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    New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures - Rendered from the Original Language by the New World Bible Translation Committee Volume 3- A.D. 1957 In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures. Work began on December 2, 1947 when the "New World Bible Translation Committee" was formed, composed of Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be anointed. The Watch Tower Society is said to have "become aware" of the committee's existence a year later. The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift. The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961, and has since undergone minor revisions.] Cross references which had appeared in the six separate volumes were updated and included in the complete volume in the 1984 revision. In 1961 the Watch Tower Society began to translate the New World Translation into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; the New Testament in these languages was released simultaneously on July 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1989 the New World Translation was translated into eleven languages, with more than 56,000,000 copies printed.

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    New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures - Rendered from the Original Language by the New World Bible Translation Committee Volume 3- A.D. 1957 In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures. Work began on December 2, 1947 when the "New World Bible Translation Committee" was formed, composed of Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be anointed. The Watch Tower Society is said to have "become aware" of the committee's existence a year later. The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift. The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961, and has since undergone minor revisions.] Cross references which had appeared in the six separate volumes were updated and included in the complete volume in the 1984 revision. In 1961 the Watch Tower Society began to translate the New World Translation into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; the New Testament in these languages was released simultaneously on July 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1989 the New World Translation was translated into eleven languages, with more than 56,000,000 copies printed.

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    New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures - Rendered from the Original Language by the New World Bible Translation Committee Volume 3- A.D. 1957 In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures. Work began on December 2, 1947 when the "New World Bible Translation Committee" was formed, composed of Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be anointed. The Watch Tower Society is said to have "become aware" of the committee's existence a year later. The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift. The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961, and has since undergone minor revisions.] Cross references which had appeared in the six separate volumes were updated and included in the complete volume in the 1984 revision. In 1961 the Watch Tower Society began to translate the New World Translation into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; the New Testament in these languages was released simultaneously on July 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1989 the New World Translation was translated into eleven languages, with more than 56,000,000 copies printed.

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    EXPLANATTON OF
    EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS USED
    IN THE MARGINAL REFERENCES
    Aq

    Greek translation made by


    Aq'ui.la, a Jewish proselyte, of
    the 2d century A.D. A very If tcral translation of the Hebrew,
    becoming the official Greek
    version for the Jews, Origen
    incl~1dt3dit in the 3d column of:
    his Hexa la, current about
    AD. 245. &iee Foreword of the
    New World TransZutlon of the
    Christian Greek Scriptures,
    page 12, V 1.

    Ca
    Cam Manuscript
    Of
    m P h e t % fn +bmIt
    taSns t h e Earlier and Later
    Prophets (see Foreword, Volu m p I , r 4 1 andwaswrittenby
    Moses ben Asher in Tiberiaa in
    Palestine, A.D. 895. I t is In the
    Kaiaite Jews' synagogue of
    Calro, Egypt. Accidents ly dis.

    SabatSer, EdbIiorttm 8 a m n l m
    Intinae wsaons8 mfiqrdae am4
    wetw itrrlicn, Issued 1343.49.

    Leningrad Manuseri t, c a b logued AS NO.I3 IW, In hohmw.


    It i s the oldcsl clatcrl manu.
    scrl t n l t h e comflete Hebrew
    ~
    l ant?
    h wns~ mplcd A.D. 1003
    "from the corrcctcd clear boolts
    r ~ g ~ r ehy
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    of the I-Iehrcw Eonsonants. It
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    ~ ~ O

    in Lenln~rad,Russia.

    LXX
    Greek Reptrtadnt Vsrsbtt,
    about 280 R.C. The oldest version of t lie I-Iebrew
    scripture^ anti a work of Joua.
    covered about 1890,
    LXXR
    Greek Bephsnyiltt Vmim as
    It
    found In the Codex Stnaitlcus,
    Utin'' Vmian, prob- or s ~ r r a ~ Mnnuscrlpt,
    t~c
    ai the
    ably orldnadng among Lath- 4th century. Wllnt rcmaina of
    s eaklng Jews of Cafihage in 119 translarlon of the FIehrew
    &rth Africa but later ado ted S=[ptumr frafiontary. ~ b .
    the Christians. Various
    covered a t MI. Sinai In IM4, it
    in versions were circulated
    is now in thc Plrltjsh hluseum,
    fore Jerome's production of Landon, Englnnfl,
    the Latin V ~ t l g n t e ,and were
    k

    hewn

    translations of the Greek Rep.


    tlcagint before Origen revised
    that Greek text about A.D. 245,
    Three types of Old Latin ver.
    slons are identified: (1) the
    Arrlcan, t h e most prfrniUve;
    (2) the European; and ( 3 ) She
    ItaIian, probably a relrision of
    !Ihe European. UsuaIly called
    Xtala." The standard edition
    continues to he that o f Pierre

    LXXA

    Greek8ep1?laghfV~1.8~onas
    found in the Codex Alexandrlnus, or Alexandrine Manuscript, of t h o ctlnl lcte Uible.
    01 (he middle of I\e 5 t h ren,
    rury. From lte t.r~nr~;latton
    at
    i l ~ eHebrew Scriptures (be fnllo~vinl:have lwen lost: 1 K l n ~ s
    12:1? to 14:Qand Psalms 49320
    to 70:11.

    mSYMBOLS

    LXP
    made wlth some conslderatfon
    Greek Septtaag4nt V e r s ( ~oC~ the Greek Smttingint. Its
    as found in the Codex C'atl. lnosl valirablo mnnusrript for
    canus, or Vatican Manuscript the tmnsl?llon of the entire
    No. Elm. Of the 4th century. H c b ~ wU ~ b l eIs thc 6th- or
    Fmm its translallsn of the ]IF. 71thc~~ltul'yr:odex In t h e Ambrew Scriptures two srrrlnl~a hroslnn TJ brnrv, Milan, Italy.
    are missing: the book of Gcn. An pitl'li~r ~ A I I U G C has
    ~ ~ ~a~
    esis from its beeinnine ur, to rlntt! cOt'r~6Po11cling with A.D.
    chapter 46:23, -and '9'~st;lrns
    105:n to 13$:6 (Psalrn~106.
    Sym
    13s in Hebrew), but whlrlt
    missing passages were restorer1 Greek translation made by
    IIV a 15th-century scribe. Tlrc. Sym'rn~~ehus,an E b l o n 1t c ,
    gooka of the Macenbr~s ant1 about AD. 200, T h o u ~ hIn exthe P s a h s of Solomon, R lnc. c~llpntGreek, i t Is fnlthful to
    ryphal books, are rn!ss\nC. thc I-Xebrew text, following its
    ~
    Catalogued in the Vatican LI- scnsc. Few tr~grnentssurvive.
    brary since the fifteellttl ern. Oriacn Lncl!ldctl it in the 4th
    colt~mnof his I l e m p l a , current
    tury.
    nl~nrit A.D. 2.1.5.
    ~ a s o r e t l c ~ ~ text.
    ~ r e Here
    w
    T
    based mainly on the text of the
    The Tarpms, or T a r g u ~ i m ,
    Leningrad Hebrew Manuscrfpt meaning
    in1 e t p r e t a t i ons,
    KO.B 19% a representative of Lrnnsl n t i o n s , " At Brst they
    the ben Asher text.
    were mere oral interpretations
    o r trnnslntlons In Aramaic
    Sam
    rnaclo nt I he rcndln of the HeSamadtm Pemtate~th,1 He. brew S~rlprurrg afier Jeruaa.
    bsew text mixed zvlth Samnrl. lrm's 7O.yenr' desolation, and
    tan idioms, transmitted by the Inter thcy were committed to
    Samaritan community f n Pnl. wrltlnfi.. ?'here nrr?Targums on
    estine independently of the t h Lnw
    ~
    or Pentntcuch, on the
    Jetvish tradition since the 41h E'rophcts and. of later date, on
    century 8.C. Out a 6,000 ff dr I. the Haglo~sapha. The three
    ferences between the Snrnnrl. Trirgz~ms 011 t h e Pentateuch
    lc~
    the
    tan t e x t and the H e h r ~ ~t v~ x tnre F hr J e r ~ ~ s aTargum,
    of the first five hoolcs of I l ~ eTnrgum of Jonnthan, and the
    Eible only 1,000are Important. Targum of OnkcEos.
    A few extant manuscripts are
    TJ
    earlier than the 12th c ~ l ~ r ~ l r y .
    Targum of Jonathan, really
    SY
    paeudo-Jonathan, this Targum
    Syriac PesMttaVerslan. Parts nn the Pentateuch being falseof it may be 01 Jewish erigln, ly nsstgn~cl t o Jonathan ben
    hut i t was made for Sysinc Uz.zl'r1. T t fihould rather be
    Christians. It is bnsieally a called the Jerusalem Targum.
    translation directly of the It is a prtrnphrase in AraHebrew Scriptures, alt houglr maic extending Prom Genesis

    EXPLANATION OF TJ33 SYMBOLS

    through Deuteronomy, There niah Jews. It is thought t o be


    is another Targum called the the oldest extant of the AraJerusaIem Targum on the Pen- maic versions. It is more closetateuch, but it contains only ly aIlied to Biblical Aramaic
    portions of the Pentateuch and and sticks very closely to the
    s o is usually called the Frag- Hebrew text. I t is based on a
    mentary (Jerusalem)Targum. Hebrew text practically idenThe Targurn on the Proph- tical with the Masoretic text.
    ets, namefi, Joshua, Judies,
    Samuel, Klngs, Isaiah, &re.
    '1.r
    Palestinian Targurn, of which
    miah, Ezekiel, and the 12 &Tinor Prophets, is wrongly at. t h e Fragmentary (Jerusalem)
    tributed to t h e above Jonathan. Targum On the Pentateuch is
    In 1angua e and style it close- ~ ~ e ~ o ~~ ~ ~i , :~ ~
    Iv resembfes the Tararm of
    Onkeles and seems t\ have gum.
    been modeled on that Targum
    Th
    and, In places, to have made
    Greek translation made by
    use of it, but is less literal.
    Theomdoftion,of Pontus, Asia
    Minor, between A.D. 180 and
    TO
    192. It differs little from the
    Targum of Onkelos, or Baby. Septua~tnt,like a m<re revi- lonian Targurn, on the Penta- sion. Orrgen included ~t in the
    teuch. Its real author was prob- 6th column of his Hsxapla, curably unknown t o the Bahylo- rent about A.D. 245.

    Alphabetical Order and Marginal Abbrevhtions


    of the Books of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures
    Book

    --

    PLURAL NUJIBEX of "TOUJ' and of VERBS


    "You" printed in all capital letters denotes the plural number
    of this pronoun. Also where the plural number of w verb is not
    certainly apparent to the reader, I t Is tndlcated by grlnting the
    vsRa In all capitals.

    C'HAIM REFERESCE
    The superior small circle, open (9) or with a dot (01, or a
    superlor "p" or "q" denotes that the word that I t iolrorvs is
    one of a cllaln a t references, carrIea on all through the Hebrew
    S c r l p t u ~ s ,In the last volume of our translation o f the Hebrew
    Scriptures rve hope to publish an alphabetic list of all words In
    chain reference, wlth the apening verse m the Hebrew Scriptures
    where each chain starts T h e side margin cites the next Link,
    Other symbols refer t o cross references not In a chain.
    The following cross reierence symbols *, 0 , A, 0, +, 4 x. tr,
    k to n, r t0 z will lead you to helpful iniorn:ation, such as,
    parallel passages, geographical and blographlcal polnts, passages
    quoted from, etc. The letter "I" behlnd a cross reference symbol

    denotes a scripture the thought of which has been mlsapplled.

    Abbreviation

    Acts .............................. Ac
    Amos ........................ .. Am
    Chronicles, 1 ............ 1Ch
    Chronicles, 2 ............ 2Ch
    Colo$sian$ ..................
    Col
    Corinthians, 1............ 1Co
    Corinthians,
    ~
    m 2 ............
    o 2Co~
    Daniel
    Da
    Deuteronomy .............. De
    Ecclesiastes ................ Ec

    Book

    Abbreviation

    Kings, 1 ......................
    IKi
    Kings, 2 ......................
    2Ki
    Lamentations ............ La
    Leviticus
    Le
    Luke .............................
    LU
    Malachi ...................... Ma1
    M~a r k ............................
    Mr
    ~
    ~
    ~
    Matthew ......................
    Mt
    Micah ..........................
    Mic
    Nahum ........................ Na
    Ephesians
    E P ~ Nehemiah ....................
    Ne
    Numbers .................... .. Nu
    Esther .......................... Es
    Obadiah .................... .. Ob
    . Exodus
    Ex
    Peter, 1 ...................... 1Pe
    Ezekiel ........................ Eze
    Peter, 2 ...................... 2f e
    Ezra ............................ Ezr
    Philemon .................. Phm
    Galatians ....................Ga
    Philippians .............. P h p
    Genesis
    Ge
    Proverbs ...................... Pr
    Habakkuk ................
    Hab
    Psalms .......................... Ps
    Haggai ......................
    Hag
    Revelation
    Re
    Hebrews .................... Keb
    Romans
    Ro
    Hosea ....................... ... Ho
    Isaiah ..........................
    ha
    Ruth ............................. Ru
    James ..........................
    Jas
    Samuel, I ....................
    1Sa
    Samuel, 2 ....................
    2Sa
    Jeremiah ....................
    Jer
    Job .............................. Job
    Song of Solomon, The
    Joel ....................-......... Joe
    (Canticles
    Ca
    John ........................... Joh
    Thessalonians, I. ...... ITh
    John, 1
    1Jo
    Thessalonians, 2 ...... 2Th
    John, 2 ....................... 2 50
    Timothy,I .................. 1Ti
    John, 3 ........................ 3Jo
    Timothy, 2 ........-........ ZTi
    Jonah ........................
    .. Jan
    Titus ........................... Tit
    Joshua
    Jos
    Zechariah .................. .Zec
    Jude .......................... Jude
    Zephaniah ..................
    Zep
    Judges ...................... .... Jg
    +

    CONTENTS

    ..... .....,
    Psalms . . .
    ......

    Job

    , 400

    Ecclesiastes

    ... ....

    475

    TheSong of Solomon

    . . .
    .

    , , 500

    NAMES AXD ORDER OF THE BOOKS


    OF THE HEBRE\T7-AR.4hlAIC SCRIPTURES
    --

    Genesis
    &dus

    X Samuel
    2 Samuel

    Sob

    Psalms
    Leviticus
    1.Kings
    Proverbs
    Numbera
    2 Kings
    EccIesiastes
    Deuteronomy I Chronicles T h e Song
    Joshua
    2 Qlronlcles
    of Solomon
    Ezra
    Judges
    Ruth
    Kchemiah
    Estlrer

    *Ge 10:2s
    G e *:2X
    ICh 1.17

    120

    Proverbs ,

    , ,

    happened to be a mana in the land


    .,,,:,,1There
    of Uzt whose name was Job,bn and that

    11

    ~ s n i a hJeremiah
    Lamentations
    Ezekiel
    Daniel
    Hosea
    Joel
    - - --

    Amos
    Obadiah
    Jonah
    Mlcah
    Nallum
    Habakkuk
    Zephaniah
    Hapgal
    Zechariah

    hlalacIi1

    * T o be gublIshed In Volume IV in the course of the years.

    mana proved t o be of integritp and upright"


    and fearing Godo and turning aside from bad.'
    And seven sons and three daughters came to
    be born t o himrn And his livestock" got t o be
    ~ ~ seven
    ~ 2thousand
    & sheepa and three thousand
    camelsP
    and
    five hundred spans of oxen and five
    Fgb$2ii2

    2;k;o

    OJab2*3
    EEze 14:14
    Ezel4:ao

    .T:,"i\fl

    hundred she-asses, d o n g with a very great body


    of servants, and that mana came to be the great%3:,:/;'
    "$;h3"3'~~:3,,est of all the Orientals." # And his sons went
    and held a banquet* at t h e house of each onee
    "?12,;:,!
    on
    his own day, and they sent and invited their
    *$; ,5if4
    OPr 7:4
    three sistersDto eat and drink with them. And
    it would occur that when the banquet days had
    gone round the circuit Job would send and sanc%;g:Otify them: and he got up early in the morning
    and offered up burnt sacrifices" according to the
    number of all of them, for, said Job, ''maybe my
    OLK1 21:10 sons have sinned and have cursedlo God in their
    *6:5
    heart."' That is the way Job would do always.
    6 Now it came to be the day when the son@
    a "Man." h1, isR. b Literally, IFy6b', M ; meaning "object of hostility2j Not the same as lob (M,1-dh) in Genesis 46 : 13. Or, "small
    cattle," including sheep and goah, d Literally, "sons, of [the] East,"
    El. L'Eachone." 31, iah. * Liternlly, "blesscd," BI; but used eupllewiatically for "cursed:' because God is the one abetted. In the piimitive Hebrew text the word waa qiZ.lelP, meaning "cursed.j7But this
    is one of Lhe Eighteen Emendations of the Jewish Sopherim. See
    I. Kings 21: 10, 13, footnotes b, respectively. Tg, "bleeec#~;L X X ,
    "thought bad things against''; Sy, "reri~ed."g "The angels," L X X .

    11

    JOB

    13

    6:2
    of The (true1 Godng came in t o take their sta- @CP
    Jnh 3v:I
    r m 3:--5
    tion before Jehovah,= and even Satan" pw- I lrl.;
    1t1:2:m
    ceded to come in right among them.' T h e n 3:t 1 h : l q
    h>l-kIs::,?
    Jehovah' said t o Satan: "Where do you came '',l<-11 21 :I
    3: 1
    flmom?'Qt that Satan answered Jehovah and >11 4:3
    1.u
    2
    291
    said : "From roving about in the e~lrtli'"and
    .><>h
    139
    from walking a b u t in it."L And Jehovnh went OR. T4 -I ,?:?:9
    ~ns:q
    l C l :)S!lQ
    on t o say to Satan : "Have you set your liearto Vz%r>r"
    I !I0
    upon my servant' Job, that there is no one like
    ti:7
    hl i't? :l!3
    him in t h e earth,@a man of Integrity* ancl up. aI.:s17 01:4
    12:T
    right,# fearing Godk and turning aside from *NIL
    1j9 H!1:?0
    mh'u
    123
    bnd?"a U t that Satan anstve~*edJehovah and " 1 ' ~.%:3T
    .
    r
    011
    :-IT
    said: "Is it for nothing that Job has feared * , J o t l 117,R
    God?' l"Have not you yourself put up a hedge IcX,.y:IL
    : > . I5
    about himBand about his house and about every- l ' c "?::I
    thing that he has all around? The work of his n l 'c :W14
    P8:B
    S
    hand@ you have blessedt and his livestock itself ~rJoh
    P:JO
    3:10
    has spread abroad in the earthmu" Rut, for R hlnl.
    h:!. Iti:28
    R:l
    change, thrust out your hand, please, and touch" R It 1na:.n
    everything he has [and see] whether he wIlI 31ye 1:s
    not cursec you to your very f a ~ e . " ~ ~ A c c o l br( : <dl 2Ii:lS
    -:w:.Ia
    t k ! 2tl:ll
    ingly Jehovah said to Satan: "Look! every- V%i.c
    P:8
    21
    thing that he has is in your hand2 Only against m.1,.>::rl:I R3-14
    A<:?
    him himself do not thrust out your hand!"* xy.Tt,r
    l < . 'l0;13
    (~
    So Satan went out away from the personbiof
    V r b 2:f
    Jehovah .*
    13 Now I t came t o be the day when his sons
    and his daughters were eating and drinklng
    urine in the house of their brother the flrst-

    /.<hi.

    %IW

    ;I.

    t.(.;~b

    "The [true] God," 31, hkn-EI.o.Aimt, tho d ~ f l n j t enrticIe I t t z l (14Th~78)


    p~plcedingthr title El.o.kiwzr. See C4enrr;i~(1 : 2, 4! fnntnnlc c, ''Hnt.011." hl, Ir<t#-8n.trsrl'; Literally, "t11e reHi~tcr,!' 50 tl~lnaghoutJab,
    r
    rluptcra 1 nnrl 2. This is the flrat occu181qrr~ctl
    oP kus-Raftcut' in 171,
    al ttiough srr.ttttl' ("resister") withont tho I'IeF~t~ew~ I ~ t lti1
    nin r t i r l ~
    I
    ( h n ) opaurr eight times before this, beginning ~t S I I I I I ~ I P
    22~:~22S
    Sco I'M'FP 5, footnote f. Liter~lly,"fneu," 31. Brit s r r 2 Snrnucl
    17: 11, footttote b.

    JOB 1:14--20

    mob2:4

    And a messenge* hlrnself came in to


    Job and proceeded to my: "The oxen themselves happened to be plowing and the she-asses
    were grazing at the side of them " "when the
    tCefo:BSa.be'ansna came makjng a raid and taking
    R 72:lD
    them, and t h e attendsnts they struck down
    &z;g
    with the edge of the sword, and 1 got to escape,
    'Isa lz:m only I by myself, to tell you."'
    16 While this one was yet speaking that one
    CPs 573
    c m e and proceeded t o s ~ :y"The very fireCof
    fell from the heavensm and went blazing
    *iEf
    i!;F God
    Am ~4
    among
    the sheep and the attendants and eating
    Eph 2 . 2
    Re 13.13 them up, ~ n Id got t o escape, only I by myself,
    to tell you."
    17 FT7hllethat one was yet speaking another
    one came and proceeded t o say: "The Oal-de'.Gell:28
    ans" made up three hands and !vent dashing
    2K124:2
    a ~ i z s : d against the camels and taking them, and the
    2Ch 3E:17
    attendants they struck down with the edge
    Ne 9:7
    of the sword, and I got to escape,' only I by
    $<%!
    a2"
    myself, t o tell you."
    18 LVhlle this other one was yet speaking,
    still another ane came and proceeded t o say:
    "Your sons and your daughtelts were eating and
    drinking winek in the house of their brother the
    first-born, And, look! there came a great
    P . 3~5
    Jg19:E
    ;g:!jz windb" from t h e region of the wilderness and
    ;$% it went striking the four corners of the house,
    SO that it fell upon the young people and they
    Es
    PS 1-10
    104:15
    died. And I gat to escape, only I by myself, to
    g::.C,9,:3,
    1
    Ac 2:13
    eel1
    you,"
    nJer 4:11
    E P z:a
    ~
    20
    And Job proceeded to get up and ripr his
    rCc 37.3
    sEzr9:3
    ~Ieeveleggcoat apart and cut the haira off his

    LlSa 4:17

    :z

    1511 Y

    I1Zlhe Sa-hetank" Litemllp, lrSfte%a,"M. b "Wind."


    813 Genesis 1:2, footnote d,

    M, ru'ohk.

    JOB 1:Zl-2:5

    14

    JOB 2:C:13

    head and fall to the eartht and bow d o W tzg12i16 I/ I


    ~t 26:39
    and say:
    "Naked I came out of my mother'sa bellyv EJOb 3138
    "And naked3 shaI1 I return there.y
    .cdob
    uGe 261:26
    22:6
    "Jehovah himself has given2 and Jehovah
    NC 9:s
    himself has taken away.'
    ,,
    "Let the name of Jehovaho continue to ;peF;
    EC5:15
    be blessed. ""
    1Ti 6:7
    11
    2 2 I n all this Job did not sin or ascribe unseernZ
    J
    O
    38:7
    ~
    liness to God.Cb
    YGe 319
    Ps 4 9 9 7
    Afterward it came to be the day when the g
    sonsa of The [true] Godb came in to take mii:r
    their station before Jehovah, and Satanc also Zg::?i:
    proceeded to come in dght arnong them t o take y;53;!F7
    I
    his station before Jehovah.+ "Then Jehovah *,G:7;:1,
    said to Satan:C"Just where do you come from?" ;gig%
    At that Satanc answered J e h o n h and said: 3~gp!g
    "From roving about in t h e earth and from a ~ 20:m
    i
    :1
    walking about in it."+ And Jehovah wen.t on aPsh s9:2C)
    t o say t o Satan:c "Have you set your heart jJ","t,l:
    upon my servant Job: that there is no one eJob1:8
    Iike him in the earth, a man of integrity" and
    upright," fearing God' and turning aside from tNe5:15
    bad?k Even yet he is holding fast his integrity, kT&"1:
    although you inciten me against him t o swal- ;"J","b?;?
    lowr him up without c a u s e . " ~ B u tSatant an- ,jtk?i:
    swered Jehovah and said: "Skia in behalf of UES
    3,7" 7:3
    13:=
    skIn, and everything #at a man has he will ;",'$$$
    give in behalf of his soul.flm For a change, :y;,621:1,
    thrmst out your hand,v please, and touch as far g; Ejz
    as his bone and his fleshc [and see] whether Be 0y:,S2:"15

    ;;;E-J

    "The angels:' L X X , b"The [true] U d J >M, ka-Ei.o.him', the


    d e h i t e article ha ("The") preceding the tititle El.o.him'. See Genesis
    6 : 2, 4, footnote c ; also Job 1:6, footnote a. See Job 1: 6 , footnote b. Wr, "life." 11, neph'esfa; LIPX, psv.ch8'; Vg, ca'ni.ma.
    a

    will not cursea you t o your very face."Y


    6 Accordingly Jehovah said to Satan : "There
    he is in your hand! Only watch out for his soulb
    itself!"z
    So Satan went out away from the
    5Eb?j&
    C E ~ 9 ; 1 1 personc of Jehovah* and struck Job with a
    L C 131.9
    malignant boiln from the sole of his foot to the
    pb?g&
    AIsa 1:s
    crown of his h e d A And he proceeded 0 take
    Isa 317
    PPS22.15 for himself a fragment of earthenware1 with
    Pr 26:23
    which to scrape himself,+and he was sitting in
    +p, 38:7
    4u 1 6 : ~among the ashes?
    gIsa 61:39 9 Finally his wifeBsaid to him:" "Are you yet
    E;re n:30 holding fast your integrity?' Cursea God and
    h ~ i l l : die!"k
    ~ ~
    lo But he said to her: "As one of the
    XGe 3:6
    Ge 3112
    senseless"
    women speaks you speak also. ShaIl
    1Ki 11:4
    354 we accept merely what is good from The [true]
    !$g:it!3 Godd and not accept also what is bad?"' In all
    did~ not sin
    '
    ~ this Job
    ~
    ~ with ~his lips.*
    ~
    8
    aPs 39:l
    1
    1
    And
    three
    companions
    of Job got t o hear
    .
    of all this calamity that had come upon him,
    and they proceeded to come, each one from his
    t G e a f l own place, Elti.phaz the Tetman.itet and Bil'dad
    der 4 9 3
    uGe =:2
    the Shu'hite?" and Zo'phar the Nata.ma.thite.V
    1Ch 1%
    V J O ~
    u:9 So they met together by appointment to come
    and sympathize with him and comforto hirn.y
    Fpegg$6
    Isa51:19 l z When they raised their eyes from far off they
    zRu 1:19
    did not then recognize him.' And they pmk1 ~a ~11.24 ; 4
    nJob 1:20 ceeded to raise their voice and weepk and ripn
    16:15
    each one his sleeveless coat apart and toss dustQ
    *fl',"z;& toward the heavens upon their heads.* And
    DE
    "97630 they kept sittingy with him on the earth seven
    Kc1,4
    days and seven nights, and there was no one
    speaking a word t o him, for they saw that the
    pain was very great.
    ~J","~z?f:

    See Job 1 :5 , footnote E. Or, '9ife." 31, wpk'esh; L X X , pay.cRIC;


    * See Job 1:12,footnote d, "The [true] God.'"I, RaELo.kimt, the deflnite article 74m ("The") precediug the htle El.o.Litla'.
    a

    Trg, u'wi.ma.

    JOE 3:1-10

    16

    17

    It was after this that Job opened his mouth

    and began to call down evil upon his day.='


    Job now reacted and said:
    a "Let the d ~ perish
    y
    on which I came to be
    born,4

    :Job 10:4

    "Ec ll!l~
    ~

    b ~ o b10:18
    Jer 15:10

    "'Also the night that someone said, 'A mana +g5;y;15


    has been conceived!"
    4LrA
    for
    ~ that day, l e t it become darkness.
    OJob 33:12
    "Let not Godb" look f o r it from above,
    "Nor let daylight beam upon it.
    "Let darknesso and deep shadowc reclaim it.* ggbdzin
    PSU : I ~
    "Let a rain cloud tent over it.
    Ps 107:10
    "Let them terrorize it as with hitter things" xAm s:lo
    of a day.
    *Job 10:19
    a "That night-let
    gloom take it;#
    "Let it not rejoice among the days of a
    year;
    "Among the number of the months let it

    not enter.
    ''Look! that night-let it become sterile;
    *Isaa4:F1
    "Let no joyfuI cry come in it."
    CNU 23:s
    Nu 24:lQ
    "Let cursesd of the day execraten it,
    Pr lt:26
    "Those ready to awaken Le.vi'a.than.eA
    &%:"4?:"1
    O "Let the stars of its twilight grow dark;O
    E:zk %:;
    "Let it wait for the lightGand there be "Job12:22
    +Jcr13:16
    none;*
    "And let it not see the beams of dawn. 'J0b41:18
    lo"For it did not close the doors of my mother's "Gc',%:1381
    belly"
    12.6
    J
    O L 1:s
    ~
    10:~
    m a n , ' q I , g~b'er. (poetic herd, b "Clod." A i , El.o'ah; from this
    co~ucsthe plural title El.o.himf. See its firct occurrence in Dentec
    onomy 3'2 : 15, footnote g. It occurs mainly in the book of Job, in
    fact, 41 timcs, f ~ - o mJob 3 : 4 on. It ocrmrs 16 times in other hooks
    of 31. ELit~~ally,
    "death shaclow." LfCurees.')31, a.ra-apr;not the
    senlo afi in J o b 1: 5, footnote f ; Job 1 : 11;2 : 6, 9. *"Le,rifa.Zhm.,"
    31TTgSy;"the great sea monster," L X S ,
    a

    JOB 3:11-21
    "And so conceaI trouble from my eyes.M
    from the womb" did I not proceed to

    = P S Z . ~ O l1 "Why
    :
    :
    ~
    ~

    kJer 15:10
    KO 9 ~ 4

    die ?k
    "[Why did I not] come forth from the belly
    Xob 10:18
    itselfn and then expire?"
    nPs 225
    58:8
    l2
    "Why
    was it that kneesy confronted me,
    Ps 71x5
    Ps 139:13
    "And
    why breastsSthat I should take suck?
    Isa 4 6 3
    rGe30;3
    Gc 53:23 la "For by now I should have lain down that I
    Iba 68:12
    might be undisturbed;t
    Eze 1 6 5
    sGe 48,25
    "I should have slept then, I should be at
    Pa 22:9
    restu
    Ca 1:13
    le "With kings and counselors of the earth,v
    tEc
    EC "
    9:10
    uJob 30.29
    "The builders of desolate placesmfor them\ l
    ~ 2 10
    i
    rIsa 5:X
    selves,y
    Eze 2E:m
    '"'Or with princes who have gold,
    zNu 22:18
    "Those who fill their houses with silve;r;=
    1IU 30:27
    zec 9:3
    lo "Or, like a hidden miscarriage,' I should not
    + P s 58:s
    1Co 15:8
    come t o be,
    "Like children that have seen no light,
    l7 'There the wicked themselves have ceased
    ug;z&711
    i r o b 14:13
    from agitation,"
    Isn 5 7 3
    2Th 1:7
    "And
    there those weary in power are at
    2Pe 2:R
    R e 1.1 13

    ozx 5:G

    restA

    "Together prisoners themselves are at ease;


    "They actually do not hear the voice of one
    driving them t o work.'
    l o "Small and great are there the same,+
    Ei8,:,22
    @Job39:5
    "And the slave is set freeGfrom his master,b
    !Job 33:28
    .Isaa l o ' O "Why does he give lighf? to what Is trouble2K14:n
    some,
    J O 725
    ~
    Pr 31:6
    "And life to those bitter of soul?'
    Jer 20 18
    'Why are there those waiting for death and
    "g
    :?Jon
    i:: 4.3
    it is not,'
    R C 9:G
    3 9 3 :a
    Isa 14.3
    + J Q 30:23
    ~
    Ps 49.10
    Ec 3:20
    :OI,

    Or, bp a correction of 31, "of pyramids,)' b "llaster." RI, cs.rlo.~~kna',


    the pluraI of r t , d 6 ~ ' the
    ,
    plural of excellence.

    JOE 3:22+4:4

    ''Although they keep digging far it more


    kpr
    than for hidden basures?k
    ** "Those who are rejoicing to gleef~rlness,~
    "Theyexult because they flnd a burial place,
    aJ"[Why does he give light] t o able-bodied
    nIsa 40:27
    rnan,b whose way has been col~cealed,~
    rJob l:l0
    "And whom Godc hedges In?'
    Job =:I4
    o b 198
    " "For before m y food my sighing comes,' JFs
    3l:z
    39
    "And like waters my roaring cries pour I+?
    H o 2:6
    d o b 7-19
    forth-t
    PS m:5
    Ps 1029
    ('Far a dreadful thing I have dreaded and 14 t?s
    22.1
    comes upon me
    "And what I have been scared of comes t c

    Me.'L
    2d

    And El'i.phazs the Tefman.ite proceeded to

    reply and say:


    "'If one does try out a wordd to you, wiII you
    become weary?
    "But to put a restraint on wordso who js
    able?

    "Look! you have corrected many,"

    weak hands you used t o


    strengthen?
    "Anyone stumbling, your wordsn would raise
    "And the

    .
    ---

    yJob 2:11
    Job 15.1
    Jab 22:I
    Job 429

    Ihn

    zPs 1:I
    2Co 7,lO
    *Ge 18:19

    Pr 1 k 2 1

    C014:fi

    cne 3:3
    Ezr 6 : B
    Isa 5:4
    Lu 2252
    n?s 145:14
    Fr 12:m
    $rfil$: $3

    iE;;?16
    up;n
    "And knees giving way you would make 4z,"2:'34
    DA 5 6
    He3 =!I2
    - firm,0

    Or, "nt a. sknne heap"; h~ a slight mrrection of hi, to make the


    word corm ona aith
    pplarr'3n the snme v
    ~ as n~ pm~Ud
    ,
    a n ~ r i . btmA&e-bofiednmn." hI, pA'rr; r e n r r c 3, footnote a.
    L I G ~ d ,hl,
    " E?.o'nh; see verse 4,Pootnote b. d "\Tortl." N, de.bwt.
    Uspd 20 times in the book of Job, "Words," 31, naiE.lnh'. Tsed
    34 4: itntls,

    weary;*
    "It touches even you and you become
    terrified.
    "'1s not your reverence [the basis of] your
    confidence ?
    @Job 1:1
    ' I s not your hope even the infegritp
    - of
    your ways?
    ' "Remember, please: Who that is Innocent has
    ever perished?
    .Job 2:3
    a Pl;3?'t*
    "And
    where have the upright" ever been
    v:c 7:15
    wiped out?'
    >:r $,I!
    .it 79.4
    "According to what I have seen, those devising
    1,
    ,.
    frr ' i . l S
    what is hurtful
    1111 R:T
    140 10:13
    "And
    those sowing trouble will themselves
    3.0!1:6
    (;{I 4? 7
    reap
    it.k
    n!,.u li..a
    r ra 15 '"Through the h a t h n of God they perish,
    I::\ 15 r9
    ,Job 15 .a
    "And through the spirit of lais anger they
    11 I
    come t o an end.'
    L\:& m.33
    a
    lo
    "There is the rowing of a lion,nn and the voice
    UP#67:,1
    of a young lion,"
    tJob M:17
    "But the teetht of maned young EIons do
    PR3:T
    1% 53:E
    get broken down.
    I'r Jt1:14
    l1'% lion is perishing from there being no prey,
    "And the cubs of a lionb are separated from
    u J O 9~9:m
    one anotherau
    "
    "Now
    to me a \vurd was stealthily brought
    V t J O 4:l
    R5 16:14
    "And
    my ear proceeded t o get a whisper
    y T:r ZIl,3
    of it,v
    C P ,1124
    G c 4 1 :T
    "In disquieting thoughts from vfdonsy of the
    1 2.1
    c
    I!?2
    night,o
    mGc 15:12
    "When
    deep deepx EalIs upon men.
    TIR g.13
    '1'5lm.l*
    l r "A dread came over me, and a trembling,'
    "And the multitude of my bones it filled
    tvfth dread.

    ,,,

    uJob 1:5
    Job 3123

    Pr 1 5 3
    Pr 16:21
    Isa 9:4
    Eph 3:29

    ''But this time it comes to you and you become

    -Pr14:15
    zco 4:16

    been carefive, nor have I been


    undisturbed,
    279
    "Nor h e n at rest, and yet agitation rJob
    Ps I4;j:U

    ''I have not

    JOB 4 5-14

    19

    18

    ln

    I>$

    An AMcnn lion,
    a

    An

    Asintic lion.

    JOB 4: 15-25:2
    f

    8z8
    LdAnda spirito itself went passing over my OJab
    aps i ~ : 4
    Heb 1:14
    facela
    "The hair of my flesh began t o b r l ~ t l s . ~ 5:D
    " " ~tsegan
    t
    t o stand--,
    "But I did not recognize its appearance;
    form was in front of m y eyesi0
    'iTherefrpasacahandInoivheard avoice:'
    " 'Mortal man-an
    he be more just than ei9R28:18
    J O 9:2
    ~
    Qodh himself ?5
    " Or can able-bodied man be purer than his Er 7.20
    own Maker?'"
    -<A* 1:;u
    .:oh 5 X
    I
    ";took!Lnhisservantshehasnofaith~' P q 8 5 B
    "And his messengersC he charges with j;;:;':,i6
    Is,\Gill(
    faultine~s.~"
    dcr IY:U
    "How much more so with those dwelling in a ll Mht%:I-I
    111:45
    kl,\c ld:22
    houses of clay,"
    I I C ~ . 2:7
    :a>*1:7
    "Whose foundation is in the dust!r
    c(:u 3:l
    f . ;3:lg
    ~
    "One crushes themd more quickly than a i ,Gu
    1H:27

    moth.#
    ''FrOrn mornin9 to evening")they are crushed
    t o piece^;^

    go forth,
    "And from mere gtwundc trouble does not

    PPS 1 0 5 : ~

    lcHo 10:4
    H U12.5
    ~

    ';;#l;"&!;l

    spring up,k
    :

    "Far man"> himself is born for trouble,n


    "As the very sparksc fly upward.

    "However, I myself would apply to God,fr


    'T$h2$31S
    P r 15:?9
    "And t o Gad# 9: would submit my cause,lls
    1'1~28:9

    lH'tl

    I T S 40.7
    r5s n t i l i ~

    C i ' s 15:>:17
    fl I>!+ 33: j , l
    1% !11116

    a "Mbrtnl man.'# Y, e.mTsJt'. btLCtad." 31, EF.oPoh. 9 Or, "sngrls."


    a Or, "Theg. me crushed." '"Which me of the holy nngds," LSX.

    37:35

    "I myself have seen the foolish one taking root,'


    "But. suddenly I began to execraten his
    ,:Pa 108:13
    abiding place.
    PSI 1 9 :155
    :xu.l r i
    ''His sons remain far from salvation,*
    25u fs:H I
    "And they are crushed in the gatebwithout
    .I:\~.I I
    I:u 4 : 1
    a deIivereiq.'
    15: 7 2
    C i ' r 8.A
    "Urhat
    he harvestsn? the h u n g y one eats,"
    P I )C
    ~3
    2S.51
    "And even from ht~tcherhookshone takes it,'
    "And a snare actt~allysnaps at their means
    ~ J c 51:34
    r
    of maintenance.c5
    '' "For not from mere dust does what is hurtf~zI
    OPR

    $
    >
    :;;

    :JC

    I.',: I:f:7
    CJ oh :4!!:7

    3r13:IB
    "Without anyone's taking [it to heart] Fa
    I's :l'lG:4
    dns
    1:11
    they perish f o ~ v e r . ~
    l ! ' C 1:24
    t3l:lr
    18:B
    "Has not their tent cord been pulled out be- I l l 2 3 39:13
    cause of them?
    vJoh 3 9 1 2
    Pa d9 20
    "They die for lack of wisdom.v
    Isa P 2''
    'Tall, please! Is there anyone answering I Lu r2..'o
    3
    you?
    "And to which one of the holy onese will
    you lxrn?
    4:8
    * "For the foolish one vexation will kil1,J'
    "And the one easily enticed envying will zHo 7:lL
    put to death."

    JOB 5:3-12

    21

    20

    11Pa 1353
    r i l 4~5

    1'1's 1.1718
    A<' 14;17

    .r ICa 3 3 9

    .I
    1

    "To the Doer af great things unsearchable:


    "'Wonderful things without number;t
    '<TO
    the Giver of rain3 upon the surface of the
    earthti
    "And Sender of waters upon the open fields;^
    "Putting those who are low on a high place,
    "So that those who are sad are high up in
    salvatjon;
    " "To the Frttstrator of the schemes 07 t h e
    shrefvd,~
    "'Sothat their hands do not rvark with effect;

    Litcmlly, ''r\.l\ich
    Itnwrst iis]," 11. b Dr, "even out of the
    Il~nrii*." Ry ~ a r r ~ c t i o ~being
    is
    111ndr this line msg rend:
    fl~irutyoncv tlo ~ l ~ ~ aout
    r r . t h f ~ i r111i1k." d A.rlfrn'. 32. * Liternll;r, "tbe
    wens of flnllt~,"31. f Or, "thc Diriti~~
    Onc.'' lI,EI; L-LY, '"~ehorah."
    K "CFod." hl, El.nb6il~tr,
    the plarnE cbt' El.o'olr. t hr ylnr*nlo f esedlence
    r l t r i t rrinjpatp, IAS-Y, '9~~llovnt1.''
    h Or, '!suit.'' 1 Liternlly, "and there
    i s I ~ O~cnrc~hing
    [of t l r ~ u ,i"
    j 11.

    JOB 5: 13-22
    L9

    '(TOthe Catcher of t h e wise in their orvn


    c~nning,~
    "So that the counsd of astute ones is car-

    I4

    23

    22

    ried headlong;'
    "They encounter darkness even by day,
    "And they gmpe about at midday as If a t

    ELU
    ~ Cm
    1:19
    Qa3

    'Ps

    'Xe breaks'to pieces and his own hands do


    t h e healing.M

    "In six distresseso he will deliver you,k


    "And in seven nothing injurious will touch

    lo

    VOU."~

    r4~uriAgfarnind
    he will certainly redeem you 03'9 m.?'lo
    rGe 45:7
    from death,s
    3Pn 3319
    '4And during war from the p w e F of a1
    BPSm3
    sw0rd.s
    n1 "Fmm the whip of a tongue you tviU be hidden?
    "And you will not be afraid" of violence 'p"3r:J
    uPa R1:S
    when it
    "At violence and hunger you will laugh,
    I
    20

    a r q " as a t Job 4 :17.1%es.rt&AP. a ''(SOC~??If,E1.0'aF1,

    "hands," 31.

    rrv

    ::i:3

    18%

    0 t h 2:s
    how,
    "But -u&ighteousness actually shuts its
    'xt 2 4 6
    mouth.'
    OF' 2:u
    'Look! Happyd is the mana whom Godb re- epa $4:2
    348 J : I ~
    proves;"
    "And the discipline of the Almightyodo not chb ''"
    *1Pr3-11
    you reject!"'
    Rrb j2:6
    "For he himself causes pain and binds up [the

    * LT ternllg,

    3ob H:R
    vr*a m:2!5

    E1#lt4:14

    night;"
    OJab
    Pr 4:19
    1255
    IsaMl.2
    IS "And to the One saving from the sword out
    FPS 8:2
    of their r n o ~ t h . ~
    '<Andfrom t h e haid of the strong one, a
    poor one:
    aps
    PS ~35:10
    2:13
    la
    "SO that for the lowly one there comes to be

    Or, Lh&t

    ='

    *h?:6

    110 P.IR
    P82R:3

    :r

    t Ira 3?:18
    I

    JOB 5:22-6:4

    "And of the rvtld beastC of the earth you


    need not be afraid.'
    "For with the stones of the field yaur cove-

    n ~ n will
    t be,

    ''And the wild beast of the field himself


    will he made t o live at peace with you.'
    "And you will certainly know that peacea
    itself is your tent,=
    "And you will be bound to go and see your
    pasture ground and you will miss nothing.

    "And you wjll certainly know that yaur ofTLGc 17:8


    spring are many"
    Ex L:7
    Zjc 25 4
    "And your descendants like the vegetation
    I 1117W
    .
    c 4'1 E : I G
    of the c a r t l ~ . ~
    *Do
    "You will come In vigor to the grave,'
    '"s when sheaves pile up in their time.
    Jab w112.t 7 "Look! This is what we have e x p l ~ r e dSo
    . ~ is it.
    "Hear it and you-know it for yourseIf."
    And Jab proceeded t o answer and say:
    TA
    A:?
    " 0 that my vexatlonWere altogether
    Pa 3119
    weighed
    "And
    that at the same time my engulfing
    *Jol~
    W!13
    ruinm they would put on scales themPu 57.1
    selves!
    ''For now it ls heavier even than the sands of
    :e

    .I

    ~tPC

    n:s

    the reas.*
    "That Is why my own ~vordshave been wild
    tal k.n
    "Forthe arrows of the AlrnightyL are with me,'
    l'&:
    $2"
    uuc 3 2 : ~
    "The venom of which my spirit is drinking;"
    ' T h e terrors from Godb range themselves
    IPS88:EI
    up against rneaEt
    "'Jehornh," J&YPE. b "Bod." 11,E?.o'nh. * Or, <'cast me oat from
    ?.tt 11:28

    uocinl jntrrmnrsc," l ~ ytbt! trnnspouition of two Idt-era in N.

    JOB 6 :5--15

    JOB 6:16-25

    24

    "Will a zebraa cry out over grass,u


    uJer
    J O 324:s
    ~4 : ~
    +
    v f o o 1:18
    "'Or a bull low over its fodder?v
    "Will tasteless things be eaten without salt,' "&?JdA
    "Or Is there any taste In the slimy juice of
    Q T O ~9 4 3
    marsh
    ''Wy soul has refused to touch [anythiz~gl.~
    AE1zj:n
    D a Ilk3
    "They are like disease in my food.
    "0that my request would come
    "And that Godbwould grant wen my hope!: b$$+;?iXB
    "And that Godbvotlld go x h e ~ dand crush me, ' Jer 31:17
    "That he would take his hand slivay and cut
    +Na11:15
    me off!'
    Job 3 2 1
    Jon 4:s
    t o "Even
    it would still be mv comfort,
    - .
    "And I should leap [lor joy]" 'at [my]I s ~ 0 b 3 : 2 a
    labor pains,
    " [Though] he would have no compassion,c*$ HebJ2:T
    pP~~6~13
    for I have not conceded the sayings of
    the Holy One.*
    *PS
    PS403
    37:m
    l1 'WWh is my power, that T should keep unit- n7-,.
    c 2a:l.r
    -...
    ing ?Ic
    pi 10.~15
    "And what is my end,"&
    I should keep @Jobm3
    prolonging my
    nf ob 41:21,
    l o 'Ts my power the power of stones?"
    "Or is my flesh of copper?
    I
    rPhp 2:12
    I s "Is it that self-assistance is net In me,'
    "And effectual working itself has been
    chased away from me?
    %"'As regards anyone who withholds Iovingkindnessd from hEs own fellowre
    S
    ~M
    P ID:D
    m
    S
    ~ :.~
    "He tvjll also leave off even the fear of the ~;;I;;o

    "They are dark from ice,


    "Upon them snow hides itself.
    I r "In due senson they become waterless,' they
    have been silenced;
    "'When it grows warm they are dried up
    OJob 24:19
    from their place.=
    pr 26:i
    Is T h e paths of their way ore turned aside;*
    "E,",3:;&
    1's 14:3
    "They go up into the empty place and
    1@1:3
    (,htt 1514
    perish,O
    ID"The caravans of Te'ma* have looked,
    '7:22"iy4
    &rsn 45314
    "The traveling company of S a . b e ' ~ n shave
    ~@
    J O C 3.8:
    w~litedfor them.
    '""They celmtninlyare ashamed because they
    had trusted;
    "They have come clear to the place and
    'In

    'r;$,"$j

    I'S

    ~ J e 1r4 3
    R O 9:33
    Ps 6 2 3
    klJa 4:18

    they get disappointed.'


    "For nowpYOU men have amounted to nothing;'
    "You see terror and YOU become af1.aid.R
    2* "Is it because I have said: 'GIVE me [somenlSa 12:3
    thing] ,"
    AC 2 k 3 3
    PIIP 4:13
    "'Or from some of YOUR power make a
    present In my behalf;
    'a " ' h d R E S ~ E
    me out of the hand of an ad8 Job;19:a
    ver.sary:'
    ~ c 1e4 : ~
    1Sa ~ : 1 8
    " 'And out of the Band of tyrants YOU men
    RSe 5:s
    should redeem me'?.
    dcr 15.21
    a4 ''INSTRUCT
    me and I, for my part, shall be
    t Job 32:11
    silent,'
    "And what mistake I have committed
    uPr 330
    n w f l me understand.u
    IJO I I : ~
    Almighty:
    vpr I ~ : I B 29 "HOW
    effective the sayings of uprightness
    l a "My awn brotherso have dealt treacherously,u D , ~ c ~ . ~ ~ Fr 25:11
    EC 12:11
    have proved!v
    J Q
    P~
    41.9
    I ~D : I ~
    *Job 16:3
    Ijke a winter torrent,
    "But what does reprovingb on the part of
    J O 2~ 1 : ~
    Jcr9;*1
    "Like the channel of winter torrents that Yo11
    1TI 6:20
    l?:IB
    YOU men reprove?'
    T
    ~
    l
    L
    r
    f
    a
    V J W l.,.lB
    keep passing away.'
    Literally, "Shcl,n!' 31. bUReproring." The Hehrem verb is in fhc
    a Or, l'onngm; .mild ass.'' B'*God!' >I, Rf.o'ah. = Or, "life [ ~ a
    s
    Q Y R ~ love."
    intinit~wabsolute n r ~ dIl~ticeI ~npersormaland intlcnnite ns to l imc,
    ~ b t l l,"
    ] 31, + t ~ p J ~ ' e ~L.a,
    h;
    p ~ e ~kt.. ~ k0 1 '" !~

    .-

    fid""

    web 13.4

    I.,

    sr

    JOB 6 :26-7:5

    27

    26

    "Wy daya themselves have become swifterb


    than a rveaver's shuttle,

    ('IS it t o reprove words that you men scheme,


    "When the sayings of one in despairQare
    for mere wind ?*
    sr "How much more will YOU cast lots even over

    PY

    a fatherless3 boyo
    "And barter for I'OUR companion!'
    2e "And now ca ahead, pay attention t o me,
    "[And see] whether I shall liee to YOUR
    very faces.
    2Q"Return, please--let no unrighteousness

    arise"'Yes, return-my righteousness is yet in it." $?';,


    "Job "1"
    30 lrIs there unrighteousness on my tongue,"
    "Or does my own palate not discenk en- k m h 5 : 1 4
    I
    gulfmg ruin?
    "Is there not a compulsory l a h m for mor- "Job f4:14
    tal man on earth,
    "And a r e not his days Iike the days of a

    oPs 0:lf

    , ra;

    k2Sn 34:I.l

    Job 1R:al
    Job l 4 : I %

    nEc 9 3

    hired laborer?'
    '(Like a slave he pants for the shadow,8
    "And like a hired laborer he waits for his
    wages.t

    rfob 10:1
    nlSa 1 : l n
    Pr 14:lfl
    Inn .W:16

    rJob 14:8
    Isa 21~10
    slstr 25:d
    Isn 3 2 2

    t J o h :#:H
    1IGO 3 :21
    vPa 41:3

    tLa
    ae ln:ls
    24:15

    ''Thus I have been made t o possess worthless ;zl,J,F


    UEC 2 1.i
    months,u
    "And nights of trouble' they have counted '?s " 6
    out to me.
    * "'IVhen 1 have lain down 3 have also said: * J O ~M:IT
    'When shall 1 get up?"
    'Qr evening has gone its measure, I have
    also k e n filled with restlessness' until
    morning twilight.
    "My flesh has become clothed with maggots

    and lumps of dust;"


    "My skin itself has formed crusts and dis-

    solves.

    JOB 7:6-17

    *Go 40:s

    Gc 41:s

    JK 7:1:1

    UR2:1

    "And they come to an end in hopelessness.'


    "Remember that my Ufe is wind,"
    "That my eye will not see good again.
    "The eye of him that sees me \via not behold
    me;"
    "Your eyes will be upon me but 1 shall
    not be."
    "The cloud7 certainly comes to its end and goes
    away;

    "So hc that is going down to She'olo will not


    come up.k
    lo"Me will not return m y more to his house,
    "And his place will not acknowrledge him
    any morean
    t t "I, also, I shdl not hold back my mouth.
    "I will speak in the distress of my spirit;"'
    "I will be concerned with the bitterness of
    my so~l!~a
    ''Am I B seat or a sea monster,u
    "That you should set a guard over me?
    l 9 "When I said: 'My divan will comfort melv
    " "My bed will, heIp carry my concern,'
    I* 'You even have terrified me with dreams,'
    "And by visions you make me start up in
    fl*i~11
    t,
    In "So t h a t - m y soulb chooses suffocation,
    "Death" rather than my bones.
    '@
    'T have despised [it];* to time indefinite I

    ~vouldnot live.

    me, for my days are an exhalati~n.~


    IT"What js mortal man4 that you should rear
    "Cease from

    'Job M:19

    hlmc
    "Sl)irital'M, rn'iikfr ;Tg, spi'ri.ftra.
    psp.ch?'; Tg, n'ni.nln.

    b "Soul!' hfJ,~,w~ph'esR;
    LXli,
    Ur, "lnnke much of him."

    29

    28

    JOE 7:1&8:5

    him,
    ""And that you sRould pay attention to him
    every morning,
    "That every moment yoyou should test him?" +I!",\24
    "Why will you not hrrn your gaze fmm me,',jg,
    "'Nor let me alone until 1 svallow my saliva?"
    20 'Tf I have sinned, what can I accomplish
    against you, the Observer of mankind?h" !:;:.
    '?Thy is it that you have set me as your y,r,"$fl7
    target, so that I should become a burden to you?C
    "And why do you n d pardon0 my trans- S1RR2:g

    ~TSA
    M:9
    gressionk
    J o i ~1:21)
    I
    J
    D
    1:s
    "And overlook my error?
    nFY
    12:7
    "Far now in dust" I shall lie dawn
    U R 122
    "And you will certainly look for me and I
    shall not be."
    And BiIfdad the Shu'hitel' proceeded t o an- pF;,;,E,:fj&
    swer and say:
    "HOWlong will you keep uttering these things,a Jo!' ll:a
    "When the sayings of your mouth are but t ~ m ! : ~
    a powerful wind?t
    U I G Pl b : ~
    DP 3'2:il
    "WillGodd himself pervert j ~ d g r n e n t , ~ '
    SPl\ 1n:'E
    woh"l:ls
    "Or will the Almightyo himself pervert
    vlJoh~:l2
    righteou~ness?~~
    Pn m:IB
    "If your own sons have sinned against hirn,"g:;;l
    "So that he lets them go into t h e hand of ;
    ; 13:~s
    ;;;!
    *I
    their tmnsgressionF
    Jnb ! !5
    C.!{b? 1:1!i
    "If you yourse1f will Imk for GaddA
    "'And of the Ahnighty you wjll implore;:,:Ab$;"
    blc 7.7
    favor,

    ;I%

    Thnt
    alone for the Briefed time.
    is,

    b "SImkind,H

    M, ha-n.rlanr'.

    ~..Tou,'' L I X and the original Hebrew text. "Yys~lf,")I.Tlds is


    one of the Eighteen Ementlations of the original Hrhrew Zrxt hy t'tw
    J h s h Sophmirn. See Genesis IS :22, footnote n. "ClorE,'' 31, EI.

    vb,Fa1;8

    s1:T

    "And that you should set your heartmupon

    -l3s4~:a3

    em 4:10

    JOB 8:6-14

    "If you are pure and


    "By now he would awake for youa'
    "And he would certainly restore your righteous abjding place.
    "Also your beginning may have proved to be

    a small thing,"
    "But your oivn end afterward would grow
    42:12
    very great."
    "Indeed, ask, please, of the Earner generation
    'Nnd direct [your attention] to the things
    nJab E:0
    searched out by their fathers."
    nr ;:w
    '
    "For
    we
    were only yesterdayk and we know
    !
    nothing,
    nfCh 29:I3
    "Bwause our days on earth are a shadow-n
    Pa 395
    ly~jil'"WiI1 not they themselves instruct you,' tell
    khfab

    c;

    1 L>C

    1l:lO

    H M~Z:ZIB
    ~

    ten!:z
    Ifin

    333

    lrPl129:B
    Jan 1:ll
    '

    viDo R:lL

    Ts 9117

    'Job 278

    Tr 10:2W
    :Job 31:?4
    L I % ~5 9 3

    "'And from their heart will they not bring


    forth words?#
    " "Will a papyrus plantt grow tall wfthout a
    swampy place?
    "Will a reed grow big without water?
    "While jt is yet in its bud, not plucked off,
    "'Even ahead of all other grass it will dry

    "Thus are the pathmaysc d all those forgetting God,""'


    "And the very hope of an apostate0 will
    pe~ish,*
    !44 ' r t y h o ~ e
    confidence= is cut off,
    "And whose trust is a spider's house.f"

    L X Y ,"he will litctm to your supplication"; instead of "By naw he


    sarlld nwnkc for p u , " .F'
    "Tell ?.ou," LYS; "say to you," Y.

    "J'ntb~vny~,"J l ; "tlar R t ~ t i things


    l
    (ot~tconle)";or, "cnd nft~mmd?
    LXN. "God." M, I:'!; I,XS, "i11rLord." * Or,"ungodly (profane)
    ot~r'';
    or, " n r ~ y o ~nlucnoted
    ~c
    flrrnr Oad." Or, "web!'

    "

    31

    JOB 9 :5--13

    "He will lean upon his house, but it wiIl not OF% 5 2 5
    keep standing;
    ,?.It 7:n
    "He will take hold of it and it will not last. L u 6 : ~
    l B"He is full of sap before the sun,
    "And in his garden his own twig goes forth.' +J,a3g3,
    IT
    "In a stone heap his rootsE become inter- *,S;:$$4
    Judo 12
    woven,
    "A house of stones he beholds.
    la "If one swalloivs him up from his place,"
    PS 37x0
    7:10
    "It will also certainly deny him, [saying,] #Job 20:s
    'I have not seen you.'#
    kJob 20:5
    Is "Luok! that is the rejoicing of his waylk
    npS113;7
    "And from the dust others spring up."
    *J"b22:2
    so "look! GodaO himself will not reject anyone

    @Job9:s
    of
    rlDe 31:6
    "Neither will he take hold of the hand of $y9zg
    evildoers,*
    zco
    PS3725
    4:s
    ZX "Until he fills your mouth with laughter?
    s~g;;;~
    "And your lips with joyful shouting.
    t Isa
    ~ 1262
    61:3
    s
    1~~65:14
    2 z "The-very ones hating you will be clothed
    UPS35:26
    with ~ h a r n e , ~
    Ps 309:29
    "Aid the tent of wicked ones hdll not be."u v ~ s \ $ ~ ~
    And Job proceeded t o answer and say:
    "For a fact I do know t h a t it is so.
    "But how can mortal man be in the right
    in a case with God?b*
    *De
    J O 32:4
    4:17
    ~
    a 'tlf he should find pleasure in contending with Gs,:
    g:$
    Ro 3 3 3
    him,'
    ;M o b 2 3 4
    "He cannot answer him once out of a gB9$;2
    thousand.
    "He is wise in heart and strong in power.$ bpa$?&H
    "Who can show stubbornness t o him and
    a f E x 1457
    come off uninjured?'
    I(>,10:s

    a 'cCrod." 31,

    El.

    If,El; LXX, "Jehovah."

    b "Godn7'

    ~ 8

    "He is moving mountains away,. so that peopIe


    do not even know [of them],
    "He who has overthrown them in his anger.'
    "He is making the earth go quaking from its
    FIsa 2:19
    place,"
    Isa 13:13
    Hag 2:6
    "So
    that its very piIlarsk shudder.
    Re M.11
    k P s 053
    "He i s saying t o the suna that it should not
    nEx 10+21
    sh&e forth,"
    Am 89
    ~t 24:ag
    "And around stars he puts a seal,'
    rIsn 13:10
    Eze 323
    ''Stretching out the heavens by himseIfS
    8Ge 1.1
    Ps 3.35
    "And treading upon the high wavesb of the
    Isa 6.1:24
    sea;
    t ~ o 38:11
    b
    ""Making the Ash con~tellation,~
    the Ke'sil
    constellation,d
    uGe 136
    "And t h e Ki'mah constellationeu and the
    Am 5.8
    interior rooms of t h e Southif
    lo "Doing great things uunsearchable,~
    vz;T;&
    RO 11:s
    "And wonderful things without nurnber.g*
    *Pa 40:5
    ''Look! he passes by me andIdonot see [him],
    D J O ~2 3 8
    '"nd he moves on and1 do not discern him?
    l a "Look! he snatches away. Who can resist him?
    "Who will say t o him: 'What are you
    egb,gg
    Re 6.14
    X3er4.24
    Jcr 1 0 a o

    doing?'"

