1 Samuel 23 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke’ilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors. ² Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke’ilah. ³ And David’s men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke’ilah against the battle-arrays of the Philistines? ⁴ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand. ⁵ So David and his men went to Ke’ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke’ilah. ⁶ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke’ilah, that the ephod came down with him. ⁷ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke’ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. ⁸ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke’ilah, to besiege David and his men. ⁹ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke’ilah, to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender. ¹³ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke’ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke’ilah, he forbore to go forth. ¹⁴ And David remained in the wilderness in strong-holds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand. ¹⁵ And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest. ¹⁶ And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God. ¹⁷ And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this. ¹⁸ And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house. ¹⁹ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gib’ah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strong-holds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert. ²⁰ And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand. ²¹ And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have pity on me. ²² Go, I pray you, make yet more preparations, and remark and see his place where his foot may be, who hath seen him there; for I am told that he dealeth with great subtilty. ²³ See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurking-places where he usually hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. ²⁴ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma’on, in the plain on the right of the desert. ²⁵ And Saul and his men went to make a search. And they told it to David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma’on. And when Saul heard this, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Ma’on. ²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them. ²⁷ But a messenger came unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. ²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammachlekoth. ²⁹ And David went up from there, and dwelt in strong-holds of ‘En-gedi.

⁷ And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Emorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

²⁴ Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then also destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place, Adonai-yireh: as it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

³ And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

³⁰ And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. ³¹ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod altogether of blue woolen yarn.

¹⁶ Then will I also do this unto you, and I will inflict on you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart; and ye shall sow in vain your seed, for your enemies shall eat it.

³⁶ And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, among thy myriads of the thousands of Israel.

²¹ And before Elazar the priest shall he stand, and he shall ask of him after the judgment of the Urim before the Lord: at his direction shall they go out, and at his direction shall they come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation.

²⁸ And do thou charge Joshua, and strengthen him, and encourage him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall divide out to them the land which thou shalt see.

⁶ And if the Levite come from any one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the longing of his soul unto the place which the Lord will choose:

³³ The fruit of thy soil, and all thy exertion, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.

⁵¹ And it will eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy soil, until thou be destroyed; so that it will not leave unto thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flocks, until it have ruined thee.

³⁶ For the Lord will espouse the cause of his people, and bethink himself concerning his servants: when he seeth that their power is gone, and the guarded and fortified axe no more.

⁷ And then shall ye rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; and the Lord your God will deliver it in into your hand.

¹⁴ And the men took of their provisions, but the decision of the Lord they did not ask.

²⁴ Ziph, and Telem, and Be’aloth,

⁴⁴ And Ke’ilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

⁵⁵ Ma’on, Carmel, and Ziph, and Yutah,

⁶² And Nibshan, and ‘Ir-hammelach, and ‘En-gedi: six cities with their villages.

¹ And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites at the first, to fight against them?

⁴ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the products of the earth, as far as Gazzah, and they left no sustenance for Israel, neither lamb, nor ox, nor ass.

¹¹ And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat down under the oak which was in ‘Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi’ezrite; and Gid’on his son was beating out wheat in the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites.

³⁹ And Gid’on said unto God, Let not thy anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once more; let me have a proof, I pray thee, but this once more with the fleece; let it, I pray, be dry upon the fleece alone, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

⁷ And the Lord said unto Gid’on, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

⁸ And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and tarried in the cleft of the rock ‘Etam.

² And it was told to the Gazzites, saying, Samson is come hither: and they compassed him in, and lay in wait for him all the night in the gate of the city, and held themselves quiet all the night, saying, By the time it is light in the morning will we kill him. ³ And Samson lay till midnight; but he arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the city-gate, and the two door-posts, and tore them away with the bolt, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mount that is before Hebron.

² And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spokest of also in my ears,—behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son unto the Lord.

³ And Achiyah, the son of Achitub, the brother of I-chabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of ‘Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wore the ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

¹⁸ And Saul said unto Achiyah, Bring hither the ark of God; for the ark of God was on that day with the children of Israel.

³⁶ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning-light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good in thy eyes. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. ³⁷ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not on that day.

³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.

