Isaiah 38 Cross References - YLT

¹ In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.' <sup>2</sup> And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, <sup>3</sup> and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which is good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth—a great weeping. ⁴ And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying, ⁵ Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, `I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years, <sup>6</sup> and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city. <sup>7</sup> And this is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken. <sup>8</sup> Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.
<sup>9</sup> A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness: <sup>10</sup> `I—I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years. ¹¹ I said, I do not see Jah—Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world. ¹² My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me. ¹³ I have set Him till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me. ¹⁴ As a crane—a swallow—so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression is on me, be my surety. ¹⁵ —What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul. ¹⁶ Lord, by these do men live, And by all in them is the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live, ¹⁷ Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins. ¹⁸ For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth. ¹⁹ The living, the living, he doth confess Thee. ²⁰ Like myself to-day—a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah—to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.' ²¹ And Isaiah saith, `Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.' <sup>22</sup> And Hezekiah saith, `What is the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'

²³ And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

¹ In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.' <sup>2</sup> And he turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, saying, <sup>3</sup> `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which is good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth—a great weeping. ⁴ And it cometh to pass—Isaiah hath not gone out to the middle court—that the word of Jehovah hath been unto him, saying, ⁵ `Turn back, and thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah; <sup>6</sup> and I have added to thy days fifteen years, and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city for Mine own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.' <sup>7</sup> And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay it on the boil, and he reviveth. ⁸ And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What is the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?' <sup>9</sup> And Isaiah saith, `This is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken—The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?' ¹⁰ And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.' ¹¹ And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz—backward ten degrees.

²⁴ In those days hath Hezekiah been sick even unto death, and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and He speaketh to him, and a wonder hath appointed for him;

¹⁰ All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

¹ The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

² and sendeth Eliakim, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet,

²¹ And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur—

¹ In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.' <sup>2</sup> And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, <sup>3</sup> and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which is good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth—a great weeping. ⁴ And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying, ⁵ Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, `I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years, ⁶ and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city. ⁷ And this is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken. ⁸ Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.

³ And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come unto me—from Babylon.' ⁴ And he saith, `What saw they in thy house?' and Hezekiah saith, `All that is in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.'

⁷ The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, ⁸ And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it. ⁹ And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant, ¹⁰ And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.

⁴ And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, `Yet forty days—and Nineveh is overturned.'

¹⁰ And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it .

¹ And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister— ² and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing— ³ therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;' <sup>4</sup> and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.' ⁵ And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

³⁷ and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,

²⁷ for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have. ²⁸ The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful; ²⁹ receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour, ³⁰ because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.

³⁰ `Then Thou hast hearkened unto the supplication of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they pray towards this place; yea, Thou dost hearken in the place of Thy dwelling, in the heavens—and Thou hast hearkened, and hast forgiven,

¹⁵ And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

¹⁵ He doth call Me, and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

⁶ `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

²² And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ²³ And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.

⁹ These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

¹ And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

¹⁸ and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

²¹ And his servants say unto him, `What is this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.' <sup>22</sup> And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? —Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;

⁴ so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me, saying, If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel.

¹⁴ and the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days,

⁵ In Jehovah, God of Israel, he hath trusted, and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among any who were before him; ⁶ and he cleaveth to Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from after Him, and keepeth His commands that Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁹ And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced—great joy.

¹⁹ and to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Thy commands, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace for which I have prepared.'

⁹ for Jehovah—His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because—henceforth there are with thee wars.'

² and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah—only, not with a perfect heart.

²⁰ And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God; ²¹ and in every work that he hath begun for the service of the house of God, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his God, with all his heart he hath wrought and prospered.

¹ And at Ezra's praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great—men and women and children—for the people have wept, multiplying weeping.

⁴ And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn for days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

¹⁹ Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

¹⁴ Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

²² And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.

³¹ and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.

