Psalms 69 Cross References - MSTC

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. ² I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. ³ I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God. ⁴ They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took. ⁵ God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. ⁶ Let not them that trust in thee, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee, be confounded through me, O LORD God of Israel. ⁷ And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face. ⁸ I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. ⁹ For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee is fallen upon me. ¹⁰ I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof. ¹¹ I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me. ¹² They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me. ¹³ But, LORD, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy salvation. ¹⁴ Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; Oh let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. ¹⁵ Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. ¹⁶ Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. ¹⁷ Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; O haste thee, and hear me. ¹⁸ Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies. ¹⁹ Thou knowest my reproof, and my shame and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all in thy sight. ²⁰ Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none. ²¹ They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. ²² Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. ²³ Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow down their backs. ²⁴ Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. ²⁷ Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous. ²⁹ As for me, I am poor and in heaviness; let thy help defend me, O God. ³⁰ I will praise the name of God with a song, and magnify it with thanksgiving. ³¹ This shall please the LORD better than a bullock, that hath horns and hoofs. ³² O consider this and be glad, ye that be in adversity: seek after God and your soul shall live. ³³ For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. ³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him, the sea, and all that moveth therein. ³⁵ For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. ³⁶ The seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

¹¹ Shouldest thou then see no darkness? Should not the water flood run over thee?

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.}

⁶ For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

⁷ One deep calleth another with the voice of thy water-pipes, all thy waves and water floods are gone over me.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, an instruction of the children of Korah; a song of love} My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

¹ {To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again.

² I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

¹⁴ Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; Oh let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. ¹⁵ Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

¹⁷ Righteousness will I set up again in the balance, and judgment in the weights. The tempest of hail shall take away your refuge, that ye have to deceive withal: and the overflowing waters shall break down your strongholds of dissimulation."

² If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.

⁵⁴ They poured water upon my head, then thought I, "Now am I undone."

³ For thou hadst cast me down deep in the midst of the sea; and the flood compassed me about: and all thy waves and rolls of water went over me. ⁴ And I thought that I had been cast away out of thy sight. But I will yet again look toward thy holy temple. ⁵ The water compassed me even unto the very soul of me; the deep lay about me, and the weeds were wrapped about mine head.

¹⁵ And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman, as it had been a river, because she should have been caught of the flood. ¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

¹⁵ And he said unto me, "The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are people, and folk, and nations, and tongues.

¹⁷ And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth, and the water increased and bare up the ark and it was lift up from off the earth. ¹⁸ And the water prevailed and increased exceedingly upon the earth: and the ark went upon the top of the waters. ¹⁹ And the waters prevailed exceedingly above measure upon the earth, so that all the high hills which are under all the parts of heaven were covered: ²⁰ even fifteen cubits high prevailed the waters, so that the hills were covered. ²¹ And all flesh that moved on the earth, both birds, cattle and beasts, perished; with all that crept on the earth, and all men: ²² so that all that had the breath of life in the nostrils of it, throughout all that was on dry land, died. ²³ Thus was destroyed all that was upon the earth; both man, beasts, worms and fowls of the air, so that they were destroyed from the earth: save Noah was reserved only and they that were with him in the ark.

² He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

⁶ Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness and in the deep. ⁷ Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy floods. Selah.

⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire.

²² Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall go out to the king of Babylon's princes. For they think, that thou art deceived: and that the men in whom thou didst put thy trust, have gotten thee under, and set thy feet fast in the mire, and gone their way from thee.

²⁶ "'Thy mariners were ever bringing unto thee out of many waters. But the east wind shall overbear thee into the midst of the sea: ²⁷ so that thy wares, thy merchandise, thy riches, thy mariners, thy shipmasters, thy helpers, thy occupiers that brought the things necessary, the men of war that are in thee: Yea, and all thy commons shall perish in the midst of the sea, in the day of thy fall. ²⁸ The suburbs shall shake at the loud cry of thy shipmen. ²⁹ All whirry men, and all mariners upon the sea, shall leap out of their boats and set themselves upon the land. ³⁰ They shall lift up their voice because of thee, and make a lamentable cry. They shall cast dust upon their heads, and lie down in the ashes. ³¹ They shall shave themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake. They shall mourn for thee with heartful sorrow ³² and heavy lamentation; yea, their children also shall weep for thee. Alas, what city hath so been destroyed in the sea, as Tyre is? ³³ When thy wares and merchandise came from the seas, thou gavest all people enough. The kings of the earth hast thou made rich, through the multitude of thy wares and occupying: ³⁴ But now art thou cast down in to the deep of the sea, all thy resort of people is perished with thee.

²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock.

³⁷ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to wax sorrowful and to be in agony. ³⁸ Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me."

³² Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another nation, and thine eyes shall see and daze upon them all day long, but shalt have no might in thine hand.

²⁰ As for the eyes of the ungodly, they shall be consumed, and not escape: their hope shall be misery and sorrow of mind."

¹⁶ My face is swollen with weeping, and mine eyes are waxen dim.

⁶ I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? ² How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? How long shall mine enemies triumph over me? ³ Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,

² O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest.

¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

²¹ Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me, for my hope hath been in thee.

⁷ "And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

²¹ They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

⁸² Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"

¹²³ Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health, and for the word of thy righteousness.

¹⁴ Then chattered I like a swallow, and like a crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes to the height: 'O LORD,' say I, 'violence is done unto me, be thou surety for me.'

¹¹ {Khaf} Mine eyes begin to fail me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the great hurt of my people, seeing the children and babes did swoon in the streets of the city.

²⁸ After that, when Jesus perceived that all things were performed, that the scripture might be fulfilled, he said, "I thirst."

⁷ Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.

³ O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing, or if there be any wickedness in my hands, ⁴ if I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me, or hurt them that without any cause are mine enemies; ⁵ Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me. Yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.

¹¹ False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not. ¹² They reward me evil for good, to the great discomfort of my soul.

¹⁹ O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly; neither let them wink with their eyes, that hate me without a cause.

¹⁹ But mine enemies live, and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. ²⁰ They also that reward evil for good are against me, because I follow the thing that is good.

¹² For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up. Yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

³ For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.

³ They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause. ⁴ For the love that I had unto them, they take now my contrary part; but I give myself unto prayer. ⁵ Thus they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my good will.

⁴ He was so despisable, that we esteemed him not. Truly, he took upon him our diseases, and bare our sorrows. And yet we counted him plagued, and beaten, and humbled of God. ⁵ He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The correction that brought us peace was on him, and with his stripes we were healed. ⁶ And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all. ⁷ He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth.

²⁵ Even that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

²¹ for he hath made him to be sin for us, which knew no sin, that we by his means should be that righteousness which before God is allowed.

²² which did no sin, neither was there guile found in his mouth:

²⁴ which his own self bare our sins in his body on the tree, that we should be delivered from sin and should live in righteousness. By whose stripes ye were healed.

¹⁸ Forasmuch as Christ hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, for to bring us to God, and was killed, as pertaining to the flesh: but was quickened in the spirit.

³ Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

¹² Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

⁵ My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness.

⁹ LORD, thou knowest all my desire, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, and hold up our hands to any strange god, ²¹ should not God find it out? For he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

¹⁷ For mine eyes behold all their ways, and they cannot be hid from my face; neither can their wicked deeds be kept close out of my sight.

³ The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God,

⁷ And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee. For their sakes, therefore, lift up thyself again.

³ For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion.

²⁶ Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.

¹⁸ Blessed be the LORD God, even the God of Israel, which only doeth wondrous things.