    AD% 4%

    RO 9:m

    one 6:ls
    Isa 31 :2
    zep 2 2

    la

    "Godb himself wiIl not turn back his anger;O


    "Beneath him the helpers of a stormer*
    '
    must bow down.

    r r S ~ n . "M, Aker'es. b Literally, "high places," ill. "The Ash contella at ion." M, 'Ash, llmy think that the Great Bear is mennt here.
    d "The Ko'sil canstellahon." ?;I, KTihBsil,M ~ n ythink Orion is meant
    here. "The 1Ci'mA con~tellation.'~If, K7t6.moBt. Many thiuk the
    Pleiadee me meant here. LXX, "The One making the PIeiades and
    Eespelus oltd Brctmus and the stererooms of the South"; Vg," W o
    makes Arcturns and Orion and the Rj-ades and the interior rooms
    of the Sonth." The interior rooms of the South are understood t o he
    the southern constellations below the equator, that is, in the Southern
    Hemisphere. g Cumpare Job 8 : 8. "God." X, El.o'afn. See Job 3 : 4,
    footnote b. hI, Xa'hab.
    4

    JOB 9:24-33

    "How much more so in case I myself answer


    him!'
    "I miIl choose my words with him?
    Is
    ' m o r n 1 would not answer, even though I
    were really in the right.'
    "Of rn y opponent-at-law I would implore
    favor."
    Is "If I called him, would he answer metk
    "I do not believe that he would give ear to

    +FA 19:14

    Pr 17:27

    g o $ IklI
    1co 4:4

    *Mt 5:25

    14u 1?:58

    k!,%
    r 1.5
    lnp?:l7
    -1)

    i-u r 5.7
    nJg6 13

    my voice;n
    11

    -Is& 45:D

    'Who with a storm bruises me


    "And certainIy makes m y ivounds many

    for no season.'
    1s "He nil1 not grant me my taking@of a fresh
    breath,%
    "For he keeps filling me Nith bitter things.
    la t'If in power anyone is strongst there [he is J :
    "And if in justice [anyone is btrongl, 0
    that I may be summoned!
    16 'IIf I were in the right, my own mouthc would
    pronounce me guilty
    "Were I of integrity, then he would declare
    me crooked.'
    "IYere I of integrity,* I would not know my
    soul ;

    'Tfvould refuse

    my life."

    rJob ?:6
    512 12:LQ

    sgab R l 9

    uPr l0:lO
    Ian R:5
    ?:,t,1;:?7
    VI'S

    1.1:1:2

    1,ll lti;l5

    m!;;,;

    =Job 1:10

    "One thing there is. That is why I do say:


    " 'One of integ~ity? also a wicked one, Ile Cfi3f:n
    AEc 9:3
    is bringing to their end.'A
    Ro 5:lZ
    I1'c 3:17
    2 8 "If a flash flmdd itself should cause death
    in the infinitive rhrrolute, Ilence
    indefinite as to time, and is hrre used ns a oonr-ohjrrt of tlkc! rerlr
    "gnnt." b 11, .Tank !?? T, ''there he is?' "My own ruouth,"' hfL.?LYS'gSr. "Mix o m n~outh: only by R corrcct~~m
    of 31. Or, by ntrother deiirnbon of the Hehreir. word, "smrge."

    a "Taking-" The Hebrew .per6 here is

    a tunner;"
    "They have run away, they wiI1 certainly

    not see good.

    *" "They have moved on 14ke reed boats,


    "Like an eagle' that darts to and fm for
    something to eat.k

    "IF 1 have said: 'Let me forget

    my concern,"
    "'Let me alter my countenancer and

    brighten up,'
    :"'I
    have been scared

    22

    - suddenly,

    "At the very despair of the innocent ones


    he w ~ u l d
    '"Earth itself has been given into the hand of
    the wiclcd one;'
    "The face of its judges he covers.@
    "If not, who, then, js it?'
    "Also my own days have become swifter than

    of all my pains;s
    "I do know that you will not hold me
    innocent.
    9N"I: myself am t o become guilty,
    "Why is it that I toil merely in vain?f
    "If I actually washed myself in snow lvater.~
    "And I actually cleansed my hands" k~
    *Jrr ?:a2
    potash,'
    M l > l 3:2
    tr,nR1:[$
    "Then in a pit you would dip me,"
    CPS ~oa:a
    "And my garmentsc' ~vouldeertainlv detest me.
    " 'Tor he js not a manAlike me [that] I should
    anslver him,
    "That weshould come together in judgment.
    "There exists nob person to decidec between
    lls,;

    "That he should put his hand upon both


    of us.

    JOB 10:9-17

    35
    LG2:7
    t a i5:8

    *Jnl) 18:21

    "Let him remove his md from upon me,*


    P r I):1#
    "And his frightfidness, let it not terrify me.
    n"'L.eLet me speak' and not be afraid of him,
    QF;E;s
    "For I a m not so disposed in myself.
    W y soula certainly fecls R lonthlng
    c8r=n
    qxtt 2x8
    I I 15
    toward my life.".
    "Pq::"
    "I will give vent to my concern about myself .i
    '" !nlill sneak in the bitterness of my soul!
    ''" shall say to God:' 'Donot pronounce me
    [I:?
    8

    Ro -1

    'G? 3:;9
    Ec 1
    ;
    :1
    'rc3-':33

    10

    guilty.*

    " 'Cause me to kno~vwhy it is you arc con3

    Ir

    tending with mewk


    'IS it g d for you that you should do wrong."
    " 'That you should reject the toild of your

    " 'And that upon the counsel of wlcked ones

    1's 25:7
    l [ ~

    s'1

    CL~M:S

    rE.r;e 3T:6
    *Gc 1!:19
    ~

    Ac 17:2S

    klCn 1131

    "2;$;,?

    RICO l:7

    rJnlr ?-!:I5
    Ian M:Y

    nRo 213

    ?.I, npPk'ps7,; TAXI, 115?/.rltl:'; Vg, n'ni.a~.n,b "Allnut 11k)~"*about Irirn? L,XT, 0 "God!' 31, ELo'nIr. Thnt i s , the
    pelf,:'
    prcrdnct of toil. Or, "prtln~s,"M.

    'Remember,please, that out of clay: you have

    made m e
    dust you will make me return.+
    tlo '' 'Did you not proceed to pour mc out a,smilk2.
    itself
    " 'And likc cheese t o curdle H ~ c ? :
    * I " 'With skin and flesh YOU proceeded t o clothe

    " 'Antl to

    mc
    'Ancl with bones nncl sinews t o weave me
    to~ethe~,'
    l2 " 'With life nncl 1oving.kindnessa you have
    dealt with mem
    " 'And your onlnsaw has m~ardEdmy ~ p i r i t . ~
    lv"Artd tllesc things you have hldden away in
    I
    your heart.'<
    "?wellknowtl~atthhuethingsnret~oithyou.
    Ir " '
    If]I have sinnerltl ant1 you have kept matching me
    " 'And of my ermr you do not hoId me in"

    R FST7
    ~
    you shottld a&~aIIy beam?"
    rPn 11:4
    'DOyou have eyesa of flesh,
    " 'Or isit asamortalman seesthat yousee?t 'j$&$
    (' 'Are your days like the days of mortnI man,'] uh;;p,!:[l,:l,
    " 'Or like the days of an die-bodied mnn I 1t.1) I :rZ
    your years,
    '"That you shouId try to find my error
    " 'And f or m y sin you should keep
    \-::"44'2:4
    " 'This jn spite of your or~mk n o ~ ~ ~that
    l ~ Il ~=JOIB
    e I:S
    am not in the wrong,'
    E!7:s
    @'
    'And there is no one cleliverin~out of your 1'. 26.1
    own hand?'
    0130
    TO^ 3l 2r 91 9: 3
    'I'Your own hands have shaped me so that
    LPA
    Jer1111:~s
    1h:5
    they made me"
    " 'In enthety round about, and yet you
    would swallow me up.
    a "Foul."

    "

    '

    r &3 4 : ~

    lu"lf
    #Ma1 318
    t Job 9 3 5

    not raise niy h c ~ d , ~

    LU I T : I O

    " Tilled n-ith dishonor

    UEK3 7
    PS*IS

    PSI:~:P= lC

    La 5:1
    rLu l r 5 1
    ?TI 312
    J a s 4:6

    'EY 15:7
    tlsn 4320
    LU N:.IS

    nocen t ;'
    I am actu~llyin the wrong, too bad for
    me!%
    '' 'And [ i f ] I am actually in the right, I may

    rr

    and saturated with


    afl iction.ql
    " "And [if j it acts hauahtily,v like a young lion
    you will hunt for me
    " 'And you will again s l ~ o ~yourself
    v
    marvelous in my case."
    I' You will hrin:: Iwrtb new ~ ~ i t n e s s eofs ~ ~
    yours in front of me
    " 'And you will make yourvex~ltionwith me
    4

    greater:

    " 'Harclship after hnrrlshipiVfs with me.


    Or, 'lopnl 10~e." Or! " l ~ r ~ a t h .Jl.
    " rvr't~bh; I X I , prttlntnrn; Tg,
    ~pi'n'.tris.
    "T'Citn-,"
    JiTfi.; "\rvnl,rms,'" I;!.; ' ' t ~ ~ ~ a j g
    La=.
    .''
    Or, "One s h i f t of
    I~lFlrlrI I tr~r
    ~ n~iotlierir: nrith me."

    "

    JOB 11:7-15

    " 'Sowhy from a womb did y o u bring me out?*


    #1,
    " 'Let me expire,ao that not even an eye 3JQb51:15
    may see me.
    SS:%
    lo
    'Just as though I had not come to bePI should
    have become,
    " Tmrn the belly' to t h e burial place I 'JE"P&;l
    should have been brought.'
    "Are not my days few?" Let him leave off, Ekb,J.$:?3
    "Let him hun his gaze from me, that I
    -Job o : n
    may brighten up' a little
    Ps 1 : 1 3
    fi "
    'Before
    I go away--and I shaU not come U2Sa 1B:ld
    back#Job 7 9
    T o the land of darkness and dcep kJ0b 3:s
    shadowlbk
    Pa 23:4
    I'gEq:"
    2 2 "To the land of obscurity like gloom, of dcep

    1'

    shadowb
    "And disorder, where it beams no more
    than gloom does."
    And Zofipharthe Na'a-mabthite"proceed.
    ed to answer and say:
    a "Will a multitude' of words go unanswered,r
    "Or will a mere boastep be in the right?
    3 "Will your empty talk itself put men-o
    silence,sl
    "And will you keep mocking without hauing anyone rebuke [you]?t
    * "Also you say: 'My ins!mctionu is pure,
    " 'And I have proved really clean' in your

    11

    eyes.'

    Ihn

    559

    . .

    o'Ps13(J:8

    "Can you And out the dcep things of God,*


    "Or can YOU dnd out ta the very limit of
    the &ighty?
    I*'?t is l~igherthan heaven.' What can you accornpljsh?
    1
    ''It is dccper than Sherol.*Mthat can you

    know?
    'JO$*R:24
    ~ P 139:a
    S

    'lt

    ,
    1

    :21

    1: Ih 4,17
    ?:IR
    J (U 3, 13
    I!!SZ, 7.3

    r ;$I

    1 ,

    Vj,":

    Pr 1 5 : 9

    i:::9 a J n q 4 : B

    him?lc

    "For he himself well knows menc who are


    t1ntrue.n
    "When he sees what i~lhurtftd, wiIl he not
    also show hlmself attentive?^'
    "Even a hell~rv~minded
    manLIA
    himsell will g e t

    tPa

    Judo lR
    uPr .1:2

    "If he moves on and hands [someone] over


    "And calls a court, then who can resist

    J!o.II?

    UfLf> Y

    IS IORRCP that? the earth in measure,"


    "And broader t h ~ the
    n sea."

    13. 5:q

    (I4

    R heartt
    "As soon as a colt of a zebra be born a manme
    "If you yourself will really prepare your heartu
    "And actually spread out your palms to
    l~ino,~
    I f what is hurtful is in your hand, put it far

    away."

    "And lit-no unrighteousness dwell in y

    I.* 1:s
    1:1n
    I ~ V

    That is, '


    I
    onght to have e x p i d [then]?' b liter all^, *'denth sbndow," N. eliterally, "a man of lip: 31.a191en,"b1, mntl~im.
    drlult

    mnles.

    YOU'"

    I13cr1:IA

    n P* fId:lZ
    J e t b IT:IO
    fio 3:4
    I!F?II ill13
    ),I -, lO,.h

    nJOb 42:0

    "Yet O if only God himself would speak


    'Ps 65:22
    "And open his Iips with you?'
    C D e :9:29
    "Then he tvouldtell you the secrets of wS~dorn,~G',~?:y8"
    a

    manlfo1d.s
    "Alsa you would knowb that God allo~vs
    some of your error to be forgotten
    for
    -

    LPa 130.3

    1cD4 4

    alJob u:7

    "For the thfngs of practical wisdom are

    la

    I CCO
    -

    tents.
    "For then you will raise your face without
    rlerectg

    IAitrrnlly,"rb~lhld."X.blUlso yna w u l d know." LikralIy, r4dnd


    31, ntr/kim. ArEnlt rndes.

    Iit~ntv!-m~," M: nn itnyr~~ntirc.
    0 "Men."
    d m ' l l n t ~ . ' ' MB. * "Jlan." i
    ll,tr.dnm'.

    N,

    JOB 11:1

    "A laughingstock is M e righteous, blame*


    less one.
    "In thought, t h e carefree one has contempt
    for extinction itself;"
    "It is made ready for those of wobbling
    feetnG
    ""The
    tents of the plunderers are unworried,'

    "And you will certainly become established


    and you rvill not fear."
    "For you-you will forget trouble itself
    "As waters that have passed along you will
    remember [it].
    "And brighter than midday' m i l l !your] life's

    APS
    PS 27:l
    112.7
    j
    g
    e
    ,
    *
    $
    ;
    l

    ~f 7:17

    "PS 37:6

    duration arise;
    "Darkness will become like the morning
    ~ P 112:4
    s
    itself .=
    RIic 7:8
    Lu.2~32
    "And you will be bound t o trust because there
    exists hope;"
    IPS
    RO435
    5:4
    "And you will certainly look carefully
    around-in security you will lie down.* =$:,::5:6
    "And you wilI indeed stretch yourself out with pr 3,24
    no one's disturbing,
    "And many people will certainly put you in
    a gentle mood;ak
    BPSJ O
    4312
    42:s
    ~
    ' W d the very eyes of the wicked will fail;nZ;~;
    "And refuge itself will certainly perish
    rAm 519
    from thern,r
    "And their hope will be an expiring of the

    SOU^.^"=

    And Job proceeded to answer and say:


    "For a fact YOU men are the people,
    "And with YOU wisdom wiLl die out!t
    "I too have a heartu as well as YOU.
    "I am not inferior to Y Q U , ~ ~
    "And with whom am there not things like

    12

    these?

    "[One who is] a laughingstock to his fellofl


    man Id become,*
    "One calling to Gode that he should answer
    him."

    JOB 12:5-14

    39

    38

    YHO10:8
    Re 6 2 6
    R e 3'6

    fPr25:11
    IS^ 521
    1Co 4:lO
    u30b %:lo
    Y ~ C O
    11:s

    C P s 15:s
    *PS 22:7

    Mt 3:14
    &ItX:42
    Lu 16.14
    A~IT:*~~
    cMic 7:7
    LU 22:42

    *literally, "soften p u r f ~ c c : K b b"Sonl?' $1, rsepl'esh; Vg,


    ot~xi.ma. Literally, "Im not falling behind you? B i , d "IT 3IVg;
    "heJYJ
    L X X S y . * "God." 31,E1.0'ah.

    LIsn 22:13
    IGO 13:32

    one 32:s

    +Pp;:$g
    wg 17:s
    Y

    2 u2 : ~

    Pr 6:6
    1 5 3 1:3

    V:JS

    79 2

    +3er 8 3

    "And the enragers of God". have safety


    "Relonging to one who has brought a godh
    in his hand."
    "Ho'~vever,ask, please, the- domestic animals
    and t h e y will instruct you,*
    L'Alsothe winged" creatures of t h e heavens
    and they will tell YOU.'
    "Or speak thoughtfully t o the earthCand it wiIl

    instruct youj*
    "And the fishesc of the seaD will declare it
    to you.
    O "Who among all these does not well know
    Ader 27:5
    "That the hand of Jehovahd itself has done
    Eo 11:36
    VEze 1S:B
    this,"
    XI^ lo:z~
    cps 145;16 Io "In whose hand is the soulSo of everyone aIivea
    +Nu 1692
    ('And the spiritf d all flesh of rnan?g*
    PS 1 ~ 6 : 4
    na5:*
    l1 "Dues not the ear itself test out wordsa
    BlCo 1@:15
    Heb 514
    "As the palate tastes food?
    "1s there not wisdom among the aged"
    "LFe,
    ig,iii
    Da 723
    "And understanding [in] length of days?h
    CPS 1475
    Da a:20
    l 3 "With him there are wisdom and mightiness;*
    160 1 2 4
    *I= 40:14
    "He has counsel and understanding.'
    "Look! he tears down, that there may be no
    *PS 148:8
    cJob 41:7

    om

    1:m

    3 Jer

    51:M

    building up;'

    gad.'' X, el.o'ah. =By a col-rectien t h i n may


    read: "Or the reptiles of the earth"; or, "Or the wild heasts of the
    earth." d"Jehorah17' JlLXXBgSy; Yay, T, e"Sou1." 31, x e p h t esb; L X X , p s y c h @ ;Vg, a'~ri.ma. Or, "breath." Lf, rufnkh; LXS,
    1)>tmzcr$nraa;Tgf sp'pdtri.tusj S;yl guthha. g "Mun." M, {ah, h Or, "And
    does not length of days mean undm&nclingtH
    4

    .{Grid.''

    31, El.

    JOB 12:15-23

    "He makes it shut to man, t h a t it may not


    A I s a 22:22
    be opened up.*
    Is
    "Look! he puts a restraint upon the waters
    and they dry up;O
    bGe
    EX 8:1
    1421
    "And he sends them and they change We $,":26
    +GG6:X7
    earth.'
    Ps 104:8
    le "With him there are strength and practical
    *Pr 2:7
    wisdom ;'
    Pr 8:14
    "To him belong the one making a mistake
    xlKi
    ~t 13:13
    22:22
    and the one leading astray;"
    *Isa
    29:l-l
    lT
    "He is making cot~nselorsgo barefoot,a#
    1Co 1:20
    "And he makes judges themselves act
    crazy.
    "The bondsb of kings he actually loosens,*,$'$;?,3,:1
    "And he binds a loincloth upon their hips.
    IWWe is making priests walk barefoot,"
    OXsa
    Jer 28:7
    14:18
    "And permanently seated ones he subvertsic Jer 5224
    e0 "He is removing speechd from the faithful
    ones,
    "And the sensibleness of old men he takes
    away;
    P1''He is pouring out contempt upon noblqA
    "And the girdle0 of powerful ones he ac~ I S 22:21
    E
    tually weakens ;
    2 2 "He is uncovering deep things from the darkOJob 28:Q
    ness*
    "And he brings forth to the light0 deep ?$
    :Mt 10.25
    shadow;
    1Co 4:5
    "Making the nationsPgrow great, that he may OPS 2:1
    Woe 390
    destroy them;"
    '"preading out t h e nations, that he may
    lead them away;

    zi$?;io

    "The One leading counvelora captive? LXX; "He leads connselors


    a

    foolish end," Vg. Literally, "discipline," M. 01; "brad


    overflowing rivers he ceuses to run dry.'' dlitelsally, "lip," M.
    on

    Lb A

    JOB 12:2 6 1 3 :9

    41

    40

    "Taking away the heart of the head ones of


    the people of t h e land,"
    "That he may make thern wander about in
    an empty
    where there is no way.
    - - place,*
    ?a "They grope in darkhessll where there is no
    light,
    hat he may make them wander about
    like a drunken man."
    4
    "Look! all this my eye has seen,'
    "My ear has heard and considers itn3
    "What YOU men know I myself well know also;t
    "I am not inferior to
    "However, I myself would speak t o the Almighty himself ,V
    "And in arguing with Godb I would find
    a4

    1
    IJO

    a11

    nPs 107:27
    &a 1 ~

    13

    delight,

    "On the other hand, YOU men are smearers of

    A P r 17:28

    Jas 139
    OPr 18:13

    falsehood;"
    "All of YOU are physicians of no value.D
    "'If onIy YOU would absolutely keep silent,
    "That it might
    t o be wisdom on YOUR
    - prove
    part!4
    "Hear, please, my counterarg~ments,~
    1 "And to the pIeadings of my lips pay

    attention.
    "For God himself wjll you speak unrighteousness,
    +Jer 14!14
    "And for him win YOU speak deceit?'
    ~ ' 7:22
    t
    8 "Will YOU be treating him with partiality?
    G%$2,9
    Pr 24.23
    "Or for The [true] Godc wiIl aou contend
    Nal 3:9
    at law?
    "Would
    be good that he sound YOU out?"
    " $ ~ ~ g ~it ~
    Job 12 : 3, footnote c. b <'Gad." BL, E$. "The [true] God?'
    Y, ha-EL Bee Gellesis 31 :13, footnote a; 35 : 1, 3, footnote b ;

    a See

    46 : 3, footnote a; 2 Bamael 22 : 31, footnote a.

    JOE 13:1 0 2 0

    42

    "Or as one trifles with mortal man will YOU


    trifle with him?"
    I " H e will positively reprove youk
    "If in secrecy YOU try to show partiality.aE
    " "WIIl not his very dignity make
    start trp
    with fright
    "And the very dread' of him fall upon You?
    I2 "YOURmemorable sayings are proverbs of

    ashes ;s
    "Yam shield bassesb are as shield bosses
    of day.
    la "KEEP silent before me, that I myself may

    43
    W e313
    IrPs 50:2l

    nJob 42:7
    P s 8212
    Jas 2:9

    *Job 9:N

    PSII~:I~O

    ~ P 36:l
    S
    rlsa 8 9 3
    Jer 10:10

    kJ0b 35:3

    aIsa 29:1
    1Co 318

    speak.

    "Then let come upon me whatever it may


    be!"
    ~ P S3457
    P s 34:22
    l4 "Why do I carry my flesh in my teeth
    "And place my own soulC in my palm?$)
    l5 "Even if he would kill me, would 3 not wait?"'
    "I would only argue to his face for my own
    ways.

    would also be m y salvation,*


    ['Far before him no apostate will come in.'
    I T"HEAR
    my word clear through:
    "And let my declaration be in YOUR ears.
    Is "Look? please, I have presented a case of
    justice;
    "I well know that I myself am in the right.
    I8 "Who is the one that will contend with me?*
    "For now were I t o become silent I should
    simpIy expire!*
    "Only two things dof not do to me;
    l"Hee

    '.Shorn paltiafity," R f ; "treat him with partinlity," VgSyT. b OF,


    "'ITombrenstwoiqks." "Soul." M, wcph'esh; LXX,ps!j.ckC'; Tg,
    a's>i.mn; clampure Judges 12: 3; 1Samuel 19: 5 , d Or, "I would nut
    wait,', 31; "for him I urouId wait," I f n ~ a r ~ l n V g S y T
    e ,Or, "That."
    "Do." The H~brewwrb is in the singulnr number, t o agree with
    "J-OU" o r " ~ Q u I ' ( R )ndriressed
    "
    tu God in Terse6 20-37.
    a

    JOB 13:21-14:2

    "In that case I shall not conceal myself just


    on your account;"
    "Put your ONTI harrdn far away from upon me,
    "And the fright of you-may i t not terrify
    me.'

    "Either call that T myself may anslt.er,l'


    "'Or may I speak and you return me answer.
    2 3 "In what way do I have errors and sins?n
    "Make me to know h y own transgression'
    and my own sin.
    2u"Vhy do you conceal your very faces
    "And regard me as an enemy of yours?t
    "L?TT7fll you make a mere leaf driven about
    quiver,
    "'Or keep chasing after mere dry stubble?u
    " "For you keep writing against me bitter

    .3

    'j

    \-alt 1:20

    thingsr

    "And f6u make me possess [the conse*'Ps25:'i


    quences of] the errors of my youth.'
    Jer 3 1 T i l
    o ~ ~ ~ !:, "You
    l ~ j also
    ~ u keep my feet put: in the stockso
    AJob 14:16
    "'And
    you watch all my paths;A
    Ps119.105
    "For the solesh of my feet you mark your
    own line.
    z3
    '[And
    h e c is like a skin b a g v h a t wears out;o
    cn.u12:12
    Mr 2:22
    "Like a garment that a moth certainly
    *Ps3311
    eats up.'
    CPs 8:4
    "Man,e3 born of woman:
    GG@3:16
    "Is short-livedx and having his fill of
    ~ ClO
    n5
    :ia
    xGe 4 7 3
    turmoil."
    Ps 39:5
    = "Like a blossom he has come forth and is
    :E2,ij:,,
    Isa 40 6
    cut o ~ E , ~
    3Po 1-24

    '

    14

    Or, "palm,'1 31, b l i t c r n l h , "roots," BE. "He," At. That is, Joh.
    d u g k i n bag,') LXX; 'rIeather l~ae:' S y ; "rottrmuesa (something
    rotten),'> 31Vg. 1'31an."11,a.dnrr%.
    a

    44

    JOB 14:3-l1

    "And he runs away like the shadown and nlCh 29.15


    does not keep e ~ i s t i n g . ~
    a "Yes, upon this one you have opened your eye,
    "And meb you bring into judgmentr with rlPP 4 5 1
    you.
    "Who can produce someone clean out of someBPS51:5
    one u n ~ l e a n ? ~
    Ro 5:B
    "There is not one.c
    tF%394
    "If his days are decided,t
    "The number of his months is with you;
    "A decree for him you have made that he
    uDc 3 0 2 0
    may not go beyondhu
    Ac It26
    ""rn
    your gaze from upon him that he may
    vPs 39:13
    have restPdv
    "Until he takes delight like a hired labo~er
    in his day.
    *Tsa 27:6
    "For there exists hope for even a tree,"
    Da 4 3 5
    "If it gets cut down, it w i l l even sprout
    again,e
    "And its own twig will not cease to be.
    "If its root grows old in the earth
    "And in t h e dust its stump dies,
    U P S 1:8
    "At the scent of water it will sprout3
    Isa %:I9
    "And it wiIl certainly produce a bough like
    A l C a 15:36
    a new plant."
    "But an able-bodied manf dies and lies vm-

    l1

    quis hed, O
    "And an earthling mans expires and where
    is he?h+
    'Waters do disappear from a sea,
    "And a river itself drains off and dries

    s1eep.b
    klSa 2:6

    la

    nJob 3 2 8
    Ac 17:31
    2Ti 4:s
    sPs 16~10
    Hsb 1l:3:
    Jab 215
    tdc 26:8
    ZCo 1592

    Rc zo:13
    nJns 5:8

    4210
    Lu 165'2

    job

    "Ex 3:1

    Isa 6:6

    l5

    "0 that in She'oIc you would hide me,k


    "That you would conceal me until your
    anger turns back,
    "That you would set a time limit" for me
    and remember me!"
    ('If an able-bodied maria dies can he livea
    again?t
    "A11 the days of my compulsory service
    I shall wait."
    "Until my relief
    "You will call and I myself shall answer you.'
    "For t h e work of your hands you will have

    a yearning.
    cPg 1 3 : 3

    Jer 32:19

    AHo 13:12

    OIsa 41:15
    Iss. w10

    Jer

    4:24

    *Ec 319
    Ec 990

    @Ge6:17

    saob 6:17
    Jer 15:lS

    "Until heaven is no more they will not


    wake up;
    "Nor will they rouse themselves from their

    Re 21:1

    *Isa88:21

    1Sa 17:51

    also has t o lie dawn and does not get


    UP."

    *&a 51:6
    H e b 1:11

    VGe 4953

    aLiternlly, "kecp standing," M. Sce Exodus 9 : 1 6 , footuote a.


    b"Me," &"him,"
    I;
    LXSGgSy. Or, "Yo one can." d Or, '(yay
    cease," as in rcrso 7. *Literally, 'Iyet change:' 31. "An able-bohed
    man." M, geb'cr. g " A n cnstlfing man," M, a.domP,h "FVhcre is he?"
    X(Vg) ; "he is no more,'' LAXXSy.
    f

    '"Man&
    "Ec 125

    723
    2Po 3 6

    xGe

    '"Tor now you keep counting my very steps;"


    "You do not watch but for my sin.
    l7 "Sealed up in a bag is my transgression,"
    "And you glue over my error.
    l8 "However, a mountain itself, falling, will fade
    away,$
    "And even a rock' will be moved away from
    its place.
    l3 "Waterm certainly rubs away even stones;
    "Its outpouring washes off earth's dust."

    a "Xan." M, ish. b By slight corrections : "he ill not wake up, 9or
    mill he rouse himself from his sleep," to agree with Tg. "She'ol,"
    31; slri.ul', Sy; XIaz'dls, LXX; in.fav'nus, Vg. That is, the common,
    unde~groundplace o f the dead. The Hebrcw word s h : d is of uncerta~nderivation. See Genesis 37: 35, footnote a; also Volume I,
    Appendix, page 851. d "An able-bothed man." R.1,geb'er.

    JOB 14:2 6 1 5 :5

    46

    "So you have destroyed the very hope of


    mortal man.n8
    " "You overpower him forever so that he goes
    away;
    "You are disfiguring his face so that you

    *PF
    EC 3:19
    13:12

    GIsa 50:4
    Xsa 54.17

    kEc 8:8

    ->It 2Ci:GS

    &ItlV.16

    C..e 4:I

    send him away.


    'Xis sons get honored but he does not know
    nPS
    l S a38:6
    4,20
    [it],n
    "And they grow insignificant but he does Isa 63;lG
    not consider them.
    2? "OnIy his own Aesh while upon him will keep
    V J O ~14:X
    aching,l'
    "And his awn soulh while within him will
    keep
    slsa
    J O 1
    ~:lo
    92
    Ps RS:3
    And El'i.phaz the Te'manite proceeded
    t o answer and say:
    "Will a \vise person himself answer with windy
    know1edge,d3t
    C J OI ~T
    t.%c
    36:12
    :~S
    "Or will he fill his belly with the east wind?^
    "Merely reproving with a word will be of no $:gy

    15

    uE;

    Z P s 65312
    ZPr 8 2 5

    *De 29329
    Ps 25:14
    Pr 3:32
    Am 3:7

    I<JIt 3 3 : l l
    nAlt 11:25
    J O 9:eo
    ~

    '(~10rtalman." 31, &.~iish'.b"So~ilm"


    ?rI, taeph'esh; Sp, ~ ~ p h e d d ;
    LIPX, ps!y.chi;'; lrg, a'ni.ma. t Or, "Only hi^ own kin [fleshly rdsti\-cs) r i l l keep aching for hiru, A ~ l dhis own sla\-~-rs(rrquired
    sauls)
    keep mo~wning over him."--Ge~~esis 37: 27; Isaiah
    SY : 7; Gmcsirj 12 : 5 ; 14:81; 36 ; 6 ; Ezekiel 27 : 1.3; Rerelnt~on
    I S : 13, footnote c. *literally, "knoxledge of wind trz'nkh, RI] ?'
    '
    "your
    r r ~ o d . ";\L, El, Or, "your month teaches your ~ I T O ~ ' . ' ST,
    mouth tenekes sin." 5x3, "you are gmi!ty by the words of your
    1:iollti!.'~
    a

    know ?I1
    "What do you discern that is not also with

    1Co 2:8

    us?
    rJob 326
    Pr 16:31

    nZCo 1:4

    "Both the gray-headed and the aged one are


    with us,]'
    "The one greater than your father in days.
    '""Are the consolations of God"" not enough f o r
    YOXI,

    tlPs 24:4
    Ro 1a:lo

    use,

    "And mere utterances will be of no benefit


    B J O ~26:3
    by themselves.~
    "However, you yourself make fear of no effect,*:"I?:;:"
    "And you diminish one's being concerned
    OPs 40:8
    hef ore God.ec
    A2Ch 15:16
    4 ' F ~your
    r
    error trains your mouth,rA
    Jcll 2W.3

    "And you choose the tongue of shrewd


    people.
    "Your mouth pronounces you guilty, and not I;
    "And your own lips answer against you.'
    ''Were you the very first mana to be horn,@
    "Or before the hillsz"ere
    you brought
    forth with labor pains?
    " "To the conAdentia1 talk of Godb do you listen:
    "And do you limit wisdom to y ~ u r s e l f ? ~
    "What do you actually know that we do not

    "Or a word [spoken] gently with you?


    "TVhy does your hexttl carry you away
    "And why do your eyes flash?
    "For you turn back your spirit against Godn
    himseIf,"
    "And you have caused words to go forth
    from your own mouth.
    l4 "What is mortal mand that he should be
    clean,"
    "Or that anyone born of a woman should be
    in the right?
    Is "Laok! in his hoIy ones he has no faith,"'
    "And the heavens themselves are actually
    not clean in his eyes.*]
    "How much less so anyone because of being
    detestable and c o r r ~ p t , ~

    l3

    11Joh 8.48

    *12CK 6:X
    Ps 51:s
    Ro R33
    Re 7:M
    Re 14:s
    =IPr 8:30
    Re 2 0 5
    20:6
    ;PS 14:2

    Ro L28

    Tit 1 : I B

    'cMan.'' 31, a.dn.717< b bL'G~d."


    M,El.o'csh.
    man." 31,P . ~ ~ P J L ' .
    a

    'God." 31,El. "Wortnl

    JOB 15:17-26

    48

    "A man rvho is drinking in unrighteousness


    just like water!'
    l7
    "'Ishall declare it t o you. Listen to me!@
    ''Even this I have beheld. so let me relate

    +Fr 1998
    e"bs:27

    " "J.n case he actually covefs his face with

    @'be 3 2 9 5
    Ps 17:lO
    Jer 5 2 8
    mljs 48:1

    Eitl,

    x ~ IS:~Q
    ~ b
    ""That which wise onesy themselves tell
    "And which they did not conceal, [it being]
    from their fathers.
    '"To them alone the land was given,
    "And no stranger passed through the midst
    of them.
    20 "AII his days a wicked one is suffering torklTi 6:10
    ture,
    Jas 5:l
    '!Even the very number of years t h a t have Jas 5:3
    been reserved for the tyrant.
    81 "The sound of dreadful things is in his ears;"
    n2giy6%
    "During peace a despoiler himself comes
    r ~ 9s2 : ~
    upon him.r
    " "He does not believe that he will come back 1TIl 5:3
    s I s a 8:22
    out of darkness,~
    Jude 13
    tJer m:31
    "And he is reserved for a
    oPs3T:25
    25 "He is straying about in search of breads0UPS;5 9 : ~
    where is it?"
    "He we11 knows that the day of darknessv V&)p"f;&
    is ready at his hand.
    24 L I D i ~ t and
    r e ~ anguish
    ~
    keep terrifying him;' *poi37
    "They overpower him Iike a king in readiOPT 651
    ness for the a s s a ~ l t . ~
    "In case he stretches out his hand against Godb
    A L ~26!u
    himselfA
    Da 523
    "And over the Almighty he tries to show gF5g;3
    himself stlperior,
    @Ge10:g
    2:2
    '' [Incase] he runs against him stiff -neckedIy,' ,gFs
    ;
    3"3"::513
    'With the thick bosses of his shieIds;
    AC 7 5 1

    *Jer 9:11
    Jer 26:18

    k Ps 49:17
    L U 12:20
    Jaa 5:2

    UPS62:lO
    F a 6:3
    Eph 5:G

    ups 52;5
    Ho 9 3 6
    Joh 1 3 6

    *Dc 28:40
    *R.+n f i - l q

    Or, "food."

    " G o d . ' M , El.

    his
    fattiness
    "And he puts on fat upon his lains?
    ZR "He merely resides in citiesQthat are to be
    wiped out;
    "In houses in which people wilZ not keep
    dwelling,"
    "Which certainly prove destined for heaps
    of stones."
    " ' H e will not grow rich and his wealth will not
    mount up,"
    "Nor will he spread out their acquisition&
    over the earth.ll
    " 'We will not turn away from darkness;c
    "His twig a flame will dry
    "And he will turn aside by a blastb of his
    rn0uth.t
    "'"et
    him put no faith in worthlessness by
    keiag led astray,u
    "For what he gets in exchange will prove
    to be mere worthlessness;
    3a "Before his dayc will it be fulfilled,
    "And his shoot itself wiII certainly not grow
    1uxurlantly.v
    33 "He will thrust away his unripe grapes just
    like a vine,
    "And cast off his blossoms just like an olive

    :eals:,
    DPs %:lo

    *lSa 8:3
    A" 5:u

    VPs 7:14
    Isa 59.4

    Ja$1:15

    a*

    tree."
    "For the assemblyo of apostates is ~ t e r i l e , ~
    "And fire itself certainly eats up the tents
    of briberyecA

    "There is a conceiving of trouble and a giving


    birth t o what is hurtful,+
    "And their belly itself prepares deceit."

    gckoquisition?'The word in ;M: is of doubtful meaning here. L L Y ,


    "shadow." 'Crg, '"root?' b 31, rn'uhh. 0 hiterally, ''In not his day," Af.

    JOB 15:27-35

    49

    JOB 16 :I-10

    JOB 16;11-19

    50

    And Job proceeded t o answer and say:


    ' "I have heard many things like these.
    13:4
    "AU of YOU are troublesome comforters!' ;Job
    Job 19:2
    Phi1
    1:27
    "Is there an end to windy words?
    "Or what gallsa you, that you ansrver?O
    '$1myself also could well speak as YOU men do.
    "If only YOUR souls existed in the pIace of
    my soul,
    "Would I he brilliant in wordsb against YOU,"
    "And would I. wag my head against YOU?#'
    "I would strengthen YOU with the words of my
    1:Job 4.3
    mouth,l=
    Pr r;:9
    Isa 50:4
    "And t h e consolation of my own lips would Isa
    61:2
    Ga 6:1
    hold back-.
    "If I do speak, my 0n7n pain is not held back,n
    "And if I do cease doing so, what goes away
    from me?
    I*PS
    6:6
    ' "Only now he has made me weary;r
    Jer 6:11
    "He has made all those assembling with Jer 20:D
    me desolate.
    31:5b
    "%e
    also seizes me. It has become a witness,s nGe
    Ex ?3:1
    Job
    1638
    "So that my leanness rises up against me.
    In my face it testifies.
    " '+Hisvery anger has torn me to pieces and he
    harbors animosity against me.
    "He actually grinds his teeth against me.u
    "My adversary himself sharpens his eyes
    against me.v
    10 "They have opened their mouth wide against
    *Job 29!23
    me."
    " ~ i t h reproach
    '
    they have struck my qlmP:21

    16

    cheek^,^

    "In large number they mass themselves


    against me."

    ~t X : ~ T
    Joh 15.22
    A ~ ~s. l : i l
    Ac 4 2 7
    Ac 2312

    a l f o r e litm-ally, "pains (offends)," N. b Or, "Let me join wordq,"


    nwo~&ng to a n o t h ~ rd e r i ation
    ~
    of the verb.

    "Goda hands me over to young boys,"


    "And into the hmds of wicked ones he
    throws me h e a d l ~ n g . ~
    l"'1 had come to be at ease but he proceeded to
    shake me up,'
    "And he grabbed me by the back of the
    neck and proceeded t o smash me,@
    "And he sets me up as a target for himself.
    Is "His archers' encircle me;
    "He splits own my kidneys4 and feels no
    compassion;
    "EIe pours out my gall bladder ta the very
    'I

    F Joh 19:11

    aPs 319

    Ps 65:3

    ~ P IS M

    :~

    UPS%:I9
    Pr 15:8

    =PslG 4
    r G e 4 :I0
    PR7224
    EIeb 11:4

    *1Sa 12:5

    D P S 1'13:5
    Eto 1 : 9

    ITR 2:10

    earth.
    "He keeps breaking through me with breach
    after breach;
    "He runs at me like a mighty one."
    "Sackclothon I have sewed together over my
    skin,
    " A n d I have thrust: my hornr in the very
    dustno
    lUMy face itself has became reddened from
    weeping,"
    "And u w n rnv evelids
    there is deem
    "
    shad&'t',ct

    '"Although there is no violence upon my palms


    '"And
    my prayer is purema
    l n "0 earth, do not cover my blood!"^
    "And let there prove to be no place l o r my

    outcry!
    "Also now, look! in the heavens is one testifying about me,"
    "And my witnessd is in the heights.'

    "God." 31, El. Ib Literally, "a ;roung boy,'"[;


    "an unjust: one,?"
    LIXVgSg, 0 Or, more litesnlly, "death ahadow,'! 31, d m , 3a.ht.d';
    an Ar.n.mn'ic loanword, See Genesis 3 1 : 47, footnote a.
    a

    JOE 16 :20-17 :8
    en

    52

    JOE 17:9--X8:3

    "My companions are spokesmen against

    " "The righteous one keeps

    ' T o Goda my eye has looked ~leeplessly.~


    '"nd one decides between an able-bodied man
    and God,"
    "As between a son of manb and his fellow.'
    2"'F~rjust a few yearsc axe to come,
    "And by the path by which I shall not return I shall go away."
    "My very spiritd has been broken,"my "1Sa57:15
    own days have been extinguished;
    "The graveyard is far me.#
    #PS
    Isa m:4
    38:lO
    ~ PS
    PT9:4
    3 5S3 6
    a "Certainly there is mockery a t me,k
    "And amid their rebellious behavior my Mt27:40
    eye spends the night.
    a "Please, do put my security with yourself." "$G,',Z;$,
    "Who else is there that will shake hands
    with me in pledge?
    "For their heart you have closed to dis-

    OlCo

    Ps 26.6
    Isa 1%

    CPs 84:7
    Isa 40:29
    +RO 1:22
    1Co 1:20

    &Job995

    17

    cernment.'

    *Isa 5i20
    L U 11:34
    J O 319
    ~

    kPs13:8
    nJob 34:22
    Isa 4 7 5

    rZSa IT14
    Xsa 6:10

    ,
    ,,:,

    1
    1
    '

    "God." 31, EI.ofah, b '91an." M, ca.dnm'. CLXX,"just numbered


    years." d Or, "brea;thaJ' See Job 12: 10,footnote f.

    "And the one with clean hands" keeps increasing in ~ t s e n g t h , ~


    l o "However, YOU men may aLI of YOU return.
    SOcome, please,
    "As I do not find anyone wise among You,'
    l1 "My o w n days have passed along," my o w
    plans have been torn apart,
    "The wishes of my heart.
    I n "Night they keep putting for day:"
    " 'Light is near on account of darkness.'
    l s r r I f I keep waiting, She'oP is my house;k
    "In the darknessn I shall have to spread out

    my lounge,
    "To the pitr I shall have to call out: 'You are
    m y f ather!'O
    "To the worm : 'My mother and my sister!'
    tPs 71.5
    Jer 31.17 l a "So where, then, is my hope?t
    RO 8:21
    "And my hope-who is it that beholds it?
    l8 "To the bars of She'ola theyb will go down,
    "When we, all together, must descend to
    LrGe 3:19
    the very dust."u
    PX104.29
    Ec 3;20
    And Bil'dad the Shu'hite proceeded to
    answer and say:
    "'How long will YOU people try to set limits to
    ~ y ~ ~ d s ?
    "You should understand, that afterward
    *PE;a10
    Ec 3:18
    we m y speak.
    2~~2:11
    cPS 49:12 a "Why should we be reckoned as beastsc*
    "[And] be regarded as uncIeanc in YOUR
    OR~1:22
    49:9
    CJob 38:28
    s J O W:ZO
    ~

    hit 11:25
    "That is why you do not exalt them.
    "He may tell. companions to take their shares,
    "But the very eyes of his sons will failOsag;~;621
    "And he has set me forth as a proverbial saytD
    1Kei2a:37
    9:7
    ingt of peoples,
    I'
    PS44:14
    "So that T become someone into whose face
    uIsa m:6
    to s p i t u
    M t 26:67
    "And from vexation my eye grows dimrnerv v";'i:y60,6
    "And my members are all of them like the E:9
    i,
    shadow.
    "Upright people stare in amazement at this,' *%::,8:,,
    "And even the innocent one gets excited
    I
    over the apostate.
    a

    holding fast to his

    16:lS

    Ga 5:l
    41's 24:4

    18

    1CO 1:20
    1c03:19

    eyes?h

    " 11, she5Z; LXX, "Hn'desP'; Vg, in.fer'wu8. b"They," feminine


    gender, hence rsferri~igto "hope'' {twice) of vcrse 15. a Or, '.be
    s:upidlJ according t o Keo-Hebrew.

    "He is tearing his s o ~ i to


    l ~pieces in his anger.
    54:14
    "For your saketviIl the earth be abandoned
    'Qr a rock move away from its place?
    "The IighthaIso of wicked ones will he extfn- " J O " ~ ~ ? ~
    =Pr4:JB
    guishedI'P 1 3 9
    "And the spark of his fire will not shlne, I ' r z t -TI
    "A light itself mill certainly gwffr dark In his
    C R R3~~ 2 3
    tent;>
    "And in it his own lamp \pill be extinguished.
    "His steps of 1qg01-b 1vi1l become cramped.
    S:R
    *
    1 ~ 3 1
    "Even his counsel will cast him off:
    : c 53.1rb
    I(:o3:1!1
    a " F ~he
    r IVDindeed be let go into a net hy his
    f ~ t ,
    PEJ l : l n
    "'And onto a network he mil1 walk.'
    J'S uo:lrI"
    w:l,
    ' "A trap will seize [him] by the heel;'lt
    ck I>+
    ( :4~IIT
    .'I
    tl J C5.; ~
    "A snareT1keeps hold upon him.
    "A snare cord for him is secretly fixed in the

    ln

    r nr m:23
    T'r I1 :G
    I!P a1 ..r

    ~ D 4!%3
    A
    3[0:1

    Isn 1.1:22
    . T2: ~

    I( nc ao:?a

    I R I TI!&
    Jrr I K I B

    nEu
    1911b:2
    ::IS
    t " .n:(;
    &IVF!):.{

    Jt.r Ill:23
    1'Th 4'5

    :'rll 1 :'7
    'rht 1: lli

    r J y 10::fl

    I ] , 13::
    I,< 42: 10

    ""T

    terr01%,~

    ap, 35:4
    Hch ?:IS

    "%nl?' 31, neph'~sB; Pg, a"wi.mu. b Or, "anrruln?- power." * Ry


    ~Figllteol~ectionshI map read: "=E skin will be enten by disw~rb."
    "The k t - h r i l of drntb," 3f. That is, tllc most d~ndEgdi*iwse.

    ~ h j i l i ~ tplace.'
    g

    "Undernenth will hjs very roots dry up,'


    'I,a 5.1:L
    I I o 0:lG
    "And, up above, his bough will \\--ither.
    >I:uI i:t
    q 8 p * n : 1 ~i f "The very mentioning af him mill certainly
    I'.r s7;.1,
    perish biomthe earth,"
    ..1'1'b'c
    . 21 l . 2 2
    "And he \viII have no name9 out in the
    street.
    " "They will push I~fril;out of the light into ffle

    earth,

    "And a catchjng device f o r him on [his]


    pathway.
    "Romd about, sudden terrors certainly lnalce
    I ~ PT~:IR
    E
    him start up in fright,'
    Jcr 6::5
    ,Tcr
    w:.?
    "And indeed chase him at his feetR
    fll,,<>
    %G:?d
    251
    7;(i
    J9Wis vigorTJbecomes hunpy,t
    t l k l 2'5
    "'And disasterUstancis ready to make him
    limp+
    " 'Tt will eat the p i e s of his skln;c'
    vLn
    ~II
    4:s)
    3:C
    "The first-horn" sf death"* will eat his *E!r m:"
    fi:5
    limbs.
    I4 '?His confidence !%-ill be tom away from his
    mt 7:n
    o m tentf
    "And it will march him to the king of

    "There umlI1yeside in his tent something t h a t


    Is not his;
    "Sulphur will he strewed upon his own

    l't'cr r9:h

    .).!.,1
    J;IS 3:b

    *p..I
    Nu l.i:.Yd
    Xr. d:~:

    t(.P

    It13

    21
    4'

    I I . ~ ~tiTis
    8

    I:

    '11 +:

    I:1,

    :w

    -,-{

    d ~ r k n ~ ~ ~ ,
    "And from the productive lands they r i l l
    chnse him away.'
    lb"He will have no posterity and no progeily
    among his people,'
    ~ ~ "And there will be no survivor in his place
    of temporary residence.
    "At his clay the people in the West will indeed
    stare in amazement,"
    "And a shudder will certainly seize even
    the people in t h e East,
    'il "Only these are the tabernacles of an evildoer,
    '"nd this is the place of one that has not
    known God,"bli
    And Job proceeded to anstver and say:
    "'"Horv long will YOU men keep irritating
    my soulr
    " h d keep crushing me with wordsle
    I "These ten timest sou proceeded to rebuke me;
    "You am not ashnrned1I Itlaat J YOU deal so
    hard with me,
    "And, granted that I have made a mistake,'

    19

    ..l'hn prorloc.tivc Irrrd." Y, tr.lrPZ'; V , o r ' (''[terrestrial]


    pi r ~ l ~ " b) .'hflorl.'' >ft I</,

    JOB 19:CT13

    56

    "It is with me that my mistake will pas5


    the night.&*
    "Iffor a fact against me YOU men do put on
    great airs"
    "And YOU show my reproachB Po be proper
    against me,"
    O "KNOW,
    then, that Godhhimself has misled me
    "And his hunting net he has closed in
    upon me.+
    7"Look! I keep crying out: 'Violence!' but I
    g e t no answer;'
    "I keep crying for help, but there is nc
    justice.@
    "My very path he has blocked with a, stone
    wall and I cannot nass over:
    "And upon my roadways he
    darkness
    itseIf.*
    "My own glorp he has stripped from me,"
    "And he takes away the crown of my head.
    lo "He pulls me down-on all sides and I go
    away,k
    "And he pulls my hope out just like a tree.
    l1 "His anger aIso grows hot against me,n
    "And he keeps reckoning me as an adversarf of his.'
    "Unitedly his troops come and cast up their
    way against me,
    "And they camp round about my tent,
    l3"My own brothers he has put far away from
    me,s
    "And the very ones knowing me have even
    turned aside from me.

    JOB 19 :l d 2 2

    57

    I
    DPs 35%
    Zep 2:10
    QPs 15:3
    ALu 132

    Re 12;lO

    b p s 44:s

    Ps 66:11
    La 1:13

    *PS 22:2

    3er 20%

    Hab 1:2
    @Lu 18:7

    .Ps 23:4
    J FW
    Isa
    1~:IO3 : ~

    ;g;$;;l

    a L X X adds : "'by saying a thing that was not necessary, and my sayings [utterances] are m~stalren[err] and not scasonnble [timely] ."
    "God," X,ELo'ah, of which El.o.hia8' is the plural form.

    I l4 "Mv" intimate acauaintancesa have ceased


    to be,t
    hlt 10:21
    "And
    those known by me have themselves
    Joh 13:18
    fomatten me,
    uJob31:32 l5 "Those t&nporasily dwelling in my house;"
    rEzr 2 65
    and my slave girls' themselves reckon
    me as a stranger;
    O P s 69:s
    "A real foreignerc' I have become in their
    * n e 14.21
    eves..
    I5 "To my servant I have called but he does not
    answer.
    "With my own mouth I keep imploring him
    for compassion.
    lT
    "My breathb itself has become loathsome to
    bJ0b 2:g
    my wife,*
    Mr 10:B
    "And I have become foul-smelling to the
    sons of my [mother's] belly.c
    l8 "Also young boys themselves have rejected
    b 2 K l 223
    me;@
    Isa 3.5
    "Let me but rise up and they begin to speak
    against me.
    +E%& lo '[All the men of my intimate group detest me;
    "And those whom I loved have turned
    @Lu2248
    against me.@
    "TOmy skin and to m y flesh my bones a c h 'Job 33:21
    ally cleave,"
    PS 2237
    Ps 102:5
    "And
    I escape with t h e skin of my teethd*
    *2Co 1:lQ
    "Show me favor, show me favor, 0 you my
    kMt 5 7
    companions,
    ~t 254.5
    M r 9 41
    "For God'se own hand has touched me.
    G~ 6:2
    2a "Why do YOU men keep persecuting me as
    nPs 6926
    Gode does,"
    Re 14:4

    --

    relatiom." b Or, "spirit!' M, vu'okh; Vg,ha'li.tws, c Literally, "my belly." Bnt cornpaw Job 3 : 10. d Or, by another derivation
    o f the verb and some comectims, Ji may read: ('And my f l e d becomes hairless in my teeth." Cornpara Job 13: 14. eUUod's." $1,
    EF.otah. f "God." hI, El.
    a Or, "My

    JOB 19:23-29

    58

    "And not have YOUR fill of my own


    flesh?
    ithat now my words were written

    And Zo'phar the Nc?'a+ma.thlieproceedto reply and say:


    "Therefore do my own disquletina thoughts
    then~selvesansrver rncl,'

    20 ed

    clown !

    "0 that in

    a book-they
    wew even In- "Ps40:T
    rXsa 3 2 8
    scribed!'
    s*'With an iron- s t y I ~ s sand [with] lead,
    3
    TJrr
    J O $7:~
    ~
    4 ~ 1 3
    "Fomver in t h e rock 0 that they ~vem
    t I% 27:8
    hewn?
    .lo5 8:21
    Xv%nd I rnyself well know that my redcerner""" ;T;aI;i;
    EISII
    1:7
    is alive,
    "And that, corning after I:rne], he wlIl rlse
    VGC
    PS 26
    3:15
    upv over [the l dust,
    zv"knd
    after my skin, rwhlch'l they have
    'Ira 53.2
    skinned off,*-this!
    doh 13:V
    "Yet reduwd in my flesh" 111all behold
    God,"
    ~ K 24%'
    U
    P7 "Whom even I shall behold for myseIfP
    Ps 17:15
    "And [whom] my very eyes will cert~inly
    see,' but not some stranger.
    -iMnl
    CPII 3:1
    1%
    "My kidneys have faiIed deep within me. a@l:7
    'Tor YOU men say: 'Why do we keep perseIPSm : ~
    cr~tinghim?'
    Lu 1 1 : z
    "'When the very root of [the] matter is
    found in mead
    am "Be frightened for yourselves because of a

    sword,+
    "For the sword means a raging against
    errors,
    "In order that vou men may know there is
    a judge."&

    + ~13:4
    o

    Re 19:15

    JOB 20: 1-11

    59

    "Evcnon account of my i n w ~ r dexcitement.


    ''A13 insulting exhortatio~zt o me I hear,
    ''And a spirit without the understanding
    that I hawk replies to me.
    "Wave you a t aI1 times known this very
    thing,
    "Since mana was put. upon the earth,n
    "That the joyful cry of wicked people is

    'I

    rCo B:3
    Rs 5 : I l

    21:~-

    shortp
    "And the rejolchp: of an apostate 1s for a
    moment.?
    excellenc~lascends to heaven

    Xva 14:18

    "And his v e r ~
    head2 reaches t o the clouds,
    his manure cakes he perishes forever;'
    J e r H::
    "The very ones seeing him will shy: o\JThere
    uIvn 1.1~18
    is he?'"
    ' "Like a dream he will fly off ~ n they
    d
    will not

    tE'4

    100:L3

    , !

    : "Llhe

    find him,
    "And he mi11 be chased away 13kc a vision
    VFI73:m
    of the night.v
    1 F11 241.1
    "The eye that has caught s l k l t of him will not
    'PII 37:lO
    do so again,"
    P1 37: 3C1
    EJoll

    IH

    "And no more will hh p l ~ behold


    e
    himr
    "His o m sons n+iIl seek the f m of needy

    /INJ

    *p, 55:11
    Ec 1 1 9

    Mt 7:2

    'Or, "repurchnser." bfitcrdlr, "Yet ont of nrp flesh": or, "Pet


    npmrt f r o ~ nmy flesh," If. lrCl~cl,'j nl ~~F;lho1fih,
    d laTn f w n d in me,"
    31 ; lLwo ~ ~ l l nfind
    l l in him," LSX. ' . ' I ' ~ P ~ i~P n j u d ~ ~ ,IJJ" a rol-recti ~ ufi tho
    ~ rowel poi~itsof M;in nrrosniont wit11 1', Beo 1 Samuel
    34 ; 15.1 Clth~i-arrould read it : ''thcro is nu Rl~iiiglity,"

    IRXIO

    pmple;

    "And his otvn hands will give hack his valu-

    able things.
    "
    'Hsi own bones have k n full of his youthful
    vigor,
    Or, (lAdnm.ft M,n,rlrt?l~'.

    JOB 20:U-22

    60

    "Butwith him if wjU lie down In mere dust.' 7; 3;;:


    1E "If what is bad tastes snreet in hls mouth,*
    mly:2;n
    "If he causes it to melt away under his ;:; ;y;rs
    l'r ;O.IT
    tongue,
    '"''Xf he has compassion upon it ~ n does
    d
    not
    'hft b:m
    leave it,"
    130 #:la
    '"nd if he keeps holding it back In the ~ n a l : l 3
    midst of his palate,
    " "His food itself will certainly be changed in
    387
    his own bowels;
    "It will be the gall of cobras rvlthln him,
    t s "Vrealth he has s\vaUo~vd
    down," but he wjll k"leQ
    n pr 238
    vomit it upin
    11t 2-73
    "Goda will drive it out from his very belly.'.
    lu'The venom of cobras be will: suck;
    SDP ?EN
    "The tongue of a viper will IriH him.=
    Jf:i JO.6
    n h ~ 1i 4 . ~ 3
    "He will never sees the watercourses,t
    J c r 17:0
    "Torrential streams of honey and butter.ll ,;f:!t
    IS "He will be giving back [his] acquired prop- "i$&,l,s
    erty and will not swallow [it] down;
    "Like wealth from his trade, but w1h5ci~he
    VLU 12:20
    will not enj0y.v
    I!' "For he bas crushed to pieces, he has left
    *PS12:s
    needy ones ;"
    PT r.1:nr
    "Hehas snatched away a house Itself that Jnsa;.i
    ~ K 21:19
    I
    he did not proced t o build.=
    lsrr 2s
    ="For he will certainly know no ease In his
    belly;
    "By hisdesirable3things he will not e s ~ a p e ;E
    , ~ ?;0:;
    lTl~ereis nothing. left over for him t o devour;
    "That is why his svelI-being mill not endure,' ; ; ;O ;;ill
    Iw9
    z 3 "While his plenty is at its peak he wjll be
    *E,?
    s
    :~a
    feeling anxious;*

    gal1;
    "Frightful objects wEll go against him.'
    dsa
    "All dasknessB will be reserved for his treas>It 8:12
    urea things;
    ttsa a
    3
    3
    "A Are that no one fanned will eat him up;t
    RIL 3:12
    3a.s 5 3
    '7t mil1 go badly ~ 4 t ah survivor in his tent.
    "Heaven
    will uncover his errorfa
    l'J',"Py9:$,1,
    RIxl 3:5
    '
    "
    d
    earth
    wlll be in revolt against him.
    Lu 12:2
    = 8 '$Aheavy shower wjll roll his house anray;dv
    vfi;,;g
    "There will be t h h g s poured forth on the
    *De29,M
    day of his anger.*
    P S 11:fi
    29 "This is the share of the wicked mane from
    I'LU

    rcp':;s

    I I I a:&

    uha.rqnr,

    Rr,

    "All the powera of misfortune itself will


    come agalnst him.
    "LRt it occur that, to all his belly,
    @XU11:33
    "'He will send hls burning anger upon himm
    P S 7s:n
    ' G c 19:?4
    "And will rain' [it] upon him, into his
    E u 9:23
    intestines,
    #1Ki 20:m ?"'He will run awayw from armor of iron;
    Isn 2428
    Jer 1e.14
    '% bow of copper!<will cut him up,
    A m 9:2
    lc2Sa 22335 25 4'Amissileb itself will even go out through his
    back,
    n De 32341
    "And a glittering weaponcn out through his
    21:~

    npr 10:7

    I
    AAc T.2

    n:1
    Heb 2:l

    AC

    o J O 1630
    ~
    Mt m:19

    G0d.1~

    "Even his stated inheritance fmm Cod.".


