Psalms 57 Cross References - Thomson

¹ For the conclusion. Destroy not. By David for a monumental inscription, when he fled to the cave from the presence of Saul. Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me. For in thee my soul hath trusted: and in the shadow of thy wings I will put my trust, until this iniquity pass away. ² I will cry to God the Most high; to God who to me hath been kind. ³ He sent from heaven and saved me. He delivered up to reproach them who were treading me down. God sent forth his mercy and his truth; ⁴ and delivered my soul from the midst of lions. I laid me down to sleep, troubled as I was. As for the sons of men, their teeth are weapons and darts; and their tongue is a sharp sword. ⁵ Be thou, God, exalted above the heavens; and thy glory over all the earth. ⁶ They had prepared snares for my feet; and had caused my soul to bow down. They dug a pit before me: but into it they themselves have fallen. ⁷ My heart is prepared, God; my heart is prepared I will sing and to vocal join instrumental musick. ⁸ Awake my glory; awake psaltery and kithara: I myself will awake early. ⁹ I will praise thee, Lord, among peoples: among nations I will hymn thy praise. ¹⁰ For thy mercy is magnified up to heaven and thy truth up to the clouds. ¹¹ Be thou, God, exalted above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth.

⁹ "Behold I renew my covenant with you and with your seed after you, ¹⁰ and with every living creature with you both birds and cattle and with all the wild beasts of the earth which are with you; even with all that went out of the ark. ¹¹ And this covenant of mine I will lay before you. All flesh shall no more die by the water of a deluge; nor shall there any more be a deluge of water to destroy the whole earth." ¹² Moreover the Lord God said to Noe, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations. ¹³ This bow of mine I place in the clouds and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth, ¹⁴ so that when I cause clouds to gather upon the earth, the bow shall be seen in the cloud; ¹⁵ and I will remember this my covenant, which is between me and you and every life living in all flesh, and the water shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶ When this my bow shall be in the cloud, I will look that I may remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth and life living in all flesh which is on the earth. ¹⁷ Therefore [said God to Noe] this is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and all flesh which is on the earth."

²¹ But as I live, and my name liveth, and the glory of the Lord shall fill the whole earth;

²⁴ Behold the people will rouse like a young lion; And, like an old lion, exult with pride. They will not go to rest till they devour prey; Until they have drunk the blood of the slain.

¹² Awake, awake, Debbora! Awake, awake, utter a song. Arise, Barak! And lead thy captivity captive, son of Abineem

²⁰ but if not; may a fire come out from Abimelech, and consume the Sychemites, and the house of Bethmaalo; and may a fire come out from the Sychemites, and the house of Bethmaalo, and consume Abimelech.

¹² The Lord recompense thy work, and may a full reward be given thee by the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou art come, to put thy trust under his wings.

¹ Then David departed thence, and having escaped, he went to the cave Odollam. And when his brethren, and the house of his father heard it, they went down to him there.

²² Go, I pray you, and make ready, and examine his haunt, whether there be any trace of him there lately, where you mentioned. Perhaps he will practise wiles. ²³ Take a view therefore, and know, and I will go down with you, and if he be in that country I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda. ²⁴ So the Ziphites arose and went before Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, westward, on the right of Jessamon. ²⁵ And when Saul with his men went to seek him, and David was told, he went down to the rock which is in the wilderness of Maon; and when Saul heard, he pursued after David to the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ And Saul and his men marched on one side of the mountain, while David and his men were on the other side of the mountain. But David was protected in escaping from the presence of Saul. For while Saul and his men were encamping against David and his men, to take them,

³ And when he came to the sheepcots by the way side, where there was a cave, Saul went into it to prepare himself. Now David and his men had taken up their abode in the inner part of the cave.

⁸ David went after him out of the cave. And David cried with a loud voice after Saul, and said, My lord, king! And when Saul looked about behind him, David bowed down, with his face to the ground, and made obeisance to him.

¹ Then king David said to all the congregation, My son Solomon whom the Lord hath chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for it is not for man but for the Lord God.