¹¹ On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside, ¹² The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

⁸ Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

⁸ I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because—at my right hand I am not moved.

²⁰ Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me. ²¹ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God. ²² For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me. ²³ And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity. ²⁴ And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes. ²⁵ With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect. ²⁶ With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler, ²⁷ For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high, ² He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee, ³ He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah.

³ For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

² O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

² I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

⁹ Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

⁸⁰ My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

⁴ Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh by weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

¹² For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

⁷ who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death—with strong crying and tears—having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

¹⁰ for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

²¹ Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, ²² and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

³ And Nathan saith unto the king, `All that is in thine heart—go, do, for Jehovah is with thee.'
<sup>4</sup> And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying, <sup>5</sup> `Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

²⁵ `And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel—only, if thy sons watch their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me.

⁴ `And thou—if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee—My statutes and My judgments thou dost keep— ⁵ then I have established the throne of thy kingdom over Israel—to the age, as I spake unto David thy father, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from being on the throne of Israel.

¹² `Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it; ¹³ only all the kingdom I do not rend away; one tribe I give to thy son, for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, that I have chosen.'

⁴ but for David's sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

² a son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Abi daughter of Zechariah.

¹³ And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them,

²⁰ And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard:

² and Nathan saith unto David, `All that is in thy heart do, for God is with thee.' <sup>3</sup> And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying, <sup>4</sup> `Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

³ And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.

⁵ If determined are his days, The number of his months are with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;

⁵ They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed. ⁶ This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.

¹² Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

⁸ My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou—place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

³ I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant: ⁴ `Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

¹⁵ Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints.

³ Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

¹³ And he saith, `Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God? ¹⁴ Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'

¹³ and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

²⁴ saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

⁶ but He who is comforting the cast-down—God—He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

¹⁴ And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us, ¹⁵ and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

¹⁷ because the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.'

²² And Jehovah saveth Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Asshur, and from the hand of all, and He leadeth them round about;

⁶ Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst is the Holy One of Israel!'

⁴ For thus said Jehovah unto me: `As growl doth the lion and the young lion over his prey, Called against whom is a multitude of shepherds, From their voice he is not affrighted, And from their noise he is not humbled; So come down doth Jehovah of Hosts To war on mount Zion, and on her height. ⁵ As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.'

³⁵ And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

¹⁷ and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

¹³ My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

¹⁷ And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me. <sup>18</sup> Move not, I pray Thee, from this, till my coming in unto Thee, and I have brought out my present, and put it before Thee;' and he saith, `I—I do abide till thy return.' ¹⁹ And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth it nigh. ²⁰ And the messenger of God saith unto him, `Take the flesh and the unleavened things, and place on this rock—and the broth pour out;' and he doth so. <sup>21</sup> And the messenger of Jehovah putteth forth the end of the staff which is in His hand, and cometh against the flesh, and against the unleavened things, and the fire goeth up out of the rock and consumeth the flesh and the unleavened things—and the messenger of Jehovah hath gone from his eyes. <sup>22</sup> And Gideon seeth that He is a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

³⁷ lo, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is on the fleece alone, and on all the earth drought—then I have known that Thou dost save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken;' ³⁸ and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece—the fulness of the bowl, of water. ³⁹ And Gideon saith unto God, `Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece—let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.'

⁸ And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What is the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?' <sup>9</sup> And Isaiah saith, `This is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken—The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?' ¹⁰ And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.' <sup>11</sup> And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz—backward ten degrees.
<sup>12</sup> At that time hath Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick; <sup>13</sup> and Hezekiah hearkeneth unto them, and sheweth them all the house of his treasury, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that hath been found in his treasuries; there hath not been a thing that Hezekiah hath not shewed them, in his house, and in all his dominion. <sup>14</sup> And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come—from Babylon.' <sup>15</sup> And he saith, `What saw they in thy house?' and Hezekiah saith, `All that is in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.' <sup>16</sup> And Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, `Hear a word of Jehovah: ¹⁷ Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that is in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah; ¹⁸ and of thy sons who go out from thee, whom thou begettest, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.' ¹⁹ And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `Good is the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;' and he saith, `Is it not—if peace and truth are in my days?' ²⁰ And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²¹ And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.

¹¹ `Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.' <sup>12</sup> And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'

³⁰ —And this to thee is the sign, Food of the year is self-sown grain, And in the second year the spontaneous growth, And in the third year, sow ye and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

²² And Hezekiah saith, `What is the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'

¹² Then speaketh Joshua to Jehovah in the day of Jehovah's giving up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he saith, before the eyes of Israel, `Sun—in Gibeon stand still; and moon—in the valley of Ajalon;' <sup>13</sup> and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood—till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, `and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in—as a perfect day?' ¹⁴ And there hath not been like that day before it or after it, for Jehovah's hearkening to the voice of a man; for Jehovah is fighting for Israel.

³¹ and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,

¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

¹ Then singeth Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they speak, saying: —`I sing to Jehovah, For triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea. <sup>2</sup> My strength and song is JAH, And He is become my salvation: This is my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him. <sup>3</sup> Jehovah is a man of battle; Jehovah is His name. <sup>4</sup> Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea! <sup>5</sup> The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone. <sup>6</sup> Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy. <sup>7</sup> And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath—It consumeth them as stubble. <sup>8</sup> And by the spirit of Thine anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea. <sup>9</sup> The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: — <sup>10</sup> Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters. <sup>11</sup> Who is like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who is like Thee—honourable in holiness—Fearful in praises—doing wonders? <sup>12</sup> Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand—Earth swalloweth them! <sup>13</sup> Thou hast led forth in Thy kindness The people whom Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast led on in Thy strength Unto Thy holy habitation. <sup>14</sup> Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia. <sup>15</sup> Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab—Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan! <sup>16</sup> Fall on them doth terror and dread; By the greatness of Thine arm They are still as a stone, Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah; Till the people pass over Whom Thou hast purchased. <sup>17</sup> Thou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance, A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah; A sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established; <sup>18</sup> Jehovah reigneth—to the age, and for ever!' <sup>19</sup> For the horse of Pharaoh hath gone in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah turneth back on them the waters of the sea, and the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea. <sup>20</sup> And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses; <sup>21</sup> and Miriam answereth to them: —`Sing ye to Jehovah, For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea!'

³⁹ See ye, now, that I—I am He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,

¹ And Deborah singeth—also Barak son of Abinoam—on that day, saying: — ² `For freeing freemen in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves Bless ye Jehovah. ³ Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes, I, to Jehovah, I—I do sing, I sing praise to Jehovah, God of Israel. ⁴ Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water. ⁵ Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one—Sinai—From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel.
⁶ In the days of Shamgar son of Anath—In the days of Jael—The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways. ⁷ Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, Till that I arose—Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel. ⁸ He chooseth new gods, Then war is at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel. ⁹ My heart is to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless ye Jehovah! ¹⁰ Riders on white asses—Sitters on a long robe—And walkers by the way—meditate! ¹¹ By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah.
¹² Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam. ¹³ Then him who is left of the honourable ones He caused to rule the people of Jehovah, He caused me to rule among the mighty. ¹⁴ Out of Ephraim their root is against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer. ¹⁵ And princes in Issachar are with Deborah, Yea, Issachar is right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great are the decrees of heart! ¹⁶ Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great are the searchings of heart! ¹⁷ Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan—why doth he sojourn in ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle. ¹⁸ Zebulun is a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also—on high places of the field. ¹⁹ Kings came—they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not! ²⁰ From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera. ²¹ The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient—the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul! ²² Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings—pransings of its mighty ones. ²³ Curse Meroz—said a messenger of Jehovah, Cursing, curse ye its inhabitants, For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty!
²⁴ Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed. ²⁵ Water he asked—milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter. ²⁶ Her hand to the pin she sendeth forth, And her right hand to the labourers' hammer, And she hammered Sisera—she smote his head, Yea, she smote, and it passed through his temple. ²⁷ Between her feet he bowed—He fell, he lay down; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell—destroyed. ²⁸ Through the window she hath looked out—Yea, she crieth out—the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot? ²⁹ The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself: ³⁰ Do they not find? —they apportion spoil, A female—two females—for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work—a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil! ³¹ So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him are As the going out of the sun in its might!' and the land resteth forty years.