²³ For kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and Queens shall be thy nursing mothers. They shall fall before thee with their faces flat upon the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet: that thou mayest know, how that I am the LORD. And who so putteth his trust in me, shall not be confounded.

¹⁹ To whom he said, "What things?" And they said unto him, "Of Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet, mighty in deed and word, before God and all the people. ²⁰ And how the high priests, and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death: and have crucified him. ²¹ But we trusted, that it should have been he that should have delivered Israel. And as touching all these things, today is even the third day, that they were done.

⁷ and set the other before them, and asked, "By what power, or in what name, have ye done this, sirs?"

¹⁷ The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a mighty arm brought them out of it.

²³ Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour, one Jesus,

⁶ But as for me, I am a worm and no man: a very scorn of men and the outcast of the people. ⁷ All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads. ⁸ "He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him."

¹⁵ My confusion is daily before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

²² For thy sake also we are killed all the day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.

⁶ But I offer my back unto the smiters, and my cheeks to the nippers. I turn not my face from shame and spitting,

³ He was despised and cast out of men's company; and one that had suffered sorrow, and had experience of infirmity. And we were as one that had hid his face from him.

¹⁵ "O LORD," said I then, "thou knowest all things. Therefore remember me, and visit me, deliver me from my persecutors: Receive not my cause in thy long wrath; yet thou knowest, that for thy sake I suffer rebuke.

⁶⁷ Then spat they in his face, and buffeted him with their fists. And others smote him with the palm of their hands on the face, ⁶⁸ saying, "Tell us, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee?"

²⁹ and plaited a crown of thorns and put upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews," ³⁰ and spitted upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.

³⁸ And there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left hand. ³⁹ They that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, "Thou that destroyest the temple of God, and buildest it in three days: save thyself. If thou be the son of God, come down from the cross." ⁴¹ Likewise also the high 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 God: let God deliver him now if he will have him, for he said, 'I am the son of God.'" ⁴⁴ That same, also the thieves which were crucified with him cast in his teeth.

¹¹ And Herod, with his men of war, despised him, and mocked him; And arrayed him in white, and sent him again to Pilate.

³⁵ And the people stood and beheld. And the rulers mocked him with them, saying, "He helped other men, let him help himself if he be Christ, the chosen of God." ³⁶ The soldiers also mocked him, and came and gave him vinegar, ³⁷ and said, "If thou be that King of the Jews, save thyself."

²¹ But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they have not known him that sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken unto them, they should not have had sin: but now have they nothing to cloak their sin withal. ²³ He that hateth me, hateth my father. ²⁴ If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin. But now have they seen, and yet have hated both me and my father:

² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, which for the joy that was set before him, abode the cross, and despised the shame, and is set down on the righthand of the throne of God.

²⁸ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the man and was angry with David and said, "Why camest thou away, and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come to see the battle."

¹³ He hath put my brethren far away from me, and such as were of mine acquaintance, are become strangers unto me. ¹⁴ Mine own kinfolk have forsaken me, and my friends have put me out of remembrance. ¹⁵ The servants and maids of mine own house take me for a stranger, and I am become as an alien in their sight. ¹⁶ When I call upon my servant, he giveth me no answer: no though I pray him with my mouth. ¹⁷ Mine own wife may not abide my breath, I was fain to speak fair for the children of mine own body. ¹⁸ Yea the children despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spake evil upon me. ¹⁹ All such as were my most familiars, abhor me: And they whom I loved best, are turned against me.

¹¹ I am become a very reproof among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours. And they of mine own acquaintance are afraid of me; they that see me in the street, convey themselves from me.

¹¹ My lovers and friends stand looking upon my trouble, and my kinsmen are gone afar off.

⁵ Let no man believe his friend, nor put his confidence in a prince. Keep the door of thy mouth, from her that lieth in thy bosom: ⁶ for the son shall put his father to dishonour, the daughter shall rise against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: and a man's foes shall be even they of his own household.

²¹ The brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall arise against their fathers, and mothers, and shall put them to death, ²² and ye shall be hated of all men, for my name: but he that shall endureth unto the end, shall be saved.

³⁵ For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: ³⁶ And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

⁴⁸ And he that betrayed him, gave them a token, saying, "Whosoever I kiss, the same is he: lay hands on him." ⁴⁹ And forthwith-all he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail master." And kissed him. ⁵⁰ And Jesus said unto him, "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" Then came they and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

⁵⁶ All this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

⁷⁰ But he denied before them all saying, "I know not what thou sayest." ⁷¹ When he was gone out into the porch, another wench saw him, and said unto them that were there, "This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth." ⁷² And again he denied with an oath that he knew the man. ⁷³ And after a while, came unto him they that stood by, and said unto Peter, "Surely thou art even one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee." ⁷⁴ Then began he to curse and to swear, that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

¹¹ He came among his own, and his own received him not.

⁵ For as yet his brethren believed not in him.

¹⁰ And he answered, "I have been thorough angry for the LORD God of Hosts' sake. For the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and have broken down thine altars and slain the Prophets with the sword, and I only am left, and they seek my soul to have it too."

²⁷ And David had on him an alb of bysse, and so had the Levites that bare the Ark, and so had the singers, and Chenaniah the ruler of the song and of the singers. And David had moreover upon him an Ephod of linen. ²⁸ And all Israel brought the Ark of the LORD's covenant with shouting and blowing of horns, and with trumpets and cymbals that sounded, and with psalteries and harps. ²⁹ And as the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD came unto the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at a window: and when she saw king David dancing and playing, she despised him in her heart.

³ And yet because I have lust to the house of my God, I have several gold and silver which I give to the house of my God above all I have prepared for the holy house:

⁴¹ All they that go by, spoil him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁵⁰ Remember, LORD, the rebuke that the multitude of the people do unto thy servants, and how I have borne it in my bosom; ⁵¹ wherewith thine have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed.

¹³⁹ My zeal hath even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

¹⁵ And they came to Jerusalem, and Jesus went into the temple: and began to cast out the sellers and buyers in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the stools of them that sold doves: ¹⁶ and would not suffer that any man carried a vessel through the temple. ¹⁷ And he taught, saying unto them, "Is it not written, how that my house shall be called 'The house of prayer unto all nations?' But ye have made it a den of thieves."

¹⁴ and found sitting in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep, and doves, and changers of money sitting. ¹⁵ And he made a scourge of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen, and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables. ¹⁶ And said unto them that sold doves, "Have these things hence, and make not my father's house a house of merchandise." ¹⁷ And his disciples remembered, how that it was written, "The zeal of thine house, hath even eaten me."

³ For Christ pleased not himself: but as it is written, "The rebukes of them which rebuked thee, fell on me."

¹³ Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

⁸ Mine enemies revile me all the day long; and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. ⁹ I eat ashes with my bread, and mingle my drink with weeping,

²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is dried up for want of fatness. ²⁵ I am become a reproach unto them; they look upon me and shake their heads.

³³ For John Baptist came unto you neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, 'He hath the devil.' ³⁴ The son of man is come, and eateth and drinketh, and ye say, 'Behold a man which is a glutton, and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners.'

³⁷ And thou shalt go to waste and be made an example and a jestingstock unto all nations whither the LORD shall carry thee.

⁷ then I will weed Israel out of the land which I have given them. And this house which I have hallowed for my name, I will put out of my sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a fable unto all nations.

⁶ He hath made me as it were a byword of the common people. I am his jesting stock among them.

¹³ Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. ¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹³ Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours, to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us. ¹⁴ Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.