¹² And Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

¹² And Jonathan said unto David, May the God of Israel punish me if, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or of the third day, and, behold, if he be good toward David, I do not then send unto thee, and inform thee of it. ¹³ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father to do thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. ¹⁴ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die? ¹⁵ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth. ¹⁶ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies. ¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

³¹ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

³⁸ And Jonathan called after the lad, Make haste, speed, stay not: and Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

⁴² And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: what we have sworn, both of us, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever, shall be kept. ^(21:1) And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

² And there gathered themselves unto him every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one that had an embittered spirit; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

⁷ Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds? ⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?

⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?

¹⁹ And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and lambs, with the edge of the sword. ²⁰ And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David.

⁴ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

⁶ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke’ilah, that the ephod came down with him. ⁷ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke’ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. ⁸ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke’ilah, to besiege David and his men. ⁹ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke’ilah, to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.

¹² Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.

¹⁴ And David remained in the wilderness in strong-holds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand. ¹⁵ And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.

²⁰ And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.

²³ See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurking-places where he usually hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them.

²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammachlekoth.

¹ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from pursuing the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of ‘En-gedi.

⁴ And the men of David said unto him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord hath said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thy enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which Saul wore, unperceived. ⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. ⁶ And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lord’s sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord.

²⁰ And now, behold, I know that thou wilt surely become king, and that the kingdom of Israel will stand firmly in thy hand.

² And there was a man in Ma’on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel.

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 girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

¹ And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gib’ah, saying, Behold, David hideth himself on the hill of Chachilah, before the desert.

³ And Saul encamped on the hill of Chachilah, which is before the desert by the way; but David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul was coming after him into the wilderness.

⁸ Then said Abishai to David, God hath surrendered this day thy enemy into thy hand: and now let me strike him through, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth with one blow, and I will not give him a second one. ⁹ But David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who hath stretched forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and remained guiltless?

¹ And David said in his heart, Now I may yet perish suddenly one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape at once into the land of the Philistines, then Saul will abstain from me, to seek me any more in all the territory of Israel: and so shall I escape out of his hand.

⁶ And Saul asked counsel of the Lord; but the Lord answered him not, either by means of dreams, or by means of the Urim, or by means of the prophets.

⁶ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God. ⁷ And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David. ⁸ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover all. ⁹ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed. ¹⁰ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

²¹ And Abner said unto David, I will now arise and go, and I will assemble unto my Lord the king all Israel, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul longeth for. And David dismissed Abner: and he went in peace.

¹⁹ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

²³ And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry-trees.

¹ And David said, Is there yet any one that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for the sake of Jonathan?

¹⁴ And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for there will not else be any escape for us from Abshalom: make haste, to depart, lest he make haste and overtake us suddenly and overwhelm us with evil, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

²⁰ Yesterday thou camest; and today should I move thee about with us to wander? seeing that I go whither I may: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, in kindness and truth.

¹¹ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba’, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight. ¹² And when we come upon him in some one of the places where he may be found, we will encamp around him as the dew falleth on the earth: and there shall not be left of him and of all the men that are with him so much as one. ¹³ And if he should withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the stream, until there be not found there even one small stone.

²¹ And it came to pass, after they were gone, that they came up out of the well, and went and told it to king David, and they said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Achithophel counseled against you. ²² Then did David arise, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the time the morning was light, not even one was lacking who had not passed over the Jordan.

⁷ But the king had pity on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

¹⁰ As the Lord thy God liveth, there is not a nation or kingdom whither my Lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not here: he caused that kingdom and nation to take an oath, that no one could find thee.

¹¹ And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles, those who dwelt in his city, did as Izebel had sent unto them, as was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. ¹² They proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ And there came in two men, worthless fellows, and seated themselves opposite to him; and these worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Then they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴ And they sent to Izebel, saying, Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead.

¹⁸ And this is yet too light a thing in the eyes of the Lord; and he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

⁵ And the superintendent over the house, and the commander over the city, and the elders, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and all that thou mayest say unto us will we do; we will not set up any one as king: do what is good in thy eyes. ⁶ Then wrote he to them a letter the second time, saying, If ye be for me, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, then take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me to Yizre’el by this time tomorrow. Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. ⁷ And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Yizre’el.

⁹ And he heard it said of Thirhakah the king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight with thee; and he again sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ And David asked counsel of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; and I will deliver them into thy hand.

¹³ And the Philistines came once again, and spread themselves out in the valley.

² And there came some and told unto Jehoshaphat, saying, There is coming against thee a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Syria; and, behold, they are in Chazazon-thamar, which is ‘En-gedi.

¹² O our God, wilt thou not execute justice on them? for there is no power in us against this great multitude that is coming against us; and we indeed know not what we are to do: but upon thee are our eyes directed.

¹⁸ And I told them of the hand of my God, which was good upon me, as also the king’s words which he had spoken unto me. And they said, We will rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

¹⁷ Next to him repaired the Levites: Rechum the son of Bani. Alongside of him repaired Chashabyah, the chief of the half district of Ke’ilah, for his district. ¹⁸ Next to him repaired their brethren: Bavai the son of Chenadad, the chief of the other half district of Ke’ilah.

⁶ But it appeared too contemptible in his eyes to lay his hand on Mordecai alone: for they had told him of the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout all the kingdom of Achashverosh, the people of Mordecai.

³ Behold, thou hast ere this corrected many, and weak hands thou wast wont to strengthen. ⁴ Him that stumbled thy words used to uphold, and to sinking knees thou gavest vigor.

¹¹ To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness; ¹² But who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel; ¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;

¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong; ¹⁴ By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day; ¹⁵ But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:

⁵ But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the condolence of my lips should restrain your grief.

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.

³ For the wicked boasteth of the longing of his soul, and the robber blesseth himself when he hath despised the Lord.

¹ To the chief musician, by David. In the Lord have I put my trust: how can ye say to my soul, Flee to your mountain as a bird?

¹ To the chief musician, by David. In the Lord have I put my trust: how can ye say to my soul, Flee to your mountain as a bird? ² For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they arrange their arrow upon the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart. ³ For if the foundations be torn down, what can the righteous do?

⁹ From the wicked that despoil me, my enemies, who, to take my life, compass me about.

¹¹ On our steps they now encompass us: they direct their eyes to turn aside in the land.

^{12 (22:13)} Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

^{16 (22:17)} For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions they threaten my hands and my feet.

¹ Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; of whom shall I be afraid? the Lord is the fortress of my life; of whom shall I have dread? ² When evil-doers come near against me to eat up my flesh, my assailants and my enemies at me: then do they stumble and fall. ³ If an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: if war should arise against me, even then will I have trust.

^{8 (31:9)} And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.

^{22 (31:23)} And yet had I said in my despondency, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried loudly unto thee.

⁷ Thou art my hiding-place; from distress wilt thou preserve me; with songs of deliverance wilt thou encompass me. Selah. ⁸ I will instruct thee and I will teach thee concerning the way which thou oughtest to go: I will counsel thee with my eye.

³² The wicked looketh out for the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. ³³ The Lord will not leave him in his hand, and will not condemn him when he is judged.

¹ To the chief musician: by the sons of Korach, upon ‘Alamoth, a song. ^(46:2) God is our protection and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found. ^{2 (46:3)} Therefore will we not fear, even when the earth is transformed, and when mountains are moved into the heart of the seas;

¹⁵ And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee,—and so wilt thou glorify me.”

¹ To the chief musician on Neginoth, a Maskil of David, ^(54:2) When the Ziphim came and said to Saul, Behold, David is hiding himself with us. ^(54:3) O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength grant me justice. ^{2 (54:4)} O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. ^{3 (54:5)} For strangers to goodness are risen up against me, and powerful oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

^{3 (54:5)} For strangers to goodness are risen up against me, and powerful oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

^{3 (54:5)} For strangers to goodness are risen up against me, and powerful oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. ^{4 (54:6)} Behold, God is a helper unto me: the Lord is among those that uphold my soul.

^{4 (54:6)} Behold, God is a helper unto me: the Lord is among those that uphold my soul. ^{5 (54:7)} He will cause the evil to return upon those that regard me with envy: in thy truth cut them off. ^{6 (54:8)} I will liberally sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks unto thy name, O Lord; for it is good. ^{7 (54:9)} For out of all distress hath he delivered me: and my eye hath seen its desire on my enemies.

¹ To the chief musician, upon Jeduthun, a psalm of David. ^(62:2) Only in God my soul trusted in silence: from him cometh my salvation.

¹⁰ For my enemies speak of me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together, ¹¹ Saying, “God hath forsaken him: pursue and seize him: for there is none to deliver.”

