lowly, But sinners overthrows. 4 0 thank and praise Jehovah, With harp, O praise his name, Who clouds the heav'n with vapors, And sends on earth the rain. 5 He clothes with grass the mountains, And gives the beasts their food; He hears the crying ravens, And feeds their tender brood. 6 In horses' strength delights not, Nor speed of man loves he, The Lord loves all who fear him, And to his mercy flee. 7 0 Salem, praise Jehovah, Thy God, 0 Zion, praise; For he thy gates hath strengthened, And blest thy sons with grace. 8 With peace he'll bless thy borders, The finest wheat afford; He sends forth his commandment, And swiftly speeds his word. 9 Like wool the snow he giveth, Spreads hail o'er all the land, Hoar frost like ashes scatters; Whiz can his cold withstand? 10 Then forth his word he sendeth; He makes the wind to blow, The snow and ice are melted, Again the waters flow. 11 He shows his word to Jacob, To Isr'el's seed alone; His statutes and his judgments, The heathen have not known: Praise ye the Lord! PSALM 148. C. M. 1 IRAISE God. From heavens praise J the Lord, In heights praise to him be. O all his angels, praise ye him; His hosts all, praise him ye. 2 0 praise ye him, both sun and moon, Praise him, all stars of light. Ye heav'ns of heav'ns him praise, and Above the heavens' height. [floods 3 Let all unite to praise the name Of our Almighty Lord: For he commanded, and they were Created by his word. 4 He also, for all time to come, Hath them established sure; He hath appointed them a law, Which ever shall endure. 5 0 praise JEHOVAH from the earth, Ye dragons, and ye deeps: Fire, hail, snow, vapor, stormy wind, Iis word that fully keeps. 6 All hills and mountains, fruitful trees, And all ye cedars high: All beasts and cattle, creeping things, And all ye birds that fly. 7 Ye kings of earth, and people too, Ye princes, judges all; Young men and maidens, praise ye him, Old men, and children small. 8 Let them the Lord's name praise; his Alone is excellent: [name His glory reacheth far above The earth and firmament. 9 His people's horn, the praise of all His saints, exalteth he; Of Isr'el's seed, his people near. The Lord our God praise ye. PSALM 148. H. M. 1 THE Lord of heav'n confess, 1 On high his glory raise. Him all ye angels bless, Him all his armies praise. Him glorify, Sun, moon, and stars; Ye higher spheres, And eloudj sky. PSALMS CXI 2 From God your beings are, Him therefore famous make; You all created were, When he the word but spake. And from that place, Where fixed you be By his decree, You cannot pass. 3 Praise God from earth below, Ye dragons, and ye deeps: Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow, Which in command he keeps. Praise ye his name, Hills great and small, Trees low and tall; Beasts wild and tame; 4 All things that creep or fly. Ye kings, ye humble throng, All princes, mean or high; Both men and virgins young, Ev'n young and old, Exalt his name; For much his fame Should be extolled. 5 0 let God's name be praised Above both earth and sky; For he his saints hath raised, And set their horn on high: Even those that be Of Isr'el's race, Near to his grace. The Lord praise ye. PSALIM 148. 7a. PRAISE YE THE LORD. 1 DRAISE the Lord from heavens high; LPraise him in the lofty sky; Praise him, all ye angels bright; Praise him, all his hosts of light; Praise him, sun and moon afar; Praise him, every radiant star. 2 Praise him all ye heavens high: Waters drifting through the sky, Let them praise Jehovah's name, For he called them and they came. He has fixed their places fast; His decree shall ever last. 3 Praise the Lord from earth below, Monsters through the deep that go; Fire and cloud, and snow and hail, And th' obedient stormy gale, Hills and lofty mountains all, iruitful trees and cedars tall. 4 Beasts and cattle everywhere, Creeping things and fow:ls of air, Kings and men of humble birth, Princes, judges of the earth, Youthful men and virgins all, Aged men and children small. LVIII., CXLIX. 133 5 Let them praise with one consent, For his name is excellent; Glorious he, o'er earth and sky, He his Israel raised on high. Praise him, saints, with one accord; People near him, praise the Lord. PSALM 148. 8s and 7s. 1 T ALLELUJAII, praise Jehovah, 11 From the heavens praise his name; Praise Jehovah in the highest. All his angels praise proclaim. 2 All his hosts, together praise him, Sun, and moon, and stars on high; Praise him, 0 ye heav'ns of heavens, And ye floods above the sky. 3 Let them praises give Jehovah, They were made at his command, Them forever he established; His decree shall ever stand. 4 From the earth, 0 praise Jehovah, All ye floods, ye dragons all; Fire, and hail, and snow, and vapors, Stormy winds that hear his call. 5 All ye fruitful trees and cedars, All ye hills and mountains high, Creeping things, and beasts and cattle, Birds that in the heavens fly. 6 Kings of earth, and all ye people, Princes great, earth's judges all; Praise his name, young men and maidenl Aged men, and children small. 7 Let them praises give Jehovah, For his name alone is high, And his glory is exalted Far above the earth and sky. 8 He his people's pow'r exalteth, All his saints to praise accord; Jacob's seed, a people near him. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. PSALMf 149. C. M. 1 IPRAISE ye Jehovah: sing to him I A new song, and his praise, In the assembly of his saints, In sweet psalms do ye raise. 2 Let Isr'el in his Maker joy; Let them his praises sing: Let all that Zion's children are Be joyful in their King. 3 0 let them all to his great name Give praises in the dance; Let them with timbrel and with harp In songs his praise advance. 4 For God doth pleasure take in thbco That his own people be; And he with his salvation free The meek will beautify. PSALMS CXLIX., CL. 6 And in his glory excellent Let all his saints rejoice: Let them to him upon their beds Aloud lift up their voice: 6 And in their month aloft be raised' The praises of the Lord, And let them have in their right hand A sharp two-edged sword; 7 To execute the vengeance due Upon the heathen all, And make the punishments deserved Upon the people fall. 8 Let them with chains as pris'ners bind Their kings who them command; And hold in iron fetters strong, The nobles of their land. S On them the judgment to perform Found written in his word: This honor is for all his saints. 0 do ye praise the Lord. PSALM 149. 