² Then spake the LORD unto Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose off that sackcloth from thy loins, and put off thy shoes from thy feet." And so he did, going naked and barefoot.

¹² And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.

⁹ And will make them to be a reproof, a common byword, a laughingstock and shame, in all the places where I shall scatter them.

⁸ Make thy moan as a virgin doth that girdeth herself with sack, because of her bridegroom.

¹³ Gird you, and make your moan, O ye priests: mourn ye ministers of the alter: go your way in, and sleep in sackcloth, O ye officers of my God: for the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of your God.

¹ And there came two angels to Sodom at even. And Lot sat at the gate of the city. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself to the ground with his face.

¹⁸ Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously.

⁸ They were children of fools and villains, which are dead away from the world. ⁹ Now am I their song, and am become their jesting stock;

¹⁵ But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the very lame came together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not. ¹⁶ With the flatterers were busy mockers, who gnashed upon me with their teeth.

² and when he was drunken with wine, he commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem: that the king and his lords with his queen and concubines might drink thereout. ³ So they brought the golden vessel, that was taken out of the temple of the LORD's house at Jerusalem. Then the king and his lords with his queen and concubines drunk out of them. ⁴ They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

²³ but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.

¹² And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³ Then said Pilate unto him, "Hearest thou not how many things they lay against thee?"

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders had persuaded the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and should destroy Jesus.

⁴¹ Likewise also the high 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.

⁶² The next day that followeth the day of preparing, the high priests and Pharisees got themselves to Pilate, ⁶³ and said, "Sir, we remember that this deceiver said while he was yet alive, after three days I will arise again.

¹⁷ and they clothed him with purple, and they plaited a crown of thorns and crowned him withal; ¹⁸ And began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews." ¹⁹ And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spat upon him, and kneeled down and worshipped him.

² And they began to accuse him saying, "We have found this fellow, perverting the people and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar: and saying that he is Christ, a King."

²⁶ The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.' ²⁷ For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and also Pontius Pilate with the gentiles, and the people of Israel, gathered themselves together:

²⁷ and said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham which ceaseth not to deal mercifully and truly with my master. For the LORD hath brought me the way to my master's brother's house."

⁸ ask thy lads, and they will show thee. Wherefore let these young men find favour in thine eyes — for we come in a good season — and give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants and to thine son David."

² And when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she found grace in his sight. And the king held out the golden scepter in his hand toward Esther. So Esther stepped forth, and touched the top of the scepter.

⁶ the king said unto Esther, when he had drunken wine, "Esther what is thy petition? And it shall be given thee. And what requirest thou? Even the half of the empire, it shall be done."

² the king said unto Esther on the second day, when he had drunken wine, "What is thy petition queen Esther, that it may be given thee? And what requirest thou? Yea, ask even half of the empire, and it shall be done."

¹⁰ I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. ¹¹ Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O LORD, but let thy loving-kindness and thy truth always preserve me.

¹ {To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

¹⁶ As for me, I will call unto God, and the LORD shall save me. ¹⁷ In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I mourn and complain: and he shall hear my voice.

¹⁵ When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

³ He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: so that all the ends of the world see the salvation of our God.

⁸ And thus sayeth the LORD: In the time appointed will I be present with thee. And in the hour of health will I help thee, and deliver thee. I will make thee a pledge for the people, so that thou shalt help up the earth again, and challenge again the scattered heritages:

⁶ Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh.

²⁰ Thou shalt keep thy trust with Jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our fathers long ago.

³⁶ Then went Jesus with them into a place, which is called Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, "Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder." ³⁷ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to wax sorrowful and to be in agony. ³⁸ Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me." ³⁹ And he went away a little apart, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying, "O my father, if it possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt." ⁴⁰ And he came unto the disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter, "What, could ye not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, that ye fall not into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." ⁴² He went away once more, and prayed, saying, "O my father, if this cup cannot pass away from me, but that I drink of it, thy will be fulfilled." ⁴³ And he came, and found them asleep again. For their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ And he left and went again, and prayed the third time saying the same words. ⁴⁵ Then came he to his disciples and said unto them, "Sleep henceforth, and take your rest. Take heed: the hour is at hand, and the son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise, let us be going: Behold, he is at hand that shall betray me."

⁷² To fulfill the mercy promised to our fathers; And to remember his holy covenant;

⁴⁴ And he was in agony, and prayed somewhat longer: And his sweat was like drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.

¹ These words spake Jesus and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour is come glorify thy son that thy son 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 This is life eternal: that they might know thee, that only very God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ. ⁴ I have glorified thee on the earth. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. ⁵ And now glorify me, thou father, with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee yer the world was. ⁶ "I have declared thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy sayings. ⁷ Now have they known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me, are of thee. ⁸ For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them, and know surely that I came out from thee: and do believe that thou didst send me. ⁹ I pray for them, and I pray not for the world: but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine, ¹⁰ and all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ And now am I no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy father, keep in thine own name them which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are. ¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gavest me, have I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost child: that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ Now come I to thee, and these words speak I in the world, that they might have my joy full in them. ¹⁴ I have given them thy words, and the world hath hated them: because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I desire not that thou shouldest take them out of the world: but that thou keep them from evil. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. ¹⁷ "Sanctify them with thy truth. Thy saying is truth. ¹⁸ As thou didst sent me into the world, even so have I sent them into the world; ¹⁹ And for their sakes sanctify I myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. ²⁰ I pray not for them alone: but for them also which shall believe on me through their preaching, ²¹ that they all may be one, as thou father art in me, and I in thee; that they may be also one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. ²² And that glory that thou gavest me, I have given them, that they may be one, as we are one. ²³ I am in them, and thou art in me: that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. ²⁴ "Father, I will that they, which thou hast given me, be with me where I am: that they may see my glory which thou hast given me. For thou lovedest me before the making of the world. ²⁵ O righteous father, the very world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. ²⁶ And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, be in them, and that I be in them."

³² And we declare unto you, how that the promise made unto the fathers; ³³ God hath now fulfilled unto us their children, in that he raised up Jesus again, even as it is written in the second psalm, 'Thou art my son, this same day begat I thee.'

⁸ And 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 let the gentiles praise God for his mercy. As it is written, "For this cause I will praise thee among the gentiles, and sing in thy name."

² For he saith, "I have heard thee in a time accepted: and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee." Behold, now is that well accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

²³ which when he was reviled, reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that judgeth righteously,

¹⁸ Look upon my adversity and misery, and forgive me all my sin. ¹⁹ Consider mine enemies, how many they are; and they bear a tyrannous hate against me.

¹ {To the chanter, a Psalm of David} I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. ² He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. ³ He hath put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many men seeing this, shall fear the LORD, and put their trust in him.

² My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. ² I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

¹⁵ Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

³ They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause.

²¹ But deal thou with me, O LORD God, according unto thy name; for sweet is thy mercy.

⁴ Yea, the waters had drowned us, the stream had gone over our soul. ⁵ The deep waters of the proud had gone even unto our soul.