³¹ If my maid servants have often said, that we had some of his flesh meat to eat! while I was living luxuriously:

¹ Why did nations rage? And tribes meditate vain things?

¹² Keep fast hold of instruction; the Lord may be angry and you may perish out of the right way. When his anger suddenly blazeth forth, happy are all they who have trusted in him.

¹⁵ he hath digged a pit and covered it: into the pit which he made he will fall: ¹⁶ his mischief will return on his own head; on his own head his injustice will come down.

¹ For the conclusion. For the wine presses. A Psalm by David. Lord, our Lord, how thy name ought to be admired in all the earth, since thine excellence is exalted above the heavens!

⁹ O Lord, our Lord, how thy name ought to be admired in all the earth!

¹⁰ Let them who know thy name confide in thee; For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them who seek thee.

¹⁵ The nations were completely entrapped by the destruction which they contrived; in the gin which they hid, their foot is caught. ¹⁶ The Lord is known by executing judgments; by the works of his own hands the sinner is taken.

⁹ He lurketh in secret like a lion in his den; He lurketh to make a prey of the poor. To make a prey of the poor when he hath drawn him in; in his net he will humble him.

⁵ As for me, I have trusted in thy mercy; let my heart rejoice in thy salvation:

⁹ therefore my heart was gladdened; and my tongue exulted with joy: moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

⁷ Display marvellously thy mercies, O thou, who, with thy right hand, savest from adversaries them who trust in thee. ⁸ Keep me as the apple of an eye: with the cover of thy wings

¹² They observed me, like a lion eager for prey, and like a young lion lurking in coverts. ¹³ Arise, Lord, prevent them and cause them to stumble. Deliver my soul from the wicked: wrest thy sword

⁶ In my distress I called on the Lord, and to my God I raised my cry. From his holy temple he heard my voice; and my cry before him reached his ears. ⁷ Then was the earth shaken: it trembled; and the foundations of the hills were convulsed and shaken; because at mine enemies God was incensed. ⁸ A smoke ascended in his ire, and at his presence a fire flamed, by which coals were kindled to a glow. ⁹ And he bowed the heaven and came down, and darkness was under his feet. ¹⁰ He mounted on cherubs and flew; he flew on the wings of winds. ¹¹ But he made darkness his covering, His tent around him was dark water in clouds of air. ¹² At the flash of the lightning before him, the clouds burst. Hail stones and coals of fire! ¹³ Then the Lord thundered from heaven, the Most High uttered his voice: ¹⁴ He sent forth his bolts and scattered them: he multiplied his lightnings and confounded them. ¹⁵ Then were seen the head springs of waters, and the foundations of the World were disclosed, at thy rebuke. Lord; at the blowing of the blast of thine anger. ¹⁶ He sent from on high and took me; he took me to himself from many waters. ¹⁷ He will deliver me from my potent enemies; and from them who hate me; because they are stronger than I. ¹⁸ They surprised me in the day of my distress; but the Lord was my firm support; ¹⁹ and brought me out to a large place. He will deliver me because he delighted in me. ²⁰ The Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, and recompense me according to the cleanness of my hands. ²¹ Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God; ²² because all his judgments were before me, and his rules of rectitude were not far from me; ²³ therefore with him I shall be unblemished, and I will guard myself from mine iniquity; ²⁴ and the Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, and according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. ²⁵ With the merciful thou will shew thyself merciful, ²⁶ and with a harmless man thou wilt be harmless; with a warrior thou wilt be a warrior, and with the wily, thou wilt practise wiles. ²⁷ Because thou wilt save a dejected people; therefore the eyes of the lofty thou wilt humble. ²⁸ Because thou, Lord, wilt light my lamp; thou, my God, wilt enlighten my darkness; ²⁹ by thee therefore I shall be delivered from a roving band; and by my God I shall overleap a wall. ³⁰ As for my God, his way is spotless; the oracles of the Lord are tried, he is the protector of all who trust in him. ³¹ For who is God, besides the Lord? And who is God, save our God? ³² It is thou, God, who girdest me with strength, and hast made my way spotless; ³³ who makest my feet like those of a hind, and who steadiest me on high places; ³⁴ who instructest my hands for battle, and hast made my arms like a bow of steel, ³⁵ and given me a defence for my safety; and thy right hand hath helped me, and thy discipline hath upheld me to the last: this discipline of thine will still teach me. ³⁶ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my tread was not unsteady. ³⁷ I shall pursue mine enemies and overtake them, and not turn back till they are destroyed. ³⁸ I shall harass them that they may not be able to stand; they shall fall down under my feet. ³⁹ For thou hast girded me with strength for battle, and subdued under me all that rose up against me. ⁴⁰ Thou hast given me the backs of mine enemies, and utterly destroyed them who hate me. ⁴¹ They cried aloud, but there was no saviour; to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them. ⁴² So that I shall beat them small as dust before the wind, and trample them down like dirt in the street. ⁴³ Deliver me from the contentions of the people. Thou wilt set me at the head of nations. A people whom I knew not, have served me. ⁴⁴ Soon as they heard, they obeyed me. ⁴⁵ Strange children have paid me feigned obedience. Strange children became old and limped from their paths. ⁴⁶ Live the Lord! and blessed be my God! and let the God of my salvation be exalted: ⁴⁷ The God who hath executed vengeance for me: and subjected peoples under me; ⁴⁸ my deliverer from outrageous enemies. From them who rise up against me, thou wilt lift me up; from the man of violence thou wilt deliver me. ⁴⁹ For this cause I will praise thee, Lord, among the nations: And sing melodiously to thy name.