    And Job proceded to answer and say:
    "LLSTEN~ttentivelyt o my word:
    dnA"'
    let this become aouR consolation.
    a "Fur UP with me find I myself shalI speak,
    "~nd
    after my speaking- you may [each]

    21

    Literally, "hand," 3f. b liRlissile," by a carrrction in 11. Literally


    "One has d r a m out" ( a ~l*e&pon),w , a ''A g1ittcrjll.g wrapon?'
    Literally, '%ghtnbg," 31. d Or, "The ilici~aac!01' 11is house will roll
    rimy!' "Uan."M, e.dn;mt. "God." 11,E1.o.A im'. I *'God?' 11, El.
    4

    JOB 21:&13

    62

    "As for me, is my complaint to rnan?a4


    "Or why is it that my spirit does not get
    impatient?
    "Turn YOUR faces t o me and stare in amazement,@
    <'And put [SOUR] hand upon [ ~ o L T ]I
    mouth.'
    *JR
    Job1840:4
    :19
    ""And if I have remembered, I have also be- M l c ~
    come terrified"
    "And shuddering has taken hold of my
    flesh.
    "FVhy is it that the wicked themselves keep
    living,'
    "Have grown old, also have become superior in ~ e a l t h ? ~
    " "Their offspring" are firmly established with
    them in their sight,
    "And their descendants before their eyes.
    ""Their houses are peace itself, free from

    "And in a moment down to She'ol they


    "PS 73:4

    UP;

    Pr 13
    Joh 319
    Ro 1:28
    sJob27.10
    6

    t ~IC
    s IT:~~
    :Eckl3

    EJ
    U&

    IO:II

    APs 7321

    rPs 735
    dread,'
    1Th 5:3
    "And the rod of Godb is not upon them.
    "His own buIl actually impregnates and it
    does not waste semen;
    "His cows bring forth* and suffer no abor-

    tion.
    "They keep sending out their young boys just
    like a flock:
    "And their own male childrene go skipping
    about.
    l3 "They continue raising [their voice] with the
    tambourine and harp,""
    'dAnd keep rejoicing a t the sound of the
    flute.
    lfl "They spend their days in good times,v

    JOB 21:14-21

    63

    O3127
    ~
    30~31

    IIsa
    sa S:U
    2.213

    vMt 2k88
    Lu 1239

    rrNmul.'!
    M, ~,.dum'.b "Qod.': 31, El,o'ak. See Job 3 :4, footnote b.

    OEx 5:Z

    Ps 10:4
    HO 13:6
    +Is% 3O:ll
    JIal 214

    -+Ps 495
    FY

    52:s

    EC

    8:s

    descend.'
    "And they say t o The [true] God:" 'Turn
    away from us!'
    " 'And in the linosvledge of your ways we
    have found no delight."
    I' 'What does the A l m i g h t p amount t o that
    we should serveb him,b
    " 'And how do we benefit ourselm in that
    1% have come in touch with him?"
    It: "Look! their well-being is not i
    n their omn
    power.C*
    "The very counsel of wicked ones has kept

    *Pa I:I

    18:28
    #pr 2430

    OPs

    L7

    kPs J7:7
    Ps 735

    nPs 7359
    Hab z:3
    1.=15:7
    PS 1:4

    Is* 52.1
    H o 13:3
    nit 3:1z
    2 5

    t E u 20:S
    Isa 1.1:21
    Eze 0:6
    uEze 2 2 2 2
    3-18
    rift Is'= 2i1

    vPs 75:s

    I= 51:1?

    : :ZP,*EC
    ;$ 218

    f a r from me."
    "HOWmany times is the lampo of the wicked
    ones extinguished,#
    "And [how many times] does their disaster
    come upon them?lc
    "[How many times] in his anger does he
    apportion d e s t i ~ c t i o n ? ~
    "POthey become like straw before a wind,""
    "And like chaff Iias a stormwind stolen
    them away?
    ''Gode himself will store up one's hustfulnessg
    for one's own sons;t
    "He will reward him that he may know

    [it]

    ''His eyes will see his decay,


    "And from the rage
    - of the Almighty
    - - he will
    drink.^
    :,51"For what will his delight be in his house
    &er him,'

    l'The [true] God.'' 81,7 ~ - E l . Or, owhi hi^.^' LiternlIy, "hand,"


    d 'LWind.'' X, vrifah7t; L X X , a'eze.mos; Vg, cm'tzta, aL'Ckod."
    3f, EF.ofCdk.
    a

    N.

    JOE 21:22-31

    64

    "When the number of his months wiI1 really be cut in two?'


    eZ "Will he teach knowledge even to God,&"
    "When that One himself judgesa high

    '"'This

    ones ? 0
    very one will die during his full self-

    sufficiency,'
    "When he is altogether carefree and at

    65

    Ezc 3 2 : a

    2Pc 2:4
    Jude 9
    Re 2O:lO
    'Lu 12:20

    ease;

    " "When] his own thighs have become full of


    fat'
    "And the very marrow of his bones is being
    kept moist.
    " {'Andthis other one will die with a bitter soulb O P s 69:9
    "When he has not eatenC of good things? #lKi 17:13
    Eze 4:17
    2G "Together in the dust they will lie dorvnk
    kJob 3:19
    3:m
    "And worms themselves will form a cover EEcC 9:2
    nIsa 14:lL
    over them.n
    "Look! I well know the thoughts of row menT
    "And the schemes with which YOU wouId
    act violently against
    2 5 ('FQT
    YOU say: 'Where is the house of the
    noble one,
    " 'And where is the tent, the tabernacles of
    tXu 16:32
    wicked ones?'t
    Job 20:28
    Ps 52:5
    2o "Have YOU not asked those traveling over the

    roads?
    "And do YOU not carefully inspect their
    very signs,
    " "That at the day of disaster an evil one is
    spared:'
    "At the day of fury he is delivered?"
    l'Who will tell him of his way to his very face,"
    a

    "And for what he himself has done who will


    reward himPo
    " "As f o r him, to the graveyard he will be
    brought,"
    "And over a tomba a vigil will be kept.
    33 ('TO
    him the clads of earth of a torrent valley
    will certainly become s w e ~ t , ~
    "And after him he will drag all rnankind,b'
    "And those before him were without
    number.
    "So how vainly rrou men try to comfort meIe
    "And YOUR very replies do remain as unfaithfulness!""
    And El'i.phaz the TePman.ite proceeded
    to answer and say:
    "Can an able-bodied manCbe of use to Godda
    himself,"
    "That anyone having insight should be of
    use toward him?
    "Does the Almighty have any delight in that
    you are righteous,lc
    "Or any gain in that you make your way
    one of integrity?n
    "For your reverence will he reprove you,
    "lVil1 he come with you info the judgment?'
    "'Is not your own badness much already,a
    "And will there be no end to your errors?
    "For you seize a pledge from your brothers
    without cause,u
    "And you strip o f f even the garments of
    nakedo people.
    "You do not give the tired one a drink of water,
    "And from the hungry you hold back bread,'
    - .
    .. . ..- - . . - .. - . . .

    I
    bEe 5:s
    Isa 40:23

    "1Ch 9:l
    1Ch 10:13
    Ezr 10:6

    IcDe 1035
    Pr 15:s
    Jer 9:24

    v Job 2197

    Jer 41:2

    Jer 41:15

    31t 28114
    *ZSa 12:7

    1KI 2139
    Ps 50:21.
    der 2 5 4
    hIr 6 3 8
    Ga 2:11

    Yiod.)' X. El. "Soul.v N,ncuh'esl! ;L a , psv.cbbP;V,n, m'ni-ma.

    - ..

    JOB 21:32-22:7

    22

    JOB 22:&17

    67

    66

    ((ASfor a mana of ~ t r e n g - t hthe


    , ~ earth is his,*

    *$f\z!;i5

    "And one who is treated with partiality f i ~ ~ c 7 : a


    himself dwells in it.
    ''Widows you have sent away empty-handed,
    "And the arms of fatherless boys m'e
    OEx 22322
    cru~hed.~'
    De 27.19
    l o "That is why bird traps are all around you, k
    :$:g
    "And sudden dread terrifies youp
    APF
    J ~3:23
    1:27
    S
    *I $'Or darkness, [so that] you cannot see,+
    ClppTr$Ti
    ;
    r 4:le
    "And a heaving mass of water itsel cove-rs doe
    2:Z

    JOB 22:1&27

    tEYethe himself has filled their houses with


    #1Sa 2:7

    gomi things;"

    PS 1734

    m 5:45

    "And the very counsel of wicked ones has


    BPS 1:1
    kept far from men1<
    Is'(The righteous ones will see and rejoice,n
    n,P,5:{;gu
    R C 18.20
    "And the innocent one himself will mock
    rPs 52:6
    at them:'
    " 'Truly our antagonistsa have been wiped out;
    " 'And what is left of them a fire will cersGe 1934
    tainly eat up,'"
    L U 17:29
    +Ps42:7
    YOU.+
    Z1
    "Acquaint
    yourself, please, with him" and
    .fF;&79
    Jon 2 3
    Y oh 17.3
    "Is not Godd the height of heaven?'
    IPS 11i.3
    keep peace,
    "Also seee the sum total of the stamp that ~ , ~ ~ :tPr,326
    ,
    "Thereby good things will come t o y0u.t
    XPS 1-37~
    they are high.
    uDe 4:2
    "Take, please, the law from his own mouth,u
    vDc 6:6
    IS "And yet. you have said: 'What does God&
    "And put his sayings in your heart.'
    PS IIO:II
    really know?
    ? 3 "If you return to the Almighty," you will he
    .g"I:4":2
    '50"
    " 'Through thick gloom can he judge?'
    Zec 1:3
    built up;
    l4 " 'Clouds are a hiding place far him so that
    '
    "
    LIf
    you will keep unrighteousness far
    UPS 93*14
    @Jos7:2X
    he does not see,'
    Ps Y7:2
    from
    your tent:
    ~
    ~
    2 Isa 39:15
    " 'And on the vault of heaven he walks P h 1
    ='
    "And there is a placing of precious ore in the
    about.'
    dust
    K e 10329
    l5 "Will you keep to the very way of long a g d *E;?i,,
    "And gold of 0'phil-b in the rock of torrent
    I K i 9:28
    Ps 4 : 9
    "That hurtful menh have trodden,
    Jsa 13313
    valleys,
    lB
    ('[Men] who have been snatched away before
    '
    "
    en
    t h e Almighty wlll indeed become your
    O P S5 ~ 2 3
    their time,O
    precious ores,
    Gc 7:l'i
    "Whose foundation' is poured just as a *gsbl;;?;
    V Pr 334
    "And silver, the choicest, to
    Iss 35:Ii
    LU 6:49
    river,
    "For then in the Almighty you will find your
    IT
    (Who are saying to The [true] God:f 'Turn
    -Ps37:4
    exquisite delight,'
    Isa 5834
    ~ I S Um.11
    away from us!'
    Rv 1:25
    "And
    you will raise your face to Godb
    mps %:I
    " 'And what can the Almighty accomplish
    hirnselfne
    PS 86:6
    against zrs?'jk
    XPS
    I- 1434
    "You will. make supplication to him and he
    xg:ii%S
    1sa 5 x 9
    wilI hear you,"
    IJO
    6
    2
    5
    "Are
    crushed,"
    X
    ;
    Nyou
    Literally,
    "am,"
    &
    I
    .
    a "Man." b1, iah,
    *Ps 11624
    "And your vows you will pay.*
    crush," according to L-'Z'XTigSyT, "God." 11,;F:l.n'ah. "Eee,"JhC;
    Ec S:Q
    I

    1"

    "he sees," L X X S y , Or, "the head of the stars," that is, the highest
    star. g "God." 31, El. "hien." 31, vrVhina. I "The: [true] God." &I,
    Ita-El; L S X , "Jehovah." j AI, "against himv; LXXSy, ''against us."

    Literally, "om antngonists,', M. "Their p r o p e r y ; by a oorrection


    of M. "God." M, EZ.ot~la.

    JOB 22 :28-23 :7

    68

    " h d you will decide on something, and it will


    stand for
    "And upon your ways light will certainIy
    shine.n
    2b "For there must be a humiliation when you
    speak arrogantly,r
    "But one with downcast eyes he will save.'
    ao "He will rescue an innoc.ent man,at
    "And you will certainly be rescued for the
    cleanness of your hands."bu
    And Job proceeded to answer and say:
    " ~ v e nt d a y my cornplaintv is rebel-

    kPs
    Mt 1k18
    90:17

    nPr
    J O 4:18
    8:12
    ~
    TPr
    S S16:18
    22:"s
    ~

    ~;;lg;~
    LU 1833
    tGe 1B:lG

    2Pen:g

    UPS

    23

    liousness;
    "My own hand is heavy over my sighing.
    a "0 that I really knew where I might find
    him!'
    "I would come clear to his fixed place.:
    "I would present before" him a case of justice:
    "And my mouth I would fill with counter-

    24:d

    x 7 ~ o 10.1
    b

    'Job 133

    J o b 16:21

    o'J","bzi;yn
    *Ps 431

    arguments ;
    4Eu
    NU 3213
    1 4 : ~
    '(1would know the words with tvhich he an- g,~;:~
    swers me,
    "And I rvould consider what he says to me.' tlco4:4
    wWould he with an abundance of power contend with me?
    "0 no! Surely he himself would pay
    . heed1
    B E x 3:7
    to me.@
    Ps 2224
    7 "There the upright one himself will certainly Jer 18.19
    *Isa 1:18
    reason'wh him,"
    "And I would go safe forever from my
    judge.d*

    ~RO
    R 85:l
    O5 3

    'Or, possibly, "God [El,o'ah] will regcue the innocent one." N appears clefective here. For R!t literally reads: "He will rescue one not
    BI. c Or, "against." Compare Genesis 10:9, footnote b. d "From my judge," M ; or, preferably, by a
    correction of 31, ''from mny opponent-nt-1mv.l'

    innocent." bliterally, "palms,"

    l3

    ' Ec 3:14

    Ma1 3:6
    Ro 9:19
    Jas 1.17
    CPs 1356

    Isa 1424
    Isa 46:lO

    AlTh 3:3

    1Th 5:V

    CPS 111:lO

    Hab 316
    +Ps 2224

    1:m

    ~ R U

    Ps 88%

    XI=

    575

    "Look! TO the east I go and he is not there,


    "And back again and I cannot discern
    "TO the Ieft when he is working, but I cannot
    behold [him] ;
    "He turns asidea t o the right, but I do not
    see [him]."
    lo "For he well knows the way I takenr
    "[After] he has put me an trial I shall
    come forth as gold itse1f.e
    " "Of his steps" my foot has laid hold;
    "His way I have kept, and I do not deviate.t
    '""From]
    the commandmentz of his lips I do
    not move away,"
    "I have treasured up the sayings of his
    mouthv more than what is prescribed
    for me.
    "And he is in one [mind],
    - . and who can resist
    him?*
    "And his own soul has a desire. and he wlIl
    do [it] ."
    la "For he will carry out completely what i s
    prescribed for meVA
    "And things like these are many with him.
    li "That is why I feel terrified because of him;
    "I show myself attentive and am in dread
    of him.F
    IG 'Zven Godc himself has made my heart timid,'
    "And the Almighty himself has terrified
    me .f
    "For I have not been put to silence because of
    darkness,"
    "Nor because gloom has covered my own

    1.'

    face.

    "13e turns aside," Bf ; "I turn aside," VgS y.


    Vg5p; "step," ;If. "God." 31, EF.
    a

    "Steps," I;XX-

    JOB 24 :1-9

    70

    "Why is it t h a t times have not been


    stored up by the Almighty himself:
    2;:
    '"Andl
    the very ones knowing him have not Ac17;26
    *PS
    AC 91:7
    0~2
    beheld his days?*
    e"There are those who move back boundary
    3De 1914
    marks,'
    De 27:17
    "A drove they have snatched away, that "r23:lQ
    4~0I
    b:=
    they may shepherd [it] .aA
    "They drive off even the male ass of fatherless
    boys;
    "They seize the widow's buIl as a pledgenobg;z;::
    "They turn aside the poor ones from the way;* ,;",",E,z&
    i
    "At the same time the afflicted of the earth ,P,T,5t&A
    Am
    have kept themselves hidden.
    Jas 5:4
    cGe 1G:L2
    "Look! [as] zebras* in the wilderness
    Ps 101:11
    "They have gone forth in their activity, 1 s a 3 ~ 1 4
    looking for food.
    "The desert plain [gives] each one bread
    for the boys.
    "In the field its fodder they harvest,
    "And the vineyard of the wicked one they ,,,,,:,
    hastily despoil."
    ifi~Y15
    "NakedJo they pass the night without a gar- 0JDb26:6

    24

    ment,"
    "And without any covering in the c01d.k
    "From the rainstorm of the mountains they
    get drenched,
    "And because there is no sheltern they have
    to hug a rock.
    "They snatch away a fatherIess boy even from
    the breast,'
    "And what is on the afflicted one they take
    as a pledge."

    *E;

    *EX
    D e 2.133
    22%'
    kGe=:aO

    n1'2f9"::3
    Hab 1 1 : ~
    r2Ki 4.1
    Ne 5:s

    sDe 24:13

    Ezze 1832

    a r.rThatthey may shepherd [it]," $1; "together with its shepherd,"


    LXX.

    32Pe 395

    ALu 12:47
    Joh 339
    Joh 15:24
    0 Joh X:31
    J o h 155
    Ro 1:32
    dude G
    W s 62:s

    .Ps 10:8
    CPs 50:18
    GJoh 10:lC
    "Ex 20:14
    Pr 6:s

    JOE 24 :ILK'

    '"'Naked, they have to go about w i t h o u t a


    garment,t
    "And, hungry, they have t o carry the
    reaped @amu
    "Between the terrace waUs they pass the
    no~ntirne;~
    "Wine presses they have to tread and yet
    they go thirsty.v
    lZ "From out of the city the dying keep groaning,
    "And t h e soul of deadly wounded ones cries
    for help,*
    "&Id G ~ d himself
    b
    considers [it] not as unseemliness.'
    la "As f o r them, they proved to be among the
    rebels against light$
    "They did not recognize its ways,
    "And they did not dwell in its roadu7aysn0
    l4 "At daylight the murdererE gets up,
    "He proceeds t o kill the afflicted and the
    poor one;'
    "And during the night he becomes a regular burglar .cam
    lU%s for the eye of the a d ~ l t e r e r , ~it" has
    watched for evening darkness,
    "Saying: "0 eye will behold me!'"
    "And over his face he puts a coveringsk
    the darkness he bas d i g into
    "By day they must keep themselves locked

    in.
    "They have not known daylightr
    "For morning is the same as death shadorvs
    for them,
    "For they recognize what the sudden terrors of death shadow are.t
    press out oil." "God." X, El.o'ah. Or, by another

    a Orl I(the7
    +endxng o f 31,({he goes as a burglar."

    JOB 24 :18-25 :2

    72

    "He is swift on the surface of the waters.


    "Their tract of land will be cursed En the
    v D e 28.16
    earthv
    M<al2:2
    "He will not turn toward the way of the
    vineyards.
    l9 "The drought, also the heat, snatch away the
    * J O 6:17
    ~
    snow waters;*
    "So does She'ol those who have sinned!' %
    ;:"%
    zn "The womb will forget him, the worm will
    V J O ~17:l.l
    sweetly suck him,"
    Isa 14:lI
    *EC 9 5
    "He will be remembered no more.'
    Tja 26:l-l
    "And unrighteousness will be broken just
    o ~ 3t3 0
    like a tree."
    hlt 7:19
    31 "He is having dealings with a barren woman
    who does not bear,
    "And with a widow4 to whom he does no
    good*
    82 "And he will certainly draw away strong people by his power;
    "He will rise up and not be sure of his life."
    2a "He will grant him to become confident5 that
    BILU
    ",cB$;1299
    ;12
    he may support himself;
    1Th 5:3
    "And his eyes will be upon their ways."
    24 ''They have become high up a little while,
    *PSm : ~ o
    then they are no more,'
    Ps 92:7
    Jns 1:lf
    "And they have been brought l o y k like 1<Is3.
    L4:12
    Re za:3
    everyone else they are plucked off,
    "And like the head of an ear of grain they
    nIs1
    ~7:~
    are C U off
    ~ ."
    Re 14:15
    s3 "SO really now, who wilI make me out a liar
    rJoh 5 4 3
    "Or reduce my word to nothing?"'
    Joh 8:46
    And Bil'dad the Shu'hite proceeded t o
    SIC^ 2931
    answer and say:
    Ps 89;l
    "Rulership and dreadfulness are with him;$ E4'g6
    l8

    73

    "He is making peace an his heights.


    tgt\;3ij"3O

    ~e 511

    llRo5:1

    KO 8:33
    RC 15
    vPs 51:5

    Hcb 7:26
    :Job 3 1 9 6

    *Ps 89.37
    Ps 104:IB
    Ps 148:3
    W e 1,16
    G e 1:18

    *Ps 8:4
    Ps 22.6

    4 J O 1~6 : ~

    +Sob1 2 9
    Job 17:lO

    ; : : : =~PX

    a "His

    Life,'> L-g

    and three Hebrew manuscripts; "life," 31,

    "IS there any number to his traops?t


    "And upon whom does his light nat rise?
    "SO how can mortal mana be in the right before Godybu
    "Or how can one born of a woman be deanlv
    "Look! there is even the moonQ*and it is not
    bright,
    "And the stars" themselves have not proved
    clean in his eyes.
    "How much less so mortal man,&who is a worm,
    "And a son of man,c who is a maggot!"*

    26

    4F&;?:

    25

    JOB 25;%26:6

    And Job proceeded t o answer and say:


    "0 how much help you have been t o
    one without power!

    "0 [how] you have saved an a m that is


    without strength!O
    "HOWmuch you have advised one that is without wisdom,*
    "And you have made practical wisdom itself
    known to the multitude!
    "To whom have you told wo~ds,
    "And whose breathd has gone forth from
    you?

    XPS 104.25
    cEc5:15
    *Ps 1393
    Am 9:2
    H e b 4:13

    "Those impotent in deathe keep trembling


    "Beneath the waters and those residing in
    them."
    6 r r S h e tisnakedsin
    ~1
    front of him,'
    "And [the place of] destructionf has no
    covering.

    r'M~rtalman." 15, a.v%h'. b "God.>' 81,El. "Man.'! h!I, fl.drran'.


    "l3~eath.'~M, n"slrca.mclh', ''Those impotent in death." 331, Itmrcpka.irn'; formerly trnnsliterated as "the Rephta.im," L X X V g ,
    "giants.'! f"[The place of] destlwction." M, cm.bad.d8n'. The R r ~ t
    occurrence o f t h i s Rebrew n-ord. Compare Revelation 9: 11, footnotes a, b, c.
    a
    d

    JOB 26 :7-27 :3

    74

    JOB 27:"-13
    I

    "He is stretching out the no17thover the empty 1

    nPs 24:4
    Isa 5 3 3

    kJdb 9:s
    Ps 1 M 2
    Isn 42.5
    nGe 1.1
    tGc 1:6
    P s 1=:7

    place,k
    "Hanging the earth upon n ~ t h i n g ; ~
    "JVrapping u p the waters in his ~ l o u d s , ~
    "So t h a t the eloud mass is not split under Pr 30:4

    x0.1'~

    rDe 25:l
    Pr 1755
    Ga YIO

    them;
    l'Enclasing the face of the throne,a
    "Spreading outb over it his cloud.8
    "He has described a circle upon the face of
    the water^,^
    "To where light ends in darkness.
    uHap
    Heh 1221
    2 : ~
    l1 "The very p i ~ l a kof heaven shake,u
    "And they are bewiIdered because of his Re2O:n
    \-EX
    PS 74:13
    14:21
    rebuke.
    rsa 51:15
    '"By his power he has stirred up the sea,v
    Re 17:15
    "And by his understanding he has broken *_ps
    G:P_
    LSB 2 : 1 1
    the stormerc to pieces.*
    Da 2 3 5
    l 3 "By his windd he has polished up heaven itself," =g:1'2:3,
    "His hand has pierced the gliding serpent.cA:
    ; F$f3
    l4 "Look! these are the fringes of his ways,
    gt;;;
    "And what a whisper of a matter has been
    heard of him!
    "But of his mighty thunder who can show
    an understanding?'"
    PS1395
    1 4 ~ 3
    R o 11533
    And Job proceeded again t o lift up his
    proverbial utterancee and ment on to say: sg,"4z2
    " X s God" lives," who has taken away m y judg- xAFuz;lI
    L~~

    27

    ment,

    RU 3:13

    *yua::L6

    I
    "And as the Almighty [lives], who has
    made my soul bitter,"
    21.3 4:27
    ['While my breatho is yet whole within me, f,"G","25:4
    "And the spirit of Godf is in my nostril^,^ g,"zj2$5

    a "The throne," 11.Or, po~siblg,


    '%is full moon:' by a differellt r-orrelpointing of 31. The mixed ~ e r form
    b
    here is understood to be in the
    infinitive absolute, hence! t o he irupersonal and not linlited as to time.
    "The dormer." Possihly a sea monster. JT, r a ' l ~ h , Or, "s irit."
    11,rzr'ahk; S7g, ~pi'ri-$us. "God." 31, El. f "God." >I, EE.0 ah.

    BPS 18321

    ~ A 2C 4 ~ 8

    eps6:10

    111sa25:21i

    VJOb 11:20

    ~t 2335

    ., ,:,
    *Mt16:26

    "My lips will speak no unrighteousness


    "Andm y o m tongue will mutter no deceit !n
    ['It is unthinkable on my part: that I should
    justify YOU men!'
    "Until I expire I shall not take away my
    integrity from myself!
    "On my justness I have laid hold and I shaI1
    not Iet i t go;"
    "My heart will not taunt [me] for any of
    my days.t
    "Let my enemyo become in every way a wicked
    "And the one revolting against me really

    an evildoer.
    "'For what is the hope of an apostate in case
    he cuts [him] off,'
    "In case Goda carries off his soul from

    him?"
    "Will Godh hear an outcry of his
    Pr 28.9
    "In case distress comes upon
    Jer 11:11
    cJobx:s
    lo "If in the Almighty3 he finds exquisite deA h 37:4
    light,*
    Rab 3 3 8
    OR0 12:Ia
    "He
    will call t o Goda at aU timesb
    Eph 6 3 8
    w h 5:17
    "I
    shall
    instruct
    YOUmen by the hand of God;h+
    +Job 4:3
    Isa 8:11
    "That which is with the Almighty I shall
    *De 4:5
    not c ~ n c e a l . ~
    P3 71:17
    Ac20'20
    l a "Look YOU yourselves have all af TOW seen
    visions,
    "So why is it that YOU show yourselves
    xzai 17:w
    utterly vain?"
    Jer 2:s
    l 3 ''This is the share of t h e wicked manc from
    *Ps 11:6
    God,M
    Ec 8:13
    Ma1 35
    "And the inheritance of the tyrants they
    will receive from the Almighty himself.
    LU 12.20

    14G-od." If, El.oYah. b6%od?' M, El.

    "Man.)? 51,n.damJ.

    JOB 27:1 6 2 3

    76

    JOB 28 :1-11

    ""If hTs sons become many, it is for a sword;" kz,"Co!!J


    "And his descendants themselves will not R r lQ:21
    nlsn 2:s
    have enough food.an
    "'Wis own survivors wilI be buried during a
    deadly plague,br

    "And their o n n widows will not weep."


    "If he should pile up silver like dust itself,c
    "And he should prepare attire just as if
    day,u
    It

    "He wvould prepare, but the righteous tvould

    17- 14:18
    o"978:84

    '=2i4
    r1\7t &IS
    Jns 5:?

    cPr 1 3 : B
    be the one to clothe himself,'
    Pr 2P:8
    "And jn the silver the innocent would be c*z*"fi
    the one ta have a share.
    '*"He has built" his house Iike a mere moth,
    "And Iike a boothu that a watchman has
    made.

    IP"

    1Q

    "Rich he wilI lie dam,* but nothing will be

    "'

    ALu12:10

    gathered;"
    "His eyes he has opened, but there will be
    qdob 14:10
    nothing,
    awlLike watergd sudden terrors will overtake
    .PI I:11
    him;'
    Pn 73:19
    "At nighF a stormwind will certainly steal Eg;jl;$zf5
    ~a a , ~ n
    him away.
    '':"
    21 "An east wind will camy him off" and he will
    go away,
    "And it will whirl him away from his place.* "Mt Tn
    33 "'And it will hurl itself at him and have no
    RPS 83:1s
    compassion;
    "From its power he rviU without fait try
    nIsa 10:8
    to run away."
    Am 2:14
    as ""One mill clap hjs hands at him
    rlKl 9 : ~
    "And will whistleTat him fram his p1ace.e $1;y;$
    Or, "bread.!' M. I.iterdly3"death," M.a Or,'%e will not hr g ~ t h ered,'' $1; "he d
    l add n~thing,'%~USy. "Like witem," 31. Or,
    likel;r, h~ a correction of 31, "Daring the day!> *Or,"[On0 pnse-

    ''"

    ing] his place d l r~histlen t it."

    28

    "Indeed, for silver there exists a place


    tofindit
    r7n?r13:9
    "And a place for gold t h a t they refineis
    $ 1 ~ 1 3:3
    fi[:4.4:2:!
    I! "Xronf itself is taken from the very dustu
    $11 31 2 2
    Q~IW
    6 !)
    "And [from] stone copper js being gourd
    out.
    PPnQQ:Ll
    "An end' to the darkness he has set,
    r Pr 2.1
    "And to every limit he is searching outv
    1 :13
    *.lob 12:s
    "Stone in the gloom and deep shadow.'
    "We has sunk a shaft far from where people
    tempar~rllyreside,
    "Places forgotten far from the foot;
    "Some of mortal mena have swung down,
    they have dangled.
    " "As far the earth, out of it food goes forth;*
    1'3 IU I:M
    "But underneath It, it h ~ been
    s
    upturned
    as if by flre.
    PF;p<l
    o a "Its stones are the place of the sapphire,O
    sn Crl 11
    "And it h ~ gold
    s dust.
    LC,21 10
    "A
    pathway-no
    bird of prey' has known it,
    *1.1r14G
    K X C ;5%4
    I1
    "Nor has the eye of a black kite caught
    sight of it.
    "The majestic wild beastsb have not trodden it
    down solid;
    5Joh 10:1(1
    "The young liod has not paced over it.
    Pa 81 :13
    "Upon the flint he has thrust out his hand;
    "He has overthrown mountains from
    Wa 1:s
    [their] root;'
    l o "Into the rocks he has channeled water-filled
    rlSa 5 : s
    gallerles,'
    ?KI m:20
    kEKl IIE
    '#And all precious things his eye has seenk
    Pr 1:13
    l 1 "The places fmm which rive= trickled he has
    n= 1:a
    dammed up,"

    ">f~rtnl tl~cn."'h1, a.acisbE, Literally, "The sons of pride (dignity),'YRI. S.lrbr Jol, 4 1 : 34, footnnte rl,

    JOB 28 :12-21

    "And the concealed thing he brings forth


    rPr 25:2
    to the lightdr
    '"'But wisdom-where can it be found,s sEi&?28
    "And where, now, is the place of under- FgF;63
    Jas 1:5
    standing?
    '"Mortal man has not come to know its valut P s l9:lO
    atiqat
    Ps 119:72
    "And it is not found in the Iand of those Pr8:11
    living.
    " "The watery deepb itseIf has said: ' I t is not
    in me!"
    "The sea too has said: 'It is not with me!'v t'm 11:33
    IG "Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it," "E
    :;;;,
    "And silver cannot be weighed o u t as its
    price.
    'rga13:12
    I G "It cannot be paid for with goldc of O'phir,"
    "With the rare onyx stone and the sapphire.
    l r "Goldd and glassA cannot be compared to it,
    ''Nor is any vessel of refined gold an exchange for it.
    l 8 "CoraIo and rock crystal themselves will not rEze27:16
    be- remembered,
    "But a bagful of wisdom is worth more
    than [one full of] pearls.
    "The topaze of Cushe cannot. be compared to it; 'g,"eQg::3
    "It cannot be paid for even with goldc in R e a : m
    Its purity.
    " ILButwisdom itself--from where does it come," %J,D?&12
    "And where, now, is the place of under- Jas1:lT
    standing?
    21''It
    has been hidden even from the eyes of
    *EcRL7
    everyone alive?
    1Co 2:s

    "And from the flying creatures of the heavens it has been concealed.

    ""Destructionnn and death themselves have


    said :

    " 'With our ears we have heard

    s2Ch 1 6 9
    Pr 15:s
    Zec 420

    --

    "Talnation," JiSrgSy ; "way," L X X , b "The m a t e ~deep."


    ~
    M,
    trk6m, as at Genesis 1: 2, footnote c ; L X X , urbys.sos; Vg, larbys.sm.

    c.'C+old." 11, h;ketJb'~m; an Egyptian word, ""Gold."


    MSy, Xus7t; '*E.thi.oPpi.ny" LIYXJrg.

    M, aa.habc.

    JOB 23 :22-29 :2

    79

    78

    a report
    of it.'
    2S "Godb it is who has understood its way,'
    "And he himself has known its place,
    ?* "For he himself looks t o the very ends of the
    earth;s
    "Under the whole heavensc he sees,
    'To make a weight for the windydt
    "While he has proportioned the waters
    themseIves by a measure;"
    ?'' "When he made for the ~aiaina regulation,v
    "And a way for the thunderous storm cloud,
    2 T "Then it was that he saw [wisdom]@
    and proceeded to tell about it;e
    "He prepared itc* and aIso searched ite
    through.
    ZS "And he went on to say t o man:'
    " 'Look! the fear of Jehovahg-that is wisdom,'
    " 'And t o turn away from bad is understanding.' ""
    And Job proceeded again to lift up his
    proverbial utterance and went on t o say :
    "0 that I were as in the months of long ago,

    29

    46Deatmction!' &I, a.badnddn'; sea Job 26 : 6, footnote f , '[God.?'


    171, El.o.himf, c L'Lrlder the whole heaven.;," MSy ; ''Everything
    under the henrens," LSSVg. d '"I+ind." 19,vu'akk; L e ,:,ca'ne.mos;
    Tg, ~ela'tas.* Litelmnlly, "it." The Hebrew pronoun here 1s fe~uinins,
    referring to u~isdoru.f "Man." M,hn-rs.dnmP. 'rJphovahy" i n many
    Hebrew ~nanuwripts;Do'~~li..n~ts,
    1-g; A . d o . u n ~ ' , M, This is on@
    of the 134 alt~rntiotlxof the Jewish Sopherim, the only one in Job
    whew they changed the original reading PVko.wnh' t o ~ . d o . n a ~ ' I
    Ree Genesis 18 : 3, footuote n.
    a

    80

    JOB 29 :3--I2

    "As in t h e days when GodA was guarding1


    lJob 130
    me;b
    Jo1117:12
    "When he caused his lamp to shine upon my
    head,
    "[When] I would walk [through] darknessC by his light;'
    OPS
    * ~ $18:il
    18:28
    ' "Just as I happened ta be in the days of my EZisE
    prime,
    "When intimacv with God& was at my
    tent;@
    EX
    PS 25:14
    339
    Pr s:3z
    "When the Almighty was y e t with me,"
    "Sos 1:9
    "[When] my attendants were all around g 21
    me!
    "When I washed my steps in butter,
    " A n d the rock kept pouring out streams of
    *De 32:13
    oil for me;
    "When I went forth to the gate by the town," k g i6;i8
    "In the square I would prepare my seat!
    s''The boys saw me a n d hid themselves,
    "And even t h e aged ones rose up, they
    nLR 19:32
    stood."
    1TI 5:17
    1Pe 2 : ~
    O "Princes themselves restrained words,
    "And the palm they would put upon their
    mouth.T
    rJob
    Job 40:4
    2l:5
    Pr 30:32
    l o "The voice of the leaders themselves was
    hidden,
    "And their very tonme
    cleaved to their
    palate.$
    SPS
    Eze123.:72:6e
    l1
    "For the ear itself listened and aroceeded
    to
    pronounce me happy,t
    tyr
    LU 24:zz
    92
    "And the eye itself saw and proceeded t o
    bear witness for me.
    lZ"ForI would rescue the afflicted one crying uPrp a2 ~4 321: a
    for help,u
    Isa 32:2
    -

    --

    ccGod.l' M, El.ofak. Literally, "was being poared out as strews

    of oil wiLh mel"

    M.

    I!

    JOE 29 :13-22

    81
    r-De 1k18
    J U 4:4
    ~

    P"23
    Jas 1:27
    *DQ24.13

    "And the fatherless boy and anyone that


    had no he1per.v
    la "The blessing* of the one about to perishupon me it would come,
    "And the heart of the widow I would make

    ODe 10:18

    glad.'
    "With righteousness I clothed myself, and it
    LPs 132:P
    was clothing me.*
    ISR 6130
    Eph 6;14
    "My
    justice was like a sleeveless coat--and
    Re 19:8
    a turban.
    FPs146:8
    G N U 10~31 Is "Eyes I became t o the blindc one,O
    Tsa 33:s
    "And feet to the lame one I was.
    lG "I was a real father to the poor ones;
    "And the legal case of one whom I did not
    EEx 18:26
    know-I would examine itom
    1K13:28
    "a11:4
    rTrrAnd
    I would break the jawbones of the
    Ps 146:9

    114

    XPS

    wrongdoer,"
    "And from his teeth I would teara away
    the prey.*

    3:7

    #3Sa 17:35

    Ps 124:6

    .lp

    'rAndI used to say: 'Within my nestb I shall


    expire,

    " 'And like the grains of sand I shdl mulk P s 91:16


    1 ~ 3:lo
    e

    nJer 128
    rPs 1333
    Pr 1932

    CPs

    18~34

    Asa 18:4

    1ch 5:18

    t~ob
    29:g
    'Irsa
    A

    I22!45
    52'15
    ~

    tiply [my] days,k


    'My root is opened for the waters,n
    '"And dewv itself will stay overnight upon
    my bough.
    " 'My glory is f r ~ s h
    with me,
    " 'And my bowCSin my hand will shoot
    repeatedly.'
    "To me they listened and they waited,
    "And they wouId keep silent far my
    counse1.t
    "After my word they would not speak again,"

    ls "

    <'Tear." By a sliglrt correction of M m"Throw;' 31.


    nest,"
    M, Probably i t should read, "In m y old age:
    *
    7-77

    "Witbin my
    t o resemhle

    JOB 29:23--30:7

    L1%25:8

    "And upon them my word would drip.'


    "And they waited for me as for the rain,"

    2Sa 1323
    Ps 16:4
    Pr 1:22
    Isn 3 2 3
    Ra 1:21

    "And their mouth they opened wide for the


    spring rain.
    " "I would smile a t them-they would not believe [it]'"And the lighto of my faceAthey would not

    their song,4
    "And I become a byword to them.'
    "They have detested me," they have kept

    La 3:63

    *Job 1 7 5

    P S M : ~ ~

    ezec

    b
    o
    :
    '

    11:s

    1823

    Ps 85:s

    "I would choose the way for them, and I was


    sitting as head;+
    "And I esided as a king among [his]

    'Nu 12:14
    r+a30:6

    -Job 4:3
    troops,
    Isa 61:2
    "AS one wha comforts the rn~urners.~' 7Ps 3214
    "And now they have laughed at me:
    "Those younger' in days than I am,
    "Whose fathers I would have refused
    "To place with the dogsm of my flock.'
    "'Even the power of their hands--of what use
    was it to me?
    "In them vigor has perished.
    "Because of want and hungern they are steriIe,'

    30

    "Gnal~ingat a waterless region,#


    "[Where] yesterday there were storm and
    desolation.
    "They were pluckingt the salt herb by the
    bushes,
    "And the root of broom trees was their food.
    "From the community they would be driven
    away;u
    "People would shout a t them as at a thief.
    a "[They have] to reside on the very slope of
    torrent valleys,
    "Ln holes of the dust and in rocks.'
    "Among the bushes they would cry out;
    "Under the nettles' they would huddle
    together.

    "Sons of t h e senseless one? also sons of the


    nameless one,
    "They have been scourged out of the land.
    "And now I have become even the theme of

    C Ps 69:12
    La 3 : ~

    cast down.
    aK

    JOB 30:8-I7

    83

    82

    vJg 6:2
    Isa 219
    R e 6:15
    opr W:31
    Zep 2:s

    31t 26 67
    3It 27 30
    lcDe 8:2
    n P s 32:9
    Isa 3W:28

    l1

    themselves far from me,"


    "And from my face they did not hold back
    [their J spittle."
    "FOThe Ioosened [my] own bowstring and
    proceeded to humble
    "And the bridlen they left loose on my
    account.

    "At [my] right hand they rise up as a brood,r


    ePs 73:2
    "My feet they have let gars
    der 1 8 : ~ ~
    '"ut they proceeded t o cast up against me
    their disastrous barriers.
    l 3 "They have torn down my roadways;
    "They were beneficial only for my engulftJob 6:2
    ing ruin,t
    PS 373
    EZC38:12
    "Without
    their having any helper.u
    uEzc 38 I1
    l4 "As through a wide gap they proceed to come;
    VPS 69~14
    "Under a storm they have rolled along,v
    ""'Sudden terrors have been turned upon me;
    "My noble bearing is chased like the wind,"
    "And like a cloud my salvation has passed
    away.
    UPS 22:14
    la
    "And
    now my soul is poured out within me;O
    FRY&
    f,Ps N : 1 5
    "Days"
    of afHictionAtake hold upon me,
    AJob 1@:15
    Ps8s:g
    "At
    night
    my very boneso have been bored
    $Job 3391
    PS 6:z
    thraugh [and dropped] from off me,
    "And those gnawing rneb do not themselves
    + J O7:4
    ~
    take any rest.'
    rIsa3:5

    aq;M7ind."

    la

    M,

    p a w i n g pains,

    ~ l t ' f i h h , See Genesia

    1:2, footnote d, bEvidently

    85

    JOE 30:18--27

    JOB 30 :28-31: 7

    "Saddeneda I walked about when there was


    no sun1ight;a
    "I got up in the congregation,bo I kept crying Car help.
    2w "A brotherm
    t o jackals" became,
    "And a companion to the daughters of the
    ostrich .*
    "My leery skin became bIackk [and dropped]
    off me,
    "And my very bones became hot from
    c?ry ness.
    "And my harpQcmeto Be just f~rmourning,~
    "And my Rutefr for the voice of weeping

    "With an abundance of power my garmenta


    takes on a change;
    "Like t h e collar of my long garment' It

    fl

    engirdles me.
    "Re has bmught me down to the clay,*
    ' S o that H show myself like dust and
    ashes.IL
    '" cry to you for help but you do not answer nJoh
    pn 2 218:7
    9
    me;"
    Ln
    3
    9
    I
    "I have stood, that you might show yourself attentive to me.
    1
    I
    ' Y o u change yourself t o become cruel to
    rJob 7:M
    me:'
    .rob
    - - - 1QaR
    *'With the full might of your hands you ,G;';S)y,
    ORe9.
    1 Pr 3:6
    harbor anirnositv toward me.
    m m 25:i.i
    "A covenantm 1 have concluded with
    r PS ILQ 1s
    Z a "You l i f t me to the wind,at you cause me t o
    1'4 132:12
    my eyer.t
    tPr
    4.L5
    ride [it],
    "So
    how
    may I show myself attentive to a
    "Then you dissolve me with a crash.
    uco ti:?
    virgin ?tt
    ~t 3:28
    "For I well know that t o death you will make
    a "And what portion is there from Godd above,'
    r$$,l;l:?2s
    me turn back,u
    1 I r b 13:a
    "Or possession from the Almightv from on
    "And to the house of meeting far everyone
    *Job 21:.3
    high?
    living.
    5'1 65:2.7
    r r 73'18
    "Is
    there
    not disaster for a wrongdoer,'
    "*"Only one does not thrust one's hand out
    I'T 10'29
    3'rh
    5
    a
    "And
    misfortune
    for those practicing what
    against a mere heap of ruins,Y
    Zt'C 2.1
    :I:,- I G . ~ ~
    is
    hurtful?
    "Nor during one" decay is there fart' those
    2bhmibYj
    "'Does he not himself see my ways"
    d14.21
    things a cry for help.
    1'?. 1x0 3
    "And count even a13 my steps?
    I1r 15 3
    "Certainly I have wept for the one havlng a ' 'Fa a : 1 3
    hard day;'
    Jrr 13:lf
    /.;!$';?il3 "If I have ~valkedwith [men of] untruth4
    LU in:d1
    cI>rt:.lU
    'My soul has grieved for the poor one.O
    "And my foot hastens to deception,*
    Ro 12:15
    -1~n
    2 3
    "He tvill weigh me in accurate scalese'
    "Althou~hfor good I waited, yet bad c a r ~ l e ;. ~. .' ~ !. : ; ~ ? i ~I:;
    f :tji;,
    ~ J l l I 3.3
    )
    "And-1 kept awaiting the light, but gloom 1 ;;2$;7
    "And Godf will get to know my integrity.'
    :>; 5
    A.Fola
    3.33
    l'r
    1
    ?
    :3
    came.
    "If
    my stepping deviates from the way,"
    Jt-r 11:19
    ,r,r I l " l e
    27 '?Myown bowels were made to boil and did not
    * '.Sanli~ht,"Y. By R correction "contfort" is proposed as a readkeep silent;
    .Jer .&:lo
    ing. b31, qn./irrl'; J,XS rk.klr.bi'cr, * O r , "pigr." d''GodY7 N,
    "Days of affliction confronted me.'
    t n 1:2R
    El.o'rtlt; LXX, ho ~irnos'. 4 Lit~raFIy."in s r n l e ~of righteonsneps,'*
    31, "0~~1."
    E3, ICl$o'trh; T I X I , /in k!j'rLo~ ("the Lard"),
    a ''Wind." 11, sn'alrh. Sea Gcne91~1: 2, footnote d. Or, e ' t ~ , "

    31

    ,.,

    ..<

    .JJ~I}

    JOB 31:&17

    JOB 31:l a 2 7

    86

    "Or m y h e a e has walked merely aftw my

    Is

    "And let my own descendant be rooted out.


    "If my heart has been enticed t o ~ v a da womanr
    24:15
    "And I kept lying in waitH at the very en- sJob
    Jrr 5:s
    trancemag of my companion,
    "Let m y wife do the grinding for another man
    2R:SO
    "And over her let other men kneel down.' tDe
    951115:l I
    "For that would be loose conduct,
    "And that would be an error for [attention
    by] the justices."
    lg"F~r
    that is a fire that \\*ttauld eat clear t o

    kIsa 555'
    )It 2538
    L U 311
    Jas 2 1 5
    ~ D 2k13
    P

    J n b 28:ll

    vDe lS:4

    destructior~,~~
    "'And among all m y produce It would take

    root.

    "If I used

    t o refuse the judgment of my slave


    man*
    "Or of my slave girl In tbefr ease at law
    with me,
    "Then what can I do when God-rises up,"
    "And when he calls for an accounting what
    can I answer him?*
    IE
    "Did not t h e One making me in the belly
    8 N C 5:s
    make him,'
    Jnh M:19
    14:3l
    "And did not just One p m e d to prepare 13r
    Fr 2":1
    Rlnl -:la
    us in the womb?
    ,\C 1 7 . x
    14 $'If I used ta hold back the needy ones from
    [their] delight'
    "And the eyes of the widow I: would G m W
    to fail,"
    "And I used t o eat m y morsel by myself,
    "While the fatherless boy did not eat from It"
    a ~(I)&m&on!' Xta.bad.diin'. See Job 28 : 8, ffiotnoto f. "Ciod."
    la

    M, KI.

    ''(Far from my youth he grew up with me as

    with a father,"
    "And from the belly of my rnothee I kept
    leading hcr) ;
    la "If I used to see anyone perishing from having
    no garment,lc
    "Or that the poor one had no covering;
    " "If his loins clid not bless me,n
    ' N o r from the shorn woolr of my young
    rams he n?ouldwaim himself;
    "If I waved my hand to and fro against the
    fatherlessmboy,"
    "When I would see [need of:I my assistance
    in the gaCe,t
    22 "Zet my owin shoulder blade fall from its
    shoulde~+,~~
    "And let my own arm be broken from its
    upper bone,
    "For disaster from Godn w ~ a
    s dread to me,v
    "And agninst his dignity' I could not hold

    eyes,'
    "Or a defect has stuck in my own palms,"
    * " k t me sowz seed and someone else eat,

    out.

    " "If I have put

    goldh as my confidence,
    "Or t o gold E have said: 'You are my

    trr?~t!'"
    ="'Iff I used to rejoice k a u s e my property was
    muchA
    "And because my hand had found a lot of

    ~ P49:6
    Y
    P S 52:;

    L~ 1?13
    2

    ITi 6:17
    LEs 5.11

    Lu 12:1$
    :he 8 3 7
    Da 4:30

    rPs 8:3
    .ue 439

    2Ki 23:s

    Eze s 16
    '"'

    things;<
    'Tf I used i:o see the light when it would flash
    forth,
    "Or the precious moona walking along,"
    "And my heart began t o be enticed in secrecym
    "And my hand proceeded to kiss my mouth,

    "God." 31, El; L.LT, kytri.os (".T~hnvnh i ' ) . b "flald." 1


    ' , takas*.
    co'Oold." 31, 1:lr~th'rna; nn I:ryptintt 1nnnrr.nrd.

    JOB 31:28-35
    1*

    88

    "That too would be an error for [attention[

    *"'If

    "Surely trpon my shoulder' I wwould carry it;


    "I would bind it around me Iike a grand

    by] the justices,"

    -PS
    ~5180e!525

    above."

    * Jos 24:27

    '

    k2ss
    PIa :I:la
    17

    "For 1 should have denied The Ttruel Goda

    I used to rejoice

    a t the

    extinction of one

    intensely hating me,k


    "Or I felt exciteah because evil had found

    him"And I did not allow my palate to sin


    "By asking for an oath-bound curse upan
    his soul,CT
    51 "If the men of m y tent djd not say:
    ' I 'Who can produce anyone that has not
    been satisfied from foodfi of his?'b" "Outside no temporary resident would spend
    the night$
    "My doors I kept open to the pathB
    Jy "Iflike an etk3ingf I covered aver my trans-

    CMWR.~

    Tlt 1:16

    3ft5:43

    r>Tt 5 2 2

    Ro 12:14
    IPe
    lpe 2:?3
    33

    aGe
    J E 6:lB

    $02%;%

    ZPe 4:9
    t G b 19:2

    J R 1921
    Iw 5P:i

    h ~ 25.5
    t

    Hcb 1 3 2
    gressions,
    uGe 3:s
    "By hiding my error in my shirt pocket- 2,7,::
    "Because I would suffer a, shock at a large ?J","&
    crowd,
    "Or the contemptx' itself of families ~vould-.sg;;F
    terrorize me
    "And I would keep silent,' X would not go ' J m M : g
    out of the entrance.
    "0 that I had someone listening to
    DJob13:3
    J O 23:4
    ~
    "That according t o my signatureu the
    Almighty himself would answer me!" *gb&%22
    5:3
    "Or that the individualh in t h e case at law0
    with me had written a document itself!
    rn "Tile [true] God!'
    M,78s-El; LXX, I,.jt'ri.oe, b"Fe1t excited" If;

    "'made a joyful noise,*) T. *''So~h.'' 11, trt 71~rsk;Tg, nf;i.rna.


    d L i h d l y , LLtlpsh"; or, " m m V 11. 0 "Pnth," ?;I; 'otraveler,"LLX-

    VgPyP. f Or,'+llkeAd~nl";or, lL1


    ike n ~nnll.''Pruhnhly i t should read,
    "from man"; or, "among men," a Lit~mlly,"tlir~clr," 1
    ' ; evidently in
    writing, conflrrning a ! ~ g Ia docurnct~t, Liternllg, "mnn,'' 31, isk.

    JOB 31:36--32:5

    89

    "The number of my steps I would tell him;

    "Like a leader I would approach him.'


    "If against me my own ground would cry
    for aid,k
    "
    'd
    together its furrows themselves
    would weep;
    ' "If its firnitage" I have eaten without
    "And the sou'lhof I t s owners I have caused

    t o pant,n
    "Instead of wheatr let the thorny weed go
    forth,S
    "And instead of barley stinking weeds."
    The wards of Job have come to an end.r
    So these three men ceased from answering Job, for he was just In hisc orvn
    uJob B:p eyesnu But the angerv oaf E.liPhua the son of
    Job 10 2
    JOI, 2 7 : 4 BarFabchel
    the Etrz'ite' of the family o f Ram
    Jnll ;'n:l
    t o be hot; against Job his anger blazed
    ~ I S I ~ : ~ ~ . Rcame
    ,I
    J [ > l ) 4:':7
    over his justifying his own soul" more than
    ,
    GGod. Also against his three companions his
    cJ,tal I r ) ~ 3
    Jralr 2::% anger blazed over the fact t h a t they had not
    laund an a m w r but they proceeded t o pronounce Godf
    ' And E-lj'hu himself had
    azf;$R
    ;:
    ~ o l r 2 5 : 5 waited for Job with
    because they were
    OPr 1Rm13
    .Lo 19:32 older than he was in days,' And E.llthu gradually saw that there was no anstver in the mouth
    Lit~raHy,"powex!' M,klro'nhh. b"$onl," M,apyh'rnh; fir. )mphp'

    32

    .:b;;!$;,z

    ~ l t n . "Ilis," 31; "their," LrXTSr. Jlcnninr: "l1i)d is he"; or, ..He


    in IIIJ.) 1;011.'' * "God," N,El-o.kim'; L X S , '*Jrl~nr.nlt.l' Origioally,
    "Gnd." Ft, "JolL" This is ane of the Eipl~tecnP;r~~rndntiuc..:
    of the
    prin~itivvITchrew text by the J n r i ~ hSolrhrriru. C"rlrnl7nrc ,loll 1:5,
    footnotc f , and Gcnc~is1H : 22, footnot13 a. Sea C. 11, Ginsbarg's
    Tatlrod~crfr'o~rto the Jfasfioretico-Criticrr! Edition of t h o Hdbrew
    $ibZe, pop

    361,

    JOB 32:15-33:4
    of t h e t h r e ~men, and his anger kept getting
    32:19
    hotter.# " And E.lithu the son of Barfa.chel the SEX
    h-u 11:1
    Buz'ite proceeded t o answer and say:
    "Young I am in days
    *Le1k33
    "And YOU men are aged."
    Ro 13:T
    IT1 3:l
    "That is why I drew backa and was afraid
    1Pe 5:s
    "To declare my knowledge with YOU men.
    "I said: 'Days themselves should speak
    " 'And a multitude of years themselves k l K i l2:6
    Job 12:n
    should make wisdom known.'1c
    Pr 113331
    C P s 31:5
    'Surely it is the spirit" in mortal man
    "And the breath of the Almightys [that] mJob 4 0 2
    nGe 41:39
    gives them nnderstandingBn
    1Ki 3:12
    Pr 2:6
    "'It is not those merely abundant in days that Ec 2%
    rJar 1:7
    prove wise,'
    Mt U:25
    7:48
    "Nor those just old that understand judg Jail
    1Co 1 5 7
    8Ec
    4
    33
    mentv8
    tlCo 7:40
    lo "Therefore I said: 'Do listen to me.t
    " 'I shall declare my knowledge, even I.'
    'Xook! I have waited for the words of aou
    men,
    "1 kept giving ear to YOUR expressions of
    understanding,u
    'VnthI YOU couId search f o r words [to say] ,'
    "And to YOU I kept my attention turned,
    "And here there is no one reproving Job,
    "None of You answering his sayings,*
    IS "That m u may not say:C 'We hwe found

    wisdom;"
    " <Itis Godb that drives him away, not a
    man.'
    l4 "As he has not arrayed nlords against me,
    "Sa with the sayings of YOU men I shall not
    reply to him.'
    a

    "

    Or, '{I feared." M, sa.hkalr. r4God." M, El.

    nPs 39:3

    Jer 203
    Eze 3:14
    Ac 4:20

    rMt 9:17
    Mr 2:22
    Lu 5 3 7
    #Job 15:U
    Job 21:3

    Pr 8:6

    tPr 15:28
    1Pc 31.5

    lW'They have been terrified, they have answered no more;e


    "Words have moved away from them.
    " ""And I have waited, for they do not continue
    speaking;"
    "For they stood still,they answeredno more.
    I7 "I shall give in answer my pstrt,# even I,
    ''I shall declare my knowledgefkeven I,
    lB ".For I have become full of words,
    'Spirit has brought pressuren upan me in
    my belly.
    lw'Look! M y belly is like wine that has no vent;
    "Like new skin boWes it wants to burst
    openr
    20 "Let me speak that it may be a relief to me."
    "I shall open my lips that I may answer.t
    " "Let me not, please, show partiality to a
    maniau
    "And on an earthlingb I shall not bestow a

    uLe Z9:15
    Pr 24:23
    Yas 3!17

    3a

    uPr 28:ll

    vMt 22:&
    hir l2:a

    *Job 32:s
    1TI 1:7
    oGe 1423

    .-

    -M.-r- 1.4
    EPs m2
    ~t 5 2
    A J O ~a : 4
    Pr 8:s
    4Job 35:3

    J g 7:2

    Ps 37:30
    Pr 15:2

    J e r 92.3

    2C02:17
    Pr
    2029 I
    *Isn 43:21
    Isa 44:21.

    Isa 435
    M o b 15:lO
    Isa 5:21

    +Mr719
    LC0 2:7
    Col 2:8

    cps 22:l
    mps 1x1:~
    we2 3
    Job 10:12
    EC

    12 7

    title,
    "For 1 certainly do not h o w how I can bestow a title.'
    "Easily my Maker wauId carry me away.
    "Now, however, 0 Job, please hear m y

    "And to all m y speakingd do give ear.*


    "Look, please! I have to open my r n o ~ t h ; ~
    "My tongue with my palate has t o speak.
    "My sayings are the uprightness of m y heart,'
    "Andkno~vledgeisu~hatmyIipsdowtter
    sincerely
    "God'se" own spirit made me,+
    "And the Almighty's own breath3 proceeded to bring me t o

    "hIan?' 31, ~ s J L .
    d Literally,
    a

    .@

    Or, "lnan." X, a.damt.

    31, drr.ba.ri~n', "Uod's."

    4'W~rds.3f
    bE, m8T.Zim'.
    If, El.

    JOB 33 :5-16

    JOE 33: 17-25

    92

    xdob 33:32
    "If you are able, make reply t o me,"
    "Array [words] before me; do take your
    station.
    "Look! I am to Thhe [true] Goda just what you
    are;*
    "From the- day I was ~ h a p e d I, ~too.
    "Look! no frightfulness in me will terrify you,
    "And no pressure by me will be heavy upon
    you.
    lrOnly you have said in my ears,
    "And the sound of [your] words I kept
    hearing :
    aSob 1 0 9
    Job 16:1'1
    " 'I am pure without transgression;"
    Job 2331
    CPs 25:ll
    " 'Cleant I am and I have no error."
    tdob 6 2 9
    '( 'Look! occasions f o r opposition t o me he

    finds,u

    U~J O
    o ~13:25
    1b0:16

    " 'He takes me for an enemy of his.Y

    vJob 1324
    Job 19:ll
    * J O ~13:27
    0Job 31:4

    '"'Look! in this you have n o t been in the right,*


    I answer YOU,
    "For Godbs is much more than mortal.

    A2*9g:23

    " " 'He puts my feet in the stacks,'


    " 'He watches all my paths.'"
    manb

    13

    I'Why is if against him that you contended,'


    "Because all your ~vords he does not

    Ga Z:II

    "f0b%22
    OIsa 55:9
    Ro 921

    *:5~,":&~

    eJob 13:22
    answer?*
    Ps 27:7
    "For Godc speaks once,
    "And twicex-though one does net regard "F,"$:,
    it*l5 "In a dream," a visiann of the night,
    "When deep sleep falls upon men,r
    nNu
    Z e ?12:6
    i58
    rGe 1 5 : ~
    "During slumbers upon the bed.
    l6 "It is then that he uncovers the ear of mens ,?$a8;?&
    "And on exhortation to them he puts his Ra\%%
    seal,
    I
    a

    "The [true] God.?' M, ka-El. b "God." 31, EZ.oru.haC "C+od." M, El.

    l7

    II

    r.Ro 2:4

    Is

    Jas 5:20

    a mana from his deedt


    "And that he may cover prideu itself from
    an able-bodied rnan.b
    "He keeps his s o d c back from the pitv
    "And his life from passing away by a

    "To turn aside

    rni~sile.~

    'gi&51,
    Is "And he is certainly reproved'
    1c0 11:3z
    his bed.
    "O

    with pain upon

    "And t h e huarrding of his bones is continual,


    "And his Iife certainly makes bread loath-

    z2Sa =:I6

    "And his own soul desirable food.


    r
    r
    H iflesh
    ~ wastes away from sightA
    IPS22:17
    "And his bones that were not seen certainly
    Eze 37:11
    -Ex 12:29
    grow baremV
    Re 19:15
    3
    .Job~6:45
    3:1 ~ 12
    1 ''And his soulc draws near t o the pit,
    1Ti 2:s
    "And his Iife to those inflicting death,ft
    CPr 13!17
    *EC7:28
    "If
    there exists for him a messenger,@
    Jude 9
    BIKI 9:4
    "A
    spokesmanihxone out of a thousand,#
    Ps 25:21
    Pr 14:2
    "Ta
    tell to mana his uprightness,lk
    n E x 3:19
    PS 85.5
    z 4 "Then he favors himn and says :
    rPs W13
    A t t 24:22
    " 'Let him off from going down into the pit!r
    "Ps 40!7
    S Y ~2 0 : ~ s
    'I have found a ran~om!j@~
    Ro 3.24
    2g
    'Let his flesh become fresher than in youth;
    I r i 2:6
    tPs 1C3:5
    " 'Let him return to the days of his youthIsa 3520
    Eze 3i:lO
    fuI vigor.'t
    11 ,I1
    JJOb 7:5
    Ps 102:5
    pr 5 11

    a1

    "IIan." M, a.dcsmJ, b '"Able-bodied


    man," IT,geb'ev. C "Son?." M,
    ~ ~ s p h ' e s hLXX,
    ;
    ps!j.cI~l'. "Passing away by a missile." R. Kittel
    (BibJia Heb~.an'm)proposes eorrectlor~sthat ~ o u l dmake tllis read,
    "passing over into She'ol," to run parallel with "pit" in the frst
    part of the verse. "SonL.'' 11,wephfesk; LSX, psy.chB1; YE, a'ni.n~o,
    &(Tothose inflicting death." Or, by a correction of 31, "to dead
    oncs"; or, "to the place of dead ones?' g OT,"angcl." h Or, ('interpreter.'' 1 "His uprightness:' h1, literally. But L X X reads : "his o m
    blame. B e will show his want of understanding." I Or, "covering."
    11, k?to8pker.
    a

    JOB 33 :2 6 4 4 :2

    "He will make supplication to Goda that he


    may take pleasure in him,'"

    JOB 34:3-I3

    94

    "For the ear itself makes a test of tvoi.ds,t


    1j4yb%!?,

    Uzch 3392

    Ps 30:8

    "And he will see his f ~ c e w i t hjoyful shout- pa5glT9


    ing1

    "And He will restore His righteousnessVt o


    mortal manb
    ""Hewill sing to men and say:
    " 'I have sinned' and ~ v h a Its upright I have
    perverted,
    " ' A n d it certainly was not the proper thing
    for
    - - me.
    .
    1R I' '
    He has d e e m e d myc sould from p~ssingDMr 1320
    into the pit,J
    " 'And myc life itself will see the 1lght.lA 'Im9:2
    l v X ~ o k !All these things Gad" performs,@ 'Phf"2:fa
    ''TIxro tirnes, three times,' in the case of an p
    ' &E
    ' :"g
    able-bodied man,
    PJob 3324
    l o"To turn his sould back fmm f he pit:
    P s 4#:2
    "Thathe may be enlightelled with the light' PS1x918
    *Ps5623
    of those living."
    Isn 2.5
    Joh S:12
    "PRYattention, 0 Job! Listen t o me!"
    AC 26 18
    *3Itl':15
    "Keep silent and I myself shall continue
    speaking.