⁷ Send down thine hand from above; deliver me, and take me out of the greatwaters, from the hand of strange children,

⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire. ⁷ So Jeremiah stuck fast in the mire. Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, being a chamberlain in the king's court, understood that they had cast Jeremiah in to the dungeon: ⁸ he went out of the king's house, and spake to the king, which then sat under the port of Benjamin, these words: ⁹ "My lord the king, whereas these men meddle with Jeremiah the prophet, they do him wrong: Namely, in that they have put him in prison, there to die of hunger for there is no more bread in the city." ¹⁰ Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian and said, "Take from hence thirty men whom thou wilt, and draw up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die." ¹¹ So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went to the house of Amalek, and there under an almery he gat old rags and worn clothes, and let them down by a cord, into the dungeon to Jeremiah. ¹² And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto the prophet Jeremiah, "O put these rags and clothes under thine arm holes, betwixt them and the cords." And Jeremiah did so. ¹³ So they drew up Jeremiah with cords and took him out of the dungeon, and he remained in the fore entry of the prison.

⁵⁵ {Kuf} I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the deep pit.

³⁴ And said unto them, "My soul is very heavy even unto the death, tarry here and watch." ³⁵ And he went forth a little and fell down on the ground and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ And he said, "Abba father, all things are possible unto thee, take away this cup from me. Nevertheless, not that I will, but that thou wilt be done." ³⁷ And he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch with me one hour? ³⁸ Watch ye, and pray, lest ye enter into temptation: the spirit is ready, but the flesh is weak." ³⁹ And again he went away and prayed, and spake the same words. ⁴⁰ And he returned and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy: neither could they wist what they might answer to him. ⁴¹ And he came the third time, and said unto them, "Sleep henceforth, and take your ease. It is enough. The hour is come; Behold the son of man shall be delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Rise up, let us go. Lo: he that betrayeth me is at hand."

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani," which is, if it be interpreted, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

²⁷ Moreover, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.'"

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on tree. ³¹ Him hath God lift up with his right hand, to be a ruler and a saviour: for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

³³ And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation. ³⁴ And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also."

¹⁰ For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

⁴ I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, and I am even as a man that hath no strength; ⁵ free among the dead, like unto them that lie in the grave, which be out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand. ⁶ Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness and in the deep.

¹ But now, the LORD that made thee O Jacob, and he that fashioned thee O Israel, sayeth thus, "Fear not, for I will defend thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine own. ² If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.

² And he said, "In my tribulation I called unto the LORD, and he answered me: out of the belly of hell I cried, and thou heardest my voice. ³ For thou hadst cast me down deep in the midst of the sea; and the flood compassed me about: and all thy waves and rolls of water went over me. ⁴ And I thought that I had been cast away out of thy sight. But I will yet again look toward thy holy temple. ⁵ The water compassed me even unto the very soul of me; the deep lay about me, and the weeds were wrapped about mine head. ⁶ And I went down unto the bottom of the hills, and was barred in with earth on every side forever. And yet thou, LORD my God, broughtest up my life again out of corruption. ⁷ When my soul fainted in me, I thought on the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, even into thy holy temple.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

²⁴ and loosed the sorrows of death, because it was impossible that he should be holden of it.

³¹ He saw before, and spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul should not be left in hell: neither his flesh should see corruption.

¹⁶ Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and in misery.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

⁷ How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

³ For thy loving-kindness is better than life itself; my lips shall praise thee.

¹³ But, LORD, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy salvation.

¹⁵ But thou, O LORD God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. ¹⁶ O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.

⁴⁵ He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies;

⁷ I will declare the goodness of the LORD, yea and the praise of the LORD, for all that he hath given us; for the great good that he hath done for Israel, which he hath given them of his own favour, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

¹⁹ He shall turn again, and be merciful to us: he shall put down our wickednesses, and cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

²¹ Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

²⁴ For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor: he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him, he heard him.

⁹ O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. Thou hast been my succor; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God my Saviour.

¹³ O LORD, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me; make haste, O LORD, to help me.

²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face? Wilt thou clean forget our misery and oppression?

¹⁴ which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.

¹ {To the Chanter, of David, to bring remembrance} Haste thee, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

² Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ear unto me when I call. O hear me, and that right soon.

⁷ Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies, for I resort unto thee to hide me.

³⁸ Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me."

⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli Eli lama sabacthani?" That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

²⁷ were it not that I feared the railing of their enemies — lest their adversaries would be proud and say: Our high hand hath done all these works, and not the LORD.

⁹ Moreover, the Canaanites, and all the inhabiters of the land shall hear of it, and shall come about us and destroy the name of us out of the world. And then what wilt thou do unto thy mighty name?"

²³ To deliver me from the enemy's hand, or to save me from the power of the mighty?

¹ Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint?

¹⁹ But be not thou far from me, O LORD; thou art my succor. Haste thee to help me.

⁵ Into thy hands I commend my spirit; for thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.

¹⁵ But God shall deliver my soul from the power of hell, when he receiveth me. Selah.

⁹ He sent redemption unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant forever. Holy and reverent is his name.

⁸ For thou art the comfort and help of Israel in the time of trouble. Why wilt thou be as a stranger in the Land, and as one that goeth over the field, and cometh in only to remain for a night?

² The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the LORD, and against his Christ. ³ Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. ⁴ He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

⁶ But as for me, I am a worm and no man: a very scorn of men and the outcast of the people. ⁷ All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads.

⁷ And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face. ⁸ I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. ⁹ For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee is fallen upon me.

⁴⁹ Jesus answered, "I have not the devil: but I honour my father, and ye have dishonored me.

² "I have oft times heard such things. Miserable givers of comfort are ye, all the sort of you.

²¹ Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends! For the hand of God hath touched me. ²² Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied of my flesh?

⁶ My God, my soul is vexed within me; therefore I remember the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.

¹⁰ My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

⁴ Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud.

⁴ I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.

⁵ I looked about me, and there was no man to show me any help. I fell down, and no man held me up. Then I held me by mine own arm, and my ferventness sustained me:

³⁷ And he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch with me one hour?

⁵⁰ And they all forsook him and ran away.

²⁷ "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say, 'Father deliver me from this hour?' But therefore came I unto this hour.

³² Behold, the hour draweth nigh, and is already come, that ye shall be scattered every man his ways, and shall leave me alone. And yet am I not alone. For the father is with me.

¹⁶ At my first answering for myself, no man assisted me, but all forsook me. I pray God, that it may not be laid to their charges: ¹⁷ notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preaching should be fulfilled to the utmost and that all the gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

³⁶ Others tasted of mockings, and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment:

¹⁸ Lest there be among you man or woman, kindred or tribe, that turneth away in his heart this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations: and lest there be among you some root that beareth gall and wormwood,

¹⁴ Why prolong we the time? Let us gather ourselves together, and go into the strong city; there shall we be in rest. For the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water mixed with gall to drink: because we have sinned against him.

¹⁵ Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them gall to drink.

¹⁵ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts concerning the prophets, "Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem is the sickness of hypocrisy come into all the land."

³⁴ they gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall. And when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

⁴⁸ And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

²³ And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but he received it not.

³⁶ And one ran, and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it him to drink, saying, "Let him alone, let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

³⁶ The soldiers also mocked him, and came and gave him vinegar,

²⁸ After that, when Jesus perceived that all things were performed, that the scripture might be fulfilled, he said, "I thirst." ²⁹ There stood a vessel full of vinegar by. And they filled a sponge with vinegar, and wound it about with hyssop, and put it to his mouth. ³⁰ As soon as Jesus had received of the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," and bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

³² for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction.

¹⁴ For he is the sanctifying, and stone to stumble at, the rock to fall upon, a snare and net to both the houses: to Israel, and the inhabiters of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And many shall stumble, fall, and be broken upon him: yea they shall be snared and taken."

² If ye will not hear it, nor regard it, to give the glory unto my name, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings. Yea, curse them will I if ye do not take heed.

⁸ according as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of unquietness: eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, even unto this day." ⁹ And David saith, "Let their table be made a snare to take them withal, and an occasion to fall, and a reward unto them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be blinded that they see not: and ever bow down their backs."

³ For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

⁸ and a stone to stumble at, and a rock to offend them which stumble at the word, and believe not that whereon they were set.

⁶⁵ And among these nations thou shalt be no small season, and yet shalt have no rest for the sole of thy foot. For the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart and dazing eyes and sorrow of mind. ⁶⁶ And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt fear both day and night and shalt have no trust in thy life. ⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, 'Would God it were night.' And at night thou shalt say, 'Would God it were morning' — for fear of thine heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

⁹ And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive. ¹⁰ Harden the heart of this people, stop their ears, and shut their eyes, that they see not with their eyes, hear not with their ears, and understand not with their heart, and convert and be healed."

³ With this, the reins of my back were full of pain: Pangs came upon me, as upon a woman in her travail. It made me stoop when I heard it, and it vexed me when I saw it. ⁴ My heart panted, I trembled for fear. The night of my voluptuousness hath he turned against me into fear.

⁹ Ponder these things once in your mind, and wonder: Blinded are they themselves, and the blind guides of others; they are drunken, but not with wine; they are unstable, but not through strong drink. ¹⁰ For the LORD shall give you a hard-sleeping spirit, and close your eyes. Your Prophets also, and heads which should see; them shall he cover.

⁶ For what else doth this signify, that I see? Namely, that all strong men smite every man his hand upon his loins, as a woman in the pain of her travail. Who ever saw a man travail with child? Enquire thereafter, and see. Yea, all their faces are marvelous pale.

⁶ Then changed the king his countenance, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his body shook, and his knees smote one against another.

¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which prophecy saith, 'With the ears ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and with the eyes ye shall see, and shall not perceive." ¹⁵ For this people's hearts are waxed gross. And their ears were dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their hearts, and should turn, that I might heal them.

³⁹ Therefore could they not believe, because that Isaiah saith again, ⁴⁰ "He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts: that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted and I should heal them."

²⁶ saying, 'Go unto this people and say: with your ears shall ye hear, and shall not understand: and with your eyes shall ye see and shall not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears were thick of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.'

¹⁰ Let their eyes be blinded that they see not: and ever bow down their backs."

²⁵ I would not that this secret should be hid from you my brethren, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits: that partly blindness is happened in Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles be come in.

¹⁴ But their minds were blinded. For until this day remaineth the same covering, untaken away, in the old testament when they read it — which in Christ is put away:

¹⁵ Then the dukes of the Edomites were amazed, and trembling came upon the mightiest of the Moabites, and all the inhabiters of Canaan waxed faint-hearted.

¹⁴ "'But and if ye will not hearken unto me, nor will do all these my commandments, ¹⁵ or if ye shall despise mine ordinances, either if your souls refuse my laws, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but shall break mine covenant: ¹⁶ then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. ¹⁷ And I will set my face against you and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall reign over you, and ye shall flee when no man followeth you. ¹⁸ "'And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then will I punish you seven times more for your sins, ¹⁹ and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass. ²⁰ And so your labour shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not give her increase, neither the trees of the land shall give their fruits. ²¹ And if ye walk contrary unto me and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. ²² I will send in wild beasts upon you, which shall rob you of your children and destroy your cattle, and make you so few in number that your highways shall grow unto a wilderness. ²³ And if ye will not be learned yet for all this, but shall walk contrary unto me, ²⁴ then will I also walk contrary unto you and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. ²⁵ I will send a sword upon you, that shall avenge my covenant with you. And when ye are fled unto your cities, I will send the pestilence among you: ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies. ²⁶ And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied. ²⁷ "'And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, but shall walk contrary unto me, ²⁸ then I will walk contrary unto you also wrathfully, and will also chastise you seven times for your sins: ²⁹ so that ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. ³⁰ And I will destroy your altars built upon high hills, and overthrow your images, and cast your carcasses upon the bodies of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. ³¹ And I will make your cities desolate, and bring your sanctuaries unto nought, and will not smell the savours of your sweet odours. ³² "'And I will bring the land unto a wilderness: so that your enemies which dwell therein shall wonder at it. ³³ And I will straw you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you, and your land shall be waste, and your cities desolate. ³⁴ Then the land shall rejoice in her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth void and ye in your enemies' land: even then shall the land keep holy day and rejoice in her Sabbaths. ³⁵ And as long as it lieth void it shall rest, for that it could not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein. ³⁶ "'And upon them that are left alive of you, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the land of their enemies: so that the sound of a leaf that falleth, shall chase them and they shall flee as though they fled a sword, and shall fall no man following them. ³⁷ And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword even no man following them, and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies: ³⁸ And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. ³⁹ And they that are left of you, shall pine away in their unrighteousness, even in their enemies' land, and also in the misdeeds of their fathers shall they consume. ⁴⁰ And they shall confess their misdeeds and the misdeeds of their fathers; in their trespasses which they have trespassed against me, and for that also that they have walked contrary unto me. ⁴¹ Therefore I also will walk contrary unto them, and will bring them into the land of their enemies. And then at the least way their uncircumcised hearts shall be tamed, and then they shall make an atonement for their misdeeds. ⁴² "'And I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac, and my covenant with Abraham, and will think on the land. ⁴³ For the land shall be left of them and shall have pleasure in her Sabbaths, while she lieth waste without them, and they shall make an atonement for their misdeeds, because they despised my laws and their souls refused mine ordinances. ⁴⁴ And yet, for all that; when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not so cast them away nor my soul shall not so abhor them, that I will utterly destroy them and break mine covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. ⁴⁵ I will therefore remember unto them the first covenant made when I brought them out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen to be their God: for I am the LORD.'" ⁴⁶ These are the ordinances, judgements, and laws which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