⁴⁹ For this cause I will praise thee, Lord, among the nations: And sing melodiously to thy name. ⁵⁰ He is magnifying the deliverances of his king, and shewing mercy to his anointed; to David and his seed forever.

¹³ Be thou, Lord, exalted by thy power: let us sing and extol thy acts of government.

¹³ Against me they have opened their mouth, like a ravening and roaring lion. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water, and all my bones are torn asunder: my heart within me is melted like wax. ¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; thou hast indeed brought me to the dust of death. ¹⁶ Because many dogs have encompassed me, an assembly of wicked men have beset me; have pierced my hands and my feet;

²² I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of a congregation I will sing praise to thee. ²³ Praise him, ye who fear the Lord praise him, all ye seed of Jacob. Let all the seed of Israel fear him;

¹² that my glory might sound thy praise; and that I might not be absorpt in grief. Lord, my God, to thee I will give thanks for evermore.

⁴ I sought the Lord and he heard me; and brought me safe out of all my sojourns.

⁷ Seeing they have without cause, hid for me their destructive snare; have, without reason, reproached my soul; ⁸ let a snare, which they know not, come upon them, and the gin catch them, which they have hidden; and by that very snare let them fall.

¹⁷ Lord, when wilt thou look down; rescue my soul from their malice. This only begotten of mine, from lions.

⁵ Lord, thy mercy is in the heavens, and thy truth reacheth to the clouds.

⁷ As thou, Lord, hast multiplied thy mercy: let the sons of men therefore trust in the shelter of thy wings.

¹¹ Withhold not thou then, Lord, thy tender mercies from me. Thy mercy and thy truth have continually upheld me.

⁶ O my God, my soul within me was troubled; therefore I will remember thee, from the land of Jordan and Ermoneim, bordering on the little mountain.

³ send forth thy light and thy truth; these have conducted me, and led me to thy holy mountain, and to thy tabernacles.

² Thy tongue is like a sharp razor: thou hast practised deceit.

²¹ they were scattered by the indignation of his countenance. When his heart was near, his words were smoother than oil. Now they are daggers.

¹ For the conclusion. For people far removed from the Holies. By David for a monumental inscription, when the Philistines had him in their power at Geth. Pity me, God, for a man hath trodden me down. Fighting all the day long he hath afflicted me.

¹ For the conclusion. For people far removed from the Holies. By David for a monumental inscription, when the Philistines had him in their power at Geth. Pity me, God, for a man hath trodden me down. Fighting all the day long he hath afflicted me. ² Mine enemies have trodden me down the whole day, with the day in their favour. Because they who fight against me are many,

² Mine enemies have trodden me down the whole day, with the day in their favour. Because they who fight against me are many,

⁵ Be thou, God, exalted above the heavens; and thy glory over all the earth.

¹¹ Be thou, God, exalted above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth.

¹ For the conclusion. Destroy not. By David, for a monumental inscription. Do you indeed speak righteousness? Do you judge uprightly, sons of men?

⁶ God hath broken their teeth in their mouth: the Lord hath broken the lion's grinders.

¹ For the conclusion. Destroy not. By David, for a monumental inscription, when Saul sent and watched his house in order to put him to death. Deliver me, God, from mine enemies: and redeem me from them who rise up against me.

⁷ Behold they are to speak oraculously with their mouth; and have a sword in their lips; For who heard?

⁴ I shall dwell at thy tabernacle forever; I shall be sheltered in the covert of thy wings.

⁷ he will continue forever in the presence of God. that every of them may find out his mercy and truth!

⁷ Because thou hast been my helper: therefore in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice.

³ They sharpened their tongues like a sword: they bent a bow, a bitter thing,

¹³ But to thee, Lord, I, in my prayer, applied: it was a time of favour. God, in the multitude of thy mercy; in the truth of thy salvation, hearken to me. ¹⁴ Save me from mire that I may not sink down. Let me he delivered from them who hate me and out of this depth of waters. ¹⁵ Let not a flood of water overwhelm me, nor a whirlpool swallow me up, nor a pit shut its mouth upon me. ¹⁶ Hear me, Lord, for thy loving kindness is good; according to thine abundant mercy, look down upon me.

¹⁹ thy power and thy righteousness, God most High; the great things which thou hast done. Who is like thee, God?

¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name for ever and ever: and let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen. Amen.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met each other; righteousness and peace have mutually embraced. ¹¹ Truth hath sprung up out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

¹ On understanding. By Aitham the Israelite. LORD, I will sing of thy mercies forever; I will proclaim thy truth with my mouth to all generations. ² Since thou hast said, "Mercy shall be built up forever. My truth shall be established in the heavens.

¹ The praise of an Ode. By David. He who dwelleth under the protection of the Most High shall lodge in the shelter of the God of heaven.

⁴ with his breast will overshadow thee: therefore under his wings thou shalt rest secure. His truth will encompass thee with armour.

⁹ Because thou, O Lord, my hope; hast made the Most High thy refuge;

³ proclaim his glory among the nations; his wonderous works among all the tribes

¹¹ For high as the heaven is from the earth; the Lord hath enlarged his mercy for them who fear him.

¹ An Ode of a Psalm, by David. My heart is prepared, God, my heart is prepared; I will sing and play on what is my glory.

¹ An Ode of a Psalm, by David. My heart is prepared, God, my heart is prepared; I will sing and play on what is my glory. ² Awake psaltery and kithara, I myself will awake early.

² Awake psaltery and kithara, I myself will awake early. ³ I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among peoples; among nations I will resound thy praise;

³ I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among peoples; among nations I will resound thy praise; ⁴ for thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth to the clouds.

⁴ for thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth to the clouds. ⁵ Be thou, God, exalted above the heavens; and over all the earth thy glory.

⁷ at bad news he will not be terrified: his heart is prepared to trust in the Lord.

⁴ The Lord is high over all the nations: his glory is above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like the Lord our God who dwelleth on high, ⁶ and superintended the things below him in heaven and on the earth?

⁷⁶ let thy mercy be my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come to me that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

¹ A Song of the steps. They who trust in the Lord shall be like mount Sion; he who inhabiteth Jerusalem shall never be shaken.

² O give thanks to the God of Gods, for his mercy endureth forever. ³ Give thanks to the Lord of Lords; for his mercy endureth forever.