    .'"'If

    there are any rvords [to say], make reply,


    to me;
    "Speak, for I have taken dellght in your
    rigl~teousness.~
    kDe
    Pr 11
    231
    :20
    "If there are none, you yourself listen t o me;n n;;g1:l1
    "Keep silent and I shall t e ~ c hyou ~visdam."
    122
    And Eli'hu continued to answer nnd say: rJob
    Pr 3:'1
    -I "'Listen, You vise ones,' to my words; pr 18:15
    +'Andsou who h o w l a ~ i v eear to me,
    "C"'
    TI 2:5
    6 3

    34

    "Qocl." H,Bl.otraA; L a , "Jd~ovnll,"b "htortal mnn." 31, e+sGsk'.


    6'lIyl" YI,LKEy; "hs,"AflnnVKinV~T, d "Snul." 31, ~ r e p k ' ~ 5 h ;
    I,XX, poy.ckl"; Vg, cc'ai.w~n. "Ood." 31, I$!. ''Thnt he may be
    enligl~tenerlx-ith the light," M; "tn Rrtl tbc ligllt," Sy.
    0

    ''Just as the palate tastes when eating,


    "Judffment3u
    Iet us choose for oumelves;
    CPfl
    IY LC.
    m:J
    1s:15
    1)0 1:17
    "Let us know among ourselws what is
    1'3 IW2
    .lob i : P Q
    good."
    !'ltU I?,,?
    I
    . I a "For Job has said: 'Icertainly am in the right,'
    'J+111 2q Id
    " 'But Guda himself has turned aside the
    rJob 1:ra
    judgment of me.O
    Jeb 97.2
    'J'lll'rf~~
    " 'Against m y own judgment do I teIl
    " 'My severe wound is inczlrahle though
    0 Job 338
    there is no transgression.''
    Pr 5!1:3
    (i,~
    "What able-bodied man" Is like Job,'
    Joh 2!2,,
    IIl>tllU.2
    "[Lvl~o] drinks up derision like mate^?^
    &113 'ro;,l
    art n:m ' "And he is certainly on his way t o companion-T's 2B I
    ship with practicers of what i s hurtful"
    I1r2.11
    U I ' r 1:13
    "And to walking with men of wickedness."
    P f 2.A 1
    "For he has said : 'An able-bodied man1' does
    ItJob 0:?2
    not pmfitk
    J O x
    ~;
    gn
    "
    'By
    his taking pleasure in God.'Cn
    $Fly:,:!
    11I3s4t):~ lo "Therefore, YOU men of heart,' l i m n to me.
    I t 0 i2::
    I ~ . I:IL:M
    I ~
    'T~arbe it from The [true] Gad"lto act
    atGc lh:25
    wicked y,#
    2ch 1'1 7
    l'h *
    ::I5
    "And the Nmighty to act unjustly?'
    ~ I I O: r . t
    :'$rt 2 .la:b "For [[according to] the conduct of earthling
    Ilt s c
    mane he will reward Slim,*
    I'r 2 1 2 2
    h l t I ~42J
    "And
    according t a the path of man* he will
    1.(o 9.6
    [;ti li:i
    cause it to come upon him,
    " "Yes,for a fact, Godw Ilfmsell does not act
    vPq 145:17
    wickedly,~
    vrcb
    1:13
    "And the Almighty himself does not per*Do 16:i~
    nlCh 29: ~i
    vert judgment.'
    1% IIWG
    "Who has assigned to him the C E L L Z ~ , ~
    I ~ 4IRr .t;.
    ft,,
    8 "C4nrl." hl, EF,b "Able-hodiea 111as.'"1,
    n ~ b ' ~ r . "God," li, El,ok i v ~ ' ; jT,XS, "J~hocnTi,'~
    d"T11e [trlirj bod.'' Ri, ha-RI; L,LT,
    "Jrl~omli."9 "Fhrthlitlg man." ilI, nmd*rn'. ";llau," At, isb, r iiGorl,''
    hi, KT; LXX, 'btt~r
    Lord."
    f

    JOB 34:14-22

    97

    96

    "And who has appointed [to hhIm] the prr*.


    ductive
    even 811 of it?
    h 4 "If he sets his heart upon myone,
    "[If] that one's spirit and breath he gath*PS 1wm
    ers t o himself,"
    Ec 12:7
    SPS 6 3 : l
    I n "All flesho tvill expirea together
    ZPs lH:m
    "And earthling manb himself will return to
    ZPS 7.23
    t h e very dust.'*
    :Ge 3:19
    'Y "SO if [YOU have] understanding, do listen to
    E1,$&4
    + J O 13.6
    ~
    this;*
    Pr 1.5
    "'Do give ear t o the sound of my words.
    "Really will anyone hating justice control," O$?,2?;,3
    "And if a powerful one is righteous will
    - J O ~40:8
    you pronounce [him] guilty?'
    RO 3 4
    la ''Shall one say" to a king: 'You are good for R09:14
    =EX22:23
    nafhing'?d
    Pr 12%

    JOB 3 4 2 3 4 2

    "For he sets no appointed time for any man4


    "To go to Goda in judgment,
    2 L "He breaks powerful ones" without sny fn-

    15

    l3

    m'.P32:9
    Un ?,?I

    vestigation.
    "And hemak& others stand up instead of
    ~ P 2:n
    B
    themeb
    E7.r. 2 I -17
    "Therefore he recognizes what their works
    ;i;;;7::&
    areA : ~
    11:~s
    T i t 1:1a
    "And
    h e does overthrow [them] a t night@
    4i'F'h 5::
    and they get crushed.
    "As w i c k d ones he does slap them
    'Ex 14:30
    "In the place of onlookers;'
    Isa 0s ,g-I
    1~::)
    I t "For the reason that they have turned side
    *EX 328
    from follorving himtb
    1's 11'5:5
    IJD ?,I9
    "And none of his ways have they conk Pa 2R:T
    sidered,k
    Pi- 1 31
    r s ~ p ! \ ~''So
    ~
    as to cause the outcry of the needy one
    AC 2 2 5
    "To nobles: 'You are ~ v i c k e d ? ~
    to come to him:
    '* '"There is One] who has mt shown partfality ~Ro 13.T
    ~ ~ ~ j ; ~ 7
    "And
    so he hears t h e outcly of the affflcted
    zch 19:7
    to princess
    t ~ E xP:23
    ones.n
    Ex 22:23
    "And has not given more consideration to 2:;:;f
    :n "When he himself causes q ~ i e t n e s s ,who,
    J I
    ~
    the well-off one than t o the needy one,n n"p",b6;lg0 1,2sn
    !l
    Jsn 1)i:3
    then,
    can
    condemn?
    "For all of them are the work of his 11ands.r
    35il. 32318
    rl'x 2;:0
    'Ynd when he conceals Chis] face,n who
    "In a moment they die,"even in the middle of,~4~$:3s,
    1's Sf1:-i
    1's Iqj4:20
    can behold him,
    the night;=
    IT^ 3:s
    t 2C:ll lt6:I-I
    "M7hether
    it is t o ~ ~ ~ aar cnationt
    l
    or to\vard
    "The people shake back and forth and pass 'E :!Zg
    .Ivr :'J:8
    I ~ 4O6
    Lu 12.20
    a
    it
    being
    the
    sAme
    thing,
    away,
    uISa 25:3
    Da 2.34
    "So that an apostate manb may not rdgn,u
    "And porverful ones depart by no hand.u >-Ge
    6:s
    "Kor there be snares1'of the people?
    2Ch
    16:9
    9 l "For his eyes are upon the ways of rnan,ev
    Pr 5:21
    "For
    will anyone actually say t o Godn himself:
    Pr
    1
    5
    3
    "And all his steps he sees.
    Jcr 15:17
    " '
    I have borne although I do not act cor?* "There is no darkness nor any deep shadow J e r 3 3 1 9
    139:12
    ruptly;'
    "For those practicing what 1s hurtful to IPS
    Isa 29:15
    J er 2324
    " "though I behold nothing, instruct me
    conceal themselves there.'
    A m 9:2
    yourself ;=
    " "Puoductiv~Innd." 31, te.bi.1'; Vg, ar'bis ('"[terreatrinl ] ckle").
    Isa 6i.13
    "
    '
    I
    f
    any unlighteorrmess I have committed,
    b "Enrthling rl~nn."N,a.datn'.
    Ljtemlly, "Shnlt there be a snying,"
    naEt 3 : ~
    I shall not do [it] agdn'YA
    Lu 13 3
    3 f , Tlic Jlehrsw vcrh hero is in ~ I I P i~~llnitivncoliat~zlct,hence i s
    itn rrsonnl m ~ dindefinite as t o time, d Lilorn tly, "king : 'Betli.al l'lJy
    a HUod,l' 11,El. b (i31nn.'' 31, a.damt.
    i!
    L . l or,
    ~~
    d l~~~
    one."
    ~, "
    ~ 31)l 48k,
    ~ ns in rvrse 23.
    .Ill?

    JOB 34 :3 M 5 :6

    99

    "Will he make good for I t from your stand- OPq I.%:&


    p d n t o because you do refuse [judgRO 9.19
    ment],
    "Because you yourself choose, and not I?
    "Even what you well know,speak.
    "Men of heart' themselves mill say to me- *J0h51:10
    "Even a wise able-hdied man that is listening t o me:
    '' 'Job hlrnself speaks without ImowIedge~OJDb
    '"And his svords am without [his] having *Pr1:3

    ss

    ,,,,,:,

    insight.'"
    a8 "My father,^ let Job be tested out to the limit
    "Over his replies among men of hurtful- zJss
    5:ff
    ness."
    ''For on top of his sin he adds r e b e l l i ~ n ; ~ =ga:$&
    "Among us he daps [his hands] and multiplies his sayings against The [true]
    n3ab 35:Z
    God?"'"
    a
    And
    E.Ei'hu cantlnued mswerjng and]
    --

    53

    saying:

    fl

    a
    e

    Elsa QYZZ

    .'!:PC
    2.%6"8:12

    dcr 7 19

    Or, "0Zh~t(Jab may he tmtetl) :' b "The [tnte] Clod," M, bn-Et.


    L L C 4 ~ ~ I 'M,
    ~ , ' ' El; L a , 'IJellov~h."d 8'C~i~pul~ion~,"
    11; "three

    Ericntls," L S I .

    R O 11:35
    'JOS

    22:m

    J u ~ r1:B

    ~ G 1959
    C
    Pa I@6:23

    P, 1cem

    kleb 11:7
    12.5

    XI'S

    1'5

    43 2

    7 3 - 2~
    f i l l % 10:15

    klCh 1[3:14
    Pa 14.1

    I
    I

    "And [If J your transgressions actually increase, what do you do t o him?


    ' "If you are redly in the right, what do you
    give him,
    "Or what does he receive from your own
    hand?O
    lrYour wickedness may be against a mana like
    -

    YOU,'

    "And your righteoisnesa t o a son of earthling man.be

    * "Because of the multitude of o p p r ~ d o n sthey


    keep calling for aid;"
    "They keep crying for help became of the
    a m of the great ones.'
    lo"And yet no one has said : 'It%ere is Go& my
    grand Makerjdk

    Iqil 81:13

    I PC 129
    nr's 42:s

    1's 119:M
    t'r 143 :5
    ,Ir: 16:25
    P I ~ !i~:ri
    S

    J G R 53:13

    "1s this what you have regarded as justlce?


    'You have said: 'My righteousness is more rJob 10:T
    Job 16:17
    than
    c ' F ~ you
    r
    gay: Of what use Is it to you?a
    J o bO 19:tj
    3~3 5
    " 'What benefit do I have more t h ~ nfrom!;;R 2;;
    IPS 73 13
    sin by me?'t
    Mal 3:1.1
    "1 myself shdl reply t o you
    "And t o your c o m p ~ n l o n swith
    ~ ~ you,
    ;$; ;+
    J
    IsnO66'1
    2212
    ~
    alLuokup to heavenv and see,
    "And behold the clouds,' [that] they are *"p",$p2

    indeed higher than you."


    "If you actually sin, whnt do you accomplish
    against him?"

    ElCh 2 9 3 4
    PS 16.2

    1c0 ~ : I J

    RCC1:26
    IC:,. I:?,.~

    bll's 1?:41
    I 'r 1 2 5
    vl's 73:s
    I * r 16 18
    I
    2 :
    1% 41:6
    et'r i 5 : B
    *.I lab i:13

    lJs G ~
    iAk
    I:XI

    +Kt1 30;12

    " 'The One giving melodies in the nigl~t?'ll


    "He is the One teachingr us more than the

    beastse of the eari11,s


    "And he makes us wiser than even t h e Ry.
    Ing creaturest of the heavens.
    l2 "There they keep crying out, but he does not
    answer,u
    "Because of the pride' of the bad ones.
    I 3 "Only the untruth' God* does not hear,c
    "And the Nmfghty hlmsel does not be-

    hold it;

    I-'

    a h n:14
    Ps 37:s
    PR62:5

    JOB 35:7-15

    "How much less, then, when you

    say yau do

    not behold him!


    "The legal case is before him, and so you
    should \trait anxiously for him.'
    : Is~"And now because his anger has not called for

    accounting,'
    n ',hlnn!' X,iaB, "EnPtbling man!' H,a.rln*r'. 0 "God." 11, El.aOnk.
    Rn

    d6'{.;l.nndblak~r."'In fil tho word for thin rxpmssion is in t h plurnl


    ~
    nR r>scellenceunrl ~rnnrlwr,althougli "ClodJ' here is it1 tI~esingulnr,
    0

    OF,'Udoruertin nnirnnls."

    "God." M, RR1.

    JOB 35:16-36:lO

    100

    "He has also not taken note of the extreme


    rashness.@
    1e "And Job himself opens his mouth wide simply for nothing;
    "Without knowledge he multiplies mere
    WO~~S.'?'

    101
    BE^ 5 2

    xJob 38:2

    And E.li"hu proceeded to say further; ;


    "Have patience with me a little ~vhile
    *Heb 13:22
    and I shall declare t o you*
    "That there are yet words [ t o say] for kme2:7
    God."k
    g o 5:m
    nPr 2:4
    "I shall carry my knowledge from far off," Jas1:17
    "And to my Fashionerb I shaIl ascribe $,"$:
    righte~usness.~
    PS 145:17
    PS
    II:~
    "For my words are- for a fact no f a l s e h o ~ d ;g;
    ~ !ii:
    "The One perfect in knowledget is with you. ,$; Fj3
    "LOok! GodC is mighty and wilI not reject;u t:;;;7
    J O ~ ~: 1 6
    "[He is] mighty in power of heart;d
    "*'He will not presewe anyone wicked alive,v ULq~a 28:9
    S ~ ~ : 4
    "But t h e judgment of the aflicted ones he Vg:&!i
    2Pe 2:9
    will give.*
    *Pslor14
    "He wilI not take away his eyes from anyone g; ;?;?
    OPS 5 1 2
    righteous ;"
    U P S 3:18
    PS %:I5
    "Even kings on the throneAIPe 3:12
    "He will also seat them forever and they A2Sa 7 : u
    Ps 78:70
    will be exalted.
    Isa 9:7
    Re 20:G
    "And if they are bound in fetters,O
    OPs 10T:14
    "They are captured with ropes of affliction. FS149:8
    "And he will teLl them about their conduct* +T;,"f&
    "And their transgressions," because they @I=5 9 : ~ ~
    take a superior air.
    lo "And he will uncover their ear to exhortation' .Isa 48:17
    "And he will say that they should turn back
    from what is huctfd.*
    wIsa
    Eze 59720
    18:30
    a "God." N, El.osah. b Or, "my Maker." M, Poem.B.GoGod." M,EL
    W r , "good motive!' Compare rrith Jab 34 : 34.

    36

    JOB 36: 11-19

    "H they obepk and serve,


    "They will Aninh their days in what is
    nIsa &5:18
    good
    J e r 3C:17
    rDe 18:19
    "And t h d r years in pleasantnes~.~
    Ps %5:8
    l 3 "Eut if they do not obey, they uriIl pass awayy
    Iqa 1:20
    ?It 12:32
    even by a missile
    Ro 2:s
    :Ps 19:2
    "And they will expire without kno.c~ledge.~
    la " h d those apostate in heart will themselves
    sNu 52:14
    lay up anger."
    2Ch 28:19
    Ps 106:29
    "They should not cry far help because he
    Ro 2:5
    has bound them.
    tPs 55-93
    "Their souln will die in youth itself,t
    "And their life among male tempIe prosFJer 11'4
    1;Eu l9:5

    Ser 2633

    rrDe 2317
    1K114:24
    1Ki 15.12
    RO 1:n
    $.Job X.6

    titutes."
    lr"'He wilI rescue the micted one in his
    afXliction,v
    "And he will uncover their ear by the oppression,
    '"'And he will also certainly allure you from
    UIsa 3k21
    the mouth of distress!"
    Re 18:4
    A P s 18:14
    "Broader space,&not constraint, wilI be in
    Ps 31:s
    Ps 118.5
    its place,
    "And t h e consolation of your table will be
    OPs 23:5
    full of fatnesso
    Ps 36:8
    Zsa 25:6
    ''With the judicial sentence upon the wicked
    Isn 55:Z
    +Ps145:ZO
    one' you will certainly be filled;
    Pr 2:22
    Isa 211
    "Judicial
    sentence and justice will themJer 25%
    selves take hold.
    EPs 37:s
    "For take care t h a t ragee does not allure you
    Pr 19:19
    into spiteful hand clapping,
    X P S 49:7
    "And let not a large ransom" itself lead you
    PC13:s
    astray.
    *Eze 8:18
    3Ir 3:29 l9 "Will your cry for help take effect?" No, nor
    H e b 10%
    in distress
    I C J O ~N : ~ Q
    Ps 3 3 2 6
    "Even all [your] powerful efforts,"
    Pr 1 ~ 2 1
    a

    b'Soul," 31, ?aephtssh; L X X , psu.chFJ; Vg, ar~ri.ma.

    JOE 36:20-31

    102

    not pant for the nightan


    "For peoples to retreat [from] where they
    are.
    21 "Be on your guard that you do not turn t o
    what is hurtful,'
    "For this you have chosen rather than
    affliction.5
    "Look! Godb himself acts exaltedly with his

    '"'Do

    " ""Ihis hands he has covered over the


    u2Sa 2216

    zcc14:6
    PS
    954

    \zsa22:14

    power;t
    "Who is an instructor like hirn?u
    2 Y "Who has called his way to account againsf
    hh,V
    "And who has said: 'You have committed
    unrighteousness'?*
    zA"'Remember that you should magnify his
    activity"
    "Of which men have sung,*
    z5 "All rnankindc themselves have gazed upon

    it,
    "Mortal man himself keeps looking from
    far off.
    Bw113ehold!Godb is more exalted than we can
    know;'

    'Ex 19:16
    Hab 3 2 6

    Heb 11:7

    :Job %:I

    night'^ (rest) .'I "'God!'

    M, El.

    1:

    light-

    ningaU
    ''And he lays a command umn it a~ainst
    an assaiiant.
    a a ['His booming tells about h i r n , ~
    "The livestock also concerning the one coming up.
    "Indeed a t this my heart begins t o
    tremble,'
    "And it Ieaps ur, from its nlace.
    '[Listen attentiveli, YOU men, to the turmoil
    of his voice:
    "And the rumbling that goes forth from his

    37

    mouthA

    OR0 1:20

    +Ps145:3

    "Innumber his years are beyond searchingF agei\z$


    $Ge2:6
    "For he draws up the drops of water,"
    aps 7 2 : ~
    "They filter as raine for his mist,
    *De
    32:2
    9s "SO that the clouds trickle,#
    Jer 14 :22
    53
    "They drip upon mankind" abundantly.
    ('Indeed, who can understand the cloud layers, .P, 18:13
    Ps 104:7
    "The crashings from his booth?"
    rfob 3
    3
    :
    s
    M t 21.27
    30 "Look! he has spread out over it his light,' s e e 6 2 7
    "And the roots of the sea he has covered. g: i31p
    Jos 1o:n
    "For by them he pleads the cause of p e ~ p l e s ,IJob
    ~S, z:la
    38:23
    "He gives food in abundance."
    I tAc 14:17
    a OrJ

    JOB 36 :32-47:8

    103

    "Nankind." M, a.&mP.

    nJob 5 f Z
    ~ P B
    46:s

    Ps 92:4
    Isa 26.11

    "'Under the whole heavens he lets it loose,


    "And his lightningB4 is t o the extremitiesh
    of the earth.
    "After it a sound roars;
    "He thunders' with the sound of his superiority,"
    "And he does not hold them back when his
    voice is heard."
    "GodC thunders with his voice* in a wonderful
    wayI
    "Doing great things that we m o t kn0w.k
    "'For to the snown he says: 'Fall earthward,'
    "And [to] the downpour ef rain, even [to]
    t h e downpour of his skong rains.'
    17 "On the hand OF every earthling man he puts
    a seaP

    "For every mortal man to know his work.'


    Eape
    pe2:.g12& a "And the wild beastcu comes into the ambush
    "And in its hiding places it dwells.

    "Lightning," Literally, 'light." M, fir, as in Job 36 :30, b Literally, "wings," M. = "God." RI, El.

    JOB 37 :9-19

    104

    "Out of the interior roomv comes the s t o r m - I v J O b g : B


    *Pr1:27
    wind'
    Isa 1?:t3
    "And out of the north winds the caldac =fF;,f:;
    lD"Frorn the breath of God& the ice Is pivenA a ~ u b 3 ~ : r n
    "And the expansebof waters is under conB J O SE:M
    ~
    straint.~"
    "Yes, with moisture he burdens the c l o ~ d , " ~ ~ ~ I~ : ~
    "His light* scatters the cloud mass,
    I
    +Go
    PB 1:a
    AS:^
    1'H1'g:103
    Is #(Andit is being turned round about by h!s
    I
    steering [them] for their performance
    "Wherever he commands them upon the
    face of the aroductive landd of the

    earth.+
    eJoe
    ~ 136:~
    n223
    Anr 4~
    "Whether for a rode"or for his Iandm
    " C C 7 '3
    "Or for loving-kindness,rk he makes It pro- 4%g<4
    duce eRects.
    ~ I K1R:45
    I
    Jus 5.1R
    "Do d v e ear to this. 0 Job:
    "~Tandstill and show y ~ & e ~ attentive
    f
    to
    the wanderful works of Gbd.@n
    nP148110
    1's IM:E
    ln
    "Do you know when god^ made appointment ~ ~ $ ~
    rJob 3n:4
    aver themr
    Pq 11:1:90
    "And when he caused the light of his cloud Iqn .to ?G
    to beam?
    18 "Do you know about the poislngs of the claud,n
    82: gg
    "The wonderful works of the One perfect
    in knowledge?t
    IPS
    JO
    T04:24
    38:4
    ~
    lvWno your garments are hot
    ne"'
    t h e earth shmvs quietnessh Esom the
    ULU 12:m
    south ?"
    vfsa 42:5
    "With him can youY beat out the skies
    "Hard like a molten mirror?'
    "EX
    ICO9183: ~~ 2
    Is "Cause us t o know what we should say ta him;
    liaod." M, El. bLiterally, '%rendth,'l M. That ;a, " i ~frozen,"
    " P ~ o ~ u c ~land"
    ~ T FM, te.bP'?'; T, "face"; Vg, or'hin ('lcircle'r].
    Symbolizing mrraction or cl~sstis~nient.Or, "lognl
    8 "God."
    $1. EI.o'a6. h Or,"When there is n qtrieting of the enrtht"

    JOB 37 :20-38: 5

    105

    =O

    'We cannot produce [words] because of


    darkne~5.O
    "Should it be related t o him that I would

    speak?"

    "Or has any man safd that It will be com?Ps9711


    doh 319
    Joh E:12
    Joh 9:4r
    Joh 12:46

    ~ ~ , ~ o

    municated ?

    " "And now they do not really


    "It fs brilliant jn the skies,

    see the 1ight;O

    "When a wlndn itself has passed by and


    proceeded to cleanse them.
    ?* "Out of the north* golden splendorb comes.
    "Upon God@ dignityc is fear-inspiring.
    23 "As for the Alrninhtv.
    - - . we have not found him
    out;'
    "He is exalted in power;*
    ""And justicek and abundance of righteousness" he will not belittle,
    24 'Therefore Iet mend fear hlrnsP
    "He does not regard any who are wise in
    [their own] heart,"l
    And Jehovah proceeded t o answer Job
    out of the windstormt and say:
    "Who is this that is obscttrine; counsel0
    1
    "'By words without knoiv1edgelt1
    a "Gird up your lo ins,^ please, like an ablebodied man,
    "And let me question you, and you inform

    38

    *Job405'
    W-e 1:l
    PS1 0 2 : ~

    me.'

    *'Where did you h ~ p p e nto be when I founded


    f;',~~10
    OPS 2:s
    the earth?'=
    "Tell
    [me1, If you do know understanding.
    I
    *1sa 40:12
    ''Who set its measurements,' In case you know,
    H,rtc'ak h ; see Ocrie~is1 :3, footnote d. b ILaoldenq l m dor." 1\18zn.habf; liter~IIy,"~olrl!l a L'Uhd.l' >IEI.o%ltrr.
    ,
    d Lt51e~."'
    Af, ti.z~ii.shird;the wan1 plurttl number of iah.

    JOB 38:6-14

    107

    106
    r E X lw:n
    P S 9711
    Fr 4:19

    "Or who *etched out upon It the measuring line?


    "Into what have its socket pedestalsP been
    sunk down,
    "Or who Iaid its cornerstone,
    "When the morninf stampE joyfully cried out

    together,

    3Ie 8:12

    :Ex m 9

    Jude 6
    -Eze X"22
    f Ps 2 4 2

    'Pfi 30:5

    PM1 4 7 4

    -"RO

    120

    ;J",P:;;:

    "And all the sons of GadnoQegga shouting


    *Rer J:II
    in applause?#
    % t T 4:7
    a "And [alho] barricaded the sea wfth doors,hk
    ly;~~;;;
    "Which began to go forth aR when it burst I I. h :r,
    .fcr 5.22
    out from the womb;
    "When 1 put the cloud as it^ garment
    "And thick g 1 m as its" swaddling band," n " ~1:s
    IP
    "And I proceeded to break up"y
    regulation
    upon it
    IPB tm:9
    "And to set a bar and dwrs,ar
    'L "And I went on to say: This far you rnRy
    aMr 4141
    come and no fafiher,~
    " 'And here your proud waves are lirnfted*?t $:;
    la "Was it from your days on that you corn*pa 339
    manded" the morning?u
    ZLGC
    1:s
    '"id you cause t h e darvnVt o know its place, :;ry gB
    "To take hold on the extremities"of the earth, VLu nn
    "Tlaat a
    h
    te wicked onesf might be shaken
    .Ex 14-27
    out from it?"
    I PR 1&35
    l 4 "It transforms itself like clap under a seal
    &yPy;:",
    "'And things6 take their station as in clothingO4
    '
    P
    SPa 1
    IM:Z
    ~4:~

    rz

    13"'~:"

    "Sons of God." R1; beme; EE.o.hd*r*',Or, t4tlle odliko one^," L,U,


    lLnv nngelP; T,"the hands of nnpel~." Or, 'floul~ls~lmm?nfi o t
    2 khronides 1 4 : 7. * "Its." That 18, tho sm'a. d ''131nct~,lrup," M ;
    "put.?'L X S . *Literally, rings," N,r "Thc wirked cl~lm."J lrrr, in

    M I tho Hehrew letter 'ayin (ir) is anapendrd, &a nn jnacstian, l o


    iridicntr thnt the w o ~ dshould read "wicked onm" inetrnd of "head
    oncs." Compnrp Judges LS:30, footnote c, f Lit~rnlly,"thry."

    rP& 1:3

    Tea 65-7

    JOB 38:15-23

    "And their light

    fs held back from the wicked

    "And the high arm itself gets broken.'


    "Have you come to the .murces~~
    of the sea,"
    "Or in search of the watery deepce have you
    walked about?'
    lr"Have the gates of deathn been uncovered t o
    YOU,

    "Or the gates of deep shadowdk can you see?


    lwWave you shonm yourseIf attentive to the
    broad spaces of the earth?
    "Tell, If you have come to know it a1l.n
    lg '
    "ere,
    now, is the way t o where light resides?'
    "As for darkness,"where, now, is its place,
    2v'That you shsutrl take someone ta its boundary"

    "And that you should understand the road-

    tdob a
    1
    2

    ways of its house?


    "Have you come to know becnuse at that time
    you were b e h g bornt
    "And [becausel in number your days are
    many?"
    "Have you entered into the storehouses of the
    snow,"
    you see even the storehouses of
    the hail,*
    "Vhich I have kept back for the time of dis-

    "Or do

    tress,

    "For the day of flght and war?u


    "The wicked ones.'' Kerc, in 11, tho HCIIFCW
    lotter %#fti (It) is
    suspended, as an insortion, to indicntc tbnt the word shonlrl read
    "wicked ones1' inatend of "'l~cndo n ~ s , "Coarpnrr d a t l ~ c1 X~ : 311, rootnote c. b Or, 'bandy pound." 'bTlio n n t ~ ~ rdeep,"
    y
    See doh ?S :14,
    footnote b. Liternlly, "death sharlow," J I ; "Jla Jca," I
    ,
    .
    L
    Y
    :
    that
    ; is,
    the common grave. T, "dent11 o f ( i u l ~ r n ~ ~ a . ' '
    Q

    JOB 38~24-32
    04

    'Where, now, is t h e way by which the Ifghtn* T;:j!f6


    distributes itself,
    "[And] t h e east windPscatters about upon 4F;433
    t h e earth?

    1-3 1,%;7

    2 v W o h a s divided a channel fur the flood


    "And a way for the thunderous storm
    bJob 28:28
    c~ou~,'
    evTo make it rain upon the land where there
    4Pm 1Qd:lS
    is no
    Pb IM:36
    "[Upon] the wilderness in which there 3s 1sfl-ll:lrr
    no earthling
    2 7 "To satisfy storm-stricken and desolate places
    "And to cause the growth of grass t o
    .Ps117:8
    sprout?'
    Meb [J:7
    "Does there exist a father' for the rnin:
    ~~~~~~~8
    J p r sm2I
    "Or ivho gave birth to the den.drops?k
    MT 5:3!i
    8 v ' O ~ tof whose belly does the icer1actually lt;,;l!;gs
    I 10 I!:5
    come f wth,
    11 lrrh \>:I0
    "And as for the hoarfrostr of heaven, who ,.I*:, 1ri:14
    1's 1"IT:lfl
    indeed brings it t o birth?
    'The very waters keep themselves hidden as
    by stone
    "And the surface of the watery deep makes
    s~um
    bfo
    itself c~rnpact.~
    "Can you tie fastt the bonds of the Kl'mah ti%g:O
    ~nstellation,~
    "Or can you loosenUthe very cords of the uJob 3~
    rAm 2 8
    Krr'sil con~te3Iation?~~
    an "Can you bring forth the Maz'za-roth constellation* in its appointed t h e ?
    a

    "Ronrfrost,''

    L,W,

    "JI~IY
    ." 31, i.qh.

    "Fkirthling mna," M,

    o.rlrrtn'; see CSen~sis1:26,footnote (1, d L'Thcliit1ad cnnwtcllation,"


    Rae Job D : 9, footnote e. "The JCr'tril c o n ~ t ~ l l n t i o n . IJtnr
    "
    ,Trill 9:9,
    Pontnotc d, "Tile Uaz57n-rotl1 constellntion." 41, ,t?~.-~:n.r~bth';
    LXS, rriasatirbtlr {here and a130 ~t 2 Tiinrq 39 :5, wl~ri-cwc r e ~ d
    "cnnst~llntionsof the mdiac'!) ; TTg, "JJdcihPer."; Sy, "tile WII~OTI
    f

    aon>tellnti~n.'~

    JOB 38 :33-41

    109

    108

    C P s 2:Q
    *PS 119:91

    "And as for the Ash constelEstiona alongside its sons, can you conduct them?
    "Have you m e to know the statutes of t h e

    heavens?
    "Or could you put its authority In the

    Jer 31:s
    Jer 3 : 2 5

    earth?

    b4"Can you ralse your voice even

    to the

    clo~d,~
    "So that a heaving masa of water itself may
    cover you?&
    36 "Can you send forth lightnlngsao that t h e y
    may go

    "&15:5
    PS147:4

    dnA"'
    say to you: 'Here wve are!'?'
    3" 'Who put wisdommin the cloud layers,b
    "Or who gave undershndlng* to the sky
    phenomenon?"
    'Who can exactly numberA the clouds in
    wisdom.

    "Or t h e water jare of heaven-who can tip


    [them] over,](
    ''When the dust pours out as into a molten
    mass,
    "And the clods of earth themselves get
    stuck t ~ g e t h e r ? ~
    "Can you hunt prey for a lion itself
    "And can you satlsfyd the lively appetite
    of young lions,'
    40 LWhen they cmuch in the hiding places,*
    "[Or] keep lying In the covert for an
    ambush ?
    "Who prepares for the raven its foodOt
    a*

    "The A& constellation." Ree Job 0 : 0, footnote o, b l t C l o ~ ~1~yei.s:~


    d
    Aauggested meaning of the! Hebrew word trc,hkbbkt, the exact meaning of whch is not cleflnitcly known. # "Sky het~amenon.'~The
    meaning of the Hebrew wvrd R P U .ie~ M~
    L ' defnibly tno-, bot
    appears to refer t o some hmrcnly phenomenon. d Li tern!ly, 'L.till," 31.

    JOB 39 :1-10

    JOE 39 :11-21

    110

    "Or will It harrotv Io~vplains after you?


    I"Wil1 you trust in it because its power is

    "When its o m young ones cry to GodR for,


    help,
    "[When] they keep wanderfng about kcause there is nothing to eat?
    "Have you a m e to knmr t h e appointed
    time for the mountain goatsUof the
    crag to give birth ?
    ''Doyou watch even when the hinds bring
    forth^ with birth pangs?
    P "Do you count the months that they fulfill,'
    "Or have you mme to know the appointed
    time that they give birth?
    a "They bow down when they east forth their

    abundant,
    "And will you leave your toiI to it?"
    le "Will YOU rely an it that it will bring back
    your seed
    "And that it rvill gather to your threshing

    39

    rRu 3:2
    2% W:IR

    young ones,
    "[When] they get rid of their pangs.h
    ' "Their sons become robust,'l they get big in
    the open field;
    "They actually go forth and de not return
    to them.
    a "Who sent forth t h e zebraAfree,@
    "And who loosened the very bands of the
    wild ass,
    a 'IWhose house I have appointed thedesert plain
    "And whose b e l l h e b laces the salt country?t

    0 Xls
    I)@lfl7.Q
    29:a

    "It laughs at t h e turmoil* of a town;


    JCF
    ~ E L O 176
    .~l:li
    "'The noises of a stalker it does not hear. as~141:1a
    ?L:l"l
    a.r~~t,.rn:s
    a "It explores mountains for its pasturagea
    "And after every sort of green plant' It '7;,3$?1,
    seeks.
    "Does a wild bulI* want to serve you,
    "Orwill it spend the night by your manger?
    10 "
    Wj11you bind a wild bull fast with its ropes
    in the f u r r o ~ v , ~
    Ihlt

    a "Ood!'

    N,EL b Or, 'let lome: their fctaees."

    fl~~r?"

    "Has the wing of the fernale ostrich flapped


    joyously,
    s L e 11:19
    'Qr
    [has she] the plnlons of a stork1 and
    Ps 104;17
    Jer 8 7
    the
    plumage?
    Zee 5:9
    "For she leaves; her eggs to the earth ItseIf
    "And in the dust she keeps them warm,
    lJ
    "And[ she forgets that same foot may crush
    them
    "Or even a wlId beast of the field may txead
    on them,
    l o "She does treat her sons roughly, as J i not
    hersc
    "In vain is her toil [because she has] no
    dread,
    lT"For God" has made her f o r ~ e twisdomu
    "And he has not given her a share in understanding.
    le '%tthe time she fiaps [her wings1 on high,
    "She laughs at the horsehand at its rider.v
    lB "Can you ~ i v ete the horse mightiness?"
    "Can you clothe its neck with a rustling
    mane?"
    2o "Can you cause it to leap like a locust?"
    "The majesty aP Its snorting is frightful."
    9Jg 5:22
    In the low plaln and exults In power;
    Jer 47:3 2L i'It pawsCa
    *Pr n:31
    ''It goes forth to meet armor,*
    Zec 10;3
    "&d?
    X,Et.otah. b "A mutlina t i ~ k n t , ' M
    ~ ; 'btrcngth," T. 1 "It
    /Iz

    paws," L I X T g S y ; literally, ' " b y

    pnu*," hI.

    JOB 39 :2 2 4 0 : 2

    112

    113

    @Jer~ : 6
    "It laughs at dread and is not terrifiedlm
    "Nor does i t turn back on account of a sword.
    X J O ~
    41:26
    " "Against it a quiver rattles,"
    *Ea
    17~45
    "The blade of a spear and a javelin.'
    "'With pounding and excitement it s~vallows
    kHab 1:8
    up the earth,"
    "And it does not believe that it is the sound
    nJos 6:s
    of a trumpet-n
    Jer 4.21
    '"'As soon as the trumpet blows it says Aha!,
    "And from far off it smells the battle,
    "The uproar of chiefsaQnd the war cry.'
    26 "IS it owing t o your understanding that the
    S L ~
    11:16
    falconc' soars up,
    'That it spreads its wings to the south
    tJer 8:7
    wind?t
    a 7 "Or is it at your order that an eagleCu flies
    ",'Pr
    p",;$$z
    235
    upward
    Isa 40:31
    "And that it builds its nest high
    vgcr 49:16
    "That on a crag it resides and stays during U D 4
    ?'

    t h e night
    "Upon the tooth of a crag* and an inaccessible place?
    8' "From there it has t o search for food,O
    "Far into the distance its eyes keep looking.
    80 "And i.ts young ones themselves keep sipping
    UP blood)
    "And where the slain are, there it is."$
    And Jehovah proceeded to answer Job
    andsay:
    "Should there be any contendingb of a faultfinder with M e Almighty?"
    "Let the reprover of Godc himself answer

    4')

    it,"@

    a Litmally,

    "princes." M, sa.rinaf.

    '(Should there be

    *1Sa14:4
    E ~ J 9:26
    O ~

    AEze 99:17

    'Mt24:28
    LU 17:m
    Re 19:17
    +EC 6:lO

    EOyi:n

    ~ P 68.14
    S

    eEee 18:2
    Mt20:ll
    KO 9:18
    Ro 11:34

    e ~ n pcontend-

    ing?'? The Hebmw verb here is in the i n h i t i v e absolute and hence


    is impersonal and indefinite in time. c "God." kt,El.orah.

    JOB 40 :3-15

    a And Job went on to answer Jehovah and say:


    "Look! I have become of little account.'
    "What shall I reply t o you?
    "My hand I have put over my mouth.*
    "'Once have I spoken, and I will not answer,
    "And twice, and I will add nothing."
    And Jehovah went on to answer Job out
    ItPs 50:3
    of the windstormk and say:
    Heb 12:18
    ' 'Gird up your loins, please, like an able-bodied
    man ;
    "I shall question you, and you inform me.n
    "Really, will you invalidate my justice?r
    "WiII you pronounce me guilty in order
    that you may be in the right?""
    "Or do vou have an a m like that of The !true1
    God,bt
    "And with a voice like his cam sou make
    it thunder?u
    UPS n : u
    Joh 12:20 10"Deck yourself, please, with superiorityV and
    Ft0 8:5
    rIsa 2:10
    eminence,
    Isa W:14
    '1Gh 16:27
    "And
    with dignity* and splendor may you
    Ps 8:1
    clothe yourself.
    "Let flow the outbursts of your anger,'
    LEx 18:11
    "And see every one haughty and bring him
    Pr 15:25
    law.
    Isa 2:ll
    Da4:n
    xa "See every one haughty, humble him,"
    Lu 38:14
    SPS 7:9
    " A n d tread down the wickeda right
    - where
    CGe 3:15
    t h e y are.@
    RO 16:m
    +PS4 9 : ~
    "Wide them together in the dust,'
    Ps 55.15
    "Bind their very faces in the hidden place,
    ""And 1, even I, shall commend yon,
    e m 443
    "Because your right hand can save you."
    Isa 33:22
    l5 "Here, now, is the hippapotamusc that I have
    1:z5
    made" as well as you.
    a In L X X this line reads : ('Do YOU img,gine that I have treated you

    xGe lR27
    Z S a 24:lO
    Ezr 9 s
    Isa 6:3
    Da.9:s
    *Jg 38:29
    Pr N:32
    Hab 2:20

    F G ~

    othervise than that you should appear righteous.17'buThe [true]


    God." M, ha-El. C Or, 'LBe.hc'nloth."M, bCke.?,bdtA'; Vg, behemoth,

    JOB 40 :16-41 :1

    114

    "Green grass it eats# just as a bull does.


    kJon n r j m ? l
    'Were, now, its powerk is in its hips,
    "'And its dynamic energy in the tendons of Pi-l.L>l

    *g;#?14

    '

    its befly.

    " "It bends down its tail like

    "The s h e w of its thighs are intenvoven.n nJob41:23


    FTM A R : ~
    'Tts bones are tubes of copperir
    " I t s strong bones are like wrought-ironc 'm 2!9
    rlsn 432
    K~ds.~
    Rc 2:m
    tl'r a:-la
    lo "It is t h e beginning of the ways of Godig'
    '9ts MakerU can bring near his snmd.
    ' 1 ~ t ~ ~ ~ ; 3 z
    2o "For the mormtains themselves bear their
    VPS 1428
    produce for jt,v
    Joe 3%
    all the wild beasts of the field themselves play there.b
    " "Under the thomy lotus trees I t lies down,
    "In the hiding place of reedP and the ;;7;:
    AJab H:fl
    swampy place.*
    *P "The thorny lotus trees keep it blocked off
    with their shadow:
    "The poplarsb of the torrent vaIIey surround it.
    ''If the river acts vioIently,' it does not run
    in panic.
    "It is confident, although the Jordano"
    should burst forth against Its mouth.
    '"Before its eyes can anyone take it?
    "With snares can anyone bore Zits] nose?[:
    "'Can you draw out FR.vi'a.tbandk with kJoba:a
    Ps 74:14

    "'d

    "Or with a rope can you hold doivn Its,

    rEze 3 : 4 i

    Ezc 3H..1

    for the fomfooted creatures in the Tar'tn.rus." e I n illl,?U: this


    chapter 40 eonhues an for eight mow v@rseg.*i'Le.~i'n.thm,"
    31Tg ; "a dragoa,'' L n .

    $!$;

    "Or with

    r16x 21:6
    rw I ~ : I T

    indeflnite?~
    "Will you play with it7 as with a bird,
    "Or will you tie it for your young girls?
    vViIl partners barter for it?%
    "Wi!l they djvide it up among tradesmen?
    ' J o b ~ l : ?~ "lVII1
    ~
    you fill its skin with harpoons,'
    'Pa R:8
    "Or its headn with fisha spears?
    1 GP 395
    liOIG:?
    your hands upon it,"
    =1tv
    - "Put"Remember
    the battle. Do not do it again."
    "'Loolr ! one's expectation about it will certainly
    be disappointed.
    "One will also be hurled down a t t h e mere
    sight of it,
    la
    "None
    is so ~udaciousthat he should stir it up.'
    +G@
    r ~d9:9
    W:I,
    a
    "And who is it that can hold his ground
    lG:ILJ

    ?(I

    I
    I

    e2Ch 20:e
    I

    befare me?=
    "Who has given me something first, that I
    Ro 9.13
    ought to reward himY
    * I t 0 It AT
    1Jo 4:19
    "Under
    the whole heavens it is mine.#
    IIF-y '1q
    r ) t b ~ r 1 , ~ 4'"'1 shall not keep silentk about its pwts
    T'q 2.1 1
    "Or the rn~tterof [its] mightiness and the
    Irirn [;:a
    grnce of its proprtions.
    ' T h o has uncovered the face of its clothing?
    LlK1 fB:W
    "Into Its double j a w who d l enter?'
    Am 4:2
    "The
    doors of its face-who
    has opened?
    ,p,rn:r
    Ps 55%
    "Round
    about,
    its
    teeth
    are frightful.8
    P~ :kl:l4
    PS

    H3:IR

    ""31
    AC
    4:
    17
    s

    -k

    I'R I~u::%
    27:1

    tongrte ?
    "God."
    El. L-'ST make3 this line read : "He mnile plcnsure

    you put a msh ln its nostrils,n


    a, thorn can you bore its jaws?'
    "CViII it make many supplications to you,
    "Or will i t SRY soft words t o
    "Will it conclude a covenantt with you,
    "That you may take it as a slave to time

    l l I a ~ R 7 : ~ "Can

    npr ~ : 2 9

    a cedar;

    JOB 41:L 1 4

    115

    I
    I

    ~ t if qqr b In MLXY chapter 40 end3 here.


    Or, "mnka n f c ~ over
    " J ~ T . Pforp
    "
    litrral?~,"bridle," If. '*Scnlcarmor (coat of mail)?
    L.W. ~ " F n c r , 'M
    ' ; L'~~~outh,"
    Sy,

    JOB 41:15-28

    JOB 41:29-42:4

    116

    "Furrows of scales are its haughtiness,t


    "Closed as with a tight seaI.Ll
    "One to the other they fit closely,
    "And not even air can come in between them
    I t ''Each one to the othcra they are stuck t o
    gether;
    "They gmsp one another and cannot b
    separated.
    l " "Its very sneezings flash forth light,
    "And its eyesv am 13ke the beams of d a m
    lo"C)ut o
    f its mouth there go lightning flashes,
    "Even sparks of fire make their escape
    'O "Qut of its n~strilS
    smoke goes forthgU
    "Like a furnace set aflame even with rushes,
    5v'Its soulb itself sets coals ablaze,
    "And even a flame goes forth out of ih
    mouthad
    4 z "In its neck lodges strengthPo
    "And before it despair leaps.0
    "The folds of its flesh do cling together;
    "They are as a casting upon it, immovable
    +ExB:32
    '"TEts heark is cast like stone,'
    Isa 4 8 ~ 4
    J F F5:3
    "Yes, cast like a lower millstone.
    %PC 7 : 12
    '"Due t o its rising up the strong get frightened,' mJob 41:9
    11%:~
    "Due to consternation they get bewildered, 17s
    TTa 8 : 12
    TIR 14:18
    "Overtaking it, the sword its& does not prove J u n 1:s
    equal''
    "Nor spear, dart or arrowhead.
    x 7 "It regards iron* as mere straw,
    "Copperk as mere rotten wood.
    '""An a r r o 4 does not chase it away;
    "The slingstonesnhave been changed for it (nib%?$
    into mere stubble.

    "A club has been regarded by it as mere

    tn

    'j

    42

    I
    I

    "i

    'Literally, "to its brother,'' M. b''60nl!' M, repR8eaA; L a ,


    ps~~.chp';Vg, Wa'litus. "Despair leaps," M ; "dMru&on runa,"
    L A X , Lit~rdly,'{A son of a her," 11.

    stubble,
    "And It laughs at the rattling of a j a ~ e l i n . ~
    no ''ASpointed earthenware fragmentsmsare its
    under parts;
    "It spreads out a threshing instrument
    upon the mire.
    S l "It causes the depths to boil just like a pot;t
    "It makes the very sea like an ointment p o t
    32 "Behind itself it makes a pathway shinqb
    "One wvould regard the watery deep as
    gray-headedncss.c
    !.Re 133
    "Upon the dust there is not the like of it,''
    "The one made to be without terror.
    I* 'Everything hjgh I t sees.
    *Ps7P8
    "It is king over all majestlc wild beaskWd*
    Eza 29:s
    Un R .I
    And Job proceeded t o answer Jehovah
    and say:
    "1
    have
    come!
    to know that you are able t o do
    rae
    Ian IR:M
    6$:13
    all thingsa
    Jcr =:I7
    hT1 19;2fl
    "And there Ss no idea that is unattainable
    1.0 1H::17
    LIvn 5 5 . 3
    for
    l l c b 4:13
    CI'4f:l
    "' "Who fs this that is obscuring counselwithout knowledge?'"
    "Therefore I talked but I was not under+Pr2:6
    UQ 129
    standing'
    "Things too wonderful far me, ~vhichI do
    G P 40:s
    ~
    Pu 13t:l
    not knowme
    P%13qmt3
    ." 'Hear, please, and I myself shall speak
    'JJ%*:2i0
    1'4 l * l ? ' l ~
    '"'I shall question you and you inform me."
    6., 13
    teJns8:28
    Jrr 6:28
    rJob 2 8
    I'v 22 15

    I
    I

    I h n

    Or, "The mod pointrd ( ~ h n st) af enrthenxare fragments."


    nccorrling to tlip Hrhimw idiom. LXX rnnkes this line read: "And
    the Tar'tn-rusl of t b n~ b p s ns n cnptive." "As ~ag-headedness,"
    11; ''ns a plncr to rvalk,'YL?iX;"m the dry land,?' ST. dLiteraIly,
    "rill tl~t-POIW of pride ( d i p ~ i t y,"
    ) M.
    8

    JOB 42:12-17

    "In hearsayao I have heard about you,


    "'But now my own eye dws see you.*

    *Ex

    Inn 6.3
    .rot1 1.18

    ""That is why I make a retraction and I do l;]'ll 1:IS


    -1 ~1,ar1 ' 551~17
    1S:S
    repent=
    .1vr
    31
    :I3
    "In dust and ashes."
    l . : ~ e1R:1;3
    7 And it came about after Jehovah had
    spoken these words t o Job that J e h o v ~ hpro.
    cwded t o say to EIyi-phazthe Te'rnan.ite:
    "My angern has grown hot against you and
    your trvo ~ornpahions,~
    for YOU men h ~ v enot
    spoken concerning me what is truthful# as has
    my servant Job. a d now take for yo~rrselves
    seven bnIls and seven ramst and go to my servant Job, and Y Q men
    ~
    must offer up a burnt
    sacrifice in YOUR own behalf, and Job my servant will himself pray for YOU.^ His face only I
    shall accept so as not t o commit disgraceful folly
    with YOU, for You have not spoken concerning
    me what is truthful as has my servant J o ~ , ' ' ~
    9 And El'i-phaz the Terman.ite and Bil'dad
    the Shu'hite [and] Zdphar the Na'alrna.thite
    proceeded to go and do just as Jehovahqad
    spoken to them,' and Jehovah proceeded to RCcept Job's facemO
    10 And Jehovah himself turned back the cap
    tfve condition of JalY when he prayed' in behalf of his companions, and Jehovah began t o
    give in addition all that had been Job's, in
    double a m o ~ n t .l1~And there kept coming t o
    him dl his brothers and aI1 his sisters and a11
    tl~oseformerly knowing him,' and they began
    t o eat bread with him in his house and t o sympathize with him and t o comfort himl"over all
    the caIamity that Jehovah had let come upon
    -

    Or, "In a report to the

    em'' b Or, "I, do fccl regret."

    him, and they proceeded each one to give him a


    moneya and each one a gold ring.'
    Job 6*
    12 AS for Jehovah, he bIessed" the end of Job
    *Jas 5:ll
    k ~ o b 1 : 3 afterward more t h a n his b e ~ i n n i n g so
    , ~ that he
    Ec 7 : s
    came t o have fourteen tthous~ndsheep1=and six
    "Im
    n:7 thousand camelsCand a thousand spans of oxen
    ":D,e,B,B:i ,
    and a thousand she-asses,n He also came to
    rJob
    have seven sons and three daughters,' Id And he
    proceeded t o call the name of the first Je.milmah
    and the name of the second Ke.zl'ah and the name
    of the third Ker'en-hap'puch. Ln And no women
    2Ps934
    were found as beautiful as Job's daughterP
    *ffl+min all t h e land,* and their father proceeded to
    tFb"pc:ig
    give them a possession in among their brot hersWt
    I I G ~2531
    16 And Job continued living after this a hunDe % : 7
    r P s e 8 S dred and forly yearsct1and came t o see his sons
    Pr 17.6
    rp,
    and his grandsonsv-four g e n e r a t i ~ n s . ~ And
    'Ge 2%
    Ps 91:16 1 gradually Job died, old and sat isfled with days.@
    liter all^, ((giva him ona Ir~.~d.lnh'.?'h I;*sd.tnkr wnu R money anii
    the ralue of ~rhichis not known todep, hnt ~ i z ~ p ~ n a ~worth
    ( I l y four

    *$$fi:$
    piece of

    ~hekels.b8pt: Job 1:3, funtnotcl c. a LSS rcntl~:"But Job ]ired


    nftm the plngue n buntlrcd nurl seventy ytharu;nll tlw (v~nru)thnt
    hc lived w r e two I ~ u n t l ~ enurl
    d forty-{bight /forty, L , Y . Y ~ ~pen~s."
    ]
    d To I - e m 17 L 3 8 nil&:: ''AltiI i t 1 ~ 1 \ 1)1rv1
    rv~mittrt\tlut h~ ~rl11rise
    ngnin rcit5 thna~x - h o ~tlw
    ~ ~ J,nr.d rnisrs up, Tills {lnnlt) is ~ P . ; c ~
    from the Sfiac book rts r c c i c l ~ nin
    ~ tk tnnd of -\t~sitis [Uz],on
    the borders of Idnnma nntl Arnl~in. And fomnrrly Iris nnule I ~ P ,
    Johah. After tnking at1 Amhinil w i f ~h~ Flt*cn~~~e
    P n t h ~ rto n son
    whose name was Elnnor~. 13ul h p hijusclf nns rl~c$or>of hi3 fdhw
    Zare, a son of thc sons nf I.:sou, hut [ \ I ~ R tbc aon] of his ?nother
    Bosomha, so thnt hr wns thc iiftli [in linr fmlil AJ)t~nI~am,
    And
    these are tho kings thnt rrigncd in I*:dom, n ~ v l i i r ~caunti7y
    h
    hc also
    rras ruler: first, Balnk, thrb Holl o f I3col', ntld tilo nnlnc o f hia city
    was Demaba; but nPber Unlnk, Johnh, Ihr nne called doh; hut after
    this one Asom, who hnpprlnpd to IIP Kovrnlor o ~ nft the country of
    Thaernanitis; but nftcr thip o u Aditd,
    ~
    the son of Bnrnd, r h o cut
    o f f lladiam in the plnin nf Mnnl~,nnd the nnme a f his cltp rras
    Gethaim. But the frimrls thnt raltle to hi111 ( W C W ) ll;liphn~,of the
    sons of Esxn, king of thc Tbnilannites; Dildnd the nh3olute d e r
    of the Sauchaians; Zophnr tL king uf tbr llirninnri."

    1
    L

    BOOK O N E

    Happy' is the manb that has not walked" in


    gi?9
    11:as
    t h e counsel3 of the wicked oneslo
    - LU
    1% 73:L'.3
    And in the way of sinners has not stood' ~;c:.:I
    3.r- ,5 "1
    A n d in the seat of rididers has not sat.*

    "2

    j ~ ;?;:;I
    his delight is in the law of Jehovah,' b2r.n
    2::~
    And in his law he mads in an undertone $'b:';"
    -~P C J x.12
    Cs1:1ti
    X ~
    day and night.*
    a And he will certainly hcome Pike a tree plant- &'t!'C'i;"
    I ~ :'
    OI.:
    ed by streams of ~%*i'ater,"
    %I
    it,:t
    J'
    r
    1
    22
    That gives its own fruit in its seasonn
    ,::,
    And the foliage of which does not wither,r
    &
    !,l.:;
    And everything he does will succeed,";;yy6
    1.10 9 3
    The wicked a r e not like that,f
    But are iike t h e chaff that the whde drives O R I:+:
    away ,"
    T A 4~. 1 : ~
    That is why the wicked ones will not stand up ;',f $:il?
    in the judgment,'
    rr,ru
    rT*nB77.11
    :I.~
    Nor sinnersDin the assemblyO of righteous :
    ;
    ;
    t l v r lr.13
    ones.Y
    For Jehovah is taking howIedge of the way !].!ah / 1 : n
    ;I;;I;~
    of righteous Onesjz
    yM;tl 3 18
    25.48
    But the very way of wicked ones win perfsh.' \TL
    j , t, ,3
    ?'I'I ? I 7
    Why have the nation@ been in tumultDi;:;Ti;;;
    And the peoples themselves kept mutter- r.ir.b 2;
    ing an empty thing?*
    alqn
    51:24
    5 2..X
    3 I1

    f'5.1"

    'But

    I'S

    'S

    ,,,,

    x";,;~,;:
    G:

    M, Tahil.lirn'; literallp, "Praismex."L X S , Psn1.moi'; Pg, "Book of


    Psnlms." See Psalm 145, title. l i t ~ r a l l $'O
    ~ , th,he happiness of the
    man [ha-ish, Hebrew] M. ' ' T h d . " bI, rtr'ulth; L,L1;, dr~s.mos;
    Tg, rew'hra. See Genesis I : 2, footnote d.
    a

    ,j'

    120

    The kinas of earth take their sfmdb


    And high officials themselves have massed
    LU 1 ~ 3 t
    14u 23 11
    together as one*
    R r 17312
    Against Jehovahe and against his anointed
    1t1?1Rm19
    *>It 7tl.R
    onejn*
    3lt :'G 7 9
    311 77.1
    [Saying: 1 " k t us fear their bands apart4
    ,kc
    nllE 3 '1
    "'And cast their cards away from US!"^
    J O 1~i . 5
    "The
    very One sitting in the heavens" will
    Cb'sc.q.9
    .I'+ *;:.7
    1augh;n
    I'* h'3 2Q
    tm lF1:l
    Jehovahh himself wlll hold them in deriJ o h P:4l
    sionVr
    A C I:??
    a.!~&r
    5:s
    ~n P < 11~ 31 ~ At ~ that: time
    ~ zhe will speak to them in hi
    angera
    GR::~
    13R Jrr.22
    And in his hot displeasure he will terrify
    r . 1 3 37:17
    P J C5~: 3 1
    them,'
    r ' ~l i l t 2
    t
    1I 1
    [Saying :I, "I, even I, have installed m y king"u
    I
    I 1 ..I
    "Upon Zion,v my h o l p mo~ntaln."~'
    c I .11 :I
    III'H 4 9 , Q
    Let me refer to the decree of Jehovah;
    7 :
    doh r:da
    He has sald to me, "You are my son;"y
    RC I ~ : I R
    Q I - r.aa
    ~ 2
    "I, today, I have become your
    C T ! ~.1'2:21
    x.Ilthh1z:22
    ~ t jbi,l
    t ~
    a "Ask of me, that I may give nations as your
    DTvn 1'1 25
    inheritanceo"
    CT'R 2-1,l
    "And the ends of t h e earthBas your own
    Y L T 3,17
    ~
    a

    f!;,

    3lt 2:18

    (Psalm 1 41)

    PSALMS 2 :2-10

    121

    Tlch 1:s
    T ; ~ ~ ..1.1:28
    p?.r
    f :s s
    to::lo
    :n
    Joh 1 14
    Dl,.; 22!27
    c i ' s 72:Y
    .".Ilr 2 27
    RP 1 2 5
    Il ln 2:A.l
    *I>S

    possession.no
    "You will breakd them with an ironCsceptm,"
    ' 2 s though a potter's vessel you will dash
    them to pieces."*
    And now, 0 kings, exercise insight;
    Let yourseIves be corrected, 0 judges of
    the earth."

    lP

    n:ll

    I's wL':,'
    Isn '17 23

    nta.rhipu1:L; Sy, n'shi'hha; LXX, ha


    nnd many Hebrew manuscripts; J.SX, Iro I;J*i.oa; Tg, Darmi.n+is;M,d.do.my', this being
    ono of the 134 pnwripv whrrc the 3tsnish Sopherim (scribes) mtb
    atituttd d.da.tzn?y' for l*Cha.~i-nJ1'
    in the primitive Hebrew test. See
    Cicnrsis 113 : 3, fuotnotr n. a Or, litemlly, "luountaim of my holin~s,"
    11. d "Brcsk," M E "shcpbostl," L.Cf.