¹⁵ "But and if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments and ordinances which I command thee this day; then all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field; ¹⁷ cursed shall thine almery be and thy store. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land be and the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep. ¹⁹ And cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, and when thou goest out. ²⁰ And the LORD shall send upon thee cursing, going to nought, and complaining in all that thou settest thine hand to; whatsoever thou doest, until thou be destroyed and brought to nought quickly, because of the wickedness of thine inventions in that thou hast forsaken the LORD. ²¹ And the LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from the land whither thou goest to enjoy it. ²² And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish. ²³ "And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron. ²⁴ And the LORD shall turn the rain of the land unto powder and dust: even from heaven they shall come down upon thee, until thou be brought to nought. ²⁵ And the LORD shall plague thee before thine enemies: Thou shalt come out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shalt be scattered among all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ And thy carcass shall be meat unto all manner fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. ²⁷ "And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof. ²⁸ And the LORD shall smite thee with madness, blindness and dazing of heart. ²⁹ And thou shalt grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt not come to the right way. And thou shalt suffer violence and wrong all thy life long, and no man shall help thee. ³⁰ Thou shalt be betrothed unto a wife, and another shall lie with her. Thou shalt build a house and another shall dwell therein. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not make it common. ³¹ Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof. Thine ass shall be violently taken away even before thy face, and shall not be restored thee again. Thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and no man shall help thee. ³² Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another nation, and thine eyes shall see and daze upon them all day long, but shalt have no might in thine hand. ³³ The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation eat, which thou knowest not; and thou shalt but suffer violence only and be oppressed always, ³⁴ that thou shalt be clean beside thyself for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ³⁵ "The LORD shall smite thee with a mischievous botch in the knees and legs, so that thou canst not be healed: even from the sole of the foot unto the top of the head. ³⁶ The LORD shall bring both thee and thy king which thou hast set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there thou shalt serve strange gods: even wood and stone. ³⁷ And thou shalt go to waste and be made an example and a jestingstock unto all nations whither the LORD shall carry thee. ³⁸ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the grasshoppers shall destroy it. ³⁹ Thou shalt plant a vineyard and dress it, but shalt neither drink of the wine neither gather of the grapes: for the worms shall eat it. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy coasts, but shalt not be anointed with the oil: for thine olive trees shall be rooted out. ⁴¹ Thou shalt get sons and daughters, but shalt not have them: for they shall be carried away captive. ⁴² All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall be marred with blasting. ⁴³ The strangers that are among you shall climb above thee up on high, and thou shalt come down beneath a-low. ⁴⁴ He shall lend thee and thou shalt not lend him, he shall be before and thou behind. ⁴⁵ "Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee and shall follow thee and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed: because thou hearkenedest not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and ordinances which he commanded thee; ⁴⁶ and they shall be upon thee as miracles and wonders and upon thy seed for ever. ⁴⁷ And because thou servedest not the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with a good heart for the abundance of all things, ⁴⁸ therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought. ⁴⁹ "And the LORD shall bring a nation upon thee from afar, even from the end of the world, as swift as an eagle flyeth: a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; ⁵⁰ a hard-favoured nation which shall not regard the person of the old nor have compassion on the young. ⁵¹ And he shall eat the fruit of thy land and the fruit of thy cattle until he have destroyed thee: so that he shall leave thee neither corn, wine, nor oil, neither the increase of thine oxen nor the flocks of thy sheep: until he have brought thee to nought. ⁵² And he shall keep thee in all thy cities, until thy high and strong walls be come down wherein thou trustedest, through all thy land. And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. ⁵³ "And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body; the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in that straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee: ⁵⁴ so that it shall grieve the man that is tender, and exceeding delicate among you, to look on his brother and upon his wife that lieth in his bosom and on the remnant of his children, which he hath yet left - ⁵⁵ for fear of giving unto any of them of the flesh of his children, which he eateth, because he hath nought left him in that straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in all thy cities. ⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate among you that she dare not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for softness and tenderness, shall be grieved to look on the husband that lieth in her bosom and on her son and on her daughter - ⁵⁷ even because of the afterbirth, that is come out from between her legs, and because of her children which she hath borne, because she would eat them for need of all things; secretly, in the straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in thy cities. ⁵⁸ "If thou wilt not be diligent to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, for to fear this glorious and fearful name of the LORD thy God: ⁵⁹ the LORD will smite both thee and thy seed with wonderful plagues and with great plagues and of long continuance, ⁶⁰ and with evil sicknesses and of long durance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou wast afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee. ⁶¹ Thereto, all manner sicknesses and all manner plagues which are not written in the book of this law, will the LORD bring upon thee until thou be come to nought. ⁶² And ye shall be left few in number, wheretofore ye were as the stars of heaven in multitude: because thou wouldest not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ⁶³ "And as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you: even so he will rejoice over you, to destroy you and to bring you to nought. And ye shall be wasted from off the land whither thou goest to enjoy it. ⁶⁴ And the LORD shall scatter thee among all nations from the one end of the world unto the other, and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known: even wood and stone. ⁶⁵ And among these nations thou shalt be no small season, and yet shalt have no rest for the sole of thy foot. For the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart and dazing eyes and sorrow of mind. ⁶⁶ And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt fear both day and night and shalt have no trust in thy life. ⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, 'Would God it were night.' And at night thou shalt say, 'Would God it were morning' — for fear of thine heart which 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 which I bade thee that thou shouldest see it no more. And there ye shall be sold unto your enemies, for bondmen and bondwomen: and yet no man shall buy you."

¹⁸ Lest there be among you man or woman, kindred or tribe, that turneth away in his heart this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations: and lest there be among you some root that beareth gall and wormwood, ¹⁹ so that when he heareth the words of this curse, he bless himself in his heart saying, 'I shall have peace; I will therefore work after the lust of mine own heart, that the drunken may perish with the thirsty.' ²⁰ "And so the LORD will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the LORD and his jealousy, smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book light upon him, and the LORD do out his name from under heaven, ²¹ and separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel according unto all the curses of the covenant that is written in the book of this 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, say when they see the plagues of that land, and the diseases wherewith the LORD hath smitten it, ²³ how all the land is burnt up with brimstone and salt, that it is neither sown nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, after the overthrowing of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim: which the LORD overthrew in his wrath and anger. ²⁴ And then all nations also say, "Wherefore hath the LORD done of this fashion unto this land? O how fierce is this great wrath?' ²⁵ And men shall say, 'Because they left the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers which he made with them, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶ And they went and served strange gods and worshipped them: gods which they knew not and which had given them nought. ²⁷ And therefore the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon that land to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book. ²⁸ And the LORD cast them out of their land in anger, wrath and great furiousness, and cast them into a strange land, as it is come to pass this day.'

¹⁷ And then my wrath will wax hot against them, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them, and they shall be consumed. And when much adversity and tribulation is come upon them, then they will say, 'Because our God is not among us,

²⁰ And he said, 'I will hide my face from them and will see what their end shall be. For they are a froward generation, and children in whom is no faith. ²¹ They have angered me with that which is no god; and provoked me with their vanities. And I, again, will anger them with them which are no people, and will provoke them with a foolish nation. ²² For fire is kindled in my wrath: and shall burn unto the bottom of hell; and shall consume the earth with her increase; and set afire the bottoms of the mountains. ²³ I will heap mischiefs upon them and will spend all mine arrows at them. ²⁴ Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents. ²⁵ Without forth, the sword shall rob them of their children; and within in the chamber, fear: both young men and young women, and the sucklings with the men of gray heads. ²⁶ I have determined to scatter them throughout the world, and to make away the remembrance of them from among men,

⁶ Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

⁸ they shall stand in fear, carefulness and sorrow shall come upon them, and they shall have pain, as a woman that travaileth with child. One shall ever be abashed of another, and their faces shall burn like the flame.

¹⁰ Yet are the princes of Judah become like them, that remove the landmarks: therefore will I pour out my wrath upon them like water.

⁶ But did not my words and statutes, which I commanded by my servants the Prophets, touch your forefathers? Upon this, they gave answer and said, 'Like as the LORD of Hosts devised to do unto us, according to our ways and imaginations, even so hath he dealt with us.''"

³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar: ³⁶ Verily I say unto you, all these things shall light upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not.

²² For these be the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that are written.

¹⁵ which as they killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, even so have they persecuted us, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men: ¹⁶ and forbid us to preach unto the gentiles, that they might be saved, to fulfill their sins always: For the wrath of God is come on them, even to the utmost.

¹ And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go your ways, pour out your vials of wrath upon the earth."

⁸ And this house which is so high, all that pass by it shall be astonished and shall hiss and say, 'Why hath the LORD dealt on this manner with this land and with this house?'

¹ Now will I sing my beloved friend a song of his vineyard. My beloved friend hath a vineyard in a very fruitful plenteous ground.

¹¹ Then spake I, "LORD, how long?" And he answered, "Until the cities be utterly without inhabiters, and the houses without men, till the land be also desolate, and lie unbuilded.