10s and 11s. 1 O PRAISE ye the Lord! Prepare your glad voice, New songs with his saints, Assembled to sing; Before his Creator Let Israel rejoice, And children of Zion Be glad in their King. 2 And let them his name Extol in the dance, With timbrel and harp Iis praises express; Who always takes pleasure His saints to advance, And with his salvation The humble to bless. 3 His saints shall sing loud With glory and joy, And rest undismayed, With songs in the night; The praise of Jehovah Their lips shall emply; A sword in their right hand, Two-edged for the fight. 4 The heathen to judge, Their pride to consume; To fetter their kings, Their princes to bind; To execute on them The long-decreed doom; Such honor forever The holy shall find. Hallelujah. PSALM 150. C. M. 1 PRAISE ye the Lord, God's praisG J His sanctuary raise; [within To him within the firmament Of power give ye praise. 2 Because of all his mighty acts, With praise him magnify: O praise ye him, as he excels In glorious majesty. 3 Praise him with trumpet's sound: his praise With psaltery advance: With timbrel, harp, stringed instruments, With organs and the dance. 4 Praise him on cymbals loud; him praise On cymbals sounding high. Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. Praise to the Lord give ye. PSALM 150. L. M. 1 O PRAISE our Lord, where rich in grace His presence fills his holy place; Praise him in yon celestial arch, Where holds his power its glorious march. 2 0 praise him for his deeds of fame, 0 praise the greatness of his name, O praise him with the trumpet's sound, With harp and psaltery answering round. 3 The praises of the Lord advance With organ, timbrel, and the dance; O praise him with the notes of joy, And every harp in praise employ. 4 On cymbals loud, Jehovah praise; On cymbals high, his glory raise; Let all that breathe, with glad accord, Lift up their voice, and praise the Lord, INDEX OF METERS. lioT. Each Psalm has a Common Meter (Old) Version. These are omitted in the following index-all the others, including the " New Version " Common Meters, are noted. C. M. New version. Psalm....................... 55........................ 82 "........................146 L. I.I. Psalm........................ 2 "t........................ 4 " (Old version)...... 6 "........................ 9 "........................ 11 "........................ 14........................ 18........................ 20 (........... 2............ 21........................ 22................. 23.................... 41........................ 42........................ 4 '........................ 46......................... 52 "........................ 7........................ 77 "........................ 89........................ 96 "........................ 97........................ 98 (Old verron)......100 "......102.........................108 ".....................109 M.......................112 "........................113 "........................114 "....................... 116 i........................ 118.................... 120,.......................122 r.122 "........................124 q........................126 L. 1MI. (continued.) Psalm.......................127 "........................129 "........................132 "........................135 "....................... 136 "........................137 ".......................138........................139........................141........................142 (Old version)......145 "........................146 "........................150 L. M. 6 lines. Psalm........................ 1........................90........................ 95........................123........................146 S. M. Psalm................... 3 "........................ 7........................ 9........................ 16 " (Old version)...... 25 "....................... 26 "........................ 28 "........................ 39 ", (Old version)...... 45 "....................... 47 "........................ 48 " (Old version)...... 50 "........................ 53 "........................ 54...................... 60 " (Old version)...... 67 " V s 1 to........... 69.... 69~~~~~~~~~ S. lM. (continued.) Psalm........................ 70 "........................ 79........................ 95 "........................110 "........................131 C. P. M. Psalm........................ 12 Verses 16 to 19.... 31 "........................ 33 "........................ 61 "..................... 63 "t I....................... 65 "........................ 133 ".........................13 L. P. M. Psalm........................86 "........................110 - H. M. Psalm........................ 1S "....................... 27.3....................... 30 V erses 9 to 14..... 48 "........................114 "........................12, "........................13C "........................148 C. H. M. Psalm........................ 17 L. H. M. Psalm........................ 40 s58 Psalm.......................14 135 IN6 INDEX OF METERS. 7s. P alm........................ 2 "t........................ 5 "........................ 8........................ 15........................ 25 "........................ 49 "........................ 51 "........................ 87........................102........................121 "........................148 88. Psalm........................100 11s. Psalm............ 7 "....................... 24 "........................ 44 t........................ 80..80 7s and 6s. Palm........................ 13 "........................ 23 "................ 30 '.......... 32,.......~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~w~ 7s and 6s. (continued.) Psalm........................ 65........................ 67 "........................68........................ 84........................101........................125........................133........................147 8 and 4s. Psalm..................42 8s and 7s. Psalm........................ 6 "........................ 38 "........................ 43 "........................ 88 "........................ 98........................103........................117........................128........................130......................13 88 and 70, (continued.) Psalm........................136.f 146 "........................146........................148 10s and 11s. Psalm.......................149 1 s and 8s. Psalm.................. 70 12s and 9s. Psalm................. 21 12s and 11s. Psalm........................ 29 8, 6, 8, 4s. Psalm....................... 8....................... 74 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, P 6........ Psalm................... 0