    0, h

    C ~ I ~ Y R . ~ O VgI
    R

    I(

    Christ."

    r h r i r ' t t ~ t ,b ",Jeher-ah," Sy

    PSALMS 2 :11-3 :6

    123

    122

    ' Do arise,O 0 Jehovah!"~ave

    " Serve Jehovah with feaF

    And be joyful with trembling.'


    Kiss the sun,a* that He may not become Incensed
    And YOU may not perish [from] the way,bk
    For his anger flares up easily.cn
    Happy* are all those taking refuge in h1rn.P

    A mclody of I'ln~id,
    call, answer me, Q my righteous

    0 Jehovah, why have my adversaries be-

    comemany?t
    Why are m y rising up agdnst me?"
    lMany are saying of my soul:
    "There is no salvation for him by

    9nd

    taSa 15:ln
    2% 110:15

    l\.lr n:25
    IW?l

    rthlt

    J r ~ hG,r;C

    v;yT.:;8:
    nr n:47

    Se'la7a.f
    t
    yet you, 0 Jehovah, are a shieldC about~op~33:20

    lne,y

    YGC15:1
    13e 33:29

    My glory3xand the One lifting up my head,*2!,;n;';'

    ' With my voice I shall call to Jehovah I~irnselfG~!.?~?.


    ~dhe will answer me from his holy *;?;;:?
    .JU11 J:14

    mountai11.g Se'laJ~?

    me,' 0 my God!*
    For you will have to strike all my enemies
    on the jaw.k
    The teeth of wicked ones you will have to
    bxeak.n
    Salvation' belongs t o Jeh0vah.r
    Your blessing is upon your peop1e.B Sfe'l~th,
    To the dil.retor an htliagsd it~wt,rulnclits.t

    .. -" nPs 5F:G


    rFs 3739
    Pr 21!31
    IS& 43.11
    3sa 46:21

    A ~iielodyof Da-rid mheil hc waR tbunriing nwny


    on accoulrt of Ab'saJolu I I ~ Yaon,dH

    PSALMS 3 : 7 - 4 : 7

    umt :t-,:m

    As for me,I shdl certaidy lie dawn that I may

    sleep;
    1 shall certainly awake, for Jehovah him.
    self k e e p supporting me.&
    a I shall not be afraid of ten thousands of people#
    IJThohave set themselves in array against
    me round a b o u t
    ''8an." M, bnr; not bcn, at; in the suprracription of Panlm 9,"Kim
    the 8011,"Sp; "Accept correction," 3,SX; " L ~ o r ndisdplinn," ITcp ;
    "lteccive in~truction,"T, b ''[From] llir any," in nfi.rrrm~nt wltl~
    KLYVg, which read, "from the right,eou~wny."' a Or, ''(~nicklg,!'
    d "PnnhP'b
    !, ben. "God." M, El.o.hvn~ ;i n ~ I I P plur~lof ~xrr1lrnc.p
    or ~linj~at;t-.
    Sce Genesis 1 : 1,faotnotc I> : also 1'~aIm i : 0, foot notc h.
    "Pc"lnk,'"
    H e h m terhnirrll tmm SOT milnir o~ rw~tntion.The
    n~enringof it Ilos not been mplained, a ;See 1'~mIn12: 0, footnotu c.

    Re 750
    Re 13:l
    BPS2 ~ 1 1
    Eph 1:3
    Heb 6:14
    llCll25.1

    115
    1-4324
    Jrr 23:6

    UPS

    r:Sa

    17.3

    I5a 19:D
    1Sa 23:28
    y P s 56:l
    Z P S 5:3

    *lSa 12:2X
    I sa 59.4
    ;Ps 56:3

    J
    ,
    , ,:,
    Yoh 8 44
    ~ E a3
    Y
    :16
    Joh 1 17
    AC 13:3
    FPS

    55:15

    3 ' s 63%
    ~ D =:El
    P

    xe:,eb13:E

    8 2 s 62:s
    I= 26:4

    4:19

    k Ec 2:3
    IW 55.2

    h l t 19:16
    LLI12:19
    Jas 4:13

    n Y u 6:2A
    Ps &O:T
    PS 59:35

    Ps339:135
    14:1

    EPS

    rt;,";3$,,

    When I
    Godu
    In the distress you must make broad space
    for me.''
    Show me favow and hear my prayer.
    ?You sons of
    how long must my glory
    be for insllt,
    [While] YOU keep lovfng empty things,'
    [While) YOU keep seeking t o find a l i e ? O
    Se'?&.
    So take knowledge that Jehovah will certainly
    distinguisl~his man of loving-kindness;'3"
    Jehovah himself wjll hear when 1 call to
    hirn.O
    BE agitated but do not sin,'
    Have 1-OUR
    say In YOUR heart, upon YOLX
    bed,' and keep silent. Se'lnft.
    Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness'
    And trust in Jehovah."
    G T h e ~ are
    e mtzny saying; "Who will show trs

    ~ i f t - u pthe light of your face upon


    O Jehovah.
    YOUwilI certainly give a rejoicing in my heartgr

    'blIen." N,ish; evidently in the collectire w11ue. b LCLY, "Jeho~*aL


    has made his mnn af lori~~g-kiurlr~em
    [llla holy oue, T'g] wonderful."

    PSALMS 4 :&5 :7

    124

    Greater than in the time when their grain


    Jg 9:27
    and their new wine have ab0unded.E sIsa
    9:3
    J e r 4X:33
    Entirely in peace I will lie down and sleep,' tPr
    3'24
    For you yourself alone, 0 Jehovah, make
    uLe 25:lS
    me dwell irm security.u
    nt; =:lo
    To the director f o r Ke'hi.loth,a
    A melody of Da-i-id.

    To my sayings do give ear,v 0 Jehovah;


    Do understand my sighing.~
    ' Do pay attention to the sound of my cry far
    help,"
    0 my King* and my God, because ts you I
    pray.'
    W Jehovah, in the morning you will hear my

    voice;*
    In the morning I shall address myseIf to
    you and be on the rvatchab
    For you are not a God having.
    - anv aleasure in
    w

    wickedness ;+
    No one badb may reside for a while with
    YOU.@

    Eze 3425
    H o 2.18

    ~ P 55:l
    s
    1PC 3:12
    ~ 1 S 1:13
    a
    P S 19:14

    '

    PS 5a:lo

    ZPS25:4
    Pr 4:26
    > I t 3.3
    Heb 12:11
    *Ps 52:2
    D P s 5$:2
    >Tic 6 12
    @Ps 52:2
    ARo 3:lj
    OPr 29:~
    1Th 2:5
    JBS 3:5

    +p,o319

    mJob 5 . B
    *De 2.30
    2Sa 15:31
    *Isa1:20
    D a 9:s
    kPs 40:16

    nPs 3527
    + I C 29.17
    ~
    Hab 1:I3

    I shall bow down toward your holy temple


    in fear of younu
    0 Jehovah, lead me in your righteousnessv by
    reason of my foes;Y
    Make your wagP smooth before memz
    For in their& mouth there is nothing trustworthy;*
    Their inward part is ruin indeedno
    Their throat Is an opened burial place;"
    A smooth tongueo they usemb4
    lo God will certainly hold them guilty;'
    They will fall due to their own counsel^.^
    In the multitude of their transgressions let
    there be a dispersing= of them,"
    Eecause they have rebelled against you.*
    l1 But all those taking refuge in you will rejoice;k
    To time indefinikd they will cry out joyfully."
    And you will block approach t o them,
    And those loving yaur name will exult in

    rPs6936

    ~ P64:10
    S

    ~Joh
    P140:13
    14~23
    s

    No boasters may take their stand in front of ;P,$:z2,,


    Pr 6.1%
    your eyes.'
    You do hate all those practicing what is 8:;k;HO0!13
    hurtful; *
    Re 22~15
    nPs 2G:$
    " You will destroy those speaking a lie,k
    Ps 4593
    Isa 26:21
    A man of bloodshedcn and deceptionr Jeho- 1.2~a
    20:1
    PS43:l
    vah detests.
    Ro 129
    As f o r me, in the abundance0 of your loving- CPr
    SPS 51:l
    kindnessd"
    ~ P SM:IO
    I shall come in& your house:
    P s 116:lD
    "Be'hi.loth." The meaning o f this Hebrew mo~dis nnknom.
    L J U V g render r t "her who inherits." It may be the name of s
    ~nnslcalwind instrument; or the phrase r'for ?u'e'hi.lothJ' is the
    designation of a melody. b Or, r ' X o t ~ ghad!' c Literally, 'LoP
    bloods," X,d Or, "Ia~allove."
    a

    nlKi 8:29
    Ps 28:2
    Ps 132:7
    Ps 138:2
    v G e 15%
    Ps 23:3
    Ro 1:17
    ~ P 25:4
    s
    yPs 2731

    sPs 115:13

    tPS 3:3

    PS &?:I1

    Ir

    UPS32:lO

    la

    For you yourself will bless anyone righteous,"s


    0 Jehovah;
    Like a large shield,t with approval you will
    surround them.u
    To the director on stlinged instl.umenta on the
    lower octavenevA lnelady of David.

    vlCh f5:21
    Ps 12 suo
    YPS 38:1

    H e b li:S
    lCo
    12:6

    16

    0 Jehovah, do not in your anger reprove

    me,y

    rrTheir," LXXVgSg; L6hist7


    M. b Literally, liThey make their tongue
    smooth," M. a 'set there be a dispersing," 31, The Hebrew wrh here
    i s in the W t i v e construct and hence is impersonal and indefinite
    as to time, d "Time indefinite." M, 'o.lam'. e "The laxer o o t ~ ~ e 31,
    ."
    s h e d . ~ i t h 'This
    .
    is the feminine form of the word for "eighth," and
    its exact refereaae here is doubtful, vhethw to an eighth key or t o
    an octave or an instrument of eight s t r i n g g or to the eighth day,
    the day of circnmeision.
    a

    Iz:zT$i:

    And do not in your rage correct nebz


    'Show me favor, 0 Jehovah, f o r I am fading ,$d$B;Z8
    PS 4i:3
    away.'
    P s 10334
    HealCmeJc 0 Jehovah, for my bones have ;g;$+;T
    Jer 1 7 : ~
    been disturbed.*
    Ho 6:l.
    a Yes, m y own soul has been very much disy;;gj;;
    thnrbed;O
    And you, 0 Jehovah-how

    16:s

    O Jehovah my God,* in you I have taken


    ltPs 16:2

    Pr 18:lo
    nPs 17:7
    Ps 31:15
    Jerls:lS
    rPs 10:9
    FS 22:3.8

    long?+
    18:7
    Do return,@0 Jehovah, do rescue my s o ~ I ;L~u 16:lO
    ~op~
    Save me for the sake of your loving- 7;1:3"!'

    fl0wBt

    sLa
    rPs 69:s
    136
    3

    prayer.O
    PS 4034
    109:29
    l q l l my enemiesCwill be very much ashamed" :S,r$"d.:i:
    and disturbed;@
    OPS
    OPS 68:l
    ?1:9
    They will turn back,' they will be ashamed *$'$ ;,;\

    instantly.'

    Or, "loyal.love?'

    8Pr
    Z Tm5:3
    :~1

    Or, " r m m b r a n ~ e . "She'ol,'?


    '~
    MSy; c*Ha'des,"

    LXX; dn.fat.'wus, Vg.

    -28

    2%
    1;:~
    Jab l O : 7

    F$ 86:13

    39:12
    From vexation my eye has become weakju tP'
    LU 7:m
    It has grown old because of all those show- :$A;:;
    YPS
    PS~IS:IIE~
    139:19
    ing hostility to me."
    a Get away from me, all YOU practicers of what $: 1
    ,i23,,
    is hurtful,~
    ePs
    PS 1
    3:4
    45:~
    For Jehovah will certainly hear the sound &F$gi+9
    *Ps 31:22
    of my weepingnz
    PS d0:1
    "ehovah will indeed hear my request for J',","!$1,9
    2Co 12:8
    favor ;'
    CP5 118:l
    Jehovah himself will accept my own &","&?

    Save me from all those persecuting me


    and deliver me,"
    ? That no one may tear my soulCto pieces as a
    lion does,'

    Snatching [me] away when there is no


    deliverer.8
    3 0 Jehovah my God, if I have done this,"
    tdos 2222
    2138 18:s
    If there exists any injustice in my hands,u
    u7S124:11
    41f I have repaid the one rewarding me with
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ':
    ,
    Pr 17:13
    what is bad,v
    s ?Sn 1 9 4
    1Sn ?2:14
    Or
    [if] I have despoiled anyone showing
    ZPS 33.4
    *Isa
    hostility to me unsuccessfully,~
    ~ 1@:6~
    W o b 16.15
    Let an enemy pursue my s o ~ l l ~ "
    EC 3:zo
    LP.s 3:'i
    And let him overtake a n d trample my life
    PS 3j:z3
    Ps 44:26
    down t o the very earth*
    PS 6S:f
    Isa 3 2 3
    And cause my awn glory to reside in t h e
    bps 3 5 1
    '
    Ps94.2
    dust itself Se'lah.
    Isa 33.10
    Isa37:20
    DO
    arise,
    0 Jehovah, in your anger;"
    +Ps44'23
    Ps 73:20
    Lift
    yourself
    up at the outbursts of those
    PS 7$:65
    Isa 51:9
    showing
    hostility
    to meG
    SPS 76*9
    And do awake for me,d+ [since] you have
    I S 103:6
    J u d e 15
    ordered judgment
    MPS 44'2
    Ps 6 8 3
    And let the very assembly of national groupse
    Eze %:I3
    Re 1I:18
    surround YOU"
    Re 16:14
    IF@5:8

    FJ

    I.% %:I7

    A dirgea of Darid that he sang t o Jehovnh


    eon~errdogthe words of Gush the Bentjs.min.ite.b*

    Zec 14:5

    OPS31:9
    Mt 26%
    +Ps13:l

    T o r in death there is no mentionb of you;k 'PTi;


    She'olc who will laud you?n
    k;Ps
    PS s3:10
    wig
    PS 115:17
    146:rl
    I have grown weary with my sighing;'
    AU night long I make my couch swim;" , ~
    With my tears I make my own divan over- %jY;i8

    '

    &'Adirge." X, S1fig.gri.yGqa'; L m 7 g j "A p ~ h . "The word is of


    doubtful meaning and m a y denote a wild, 11assionnt.e soya ~ 5 t h
    rapid changes of rhytlim. I f d e r i ~ e dfrom the verb shu.ng', diy.grcUO?~' may mean a roaring cry from joy or i
    n danger. I n Hab,baW
    3 : 1 it owurs in the: plural number, literally, "Cusll the son of
    Jern'ii." c "Soul." M, ueph'esk; LXX, p.cg=chFf; Tg, a'ni.na.
    * "F~rrne,"hl; "0Jehornh my God," L X X V g . "Iatioualgmups."
    N, lettm.naim',Possibly this dlould read el.o.kdvn', making the phrase
    read "let the very assembly of gods.:' Compare Psalm 82:1.
    a

    And against it do you turn back on high.r


    ' Jehovah himself will pass sentence on Ule

    ;F;;:y:f8

    '~;~&~:,
    o r 5 313 4

    i ::I. ..Ei4
    ,-.=.
    Isa Zi:?
    ,

    1:l
    j
    Judge me, 0 Jehovah, according to my C.14hl3
    J>,~~,,ZI
    1,.
    righteousness*
    PG.II.I?
    , 1,.11
    J's 7s 72
    And according to m y integrityg in me,
    l=r I!] 1
    "lease, may the badness of wicked9 ones come D P a 9 17
    A
    P r 9:s
    t o an endA
    or)$ :n:n
    And may you establish the rlghteaus 0ne,\;Y?~1?;$
    r
    And be testing out the hearts* and the By;; g:;s
    kidneys,a 0 righteous God.bq
    ~ J O I ,.12,10
    I" The shield for me is upon God,' a Savior of i:;g,?i.L
    k r l c 3r:.w
    those upright in heart,*
    I?n :T i ,
    I ,. 7 5
    " Godc is a righteous Judgek
    1) w.10
    A n d Godd is handing down sentencee every I $15n
    23 22
    day."
    n l ' s I,:n 12
    9-,
    M

    1"' If anyone will not return,' His s\vords he will


    sharpmu
    .'er 3139
    s D e 82:41
    His haw he will certainly bend. and he will
    Isri 27:l
    make it wady [for shooting] .'
    Isn 3:s
    And for himself he tvill certainly prepare the
    f.E3$?;!
    uHab 3:3
    instruments of death;lr
    v D e 32:42
    He
    will make his nrmws for these hotly
    Dc A+.<
    i);
    yIsa 33.11.
    l q o o k !pursuing.'
    there is one that Is -pregnant with what
    .:Isa 5 k 4
    is hurtfu1,r
    And h e has conceived trouble and Is bound

    ";

    ...

    .. . ,

    to glve birth to falsehood."


    A it he has excavated and he proceeded to
    dig it,'
    But he will fall into the hole [that] he proceeded to make."
    I l C His trouble tvill return upon his own head,"
    And upon the crown of I~jshead his ou7n
    violence will descend,:
    l7 I shall laud Jehovah according t o his right-

    T h ~ ia,
    t "the deepest e~~mtions,"
    b"O si~hteotlsGod.'' If, El-oJrilt~'
    tsrcddiq', the title EE.o.lrim' being in tllp ,lurnl 11unlI)~rnntl the
    ndjwtiva t n d . d i q r being in the singular. O n t i i r Orsnii~~r-t<nnVI~rl~~fl
    :
    A r ~ b r r l uGranr ??lar,2949 edition,. pngi8aSO.% :Inn, pnlafi~rFiph
    g,
    "The ~~Fas.oFis
    ~ s c e l l e n t i r ror
    ~ m i r r r a l r i t i ~ ,n R IIII,HIIPIIII ~.cn~nl-lretl
    nl,uve,
    i~ properly a varietx of the abstract plurnl, since it rcullrs up the
    ~cvnrnlchnracteristica heIongirig to thc irlcn, h c ~ i d e s O S ~ V R S ~t lI ~l ~~
    rrrrond~rysense of an i~telisifirnfinrrnf the originnl i r en. It irl t l ~ u a
    c.lnaely relnted to the plurals of nn~plilirntinn,
    11-t~ir.l1 nrc 1110kt1y
    Pounrl in poetv. 60 especially El.a.E/im' C;edArad, (;a0 (ta br c l ~ n I
    t11bgtii41edEIVM the numcricnl plurnl gotla, Esotlr~s 11: 12, Prc.1.
    Tlw supposition that EEl.o.F,itat i s to Ire rcgnrd~dns ~ n t . r ~ lny r r m t
    rlnlit r)YI earlier polfieistic riew's Itlint IS, n u mrigi~bntlp only n
    t~unrlerit~alplural) is at l ~ a highly
    ~t
    in~prohnhlc,nnd, illorcorer,
    would not explain the analogous plurals.
    T l ~ n t~ I I F I~ngnngc
    llna entirely +ejected t h e iden o f nlllnrsi~blplurality i l l la:!< r J t i r t ~ '
    [ tvhc~ier~r
    it denotes 031e God) , ir proved euprvin2ly 1)p it* 1x*i11g
    nlrrio~tifi~sriablyjoined with n s i n p r l11rri ttrihutn
    P41rr s n m p l ~ ,
    KE.o.7,inn' 1snd.digtJ PsaIm 7 :10 [g, F~lglirll],kc, 1-Trrlco l~+/~o~J,Jrr~'
    Ilia y liave been used orirzjnqllp not o ~ ~ nr
    l y t~ nutllerirnl hut nlaa nrs
    nu ohstrnct plurnl (col~espondirlgto tbc L n ti 11 Ilrrnlrn), nnrl our
    ( h ~ d k c u d ) ,and, like other nl~xtrnctsof tllc mrnp kind. IIRVP becn
    trnnst'erred to the concrete single god (evra eP tho Ilcntlicln)."
    a "God!' 31, E?.s.him'. See r m s c 9, footliote h. d "God," Y,KI, a Or,
    "God is cursing (scolding).'' LLYTg, "he is not p t t i t l g ongr?.."

    1h.n

    ...

    PSALMS 7 :I24:1

    I29

    ,Ps 83:18
    Ps92.8
    Da 4:17
    nn 4:25
    Dn 4:N

    eousness,+

    And I will make melodye to the name of


    Jehovah the Most High.'
    To the dirrctor upoti thr Qit'tith,hS

    AC 7348
    W s 81 S u p
    P; 84 Sup
    kEx 1S.11

    cs 345
    De 28,s
    Ps i l : 1 8
    Ps K3.4

    A I E I C I O ~ C of IJnlid.

    eh~vahourfjord,~howmajesticyour
    8 OYouJname
    isinall theearth.*
    ixwhosedignity Is recountedd above the

    P S I ~ ~ : X
    A C 4 24
    n l K l S:TI

    Ps 36:5
    Da7 9

    14ab 3:3
    RP

    4 2

    heavens!"

    Literally, LLti.ead"(by flrinly l a n t i n ~the foot against the middle


    of it), Y. b "Git'dtll." ~ r o h n l $ t i ~ ~ l u ~ i cbxp~vwion
    cnl
    not pet explained. LXXTg, * L ~ ~j)rchsc~i'
    ine
    ne if "C4itftith'' wera derived from
    the Hebrem gt~th,mcnnlaji Q. p r F ~ df o r oil nr wino, *"Lord." 11,
    A.do.aiwf, thc plurnl of A.dlin the pCa~nlof excellence. Vorupare
    P.s~lrn
    7 : 9, footr~oteb. d "Yon w h s p dignity i~recounted." T ' g L n ,
    L 4 B e c a wyour rnngnificcnre hnu 1mn hfted up." SyT, ' n u who
    have pnt (&en) your glory."
    fl

    PSALMS 9:2-9

    131
    *Out of the mouthc of children and sucklings
    you have foundeda strength,r
    On account of those showing hostility to
    You,s
    So as to make t h e enemy and the one f2kin^ his venrremce desist.t
    W e n hen gee your Iheavens, the works of your
    fmgers,u
    The moons and the stars that vou have
    prepared,^

    OPs19:f4

    rMt 11%

    filt 21:16
    ?~"~1;::;+

    $EX113
    ISa Z:9

    tP6 97:9

    ~ P 4S 4 : ~

    r!Ps 56:9
    ~ ' P 80;16
    S
    Isa 64:s

    ,,RO
    , ,,:,
    120
    0%
    BPS

    72-5

    IM:I~

    J EIeb
    P S 1&:3
    2:6

    What is mortal m a n that you keep him in rnind,~g$~1:~~47


    And t h e son of earthling man3 that you,*pe;y::,ao
    take care of him?=
    Heb 2.16
    51:i-T o u also proceeded to make him a little less DPS
    PS 45:3
    3oh 1:14
    than godlike onesb"
    1331
    And with glory and splendor you proceeded Jolt
    Eph 1:21
    Pll 2.11)
    t o crown him.'
    coP1:is
    2:s
    You make him dominate over the works of OXeb
    P s 95:3
    your hands :On
    PGe 1:26
    ~ v e r ~ t h you
    i n ~have put under his feet:O fG&?ls
    Small cattlec and oxen, all of them,'
    OH
    E CC
    9 1.2
    :~
    u
    And also the beasts of the open field,m ops~.lo:l
    ICo 15:25
    "The birds of heaven and the fisho of the sea,' EPR 1 : 2 ~
    Anything passing through the paths of the gb1i1;
    O Jehovah mr Lord, how majestic your name
    is in all the earth!k
    To the director upon Xuth-1ab'ben.d
    A melody of David.
    H [Alepbje

    9I

    1Pe 3 2 2
    +Ge 1%

    ,c,; 1320
    z:;,
    xGe

    Job 3941
    *PS~148.10
    1e:21
    ~ o 41:1
    b
    kDe 33.26
    PS

    s:1

    Ps 104:24

    will laud [you], 0 Jehovah, with aLI my "pg"$;?


    heart;"
    LU 138.1
    PS
    10:27

    Or, hy

    a change of one Hebrew letter, '(corrected." bi'Godliko


    ones?' M, el.o.himt; LIKYITgSyT,'(angeIs (messengers)." C''8mall
    cattle," tlrnt is, sheep and goats, d M, 'al.muth' lab-bent; an unexplained Hebrew expression, but read by some a s "concerning the
    a

    1-1Ch18:12
    1Ch a:11
    Ps 1&:2
    sPs 2 8 3

    death of' the son C~hampion,TI ." Psalm 9 is linked with Psnlm 1 0
    in an alphabetic or artrostic arrangement in the Rehrew text.

    I will declare all your wonderful works.'


    I rviIl rejoice and exult in you,#
    I will make melody t o your name, 0 Most
    High.t
    2 [Beth]

    2Th 1%

    When my enemies turn backu


    They will stumble and perish because of

    J'PS16:s

    Ps 140:U
    zPs 47.8
    Ps 88 14
    PS 9-5 13
    Ps B8:3

    I s a 11:4
    IPe 2:23

    12.7
    PS 2:9

    'JOS

    1Sa Xi:45

    Ps 38,55
    PS 79:10
    Ps 349:7
    Re 19:15

    rps 5:ti

    Ma1 6:3
    Heb 214
    *De 9 3 4

    * For

    YOU.'
    YOU have

    executed my judgment and my

    cause;y

    You have sat on the throne judging with


    righte~usness.~
    1 [Glmpl]

    YOUhave rebuked nations,*you have destroyed


    the wicked one:"
    Their name you have blotted out to time
    indefinite, even forever.&

    CPS 10:16

    W you enemy, [your] desolations have come


    to their perpetual finish,"
    And the cities that you have uprooted.'
    The veiy mention of them will certainly
    perish.C3

    IS& 1d:zz

    2 [Re]

    ;:

    <.Ex1413
    Ps 46:9
    Isa 1U:25
    Isa 14:lO
    Z a 1:9

    -1Sa 31:7

    fi82Kl19:25
    der 51:64

    ~ P 90.2
    S
    Ps 1a2:l2
    2 ~ 3e?
    W E45 b

    ~ P 72-1
    S
    'P" 50.4

    Ps 103:lB

    Dn 7:9
    Re 4:2
    R e 20:ll
    IiCe 18:25
    nXtz 2:s

    1Ch 16:a
    rPs 96.13
    S P S 57.9

    As for Jehovah, he will sit to time indefinite,"


    Firmly establishing his throneg for judgment itself.'
    And he himseIf will judgeCk the productive
    landbn in righteousness;'
    He will judicially try n a t i o n a l ~ r o u p sin
    ~prightness.~
    1 [Waw]

    Ps 108:3
    p, 1 4 3 4
    tPs 94:15

    And Jehovah will become a secure height for


    anyone crushed,u
    O r "forever and ever." See Exodas 15 : 18, footnote d. b T ~ . ~ B I

    u D e 3327
    a

    N; "the inhabited earth,'' L X X ; "the orb of the earth:

    Vg.

    PSALMS 9 :lo-16
    a0

    132

    A secure height in times of distress.+


    And those knowing your name will trust

    in

    zs$$z
    YR18:10

    you,."

    For you will certainly not leave those looking for you, 0 Jeh6vah.T
    1 [Znyin]
    fi

    133

    MAKE melody to Jehovah, who Is dwellfng In


    Zion ;'

    TELL among the p ~ p l e shis deeds.=

    4519
    Jer 2933
    ISX

    tainly remember those very ones;"


    He Is sure not t o forget the outcry of the
    afflicted ones.$

    [H~th]

    The nations have sunk down into the pit that


    they have made;3
    In the net t h a t they hid, their awn foot has
    been caught.t
    la
    Jehovah is known by the judgment that he
    has executed.u
    By the activity of his own hands the wicked
    one has been ensnared.nv
    Hig.ga'i0n.b Se'luh,

    ah

    * ' ' ~ T R Rljot"n ensnmed," hy

    Fa1g;i3
    aaa 1-1:32
    P s n %:5

    ~~b 1122
    PS 1 0 j : l

    Isa 12:4
    Joh 1 7 : ~
    A G C 9:5
    21.; I 24.4
    Isa 26:2f
    hlr 23Z5
    Lu ll:5F

    Jon 2:6

    Heb 2 1 4
    Re 1:18

    SPS

    1m2

    R P e R7:2

    Ps 116:19

    g:g:$

    ~~ 'I H
    S aB37:22
    b% I S

    &;;;g
    ~ P 35:8
    S

    ttEr l4:4

    $g
    5%
    ZKI;.9:19

    v P r 6:2

    A c h n n ~ eof vowel-pointing: of the HPverb; "is entrappine," R.2. b "Hig,gnrion.'5An unexplained


    I I p l ~ r e winusical term or direction.

    bl-tw

    I ~ 5:I.l
    u
    Lb!4 4.4 : 3 1

    *Ps?8:d

    Show me favor,+0 Jehovah; see my affliction g;~;:~


    IE\- 3 3
    from those hating me,"
    0 you who are lifting me up from the gates JL~g 1k16
    18:i
    Rc G:lO
    of death,'
    *13s 51:l
    In order that I may declare all your praise- "F:2i!f9
    OPS =:I
    worthyo deeds*
    In the gatesk of the daughter@of Zion," :,P,sg;,9
    That I may be joyful in your ~ a l v a t i o n . ;:$?-&
    ~
    D [Teth]

    K U 1G:;Io

    zco l:g

    " For, when looking for bloodshd, he wilI cer- wRc 142
    ; ~

    [Todl
    t p s x:10
    1 Im
    ' 4P:15
    yIir l.l:32
    l s ~ rR:ll

    M 1 15:W
    ~ f . i f !3 7 : X

    BPS

    1 % rflk::!2
    Jor ?:I:!

    lIo"t3

    Wjckedcr people will turn hack to S ~ ~ ' O J ,


    Even all the nations forgetting Godeb*
    lAFor not alnlays will the poor one be forgotten ;"
    The hope of the meeka ones will Itself never
    perishmi

    Ir

    CI'!, 12:s
    I'c 7 : . 1

    3 Kwh1

    1-u 1:53

    PSALMS 9:17-10:3

    Jos ?:::I

    -I'H
    37:11
    ML 5 : 5

    Do arise, 0 Jehovah!' Let not mortale man

    Iv

    show superior strength,"


    Let the nations be judged before your

    :'.?:la

    ej'~.
    J '7, 2.1 : 14

    114s W'"1

    face.#

    '1's S1i:'J

    E J n h .i:17

    !'A 1[~4:15 ?n
    1% 1.i-l:A

    -t.;~!

    3-':26

    l%*{i'l
    UT'5

    %VC

    ,.I.C

    DO put fear into them,e 0 Sehovah,k


    That t h e nstions may know that they are
    but mom1 men." 1Se'Fnlt.

    1.1 :IS

    5 [Lanr~rl]

    k!;x 15:lb
    I::x 2 2 2 7
    I,#? % : 2 3

    1.1'~ 2 2 1
    .T<'T

    'l.1:R

    81's 1R:l
    I"!i 27 :!I

    1's .14:24

    EX 9.17

    1's lln.41
    i:1S

    I'T52:?

    V l c x 15.9

    1's 911::l

    1%4!1 :L;

    1 % 52.:1

    TJs 7 3 : s
    lAi! D l :.I
    Isn 37:ZS

    Why, 0 Jehovah, do you keep standing afar off?'


    [Why] do you keep yourself hide in tIrnes
    of distress
    his haughtiness the wicked one hotly ptrrd

    nlsa 31:3
    E7.e :n!%
    ,um
    12:23

    "n

    sues the afflicted one;'

    They get caught by the ideas that they


    have thought

    For the wicked has praised himself over the


    selfish longing of his soul,v

    "Sl~e'ol" MSyT; tLHn'des," LXX; in.frv'nrs, tvg. b "God!' M,


    I7r.a-hrm! Ur, "Do put a m upon Ihrm"; by a correction of JL
    d I n L - U V g this Psalm 10 i combined +th the pccceding psalm
    to mnka n panim o f 39 vm-sea. Xotiee how P~nlrhfi D find 10 are
    rloarly conncctcd bp the fact that the alpliabrtio ncro~itiocontinues
    on flmorn P ~ n l mB into P~alrn10, thia P~alul10 begii~ningwith
    the 12th H~br,revalphabetic: letter ( J ( 1 ~ 8 d ) .* "Keep yourself hid,"
    in ngrooment r i t h T.
    1

    134

    PSALMS 10:-

    And the one making undue profity has


    blessed himsdf;
    2 [Nunlb

    PSALMS 10:9-14

    rJas4:13

    zxss 5737
    Re has disrespected Jehovah.Jer 22:17
    t 26:15
    The wicked one according to his sugercilious- M
    LU 1215
    *Ps
    18:27
    nessc makes no search;"
    Ps 1@1:5
    I
    Pr
    MI his ideas are: "There is no God."an 1 Isa 21.4
    2 11
    I Isa 3:9
    His ways keep prosperinge all the time?
    EPs 14 1
    531.
    Your judicial decisions are high up out of PS
    Eph 2:12

    '

    his range;O
    As for all those showing hostility t o him,

    he puffs at them.'
    He has said in his heart: '? shall not be made
    to totter,&
    "For generation after generation [I shall
    be] one who is in no caIamity.""

    ' His mouth

    [pel

    is fuIl of oath-bound curses and of


    deceptions and of oppression.*
    Under his tongue are trouble and what is

    AGe 6:12
    Ps 37:35
    Pr 1.19

    TF;~;

    l1

    L U 7:39

    84.5
    EC ~1:u
    aps 'P~:IX
    c PS 04!7
    Eze 8.12
    Eze 9:s
    BPS

    I
    I

    +Ps 3 7
    "Ps 9 4 9

    Isn 2621

    Isa 3310
    I I ~ C5:9
    xPs 13.1
    r

    nlSa 23:28
    Pr 1:11
    Hab 3:14

    This line mad originally : "And the one making undue profit has
    disrespected Jehovah.'' The word "blessed" ma a reading that was
    put. into the margin to be read in place of '<has disrespected.''
    See Ginsburg's Inirod~ctwla t o the Mmssor~tico-Cw'tfcaIEdifion
    of the Hebretc Bible, pages 365, 366. See also Genesis 18: 22, footnote a, b I n this aorost~opsalm, notice that the 13th Hebrew letter
    (men&)has been omitted hetween this sun and the letter lamed
    abuve. c Literally, "aocosding to t h height.
    ~
    of his nose,'' &I,d "God."
    U, ELa.laim', "Prospering,"' by a coi+rection,Literally, i'enduringl' M. f rr9reen grass? by a alight change of vowel-pointing.

    Literally, "setflements," 11,

    85y1g:
    >ir Z:6

    XPS3r~:6

    innocent .P
    B

    zlSa IS:=

    L a 2631.
    Ho 11:9
    'JR 9:28
    2Sa 5:6
    mi 20:lO
    mPs 11:i
    M t 24:@

    hurtfu1.k

    Re sits in an ambush of green grass;fn


    From hiding places he will kill someone

    yiSa 2:36

    H o 9:9
    Ro 326

    E Ps 92:6

    2Pc 3:4

    Y l~yirn]

    His eyes are on the lookout for someone


    SPS 1711
    unfo&unateaas
    Jer n:17
    He keeps lying in wait in the hiding place
    O P r 23:13
    like a lionGin his covertat
    tPs 17:12
    PS 59:3
    He
    keeps lying in wait to c a ~ r yoff some
    BILc 7:2
    Ac 2321
    afflicted
    one by force."
    1Pe 5:8
    u t a 310
    He
    carries
    off the afflicted one by force
    Zec 1 1 3
    vJer 5.26
    when
    he draws his net shuLv
    Eze 1%
    Hab I:= lo He is crushed, he bows down,y
    J o h 1a:ia
    And the army of dejected onesb has to faIl
    2~~ 3:6

    P [Qo~fil

    Do arise,' 0 Jehovah. 0 God,C lift up your


    hand.@
    Do not forget the afflicted ones."
    l 3 Whv is it that t h e wicked one has disresaected
    le

    *Nu 11:20
    2Sa 12:9
    LU 1 0 : ~
    kG@ 9:5
    2ch m a 2
    Lu 11:50
    Pr 15:3

    -ifFi-C;&

    2Ch 6:23

    Jer 51:s
    JOC

    3.4

    God?d*

    He has said in his heart: "You win not


    require an accounting."k
    'I r ~ l e s h l

    hPs 35:22
    r1q.b 133
    ~ T 1.7
    P

    into his strong [claws] ,z


    He has said in his heart:" "GodC has forgotten.'
    "He has hidden his faceP
    "He wfIl certainly never see [it] . y ' q

    l4

    For YOU yourself have seen trouble and vexationqn


    YOU keep looking on,' t o get [them] into
    your hand.^

    "Someone unfortunate." The Hebrew word here is doubhfd in


    meaning; rearling ~t to mean "your military forces:? does not e u i t
    the context, bUThe army of dejected 0nes.j' The Hefirem word thus
    rendered is doubtful i n meaning. * 4rGod.'j 31, El. d ''God?' X,
    El.n.7rim'; plural of El.o'ah.
    a

    PSALMS 10:15-11 :3

    136

    To you the unfortunate one,t the fatherIessC


    boy, commits [himself ] .u
    You yourself have become [his] helper.'

    Anyone righteous-what must he do?'


    Jehovah is in his holy0 temple2
    Jehovah-in
    the heavens is his thr0ne.Z
    His
    own
    eyes3
    behold, his own beaming
    Zec 2:13
    OPs 135:16
    eyesa examine' the sons of men."
    CPs II5:4
    ZPS im:19 Jehovah himself examines the righteous one
    1sa 68.1
    as well as the wicked one,"
    Re 4:2
    *2Ch 16:9
    And anyone loving violence His soul cerPS 33:13
    Heb .1:13
    tainly hates.*
    EGe 223
    " He will rain down upon the wicked ones traps,
    Et
    1"j313
    @ha W:33
    fire and sulphuroo
    bps 21.8
    Pi-6 18
    And
    a scorching wind, as the portion of
    (,Ge 1 9 2 4
    Ex 9:24
    their
    cup.'
    1
    E t e 35:22
    For Jehovah is r i g h t e n u ~he
    ; ~ does lovea sight2Isa 43.4
    ?

    16Break the arm of the wicked and bad 0ne.Y


    May you search after his wickedness [until] you find no more.z
    Jehovah is King to time indefinite, even forever.a0
    The nations have perisheda out of his 2$9;;:
    PS 931
    earth."
    Jer 1D:lO
    '

    Da 4:34
    IPS 9:5

    " The desire of the meek ones you will certainly F;,:i:;
    hear," O Jehovah.

    You will prepare their h e a r t 0 You will pay


    attention with your ear:
    1To judge the fatherless boy and the crushed

    .Ps 3G,6

    L2Ch
    2Ch 34:27
    33:12
    ~
    JAS

    4 :B

    1Pe 5:s

    01~1~29:18
    2Ch 29336

    one,@
    2Ch 30:12
    That mortay man who is of the earth may ,$;,l,l;l,
    AC 12:5
    no more cause trembling.b

    To the director. O f David.

    Jaa 5 2 6
    1Pe 3:12
    ePs 72:4
    -Ps 9:19

    Eze 18:4
    In Jehovah I have taken sefugenk kach
    How dare YOU men say to my soul:
    "Flee as a bird0 to YOUR mountain!"3n47;:;;
    T o r , Iook! the wicked ones themselves bend n;p&zll

    11

    Ne 6:IZ

    Jer 26:15
    Da 3:16
    Ac 4 2 9
    CPs 33:21
    s Ex 40:34
    Hab 2:20

    V [Shin]

    ll [ T a w l

    PSALMS 11:4-12 :4

    137

    ZU 13:31
    the bow,'
    794
    They do make ready their arrow upon the I'PS364:S
    t l s a is:21
    bowstring,$
    1% 2 3 9
    To shoot in the gloom at the ones upright g~1gi3
    in heart.t
    AC 2312
    In case the foundations themselves are torn "g:E.:2
    down,U
    1 7i7iiY3$

    a Or, "forever and ever?) b Or, "That m o ~ t a lman


    .
    may no rnore con' ~ betinue to move tremblinglp out of the earth." In L ~ X S this
    cornea PsalnllQ,changing their numbering of the psalms that f o l l o ~ .

    eous' acts.'

    +PS75 8
    l s a 5127
    ~ d e r 25315
    ,

    The upright are the ones t h a t will behold


    his face.c#

    RE 16:l

    EEX

    34 6

    PS w.4
    1 ~ 8
    *Job 327
    1Pe 3 1s
    klCh 15:ZJ
    XPS

    To the dkector on the l o m r oetave.dk


    A. inelody of D a ~ d .

    Do save [me] ,en 0 Jehovah, for the man


    of loving-kindness has come to an end.^
    sPr 20:G
    faithhl
    people have vanfshed from the
    LU 18:s
    tPs 10.7
    sons
    of
    Ps 41:6
    Untruth they keep speaking one to the other;t
    ulCh
    PS 5:9
    Ro 16:18
    With a ssmootI~lip they keep speaking even
    1Th 2 , 5
    Jas 1:8
    with a double hearLfu
    rJoh 32:22
    )-EX 15.9
    Jehovah
    wiIl cut off all smooth lips,v
    Eze 25:2
    Un 4:30
    The tongue speaking great things,y
    a Those who have said: "With our tongue w e
    $pel$::*
    zJer 18:18
    shdl prevail.2
    Jas 3.6
    I Ge 6.12
    n'sBSy

    12For

    Or,'.his ey~lids."$ i'Men.'' nil, .n.daml. This line was mended by


    the J e w i s h Sopherim t o read: "The nprlght is the one his f n c c
    beholds." Compnre Genesis 18:22, footnote a. d "On the lower
    octave.'' 11, "on the s7t?nimwitln'." See Psalm 6, superscriptian, footlloto e. '.Me,'' L X X V g ; onliited by AISy. f Literally, "with a heart
    and a heart," 31.
    a

    PSALMS 12:5-13:4

    138

    "Our lips are with us. Who wilI be a master


    to us?"*
    "For the violence to the afflicted ones, for the
    sighing of the poor ones,"
    "I shall at this time arise," says JehovahA
    "I shall put [him]in a place safe from anyone that puffs at him."O
    5The sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings,'
    As silveP refined in a smelting furnacea of
    earth, clarified seven times,@
    ?You yourself, O Jehovah, will guard them;'
    You will preserve each one from this generationD onward. which is to time indef*Ps 121:s
    inite.'
    Ps 14590
    ~ H 5
    O :
    The wicked ones walk all aroundk
    3Ilc 656
    Because vileness is exalted among the sans
    nS 0:18
    of menn
    2 f i 3:l

    13

    me?Y
    DO look [upon me] ; Z answer me, 0 Jehovah

    The Hebrew ~ o r is
    d of doubtful meaning.

    AS for me, in your loving-kindnessa I have

    trusted;
    My heart is willing to be joyful in your
    salvation.'
    w i l sing to Jehovah, for he has dealt re2
    $+!
    ,
    :
    ;
    rlSa 25:2>
    wardingly with rne.be
    Ps 9'2:6
    W r 1:7
    To the director, O f Dapid.
    Pr 1:22
    3Ps IIB:32
    The
    senseIessx
    one has mid in his heart:*#
    *"""
    "There is no J&ovah."ok
    E p h 212
    nGe 6:5
    They have acted n ~ i n o u s l y ,they
    ~
    have
    Re ~ : 1 8
    r M t 15:19
    acted detestably in [their] dealing.'
    Tit I:16
    sRo 3:10
    There is no one doing g0od.d~
    Fph 2.3
    rCTc 6:u
    AS
    for Jehovah, he has looked down from
    Ge 3 1.5
    IYQ
    643
    heaven itself upon the sons of men,t
    La 3:5U
    ups E2.5
    To
    see
    whether there exists anyone having
    PrB5
    insight,u anyone seeking S e h o ~ a h . ~ "
    MF 13:i5
    , 3 They have all turned asidep they are aIike
    1$zh3f&3
    Ps 69:32
    corruptr
    ~ s 11b:6
    yEa 7729
    There
    is no one doing good,'
    zIsa 64:6
    *De 1:W
    Not
    even
    one.i"
    Job 14:4
    ~ R 3O : ~* Have none of t h e practicers of what is hurtful
    1Co 6:5
    LPS 94:s
    got knowledge,*
    2co 4:4
    Eating up my people as they have eaten
    l Jcr 10:25
    Mic-3:2_
    bread?t
    Ga 3.13

    "

    14

    gE gji,
    tDe 31:1*1
    Jab 1324

    r';ay?22

    udob 7:15

    Pa 142:4
    my God.
    vNc 2 2
    Do make my eyes shine, that I may not fall FS, :$:ji
    asleep in death,'
    YPS
    PS 1234
    223
    That my enemy may not say: "I have won out Z$2;%p
    *der 5 1 : ~
    over him!lpc
    Jer 5157
    [That] my adversaries themselves may ac7:ho
    [not]be joyful because I am made t o La i3i$"
    1:16
    stagger,*
    hJcr 1:19
    a "A smelting furnace:
    according to T. Possibly, "an entrance.')

    PSALMS 13:5--14:4

    12:a

    +lSa 2.1
    Hab 3 3 8
    Lu 1:47
    ?Ps 2133

    PS 74:l

    J o b 9 20
    PS 77:2

    VFS~~:IO
    P s 147:11
    ISE

    To the director. A melody of Dnvid.

    How long, 0 Jehovah, will you forget


    me?. Forever?.
    How long will you hide your face from me?t
    W o w long shall I set resistance in my aoul,U
    Grief in my heart by day?'
    How Iong will my enemy be exalted over

    139

    Or. "loyal 1o1v.e.'' b L X X Y g add : "And I s h d l niake melody to the


    name of Jehovah the X o s t High.'' See P s d m 7 : 17. PL'Jehov~h.'J
    This was the original H~hre-rt-word, hut the Jewish Fopherim
    changed it t o read '(God." &I,EE.o.l$ina'. Cornpa.1.e Genesis 18:3,
    footnote a. Z X X adds : "There is not even one." "Jeh~vrch.'~Tllis
    rraa the original Hebrew word, bat the Jewish Sopherim changed
    it to read "God?' M, EE.o.Jbam'; T, "Jehovah." See I Chronicles
    13: 12, footnote a. LXXVg add here the words quoted by the apostlo Paul at Romans 3 : 13-18, narnelv: {'An opened g a v e their
    throat is, with their tongues they have used deceit. Poison of asps
    i under their lips, and their month is full of cursing aud bitter expression. Speedy are their feet to shed blood. Ruln and cnlamity
    are in their ways, and the way o f pence t h q have not k n a m . There
    is no f e a ~o f God before their eyes."

    PSALMS 14:5--15:5

    They have not called even upon ;lehovah.*i'F/2:j!7


    There they were filled with a great dread,a"R II .:~h 5S15.16
    35
    For Jehovaha is among the generation of
    the righteous One.'
    *Pa
    PS46:3
    112~2
    'The counsel of the affficted one you people M t 1 : Z 3
    *Pa 3:2
    would put to shame,'
    M I 2i:4[1
    krs o : ~
    Because Jehovah is his refkgemk
    tlcb 6:18
    7 0 that out of Zion there u7r.eret h e salvation
    nIsri 12:6
    of Israel!"
    When Jehovah returns with the captive rps ss:e
    1 r Edr 3:lt
    ones of his p e o ~ l e , ~
    ?(. 1?:43
    Let Jacobe be joyful, let IsraeP rejoice." :i,;f s:
    A mdody of D a d .

    15

    0 Jehovah, who wiIE be a guest in your

    LF::%B:d

    1's 2T4.i

    i:k:i: I.i:P
    J o l t 21.3
    I?c

    tent?'
    Who will reside in your holy r n o ~ n t a i n ? ~:;(:,'?
    ":
    He who is waIking faultIessly and practicing [:;;h,:.T2*
    righteousnessV
    VI~;I)II
    A C ilt;aa
    210
    And speaking the truthn in his heart.)'
    ;
    ,
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;;
    I,:~>II
    6~:~fi
    lie has not sIandered with his t o n g ~ e . ~
    K 2 1 1 3,:)
    I ~ Y ~ ; : ~
    To his companiono he has done nothing C21A.
    10:18
    il*i 1 r 1 l . 5
    bad"
    And no reproach0 has he taken up against i;:\:i<l
    :l's G'>:Cl
    his intimate acquaintance.
    '18n 2,l:lf
    In his eyes anyone contemptible is certainly 1,: T2::7
    rejected,"
    AE.;
    I'C 3Lll:4
    32
    ~y1i r' 5:u~:e
    1 : ~
    But those fearing Jehovah he honors.O
    He has worn to what is badc [for him- +~;;:~y
    :I,n 1 3 : s
    self] and yet does not alter.'
    His money he has not given out on $ritereshe'1';; !;if$
    And a bribe against the innocent one he has . ~ ~ ~ ?
    1Jp 1(i;19
    not taken.'
    >:t X G ' J 5

    Liternll~, the^ dreaded a dread," kT. b "Jehornh" [Do'mi.n?rs),


    Tp: "the JIeimfra [or, m o d ('?)I] of Jehornh,"' T. See v m e 2,
    hotnote e. STOP^ to his neighbor,') LdUTTgS?r.
    a

    PSALMS 16:1-7

    141

    140
    *Pa &?z
    I'r 1 2 3

    He that is doing these things will never be


    made t o totter.#

    2 T c 1:lO

    A ~l~ik'tnllia
    of D ~ r i d ,

    16

    Keep me, O Gad," far I have taken


    '
    refuge in y0u.k
    I have. saidC
    t.o- Jehovah: "You are Jehovah:dn
    .. .
    my goodness is, not for your sake,~
    ''"But] to the holy ones that are in the earth.=
    'Thev.
    the majestic ones, a r e the ones
    " , even
    in
    whom
    is all my delightaWt
    1
    13- t3:?(I
    Ibn 6:. I
    The pains of those become many [whoI, when
    l l l ' h 3;'JfI
    !I# ,
    there is someone e k , do hurry [after
    f rrn 2.H
    him]
    I:P 1s .Y
    crsn :,7 Q
    I shall not pour out their drink3 offerings
    W s RR 23
    of blood,"v
    u ISA
    Cd3 3
    J p r 7 In
    And
    I shall not carry their names upon my
    y E u 1:J:IJ

    ."

    [a\

    J I !2:1
    ~7

    Fln 2.17

    e m sr:o
    3
    '
    1 74
    : .:!d
    1311l:\:57
    *1'4 2:t::,

    T,:I)II 5.18

    I Icb 12:2
    6.rllr 3 :
    Xr) 8.17

    l.lH

    J.:llll

    ii? 3 21
    *!'r $ 3 2 4

    1.r H:l.l
    Irn 4K.17

    r,ll

    IS~I

    lips,y

    Jehovah is the portion of my allotted share


    and of my cup,em
    You are hoIding fast my lot?
    " The measuring lines themselves have fallen for
    me in pleasant places."
    ~
    Really, [ m y own I possesslonfhas proved
    agreeable t o me.O
    1 shall bless Jehovah, who has given me
    advice,'

    "3l!!irtnnl." The meaning o f this Hehrelr word i a doubtful. It is


    lrom u~~dllrrtood
    not to h~ dtviterl frotn I:hrtlrram, menning 'lgold,"
    or tho v ~ r hI i I t ~ . l k i ~ i~ti~nrii~hfi
    t~~,
    to "62nin.'' A sugpskd mrnning is
    "Rt~lti~
    of ~ x p ~ o t i o n . a"' ' C ~ ~ ~ ~ 31,
    l . " El. Q ' T hare .~srrl,"nec.ording
    to scli~icIIcbrwr ~rirtnnarri]~ttl,
    LS-XTpSp. Elut 3 I rertd~,('Ton have
    ~ r lsomcthit~gfmir inir~e. "Jehovah." 31,A.da.sn!,*.
    ~ R said," n d r l r r ~ ~ sto
    'Tliis is o i ~ vof' the 134 pnurnps ~f*trrrs
    the J e n i ~ hSophehn nltPred
    ZIIP p r i m i l ~ r c1It~hlr1r.text to renil rt.rloann?lrinstend of Yc7~o.waht.
    Her E;rnPsi%1 R : :I, Sootnote n. Or, by n rorrettlnn of 31 : "Jeho~sb,
    you lisrurnppoin tcd my atlnre nnd my cnp." '-31g o m passe~sian,'~
    \-gsy.
    @

    i.sx

    PSALMS 16:&-17:4

    142

    143

    Really, during the nights my kidneys&,Pc


    Pa 2432
    have corrected me.'
    # I have placed Jehovah in front of me con- .:S,I*
    f&%
    2 5
    stantly.'
    1 h-11 1 1 :m
    Because [he] is at m y rightChand I shall z',:::;:!
    PS 73'23
    not be made to totter.*
    P%1
    1031
    Therefore my heart does rejoice and my gloryu[; ;;:if
    >iih
    2.3i
    is inclined t o be joyfu1.k
    l>,lntl 11:Y.d
    Also, my own flesh will reside in securfty.7' ;;;;f;;y
    ' T o r you will not leave my soulc3in S h e ' 0 1 . ~;;~1;$:;2~
    You will not allow your man of lovina- r.j\';: ;::,;I
    r\r 215
    kindness to see the
    R r I:1H
    You will cause me to know the path of UPe.i ~$;7,;:4,
    Rejoicing to the fu11 is with your faceitC Jon :ri
    These is pleasantness at your right hand ' \:'r :!,h
    iin H 11
    forever..
    IlF'9 ;'I , t i
    >It !>,R

    *\ r. 2 :zn
    A prayer of D d d .
    *'AIL
    39
    Do hear what is righteous, 0 Jehovah; $,7;i12,
    do pw attention t o my entresting cry;Y :;;r:
    Do give ear t o my prayer without Iips of I; :;;<,
    8"

    17

    ZI'S t i7:18
    decepti~n.~
    51L l r : R
    soh r : - 1 ~
    2 From before you may my judgment go forth;'
    '.%?$I
    May your own eyes behold uprightn~ss.~
    r.lrsl~1 4
    a YOUIrave examined my heart, you have made sit 3 17
    inspection by night,"
    ~5~ t1.I:
    1
    a5I
    You have refined me; you will discover
    2J:10
    PA .t1i,x7
    [that] I have not schemed.+
    lYxM;;ln
    My mouth will not transgress,'
    .\.In1 3 , 2
    1I 1:7
    *I1'< .m;1
    ' As for the activities of men,@
    By the word of your lips I myself have 'I"ls,",&
    watched against the paths of the robber,' 'y~,;111"r:$7

    Or, itdeepest emotions?


    4

    enh;LX,T,
    iw.ftr'wts,

    n.do mt,

    :'f

    b "Tongue," LXXT'g. 6 "Ftonl! If, mcpkr' I," 3fRyt: ' l l n ' d n ~ , * I.SY;
    ~clt~';Tg,a'~~i.mn.dUSheo
    .."pit,"M; 'mmption," ISX gRy. 'Men!'
    M,
    f

    I
    I

    i~

    PSALMS 1715--13

    %t my steps take hold* on your tracks,'


    [In which] my footsteps wt31 certainly not
    kFs 18:36
    be made t o t0tter.k
    P s w:ZB
    1 myself do call upon you because you mill
    nPs 55:X
    answer me, 0 God.bn
    Ps 663.9
    rPs 116:2
    Incline your ear to me. Hear my sayingar
    Isa 3727
    oPs103:4
    Make your acts of loving-kindnessesc3wonderBPS31:21
    ful,s 0 Savior of those seeking refuge
    Ps TS:12
    Re 15:3
    From the revolters against your right
    tEx 156
    hand.i
    1sa 17:47
    Keep
    me
    as the pupil of the eyeball,u
    $t\Tj!ja
    Ps l(1.14
    In
    the
    shadow of your wings may you conu a e 3?:1o
    7&c 2:8
    ceal
    me,"
    VKu 2:i2
    P F m7
    Because of the wicked who have despoiled me.y
    PS 6 i : l
    ?-fch 17s
    The enemies against my soul themselves
    zlSa 2431
    keep closing in u r n meax
    Ps 7.5
    S'
    lo They have enclosed Ethemselves] with their
    I D e 3215
    own fat;'
    Ps 119:70
    Isa 1310
    With
    their mouth they have spoken in
    Ac 2S.m
    EEx 5:1
    haughf
    iness;"
    Ps 73 9
    Re136
    l1 As regards our steps, now they have sup~ 1 %
    235%
    rounded me;'
    They fix their eyes t o incline t o the earth.
    " His likeness is that of a lion that yearns to
    E F S 712
    tear to piecesb
    Ps 7213
    1pe 5:s
    And that of a young lion sitting in hiding
    places.
    '"Do rise up, 0 Jehovah; do confront him to
    +PS2 7
    the face;'
    Fs 1:6
    Isa 5 1 3
    Make him bow down; do provide escape for
    e ~ 1s
    :my soul Irom the wiclced one with your
    Isa 13:5
    sword,"
    Isn 3728
    1

    Literally, 'Zet there be n t n k i n ~llold

    In? steps." The Hebrew

    e r b here is in the in8~1itiren h ~ n l u t enntl h ~ t ~ irsei~ltperaonalnnd

    indefinite as to time, 4"'God." M, El, dLit~rnlly," p n r l o ~ n g Lndnem."

    145
    From men, [by] your hand, O Jehovah,"
    From men of [this] system* of things,"
    whose share is in [this] life,*
    And whose belly you fill with your hidden
    treasure,"
    Who are satisfied with sonsA
    And who do lay up for their children what
    they leave over,O
    l5
    AS for me, in righteousness I shall behold your
    face ;'
    I am willing t o be satisfied when awakening
    [to see] your form.bw
    l4

    To t h e director. Of Jehovali's sewnnt, of Dn-iid,


    rr1lo spoke to Jehovah the mords of this song i n
    the dny that Jehovnh had delivered him out of the
    pal111 of all his enemies andC out of the hand of
    Saul. And he proceeded t o say:

    18

    I shall have affection for you,d 0 Jehovah my strength.'


    Jehovah is m y crag and my stronghold and
    t h e Provider of escape for me."
    My Gode is my rock. I shaII take refuge in
    him,"
    My sllield and my horn of salvation, my
    secure height."
    On the One to be praised, Jehovah, I shall call,'
    And from my enemies I shall be saved.~
    The ropes of death encircled meit
    Flash floods of good-for-nothing meng also
    kept frightening me.u

    *Ex 3:20
    Ps 44:2
    P s 1085
    F s 49:l
    'Lu 13:ZO
    Jns 6 : 5

    21:13
    Job 22:B
    Mt 5:45
    LFs 127:4
    Pr 1T:6
    350b

    E P s 39:B
    -Job 19:26
    Ps57
    P S 119:IXl
    +Nu 12:s

    Mt 5:E
    Heb 12:14

    130 3:2

    '2Sa 2 2 2

    Ps 15:32
    Ps 2 8 7
    P s 1163
    P s 118:14
    Isa 1~:2

    I d o 4:19
    *PS 239
    P g 62:2
    P s 912

    Ps 144:2
    Jer 16:19
    kDc 32:4
    De L3:27

    Ps 4G:l
    n2Sa 22:s

    Pr27
    Pr 18:lO
    Lu 1.69

    r2Sa 22:4
    PS 5 : a

    Ps 283
    Ps 55:16
    P s 1483

    Re 4:11
    sPs 50:15
    Ps 9195
    Lu 1:71
    Ac 2:21

    tPs 116:a
    Mt 26:38

    Mr 14:34
    2Co 1:9
    u2Sa 2 2 5
    Ps 2?:16
    Yon 2:3
    >It 26:47
    Ac 21:30

    adt8ysteln of things." $IJ kheb'ed. Or, "the duration of life." Or,


    "looking at your form,>>hy a correction of 31. "Awakening ns to
    your form:' B1 ,I; L d y ~glory
    ~ r is seen," LLY. Or, "c~pecially."
    d Possibly, "I shall exalt you,'' by a correction of &I, 'God." M,
    El. f Or, "my rock in ~rhicliI dinll trike refuge." g Or, "of no usefulness"; literdly, "of Be'li,al," $1.