¹² Go to my place in Shiloh, whereunto I gave my name afore time, and look well what I did to the same place for the wickedness of my people of Israel. ¹³ And now, though ye have done all these deeds, sayeth the LORD, and I myself rose up ever betimes to warn you and to commune with you, yet would ye not hear me: I called, ye would not answer. ¹⁴ And therefore even as I have done to Shiloh, so will I do to this house that my name is given unto, and that ye put your trust in: yea, unto the place that I have given to you and your fathers.

³⁸ Behold, Your habitation shall be left unto you desolate.

¹ And Jesus went out and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him, for to show him the building of the temple. ² Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be here left one stone upon another, that shall not be cast down."

³⁵ Behold, your habitation shall be left unto you desolate. For I tell you, Ye shall not see me until the time come that ye shall say, 'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'"

²⁰ It is written in the book of psalms, 'His habitation be void, and no man be dwelling therein,' and, 'His bishoprick let another take.'

⁹ But there was a prophet of the LORD's named Obed which went out to the host which came to Samaria and said to them, "See, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he delivered them into your hands. And ye have slain them with cruelness that reacheth up to heaven.

¹⁶ and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him.

⁴ He was so despisable, that we esteemed him not. Truly, he took upon him our diseases, and bare our sorrows. And yet we counted him plagued, and beaten, and humbled of God.

¹⁰ And yet the LORD determined to bruise him with infirmities. His soul giving herself for trangression, he shall see seed of long continuance; and the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

¹⁵ and sore displeased at the careless Heathen: for whereas I was but a little angry, they did their best that I might destroy them.

⁷ "Arise, O thou sword, upon my shepherd, and upon the prince of my people, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, and so will I turn mine hand to the little ones.

²⁷ And they crucified with him two thieves: the one on the right hand, and the other on his left hand. ²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled, which sayeth, "And he was counted among the wicked." ²⁹ And they that went by, railed on him: wagging their heads, and saying, "A wretch, that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days. ³⁰ Save thyself, and come down from the cross." ³¹ Likewise also mocked him the high priests among themselves with the scribes, and said, "He saved other men, himself he cannot save. ³² Let Christ the King of Israel now descend from the cross, that we may see and believe." And they that were crucified with him, checked him also.

¹⁵ which as they killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, even so have they persecuted us, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men:

¹⁵ But when Pharaoh saw that he had rest given him, he hardened his heart and hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had said.

³² But for all that, Pharaoh hardened his heart even then also and would not let the people go.

¹² But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, that he hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had said unto Moses.

³⁹ And they that are left of you, shall pine away in their unrighteousness, even in their enemies' land, and also in the misdeeds of their fathers shall they consume.

⁵ Cover not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out from thy presence: for they have provoked the builders.

⁵ He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from God his saviour.

¹² So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and let them follow their own imaginations.

¹⁴ Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be done away.

¹⁷ His delight was in cursing, and therefore shall it happen unto him; he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment: yea it went into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath on him, and as the girdle that he is girded withal.

⁶ I will lay it waste, that it shall neither be twisted nor cut, but bear thorns and briers. I will also forbid the clouds, that they shall not rain upon it.

¹⁰ But the ungodly, though he have received grace, yet learneth he not righteousness: but in that place where he is punished, he offendeth, and feareth not the glory of the LORD.

¹⁹ and spied a fig tree in the way, and came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, "Never fruit grow on thee hence forwards." And anon the fig tree withered away.

³¹ So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets. ³² Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers:

⁴ saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." ⁵ And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.

²⁸ And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,

¹⁸ So hath he mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he maketh hard hearted.

³¹ But Israel, which followed the law of righteousness, could not attain unto the law of righteousness.

² For I bear them record, that they have a fervent mind to Godward, but not according to knowledge. ³ For they are ignorant of the righteousness which is allowed before God, and go about to establish their own righteousness: and therefore, are not obedient unto the righteousness which is of value before God.

¹¹ And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe lies: ¹² that all they might be damned which believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil, the Lord reward him according to his deeds,

¹⁰ And he said unto me, "Seal not the sayings of prophesy of this book. For the time is at hand. ¹¹ He that doth evil, let him do evil still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be more righteous: and he that is holy, let him be more holy."

³² Yet forgive them their sin, I pray thee: If not, wipe me out of thy book which thou hast written." ³³ And the LORD said unto Moses, "I will put him out of my book that hath sinned against me.

³ Then shall the remnant in Zion and the remnant at Jerusalem be called holy - namely, all such as are written among the living at Jerusalem -

¹⁶ Whoso rejoiceth upon earth, shall rejoice in the true God: And whoso sweareth upon earth, shall swear in the true God. For the old enmity shall be forgotten, and taken away out of my sight.

⁹ Mine hands shall come upon the prophets that look out vain things and preach lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, nor written in the book of the house of Israel, neither shall they come in the land of Israel: that ye may know how that I am the LORD God.

⁹ Then said he, "Call his name Loammi. For why? Ye are not my people, therefore will I not be yours.

²⁰ Nevertheless, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are under your power: But rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

³ Yea, and I beseech thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospel, and with Clement also, and with others, my labour fellows, whose names are in the book of life.

²³ and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

⁵ He that overcometh shall be clothed in white array, and I will not put out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels.

⁸ and all that dwell upon the earth worshipped him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb, which was killed from the beginning of the world.

¹² And I saw the dead, both great and small, stand before God: And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up her dead, which were in her, and death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them: and they were judged every man according to his deeds. ¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is that second death. ¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.

¹⁹ And if any man shall minish of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from those things which are written in this book.

⁴⁸ It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

²⁷ All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the people shall worship before him. ²⁸ For the kingdom is the LORD's, and he is the governour among the people. ²⁹ All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul. ³⁰ My seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the LORD for a generation. ³¹ They shall come, and declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the LORD hath made.

¹⁷ As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.

¹ {To the Chanter, Destroy Not, Michtam of David, when Saul sent to watch the house, to the intent to kill him} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, and defend me from them that rise up against me.

⁵ As for me, I am poor and in misery; haste thee unto me, O God. Thou art my help, my redeemer, and my God: O make no long tarrying.

²⁶ He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.' ²⁷ And I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up out of all danger, for he hath known my name. ¹⁵ When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. ¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

²² O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me.

³¹ for he standeth at the righthand of the poor, to save him from such as condemn his soul.

² He came up as a spray before him, and as a root out of a dry land. There was neither fashion or beauty on him. And when we looked on him, there was no godliness that we should lust after him. ³ He was despised and cast out of men's company; and one that had suffered sorrow, and had experience of infirmity. And we were as one that had hid his face from him.

²⁰ And Jesus said unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of the man hath not whereon to rest his head."

⁹ Ye know the liberality of our Lord Jesus Christ, which though he were rich, yet for your sakes became poor: that ye through his poverty might be made rich.

²¹ above all rule, power, and might, and domination, and above all names that are named, not in this world only, but also in the world to come. ²² And hath put all things under his feet, and hath made him above all things, the head of the congregation:

⁹ Wherefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names: ¹⁰ That in the name of Jesus should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under earth; ¹¹ and that all tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord unto the praise of God the father.

⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

³ O praise the LORD with me, and let us magnify his name together.

¹⁴ Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.

²¹ I thank thee, for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will thank thee; thou art my God, and I will praise thee. ²⁹ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth forever.

¹³ Thinkest thou that I will eat the flesh of oxen, or drink the blood of goats? ¹⁴ Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.

²³ Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I show the salvation of God."

² Take words with you and turn unto the Lord. And say unto him, "Remit all wickedness and given things, and we will pay thee openly

¹⁹ speaking unto yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, ²⁰ giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:

¹⁵ For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.

⁵ and ye, as living stones, are made a spiritual house, and a holy priesthood, for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

²⁶ The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: they that seek after the LORD shall praise him. Your heart shall live for ever.

²⁹ All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul.

⁹ Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment; and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way.

² My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

⁶ Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh. ⁷ Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.

¹ The spirit of the LORD God is with me, for the LORD hath anointed me, and sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor: that I might bind up the wounded hearts, that I might preach deliverance to the captive, and open the prison to them that are bound; ² That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness. ³ That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

²² And ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy shall no man take from you.

²⁰ And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and feet, and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.

¹⁷ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto,

⁵ "Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, I will arise," saith the LORD, "and will help them, and set them at rest."

⁶ Lo, the poor crieth, and the LORD heareth him, yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.

⁶ He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity, but letteth the renegades continue in scarceness.

¹² For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help. ¹³ He shall be favorable to the simple and poor; he shall preserve the souls of such as be in adversity. ¹⁴ He shall deliver their souls from extortion and wrong, and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁷ when he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire.

²⁰ that he may hear the mournings of such as be in captivity, and deliver the children that are appointed unto death,

¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron,

⁷ who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry. The LORD looseth men out of prison;

² As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.

¹¹ Thou also, through the blood of thy covenant, shalt let thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. ¹² Turn you now to the stronghold, ye that be in prison, and long sore to be delivered: And this day I bring the word, that I will reward thee double again.

¹⁸ "The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

¹⁸ and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. ¹⁹ But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth, and said,

⁴ And when he had caught him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to be kept, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. ⁵ Then was Peter kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing of the congregation unto God for him. ⁶ And when Herod would have brought him out unto the people, the same night slept Peter between two soldiers, bound with two chains; And the keepers before the door kept the prison. ⁷ And behold, the angel of the Lord was there present, and a light shined in the lodge. And he smote Peter on the side, and stirred him up, saying, "Arise up quickly." And his chains fell off from his hands. ⁸ And the angel said unto him, "Gird thyself and bind on thy sandals." And so he did. And he said unto him, "Cast on thy mantle about thee, and follow me." ⁹ And he came out, and followed him: and wist not that it was truth which was done by the angel; but thought he had seen a vision. ¹⁰ When they were past the first and the second watch, they came unto the iron gate, that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them by his own accord. And they went out and passed through one street, and by and by the angel departed from him. ¹¹ And when Peter was come to himself, he said, "Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the waiting for of the people of the Jews."

¹ For this cause, I Paul the servant of Jesus Christ am in bonds for your sakes, which are heathen -

¹⁰ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

²⁰ And God said, "Let the water bring forth creatures that move and have life, and fowls for to fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven."

¹¹ Let the sea make a noise, yea and all that therein is. {TYNDALE: Let the sea thunder, and his fullness;}

⁷ Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is; yea, the whole world, and all that dwell therein. ⁸ Let the floods clap their hands, and let all the hills be joyful together

¹ {Praise the Everlasting} O Praise the LORD of heaven; praise him in the heights. ² Praise him all ye angels of his; praise him, all his host. ³ Praise him sun and moon; praise him all ye stars and light. ⁴ Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he spoke the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He hath made them fast for ever and ever; he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. ⁷ Praise the LORD upon earth, ye dragons, and all deeps; ⁸ fire and hail, snow and vapors, wind and storm, fulfilling his word; ⁹ mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars; ¹⁰ beasts and all cattle; worms and feathered fowls; ¹¹ kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the world; ¹² young men and maidens, old men and children, ¹³ praise the name of the LORD! For his name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. ¹⁴ He exalteth the horn of his people, all his saints shall praise him: the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

⁶ Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD! Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

²² As for thine offenses, I drive them away like the clouds, and thy sins as the mist. Turn ye again unto me, and I will deliver thee. ²³ Be glad ye heavens, whom the LORD hath made, let all that is here beneath upon the earth, be joyful. Rejoice ye mountains and woods, with all the trees that are in you: for the LORD shall redeem Jacob, and show his glory upon Israel.

¹³ Rejoice ye heavens, and sing praises thou earth: Talk of joy ye hills, for God will comfort his people, and have mercy upon his, that be in trouble.

¹² And so shall ye go forth with joy, and be lead with peace. The mountains and hills shall sing with you for joy, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

¹¹ And all the angels stood in the compass of the seat, and of the elders and of the four beasts, and fell before the seat on their faces, and worshipped God, ¹² saying, amen, "Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanks, and honour, and power and might, be unto our God, for evermore, amen." ¹³ And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, "What are these which are arrayed in long white garments, and whence came they?"

¹¹ O let the mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. ¹² Walk about Zion, go round about her, and tell the towers thereof. ¹³ Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that it may be told them that come after.

¹⁸ O be favourable and gracious unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

¹³ Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

¹⁶ when the LORD shall build up Zion, and when his glory shall appear;

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise thy God, O Zion! ¹³ For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

³² Who shall then maintain the messages of the Gentiles? But the LORD establisheth Zion, and the poor of my people shall put their trust in him.

²⁶ But I set up the purpose of my servants, and fulfill the counsel of my messengers. I say unto Jerusalem, "Turn again," and to the cities of Judah, "Be ye builded again," and I repair their decayed places.

¹³ I shall bring forth my righteousness. It is not far, and my health shall not tarry long away. I will lay health in Zion, and give Israel my glory.

¹⁰ "Moreover thus sayeth the LORD: In this place, whereof ye say that it shall be a wilderness, wherein neither people nor cattle shall dwell: in like manner in the cities of Judah and without Jerusalem - which also shall be so void, that neither people nor cattle shall dwell there - ¹¹ Shall the voice of gladness be heard again; the voice of the Bridegroom and of the bride; the voice of them that shall sing, 'Praise the LORD of Hosts, for he is loving and his mercy endureth forever,' and the voice of them that shall offer up gifts in the house of the LORD. For I will restore the captivity of this land, as it was afore, sayeth the LORD.

³⁵ Then shall it be said, 'This wasteland is become like a garden of pleasure, and the void, desolate and broken down cities are now strong, and fenced again.' ³⁶ Then the residue of the Heathen that lie round about you shall know that I am the LORD, which repair that was broken down, and plant again that was made waste. Even I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it indeed.

¹⁷ But upon the mount Zion, there shall a remnant escape: these shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess even those, that had themselves afore in possession.

¹ And I looked, and, lo, a lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand having his father's name written in their foreheads.

²⁹ The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

¹⁶ Show thy servants thy work, and their children thy glory. ¹⁷ And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handiwork.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up out of all danger, for he hath known my name.

²⁸ The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall prosper in thy sight.

³ For I shall pour water upon the dry ground, and rivers upon the thirsty. I shall pour my spirit upon thy seed, and mine increase upon thy stock. ⁴ They shall grow together, like as the grass, and as the Willows by the waterside.

⁹ Their seed also and their generation shall be known among the Gentiles, and among the people. All they that see them, shall know that they are the blessed seed of the LORD.

²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him, "If a man love me and will keep my sayings, my father also will love him, and we will come unto him, and will dwell with him.

³⁹ "For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call."

²⁸ For we know well that all things work for the best unto them that love God, which also are called of purpose.

¹² Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

⁵ Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

²⁷ And there shall enter into it none unclean thing; neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh lies, but they only which are written in the Lamb's book of life.