27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 27:2And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 27:3And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 27:4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
27:5And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? 27:6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 27:7And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
27:8And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 27:9And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish. 27:10And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites. 27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines. 27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
8:1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. 8:2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know; 8:3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him. 8:4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. 8:5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many; 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him. 8:7Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8:8But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better. 8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. 8:10For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols? 8:11For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 8:12And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. 8:13Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.
6:1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them, 6:3and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 6:4And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 6:5And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 6:6In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished. 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 6:8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 6:9And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 6:10And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 6:11Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 6:12He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them. 6:13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols. 6:14And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil.
44:1We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days,
In the days of old.
44:2Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand;
But them thou didst plant:
Thou didst afflict the peoples;
But them thou didst spread abroad.
44:3For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them;
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou wast favorable unto them.
44:4Thou art my King, O God:
Command deliverance for Jacob.
44:5Through thee will we push down our adversaries:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
44:6For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
44:7But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,
And hast put them to shame that hate us.
44:8In God have we made our boast all the day long,
And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever.
Selah
44:9But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor,
And goest not forth with our hosts.
44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;
And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
44:11Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food,
And hast scattered us among the nations.
44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
44:14Thou makest us a byword among the nations,
A shaking of the head among the peoples.
44:15All the day long is my dishonor before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth,
By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
44:17All this is come upon us;
Yet have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
44:19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God,
Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
44:21Will not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
44:26Rise up for our help,
And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.