    PSALMS 18:L 1 3

    T h e w r y ropes of Shekl surrounded me;v


    The snares of death confronted me.y
    5Ps 50 .I5
    '
    '
    I
    n
    my
    distress I kept calling upon Jehavahlz
    Ps 130:l
    nrr 14:36
    And to my Goda I kept crying for help."
    A C 12.5
    *LU18:l
    Out of his temple he proceeded t o hear my
    1Th 5:17
    02% 223
    voice,'
    Ps 11 :4
    Hab 2:20
    And my own cry before him for help now
    came into his ears."
    ;And the earth began to shake and rock,O
    And the foundations of the mountains
    -De 32:22
    themselves became agitated,'
    2Sa 22:8
    Ps 4G:2
    And
    they kept shaking back and forth bePs 114:4
    Jer 4.24
    cause
    he had been angeredao
    Hab 3.6
    *Em S 1 9 S m o k e went up at his nostrils, and there was
    Zep 2:3
    XGc 19~24
    fire devouring from his mouth;"
    Le 10.2
    Burning coals themselves blazed forth from
    xu 16.35
    him,
    And -he proceeded to bend the heavens down
    and descend.*
    And thick gloom was beneath his feeLk
    krscLJ2';
    > f r 15 1
    1
    And he came riding upon a cherubmand came
    flying,n
    And he came darting upon the wings of a

    SPF104:20
    cps
    47.2

    ib; 3:ii

    - ...-

    u2Sa 22:13
    Hab 3:4
    r
    lllL

    L1:3

    ops 22:14
    VEX9:23
    JOSID:II
    Ps 97:3
    OPS

    105 3a

    C F S 83.18

    YEY 20118

    iJoh
    %76
    b1;
    Y.29
    R~ 4:s

    s~irit.~"
    He proceeded to gut darkness0 as his hiding
    place,"
    A1I around him as his booth,
    Dark waters,cEthick c1ouds.t
    l 2 Out of the brightness in front of him there
    were his clouds that passed by,U
    HailCand burning coals of fire.v
    IaAnd in t h e heavens Jehovah" began to
    thunder,^

    (I1

    "God." 31, EI.o.him'. b Or, "wings of wind [minds, LXXVg],'.r


    Liter~lly,14darkness of waters," M.

    PSALMS 18:1 6 2 0

    And the Most High himself began to give


    his voice,"
    Rail and burning cods of fire.'
    le And he kept sending out his arrows, that he

    "And'

    PSALMS 18:21-29

    146

    might scatter them;n


    And lightnings0 he shot out, that he might
    throw them into confusion."
    the stream beds of waters became visible,*
    And the foundations of the aroductive landa

    became uncovered'
    From your rebuke, 0 Jehovah, from the
    blastb of the breathe of your nostrils."
    H e was sendinge from on high, he was taking

    And I have not wickedly departed from m y


    God.*
    Z a For a11 his judicial decisions are in front of
    me,'
    And his statutes I shall not remove from

    'Hab 3:5

    'Ei;::&
    HPSa b7;:
    317 : ~
    CPs7T:18
    ~ 2 z2:15
    ~ a
    Ps 16-1%

    myself
    t ?Sa 2 2 9 4

    Job 1:l
    Ps 84:lf

    ps 1 ~ : o
    +2Sa 22:16
    Job 3 4

    -1Sa 28:23

    Ps 17:3
    Pr 4:23

    2F,";F;

    SPS

    "Ps 1124
    >It 6 2 4
    $It 18:35
    Jns 213
    IrRo 9 3 4

    ~B:I

    And he proceeded to bring me out into a ,, ,,:,


    roomy place;t
    uPSl ~118:s
    10:g
    t
    He was rescuing me, because he had found
    $,
    PS 149.4
    delight in menu
    1% 4 2 3
    mJehavah rewards me according to my right- ynf; mi
    eousness;
    Pr 1~:18
    According to the cleanness of my hands he ,?s"25i?1'1
    Ps 24.4
    repays me.r
    Ps 26 6

    lg

    '<The inhabited earth," LA=, as at Watthew 24: 14.O d b i s ter.~a'rum ("circle of the wholo earth"), Tg; that is, the terrestrial circle.
    b "Blast." &I, ~z~s7ia.nrah';translated "breath" nk Genesis 2 : 7.
    Rrr'ahh, BI; pnm'mn, L X X ; spitri.tus, Irg. See Genesis 1:2,

    * Or,

    "anger."

    Ox, "reaching.">That is, sending out

    with him,
    And I shall keep myself from error on my
    part .'
    "And let Jehovah repay me according to my
    righteousness,e
    According to the cleanness of my hands in
    front of his eyes.'
    2s With one of loving-kindness& you wiII act in
    Ioving-kindness;*
    With the faultless, able-bodied man you will
    deal f adtlessly ;k
    z6 With the one keeping clean you will show
    yourseIf clean,"
    And with the crooked one you will show
    yourself tortuous.br
    27 For the afAictedc people you yourself win
    save,'
    But the haughty eyes you will abase.t
    3s For you yourself will light my lamp,@
    0 Jehovah;OU

    My Godd himself will make my darkness


    3a

    shine.'
    For by you I can run against a marauder
    band,y
    And by my Godd I can climb a waIl.2

    footnote d.
    his hand.

    ."

    33And I am willing to prove myself faultless

    uos
    316
    Ps 74%

    ~ 2 S a2a:li'
    mep'
    PS 57:3
    He was drawing me out of great waters,#;;* 4;;;;
    He was delivering me from my strong
    $zs;f5
    And from those hating me; because they k2Sa m i 8
    Ps x19
    were stronger than I wasnn
    13eb 2:14
    la
    They kept confronting me in t h e day of m y $$
    ;:"
    disa~ter,~
    E h I6~1 :2I I
    But Jehovah came to be as a support for zsaz2;1.9

    .mens

    " For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,=

    z2Z.a
    PS 23:3
    1~14

    Orl 'loyal love." "Tortnous," like w. wrestler, according to the


    root of the Heberc rerb here used. Or, "humble." d "God." 7
    11,
    El.o.J~in%',
    a

    PSALMS 18:30-39

    148

    149

    PSALMS I83 40-48

    As for The [true] God," perfect is his way;" *%24::


    You will make those rising against me
    +2Sa 22:40
    The saying of Jehovah is a refined one." nE2;;
    collapse under me.'
    1Ch 22:18
    Ps 6 6 3
    A shield he is t o all those taking refuge in Ps119:149
    40 And as for my enemies, you will certaidy
    Ps 144:2
    APS 8 4 2 I
    him."
    teGe 49:s
    give me the back of [their] neck;aE
    Ex 2327
    ~ P 114:7
    SSO:^
    s t For who is a Godw besides J e h o ~ a h ? ~ ~ OPS
    And as for those hating me intensely, I
    Jos 1dm24
    La 5 : s
    g1Sa
    PS 28: 1
    And who is a rockp except our God?@
    shall silence them."
    *2Sa 22:41.
    2:2
    Ps 21.8
    s2 The [true] Goda is the One girding me closely
    "
    They
    cry for help, but there is no savior,'
    Ds 3:21
    :&4%%
    Pr 8;36
    + ~ t3.231
    .
    To
    Jehovah, but he actually does not anwith vital energy,e
    -2Sa 2;:42
    ~ P 28:7
    S
    Job 3x12
    And he wiIl grant my way t o be perfect,'
    swer
    thern.k
    BPr 1.28
    Isn 1:15 '%d
    I shall pound them fine like dust before
    #Hab3:10
    "Making my feet Iike those of the hinds,"
    Isn 59:2
    the wind;n
    bllc 3:4
    And upon places high0 for me he keeps me OPS7s:sS
    n2Ki 13:7
    kDe
    3
    2
    :
    ~
    Like
    the mire of the streets I shall pour
    standingk
    Isa
    41:16
    2se 22:a
    r2Sa 22:43
    nPS144:I
    them
    ouLr
    Sa He is teaching my hands for warfarefdm
    Iso. 10%
    1
    Zec 10:s
    YOU
    will
    provide
    me escape from the faultops46:9
    And my arms have pressed down a bowp
    M d 4:3
    1
    finding of the peoplen5
    s2Sa 19:9
    12SR 2 2 : s
    of copper.'
    2Sa 2 2 : a
    You will appoint me the head of the naa"nd you will give me your shield of salvation,$ ~ ~ ~ ~ I : $ ,
    ti0ns.t
    And your own right hand will sustain met ,$; ;:
    A
    people
    that I have not known-they will
    And your own humility will make me
    uTsa 55:5
    serve
    me."
    U G 12:2
    ~
    Isa 65:1
    greateU
    2Sa 2236
    1Pe 2:lO 44 At mere hearsay they will be obedient t o me;v
    v2Sa 22:45
    "You wilI make room Iarge enough for my
    Foreignersb themselves will come cringing
    vPs 4:1
    steps under mefY
    yDe 33:29
    y2S.122:37
    to me.r
    Isa 61:5
    And my ankles will certainly not mobb1e.r .P,S, h
    z2Sa 22:46 4 5 Foreignersb themselves will fade away,=
    y
    8 T T shall pursue my enemies and overtake them,e
    And they will come quaking out from their
    mMlc 7:ll
    .puyi:,
    *2Sa 22:47
    And I shall not return until they are ex- r","a;y;p
    bultvarks."
    Jer 10:lO
    EPs 7239 48 Jehovah is living," and blessedo be my Rock,'
    Re 6:a
    terminated."
    cDe 32:4
    DlSa 17:51
    Ps 42.9
    q g I shall break them in pieces so that they will
    And let the Gad of my salvation be exalted.*
    AEx 15:2
    $","2g:i7
    Ps 2 1 2 3 4 7 The [true] Godc is the Giver of acts of vengenot be able t o rise up;'
    PS 110%
    Lu 1 :47
    AZSa 22:39
    They will fa11 under my feet.*
    CPs 79:lO
    a c e o t o me,O
    P S 1in:1
    VDe 32.35
    1Co 15:25
    And he subdues the peoples under me.'
    And you will gird me with vital energy for OlSa 17:49
    N3.1:2
    Ro 1219
    warfare;d9
    He is providing escape for me from my angry
    +Ps47:3
    Eze13024
    PS
    892
    I
    EPs 5911
    enemies;m
    11
    a <'The [true] God.'' 11, /!a-El, having the Hebrew definite article
    Above those who rise up against me you
    hn ("Thev) before the title El. See Genesis 31:13, footnote a;
    will lift me up,"
    Genesis 46 :3, foatnote s ; Deuteronoiliy 7 : 9, footnote b; Job 13 : 8,
    So

    Xz;;~3
    I

    footnote c. Coinpnre I. Satnuel 4: 4, footnote i. b "God?' 11, El.o'al6,


    the plural number of 11-hich is El.o.J~im', c 'God." M,E1.0.hh;'.
    d Or, "the hnttle." * Or, "increase.'"

    That is, make them flee before me. b Literally, " s o ~ ~ofs foreignnes~
    [or, II foreign country]," >I. e4'The [true] God." See verse 30,

    footnote a

    PSALMS 18:49-19 :5

    From the man of violence you will deliver


    me."
    40 That is why I shall, laud you among the nations, 0 J e h o ~ a h , ~
    And to your name I will make me1ody.n
    is doing
    acts of salvation for his
    - great
    kingr

    And exercising loving-kindnessa


    to his
    anointed on;,bs
    To David and to his seedc to time indefinite.t
    To the diredor. A melody of Darid.
    The heavens are declaring the glory of

    19

    t l ~ d , ~ ~

    ,,
    ,,,:,
    Col 1:23
    m r t 24:31
    Re 7:1

    n Isa 4920
    Re 7 5 6

    rlSa 210

    Ps 2:6

    Job lz49
    ~ J POss:m
    S1~:41

    *c10:38
    tlCh 17:12
    Lu 1:33
    R o 1:3

    r1Ps
    Isa 8:3
    40:22

    Or, "loyal love."

    Heb 924
    1Co
    12:l

    "Anointed me." R.1, mu..shitohW; Sy, m'shifhka;


    LXT> ckv-i-ss.bout; Vg, c h f i s ' t ~ ~ ~Or,
    . LLoff~p~ing.''
    "CSoil." JI, E7.
    errA1e,ming line.'> &I, k d w ; LXYVgr "sound"; Sy, Ntidings.l'
    f "Productive lnnd?'
    M, te.b?l'; LXX, "inhnbited earth'!; Vg.,
    odbis f~r'rire ("circle o f the earth").

    From one extremity of the heavens is its going


    fom,*
    And its [finished] circuit is to their [other]

    1-De 6 %
    De 17.18
    d m 1:s

    RoL20
    And of the work of his hands the exmnse
    vGe 1:6
    is telling.v
    Ps 153:l
    One day after another day causes speech to Da12:3
    yrsa 3s:19
    bubble forth,^
    And one night after another night' shotvs 3Pm:4
    forth knot~ledge.~"
    CPS
    EGO 9-4:10
    128
    There is no speech and there are no words;* $;+;:'-,
    Tu'o voice on their part is being heard.' * g e $ ~ ; g
    l ~1
    e73
    Into all the earth their measuring linee has La2Sa
    8:2
    J O ~3 1 : ~
    gone out,&
    Jer 8:2
    And into the extremity of the productive E,, S : I ~
    bps 98:3
    landf their ~tttterances.~
    R o 10:18
    In them he has s e t a tentmfor t h e sun,- ; ;g +$8;15
    And it is like a bridegroom when corning out 'G@
    of his nuptial chamber;*
    Qlsa
    ~ s 62:s
    61
    a :M
    It exults as a mighty man does to run in a .Ec

    path."

    PSALMS 19:6-13

    l51

    150

    extrernitie~,~

    And there is nothing concealed from its


    heat."
    RO 7:14
    "Ps119:1
    The IalP of Jehovah is perfect,' bringing
    - - back
    SPS233
    the soul."
    Heb 6:19
    C F s 119:14
    The remind& of Jehovah is t m s t w o ~ y , t
    tEx 1 6 9
    1 ~ 2:3
    1
    making the inexperienced one wise.U
    2K1.17:15 I
    ~e 9 : ~ T h e orders from Jehovah are upright,Y camw PsllQ:129
    VPS 111:7
    ing the heart to rejoice;y
    %Ex172
    The
    commandment of Jehovahe is cleanrz
    y ~ 2 3~5 a
    zDe 4:2
    making
    the eyes shine."
    'Ps119 130
    Cph 1:1& T h e fear of Jehovah is pure," standing forever.*
    c G e 2232
    The judicial decisions of Jehovah are true;"$
    1% 1224
    ~ I ' s 111:1o
    they have proved altogether righteous.'
    bDe 4:s
    +PS 36:6
    zPr
    21.m 1 loThey are more t o be desired3 than gold,', yes,
    mp~119,1a7
    than much refined gold,@
    Pr X:lO
    Pr 16:16
    And
    sweeter than honey" and the flowing
    xPs 119:108
    Pr 3-33
    of
    the combs."
    #1Sa l4:27
    llAlso your own servant has been warned by
    lc2o-t 19:xo
    them;"
    PS
    ICO119:11
    434
    In the keeping of them there is a large
    ~ e 1b1 ; ~
    nPr 11:18
    reward."
    ~~b 11:6
    Heb u:%
    l2 Mistakes-who
    can discern?'
    das 1.25
    ~=Tob
    6:24
    From
    concealed
    sins pronounce me inne1Co 4:4
    cent.s
    sLe 4:2
    la Also from presumptuous act# hold your servDe 1732
    ant back;t
    2 ~ 2:10
    e
    C P c 17:2
    Do not let them dominatee
    U P S I I ~ : ~ ~ ~
    Ro 6:la
    In that case I shall be complete,'
    VPB83:11
    AC 2 4 : ~
    And I shall have remained innocent from
    YPS 1 ~ 2 3
    much transgression.Y

    teu?!$o

    "h~~th,"'M. b "Gold." M, na.hab'. ""Refined goId." aiC,


    Or, "men"; or, "ones" (masculine).

    a Literally,

    pma.

    PSALMS 19:14-20 :7
    l4

    153

    152

    Let the sayings of my mouth0 and the rnedita.


    tion of my heart2
    Become pleasurable before you, 0 Jehovah
    my Rock* and my R e d ~ e r n e r . ~ ~

    ~ Pioa:15
    S

    PPS 1135
    *ZCh 13:10
    ZCh 14:11
    zch m:12
    2Ch 32:s

    To the director, A ~nelodyof David.

    May Jehovah answer you in the day of .4&64;;:"1


    Jer 30:7
    Heb 6:7
    distress.A
    OGc 48:15
    May the name of the Godmof Jacob protect E x 325

    20

    P s 9:lO
    Ps 18:2

    YOU."+

    'May he send your help out of the san~-l+;?k"2:$~


    tuary,'
    WIsaS I5:7
    ~Z : ~
    And sustain you out of Zion itseXm
    xPF-4i2.q
    %~ay he remember all your gift offeringsx
    ?+$p",g: 5J:lp
    And may he accept your burnt' offering as
    being Patnc"
    Sre'luh.
    'May hea give to you according to your
    heart,k
    And all your counsel may he fulfi1h.n
    V e will cry out joyfully because of your sal-

    120 Y Y . 1

    vation,'
    And in the name of our God we shall lift
    our bannersner'
    May Jehovah fulfill all your requests.
    W o w I do know that Jehovah certainly saves
    his anointed one,fu
    He answers him from his hoIy heavens''
    With the saving mighty acts of his right
    handmy
    Some concerning chariots' and others concerning horses:=
    ""God." 11, El.o.hinm', b Or, more literally, "place yon on high,"

    that is, out of reach. Or, "mng Ire clear nway the fatty ashes of
    your [conswned] burnt offering," as a sign of acceptance. d l*He,"
    RfITg; "Jehorah,'' L,PX"Sy and five Hebrew manuscripts. e L X X Tg, "we shall he magnified."
    "Anointed one.'' 31, ~sn.slti\nhh;
    L I X , k o cltris.tos'; Tg, chris'tw; Sp, m'abi'hbn.

    O J 5:31
    ~
    A P s 14ti:5

    yer 1 7 : ~
    $Mt 51:9
    -PS5:z
    14:14

    2:6
    Ps 43:l

    %
    '
    i
    6
    4
    9
    *Pb:2 8 5

    Ps 62:T

    But, as for us, concerning the name of


    Jehovah"~obr God we &all make mention.&*
    Those very ones have broken down and fallen,"
    But, as for us, we have risen up, that we
    might be set upright4
    0 Jehovah, da save the king!O
    He will answer us in the day that we caILb+
    To the director. A melody of David.
    0 Jehovah, in your strength the king

    BPS

    P s 72:1

    PSALMS 20 :L 2 1 :8

    '21And rejoices,e
    your salvation

    in
    how very joyful he
    is
    inclined
    t
    o
    be!'
    *PS 2:s
    = The desire of his heart you have given him,"
    90h 17:s
    And the wish of his lips you have not withHeb 7:25
    n2Ch 6:41
    held,k Se'lmh.
    PS 31.19
    For you proceeded to meet him with blessings
    E h 13
    rzza 5:i
    of good,"
    ZSa 12%
    Heb 2:9
    [And] t o place on hb head a crown of reRe 18:12
    BPS13:3
    fined gold.'
    PS 16 10
    Ps 1 1 9 : ~ ~ Life he asked of you. You gave [it] to h h , ~
    t P s 72:17
    Ps 89.29
    Length of days t o time indefinite, even forRe 1:18
    CFS 104:31
    ever.t
    His glory3 is great in your ~ a l v a t i o n . ~
    u~~h
    2 ~ 13:31
    a
    7:9
    P h p 230
    Dignity and splendor you put upon him.'
    Heb 8.1
    v$$:1'z:3 For you place him as highly blessed forever;y
    Da 724
    You make him joyful with the rejoicing a t
    ~t 28.18
    1Pe 3:22
    YOUS facee
    y L u 1:33
    ZAG z:28
    For
    the
    king is trusting in Jehovah,*
    *1Sa 30:6
    men
    in the loving-kindnessc of the Most
    MCm43
    Heb 2:13
    High.' He will not be caused to totter.*
    nDe 32:X
    Your hand will find all your enemies,O
    118:14
    Heb 122
    PS

    "re shall be magnified"; Vg,"we shall call (invoke)"; Syi


    "we shall gain strength (prevail):' b Or, " 0 Jehovah, do snre [us] .
    Let the king himself ans-a-er us in the day that we call.'" Or,
    "loyal lore."
    a LXI,

    154

    PSALMS 21:9-22 :2

    Your own righto hand wUl And those hatlng Qpa'al:t


    *Re19:15
    you.'
    O You will place them as in a fiery furnace at the
    e2Th1:8
    RC 2(r:10
    appoint& time for your attention.*
    Jehovah in his anger will swallow them up
    and t h e fire will devour them."
    ~PS
    D C
    110:s
    32:l o Their fruitage you will destroy from the very
    W r 87:?8
    earth,#
    And their offsprings from the sona of
    men. bk
    l1 For they have directed against you what 9s

    laPa ma
    baitn
    Jcr Ii:19
    They have thought out ideas that they are 5lr 26:4
    unable to carry outr
    ' T o r you rviU make them turn their backs
    in flighta
    By your bowstrings that you make ready
    against their face.'
    l a 0 be exalted in your strength, 0 Jehovah.21
    We wiIl sing and make melody t o your
    mightiness."
    To the director upon the E n @ of thc Dawn,

    A melody of David,

    M y God,d0 m y

    W , d

    why have you left

    [Why are you] far from saving me,'


    [From] the words sf my roaring?''
    2 0 my God,g I keep calling by day nnd you do

    429
    p ~m46
    t
    >lr 35:M

    1
    :
    1

    1
    I

    .pa
    Hehq J 8
    ,T
    Dp8

    5a:t7

    JIntt hen- 27: 46; Mark 15 : 34. "Far Prom 1 1 1 ~ R ~ ~ V R ~ I Omrr


    I I the
    rvords of my treapasces," L L n g , ''God,1' 31, El.o.lr i d .

    PSALMS 22: 3-12

    But you are inhabiting the holy place itself,+


    The praises of Israel.'
    'In you OUT fathers trusted;*
    They trusted and you kept providing them
    m F k 14:13
    lvf t h escape.
    IS8 710
    Heb11:33 5 T you
    ~
    they cried out and they got away;*
    CJg 4:3
    Ps 9 9 5
    In
    you
    they tiusted and they did not come
    PS in6:44
    kPs 2 5 2
    to sharne,lt
    Isn 45:17
    But I am a wormn and not a man,a
    Jsn 43.23
    Ru 1 L I : l l
    A reproach to men1)~ n despicable
    d
    to the
    1Fc 2 6
    nJob 25:6
    people.'
    Isa 41:14
    rps 6~
    As for a11 those seeing me,they keep mocking
    Iaa 53.3
    3li 11:19
    me,#
    Joh 7320
    30h Y:iS
    They
    keep opening their mouths wide,ct
    H e b 13:W
    they
    keep wagging [their] head :
    S :fit> I 9:14
    15.20
    ~
    . ~ Him
    L~1 5 . i ~ 'me committed himselfd t o J e h o ~ a hUt
    t 3 I t 20:65
    provide
    him
    with
    escape!^
    U M ~ T27.39
    v l r t 27.43
    "Let him deliver him, since he has taken
    vhIr 1 : : ~
    24rt 3 17
    delight in hlrn!"*
    Mt 17:5
    For you were the One drawing me forth from
    *Pg71:s
    the belly,*
    Lu 1:s
    Heb 23
    The One making me trust while upon the
    G F s 35:14
    breasts of my mother.8m
    U P S 7137
    "t2:13
    lot7pon you I have been thra~vnfrom the
    OF, 5%3
    womb :"
    AIS~
    46:3
    Eu 2:40
    From
    the belly of my mother you have
    Lu 252
    CJer 1.5
    k
    e
    n
    my God,*v
    L U 1:32
    Do not keep Par off from mej because distress
    L,,1:42
    Lu 2:49
    is nearby,'
    'JO~ IF-=
    Heb 5.7
    Because there is no other helper."
    1Mt 2 6 : s
    lP Many young IsulIs have surrounded me;"
    *~~,"3b3~1
    CPS 6 s : ~
    The powerful ones of Ea'shan" themselves
    a ~27:l
    t
    have got around me."
    i

    ~e 1a:19
    +De 16%
    PSG:~
    CGe 1~x6

    rlqn 4 6 : ~

    PRK+:I
    not answer,=
    And by night, and there is no silence on my &
    ;L u iI:L
    n 11
    part."
    Lli 2:7,45
    a Oi*,"~8erd," 31. b rWen." M, n.drrmJ. "Bind." 11, Ay.ysl'rtJa;
    the doe of II fallow deer. d "God," M, El. R.IP l?,Ei, la,mnhr
    tu.tntnb.ln'nit M ;d.laflii, A.7athi, Fn.tvnrnn s~,~bcr~.tn%nIf
    SF, Colnpore

    155

    ' L & T ~ ~ ~ hZ,


    . " kh. 'Cnlen!' &I, dod~tn'.a Zjtcrully, "They make a 8eparatiau with the lip," 31; or, "rlrne tlreir a~io~rth."
    d ."He hoped,"
    LXXS-g; "'Gomuit [yl)uinarlf
    j ," >I. * "Gr~rl." AI, RI.

    PSALMS 22 :13-21

    They have distended against me their mouth," kg;&!;a


    As a lion tearing in pieces and roaring." n l P e 5 : 8
    l4 Like water" I have been poured out,'
    OPS
    rJos7a:13
    7:5
    And all my bones have been separated from
    sDa 5 %
    one another."
    tJob 2216
    My heart has become Iike wax;t
    Ps 68:2
    It has melted deep in my inward parts." U"f';$$p
    l W y powers has dried up just like a fragment hIr 18:3
    of ear.thenwarell'
    VPS
    Pr 17322
    32:3
    And my tongue is made to stick to my hTr 15:21
    yJob 29:10
    g~rns,~y
    Ps 69:3
    And in the dust of death you are setting me."
    l6 For dogsa have surrounded me;*
    zGe 3:19
    104-29
    The assembly of evildoers themselves have Pa
    Mt ZTSO
    Ac 2:31
    enclosed me."
    ICo 15:4
    Like a Iion [they are at] m y hands and g';$:;14
    P ~ 3
    P:z
    my feet.@
    Re 22:15
    UPS
    %!I4
    l7 I can count an my bones,@
    M t 2657
    They themselves look, they gaze upan me.+
    t:;:
    lBThey apportion my dothing among them- ng;;~&
    J O 20%
    ~
    selves,*
    OPs 34:20
    And upon my garment they cast lots."
    Ps 1023
    l o But you, 0 Jehovah, 0 do not keep far off .* +&h~+g2
    0 you my strength," do make haste to my 1 tek&yQ3&,
    XMt 2735
    help."
    Mr 15:24
    #PS
    IO:~
    P a DO deliver from the sword my soul,r
    kPs 18.1
    My only oned from t h e very paw of Ithe
    : : n
    :0:!3
    rPs 17:13
    dog;s
    Qc 127
    AC 2:24
    Save me from the mouth of the lionlt
    And from t h e horns of wild bulls you must tJ',"Ei?b
    4:27
    answer [and save] meVu
    IuAc
    b c 5:30
    l3

    eg5i:;m

    Lll I l . d c l

    1"JL

    ''Palnte," by s reversal of two Hebrew lettem in If, b Or, "jam,"


    M, SLXXTg, "They bored (dug through) my hands and (my)
    feet," M appems to read: "Like the lion-my hands and my feet.'$
    T reads : "Biting like a lion my hands and my f e d " d "3ly only
    one," in the feminine gender and hence referring t o "my soul?'

    PSALMS 22:22-28

    151

    156
    G P s M:2

    DPs 133:l
    vPs 71:18
    Joh 1 7 5
    yMt 32:49
    Mt 25:40
    RO 8.29
    Heb 2:11
    zPs 40:9
    Heh 2 1 2
    '1Ch 16:8

    Ps 115:ll

    Lu 1:5!

    50:~3
    Is8 253

    UPS

    Lu 2.20
    1Co 6:20
    Re 15:4

    4 l C h 1B:13
    tPs m.33

    -Heb 1 3 1 3
    @ J O h 12:1s

    " 1 will declare your nameoYto my b r ~ t h e r s ;


    In the middle of the congregation&I shall
    praise you."
    " You fearers of J e h o ~ a hpraise
    ,~
    him!*
    All aou the seed of Jacob, glorify
    And be frightened at him, all YOU seed of
    Israel."
    " For he has neither despiseda
    Nor detested the aflliction of the afflicted
    one,'
    And he has not concealed his face from
    him,@

    And when he cried to him for help he


    'Lu 2346
    heard.'
    " Due to you my praise will be in t h e large
    WE 403
    c~ngregation;~~"
    UPS 5024
    My
    votvsn I shall pay in front of those fearEF.5 111:1
    AC 2:38
    ing
    him.'=
    Ac 5:13
    ~ E 2C4
    2
    T
    h
    e
    meek
    ones will eat and be satisfied;n
    J o h 17A
    Those seeking him will praise Jehovah.'
    Joh 17:18
    nJoh 6 5 1
    May YOUR heartsc live frsrever.5
    IAC 4:24
    z7AUthe ends of the earth will remember and
    ;::,"26:&$
    Mt W:31
    turn back t o Jeh0vah.t
    Ro 16:ZB
    U R C $:9
    And
    all the families of the nations will bow
    Re 15:4
    vOb 21
    down
    before youbU
    Re 11:17
    cp, 16:11 Z S For the kingship belongs to JehovahOy
    >-ps4;:7
    And he is dominating the n a t i o n s , ~
    Zec 14:9
    aJI, q a , l ~ ~ lLXXX7g,
    P;
    "ec.elePsi.a.~'b "Jeho~.ah," From a genizah
    at Cniro, Egypt, an extant relic of dquilx's Greek rersinn of the
    Hebrew Scriptures contalna t h e divine name (represpnted hp the
    tetragrammaton) written, not in Greek letters, but in the old Hebrew letters
    See Aq under "Explanation of the Symbol.;
    r s e d i n the Narginal Refermcee," page 6. See aIso the book
    "Hebrew-Greek Cairo Genizah PaLimpsests from the Taylor-Scheehter Collection including a Fragment o f the Twenty-Second Psalm
    according to Urigenb Hexagla," edited for the Syndics of the

    =>>.

    University Press by G. Taylor, D.D., Master of St. John's CoUege,


    Camhlidge, a t the Uriil-ersitp Press. 1900. =Literally, "heart," 31.

    PSALMS 22:29-23 :5
    ZB

    158

    PSALMS 23 :6-24

    All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and will &&g::&
    'Iqa 26:19
    bow down;"
    Isa .1?:23
    Before him all hosegoing down to the dust ,I:;;!;;'

    ~ I 21)::!8
    L
    will bend down,'
    3 u h J:%
    J OII I <:a
    A n d no one will ever preserve his own soula alsn
    5310
    13cb :':I3
    alive.'
    C I ' U 1.2 5
    1 r;nR?'J
    $0 A see@ itself will serve him;4
    1i%! 2 :J
    It I T ~be
    U declared concerning Jehovahf to - 1SC1u,1.r;.
    ~
    3 1"
    the gene ratio^.^
    Ku 5.11
    *l They will come and tell of his righteousness' eYF:-?q.?
    To the people that is to be born, that he\\;;;,r,;;,ftR
    J r ~ h17::O
    has done [this1.Q
    rr's 7+.1:1

    A r n d o d ~of D ~ ~ i r l ,
    Jehovah is m y Shepherd.""
    I shall lack nothing..
    grassy pastures he makes me lie down;k

    2In3

    ,Icr 27.11
    D C ::-I. 12

    :I'sPrl L
    :~I:LI
    X[t fi:33

    i'htm 4: 19

    k L+zt- 31:IU

    :br: w
    By well-watered resting places he conducts I~T:,P
    .I r)h 7 :i7
    menn
    RP 7:17
    ?!:IT
    My soul he refreshesr
    PI-41!1:7
    He leads me in the tracks of righteousness ,";,fh5:;14
    F<[i

    for his name's sake."


    &Even though I walk in the valley of deep
    shadow,et
    I fearz nothing bad,u
    For you are with me;'
    Your rod and your staff are the thlngs that
    cumfort me.Y
    5 P r >arrange
    ~
    before me a tableo in front of
    those shoving hos;tiIity to me."
    With oil0 you have greased my head;'

    "Ronl.'' BI,

    F'r 7 9 9

    Isn *!::I6

    ~Z
    1U
    r . c,II:YO
    IS..^
    ~

    :pq ZI,M
    PML 1 2 3
    Rn 8 3 1
    yr;r .is 10

    I.;

    1111.2

    11rc 7 1.1

    l?r 32:111

    C i ' q GL1

    .I

    .Id

    5
    ,

    (;

    (~53

    IC'o !st.21

    tlz:fj!&

    neplr'esh. b Ox, "offspring." a ' ~ J c b o d


    ST;
    ~ A.do.j~n?/:
    M. This i s onc of the 131 passages where the a ~ a i s h~op!irrrm
    chnnpd the rending af the primitire Hebrew t ~ x tfrom lLJrhora)~''
    t o - 4 . d o . n ~ ~("the
    ~'
    &mereign Lord"). di'Re,"' MT; "the J~rd:'
    LXT; IiJehovah," SYTrg. Or, "vnlley of death skntlaw," M.

    :6

    My cup is well f111ed.8n


    Vurely goodness and loving-kindnessb themselves will pursue me all the days of
    my life,%
    And 1mill dwellc in the house of Jehovaha
    to the length of daysae
    Of Dfi\!itl. A melody.
    To Jehovah klong the earth" and that
    which Rlls it;
    The productive landd and those dwelling
    in it."
    ' For upon the seasg he himself has solicFZv
    nxed it,"
    And upon the riversc he keeps it firmly
    established,*
    "Who
    may ascend into the mountain of Jeho-

    24

    h;;l s

    1 ::I
    1% 95:s
    1" 1:'JI.B

    -1 ;?

    *.lo11 '"+11
    'I4*:1

    Ir 1

    ~ l 2l

    Jvr ?,"3
    2

    va11,

    And who may rise up in his holy place?"


    111[+*l,fl:~
    'Anyone
    innocent in his hands and clean in
    rJn11 15::4
    "lbb 12:s
    1141 14:l

    14.15

    #r\i7

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    heart,'
    Who hns not carried Myf soule to sheer

    w~rthlessness.~

    Nor takm an oath deceitful1y.t


    I?fe will carry w a y blessing from Jehovahu
    And rigl~teousnessfrom his God of salvaf ion,v
    O This is the generation of those seeking him,^
    Of those searching for your face, 0 [God
    of3
    Se'lah,

    itrlf," ht. b Or, "lop1 lore." e "I wiU


    (l'~-;;ll,''in n p e ~ ~ n r with
    n t AyTVr: or, L4niyresting (sahhnthing) dl
    IF, 511 njyri*111~1lt
    ~ i l lJ,SS.
    l
    fl "The inhabited earth," LIXT:or'bis
    trr.w~'rrifrx,1.x.
    Or, "tho o ~ ~ n n ,vrl~irli
    t'
    C~C~SPIPR
    the p e n t land
    mnmca oF tb ~ l o h r .fld'31y,"SF; ' I i i s , " L.LTT'g8;rT and mnny Eeh w w rnn~tzt~rripts, Or, "3Ty lifpSflt refrrring to Jphocn11's life by
    wIiirh r t r l i~ltliclillln~
    ?trt.Pnm.Cnnlp~rc1:xodtrs 80: 7, footnotex $, k.
    " 0 Qotl nf JncoJ),"' Sy7,X-YVK: "0J n ~ o l , , " 3L.
    a J.il~~*nlIy,,
    'lip mkurntion

    16 1
    Raise YOUR heads, 0 YOU gates,*
    And raise yourselves up, O you longILU 1324
    lastinga entrances,'
    - P S 97:5
    IsaG:3
    That the glorious King may come in!e
    H a g 2:9
    Re 11:17
    "0,
    then, is this glorious King?+
    -EX
    aDe 345
    335
    Jehovah strong and mighty,'
    Ps m:1
    Jehovah mighty in battleqb"
    P a 931
    GJOS 11:2u
    Raise YOUR heads, 0 YOU gates;
    1Sa l7:47
    Yes, raise [them] up, 0 YOU long-lastinga ;ik ;izy5
    Re 16:14
    entrances,
    That the glorious King may come in!""PS24:7
    Isa =:XI
    hIsa 6:1
    ID
    Who, then, is he, this glorious King?*
    Isa 54:s
    Jehovah of armiesc2-he is the glorious 'P":g
    Ic2Sa 7:27
    King.k Se'hh.
    lC11 17:24
    O f David.

    IM 6:3
    HO 12:s

    3 [Beth]

    " 0 my God," in you have I put my trust;'


    0 may I not be ash8med.s
    May my enemies not exult over me.t
    J [Bintd]
    a

    Also none of those hoping in you will be


    ashamed.^
    They will be ashamed who are dealing
    treacherously without success."

    Zec ?:8

    7 [Daletk]

    nPs88;4
    Ps 143:8
    rIsa 26:3
    ~p~l19:llfi
    RQ 10:11
    1Pe 2:6
    tPs 3319
    P s 41:11
    Pr 91:3
    P s 142:6
    Isa 37:10
    UPS69:6
    v2Sn 1:22

    P s 6:10
    P S 7:4
    Ps 31:17
    Ps 3326
    Ps 7123
    Jer

    20:11

    Make me know your own ways: 0 Jehovah;) P r 8:20


    Teach me your own paths.=
    Jer 6 3 6
    a Or, "indefinitely lasting." N, 'o.irrtm'. b Or, 'far." e "Jehovah of

    *PS4 2 3

    J O ~8:32

    "" '"I3

    ~ P 24:5
    s
    Ps 79:9
    Ps 88:1
    ~ P 2?:2
    s

    1 [SVnwJa

    Pr R ,"*
    74
    L

    Lu 18:7
    42Ch 6:42
    Ps 95:3
    Lu 2 5 4
    Lu 1:72

    I11 you

    %emembeF your rnercies,O O Jehovah, and


    your loving-kindnesses,P
    For they are from time i n d ~ f m i t e . ~
    h [Beth]

    ' The sins of my youth and my transgressions0

    c1i.J. 21:20

    31:l

    0 do n o t remember."
    According t o your loving-kindnessqo you
    yourself remember me,*
    For the sake of your goodness, 0 JehovahK

    PS lG3:26

    n P s 92.15
    Ps 119:68
    Isa 26:7
    rPr 123
    P r 2:5
    Mlc 4:2

    D [Tctk]

    Lu 11:13
    das 1:5
    T P s 26:9
    sPs 22%
    Ps 76:9
    Ps 3;'i:fi
    lsa 11:4
    Zep 2 3

    tDc 4:s
    Ps 19:9

    armies." See 1 Samuel 1:3, footnote e. "'God,!' M, EE.o.1ai?nt. The


    expression "0 rrly Godi' in H e b r e r begins this Terse with another
    aleph. "In you7>hegins with the Hebrew letter beth.

    Jcr 31:31
    Hcb 1224
    *Ps 193

    wayer

    I
    1

    Ps 119:76
    Isa 43:2
    YPS 334
    Z D P9.9
    -n
    E 593

    Good and upright is Je1lovah.n


    That is w h y he instructs sinners" in the

    rGe 524
    G C 17:1
    .

    I have hoped all day longA


    7 [Zdyin]

    DPs 74:2
    'Ex 34:6
    SPs 136 :I
    Lu 1:s
    'Job 13:26
    Ps 51:5
    Jcr 3%

    SPS

    [ne]

    hlalre me walk in your truth and teach me,"


    For you are my God of salvation."

    TIPS
    32:8
    Ps 119:35
    Joh ll:6
    .4c 9:2
    Ac 13:lO
    I.Ieb 10:20I

    yEx 33:13

    Ps 5:s
    Ps 86:U
    Ps 1438
    Isa 2:3
    CPs 86:11
    ZPS2711

    kPs 6:4
    Eph 1:7
    Eph 2:s

    K [Aleph]

    To you, 0 Jehovah, I raise my very

    PSALMS 25 :5-10

    *Ps 118:19
    Isa 26:2

    W e wiU cause the meeks ones to walk in [his]


    judicial decisiont
    And he will teach t h e meek ones his way.u
    3 [Kaph]

    lo

    All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindnesscv

    and truenessd,'
    For those observing his covenante. and his
    reminders.'

    Wa~o(I) appeal%in four Hehrew manuscripts. WT,


    '(your acts
    of loyal love." Or, "loyal love." d Or>''tt~uthfulnes~'~;
    or,
    The word "covennntj' (b6ritk)is here introduaed into the Psnhs.

    PSALMS 25 :11-18

    162

    a P s 51:9
    Ro 5 .I6
    'P. "
    :
    I
    9

    5 [Lamed]
    ==Foryour name's sake, 0 Jehovah,"

    l1

    LU 22:a

    You must even forgiveo my error: for it


    is considerable.*

    W [Shin]

    "g; :Gg7

    I W h o , now, is the man fearful of J e k o v ~ h ? ~


    He will instruct hirn in the way [that] he

    wilI choose.'
    3 [Nftn]

    +Ps 3'1:23
    Joh 7 1 7

    IPS
    LU n:i
    2346

    BPS 31:19

    +I% 26:23
    Ps 7:8
    Ps26:1

    P h 4 19
    %:ll
    Mt 5:5

    Pr 11:3

    Zec 9:17

    His a m soul will lodge in goodness itselfe


    And his own offspring=will take possession
    of the earth."

    :O

    Let integrity and uprightness themselves safe-

    Ps 11:12

    XPS

    Re 21:3

    Pr 20:7
    Ac 24:16
    QPs 1465

    Joh 14:s
    Joh 15:15

    rPs 147
    PS 130.8
    Ga 6 :I6

    W e 18:17

    T h e intimacy with Jehovah belongs to those


    fearful of him,"
    Also his covenantaoto cause them to know

    zec 9:1a

    ICo 2 1 6
    3 P S W:M

    M y eyes are constantly toward


    For he it is that brings my feet out of the
    netr

    [Pel
    Turn your face to me and 6h0w me
    For I am soIitaryb and afflicted,t

    lB

    Y [T,PU&]

    nGe221
    Job 13:23
    Ps 7:9

    Mr 15:N
    UPS73:21

    7 [BesKjc

    Refine my kidneysc and my heartmr


    For your loving-kindnessd is in front of my

    zo:lz
    10

    Jer66
    PS

    Zec 129

    eyqs

    SPS 85:13
    Lu 6 2 6

    And I have walked in your truthat


    For I have not sat with men of untruth,^
    ~psllD:142
    P 25:s
    S
    J o h 14:6
    And with those who conceal what they are
    2Pe 132
    uPr 13:20
    I do not come in.v
    ~~~110.115
    I
    have
    hated the congregatione of evildoersly
    T&oyi&
    2Co 6.17
    And
    with the wicked ones I da not sit.z
    yPs 3L:6
    I
    shall
    wash
    my hands in innocency itself,*
    5F:+i113
    2Co 3.18

    '

    I,

    m y affliction0and my trauble,y

    aliterally, "seed:' XI, b Or, <'the only one,') LXX, mo.ao.ge.Gf'


    ("the only-begotten"), as in John 3 : 16. 0 The letter p p h is missing between this resh and bsuds of Verne 17,

    test;"

    2C0 135
    1-Ps 173

    PA77:2
    Distresses of my heart have r n ~ l t i p I i e d ; ~ vMt
    5:11
    1co
    From the stresses upon me O bring me outBY1Co 4.11
    10:13
    18 See

    ZPe 1 : I O

    rPs 31:4
    Ps 124:7

    Mt 5:8
    , kPs 83:15
    Ps 143:4

    myself have
    my
    And in Jehovah I have trusted, that I may
    not ~ o b b l e . ~
    E x a m i n e me, 0 Jehovah, and put me t o the

    Ps 21:7
    Ps 37:a
    1Pe 1:5

    PS123:l

    Jer 526
    2T12:26
    aPs 69:16
    Mic 739

    Of David.

    kPs 4:5

    kGe Z2:17
    D e 4:13

    Jer 3l:31
    L U 22:20
    RO 11:27
    J e h ~ v a h , ~nPs 121:l
    1

    guard me,'
    For I have hoped in you."
    2 2 0 Godtbredeem Israel out of all his distresses."

    2 6 Judge
    me, Jehovah, for I
    walked in
    own integrity,*

    9;:
    !
    0
    ;
    3
    Ps 25:21

    Eph 1:9

    Do guard my soul and deliver me."


    May I not be ashamed, for I have talren
    refuge in y0u.O
    h [T'ctur]

    Heb 10:23

    l6

    And pardon all my sins."


    See. how many my enemies have become,.
    And with a violent hatred they have hated

    me."

    LU 23:2

    t3 [Mem]

    l4

    PSALMS 25 : 19-26 :6

    163

    Like I-erse 18 this verse begha with the Hebrew letter B~sL,thus
    g i ~ n ga t ~ o f o l demphasis. b G
    ' oGod." Af, El.0-7~im'. Or, "deepest
    emotions." d Or, "loyal love." X, gor.kalt; LIXFg, r'cc.ele's~.a,"
    a

    PSALMS 26 :7-27: 3

    164

    And I Nil1 march around your altar, 0


    ups 4 3 4
    Jehovah,O
    Ps 118.27
    'To cause thanksgiving t o be heard aloud,a" *~;,9;;$
    And to declare all your wonderful works.? +pu;g;$
    Vehovah, I have loved t h e dwelling of your
    +Psm:10
    house*
    @Ex 40%
    And the place of the residence of your ~;;I::;Q
    glory."

    me-ar.

    1 A Z L D,

    ~ 1 S a25:29

    BDo not take awayb my soul along with sin3*

    OPs 51:13

    Nor my life along with bloodguilty men," *igtz?i:8


    Ps 51:14
    whose hands there is loose conduct1c
    Ps 139.19
    And whose right hand is fulI of bribery.On cP$sg:'43
    Ro 1:28
    As for me, in my integrity I shall walk.''
    2T18:2
    2Pe 2:7
    0 redeem mes and show me favor,t
    nDe 16:18
    I
    l a My awn foot will certainly stand on a level rz$k:l;2
    pIace;u
    LU
    IT^1:6
    2:y
    Among the congregated throngsc I shall 8;; i;;:; I
    it 2:14
    bless Jeh0vah.d~
    1Pe
    -- - -1.lR
    .--

    '"n

    Of David.

    tNe 13:14

    OPs 97:11
    ulSa 2:9

    lightCYand my salvationnz
    Pr 10:9
    shall I be in fear?'
    vPs 68:26
    Jehovah
    the stronghold of my life.'
    yJOb
    PS 18:29
    29.3
    Re 22:s
    Of whom shaIl I be in dread?*
    zEx 15:2
    When the evildoers approached agdnst me t o
    eat up my flesh,*
    O P S2~2L6 ~ : I ~ - ~
    *PS
    They being my adversariese and my em-.0%$;;6:13
    A P s 46:1
    mies personally,+
    Ro 8:31
    Heb 1 3 5
    They themselves stumbIed and fell,*
    I
    OPs 14.4
    Though against me an encampment should
    +g;
    pitch tent,"
    QIsa 8:15
    XPS
    3:6
    My heart will not fear.*
    W C h 20:lS

    my
    Of whom
    2 7 Jehovah
    is
    is

    ;:&

    a voiw?' M.b Liternlly, " D o not gather," 31. 11,


    d "Bless Jeho~ah," m
    gT ;
    '%lessyou, 0 Jehovah," LXXVg.

    a Liternll~,"with

    n,aq.le.kinit; L X X l i g , 'dec.cle'si.ns!'

    PSALMS 27 :4--11
    kach 32:7
    n o u g h against me mar should Pise,k
    nlsa 41:12
    Even then I shall be trusting."
    mlka
    One thing I have asked from JehovahrsJer =:I3
    It is what I shall look forlS
    ~t 6 3 3
    LU I I : ~
    That I may d~veIIin the house of Jehovah
    tlSa 1:Il
    all the days of my life,t
    PS23:6
    Ps 65:4
    To
    behold the pleasantness of Jehovah"
    LU 2 3 7
    R e 7:15
    And
    to look with appreciation upon his
    UPS50:2
    Ps m2
    temp1e.v
    2Ca 3 3 8
    11sa 6:s
    For he will hide me in his covert: in the day
    R e 11:19
    of calamity;Y
    YPS 323
    Ps 5 T : l
    He will conceal me in the concealment place
    zc 2.3
    .?cR
    i2:a
    of his tent,"
    PS 119:ug
    Rc 7 15
    High on a rock he will put me."
    Re 2 1 3
    *Ps 18:33
    And now my head will be high above my enePs 4 0 2
    AIt T:24
    mies all around me,c
    =2Sa 7:9
    I C 2~ 2 : ~
    And I wilI sacrifice at his tent sacrifices of
    ~ P 4s3 4
    joyful shouting;"
    PS 107:22
    aeb 1 3 : ~
    I
    will
    sing and make melody t o Jehovah.
    1Pe 2:5
    bPs21:13
    Hear,
    0
    Jehovah,
    when 1 call with my voice,'
    Eph 219
    +Ps 4.1
    And
    show
    me
    favor
    and answer me."
    Ps 130:2
    EP55:2
    Concerning
    you
    my
    heart
    has said: "SEER to
    Ps 119:58
    ~ P 24%
    s
    find
    my
    face.""
    PS 10534
    Isa 1%1$
    Your face, 0 Jehovah, T shall seek to find."
    Wo 535
    D
    o
    not conceal your face from me."
    uJ',"t,J,:a
    Jas 4 8
    Do
    not in anger turn your servant away."
    lcIsa 5 9 3
    nIsa 50:l
    My
    help you must become.'
    1.1Sa7.12
    PS 46:l
    Do not forsake me and do not leave me, 0
    EPS3R21
    my God of sal~ation.~
    Ps 85.1
    In case my own father and my own mother
    tPs 69:s
    did leave melt
    >It 10.21
    rl3Ti 4:17
    Even Jehovah himself would take me up."
    rrFs29:4
    I1 Instruct me, O Jehovah, in your way,'
    PS 86:11
    Isa m:20
    And lead me in the path of uprightness on
    YLU 20:m
    account of my f o e s . ~

    165

    i,

    PSALMS 27:12-28 :4
    12

    167

    166

    Do not give me over to the soula of m y adver~aries;~


    For against me false witnessesC have risen

    A Z T1:6
    ~

    .p, 31:s
    Ps 41:11
    O P s 85:37

    *gtz:G

    Ac 6:11
    up,'
    UAC 9:1
    And he who launcI~esforth violence."
    Ac 26:33.
    l3If I had not had faith in seeing the goodness '2b,gm
    of Jehovah in the land of those a l i ~ e !g,",\$!$,
    ~
    Hope in Jehovah, be courageous and let your 0;;
    +PS 31:24
    heart be strong.'
    ISR 40:31
    E P 3%
    ~
    Yes, hope in Jehovah.@
    Php 4 2 3

    ;!z

    O f David.

    28

    To you, 0 Jehovah, I keep calling."

    ~ P 6S2 : ~ -

    Ps 130::,
    "Ps 18:3
    mPs95:l

    o my ~ o c k ?do not be deaf to me,.* g' Z:$!i


    That you may not keep still toward mek &;:;&
    And I do not have to become like those go- nP,s,;$;:2s
    PS343
    i n g down t o the pit.n
    Ps 69:15
    Hear the voice of my entreaties when I cry t o ~ ~ h y ; ~
    you for help,'
    BPS 63:4
    When I raise my hands8 to the innermost &g\
    room of your ~anctuary,~
    I K 5~8:G
    PS
    7
    90
    not draw me along with wicked people and Ugt~;%6
    with practicers of what is hurtful,u
    ;i;ti6
    Those who are speaking peaceo with their O P S - U : ~
    vPs 6 2 4
    cornpanions~ but in whose hearts is Jer 9:8

    fz9

    hlt 22:15
    what is bad.Y
    yPs 7:14
    Give to them according t o their actingZ
    PS
    P r 36;4
    26:25
    And according to the badness of their prac- &;~I,;P
    ",;

    2 ~ 4:34
    1
    tices.*
    According t o the work of their hands do * ~ ~ L % ~ & '
    u p s 02:12
    you give to themn
    hlt Z5:45
    Or, "Surely
    a "Xonl.~' 31, w p k t e s A ; L X X , psy.ehaiJ; Vg, a'ni.mne.
    I do have faith in seeing the goodness of Jehovah in the land of

    those alive." This agrees with LXXVgSy and five Hebrew mannscripts that omit the opening Hebrew word lu.tB'. This is one of the
    15 Hebrew words or letters with the extraordinary points above
    or/and below them, to snggest that suoh word or letters should be
    left out. c Or, "do not turn from me in silence."

    PSALMS 28:L 2 9 : 2

    Pay back to them their own doing.*


    T o r they have no regard for the activities of
    IDe 3 2 4
    Jehovah,O
    PS 96:3
    ISR5:31
    Nos
    for the w a ~ kof his hands.'
    R O 1:20
    +Ps 8'3
    He
    wilt
    tear them down and not build them
    Ps 19:1
    Isa 40:26
    up.&
    Eph 1:18
    5 1 ~ 1 1 1 : ~Blessed
    ~
    be Jehovah, for he has heard the voice
    Ps 1279
    J c r l:10
    of my entreaties."
    ' Ps 31:21
    Jehovah is my strength* and m y shie1d.X
    PS 6690
    Ps 116:l
    In him my heart has trusted,"
    *PS 1P:l
    Tsn =:2
    And I have been helped, so that my heart
    E It610
    I<& 15il
    exults,"
    P R .!34:13.
    Ps 91:4
    And
    with my song I shall laud hirn.3
    TIPS
    135
    P s 56:4
    Jehovah
    is a strength t o his people,""
    rPs 30:11
    Isa 6230
    And
    he
    is a stronghoId of the grand salvaSEX1::1
    Ps BB:1
    tion
    of his anointed 0 n e . b ~
    r i p 5.9
    R e 15:3 ' DO save your p e ~ p l e a
    , ~d bless your possest2Sa 22:3
    UPS2:2
    sion,Y
    Lu 428
    And shepherd them and carry them to time
    I Ps l4:7
    rEx 19:5
    indefinite.=
    zIsa 4rl.11
    *PS 2 2 0

    Ps 68:31
    Isa W:10

    Jer 13:18
    DlCh 16:28
    Ps 967
    Re 11:17
    tlCh 16:29

    zi;2j85
    iaCh
    Ps 96.9

    A ~nelodyof D ~ r i d . ~

    Ascribe t o Jehovah, 0 YOU sons ofstrong

    Ascribe t o Jehovah glory and ~ t r e n g t h . ~


    Ascribe t o Jehovah the glory of his name.b
    Row down to Jehovah in hoIy adornrnent.4

    "To his peopleJJ1LXWgSy mid eight Hebrew ~nanuscripts;"to


    thm,'' 31. b "Anointed one." 31: mu.slaifnbk; By, m'sii'khcr; L-XX,
    c h r ~ s . f o s t ;Trg, chats'tus. L X X adds, "of the exodus (final) feativnl
    of t h e Tellt"; T g adds, "in the consummation (completion) of the
    tnbernacle." Wr, "sons of gods"; ar, "godlike ones"; or "aons of
    Crod." If the Hebrew word EZ.btn' i s the plural of mejest? of El,
    then it means 1iC;~d.7J
    T reads, .'you hands of angels, the sons of
    GodJ'; LILY, "YOU sons of God"; SyT;, "yon sons of rams." Compare Psal~u89: 6, footnote e, and Daniel 11:36, rrhere the expression El eI.ina' ("Gocl of gods") occurs.
    a

    PSALMS 29 :3-41

    168

    1M:25
    The voices of Jehovahw is over the waters;"I SPs
    +De 4:33
    PS
    1S:lS
    The glorious Godhe himself has thundered.' H e b 1226
    Jehovah is over many waters."
    eclc 7:2
    yEx 9 : s
    1% 7:lO
    The voice of Jehovah is powerful;k
    Jnh 1_2:29
    Re 4 : ~
    The voice of Jehovah is splendid."
    4PS 93:4
    Ps 1M:3
    T h e voice of Jehovah is breaking the cedars;' kdob
    2691
    Yes, Jehovah breaks the cedars of Leb'a- Ps
    3:9
    Jer 51:15
    non in piece^,^
    nJob 40:Q
    Eze 10:5
    And he makes them skip about like a calfFt CPs
    106:ln
    r1sa 66:6
    Lebra.non and Sir'i.oncu like the sons of xTsa 213
    tPs 114:4
    wild bulls,dv
    Jcr 4 2 4
    H a b 3:6
    ' T h e voice of Jehovah is hewing with the flames UDC
    3:9
    ~ ' P 92:10
    R
    of fire;^
    )'Nu 18:35
    a The voice of Jehovah itself makes the wilder- 2Kl l!10
    Ps T : 1 8
    ePs 18:7
    ness writhe,"
    Heb l2:M
    Jehovah makes the wilderness of Kapdesh* 'Xu 13:26
    writhe.
    %:I
    The voice of Jehovah itself makes the hinds Wob
    ~ 1 %9;1s
    Isa 10:18
    writhe with birth pains,"
    Isa lk19
    And strips bare the forests.aA
    fi Eze
    PS 620:47
    64
    And in his temple each one is saying: j!:::!
    "Glory!"+
    Isa IX:I
    PS
    6:3
    lo Upon the delugefoJehovah has seated hirnseIf,+
    And Jehovah sits as king to time ineEE;L
    definite.@
    PS 9 3 3
    Ps 99:I
    l1 Jehovah himself will give strength indeed t o Da 7:9
    his people."
    XIT^
    P Sz8:g
    1:17
    Jehovah himself will bless his people with #I$t7"$$9
    peace.*
    1co9.6
    Isa
    1;3

    T;,6&,

    The expression "the vaice'' occurs seven times in this psalm,


    wiGod.'"f,
    El. 0 "Sir'i.~n:~ The old Xi.dorni.an name for Mount
    Ber'mon. See Deuteronomy 3 : 9, d "Of unicorns," LXXTg, meaning "one-horned ones" literally, but referring t o wild bulls, Or,
    by a correction of M, ((And it causes a hurried delivery bg the
    mountain goats." f Or, ''heavenly ocean.lJ See Qeneaie 7: 17, foot-

    PSALMS 30:1-43
    k2sa24:25
    nPs 34:s

    A melody. A song of inaoguration of the heuse."


    Of Dar-id.

    30 I

    shall exalt
    0 Jehovah, for you
    h,,ara\vn,,upr
    And you have not let my enemies rejoice
    BPSm2
    over meaB
    Ps 4191
    20:17
    O
    Jehovah
    my God, I cried t o you for help and
    E x 15x26
    2K1 20:5
    you proceeded t o heal me.t
    P s 1033
    ~t 13 15 a 0 Jehovah, you have brought up m y soul from
    UPS 1G:lO
    She'ola itself ;
    Isn 3 ~ 1 0
    Isa 38:18
    You have kept me alive, that I should not
    FPS28:l
    Ps 69:15
    go down into the pit.'
    YPS 3211
    Ps149:l
    Make
    melody
    t o Jehovah, 0 YOU his men of
    zEx 3 15
    Ex 1511
    loving-kindness,)'
    PS 10'2:12
    *I>n 5 4 3
    And laud his holy memorial.bz
    2eo 4 17
    ~ P 16.11
    S
    For
    being under his anger is for a moment,"
    PS 3677
    Being under his good will is for a lifePS 63.3
    time.u
    PS I X : ~
    JOh 16:20
    In the evening weeping may take up lodg2co i:9
    =FS 130:6
    ing," but in the morningC there is a
    bps 46:5
    joyful cry.l
    PS 5926
    Ha 6.3
    AS
    for
    me, I have said in my ease:
    +Lu E:1$
    1'20 10:12
    "Never
    shall I be made to totter."*
    2Co 12:7
    15:s
    0 Jehovah, in your good will you have made
    Psll9:ll'l
    my mountain to stand in strength."
    ~ P 5.12
    s
    PS 18:35
    You concealed your face; I became one that
    is terrified.*
    *PS 10.1
    Pr: 13:l
    ~ 0 Jehovah, I kept ~ a l l i n g , ~
    Pa143:7 9 T you,
    kPs 77:l
    And to Jehovahc I kept making entreaty
    PS 130:l
    for fav0r.n

    ZA.P
    Ps 28:9

    note e.

    M, sLed1; LIIX, 'rHatdes" ; Vg, in.f d n 3 i s . b Literally, ('memorial


    [or, mention] of his holine~s,~'
    11.0 "Jeho~ah," lllany Hebrew manuscripts; LXXTg, "1r1yGod"; T, "you, 0 my Gocl"; Sy,('you, 0
    my Lord"; &I, A.do.mayt. This is one of the 134 plaws where the
    Jewish Sopherim changed the priii~itire Hebrew text to read
    A.do.tsufiPinstead of P ' b o . ~ n b ' .

