8:1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
8:2And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
8:3David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River. 8:4And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. 8:5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went. 8:7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8:8And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 8:9And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 8:10then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: 8:11These also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued; 8:12of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. 8:14And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
8:15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people. 8:16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe; 8:18and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
9:1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. 9:3And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame of his feet. 9:4And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 9:5Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 9:6And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, thy servant! 9:7And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 9:8And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9:9Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master's son. 9:10And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 9:11Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 9:12And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 9:13So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet.
2:1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. 2:2For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me? 2:3And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 2:4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you. 2:5But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. 2:6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many; 2:7so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. 2:8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him. 2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. 2:10But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the presence of Christ; 2:11that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2:12Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord, 2:13I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia. 2:14But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. 2:15For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; 2:16to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 2:17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
16:1Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 16:2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations; 16:3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite. 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 16:5No eye pitied thee, to do any of these things unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, for that thy person was abhorred, in the day that thou wast born. 16:6And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live. 16:7I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the field, and thou didst increase and wax great, and thou attainedst to excellent ornament; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown; yet thou wast naked and bare. 16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. 16:9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 16:10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. 16:11And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 16:12And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head. 16:13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate. 16:14And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16:15But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was. 16:16And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 16:17Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them; 16:18and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them. 16:19My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16:20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter, 16:21that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through the fire unto them? 16:22And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood. 16:23And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah,) 16:24that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street. 16:25Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom. 16:26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger. 16:27Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way. 16:28Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied. 16:29Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 16:30How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot; 16:31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire. 16:32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband! 16:33They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms. 16:34And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different. 16:35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah: 16:36Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them; 16:37therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 16:38And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy. 16:39I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy vaulted place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare. 16:40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 16:41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt also give no hire any more. 16:42So will I cause my wrath toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 16:43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord Jehovah: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine abominations. 16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 16:45Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 16:46And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. 16:47Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast more corrupt than they in all thy ways. 16:48As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 16:50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. 16:51Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done. 16:52Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 16:53And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them; 16:54that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 16:55And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. 16:56For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, 16:57before thy wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about. 16:58Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith Jehovah. 16:59For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 16:60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 16:61Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. 16:62And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; 16:63that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam.
58:1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?
Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness;
Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb:
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
58:5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers,
Charming never so wisely.
58:6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
58:7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace:
When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
58:8Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away,
Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns,
He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
58:11So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:
Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from the bloodthirsty men.
59:3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;
The mighty gather themselves together against me:
Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
59:4They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
Awake thou to help me, and behold.
59:5Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Arise to visit all the nations:
Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah
59:6They return at evening, they howl like a dog,
And go round about the city.
59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips:
For who, say they, doth hear?
59:8But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them;
Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
59:9Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee;
For God is my high tower.
59:10My God with his lovingkindness will meet me:
God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget:
Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield.
59:12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for cursing and lying which they speak.
59:13Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more:
And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob,
Unto the ends of the earth.
Selah
59:14And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog,
And go round about the city.
59:15They shall wander up and down for food,
And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
59:16But I will sing of thy strength;
Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning:
For thou hast been my high tower,
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises:
For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.