¹ A Psalm by David, used by Aggaius and Zacharias. I Will adore thee, Lord, with my whole heart. And with instrumental musick sing to thee before angels: because thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.

⁴ let all the kings of this land adore thee, Lord, because they have heard all the words of thy mouth. ⁵ And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: because the glory of the Lord is great.

⁸ Thou, Lord wilt retribute for me. Lord, thy mercy endureth forever; overlook not the works of thy hands.

⁵ The haughty hid a snare for me; they spread out nets for my feet; close by the way they laid for me a stumbling block.

¹ On understanding. By David when he was in the cave. A Prayer. With my voice I cried to the Lord; to the Lord I made supplication with my voice.

³ When my spirit fainted thou knewest my paths. In the way I was going they hid a snare for me.

⁴ therefore my spirit was overwhelmed with grief; my heart within me was troubled and

⁵ O Lord, bow thy heaven and come down: touch the mountains and let them smoke. ⁶ Flash lightnings and thou wilt scatter them; dart thy bolts and thou wilt discomfit them; ⁷ stretch forth thy hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from many waters; out of the hand of the children of strangers,

¹⁰ Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee, and let thy saints bless thee; ¹¹ let them speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy government: ¹² to make known thy government to the sons of men, and the transcendant glory of thy kingdom.

¹⁴ The Lord is faithful in his words, and bountiful in all his works.

¹³ let them praise the name of the Lord; for his name alone is exalted. To him belongeth thanksgiving, on earth and in heaven.

³ praise him with the sounding trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and kithara:

¹⁸ They who wound with their speeches are swords: but the tongues of the wise are healing.

¹⁸ Sharp is a nail and a sword and an arrow: so is a man who beareth false witness against his friend.

¹⁰ He who causeth the righteous to wander in an evil way shall himself fall into destruction. The upright shall have good things in possession: but the unrighteous shall pass by good things and shall not enter into them.

¹⁵ He who ruleth over a poor nation, himself being poor, is a hungry lion and a ravening wolf.

⁵ He who shall provide a net to catch his friend; spreadeth it for his own feet.

¹⁴ A wicked progeny have teeth like swords and grinders like cleavers, so as to consume and devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

¹¹ "For the eyes of the Lord are lofty; but man is low; and the loftiness of these men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹⁷ [[J] Jehovah] and every man shall be humbled; and the haughtiness of these men shall fall; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

³ And they cried one to another and said, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is filled with his glory."

²⁵ For yet a little while and mine indignation shall cease; and my wrath will be against their counsel;"

⁴ Thou shalt say also on that day, praise the Lord: invoke his name aloud! proclaim among the nations his glorious acts: call them up to your remembrance. Because his name is exalted;

¹⁵ for this cause the glory of the Lord will be in the isles of the sea. In the isles of the sea the name of the Lord will be glorious.

¹² Lord, our God, grant us peace, for thou hast forgiven us all things.

²⁰ Go my people, enter into thy chambers; shut thy door: hide thyself for a little while; until the anger of the Lord is passed.

²⁰ therefore they destroyed them. But now, Lord, our God, save us out of their hands that every kingdom of the earth may know, that thou alone art God."

¹⁰ Who is there among you who feareth the Lord, let him hearken to the voice of his servant. Ye who walk in darkness and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord and stay your selves on God.

¹ Awake, awake, Sion! clothe thyself, Sion, with thy strength. Put on thy glory. O Jerusalem, thou holy city! No more shall the uncircumcised and the unclean pass through thee.

⁹ let the ruins of Jerusalem break out together with bursts of joy. Because the Lord hath compassionated her and delivered Jerusalem;

⁷ Thy God hath said, "I left thee for a little while; but with great mercy I will compassionate thee: ⁸ in a short wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on thee." The Lord who delivered thee hath said, ⁹ "From the flood which was in Noah's time this is my purpose; as I solemnly promised him at that time that I would no more be angry with the earth on thine account, nor in rebuking thee overturn the mountains; ¹⁰ and that thy hills should no more be moved; so my kindness for thee shall not fail, nor shall the covenant of thy peace ever be changed: for he said for thee, Be appeased, Lord."