    PSALMS 30:!341:5

    170

    *What proflt is there in my blood when T go


    down to the pit?"'
    Will the dust laud you?^ Will it tell of yorrr
    trueness?bf
    l o Hear, 0 Jehovah, and show me Fav0r.u
    0 Jehovah, prove yourself my he1per.Y
    You have changed my mourning into dandng
    for me;y
    You have loosened my sackcloth and you
    keep me girded with zlejoicing,~
    l9 In order that [my]gloryc may make melody
    to you and not keep silent.'
    0 Jehovah my God, to time indef nlte I will
    laud
    To the director. A lneladr of Dm14d.
    In you, O Jehovah, have I taken refuge.'
    0 may I never he ashamed.'
    In your righteousness provide escape for

    CPR

    65

    1.a:.!

    !I, I l l

    me,'

    dmlk& '

    F:KC f;?3ij7
    3 :fl

    l li~~ 2 q73 :I-1


    \18

    v''q2".7
    1 ' ~M 1

    yf21;.y,31$

    1':i lH::!

    Z'R

    na

    ~.t!

    7L:Z
    DeI iver me speedily."
    T.5 9t1:1
    Inn
    :{.3:18
    Become for me a rocky stronghold,*
    t l l S n 22:2
    1,:;
    .i:::I
    A house of strongholds to save me.k
    VJuU ;:!E
    1'6 ?
    ::I1
    .'For you are my crag and my st~tronghold,~~
    J!:r !.;:7
    15:13
    And for the sake of your namer you will rl,.s
    I%!&
    4Jl:ll
    J - , q .;!l:lo
    lead me and conduct meam
    t F ' \ 2:,:15
    You will bring me out of the net that they have (;,)TI
    ,.: .- ?(i
    PI- 1:-.10
    hidden for me,t
    2c:o 12.9
    VIA1 3:J:'la
    For you are m y fortress."
    At: 7:69
    RPs 11!1:4
    Into your hand I entrust my spirit,*
    y Ps 71 ::(:I
    I f ' e I:IK
    You have redeemed0 me,r 0 Jehovah the 0P.u
    7 1 :%:1
    a
    l l c d:.L
    Coda of truth.ez
    l l e b G!la

    rrpit,uM,~ha'hkath; LKXTgSy, L1corruption't;


    T, "henrt of tho
    b Or, "hthfnlness!'; 01; "tmth." ewMy glory:' L,YX'Vg.
    d rrCiod." 11, El. e Or, "the t r n e

    "1 do hate those paying regard t o morWexs


    vain idoIs,"'
    CPS 2 3 2
    But as for me, in Jehovah I do trust."
    , E will be joyful and rejoice in your lovingSPA135
    kindne~s,~'
    GPS 4:13
    In t h a t you have seen my affliction;+
    rpr 1:n
    You have known about the distresses0 of
    *Ps1423 '
    my soul,'
    Isa 4 3 2
    And you have not surrendered me into the
    G D e ~2:m
    hand d the enemy,0
    You have made my feet stand in a roomy
    .P..M
    place.'
    m4:m
    Show me favor, 0 Jehovah, for 1 am in sore
    kJob 1?:7
    Ps 6:7
    straits."
    rs m9
    nPs 6 : z
    With vexation my eye has become areaEcVk
    Ps 2 2 3 4
    my soul and my bel1y.n
    PS 4:s
    "
    For
    with
    grief my life has come to an end,'
    T$bzig
    CPs 65:11
    And
    my
    year@ in sighing,*
    B P S 78:33
    Because of my error my power has stumt~sn:s
    bled,t
    ups 32:3
    And
    my very bones have become weak.u
    PS I M : ~
    "
    From the standpoint of all those showing
    r.Ps a2:6
    hostiIity t o me I have become a reIsa 53:4
    'Ps 26:5

    31

    " Incline t o me your ear.@

    PSALMS 31:6-13

    171

    >It z:39

    P.O 1 5 5

    B P S 79:4

    YPS 38:=
    AIL 1,:':22

    z P s %:S
    -2Ti 436
    CP5

    I
    I

    88:s

    Isa 3331
    CP~115:17 l a
    bps 119:Fa
    Isa m:14
    Ro 9:21
    D 1Sa 2 2 3
    ~q IM;~
    Lu 23:Z
    +I?? xi2
    PS57;1

    Jer 6:25

    el% 23:19
    2Sa li:l

    grave?

    proach,"

    And to my nelghborsn very much

    so,^

    And a dread to my acquaintances.^


    When seeing me out of doors they have

    Red from me,'


    Like one dead: not in the heart, T have been
    forgotten ;t

    I have become like a damaged" vessel;"


    For I have heard the bad report by many,O
    Fright being on a11 sides.'
    When they mass together as one again&
    ItE,m

    Literally, 4anities." b Or,

    love." 0 Or, ldmirming!'

    PSALMS 31 :14-22

    172

    173

    1P:lO
    It is to 'take away my soula that they do1 x1Sa
    M t 2G:4
    scheme."
    M t 27:l
    18:1
    l4 But I-jn
    YOU I have put my trust, 0 Jehovah.# *Ps
    Ps 56:4
    k P s 1S:2
    I have said: "you are my ~ o d . " b k
    M t 26:39
    Joh 20:17
    My times are in your hand."
    n2Sa 7:12
    Deliver me from the hand of m y enemies LFcU 3_:2_Y:31
    and from those pursuing me.'
    ~ P L
    t::13
    Ps IS2:B
    lWna cause your face to shine upon your servant."
    6.25
    Ps 67:l
    Save me in your loving-kindrsess,ct
    Ps 80:3
    l7 0 Jel~avah,
    may I not be ashamed, for I have ,g;6"27
    Ra D:15
    c a k d on you."
    Eph 1:6
    E P ~7
    ~
    May the wicked ones be ashamed;^
    UPS 2 5 3
    PS 6 9 5
    May they keep silent in She'olqdy
    Isa 50:7
    May false lips become ~peeckless,~
    doe 2:26
    ~ P 6:lO
    s
    That are speaking against the righteous '1 sn 4131
    one," unrestrainedly in haughtiness and
    PS I I ~ : I T
    contempt."
    Jor 5157
    ID
    ENow abundant your goodness is,* which you Z;\~; $:l;
    have treasured up f or those fearing you!O PS 6 3 : i ~
    [Which] you have rendered to those taking.
    %?s
    2Pe 250
    rekuge in you,'
    U P S 94:4
    AFS 73 :I
    In front of the sons of men.ee
    OIsa 64:P
    " You will conceal them in the secret place of +p;:1;9
    EPS 12~:2
    your personf*
    Joh 321
    From the banding together of men.@
    YPS2 7 5
    You will hide them in your booth from the . ~ $ ~ $ ~ , ,
    contention of tongues.'<
    AC
    PS %:14
    427
    ~ P 64:3
    S
    2' Blessed be Jehovah,n
    2CO 1?:20
    For he has rendered wonderful Ioving- ;~;g;;
    kindnesscrto me in a city under stress." PS ~ R : I
    22 AS for me, I said when I became panicky:t siz?12g7
    "I shall certainly be exterminated from in '$S,"Z$:g
    *PS
    La 83.54
    8:~
    front of your eyes."*

    Surely you have heard the voice of my entreaties when I cried t o you for help3
    0
    love
    Jehovah, all YOU his men of loving,E
    b,z::&
    ne m:m
    kindnesse4
    PS 3 : 9
    Is8 5B:B
    The faithful ones Jehovah is safeguardingr0
    hIt 2237
    Elsa 2 9
    But he is rewarding exceedingly anyone
    Soh 1039
    showing haughtiness.'
    +PS9 4 2
    Re 18:6
    t strong:
    eps Z P : ~ 24
    ~ Be courageous and may v o u ~ h e a rbe
    Ps 29:11
    A
    H
    YOU
    who
    are
    waiting
    for
    Jehovah."
    Isa 3 3 4
    IIeb 1252
    'PS 146:s
    Of Darid, JIas?dl.&
    1 P e 121
    LPS 33:12
    H a p p y q s t h e one whose transgression
    is pardoned, whose sin is covered.*
    "-55:z
    Isa 1:la
    Isn43:25
    Happy
    is
    t h e manb t o whose account Jehovah
    Ac 1339
    Ro 4:7
    does
    not put error,k
    kLe 174
    2Co 5:19
    And in whose spirit there is no deceit."
    ndoh 1:47
    When I kept silent my bones wore out through
    1Pe 2:1
    Re 14:s
    my groaning all day 10ng.~
    rJob 324
    For day and night your hand was heavy upon
    F;
    = Z C33:13
    ~
    Pa 6.9
    Pr 15:29

    32

    z;2,

    : : :=

    OrJ "lift." M, ttepRtesh; LXX, p ~ ~ r ~ h d Jrg,


    ' ; afne'.t~aa.bUUod."
    31, ELo-ltim'. Or, "loyal love." >I, shed&; L;H9, '(Ea'desl';
    in.ferrn?i8. Or, "earthling men.'? ;\I, a L d u d . f Literally, "face.
    Compare 2 Snmael 17:11,footnate 11. g "Men." 31, isk.

    PSALMS 31:23-32 :6

    Ps 35.3

    RPS3 6 2

    ,,Pa 22:15
    ,:,

    Ps 10?:3
    3 8 : ~
    Ps 51:4
    Pr 28:13
    Jer 3:13

    UPS

    IJO

    1:9

    vJos 7:20

    3 ~ 12:13
    a

    L U 1.j.W
    SPS ~ : 5
    Ps 1C3:3

    Eph &:3Z

    BPS 34:4
    Ps 40 3

    aco 1:4
    *Ps 69:19
    Isa 5 5 6
    2Co 6:2

    124~
    Isn 43:2
    Re 12:16

    UPS

    "Contemplative poem," M, ~ ~ ~ n X . h ka ?term


    ' j not quite understood.
    Some think 2 Chronicles 30 : 22, which uses a word of similar form,
    furnishes a clue t o its meaning. LXII, "Of quick ~nderstsnding.~'
    b '(Mxn.', M, ondam', C More literally, "roaring."
    fl

    -9;
    I

    me.$
    My life's moisture has been changed as in
    the dry heat of stunmer.t Xe'lnh.
    My sin I finaly confessed t o you and my error
    I did not cover.u
    I said: "l shall make confession over my
    transgressions t o Jehovah."v
    And you yotlrself pardoned the error of
    my sins.7 Se'luh.
    On this account every man of loving-kindness
    will pray to youz
    At such a time only as you may be found."
    Aa f o r t h e flood of many waters, they will
    not touch him himself."

    PSALMS 32:2 - 4 3 :5

    174

    175

    are a place of concealment for me; you LF;g;g5


    PS119:114
    will safeguard from distress itself."
    Jer 265%
    With joyful cries of providing escape you
    will surround me.O Se'hh.
    $nil
    "1 shall make you have insight and instruct ;
    R~ i:io
    *PS
    34:11
    you in the way you should go.'
    Ps119:105
    "1will give advice with my eye upon you.&@
    ,$:glfS
    '90not make yourselves like a horse or mule 3&$";:11
    Pr 26:s
    without understanding,"
    der F:6
    "Whose spiritedness is to be curbed even JZ;.~:"
    by bridle or halter*
    ~ P E1G,4
    "Before [they] will come nearb to '
    "
    .
    u
    o
    y
    EC 823
    13'21
    lg Many are the pains that the wicked one has," :
    g,3:4
    But as for the one trusting in Jehovah, ;zz;81,
    loving-kindnesse itself surrounds him.n ri;pi;O
    l1 Rejoice in Jehovah and be joyfuI, YOU righteous ones,'
    ~ P 3S 2 : ~
    And cry out joyfully, all YOU who are up- E:7jia
    1Co 1:31
    right in heart."
    UPS118:15
    Pr 15:8
    Cry out joyfully, 0 YOU righteous ones, 1$;;6
    because of Jehovah.'
    Re 48.10
    5:s
    On the pmt of the upright ones praiseC is OPS
    ).PS 82:3
    :You

    +JE~;T~

    ,;;PA$

    33

    fitting.^

    Ps 144:9
    =ps 43.4
    ZPS
    R e 36.1
    99

    Give thanks to Jehovah on the harp;0'


    On an instrument of ten strings make meP- ?
    ,+;2Ch
    $, &:I2
    0dy to h h . ~
    Eph 5 3 9
    S i n e to him a new song;=
    SPS 68;4
    12.8
    Do YOUR best at playing on the strings PPs
    Pr 30,5
    aIong with joyful shouting.*
    SPS
    KO 105:19
    3:4
    LDe 33:4
    For the word of Jehovahc is upright:
    Ps 25-10
    And all his work i s in faithfulness."
    'P
    %it
    S 11:2
    13
    W e is a lover of righteousness and justice.'
    gt:i2
    a Or, by a slight correction, "1. will fix my eye: upon on.'^ b Or,
    "That they ]nay not rome near." Literally, "There is not a coming
    near," the Hebrew verb I~eingin the infinitive construct. &Or,
    "loyal love!'

    w a 119:64

    PSALMS 33:6-13

    With the Ioving-kindnessa of Jehovah the

    PS 1 4 5 ~ 6
    earth is filled."
    *c14:17 @Byt h e word of Jehovah
    xPs 33!8
    J O 1:3
    ~

    Heb 11:3
    ape 3 5
    SGe 2:l
    PS 104:SO
    lcGe 1:9
    Job %:lo

    Ps IM:9
    Pr B.29
    Jer 5:22

    'ps 91:5

    nPs 76:7
    Re 14:~
    rDe 15:22
    aGe 1:3
    Heb lt:3
    tPs 119:90
    Heb 1:3
    OPs 148:s
    U E X 1:12
    Job 5 12
    PS

    2:4

    TPS21:11
    PS

    140:s

    gPr
    ~ o13.21
    23:13
    b

    the heavens themselves were made,'


    And by the spiritb of his mouth all their
    army."
    He is gathering as by a dame the waters of the
    sea.k

    putting in storehouses the surging water^,^


    Let all [those of] the earthe be in feaP of
    Jeh0vah.n
    At him let alI the inhabitants of the productive landf be frightened.'
    For he himself said and it came t o be;"
    He himself commandedC and it proceeded
    to stand s0.t
    l o J e h ~ v a hhimself has frustrated the counsel
    of the n a t i o n s ; ~
    He has thwarted the Uloughts of the
    people^.^

    Isa 14:27
    Isa 46:10
    ac4.n
    zIsa 59:9
    AC 15:18
    19 G
    De 3 3 2 9

    To time indefinite the very counsel of Jehovah


    will stand;^
    The thoughts of his heart are t o one g e m ation. after another generation.=

    Ps lW:15

    QPS

    34:s

    G P55:4
    ~
    l2 Happp is the nation whose
    Ps 15:4
    Joh 15:18
    The people whom he has
    1Pe 2:9

    APS

    II:.I
    la

    Gods is Jehovah,*
    chosen as his pos-

    session.'
    From the heavens Jehovah has looked:

    "

    a Or, " l o ~ ~
    love.''
    l
    Or, "breath." X, na'ah7c; translated "actire
    force" at, Genesis 7:22, where see footnote a, LXX, pneacr?na; ITg,
    spi'rttesr. Or, b s another ro~el-pointingo f AT, "shn bottles,'Yn
    ngreernent ~ 4 t hLXXTgSy. d "The surging waters." Hebrew, tehonzdtk', the plural number of r%hdna, the word found in Genesis 3. : 2,
    here see footnote c. L1,XXVg,"ahyeses." Literally, '"11 the earth,"
    X ; hut accompanied by s vwh in the masculine gender, plural
    number. Compare Genesis 11 : footnota c. "The productive land."
    31, td.bti'; L X X , "the inhabited earth"; Pg, or'b6 ("circle").
    g "God." bi, El.o.7iimap.

    PSALMS 33 :14--34 :1

    176

    Re has seen all the sons of rnen.av


    the established place where he dweIlsb+
    He has gazed at all those dwelling on the
    earth.
    lE
    He is forming their hearts aU together:c6
    '
    He is considering all their works."
    ' T h e r e is no king saved by the abundance of
    military forces;*
    A mightp man himself is not delivered by
    the abundance of p0wer.k
    .. -- . .
    l7
    T h e horsee is a deceptibn for salvation,"
    1-10 214:3
    Pr
    ~31
    And by the abundance of its vitaI energy it ;E;;;i3;D
    EC S:II
    does not afford escape."
    363
    "Look! the eye of Jehovah is toward those aJob
    psa:15
    fearing him,s
    To those waiting for his loving-kindnessget
    '90 deliveP their Gule from deaih itselfu
    And to preserve them alive in
    Our very soule has been in expectation
    of Jehovah?
    Our helper and our shield3 he is."
    For in him our heart rejoices;'
    FOPin his holy" name we have put our trusLc
    " Let your loving-kindness,a 0 Jehovah, prove
    t o be upon US:
    Even as we have kept waiting for you.4

    3 [Beth]

    " From

    ?In Jehovah my soul will make its boast;"


    The meek ones will hear and will rejoice.*
    3 [Gimei]

    0 MAGNIFY Jehovah with

    And let us exalt his name t o g e U ~ e r . ~


    7 [Dalsth]

    ' I inquired of Jehovah and he answered me,"


    And out of all my frights he delivered me.?
    ;1
    t EY8 3 6

    Ps 97:11
    PS l a 2
    Isa 4322
    Mlc 7:s

    t ~ P 31:19
    s

    ' They

    looked t o him and became radiant,"


    And their very faces could not possibly be
    ashamed.^

    P%119:6

    t [ Z o g k ~a~ ]

    '

    " This afflicted one calIed and Jehovah himself

    Of David, at the time of his disguising hi3 sanity


    before A.bimJc.lech, eo that he drove him out, and
    he went may.
    N [Aleph]

    34

    I will bless Jehovah at all times;'


    Constantly his praise will be in my
    mouth.*

    Or, "mankind." a,ha-a.clanz! Or, more literally, "place of his


    d~eIling,'! Mat Or, c'at one (the same) time." d Or, ''loyal love."
    e soul.-'^, laspk'esR; LXX, psg.chdf; Vg, aini..naa.
    a

    [Ire]

    2Ps91:ll
    -PS 3 5 5
    z2Ri 627
    Ps 91:ll
    Heb 1:14
    *2Ki 13:35
    Da 6:22
    nPs113:103

    heard:
    And out of all his distresses he saved him.3'
    n lHetF11
    The angelZ of Jehovahmis camping all around
    those fearing him=
    And he rescues them.'
    t3 [Tetlr]

    :K%liL4 0 TASTE

    C P s 65:4
    aps 2:12

    E4:12
    PS 0492
    PS

    'h

    PGe 22:12
    Ps 145:lO
    Ps 81:2P

    +pR,"$:

    Ro 8:32
    ~ h 439
    p

    and see that Jehovah is goodnu


    Happy3 is the able-bodied rnanb that takes
    refuge in him."

    '

    [Yotl]

    Fear Jehovah, YOU holy ones of his,O


    For there is no lack to those fearing him.*

    In this aerostic p a l m the sixth Hebrew letter caw is missing


    between this r n g h and the Joe o f the preceding verse, JJ '"Able-bodied
    man." M, g8brer.
    4

    PSALMS 34:10-17

    178
    3 [KephI

    The maned young lions themselves have had


    Iittltle on hand and gone hungry:
    But as for those seeking Jehovah, they will
    not lack anything good."

    Come, YOU sons, listen to me;'


    The fear of Jehovah is what I shalI teach
    y0u.k

    D [Msm]
    l2

    Who is the mana that is delighting in life,n


    That is loving enough days to see what is
    good?r
    J [iV$tn]

    IS

    Safeguard your tongue against what Is bad,a


    And your lips against speaking deception.t

    @Job4:11
    P s 104:21

    "Pa84:U

    Mt k 3 3

    *Pr 4:1

    PP7:24
    EC 12:1
    2Ti 315
    ZPe 139
    kPs 32.5
    P S

    111:lO

    Y [Ayin]

    The eves
    - of Jehovah are toward the righteous
    -

    Pr 2:6

    nDe6:2

    D e 30:20
    Fs 21:4
    Ps 91%
    1Pe 3:10
    rEc 2:3
    Ec 12:13
    Mic 6:8
    sPs 39:l
    Mt 1234
    Jas 1:26
    dns 3:2

    Re 14:s
    UPS=:27
    P r 3:7
    Ro 12:9
    1Pe 3:11
    v M t 5:9
    Jas 3:17

    l6

    ones,)'
    And his ears are toward their cry for help."

    Pel
    I m e face of Jehovah is against those doing

    YFS 33:ls
    LPe 3 9 2

    zg",hzi?

    *Le 1T:lO

    Eze 14:s
    what is bad,'
    A m 9:4
    P S 10516
    To cut off the mention" of them from the UPS
    n:la
    very earth.O
    Pr lo:?
    Y [lsnds]

    ITTheycried out and Jehovah himself heard,"


    a "The man." ad, ha-ih. Or, "remembrance."

    02Ch 32:21
    PB34:19
    Ps 145:LW
    AC 12:11

    +Ps145:18
    1473
    Isa 613
    mIsa 57%
    I= 66:s
    LII 4:18
    PS

    Ec 810

    Isa 3314
    A P s 91:15

    P s 145:18
    Isa 65%

    3 tQo~h1

    l8

    Jehovah is near to those that are broken a t

    heart,'

    And those who are crushed in spirit he


    sa~es.~
    7 [BrslbJ

    Many are the calamities of the righteous one,"


    But out of them all Jehovah delivers him."

    "3,0,b,iz
    Joh 16:33
    Ac 14:22
    2Ti 3.12

    P r 1:7

    D [Sa.mekh,]
    tR 119322
    cor 3:s
    Turn away from what is bad and do what is 1Pe 2:l

    good;"
    Seek to find peace and pursue it.v

    And out of all their distresses he delivered


    them.

    [Lamed]
    11

    PSALMS 34:18-35 :3

    179

    b' [ S h i n ]

    # J O ~ 42~12

    3It 24~22
    lcolpm?3

    Hea is guarding all the bones of that one;k


    Not one of them at all has been br0ken.n
    n [Taw]
    Calamity will put t h e wicked one himself t o
    Y P S 3734
    death,.
    FS 9423
    Xsa 311
    And
    the very ones hating the righteous one
    BPS 89.23
    L u 10:14
    will
    be held guilty."
    J O 7:7
    ~
    2' Jehovah
    is redeemingh
    ~
    ~
    ~
    ~
    i
    ~
    6 t h e soul of his
    DIsa 20:3
    sewants,Ot
    t I K i 129
    Ps 31:s
    And none of those taking mfuge in him wiU
    PS 7 ~ 2 3
    Ps 103:1
    be held gui1tymu
    1Pe 1:18
    LIPS
    930
    Of David.
    ~o 8;33
    Do conduct m y case, 0 Jehovah, against
    vlSa W E
    my opponent^;^
    PS43:l
    Ps119:154
    War
    against those warring against me,Y
    3er 5136
    Take
    hold
    of buckler and large shield,
    yJ",", :%,%
    Ke 4:20
    And
    do
    rise up in my help,=
    zPs 33:20
    And draw spear and double ax t o meet those
    g;
    lcDa 6 21
    nEx 12.46
    Ku 932
    d o h 1936

    35

    :$;:,

    Ysa 10:12

    R o 1.219

    n '(He,"

    pursuing me.'

    MSyT; "Jeho~ah;' L D V g and two Hebrew manusoripts.

    OrI t'~ansoming."

    PSALMS 35 :4-13

    180

    z2;:'

    Say to m y sod: "I am your saJvnti~n."~


    May those be shamed and humiliated whoA:are
    : ; ; : ; .h+
    hunting for m y soulbA

    soul.ak

    nFs 35:B
    Pr 17:s
    Pr 24:17
    ZCe 136
    rPs 71:10

    1I
    1

    kPs 119:%5

    Ps t40:5
    without his knowing,n
    ;:n

    * Let ruin come upon him


    And let his own net that he hid catch him;' A;;%?
    3 3 575
    In the nlin let him fall into it."
    l'& 1.1l:lO
    "ut let my awn soula he joyful in Jehovahlt RI,:,
    LlSn 2:1
    Let it exult in his salvation."
    l \ n 01 : I D
    I [nh :l:lR
    Let all my banes themselves say:
    111 '.. 13.5
    "0 Jehovah, who is there Hke you,Y
    V1%
    ~:S
    21
    1s.11
    :I
    "Delivering the afflicted one from one I \ru.):fi
    ).P\ 1H.17
    stronger than he is$'
    PS 14)2:17
    "And the affficted and poor one from the 1" llrl'.J:31
    %Pr22:23
    one robbing him?""
    *PR27:12
    Violent witnesses rise up;*
    ~t .rr,:w
    Ac 6.13
    ?That I have not known they ask me.
    DlSn l o 5
    I'c 3<!20
    i t They reward me with bad for good,"
    1'5 111!>:5
    Al I S~~ai:a~
    10:32
    ~ ~
    Bereavement t o my soul,*
    As for me,when they became ill, my clothlng ,:;;h2';i;;,
    ~t 5:(14
    was s a ~ k c l o t h , ~
    RO 1:':I4
    + L ~~.t i : ; i l
    With fasting 1 afflicted my soul,*
    And upon my bosom my awn prayer would JN,:'??:
    @Mt 10.13
    return?
    Lu liJ:6
    0 "Soul," 31, n~pk'esh; LXX, psy.ckP'; Vg, a'ai.mn.

    x2sal:lT

    May those be turned back and be abashed :'; %2F


    w~ho are scheming calamity for me.' '::: t?;13
    "ay
    they become like chaff before the wind,' :;;;
    i:;iS
    And l e t Jehavah"s3 angel be pushing 3%1,c
    [them] alongm
    Qlsn
    Ar 12:23
    37:w
    Let their way become darkness and slippery
    places,'
    TPB
    pi-T~:IB
    4.1R
    And let Jehovah's angel be pursuing them. , ;$; f:i;
    ' Far without cause they have hid for m e their U P S 293
    netted pit;"
    3oh 18:25
    Without cause they have dug it for my

    Jcr 20:10
    ~ H a 314
    b
    tPs 57:4
    3Ir 14:65
    A t 17:s
    u Job 1 6 9
    Fs 37:12
    AC 754

    y; ~3~

    P S 74:10

    Hab 123

    y W 63:14

    Ps 1426
    EPS2220

    14PI$f~ra~~mpanI~n,~~for~br~ther
    I walked about like one mourning'
    - for a
    mother.:'
    Saddened, I bowed d o t v ~ . ~
    But a t my limping they rejoiced and gathered
    together;n

    They gat11ered together against me,?


    Striking me] down when I did not know it;"
    They ripped [me] t o pieces and did not
    keep si1ent.z
    Among the apostate mockers for a c a k e
    There was a grindingb of their teeth wen
    against rneqtt
    "0 Jehovah,c how long- rvill you keep seeing
    fit1 ?;
    Do bring back my soul from their ravages7
    Even my only onedzfrom the maned young
    lions,
    la I will laud you in the big congreg~tion;s*
    Among a numerous people I shall praise

    Re 11:10

    4Ps 69:4
    Joh 15-S
    +PS~ 2 0 : "O
    ~
    'lsa 51:18
    31t 3219
    *W 31:lJ
    Jer 1 1 3 9

    p a 6:s

    zc, 4

    nPs z2:n

    you.a

    K013:Y

    LPs 2 5 2

    PSALMS 35 :1 6 2 1

    181

    LU 1153

    0 mav those who for no reason are m y- ene-

    mies not rejoice over mi?;'


    Aa for those hat Eng me without cause, Id
    them not mink the eye.'
    For if is not peace that they speak;'
    But against the quiet ones of the earth'
    Things of deception they keep scheming.'
    And they open wide their mouth even against
    rile."

    "The apostate motknv lor 8 ~ r t l ~ thnt


    r , ~ ir, ungodly btiffoma.
    " T h ~ r enensR grindifig.," The Behrtw v ~ r bhere is in the infinitil-e
    nhsolute nnd EO is itupersonnl nnd tima1ca~s. "Jehovnh," L,LXVg;
    A.do.t~rau', If. This i s one o f the 13-1 places wliere the Jonish
    Sopherim chan~erl the primitive A ~ l ~ s etw~ x tfrain TC"ltobtcah'
    to
    rend A.do.nayt. d "lly otily on@," irl t t l c ~fpniinine gender, refering
    to the soul. ni, ga.hrrl'; L X ~ V K"w.rldci.n."
    ,
    a
    b

    PSALMS 35 :22-28

    182

    They have said: "Aha!Aha! o u eye


    ~ has
    seen [it]."A
    ' Y o u have seen, 0 J e h ~ v a h ,Do
    ~ not keep
    silent.a+
    0 Jehovah," do not keep yourself far from

    me."

    DO arouse yourselfc and awake

    APS

    36

    hgy\oq

    AC 7%
    +Ps 28.1
    PS w.21
    Ps 831
    ~ P 10:l
    s

    ps71:*

    'j

    the 134 places where the Jewiah Sopl~eriinchanged the original text
    from P6ho.waf~' to read A.do.ncay
    " B r o w yourself," 31. Bnf
    LXX adds: " 0 Jehovah?' d 'Mr So~ereignlard." M,A.do.nai',
    t!na plural number o f A-dbn' with the firnt person, singular p1.onominal ending, That is, What our souls wonted I

    To the (Zirector. Of Jehovah's servant, D a 6 d


    Transgression utters to the wicked one
    in the midst of m y heart:.
    There is no dreadmof God in front of his

    40.15

    Pa 543

    to m y
    - -judz~ P S7:6
    ment,;
    TSR 5 1 9
    0 my God and my Sovereign* Lurd,d to my
    0
    ;
    PS 11:s
    c a s ~at law.
    P s 73%
    Judge me according to your righteousness, PS 1405
    Ys 141:s
    0 Jehovah mw G0d.k
    T
    r a 9.75
    --And may they not rejoice over
    L U 2:29
    Isa
    7:7
    0 may they not say in their heart: "Aha, our i;;2:;
    kPs 7:s
    SOU^!""'
    nMic 7:8
    M a y they not say: "We have swallowed rF;;tig
    him up."#
    BPS %:I
    '"et
    those be ashamed and abashed all to~ F 40:14
    S
    gethert
    UPS 7133
    Who are joyful at m y ~ a l a r n i t y . ~
    Let those be cIothed with shamev and hu- vPs132:la
    miliation who are assuming great airs
    against me.y
    YPS
    1Pe35:s
    8:~
    " Let those cry out joyfully and rejoice who are
    delighting in my righteousnes~,~
    SPS
    RQ4056
    19315
    And let them say constantly:
    "Let Jehovah be magnified,* who takes de- *Ps70:4
    "p9149:4
    light in the peace of his servant.""
    "And let my own tongue utter irz an undertoneA *gSB;
    IPS 51:14
    your righteousnes~,~
    *pa7 1 : ~
    All day long your praise.'
    a Or, "be deaf." b "Jehovah? LXXVg; A.do.~aay<31, This is- one of
    '3

    PSALMS 36: 1-8

    183

    P S 112:1

    Pr lG:6

    EC12:19
    Ro 3.18
    *De 29:19

    PY10:3
    Lu 10 :29
    tu 16:15

    1W:5
    k l S a 1591
    1Ch 1Q:lS
    nlSa 18:21
    Ps 5:9

    CPs

    3 l t 2235

    1 lSn

    11:6
    1Sa 13:13

    :;3,'1:0":39
    1Jo 2.19

    sPs 38.19
    Pr 4.16
    i\4t 27:l
    Ac 2212
    tIsa 65:2
    Mlc 6:8
    UPS97:30

    Am 5:15
    Eo 1332

    iP

    h Eiilll)

    eyes."

    F o r he has acted too smoothly to himself in


    his own eyes*
    To find out his error so as t o hate [it].k
    The wordsd of his mouth are hurtfulness and
    deception;"
    He has ceased t o have insight for doing
    good."
    Hurtfulness is what he keeps scheming upon
    his bed-4
    Re stations himself on a way that is not
    g0od.t
    What is bad he does not reject.u
    0 Jehovah, your loving-kindnessh is in the
    heavens ;v
    Your faithfuIness is up t o the clouds.y
    "our righteousness" is like mountains of God;ez
    Your judicial decision is a vast primeval
    ocean.da
    Mane and beast you save, O Jehovah.=
    How precious your loving-kindnessb is, O God!=*
    And in the shadow of your wings the sons
    of mene themselves take refuge.O
    *They drink their fill of the fatness of your
    house,'
    And of the torrent of your pleasures you

    cause them to drink."


    ."My," 3CT; "his,'! LXXVgay m d a few Hebrew manuscripts.
    Or, "loyal love.'' " "God." If, EE, 01, "rast hod7 of mrgiag
    watem." ht, tch6m. Bee G-exlegis 1:2, footnote c ; Genesis 7:11,
    footnote b; Psalm 33 : 7,footnote d. Or, "mankind." 31, candam'.
    f "God."
    XE, El.o.7tim'.

    PSALMS 36 :9-37 :5

    184

    *Jer 2 1 3
    *For with you is the source of Iife;"
    Re 21%
    *Jab z8:3
    By light from you rve can see light."
    Ps 27:l.
    4:18
    Continue your loving-kindnessbto those know- Pr
    Isa 2 : s
    ing YOU,'^
    Ma1 4:2
    4:6
    And your righteousness to those upright in 2Co
    J as I:LT

    na 12:a

    7 [Daletl*]
    nPs 62:l
    rpr 20:m

    " 0 may not t h e foot of haughtiness come in t o kFE ,":?:I7


    Ps 9 4 3 5
    XI-le;=

    As for the hand of wicked people, let it


    n0.t make me a wanderer.s
    I2There t h e practicers of hurtfulness have
    fallen;t
    They have been pushed down and have been
    unable t o get up.u

    Ps 97:11

    rg;~;~:?
    sGe 4 :

    Ps125:3

    Ps 9 9 6

    UPS 1853

    Jer 51.64

    Of David.
    K [Aleph]

    Do not show yourself heated up because V$~,,l;~


    pi- 24:19
    of the evildoers:
    YPS 73:s
    Do not be envious of those doing unright- ;;;i3&
    e0usness.Y
    Ga 5:zt
    T o r Iike grass they will speedily wither,& aPs ' ~ 3 ~ 9
    And like green new grass they will fade E:;g6
    away.'

    +PS
    I P92:7
    I:=
    ~

    3 [Beth]

    ~das
    P 4:5
    S
    1:lQ

    Trust in Jehovah and do good;'


    Reside in the earth and deal with faith-

    1sa 1:17
    fsa W:10

    !b

    fulness.'
    Also take exquisite delight in Jehovah,O
    And he wilI give you the requests of your

    heart.+

    XI eb 6:1o
    A P s 37:9
    Ps 37:29

    2 [Bivrd]

    Or, "well?' If, naa.qbr'.

    Or, "loyal love."

    UPP14:29

    Pr 16:32

    Eph 4:26
    Jas 1:19
    Jas 314
    vdon 4 1
    Lu 9%
    ~ P 55123
    s
    Pr $7
    Mt 23:46
    2Pe 2:9

    zPs 23:13
    Ps 3 7 2 9
    Isa 58:14

    +g2Yi14
    15:7
    SPs 228
    PS5 x 2 2
    Pr 16:3
    Mt 6 3 2
    ZfiIvIt 6:33

    T$,P 2:

    Keep siIent before Jehovahn


    And wait longingly f o r hirn.r
    Do not show yourself heated up a t anyone
    making his way m c c e s ~ h l , ~
    At the man carrying out lhis] ideas.t
    n [E~I
    Let anger alone and leave ragelU
    Do not show yourself heated up only t o do
    evil.v
    T o r evildoers themselves wiIl be cut o f f , Y
    But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones
    that will possess the earth."
    1 [Waw]

    Heb 11:16

    And just a little while longer and the wicked3


    - one will be no more,*
    And you will certainly give attention to his
    place and he will not
    l1 But the meek ones themselves will possess the
    C P s 8318
    earthm
    * ~ 6 :t5
    ?,It 25lM
    And
    they will indeed find their exquisite
    Ee 21:3
    CPs 72:7
    delight
    in the abundance of peace.O
    Ps119:165
    CPr11:5

    lo

    *Job 2424
    PS 7 3 2 0
    Heb 10:37
    1Pe 4:7
    DlSa 2339
    Es 7:10
    PS 52:s

    Isa 26:3
    ~ h 3:7
    p

    ORe
    J O21
    34:9
    ~:3
    J O ~

    Roll upon Jehovah your waye


    And rely upon him and he himself will a c t x
    a

    Ps 26:l

    73:3
    Jer 121
    tJob 21:7
    Ec 5:s
    Isa 1091
    Da 11:a
    sPS

    t d g 5%

    37

    And he will certainly bring forth your righteousness as t h e light itself:


    And your justice as the middaybk

    *MlC 7 9
    M t 13:43

    kIsa 58:lO

    1Pe 2:9
    R e 2123

    heart.n

    PSALMS 37 :6-13

    185

    +lSa1R21
    MC B : 4
    ~ P %:la
    S
    ~t x:51
    *PS 2:4

    I [Zayin]

    ' T h e wicked one is plotting against the right~ O U Sone,*

    And at him he is grinding his teeth.'


    Is Jehovaha himself will laugh at him,"

    rrJehavah,"VgSyT; LXX)*TheLord"; M, A.do.say', TELis i s one


    of the 134 places =here the Jewish Sopberim altered the primitive
    Hebrew text to read A.do.nay' instead of the original YeJto.wahr.
    a

    PSALMS 37:14-20

    186

    For he certainly sees that his day will

    come.*
    n [Beth]

    " The wicked ones have drawn

    a sword itself

    #iSa %:lo
    Jer 50:27
    Eze 21:23
    Eze ZPZB
    Da 5:26

    kPs 6 4 3
    and have bent their bow,R
    bc 12:2
    29:10
    To cause the afflicted and poor one to fall," nPr
    IIab 1:13
    Mt
    2230
    To daughter those who are upright in
    rAc 7 5 2
    [their] way.''
    ldo 3:12
    17:23
    Their own sword will enter into their heart,$ s2Sa
    Es 7:9
    Ps 7:15
    And their own bows will be br0ken.t
    Ps 35:8

    'getter is the little of the righteous onet1


    Than the abundance of the many wicked
    i7

    Ones.v
    For t h e very arms

    of the wicked ones will be


    broken,Y
    But Jehovah will be supporting the righteous ane3.z
    [Tod]

    Isa 3 7 : s
    hlt. 27:s
    tPs 4 6 9
    P s 76:3
    H3 1:5

    HO

    218

    u P r 3:33
    Pr 1 6 3
    IT1 6:G

    vFr 1 5 3 6

    Pi-30:9
    Ec 2:2G
    yJob 35.15
    Ps 10:13
    rPs 41!12
    Isa 41:lCl
    Jude 24

    l"~hovah is aware of the days of the faultless1


    +Ps31:7
    ones,*
    2Ti 219
    And their very possession will continue
    U P S 21:4
    even to time indefinite."
    Ro 6:23
    leThey will not be ashamed in the time of
    *Ec 9:U
    calamity,*
    Mlc a:3
    And in the days of famine they will be
    V P S &?:I9
    satisfied.$
    Isa 6593
    *Ps 92:9
    Fr 10:7
    Lu 1.3:3
    For the wicked themselves will perish,'
    @Dc33:16
    2Ge
    And the enemies of Jehovah will be like De 19:28
    29:m
    P s 102:3
    the preciousness of pastures;"
    Hel) 1229
    They must come t o their end.
    smokeC O P s 682

    3 [h'aph]

    2o

    In
    they must come to their end."

    PSALMS 37 :21-28

    lfY7

    > [Lamed]

    The wicked one is borrowing and docs not pay

    *De 28:12
    W e 28:44
    Ne S : 2

    back,"

    But t h e righteous one is showing favor and

    Pr 2 2 5
    1cDe 1311
    Job 3196
    Ps 23.2:s

    2e

    2Co 8,9

    Heb 13:lE

    nP.5 115:16
    h.It 5 : s

    rPs 218:21
    Zec 5 3
    h l t 25:41
    31%

    is making giftsak
    For those being blessed by him will themselves possess the earth,n
    But those upon whom evil is called by him
    will be cut off.'

    2.4

    n [Nera]

    J o b 23:U

    Ps 175
    Ps 40 2

    By Jehovah the very steps of an able-bodied


    man have been made ready,s
    And in his way He takes de1ight.t
    " Although he may fall, he will not be hurled
    down?
    For Jehovah is supporting his hand.v
    23

    Ps 85 13
    Pr 4:26
    3cr 1023
    t P s 147:ll
    Pr 11:m
    der 9:24
    l i p s 3429
    Ps 14534
    Pr 24:16
    Lu 2 3 4
    Lu 2232
    vPs 91 12

    2 lNm]

    Joh 10:29
    yJob 32:6

    " A young man I used to be, I have also grown

    PS n s

    Ac 21.16
    Phm 9

    zJos 1:5
    Ps 94.14
    2Co 4 9
    IIeb 13:5
    O P s 1273
    *Ps 112:9
    Pr 13:22

    nnc 15:s
    fiPr 2 0 3

    "lA"

    U rSumekh1

    OPs =:I4

    +als:l.r
    e m U:'I

    PS 934.
    Isa m:18
    Jer 9124

    sDc 33.8
    lsa 2.9
    2Sa 22:X
    PS 50.5
    Ps 1499
    Pr 2:s

    old,''
    And yet I have not seen anyone righteous
    forsakent2
    Nor his offspring&Eooking f o r bread.a*
    day long he is showing favor and lendingn
    And so his offspring& are in line for a
    blessing."

    2.r

    Turn away from what is bad and do what is


    good,p
    And so reside t o time indefinfte.+
    For Jehovah is a lover of justicee
    And he will not forsake his men of lovingkindness."

    Or, "seed;' 31.

    PSALMS 37 :29-35
    Y [A!tin]

    To& time indekite

    they wiIl

    ~ E Z 31:3
    O

    certainly be

    UPS 97.10
    guarded,
    But as for the offspringb of the wicked
    EX m:a
    ones, they ti411 indeed be cut 0 f f . k
    Job L T 1 4
    *"The righteous themselves will possess the F;$f;;Q
    n I Q e30:s
    earth,n
    r'.: 37:n
    And they miU reside forever upon it.r
    i z r:21

    rlcn 4:K.m

    nlt :.>:.tG
    n [Pel
    "The mouth of the righteous is the one that
    CPS, n:e
    utters wisdomG in an undertone,'
    rJes 1:8
    And his is the tongue that speaks justly.' $! gf,,
    PI. I O :
    The law of his God is in his heart;^
    lyrl5:7
    ~ g 1t ~ n
    His steps will not wobb1e.V
    tt-el 4 ('

    Y [Xsnde]

    " 1 have seen the wicked a tyrant@

    1% :':,I1

    em $:I1

    Job 22:7

    By dropping the Hebrew preposition "tolWiiis lirrc b e ~ n nwith


    Wlc Hebrew letter 'ayin. b Or, "seed." 31,

    "Pa %4:4
    Lu 2:"s

    I4d 31':lH

    ~
    5

    The wicked one is keeping on the watch for


    the righteousy
    And is seeking to put him to death.l
    LU fi:7
    LU
    ll:5rl
    'Imy
    As for Jehovah, he wilI not leave him to the x k ;
    AC R:M
    hand of that one,"
    *rSn 1':!:28
    And he will not pronounce him guiIty when a'rr ' 1 : ~
    om 10!~:31
    he is being judged."
    Ro s:.?.?
    !J [8~13761

    12.:':4

    4104142:16

    1% 4n:H

    APS ":!a
    Hope in Jehovah and keep his way/
    Pr 4:Zh
    S'2'L
    And he will: exalt you to take possession
    apr
    112:9
    of the earth.O
    MI 5 : s
    When t h e wicked ones are cut off you will k$2#l
    *xl.; 5:':~
    see [it].'
    F? !I1 Lt

    EJ.P
    31:lt(

    /LC

    .Ps 37: 111

    301$42:12

    U l l C ,ihf

    vr,'c .Io;J

    %a ID:$$
    Ian 1k.13

    =Jab 1:1

    LklL1:s
    YPR 10:8
    J.cr 20:l.b

    1 [Resb]

    PSALMS 37:36-38 :2

    189

    188

    21-1 b
    t PS R3.10
    I PS 1:4

    n JT
    I'R32.5
    PX

    r r 111:7

    >It 13:31J

    And spreading himself& as a luxuriant


    [tree'l In native soil,'
    And yet he proceeded t o pass awayband there
    he was not,*
    And X kept seeklng him a d he was not
    found.'
    w [*Tlt;>i]
    q7 Watch one of integritp and keep t h e upright
    one in sight,'
    For the future of [that] man will IE peacef ~ l . ~
    .la But the transeressors themselves wlll certainly be-annihilated' together;'
    The future of wicked people mill indeed be
    cut off.+

    2 1'11 1 :9
    '31 t 2:1:48

    [TOI~~J

    .!PC2.9

    Ando the ~alvationaf the righteous ones is


    Prom Jehovah;"
    He Is their fortress in the time of distress."
    ~ P nH
    :9
    E; ;Tit8 And Jehovah will. help them and provide them
    1\14 332
    with escape."
    C O ~I 11
    3'1'1 .1 17
    He
    will provide them with escape from
    *Ihn 46.4
    ICO ~ o : i a
    wicked
    people and save them,k
    I< 1's ???:I3
    Because they have taken refuge in him.u
    ~ J O
    .,.18
    W a 3:8
    JAR 1,2;2
    Jon 2.9

    n l C h 5:Xl
    P-3 22.1
    I 11%f i : ~

    P4 W.18
    5i

    Ftrbt> 3:2

    t-ietr 1?:8
    s n c 9.19
    J4.r IO.H
    J . . F ?I#t

    t ~ c , <;b j

    r'.l(il#

    L l 3 12

    A ttl~lodpof n ~ v i d ,to bring to

    ~ c T I I P N ~ ~ ~ ~ w .

    Jehovah,
    38Nor0hreprove
    your

    do not in your indignation


    me,r
    rage correct me.B
    3 FOX
    your own arrows have sunk themselves
    deep into

    IAit~rnltg,"pooring himsflf oat,"' J1, b L ' H e proceeded to p w


    R R U C
    by,"
    ~
    LLTrgSy. =By dropping the He'hmw
    ranjunction "and" tilie line b ~ g i a 9with tbe Hebrew letter tow, the
    lnst lettrr of 3110 flrl~rc~v
    nlphabct.
    away," 31; "1 ~

    PSALMS 38 :3-12

    190

    And upon me your hand is come d0svn.a


    is no sound spot in m y flesh because of
    your denunciation.^
    There is no peace in my bones on account
    of my sin.Y
    "or my own errors have passed over my head;"
    Like a heavy loadE they are too heavy for
    me.*
    %y
    wounds have become stinky? they have

    "ere

    And deceptions they keep muttering all day

    Ug?::!!

    ;","z;g

    long.*

    V Z C ~z6:18
    Isa 1:6
    ,PS~I:ZO
    Ps 51:s
    Ps 90%

    "g;$;if2
    mrsa 4 6 : ~
    :+;;gj&

    ~a 1 2 4
    festered,"
    Mt 11:28
    Because of my foolishness.*
    IPe 2 :26
    have become dfsconcerted, I have bosved low u3r'8:&
    to an extreme degree;O
    AIsa
    OPS 35:14
    1:5
    All day long I have walked about sad.'
    +;;FG~~
    Formyveryloinshave become full of burning:
    pe;;;o
    And there is no sound spot in my flesh," B 2 C h 2 l : l S
    *Job 7 : 5
    have grown numb and become crushed t o an Ps41.8

    "
    "

    extreme degree;"

    I have roared due to the groaning of my

    Ac lZ:23

    I ~ J O B324
    FS 2 2 5
    1sa59:ll

    been concealed.=
    My own heart has palpitated heavily, my
    power has left me,@
    And the light of my own eyes also is not
    with me.$
    " A s for my loversb and my companions, they
    keep standing away from my plague,u
    And my close acquaintances themselves
    have stood off at a d i ~ t a n c e . ~
    " But. those seeking my soul lay out trap@
    And those working for a calamity t o me
    have spoken of ruinous thing^,^

    rPs I M : ~
    Ro 8:23

    "'O

    5:2

    In

    ePs 1434

    VPS3:l.
    Ps 2 5 3 9

    P S 853

    Ps 54:s
    Y P S 3539
    Ps 60:4
    %It 1o:m
    Joh 15:XB

    $$
    :3
    ;

    zlSa 19:4
    1Sa 2 2 2 1
    PS 35 :la

    3sa 21:4
    8:7

    Ps 69:3

    ,I;2:,2:,1:r,

    oh 16:3a
    VLu 2 2 5 4

    Lu 2344

    YP's"I"1"9::"1~0

    ,kS","1":?

    mighty,v

    And those hating me for no reason became


    rnany.y
    And they were rewarding me with bad f o r

    AC 4:n

    Jer 18:20
    *ML 5:IO
    Job 1k33

    1Pe 3:13
    ldo 3:12

    UP$ 2z:1

    LPs 22:ll
    Ps 3522

    good ;z
    They kept resistingb me in return for my
    pursuing what is good.*
    21 Do not leave me, 0 Jehovah.O
    0 my God, do not keep far away from me.*

    LU
    PS62:4
    213323

    rrJehovah,"LXXTgT; A.do.way', 31. This is om of the 131 passages where the Jenish Sopherim changed the priu~ititireHebrew
    test from PBho.qcak' to A.do.ltogr. b 01,"friends."
    a

    +Pa 124
    PB w:24
    kDe 32!35
    Ps 94118

    *Job 7:6

    heart .lc
    W J e h ~ v a hin
    , ~front of y o u is all my desire,n
    And from you my sighing itself has not

    for me, Iike someone deaf, I would not


    listen,'
    And, like someone speechless, I would not
    open my mouth.A
    And I came to be like a man that was not
    hearing,
    And in my mouth there were no counterarguments.'
    l T o r on you, 0 Jehovah, I waited;"
    You yourself proceeded to answer, 0 Jehovaha my God."
    I V o r I said: "Otherwise they would rejoice a t
    me;*
    "When my foot moved ~ n s t e a d i l y ,they
    ~
    would certainly assume great airs
    against me."n
    I TFor I was ready to s t ~ m b I e , ~
    And my pain was in front of me c o n ~ t a n t l y . ~
    Is For I proceeded to tell about my own error;t
    I began to be anxious over my sin.u
    l B And my live enemies themselves became

    '%ns

    LXXPgSyT; A.do.may', If. This is one of the 134


    passagee where the Jewish Sopherim altered the primitive Eebrew
    text t o read A.do.nrtyt instead of YBho.zuokt.b Or, "They were adversaries to." M, sm.tranP.
    ~"Jdnovah,"

    PSALMS 38:22-49:6
    "

    IPS40:13

    Do mahe haste t o my help,Q0 Jehovalra my


    salvation.'

    *PS %':I

    Ps 62:2
    Isa 12.2
    6lCh l6:43

    To thr dilsrtor of Je.da'thnn,bB A 1nelo8yof Ilntid.


    I said: "I will guard my ways"

    39

    PSALMS 39 :7-40:2

    192

    1CIl 25:l

    NIICi 2: 1

    Fs 119.9

    "TO keep from sinning with my

    Heb 2:f

    tongue.'

    "I will

    set a muaIe as a guard t o my awn


    mouthlc
    "As long as anyone wicked is in front of

    W P s 12:4
    Pr H:?1
    Jns 3:5

    ltPs 739
    Jns 126
    Jas 3:2
    n3Plc 7 5
    mi 4 5
    1'1It x:12

    = E became speechless with silence;*


    ~ ? d2t 6
    I lzcpt quiet from what is good,fl
    tJoh 3219
    113er20:9
    And my pain was stirred up."
    Lu 2?:32
    vEze 3:14
    My heart grew h o t inside meiu
    rJob 14:13
    90:12
    During my sighing the flre kept burning.' i pFSs 119
    34
    *Job
    1G:l
    I spoke with my tongue:
    Jas 1:lrJ
    C F s 119.98
    a "'Cause me, 0 Jehovah, to know my end,'y
    479
    "And t h e measure of my days-what it is," CGe
    Ps 903
    das
    "That I may h o w how transient I am.' APs m4:11
    :47
    Ps w:4
    flT,OO?ok! y ~ have
    u
    made my days j u t a few,c3 2Pe
    38
    p s 62:9
    "And my life's duration is as nothing in bPT
    1U:4
    Ec 3:11
    fiSont of you.*
    I%a40 17
    8:20
    "Surely every earthling man,a though stand- +Eo
    1Ca 7:31
    4:l-I
    ing A r m , is nothing but an exhalation.: mJ3s
    E c 1 :I4
    Se'Errl~.
    "Surely in a semblance mane walks about.*
    "Surely they are boisterous in vain.e
    'Qne piles up things and does not know
    who win be gathering them."

    'cJehr>vah," L.T*agT;

    A.rro.nn!(',

    EC 4:g

    Ec 5 2 1
    Lu 12:19
    *Job 27:16
    Ps 49:lO
    Fr 13:22

    Pr 23:s
    Ec 2 2 1
    L U 12:9

    Jns 5:3

    hX. This is one of the 134 pas-

    sagm rrhrrr! thc Jen,is11 Sopbcriit~rlianged the prii~liti!*eEIebrm


    test to rpnd . ~ . ~ o . P I Iinstcnd
    z~'
    of I-'l~o.tcmh', b " h J c . d ~ ' t h ~ n .An
    "

    unexplnincd trrnl, L i t ~ m l l y &'just


    ,
    hnndbreadth~," M,
    man," M,rr.r?rrrri'. *"31nn." 31, dsh,
    @

    *'EnrthLng

    "And now for what have I hoped, 0 Jehtsvah?aw


    "hly expectation is toward y0u.k
    ~ I J O
    13:15
    ~
    "From
    all my transgressjons deliver me."
    LE:l1$
    I Ieb 1 1 2
    ' 9 0not set me as a reproach of the sense111's 25.11
    hIlc 7 1 9
    less one.'
    ?.!t 1 2 1
    2 :
    0 "1 kept speechless;^ I could not open my mouth,t
    r17i41:13
    "For you yourself actcdVu
    .Iuc 217
    PLP10:3
    from
    ~ e off me your p1agueaY
    tysa IG:IO Po L 4 R e m ~
    1'2 =:I3
    '"ue to the hostility of your hand I myseIf
    t ~ la
    r .I:%
    v;ob 9 . 3
    haw come to an cnd.r
    1':, 25:17
    r.Pa 3b:3
    l1 "By
    against error you have corrected
    . reproofs
    rPs 38:1
    mansbz
    lleb 12:6
    "'And you melt his desirable things just Iike
    'Job 9:19
    a moth.'
    Isa 37.9
    110 5 : ~
    "'Surely every earthling manc is an exhalanFa 39::
    tjon." Se'irrh.
    Pr 102.13
    fi:a
    "DOhear my prayer, 0 Jehovah,"
    tps Z B : ~
    "And to my cry for help do a v e em.'
    *2K120:5
    "At my tears do not keep silent.'
    J o b 16:20
    Ian 56:s
    "For I am but a temporary resident wlth
    IIeb 5 7

    mg!!$P
    Lu 2:25

    lz

    C.l,o 15.23

    1Ch 3 : 1 5
    1's 119:19

    IPc 1 17
    - ( ; e47:9
    JTel) 11:13

    e,!,lb 1D:20
    Job 14:6

    I<G+5:2<
    I,+ 4 2 %

    .lob 14:10
    1
    c:

    '35

    nl'A 27.14
    I'i 373
    RO 3

    rPs 116:2
    PS

    130~2

    ,EP.::z$24
    59.23
    I), 71:2)

    Y~U?
    "An ~nhabitantthe same as all my forefathers."
    "Look away from me, that I may brighten up*
    "Before 1 go away and I am not.'Ik
    To tho director. Of Dntid, a m~ladg..
    I earnestly hoped in Jehovah,"
    And he proceeded t o incline [his ear]
    to me and t o hear my cry for ke1p.r
    He also proceeded to bring me up out of a
    roaring pit,a

    40

    a-Jehovah," TgT nnd trlany H ~ l ~ r crnnnuwripts;


    w
    d.flo.fre!l: 31.
    TIlis is one of tlir 13-1:pnssages wlrcrc thu J c w j ~ hSophprilrl cfiangcd
    t l ~ eprinnti~oI I ~ h r r wttlxt t o read A .rln.rsn!~' instead of lFV~o.tuuh'.
    h "3[an.''

    31, irrlr,

    "Enrthlinp rnnr~.'Yr,rr.tlrstri'.

    195

    PSALMS 40:-

    "0Jehovah, you yourself know that well.*


    "Your righteousness I have not covered over

    Out of the mire of [the] sedimentdt


    4Jcr
    ~ 6r3s:6
    ~x2
    Then he raised up my feet upon a erag;ll 1$1;,1$;;
    31t 7 2 4
    He firmIy established my steps.P
    C I1rl2.R
    ~ F u I ? ~ Fhe
    I *put
    , in my mouth0 a new song7 ~;:~;l~~';,
    Y ~ X1.3
    S
    Praise t o our God."
    I u 01; I
    IIC.
    5
    Many will see [it] and will fear*
    r.l'#7 1 3:l
    l?un 1:1.6
    And they will trust in Jehovah?
    Happy is the able-bodied mana that has put t j 'r 3
    Jehovah as his trustA
    .:l'u :;$:a
    And illat has not turned his face t o defiant ,tt;:;;j3
    people,
    Nor to those falling away t o lies.'
    Many things you yourself have done,'
    0 Jehovah my God, even your ~vonderlul
    worlrs and your thoughts toward us;'
    There is none t o he compared to you,"
    Were I inclined to tell and speak [of them] ,k
    They have become more numerous than I
    can rec0unt.n
    Sacrifice and offering you did not delight in;'
    These ears of mine you opened upThs
    Burnt offering and sin offering you did no1

    ln

    within my hcartm0
    'Tour faithfu1ne.w and your salvation I
    have declared.'
    "1 have not hidden your loving-kindnessa
    and your trueness inb the big congregati~n."'~
    l1You yourself, 0 Jehovah, do not mtrain your
    pity from me.*
    Let your loving-kindness- and your tst~eness themselves constantly safeguard
    me.'
    ' L For calamities ~ncircled
    me until there was na
    numbering of themk
    More errors of mine overtook me than I

    :)

    :-I

    --

    ask

    about meT
    a "To do your will: 0 my God, I have de-

    y l'r J !? 1

    ,J<lh -1 .%
    *ll!:
    lJr3.1
    JPT 31:33
    'v:o 7:3
    .I~,II
    12 49

    liahted,y
    "And your law Is wlthin my Inward parts.
    0 "1 have told the good n e w Qof righteousness ~ 1 . r21.16
    .LU 4 17
    LIl lVL2
    En the big ong grog at ion.^^'
    el'% 1 1 ' 4 13
    "Look! my lips I do not restrain."
    1 Iub 13:15

    n"hhlo-l>orlicd

    mnn," 11 p b ' r r . b Literally, r'Enre you ~xoavatcd


    for me," 31. "Rut a hiy ynrl prcpnred for me," J;X;YA~:M, Or,
    'd
    IrfiauraJ' d"To1d tlre pond ~ i ~ w n ! '31, bn.sar'; TJXL, t.ratt.geriy:r;,,.

    If, qahl'; LSSI.K, d'~c+rln9i.n.'r

    PSALMS 40:10-16

    ZP* 5::i JCIII15.8

    was able to see;n


    They became more numerous than the
    hairs of my headsr
    And my own heart left me.=
    ''I Be pleased, 0 Jehovah, t o deliver me.t
    O Jehovah, t o my help do make haste."
    *%ay those be ashamed and abashed all togetllery
    Who are seeking my soulc to sweep it
    away7
    May those turn back and be hurnlliated rvha

    ,lr 1 23
    J:

    L U 1:r

    .Id

    LU 21.23
    ot'.: g:,..!1

    1b

    PHA8r:25

    a p la:,
    ~
    t

    T'.?

    nc

    (:L

    :i

    I '2)

    %'?P2 'J

    I.!CII 11:e

    Id

    are delighting in my ca1amity.r


    Let those stare in amazement on nccount of
    their shame*
    Who are saying to me: '#&a! Aha!"O
    Let those exult and rejoice in you,"
    AIL those who are seeking you,P

    OJ*,"Ioynl love." b "To," RI: ; "ia," Inany Hebrew lllnn~~jlcript~


    ant1
    T I "Pntul'l LKYVgSy, c "Soul." 11, ?wpktesL; Sy, glnpb'akn; L X S ,

    fi

    l ~ ! f - c 3 i i 'Tg,
    ;
    aln&r)w.