¹ He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say of the Lord, who is my refuge and my stronghold, my God, in whom I ever trust,

¹⁰ The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he will gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the longing of the wicked shall perish.

³ The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow:

⁸ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man.

¹¹ They encompassed me about: yea, they compassed about, but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹² They encompassed me about like bees; they blazed up like the fire of thorns; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast thrust violently at me that I might fall; but the Lord assisted me.

¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(140:2) Deliver me, O Lord, from an evil man; from a man of violence do thou keep me; ^{2 (140:3)} Who think over evil resolves in their heart, who every day are gathered together for war. ^{3 (140:4)} They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the poison of the adder is under their lips. Selah. ^{4 (140:5)} Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, from the man of violence do thou keep me, who think of overthrowing my steps. ^{5 (140:6)} The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the side of my track; traps have they set for me. Selah. ^{6 (140:7)} I have said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications. ^{7 (140:8)} O thou Eternal Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head on the day of battle. ^{8 (140:9)} Grant not, O Lord, the longings of the wicked; suffer not his wicked device to succeed: lest they exalt themselves. Selah. ^{9 (140:10)} As for the heads of those that encompass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

¹⁶ For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thy heart: and upon thy own understanding do not rely. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make level thy paths.

¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they have done evil, and their sleep is robbed away, unless they cause some to stumble.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the hope of the wicked is the wrath of God.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord is the strong confidence of man, and unto his children will it be a place of shelter.

²¹ There are many thoughts in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the Lord alone will stand firm.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

⁹ Oil and perfume cause the heart to rejoice, and so do the sweet words of a friend more than one’s own counsel.

¹⁷ Iron is sharpened by iron: so doth a man sharpen himself on the countenance of his friend.

¹⁵ As a roaring lion, and a greedy bear, so is a wicked ruler over an indigent people.

¹² If a ruler listen to the word of falsehood, all his servants become wicked.

²⁶ Many seek the favor of a ruler; but from the Lord cometh justice for man.

⁹ Two are better than one; because they will have a good reward for their toil. ¹⁰ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to the single one that falleth; for he hath no companion to lift him up. ¹¹ Also, if two lie together, then will they become warm; but how can one person alone become warm? ¹² And if a man could overpower him, the single one, two would stand up against him: and a threefold cord cannot quickly be torn asunder.

¹⁴ There was a little city, and the men therein were few; and there came against it a great king, who enclosed it, and built around it great works of siege; ¹⁵ But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he delivered the city by his wisdom; yet no man had thought of that same poor man.

¹⁴ A copher-cluster is my friend unto me in the vineyards of ‘En-gedi.—

¹⁵ Woe unto those that seek to hide deeply their counsel from the Lord, so that their works may be in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

³ Strengthen ye weak hands, and stumbling knees make ye firm. ⁴ Say to the timid of heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God, with vengeance will he come, with God’s recompense; it is he who will come and save you.

¹⁰ Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee, yea, I uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹⁴ Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel: I myself help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that will rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their due reward from me, saith the Lord.

⁵ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for the sake of my name, said, “Let the Lord be glorified;” but he will appear to your joy, and they shall be made ashamed.

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in his own power: it is not in man that passeth away to direct his own steps.

¹⁸ And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then didst thou let me see their doings. ¹⁹ But I was like a sheep or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may not be remembered any more.”

⁵ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, how then canst thou contend with the horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, how then wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan?

³ Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will tell thee great and unheard of things, which thou knowest not.

²⁶ And the king commanded Yerachmeel the son of the king, and Serayahu the son of ‘Azriel, and Shelemyahu the son of ‘Abdeel, to seize on Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but the Lord hid them.

²² Because ye grieve the heart of the righteous with falsehood, when I have not given him pain; and strengthen the hands of the wicked, so that he should not return from his wicked way, through which he might live.

¹⁰ And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand by it; from ‘En-gedi even unto ‘En-’eglayim, there shall be places for the spreading out of nets: after their various kinds shall the fish thereof be, like the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.

¹¹ Her heads judge for bribes, and her priests teach for reward, and her prophets divine for money: and yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? evil cannot come over us.

^{2 (5:1)} But thou, Beth-lechem Ephratah, the least though thou be among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from olden times, from most ancient days.

¹⁵ Thou wilt indeed sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou wilt indeed tread out olives, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and the juice of the grapes, but thou shalt not drink wine.