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

²² My God sent his angel and shut the mouths of the lions and they have not hurt me. For before him rectitude was found in me; and even in thy sight, king, I have committed no offence. ²³ At this the king was exceedingly rejoiced and gave order to take Daniel up out of the den. So he was taken up out of the den and there was no manner of hurt found on him, because he had trusted in his God. ²⁴ Then the king commanded and they brought the men who had accused Daniel, and they and their sons and their wives were cast into the den of the lions. And before they reached the bottom of the den the lions had such mastery over them that they broke all their bones.

² As for them who hate good and seek evil, who tear off the skin from these and the flesh from their bones: ³ as they have devoured the flesh of my people and have flayed off their skin from them; and have broken their bones and chopped them up, as flesh for a kettle and as pieces of meat for a pot:

² that the pious is perished from the land, and among men there is not an upright man left! [J] They are all indicted for capital crimes: they grievously afflict every man his neighbour:

¹⁴ that the earth may be filled with a knowledge of the glory of God. Like water it will cover them.

³ God will come from Thaiman, even the Holy One from the thick shady mountains of Pharan.

⁹ In this manner therefore pray ye, "Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be thy name; ¹⁰ thy reign come; thy will be done on the earth, as it is in heaven;

²² Indeed if those days were not shortened, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be shortened.

³⁷ And having taken with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be in an agony of grief and distress. ³⁸ Whereupon he saith to them, My soul is overwhelmed with anguish 9 even to death. Stay here and watch with me.

² and behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord, having descended from heaven, came and rolled away the stone from the entrance, and sat upon it. ³ His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. ⁴ And for fear of him the guards trembled, and became as dead men. ⁵ And the angel accosting the women, said, Be not ye terrified. For I know that you are seeking Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here. For he is risen as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets and stonest them who are sent to thee! How often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen doth her brood under her wings; and ye would not.

¹⁷ Because the law was given by Moses grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the bounty of God, and who it is who saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. ¹¹ The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence then hast thou this living water?

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you, "You will weep and mourn; but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful; but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

²⁶ therefore my heart was gladdened, and my tongue exulted with joy; and moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,

¹¹ Then Peter coming to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord hath sent his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the Jews.

³ And not only so, but we boast also in our tribulations, as we know that tribulation operateth to produce patience;

⁹ and that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "For this cause I will praise thee among the nations and sing to thy name."

²⁰ and give thanks on all occasions for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father.

⁶ the same confidence, that he who hath begun a good work in you will continue completing it until the day of Jesus Christ;

¹² Therefore, as you, my beloved, have always been obedient, not only when I was present, but now much more when I am absent, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

¹⁷ God, willing on this occasion to shew more fully to the heirs of this promise the immutability of his determination, interposed an oath, ¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to deceive, there might be strong consolation for us who have fled to take hold of this proffered hope,

²¹ perfect you in every good work, that you may do his will, working in you what is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

⁶ Now, the tongue is a fire, the leader of iniquity; the tongue is set among the members, staining the whole body, and setting the wheel of nature in a blaze, when it is itself set in a blaze by hell.

¹⁰ For an example of enduring adversity, and of long suffering, take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ Behold we call those sufferers happy. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord's termination" that the Lord is full of compassion and tender mercy.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, thou knowest" Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of great affliction and have washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the Lamb.

³ and they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord, God, Almighty; Just and true are thy ways O thou king of the saints; ⁴ Who would not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou alone art perfect. For all the nations will come and worship before thee, For thy rules of rectitude are made manifest.

¹⁵ And out of his mouth issueth a sharp sword that with it he may smite the nations. And he himself tendeth them with an iron crook; and he himself treadeth the press of the venemous and raging wine of God Almighty.

⁴ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there shall no more be death; nor shall grief, nor screaming, nor pain be any more; for the former things are gone.