12:1And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 12:2The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; 12:3but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 12:4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 12:5And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die: 12:6and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 12:8and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things. 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 12:10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 12:11Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12:12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 12:13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 12:14Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 12:15And Nathan departed unto his house.
And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 12:17And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 12:18And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead! 12:19But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 12:20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 12:21Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 12:22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live? 12:23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
12:24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him; 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.
12:26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters. 12:28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. 12:29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 12:30And he took the crown of their king from off his head; and the weight thereof was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 12:31And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 5:2For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven: 5:3if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 5:4For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life. 5:5Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 5:6Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord 5:7(for we walk by faith, not by sight); 5:8we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. 5:9Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him. 5:10For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences. 5:12We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart. 5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. 5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; 5:15and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again. 5:16Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. 5:17Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. 5:18But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; 5:19to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 5:20We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. 5:21Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
19:1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 19:2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps. 19:3And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. 19:4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt. 19:5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 19:6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. 19:7And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring. 19:8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit. 19:9And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. 19:10Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 19:11And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches. 19:12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them. 19:13And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. 19:14And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint:
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers,
From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
64:3Who have whet their tongue like a sword,
And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
64:4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect:
Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
64:5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;
They commune of laying snares privily;
They say, Who will see them?
64:6They search out iniquities;
We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search:
And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
64:7But God will shoot at them;
With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
64:8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them:
All that see them shall wag the head.
64:9And all men shall fear;
And they shall declare the work of God,
And shall wisely consider of his doing.
64:10The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him;
And all the upright in heart shall glory.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A song of David.
65:1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion;
And unto thee shall the vow be performed.
65:2O thou that hearest prayer,
Unto thee shall all flesh come.
65:3Iniquities prevail against me:
As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
65:4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
That he may dwell in thy courts:
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
Thy holy temple.
65:5By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness,
Oh God of our salvation,
Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of them that are afar off upon the sea:
65:6Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains,
Being girded about with might;
65:7Who stilleth the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
65:8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it,
Thou greatly enrichest it;
The river of God is full of water:
Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth.
65:10Thou waterest its furrows abundantly;
Thou settlest the ridges thereof:
Thou makest it soft with showers;
Thou blessest the springing thereof.
65:11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;
And thy paths drop fatness.
65:12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness;
And the hills are girded with joy.
65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing.