20:1And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 20:2And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 20:3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 20:4Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. 20:5And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. 20:6If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 20:7If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him. 20:8Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 20:9And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 20:10Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly? 20:11And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
20:12And Jonathan said unto David, Jehovah, the God of Israel, be witness: when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee? 20:13Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 20:14And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not; 20:15but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
20:17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 20:18Then Jonathan said unto him, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 20:19And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. 20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 20:21And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as Jehovah liveth. 20:22But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for Jehovah hath sent thee away. 20:23And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for ever.
20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food. 20:25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty. 20:26Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 20:27And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day? 20:28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: 20:29and he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.
20:30Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness? 20:31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 20:32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done? 20:33And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that is was determined of his father to put David to death. 20:34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
20:35And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. 20:36And he said unto his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 20:37And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? 20:38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 20:39But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 20:40And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 20:41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 20:42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
2:1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2:2For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 2:3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 2:4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 2:6We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: 2:7but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: 2:8which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory: 2:9but as it is written,
Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not,
And which entered not into the heart of man,
Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
2:10But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 2:11For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God. 2:12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God. 2:13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words. 2:14Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. 2:15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man. 2:16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
5:1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us:
Behold, and see our reproach.
5:2Our inheritance is turned unto strangers,
Our houses unto aliens.
5:3We are orphans and fatherless;
Our mothers are as widows.
5:4We have drunken our water for money;
Our wood is sold unto us.
5:5Our pursuers are upon our necks:
We are weary, and have no rest.
5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians,
And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
5:7Our fathers sinned, and are not;
And we have borne their iniquities.
5:8Servants rule over us:
There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
5:9We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
Because of the sword of the wilderness.
5:10Our skin is black like an oven,
Because of the burning heat of famine.
5:11They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand:
The faces of elders were not honored.
5:13The young men bare the mill;
And the children stumbled under the wood.
5:14The elders have ceased from the gate,
The young men from their music.
5:15The joy of our heart is ceased;
Our dance is turned into mourning.
5:16The crown is fallen from our head:
Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
5:17For this our heart is faint;
For these things our eyes are dim;
5:18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate:
The foxes walk upon it.
5:19Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever;
Thy throne is from generation to generation.
5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever,
And forsake us so long time?
5:21Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned;
Renew our days as of old.
5:22But thou hast utterly rejected us;
Thou art very wroth against us.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of Jehovah.
36:1The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,
There is no fear of God before his eyes.
36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes,
That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:
He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
36:4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed;
He setteth himself in a way that is not good;
He abhorreth not evil.
36:5Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens;
Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.
36:6Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Thy judgments are a great deep:
O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
36:7How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;
And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
36:9For with thee is the fountain of life:
In thy light shall we see light.
36:10Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee,
And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
36:11Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
36:12There are the workers of iniquity fallen:
They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.