¹ And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation. ² There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God. ³ Ye multiply not—ye speak haughtily—The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge is Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed. ⁴ Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength. ⁵ The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished. ⁶ Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. ⁷ Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high. ⁸ He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world. ⁹ The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty. ¹⁰ Jehovah—broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.'

³⁰ And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise—unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

¹⁸ For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

¹ To the Overseer. —By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: —I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy. ¹² So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

¹⁷ Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves. ¹⁸ All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death, ¹⁹ And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them, ²⁰ He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions. ²¹ They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, ²² And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

¹ I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, ² Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call. ³ Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find. ⁴ And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

¹⁸ Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.
¹⁹ Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them—I thank Jah.

¹ And thou hast said in that day: `I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me. ² Lo, God is my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation. ³ And ye have drawn waters with joy Out of the fountains of salvation,
⁴ And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name. ⁵ Praise ye Jehovah, for excellence He hath done, Known is this in all the earth. ⁶ Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst is the Holy One of Israel!'

¹ `Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up. ² He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

¹ And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish. ² And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice. ³ When Thou dost cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me. ⁴ And I—I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!) ⁵ Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head. ⁶ To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God. ⁷ In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple. ⁸ Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake. ⁹ And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation is of Jehovah.

¹¹ What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

⁷ Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

¹¹ My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart! ¹² Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness. ¹³ If I wait—Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. ¹⁴ To corruption I have called: —`Thou art my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' —to the worm. ¹⁵ And where is now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it? ¹⁶ To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

²⁴ I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years.

¹⁸ All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

¹ In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.'

⁹ but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,

¹⁴ Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him. ¹⁵ And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

⁴ Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake. ⁵ For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

¹³ I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

²² And I—I have said in my haste, `I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

⁸ For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing. ⁹ I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.

⁵ For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten. ⁶ Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.

²⁰ From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

⁹ That God would please—and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!

³ So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me. ⁴ If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn. ⁵ Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, ⁶ My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
⁷ Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

²⁵ My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good, ²⁶ They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

² As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

¹ My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished—graves are for me.

¹⁴ And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof is every morning.

⁴⁵ Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over with shame. Selah. ⁴⁶ Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire? ⁴⁷ Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

¹¹ My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I—as the herb I am withered.

²³ He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days. ²⁴ I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years.

²³ Princes also sat—against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,

⁸ And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers—as a city besieged.

²⁰ She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.

¹ For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands—age-during—in the heavens,

⁴ for we also who are in the tabernacle do groan, being burdened, seeing we wish not to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves, that the mortal may be swallowed up of the life.

¹² and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.'

¹⁴ who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

¹³ and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding you, ¹⁴ having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,

²⁴ and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcase is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcase. ²⁵ And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak of it in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling. ²⁶ And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, `It is the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.'

³⁶ and he saith to him, `Because that thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, lo, thou art going from me, and the lion hath smitten thee;' and he goeth from him, and the lion findeth him, and smiteth him.

¹⁶ And it riseth—as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back—Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me. ¹⁷ Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare are with me.

¹² At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark. ¹³ Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall. ¹⁴ He breaketh me—breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.

¹⁰ Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

²² Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

⁸ Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.

²⁴ And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.

¹⁴ For I am as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I—I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

³⁰ Because of this, among you many are weak and sickly, and sleep do many; ³¹ for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged, ³² and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

³ Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

²⁹ A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

³ I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

⁴ Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread. ⁵ From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh. ⁶ I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places. ⁷ I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

⁸² Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'

¹²² Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
¹²³ Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.

¹ A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens. ² Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us. ³ Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt, ⁴ Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

⁷ Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

¹¹ We make a noise as bears—all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation—it hath been far from us.

¹⁷ While we exist—consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation that saveth not.

¹⁶ And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising—each for his iniquity.

⁷ And it is established—she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.

⁸ Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?

¹⁰ And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,

²⁷ And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

²⁷ And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden it from me, and hath not declared it to me.'

¹⁰ `And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

¹¹ Also I—I withhold not my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

¹ My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²⁵ And this one dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

⁹ I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou—Thou hast done it . ¹⁰ Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

²⁷ `Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say—Father, save me from this hour? —but because of this I came to this hour;

³ `And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

¹⁹ And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring. ²⁰ And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food. ²¹ His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen! ²² And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death. ²³ If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness: ²⁴ Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.' <sup>25</sup> Fresher is his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth. <sup>26</sup> He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness. <sup>27</sup> He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. ²⁸ He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

²⁰ Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back—Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back—Thou bringest me up.

²⁵ Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

⁵ Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them is continuance, and we are saved.

⁴ But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

³² and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

¹⁷ for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us—

¹⁰ for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation; ¹¹ and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it—it doth yield.

²⁵ For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me. ²⁶ I was not safe—nor was I quiet—Nor was I at rest—and trouble cometh!

¹⁸ And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

² Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

³ Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit.

⁶ And I—I have said in mine ease, `I am not moved—to the age. ⁷ O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face—I have been troubled.

² And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation—from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

² Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

¹³ For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

⁴ I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength. ⁵ Among the dead—free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. ⁶ Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

²⁵ I—I am He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

³⁴ And they do not teach any more Each his neighbour, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest, An affirmation of Jehovah; For I pardon their iniquity, And of their sin I make mention no more.

⁶ To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

¹⁸ Who is a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He—He delighteth in kindness. ¹⁹ He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.

³³ and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

⁵ For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

⁹ `What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

¹⁰ To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. ¹¹ Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹⁷ The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence. ¹⁸ And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!

³² In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

¹² but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness—there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

⁴⁶ And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

²⁶ and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through. ²⁷ `And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father, <sup>28</sup> for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment. <sup>29</sup> `Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; ³⁰ and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform. ³¹ And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

¹⁹ for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

²⁶ and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What is this service ye have? ²⁷ that ye have said, A sacrifice of passover it is to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, in His smiting the Egyptians, and our houses He delivered.'

¹⁴ `And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What is this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants; ¹⁵ yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who are males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;

⁹ `Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

⁷ and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

¹⁹ and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

²¹ And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What are these stones? ²² then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;

³ That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. ⁴ We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. ⁵ And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. ⁶ So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

¹⁷ I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

¹⁷⁵ My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.

⁴ Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

² I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

³ Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

⁴ it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: —

¹³ Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴ So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

⁵ For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up. ⁶ And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies—my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

² Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

¹⁵ O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

¹³ I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows, ¹⁴ For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress: ¹⁵ `Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah.

²⁵ Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

² Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.

¹⁷ To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call. ¹⁸ My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people, ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!

² Every day do I bless Thee, And praise Thy name to the age and for ever.

⁴ Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ.

¹⁹ Jehovah the Lord is my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!

⁷ And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay it on the boil, and he reviveth. <sup>8</sup> And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What is the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'

³³ And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,

⁶ These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,

⁸ And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What is the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'

¹ To the Overseer. —An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God. ² My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?

¹ To the Overseer. —`On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' —A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts! ² My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

¹⁰ For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness. ¹¹ For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness. ¹² Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.

¹ A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, `To the house of Jehovah we go.'

¹⁴ After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, `Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.'