    PSALMS 40 :1 7 4 1:6

    196

    197

    Let those say constantly: "May Jehovah


    be magnified,""
    Those who are loving salvation by
    But I am afflicted and poor."
    Jehovaha himself takes account of me."
    You are my kelp and the Provider of escape
    kPS 54:4
    for me.b
    Isa 50:7
    Heb 13:6
    0 my God, do not be too late."
    UPS143:7
    To the djl-ector, A melody of David.
    rDe 15:7
    Ps 1129
    Happy is anyone acting with considera- Pr 14:21
    > I t 25:35
    tion toward the lowly one;'
    hIr 143
    Lli
    14:14
    In the day of calamity Jehovah wiIl provide Ac 20:35
    SF$
    34:19
    escane for hirnns
    Ps 3;:3
    620
    "Jehovah hikself will guard
    him and preserve CPHcb
    ; 3k19
    Ps B1:3
    him aliveat
    Jer 4 5 5
    He will be pronounced happy in the earth," llPS
    12S:l
    5:7
    And you cannot possibIy give him aver t o nrt
    L u 1!48
    v Ps 27:18
    the soulh of his enemies.v
    Ps 140:s
    9 Jehovah himself will sustain him upon a divan 2Pe 1:9
    y?Ili 20:5
    Ps $ 3 2 6
    of il1ness;Y
    4:16
    All his bed you will certainly change during z2Co
    Ph 227
    *ps %:b
    his sickness,"
    Ps 51:l
    605
    * As for me, I said: "0 Jehovah, show me favor.* ODPs
    P s 51:4
    -3&:39
    "Do healo m y soul,C for I have sinned3 use
    P S h:2
    PY
    103:3
    against you,''J
    AS for my enemies, they say what is bad con- r;5,i47,:"
    SELS
    526
    cerning me :"
    APs 2 2 3
    "When will he die and his n w e actually aP_s_!22;8
    153. 65!15
    peri~h?"~
    a And i one does come t o see [me], untrmth is '5: ;+.&
    Lu 11 54
    what his heart wiU speak;'
    L u 20,?0

    41

    " T I LU.I

    6rJehovnh,'' LXXSTgSyT and f o u r Hebrew manuscripts nnd six


    e n r l ~prillted Hebrew editions. This is one of the 134 pnasagcs
    vhcre the Jerrish S o p l ~ e ~ nltcred
    ni
    thc p l i m i t i ~ eHellrerr text to
    read A.do.nagf instead of Yeko.wuh'. b Or, "sonlful desire." M,
    vleph'esh; TTg, a'ni.?~ia;L X X , "bands." See Psalm 35 ; 25, footnote e.
    C "Po~l.'~
    31, ~ l e ~ h ' e s l aL,U,
    ;
    psy.claB'; Tg, a'ni.mra; Sy, 4zaphfsha.
    a

    =ZCO

    11:26

    .Jer 2050
    ~t 26:61

    +Pr 16:2a

    Pr 26:20

    KO 1.29
    "O
    12:20

    kPs 31~13
    Ps 663

    --..--.Tsn q7.q

    -\It26:3

    nJob 2:s

    ps

    3 ~ ~ 3

    rrs J:L
    PS 7 1 11

    PSALMS 41:7-13

    He will gather up for himself something


    hurtful;"
    He will go out; on the outside he will speak
    [of it] ."
    Unitedly against me all those hating me whisper t o one another;*
    Against me they keep scheming something
    bad f o r me: k
    "A good-for-nothing thinga is poured out upon
    hirn:n

    "Now that he has lain down, he will not get


    41t 27:42
    SIC n . 6 3
    up againmnr
    82Sa 15:12
    Also the man at peace with me, in whom I
    ps55:13
    t13e 3215
    trusted,#
    ob 7
    Who
    Bias eating my bread,t has magnified
    1
    ;
    ZPS 49.5
    [his] heel" against meSbu
    rPs 5 7 1
    Pslw:21 lUAs for you, 0 Jehovah, show me favor and
    yPs 1837
    cause me t o g e t
    Ps 213
    Lu 19:ZZ
    That
    I may pay them back.^
    zPS 31.7
    * ~ 31:s
    s
    l1 B y this I do know that you have forand delight
    Ps 1 2 4 5
    Jer 2 0 3 3
    in me,"
    Col 2,15
    DJO~
    1:1
    Because
    my enemy does not shout in triPs 25.21
    PS 6 4 4
    umph over me.*
    .E
    !$:? l 2 AS for me, because of my integrity you have
    Ps 31:16
    upheld me,O
    Ps 34%
    CGe 3 3 2 0
    And
    you will set me before y o u ~face to
    1 c h a:lo
    Ps 72:X8
    time indefinite."
    Ps 106:48
    +1ch ~6:36 l3 Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel4
    Re 7.12
    exu 5 22
    From time indefinite even to time inDe 27:15
    definite.'
    Jer 25 6
    lCol4:I8
    Amen and Amen.ca
    Rc 22 30
    a Literally, "A thing of Berli.zl [worthlessness] ," IT, b ''lTagni6ed
    [his] heel against me:' MLXXVg. With this the first of the five
    hooks of the PsaImfi enils, the thirteenth rerse being a doxology or
    f o ~ mof words ascl-ibing praise to Jehovah (2nd md corresponding
    to the doxology with which each of the other four books ends,
    namelr, Psalms 72, 89, 106 and 150.

    PSALMS 42:6-11

    BOOK TWO

    (Psalms 43 72)

    To the director. Nas'Ela f o r the so~lsof K ~ ' ~ a h . ' " ~ u $ $ ! ~ ~


    1Ch 6:s:
    As the hind that longs for the water x,sm:l
    So my very soul longs for you, 0 God.b"
    My sou1 indeed thirsts for God," for the living

    P s &2:2
    Ps 1:3:6

    Tsa 26:8

    'z;$::f
    ?PsW:28

    n D e 5.26

    When shall I came and appear [beforeId


    Gd?=
    To me my tears have become food day and
    night)"
    While [they]" say to me all day long:
    "Where is your God?"
    These things I will remember, and I will pour
    out my soul within me."
    For I used t o pass Ellong with the throng,u
    I used t o waIk slowly before them t o the
    house of G ~ d , ~ y
    With the voice of a joyful cry and thanksgiving,"
    Of a crowd celebrating a festival."
    Why are YOU in despair, 0 my soul,D
    And why are you boisterous within
    Wait for Goalf4

    $2;

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    ZK1 lk.1

    Jsr 10:10

    E F ~

    J O 5:26
    ~
    I P S 27:4

    $ps~:5

    t PS
    p 5 3i3:lO
    2
    ps 115:z
    U J O 29:z
    ~

    Ps 62:s
    ~lch15:ls

    i6thli6i41
    PS 813
    PS
    122.1

    *;gf:81:3
    &;&
    PS

    Xsa 30:29

    3~str30:6

    P S 55.4
    Mr 14:34
    ~ P 63:5
    s
    aps 137:7

    Ps r1:14
    Ro 4:18

    a See the m alxcription of P a a h 32, footnote a. b " 0 God,"


    MLXXTg ;
    Jebo~ah,"Sy T. On the nerd "God" here Prof pasor
    E. Kautzsoh in the footnotes of his German translation says : "Once
    for all time it may be observed here, that in the entire second Book
    (as, for ~nstanee,also Psalm 53 iu contrust ~ t P h
    s~lm
    14) and down
    to Psalm 83 also in the third Book the divine name Jahwe has praciically all the W F L ~through been altcrcd by the hand of an editor to
    Elahim (God), although therel~ymany disturbing repetitions (as,
    for instance, here in 42,3) and unusual word carnbi,inatione arise."
    M, El.
    See Gsenius' Hebasla G~nmmar(1949 ed,) C13J.s. "God!'
    diiAppear [before]:J MLXXVg; "see [the face of]? SyT.
    e'rThey,rt ST and four Hebrea manuscnpts, "God?' M, El.o.lrilm'.

    "8

    For I shall y e t laud him as the grand salvationa of my person.b'


    0 my God,c within me my very soul is in despair.*
    That is why I remember you,*
    From the land of Jordan3 and the range
    of H e r ' r n ~ n , ~ *
    From t h e little mountain.ek
    Surging waters to surging waters* are callingn
    At the sound of your Cwater)spouts.g
    t P s 88:7
    All your breakers and your waves1'sLa 3 5 4
    Jon
    ~2:3 ~ Over me they have passed.#
    By day Jehovah will command his lovingkindness,ht
    And by night his sang win be with me;u
    There will be prayer to the Godi of my
    lif e.jv
    say t o God1 my crag: y
    ~ ~ ~ , ~ I ;wilt
    2
    ZPS 131
    "Why have you forgotten me?=
    "Why do I walk sad because of the oppresCPs 4 3 2
    Ps 55:3
    sion of the enemy?"'
    Ec 4:l
    APr 12:18 lu With murder against my bones those showing
    Joe 2:17
    4Ps 3 2
    hostility t o me have reproached me/
    P s 79:10
    PS 1w:a
    While
    they say t o me all day long: ''Where
    hllc 7310
    *lSa 3 0 5
    is
    your
    GO^?"^
    PS 55:4
    Mr 14.34 I W y are you in despair, 0 my soul,'
    F P s 43:s
    And why are you boisterous within me?@
    37:7
    Ps71:14
    Wait for God,@
    Ro 4 2 8
    +Ps 44:3
    Ps 91:16
    P S 111:1
    Ps 14510
    aPs 22:1
    Ps 4335
    Mt 27:46
    ~ P$;:I1
    S
    Jon 2:7
    TFs 1 1 4 3

    x~~

    BLiterallg, "the salvdions," ST; in the pIural nuntber of grandeur


    or mnjesty. bliterally, '"my facci' L X S m S y ' V g and verse 13;
    "Ius face,:' IiT. See 2 Sarnnel 17:11, footnote b, "God.i' M,
    El.o.l~im'. d Or, "mid the sawed placee (peaks)2uLititerally, "the
    mountain a littlenesq," 31. L(Zi~n,'7
    hy ra co~~ection
    o f 31. f Or,
    "Primeval oeean ta prilnevd ocean,"' M ; "Abyss to rabyss,l' LXXT'g.
    POW cntarnats," LXXTg. h Or, "loyal l o v e I"Glod?? Af, El.
    ''The God of my life," XILXXrJgT; "the living God," Sy a u d
    many Hchrew mnnnscripts. Sec verse 2.

    PSALMS 43 :1-44 :1

    200

    For I shalI yet laud him as the grand sal- +pses


    vatjona of my personbnd as my GodaC"ps 4 4 s
    Ps 91:16
    Judge me," 0 god,^ and do conduct my Fz :si:~

    43

    legal casen
    Against a nation without Ioving-kindness.d
    From the man of deception and unrighteousness may you provide me with

    For you are the Godc of my fortre~s.~


    Why have you rejected mePt
    Why do I walk about sad because of the
    oppression by the enemy?"
    your light and your truth,v

    ' Send out

    I Ps 2231

    Pn 71:lM

    Ism 3:I.s:la
    Jos 1:3
    R

    7:1
    JOR 11):42

    kPS
    l - '?6:1
    ~7:s

    7:;,!;7,

    ;g,?&:

    ;;gi&
    12Sa 5 3 1
    2%

    16:?3

    sal'i:23

    7% 71:4
    4 1 5 1,5:2Ps l 4 0 : r
    p r III:IO
    IPS71 :8
    s'1

    775

    yltemra
    I .: 75:!15

    I ~ P : XI S

    Ps 2 7 2
    May these themseIves lead me.vp
    Ps 4 U : l l
    May they bring me to your holy mountain yp:;f;;g
    ~lctl
    2Ch E:Z
    IB:I
    and to your grand teberna~le.~
    P
    s
    7x58
    * And I will come t o the altar of
    *ZSa 24 23
    To God,f my exultant rejoicing.'
    UhSaa622:47
    1 : ~
    And I will laud you on t h e harp,O 0 God 3Ps71:22
    A2Sa 6:5
    my God.gA
    Ps 57:s
    P$81:2
    Why are you In despair, 0 my sot11,'
    01% 33*6
    And why are you boisterous within me?'
    *I's 42:s
    Wait for God,&
    Ps 42:ll
    For I shall yet laud him as the grand sal- @
    g;y4
    :;
    vationa of my personb and as my god.^' .$;$j?f
    P S w1-5
    To the director. Of the sons of Ko'rah,* Nna'kil,h
    2 ;:i;0
    0 God," with our ears we htzve heard,"E$:S3""
    O w forefathers themselves have renE?t 32:s
    counted to usn
    EL< W:l4

    I7

    ~ 1 : u":2H

    J O Y1 ' 1 II
    .Ill%

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    z 1.: x

    7.4:

    I 'S 2U li
    -1Slr ti3 12
    Jnll 12:38
    m u0.3
    J'h

    ulJs 42:9

    vSob 2 9 3

    ~
    19.23~

    rl.:u W.11

    .11:12

    1% N~J.IG

    AIIUEiH

    IA. 7 :7

    1511 12:LQ

    N : ~ J1:2

    I:*) 9.15
    'I? 43 1
    ; I),. _,,,,
    ~3:s
    I,., .,
    lYtx 'iI:]?
    J~~~ 3 3 x 2

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    Ilo 9 1'E
    s 11.2
    L17
    :% IY .'N

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    1~
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    &I

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    *1;s
    -i

    21

    110 1:':

    IIIJCIR 1:li

    J y 213

    44

    2% T : I ~
    1:s 1'1(1,7
    r1 <, 411 14
    1's I.',:. 1R
    P I ' S 3.; 3
    t I,\
    1-q K;.IU
    j?5 1

    Sea Psnl!i142:5,footnote n, b Scc P ~ n l i42


    i ~ : 6. footnote b. "God!'
    31, Rl.o.hi~n'.d UP,"not af lorul lave," 11, *acdornfo'olbtmc," SF nnd
    fhrra llcbrew mannscripts, 4 "God." MI E l , " 0 God DF God,"
    MLXXVg8y; ' ' 0 Jehoynh my God," 1'. "ce
    the wuperscription
    uf l'anlm 33, footnctc a ,

    The activity that you performed in their


    days,r
    In the days of long ago.'
    l
    YOU yourself by your hand drove away even
    nationst
    And you proceeded t o plant them [instead3 .U

    You went breaking national g m p s and


    ~ n d i n gthem away.''
    Far it was not by their own stt~ardthat they
    took possession of the l ~ n d , ~
    And their own arm was not what brought
    them salvatisn.2
    For it was your right hand and your arm"
    and the light of your face,'
    B e c a w you took pleaswc In them."
    'You yow~elfare my King, 0 GodCb
    Command grand salvationa for Jacob.'
    By you we shall push our advers~riesthem-

    In your name we shall tread dawn those


    rising up against us.'
    For it tvas not in my bow that I kept trustinp
    And it was not my sword that was saving
    metk
    Far you saved us from our adversarles,n
    And those intensely hating us you put to
    sharnenF

    In God we will offer pralse all day longha


    And to time indefinite your n a m e we ahall

    laud-t Se'hh.
    But now you have rejected and keep humiliat1':" 74 , I
    ing us,"
    l(tl11 1
    T I - q b0:lO
    And you do not go forth with our armies.'
    I~:, I ~ ~ : I I
    I ,

    aq'Ciibr)nd~ ~ I v ~ t i o nSee
    . " Psalm 4 2 : 5, footriotc! n.

    PSALMS 44:XO--19
    lo

    YOU keep rnaldng us turn back from the ad-

    &Od,bA

    Will not Goda himself scnrch this out?$


    For he is aware of the secrets of the
    heart.'
    For on your account we have been killed all
    day 1ongie
    W e have been accounted as sheep5 for
    slaughtering,"
    " Do arouse yourself. W h y do you keep sleeping, 0 Jehovah?Cu
    Do awake. Do not keep rejectln~:f0rever.k
    *4 Why do you keep your very face c o n c e ~ l e d ? ~
    Why do you forget our amlction and our
    opp~~ssion
    ?'
    ? S For our sou1 has bowed downd t o ihe dust
    rPe 9213
    itse1f;g
    Ps 119,LnS
    1 4 ~Ir,l:?3
    .
    Our
    belly has clung ta the very e8rth.t
    tl,n 4,3
    11 f l u a:rm
    :fl Do arise in help t o US^
    1'5 7:r:n
    I'd P1:17
    Ancl redeem us for the sake of your lavingkindness.ev
    To the dirpcbr npon Thp Li1icla.f O f t l i ~iintlr of
    '1

    :I)e28:64

    1sa 11:ll

    l T o u sell your people for no value at all," &,"&lrn


    And you have made no wealth hy the price Isn 523
    ?re5:a
    for them.O
    Is You set us as a reproach to our neighbors,' *g22:9
    A derision and jeering t o those all around
    l J e r 48:27
    US.^

    %'

    You set us as a proverbid saying among the


    nations.'
    A shaking-of the head among the national

    gro~ps.~
    I q A I l dav long
    - m y- hurnIliati~nis

    In front of
    me,k
    And the shame of my own face has covered
    me,"
    i d Due to the voice of the one reproaching and

    It

    Is

    spea3cing abusively,'
    Because of the enemy and the one taking
    his revengea
    A11 this itself has come upon us and we have
    not forgotten you,
    And we- have not acted falsely in your

    .De2&37

    ?Ch 7:xl

    lr,Tos
    Ezr 9:6
    7:8
    J F 3:25
    ~

    nPs
    Jcr 65151
    97

    rPa
    Isa TA:I&
    374

    aat h . ~

    For you have crushed us in the place of


    jackals,"
    And you cover us over with deep shadorv.'

    y1sa *I
    ZPJ

    4n:3

    13rH:G

    .spaR2

    " t i c 4!!?10

    YC'h 17:14
    1
    '
    3
    1'9

    2:G

    110:l

    nrt s5:ar

    covenant.
    Our heart has not turned faithlessly b a c l ~ r, ~ ~
    H e b m
    Nor do our footsteps deviate from your gPsl19:151

    In

    If we have forgotten the name of our Gcd,n"


    Or we spread out our palms to a strange

    1"

    y De 2R25
    versary,Y
    3 0 s 7:s
    And the very ones intensely hatlng us have 1s" 31~1
    M:41
    pillaged *or thernselveslx
    I zPs
    Ieu 10:6
    You i i v e u s up like sheep, an something t o 3m125:1.3
    eat,'
    aser
    1:
    2 3s
    Ro 8
    ...
    .
    And among t h e nations you have scattered

    MS.'

    PSALMS 44 :20--45:1

    203

    202

    ZPe 3:11
    xrM~:13
    Isa 357
    * J O ~3

    % I t :'7 37
    JOh I .l:J

    Ko'rah. 3ffis'hl.g d soclg o f tic l ~ l o c e dwo1rm.J'

    45 am

    My heart has become astir with a gmdly matter:


    1
    saying: "My works are concerning a
    king. "'

    llCSorl.l* I!, RT.o.?tirwP. "God." 31, e7. a N.Tchn~nli," L-;'FTTgSgT


    \
    ~ I l t~
    ant1
    mnny
    h m 1nann8Qipts and two ~ n r l yprint~rl Hehrrrt*
    ~ditiotis;~l~rln.~~ap/',
    31. This is onp of thc I3.1 pnshapq ~ t r . r rthe
    J ~ w i a I i Rnplwrinl nltered the primitive J l ~hrrzr. irlxf to r p ~ d
    A.iTn.rtn!yt In plnce of Fofio.wah. Or, ' ~ I I I Y 1 i l ~ l t ~ 1 (1 ~ n ~ ~ i s h e d )
    nwng '' by rnmtl~rvderivation of the If~7)rrw ~ r r r l ~*. Or, "loynl
    lnvc.'; f "Tho Idilira." 11, Slno.sAatr.vak,n', 8ca I ha ~npeiricriptionof
    I"nln1 32, foot~lutcn.

    PSALMS 45:2-7

    204

    ]May my tongue be the styIusa of a skilled1 3ses


    G ? S ~17:1
    239

    1 XP B : l
    copyist.*
    lCtt 5:lO
    1?:2
    ' You are indeed more beautiful than the sons !+?L
    .lob 2:14

    of men.ao

    Col 1:15
    Hrb 1:3

    1;13
    C%armZhas been poured out upon your lips.' C RP
    F r 3.1
    That is why Gadb has blessed you to time *Lu.SL!2
    Jrrh .:38
    indefinite.'
    bps 7217
    2 : 10
    *Gird your srvord upon [yourlc thigh,' 0 ' ii'l>!>
    ' 5 110:;:
    I x n C.3:I
    mighty
    Jttm l,!fi
    I:C 1n:!6
    With your dignity and your ~plendor.~ at,a
    !~:ri
    "-*c111:36
    ' And in your splendor rush innkhlt ?<:La
    1
    Ride in the cause of truth and humility nEIt-b_N:
    h t t , :13
    > I t 25::il
    [and] righ te~usness,~
    rrtc i ! 1 : ~ 1
    And your right hand will instruct you tn PI'S 2:(1
    t?Th 1:s
    fear-inspiring things,B
    ul3a llU:5
    17:l-1
    Your arrows are sharp--under you peoples vlCR
    Ps W:28
    [st\ 9:7
    keep fallingt:':.I4
    In the heart of the enemies of the kingqu:rhsnth
    Lu 3133
    93::
    G o d b is your throneevo time indefinite, even y29n 23:3
    Ia?l 7211
    f~rever;~
    J I ? W:15
    ~
    1:s
    The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of H+!b
    sit. r e : u
    LSIL 3:15
    uprightness.y
    l-Ivl>7 :28
    1 -7:2:3
    7 You have loved righteousnessE and you hate *>I
    A l l , 25>11
    LU In::?
    rvickedness.*
    PI'S hl:20
    1k22
    That is why God,b your God,b has anointedf: c1i:tr
    f-1 G1:l
    you with the oil of exultation more than Lu
    3:?1<
    At! I[I:,%
    your partners.'
    H#?b::'9

    at, '(mankind.'' X, adorn'. "Gd:' M, El.o.Adtn'. "Your:'


    LXSVgP?-T; ornittvd by IT. dibXighty onr!l ML,XYSyT; po+tr?~iis',Qi.mc ("most powerful one"), Vg. Or, "Taur throne is:of God";
    or, "Tour t h n s of God is." Gcmmius' Hebrnu Grammar (1C~utZ~thCorr-lcy), 1949 reprint, q s , on page 4E, pnrngraph (11) : "In
    Psnlm 45:7 chis-a-e?la' El.o.bint' [ u s d l y explnined ns t h v divirw
    rhmrrc), El.o.lai~&~
    i s most pmbahly a latcr addition [nnotl~crsttgpestion is to read CT~E~.O.IF~JIJ'
    like Gad('s throlre) : coillpnrc ~ r c t i o n
    141 rl note].'' "Rns anointed." 11, mn.skakh'; f m n ~it-hich wr11
    rlin.slr;'tdrh or "Bfessinhj' comes.
    f

    205

    ;?:ETo
    J o l ~19:90
    or:h

    rn~.:,~

    8
    l l i ) 2:21

    ?I I

    .pa la11
    'Palm:*
    UCn 8:B

    Is11B0:lU
    HI.

    ?::".I

    kNs2:8

    Ec 2:17
    3 :

    2<-* 11::

    Prm 2L9

    aix+o ,.L

    l.?Ca8 9 7
    ~ A 10:30
    L

    h5?0

    PSALMS 45 :8-16

    4
    1 yo~trgarments are myrrha and aIoeswoodO
    [and] cassia;'
    O U of
    ~ the grand ivorympalace stringed ins t r ~ ~ m e n tthemselves
    s
    have made you

    rejoice.'
    "The d a w ~ h l e r sof~ kings are among your preC ~ D U Srvomen.n8

    The qtieenly consort has taken her stand a t


    I
    your right hand in goId of O'phir."
    l o Listen, O daughter, and see, and incline your
    ear,
    And forget your people and your father's
    1
    house.
    And the king will long for your beauty,.
    For he is your lord,bt

    So bow dawn to him.'!


    The daughter of Tyre also with a giftvl r n d18:23
    The rich ones sf the people will soften
    ;;3z7
    yourc own f8ce.m
    1.11~
    01.10
    hr L 2rr;in
    The
    king's
    daughter fs all glorious within
    -L,u :>:I7
    [the house j ;Y
    111.2112
    plhll"? 11
    Her clothing is out of settings of gold,"
    II'U :+
    .I
    111, 3.18
    In woven apparel she 1viZ1 be braught to the
    +E:u :'h:3fi
    J # b h 1724
    Icing.'
    :J~-l> 11 2
    '
    2
    The
    virgins" in her train as her companions
    rCt- 35 R
    J I: I 1 3-1
    are being brought in t o you."
    I b They wjIl bc brought wfth rejoicing and joy:;/?;~'IG
    Rth ? : ' I
    f~lncss;~
    ~
    1 fifl:5
    %
    ~
    ~
    L Ilc 7 13
    ?bey will enter into the palace of the king.'
    - ~ I L1.1
    1 4 ~ ' l tlt:m
    there will come
    :! ,1 r u ~ . 1 3I n In place of yourd forefathersE*
    G.F:~l3:1W
    to
    be
    your"
    sons,@
    IL-u 15:X
    trr;tp z.10
    V A ~ I21:3
    .
    mi's "1 V a
    P;r 72 111

    (8

    Or, "in Faor prccious t l ~ i n p . "b "Lord." 31, n.rlo.rrfmF;the plnral


    n~ttnhcrof a-db)rr,l o d ~ r i o t cum~cllstyor cxcrlfenw. Scr Gc~iesis40 :1,
    footnoto d. m"To~lr,"it!, t l ~ cf r ~ u i ~ r i ngender,
    c
    I-cfcrring to the
    clanfihtrr'~Pncc. d "1-OUT,
    i n thc ~rnsculineg~rirlcr,rcfcrring to the
    liit~~.

    PSALMS 45 :1 7 4 6 :6

    Whom you will appoint


    as -princes@ in all 1 " P ~ m : 2 7
    -xTsa a 1
    the earth."
    Heb 11:16
    I will make mention of yourb name through- =P, n:17
    Php ?:lo
    out all generations to come."
    kGe 2227

    *Am 9:5

    Hab 3:6
    2Fe 3 : l O
    ~ R 8:31
    O
    11Fa $9
    TD.S 324

    sIsa 2kf
    tMvlie ;:3

    That is why peoples themselves will laud g;:i&


    you t o time indefinite, even f ~ r e v e r;;;gp~
    .~
    To t h s director.

    Of the eons of I<o'rrthn upon The 3Iaidens.o


    A song,
    Goda is for us a refuge and strength,'
    help that is
    t o be
    ing distresses."
    a That is why we shall not fear though the earth
    undergo changet
    And though the mountains totter into the
    heal* of the vast sea;u
    Though its waters be boisterous, foam over,v
    Though the mountains rock at its upr0ar.y

    46 *

    1:Eze 39:s

    Pr 14:26
    H C 6:18
    ~
    FGO22:14
    Dc! 4.7
    2sa 2;:19

    Ps 14n:18

    tE$i:;l
    u
    ~
    Hah 3 1 0
    R e 6:13

    y$;!p3:U
    5 '30
    TSE~

    Isa 57.20
    s;#~;~:,,
    hllc 1
    Na 1
    ~ , 16:20
    e
    zPs 36:s
    Isa 45.18
    EZL'47:7
    Re 2?:1

    kh~ ~t 24:7
    2552
    t

    "Princes." JI, sa.rim'; Vg, ph'cd<pes; L X X , ar'chow.trs. "Yoa~,"


    in the mnscul~negender, referring to the king. "The Nniden~."M,
    'a.Zu.mo'tk'. See the superscription of Psalm 9, footnote d; 1 Chronicles 15 : 20, footnote 11. d "God:' RT, Bl.o.71im'. "Grand tabelmacle.';
    LiteralI~,"t~hewacles,~)
    N ; but in the plwd of grandem or majesty, evidently, Corripare Psalm 42: 5, footnote a. '''The city."
    11, '.her," t o toenotc the city.
    a

    He sounded&with his voice, the earth proceeded to melt.#


    Jehovah of armies is with us;lC
    The God" of Jacob Ts a secure height for

    * Come

    US," rSe'Za7t,

    the activities of Jehovah,'


    How
    he
    has
    set
    astonishing events on the
    SFS 8318
    Hab 2:20
    earth.s
    Zee 213
    "1s. 2 4
    He is making warsDto cease t o the extremity
    TPS21:13
    lsa 2 11
    of the earth.t
    Isa 5:16
    Eze 28:22
    The bowc he breaks apart and does cut the
    R e ;15.4 ~
    ~ spear in piece^;^
    cIsa 41:z
    "ICh
    PS 5 '
    7"11
    5
    The wagonsc he burns in the fire.^
    NU 14:9
    2Ch 13:12 l o "Give in and know aov that I am G O ~ . ~ Y
    Istr 8:lO
    "I wiII be exalted among the nation^,^
    LDe 3327
    Ps 4 8 3
    "I will be exalted in the earth."'
    Jcr 16:19
    Jehwah
    of armies is with us;'
    :;?PE
    1py
    S 93:B
    The
    God
    of Jacob is a secure height for
    Isa ,5312
    F2Sa 6:15
    us."
    Ee'hh.
    2Ch 13:15
    To the director. Of the sons of K ~ ' r a h .A~ inelod;~,
    Re 19:l
    A11 YOU peoples, clap YOUR handsqd+
    O e 7:21
    D'2s:5s
    Shout in triumph to Godb with the
    h'e 1:5
    Re 6 17
    sound
    of a joyful cry."
    ~ P2228
    S
    For
    Jehovah
    is the Most High, t o be feared,"
    g2-&$4
    A great King over all t h e earth.*
    BPS
    Jos1lo:a4
    s:~
    H e wiU subdue peoples under usk
    ,gB:\!i\
    Yor 3.19
    And national groups under our feet.n
    h l t 25:34
    1Pe1:4
    He
    will choose for us our posses~ion,~
    C P s 78:5
    SDC 7:6
    The
    pride of J a c ~ b whom
    ,~
    he has 10ved.~
    110 14:4
    ivral 1:2
    BeTlah.
    1Jo C:D
    Godb has ascended with joyful shoutingrt
    t l ~ 15:28
    h
    OPs $23
    Jehovah with the sound of the trurnpet.e3u
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    TNu 7:3
    hlic 5:10

    Se'Zah.
    There is a river3" the streams of which make ~ ~ 5 1 , 7 ~ : ~
    the city of Godd rejoice,'
    Xsa
    PS 48.1
    6W.4
    The holiest grand tabermaclee of the Most ,H,eb,,l:2,:,22
    C P 43:s
    ~
    High .O
    Ps D1:l
    <odd is in the midst of [the city]'fi it will not ,gy;z
    De 2324
    be made to totter.+
    Ps W18
    Godd will help it at the appearance of mornE.pe~.222g
    ing.*
    +EL 1424
    " The nations became boisterous,@the kingdoms e'pp$j'9

    tottered;"

    PSALMS 46 :7-41: 5

    207

    206

    YOU, behold

    47

    ,,,,

    a Literally, "gave:"

    31. "God,') M, El.o..Ainal. "Wagons," M E T ;


    'large shrelds," LXXTg..d Literally, "palm," M, Or, "aho'phar?'
    A ram's horn used as trumpet.

    PSALMS 47 :-8

    :5

    208

    MAKEmelody to God, make melody.v


    hZake melody to our King, make melody.)
    For God is 3Sing of dl the earth;z
    %TAKE melody, acting with discretlon.ab
    W has become king over the nationam
    God himself has taken his seat upon his
    holy throne.&
    O The nobles of t h e peoples themselves have
    gathered together,$
    [With] the people of the Godh of Abraham,'
    For to God t h e shieldscq of the earth belong.Q
    He has made his ascent very high.'
    .%
    song. A m e l o d ~o f the sans of Tio'rr~h.~

    aTremblhg itself took hold of them there,"


    AIz;z!5
    k 5:E
    Birth pangs Iike those of a ~vtlornangiving
    9 1 8 3 21:3
    110 13:U

    With an east wind you tvreck the ships3 of


    Tar'shish.'
    Just as we have heard, so ~ v ehave seen"
    In the city of Jehovah of armies, in the
    city of our God.'
    God himself will Rmly establish Its t~time
    fndeflni tean Se7Salt.

    *1KI21:48
    Isa 2:16

    $%
    ; &:;

    L P s 44:l

    Isa 38:19

    ~ P 4S:l
    s
    Re 21:lO
    UPS 46.5
    Ps 67:5
    I~~ 2:2
    P S 40.10

    Ps 63:3
    n Z 0 . 23:5

    PS63.2

    1'\ $]-:'I

    *I-$

    :I.

    ;g$:il
    Ex 2 : 6

    sup

    48

    Ilc " 5 8

    s P s 155.3
    t Pa 113.3
    >la1 1 11
    uFs 17:7
    PS 44.3
    Pa 60.5

    .Wehave pandered,OGod,averyo:u.lovingkindnesshk
    h the midst of your temple.n
    :O Like your name,' 0 God, so your praisee iss
    To the borders of the earth.'
    Your right hand is full of righteousness
    l1

    G'J 7
    zvPs78:68
    Re 14:l

    CPS

    deeisions.~
    MARCHaround Zion and go about it,"
    rTsa 2 5 5
    Count its towers.E3
    22Ch 20:27
    Ps13;:E
    I3Set
    YOUR hearts upon its rampart,'
    Re 15:4
    *K'2 12.31
    X
    n s p t d its rlwvelling towers,"
    11: a:?
    s s e I238
    In order that sou people may recount it to
    PS x : s

    lZ

    Ne 1":39
    Isa 33:18
    LI-a ?6:1
    cIsa 56~12

    Am 9:11
    +nc 1x19

    *Ge 43:m

    311:14 ,

    ~ P 23
    s3
    14126
    ZKl 19:35

    !EX

    "Acting with discretion,"by rendrring the Hchrew participle in tho


    plu~nlnumber, 31. mus.kkilr (nngulnr numhpr) b Likcrnlly, "Thhs coPIE of thn God:' Dl; <)Withthe GO&" LSXTr&. a "Shi~l~la,"
    %T;
    ~ ~ ~ o w c rones;'
    f n l L X I ; Lostl=onggo:orls,N
    Tg; "r~filzn&
    (cutpircu) ," Ky.

    May Mount Zion rejoice,r


    May the dependent towns0 of JudahO be
    f o y f u l , ~on account 01 your judicial

    yJos 15:47

    LI

    birth.+

    J e r 3136

    :rsloi:=

    Jehovah is great and much to be pra f s d k 'cc2::


    the cityD of our Cod,'" [in] his ;: g;+:
    I I I ' ~4l?4
    holy mountain."
    1lc.h IP:22
    Bea~itlf~~l
    for loftiness, the exultation of the r;;; ;!;lo
    whole earth,s
    ~rPr, ao:a
    Is Mount Zion on the remote sides of the J91lL
    r:Iun;LP GO:15
    20:6
    :3:12
    nor th,t
    I t c Ld:l
    The t a m of the grand King.u
    t II .
    \ -17:s
    1.1:13
    ~ ~
    In her dwelling towers God himself has become "'"I '".'
    v2Ch f 4 : l l
    known as a s m r e heighti.v
    rTs i?5:1
    For, look! the kings themselves have met by $;1",4,.%
    y 5 n In:a
    appoinhnent,P
    1'5 m . 3
    E S ~ lli.14
    P
    They have passed by together.=
    I<L'
    1'1 :I 9
    T h e y themselves saw; [and] so they were

    amazed.'
    They grew terrified, they were sent running in panican

    PSALMS 48:6-14

    209

    1
    1

    t h e future generation.'

    For this God js our God to time Indefinite,


    even forever."
    He himself will guide us until [me] dle.e'

    in the feminine gcndr?~to mcnn the city. b Or, 'Toynl love."


    "the dnughtcrs," I X . Colupnra h'unth~rs 21 : 25, footnote c. d L'Tnspe~t,"
    by a correctinn of M. Tho ~ t ~ e n n i nof
    g the
    Hebrew verb here (pr?.aug1) rcn~nina antIt~te~'tnin(~rl.
    LI-Y, "Obst.r+.r." Tg, "Distribute." * ' L U ~ ~ t i[WC]
    l
    die," 31Sy; ' ' f f i r ~ e r , ~
    LLTTg.
    a

    I'It,"

    a Literally,

    PSALMS 49:l-10

    210

    To the direchr, Of the gens of Ro'rah.' A molody,

    211

    EpL$\pP
    h l t 11 :I5

    Hear this, all you peoples.k


    Re 2:7
    Give ear, all YOU inhabitants of the n
    ~
    ~
    J I B 5rv:I
    ! i JI
    systemn of things,"
    Yow sons of humankinda as rvell as row sons k;,t!g
    1:'. fi-.!l
    of mman,bs
    I ' P 1" 12
    You rich one atld you pow one together.' :;;;wI;:~~
    a My or~rtlmouth mill speak things of rnisd~rn,~l
    '${:;1f 2
    And the meditation of my heart ~ v i f lbe of r t>It' s 1',:14
    !?:I5
    r r ?I.:?
    ~ i
    things of u n d e ~ t a n d i n g . ~ ~
    \ ! I r o :*J: LD
    To a proverbial Meranee I shall fncline my -:t rn :IJ

    49

    r~3*

    1:G
    * I h %')?:I
    I'r 2 L.10
    I<II~I
    :1,16
    23'1.

    ear; y

    PSALMS 49: U-16

    t Pn 3!4:6

    And they must leave t o others their means


    of maintenanceat
    Thelr
    ~
    ; Inward
    ~ wishR
    ~ is that their houses may
    Ps 17 1.1
    be
    to
    time
    jndefinite,u
    1's 6l:G
    E l'c 7F:.1
    Their tabernacles t o generationo after generat ionmV
    They have called their landed estates by
    their names.y
    '%nd yet earthling man,b though in honor,
    cannot keep
    He is indeecl comparable with the beasts"
    that have been destroyed.c'
    t ' Thls is the way of those who have s t ~ p i d i t y , ~
    And of those coming after them who take
    Wcr 44:17
    pleasure in their very mouthingsmd"
    R l t 2316
    SeVuh.
    l kLike sheep they have been appointede to
    Job 21:13
    She'al Itse1f;O
    PIL44 :11
    Jvn3S:lfl
    Death
    itself will shepherdftthem,'
    *Jnh !21:l0
    1111 PI.1.1
    And
    the
    upright ones win have them in
    C,! '-1 3[1:5
    bIltl ,I:;?
    subjectfan
    in the m o m ~ i n g , ~
    Rr, 1G::O
    And their formu is clue to wear away;"
    ~ I V I Y:! 15
    v?ol> :!1)!23
    Shekl rather than a lofty abode is f o r each
    UISII 2 .G
    Pr 11:4
    Eu 2:l.r

    JIAr1 7 : l l
    J+U 12::n
    u J o h~21.9

    On a harp I shaR open up my riddle.z


    Why should 1 be afraid in the days of evjlya:I$n'75tf-'2
    [When] the vely error of my supplanterscz3 :$;[',yy
    F r Ilr.15
    surrounds me?*
    1 rl 6:17
    Those who are trusting in their nleans of .;pE;;:;"
    Jcr ne:s
    maintenance, O
    1.11 I?:En
    And who keep boasting about the abun- ~ iIB::M~ t
    .I!! 2;: .Y
    dance of their riches,'
    111 G
    Not one6 of them can by any means redeem Ik'?2!':!
    I.:< 30. I:!
    even a brotherbe
    Kli V , 3 t
    Nor give t o God a ransome f a r him;*'
    ,ll>l>7:!l
    *I:* fi:35
    c17r
    YI:25
    one.^"'
    1'1. "7 20
    8 (And the redemption price of theirs soul Is ,:;;)r:$:l"
    c1'G87 IU
    However,
    God himself will redeem my soulo
    I?(>
    R::O
    so precious*
    c I>* 1:F;H
    n17q 36 10
    from
    tho hand of Shefol,'k
    I<-?$
    lfi.Il1
    Pr 111.2
    That It has ceased to time inclefinitelk
    I
    Bli.13
    Juh h.51
    For he will receive me." Se'lnh.
    ,
    ,
    That he should still livemforever [and] not see
    n 1% .':<.J
    I
    1
    "Do not be afraid because same man gains
    a r R'>..~R
    ~
    the piLn
    I ,"77:T
    riches,r
    xlr ,'~:12
    lo
    For he sees that wen the wise ones die,* 'C:
    Rf:? .J'L :1
    Because
    the glory of his house increases,~
    1.- !, 11
    Together the stupid one and the unreason- .i:;j?:
    ing one perish,s
    EC ,A
    ]*I:1 1'1
    2
    "Tlscir inwnrd wish," 11;"Their paws," L K X V F S ~b.'qarthling
    ttlnn." M, n.dnn~'. Ur, "silenced!' LitcmlIg, "n~onth,"$1. Litera "Rn~nanZdnd.'' Bi, a.rlnrnF. bC3Inn!' BE, bfi.0 ~'Snpplnntclw,"hg
    nlly, "tllcy IIRVC
    appointed [ t l ~ c e n ~ ,3E.
    " So~nc.by n correction of

    z.?

    n ebange of rowel-pointing in the Hebrew noun: litrr~TLy,' " h ~ ~ l s , "


    11. d "One."31.isk. 51. khdpksr; literallylWco~-cr."
    r Or, "himself."
    g "Th~lr,'' RIS?-;

    '%is;' LXXT'g.

    tltr I.Id~rrwt'ortn of t h e rcrb, tvt~ulrEmnke it rend, "they wiI1 descend


    (tfmp )
    t Or, "poaturr! (tearl)."' Id'l'hdr rock:'
    Xmargin. h Or,
    "t'nr 111111," 31 ; tlulf id, cinch of t l ~ cgmt~p.

    ."

    PSALMS 49 :17-50 :4

    212

    For at his death he cannot take along any-

    So as to execute judgment on his people:""


    "Gather to me my men of lovlng-klndnessrv
    "Those concludingn my covenantb over
    mcriRce."Y
    %And
    the heavens tell of his righteousness,"
    For God himself is Judge."* Sc'lnk,
    'Tlo listen, 0 my people, and I will speak,"
    "O Israel, ancl I will bear witness against

    thing at all;t
    His gIory tvill not go dawn along with him
    himself."
    l q For during his Iifetime he kept blessing his
    O W

    ~ 0 ~ 1 ; ~

    (And people will laud you because you do


    1vel1 for yourself) y
    lil 1t"radualIy
    comes only as far as the generation of his forefathers."
    Nevermore will they see the light.*
    ?U Earthling man, although in honor, who does
    not understand,bc
    Is indeed comparable rvith the beasts that
    have been destroyed."
    A melodr of S'.saph.@

    50

    The Divine One,* God, Jehovah,c3 has


    himself spokenm
    And he proceeds to call the earth,dD
    From the rising of the sun until its setting."
    ' Out of Zion, t h e perfection of beauty, God himself has beamed f0rth.k
    Our Gad will come and cannot possibly keep
    silent.""
    Before him there devours a firer
    And all around him i t has become ex&ingly stormy \r-eat her.^
    "e calls to the heavens above and to the eartht
    ''Lit," in the feminine gender, referring to "soul," b b"Rl~a
    docs
    not nnderstnnd," JI. Some, by nlterinp thc 1Ic)~rcwvilrb forel,
    would llinko i t ~ e a d "eren
    ,
    does not Irccp l o d ~ i n j z ~In
    " 11nnnony ~i-ith
    verse 12n, '"The Di-rine Onc, Clod, Jcharnh." >I., Kl Rl.a.lrirt~'
    YH/lao.wra7b'. Or, "The God of gotla, Jchovntl." Scc Josilnn 22 : ?2,
    footaote a, Some, 1jy nlte3ilag tIia Rebrew rrrh form, would mnkc
    this line read, " h d the earth begirls (proc~cds) to fnnr." Or,
    "Ilc rieaf," as to prayer.

    h r u LCILV

    Heb 9!15
    Hcb 1 2 9 4
    zPn 9 7 5

    Y ~ ~ . d ~ -

    "I am God, your

    'RO 8 . B

    "Wot concerning your sacrifices do 1 reprove


    -YOU.^"
    "Nor your whole burnt offerings that were
    C E Y LT:-U
    1Sa lj:22
    to be In front of me c0nstant1y.~
    IT^^ 1 6 : ~
    "I will not take out of your house a hull,'
    ;;-pp,"'
    :
    ;?
    lC11 2S:M
    "Out of your pens he-goats."
    Job 4?:15
    "For
    t o me belongs every tvild animal of the
    npe\y$O
    -ne

    2627

    LDI: 31'19

    'Ex 3 : 2
    -Ps@1:6

    '

    f ore.st,k
    "The
    beasts upon a thousand r n ~ u n t a i n s . ~
    J o b 33.41
    P S I M : ~ IL"I
    ~
    we11 know every winged creature of the
    Ps lCM:14
    Jon 4311

    I G e l:?O

    Mt 6%

    SPS SO13

    Isa %:9
    11% 2 8

    mountains, "

    "And the animal throngs of the open field


    ?Sa ?>:I6
    are with me."
    Job x:12
    l a "If I were hungry f wo~lldnot say I t to you,
    FE96:13
    py1P-15
    Na 7 . 5
    "For to me the productive lande' and its
    VEX19:5
    P$Zi:l
    fullness be1ong.u
    Pf m!ll
    V H O : ~ : ~ IS
    "Shall I eat the flesh of powerful [bulls],v
    yPs 46:4
    "And the blood of he-goats shall I drink?^
    s ~ c b
    13.1~
    1Pe 2:.i
    I4"Make
    thanksgiving your sacrifice t o God2
    *nc23:21
    ZPs 6 6 3 3
    "And pay t o the Most High your vowsIG*
    F PQ69:29
    'iC,h2Fi2,I6 "And cdl me in the dny0 of d i s t r e ~ s . ~
    Or, literally, "cutting," bl, b Or, "the covenant 1~5thmc." * Or,
    hy n different partitioning nnd vowel-poi~~tiag
    of aoaw Irttcrs, "a
    God of judgment tle ie."
    Or, "I ill n d m a n i ~ h ( ~ a r t i )you."
    "The productive lantl." >I, Cr*bPZ'; LdY..?., ''tE~ahobitnl~leearth";
    Tg, or'bip ier'rrre ("the circle o t t l ~ ucnrth").
    a

    PSALMS 50 :I G 2 3

    214

    "I shall rescue you, and you will glorify


    LLU 1i:15
    lPe 4:ll

    BUt to the wicked one God will have t o say:Qcsn48:1


    "What right do you have to enumerate my
    -nrt 7:3
    regulations'
    "And that you may bear my mvenanta In
    Web %:9
    y0-w mouth?"
    WPT I:?
    l 7 "Why, you-you
    have hated djscipline*
    Hcb 12:6
    "And you keep throwing my words behind

    " '7I'henever

    mNc 9:26

    you saw a thief-' you w e e e w n cpr


    k3sa 5 : 3
    pleasedb with him,"
    "And your sharing was with aduIterers.'" ;y;,R;?;
    ''Your mouth you have let loose t o what is bad,"
    ,;(;u;$
    "And your tongue you keep attached to mrqrrl:7
    jam 3:s
    deception.^

    tLc 111:16

    i i l Ysit,
    ~ ~you speak against your own brother,i ,:i[:i)j?-!l
    "Against t h e son of your mother you give ';';;r&j;Jl
    EP H , 1 1
    away a faultmu
    Iru 2(im10
    " "These things you have done and I kept ;,:,;!oil9
    si1ent.v
    3r,vu23:lB
    f;? 73:lI
    'Yott imagined that I would positively come 1 0.1 :?
    ZJ'V 3 : l
    t o be like y0u.T
    F.f! 3 19
    "I am going to reprove youz and I will set *
    ~
    ~
    n m 8:;
    things in order before your eyes.'
    0 1 ' s D 17
    2V1Understand this, please, YOU forgetters of lT;bl:i:.?rs

    J k h r :' 32
    G0dIC"
    1 4 0 4:G
    :*:1:42
    ''That I m y not tear [mu] to pieces with- wsn
    1'1 7:"
    out there being any deliverer.;
    L n it:~:?2
    ,It11 L.1 i
    2"'LrIlle one making thanksgiving his s%crJdlceIs 41) 2 P 2 3
    nrl1 2 I
    the one that glorifies me,:
    <;n 1.21
    "And the one keeping a set way is he whom
    I will cause t o see salvation by God."dq c;2';;-i7
    F

    "MT m~ena~lEP
    rrs in -reme 5.

    '::ls1;

    T o w were men plemd," 3i;


    '"you m ran," LJPXT~SFT.Cc'Ood?' 51, El.a'crh. d "God." 31,
    El.o.kirnf.
    a

    To the director, d melody a David.


    When Knthnn tllo pmphct cnme in to him
    aftcr he hnd l~ndrelatioris with Bntb-~he'ba,~

    623a 1 1 4
    .I.:% %1:8

    N U 1.1.1~
    I'c

    I8

    YOU.*

    PSALMS 51 :1-10

    215

    1',

    25%

    ~rm:n

    W I \ , I 43.27

    I r n 4 ::?a
    Jnh
    "
    .\,. 3 L 1 r
    :I1
    :{'#I

    t7 I t

    RT)* 1'1 12

    1lt.b ~1.14

    r17.;
    LU RL'
    15 5!a
    SP+ orl.j:l

    51

    Show me favor, 0 God,& accosding to


    your Iovinp-ltindne~~!~~
    According t o the abundance of your mercIes blot out my transgressions.'
    ? Thoroughly was11 me from my errorsk
    And cleanse me even from m y sinmP

    1.a i89.13
    I , .:
    Ihc 5'19
    :
    L U 15 2 1
    cFh lr
    n:a ' I

    T o r my trnns_gmssions I myself knmvsr


    And my sin is in front of me mn~tantly.~

    :'li

    1-':.

    -?a12.9

    17:lT

    21:~

    50:Ii
    I.IL7 :!I

    !(I

    R I

    2.1

    6:3

    - Rii*~2J: 5

    vpil.
    17 3t
    .-

    Against you, you alone, I have sinned,=t


    And what is bad in your eyes I have done,u
    In order that you may prove to be righteous when you speak,'
    That you may be in the dear when you
    judge.Y

    Look! with error I was brought forth with


    I t 0 5:12
    birth pains,*
    ?Id% 1:3?:1.5
    And in sin my motheP conceived me.'
    *J41l>L , a : l
    doll I 7 v : l Q
    ,J\I J :3:l?~ Look! you have taken delight in truthfulness
    itself in the inward parts,O
    rl>;llI (iY
    And in secret may you cause me t o know
    wi~dorn'~
    itselfaA
    ~
    ~
    ~
    ~
    ,
    l May you purjfy me Prom sin with hyssop, that
    I may be c1ean;O
    May you wash me, that I may become
    whiter even than snorv.*
    W a y you cause me to hear exultation and rejoicing,"
    That the bones t h a t you have crushed may
    be joyful.'
    Conceal your face from my sins,*
    And blot out even all my errorsVk
    l0Cmate in me even a pure heart, 0 God,"
    if, EE.n.iiim', Or,'loynl love!'
    (;u 8 : ~
    Jr~l,I .l:C

    ,,,

    2 16

    PSALMS 51:11-19

    217

    And put nTithinme a nevispirit, a steadfast

    To the clircctor, MnsPkil,B Of Datld, wIvn

    one.r
    Donot thmw meaway from before your face,#
    And your holy spirit 0 do not take away

    YGe'O"
    1Sa ~ 2 . f

    Do restore to me the exultation of salvation


    by Y 0 k U
    And may you support me even 1~1tha ~vlr.lll-

    aPa, lh9:17
    1J04.9

    Ps 57:4

    That sinners" themselves may turn, right


    back to you.=
    l4 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,a" O God the
    God of my salvation,:
    That m y tongue may joyfully tell about
    your righteousness."
    'W Jehovah,b may y w open these lips of mine,'
    That my own mouth may tell forth your

    For

    praise,'
    you do not take delight in

    isbad,Oyoumightycne?~
    Iovinpkindnessb of Godc is dl day
    long.z
    'I RUI~QLIS
    things your tongr1eo schemes up,
    sharpened like a razor,'
    Working deceitl~Ily.~'
    YOU have laved what is bad more than what

    1% 5 9 5
    l'r ]>:I@
    t l'r Im.2
    ~ C O
    11:13
    adcs 4 : ~
    a11c3
    2
    +,I~L?

    I will teach transgressors your ways,r

    lU

    (52T h e

    "Ir

    ing spirit.^
    lS

    Do'rg the
    l<'dan~.itamrnp nnd proc~edcdto t e l l S n d and say to
    11i11lthntl3nrid bnd come to the home o f h.hir~'e.leeh.~~
    Why do you make your boast over w h a t

    'Isa n:8

    from me.t

    tP

    P, E, ~;@
    : ..IO
    ]{I?

    'Nc k.53

    1 1 J:-i

    rnJTU

    ;;;;?,i;g

    :I.:x .I:I'I
    Im4e 3::!?

    M1'7.21

    '\'$~~:l,

    otherwise I would give [it] ;@


    In ~ v l ~ o burnt0
    le
    offering you do not find

    ~!,ISUI:ZZ
    f lo B:ti
    C~I

    1:11

    s 40:B
    1% $0

    pleasure."

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;* j:';Fb7$?5


    A heart broken and crushed, 0 God, you "~[~'5~~:1'
    IJI 1q.m
    will not despise.k
    k2CE 33: 12
    lB
    In your good will do deal well with Zion;" k;, !a; ;
    May you build the w d k of Jerusalem?";
    F;,!;
    l5 In that case you will be delighted with sacri:;n
    ;;.;l,lfi
    r ~ 2'.cr:
    fices of righteousness,s
    1-d?
    With burnt sacrifice and whole ~iTering;l : 12
    7
    In that case btfi will be offered up on your Rw;j
    i.:l,,l:i:t
    t:>. > 1:.1
    very o m altar.u
    nl:ub13:10
    IT

    'Literally, "bloods," M. b "Jehornh," LLX.X7'gSyT;d.do.way', 11.


    This is one of the 134 passages where thc Jewish Eopheritit nltwad
    Ihr pri~aitireIli.hrerr t c d to rcsd A.rlom~iuy'
    instcad of I'lro.trwlt',

    js

    good,"

    Falrel~mdmore than speaking. righteousbl'a 8'2:-1


    ness. Ss'Zrrlt.
    Jtbr 3:3
    have loved all devouring words,'
    Jut1 K:-14 "ou
    P.I~
    ?:':I3
    8 you deceitful tonguemu*
    43%
    ??:I8
    OmJrtn8:lj
    "odC himself \t?ill also pull you down forever;"
    6'
    i'r ]?:I9
    We!will knock you donm and tear you away
    Rc 21 :H
    rT'n 3i:U
    from [your] tent,'
    And he will certainly root you out of the
    IKPR
    2213
    land of the living
    Se'laTi.
    Ps 1iD:8
    PP 2:Y:
    And
    the
    righteous
    ones
    ~
    v
    l
    U
    see
    [it] and will
    1~ 3q:Il
    )r 1% ,:3
    be af raic1,n
    I'u3.13:12[
    And over him they will 1augh.f
    ~'t'fi5 K : I l l
    f .;a37:YJ : Here is the able-bodied man that does not put
    BPS14E:3
    God as his fortse~s.~
    But
    that trusts in the abundance of his
    tPs 18:8
    l v r lfir17
    r tches.r
    That takes shelter in his ruinous things.u
    BButP shall be like a luxuriant olive3 tree in
    Gad's house;Y
    I do trust in the loving-kindnessbof God to
    time indefinite, e1.m forever.'
    * Scc I'rcnlm 33, a~rl>crscriptioa,f m t a o h a. tv Or, ''loyal lore," N.
    a '+Liotl.">I, El, d Or, "Il~unouathi11g you S C ~ ) P U I C ~your tongae be'I

    sacrifice-

    PSALMS 52:1-8

    ,I

    ,'\

    I'

    dl1

    itip

    ~ ~ : I I ' ~ I P lI iCk~ ~n

    mznr, 0 you worker of dcceit."

    "t1)ngur 01' dccc~?tiori," 31.

    Literaliy,

    PSALMS 53: 6-54: 6

    219
    I will laud you to time indefinite, for you have
    taken action;=
    And I shall hope in your name, because It
    i s good, in h n t of your men of lovingkindness.*

    PS 145:1
    1.1~:2
    n"".lf

    PS 403
    I'U

    54:a

    iI'LL
    :! yI;>:it21:5
    The senseless one has said in hls heart: +I:!; $!gilp
    +lbv
    "There is no Jehovah."'*

    To tho director orcr Nathnalath.a@


    Jfsa%iT, Of Dnriil.

    53

    711:.1

    You wlFI certafnly put [them1 to shame,


    far Jehovahh himself has rejected them.'
    G Othat out of Zion there were the grand sal$,","F"::g
    LP.5 Id:?
    vat ion of Israel !.'
    CPS =..I
    Pr 176.1
    When Jehovahl"etul*ns lvith" the captive
    Isa I.;:=
    Jer 3":18
    ones of his p e o p l e l A
    Jer 31:23
    Joe 3:l
    Let
    Jacob be joyful, let I s r ~ e l
    A m 824
    .P,95;4

    PS4 0 3 4

    OEzr 3:11
    sc 12:43

    TO the director on ~trin,qsrF instruu~ents. Mna'lri1.d


    Of Lltlvid. When the 7lipll'i tan rnrun in niid p ~ o ~ e e d e d

    i'3 .!.l;L

    They have acted ruinously and have acted


    detestably in unrighteousness;'"
    4t;PG:Il
    Lv l\.JO
    There is no one doing good."
    ilc 3L.i
    As for God, he has looked down from heaven ;:'??i":
    i.q:{:!,:b
    Itself upon the sons of men,*
    i b h !l'-:lD
    To see whether there exists anyone having j;: .:ii
    insight,^ myone seeking Jehovah.b1c k13p.i
    ICII :q:g
    T h e y have all of them turned aside, they are :::h,<:;.ZB
    1 ' 5 111:io
    I5n
    DL:G
    alike corrupt;"
    112sn
    I.L
    31:2
    ;-~
    There is n o one doing good,P
    X,a J:I.(~
    Not even one.
    JthrH , f i
    * Have none of the practicers of what b hurtful rf; Ii$i7
    H ~ :<.I,
    )
    got Im~wledge,~
    L t "4 D I ' H
    1.22
    Eating up my peopIe as they have eaten
    r k b u27:.!
    bread ?t
    J+>rs
    I 23
    They have not called even upon ~ e h o v a h . ~ ~ 'i'l'i4
    k,:'
    c l ro ?S:G7
    There they were filed with a great dread,~v Il'..S ~1.11Q:;1 15
    Where there had proved to be no drcad;y ,.I.,. .I; 17
    For God himself will certainly scatter the !:';~~~,~
    bones of anyone camping against you." ";$;13
    rls aa:rj
    I i n I:21

    m M, nsn.la1sa.lnthr.
    ' SeerningJy a technical masion1 tmn, tltc meani r l o~ f 1~11ichis 8s yet undlscorrered, but l i k ~ l ygiving the nnmc to
    tlin bong tune. b See Psalm 1-1: 1, Euotnobc c ; P ~ I I 14
    I I: 2, ihootrmle c. "Hnring inxi~htt."31,wias.khil'; cotnpars ttir 1ilw t ~ ~ o rin
    rl

    tho superae~iption.d+'J&o~ah,'J
    mung Hchrr:w tnnnnrcript~~,~rntl
    Rro I'snltn 14:1, footnote c; "the nnae O C J~*tiuv~~li,"
    'r; "lir*rl."
    311J-LYT$3y, * Litel-ally, '''thy drcnrlcd n rFr~b~ul,"
    hl.

    Cp, 20:1

    t o ~ n yto 541111:"19 11ot l ) i ~ v i ( Ironrcnlirlgl I ~ i l n s ~ l f

    Pr i p : ~ ~
    ~ P ;.':IT
    s

    wit11 ~ 7 " +

    PP. S9:Q

    TI'S
    132
    I'r 2 3 : a
    J d r 59:M
    %1
    13:3
    P S W:8
    Fr 1 5 - 3
    k Ps 5 2 1
    P s 130:2
    C P s 81:s
    *FS
    PS

    nJob 19:15

    I-T's 22:lE
    ~t 2::20
    sFs 3A:I
    J O ~16:s

    '

    0 Gd, by your name" save me?


    And with your mighti~~ess
    may you
    plead my cause."
    ' O God, hear my prayer,'
    Do give ear to t h e sayings of my mouthk
    For there are strangers that have risen up

    54

    t l C h 12:18
    PS 118:6

    W llX:13

    1 s t 41:10

    Ro

    IIeb 136
    1378
    Ro 12:19
    ?TI 4:14
    Ee 18%
    tF3 313:E a
    IIPS

    J'PS 66~13
    PS C
    I ~Z
    :;Z

    Fs 116:17
    Heb 13:15
    FIsa 5 7 3
    727
    F9 21:13
    Ps 92:1

    EPS

    against me,"
    And tyrants that do seek my soulmr
    They have not set Cod in front of them."
    BeYlah.
    Look! God IS my helper:
    JehovahC is among those supporting my

    soul.
    He will repay the bad to my foes;u
    51your trwenessf sllence them.'
    " In willingness I will sacriflceOt o you.7
    I shall laud your name, 0 Jehovah, for it
    is good."

    "Jehovak." Bee Psnlln 14 : 1, foatnob a; "Meirn'rn

    of Jehomh," T.
    "Jehovah," LXXSy nnd m u l u I l a h r c ~ v ~~nonascript~,
    and ~ c o
    Psalm 14:1,footnoto c; ''3lohn'~anf Jcl~ovnh,"T; "'Ciod," MVg.
    Or, ''as resp~cts.'' HCPf h ~1111erfi~1.ipti011
    ~
    01 I'nnlrn 3Z1footnote n.
    "Jehovah~SyT; d.do.nutl', R3. I l ' l i i ~ is one o f tho 134 passages
    where the Jewish Boplteritu nlt~redtlrc primitive fIcl~rowtext to
    rend A.do.nay' in plncr of' I'"bo.tmlt'. Clr, "T3y pour trutb."
    a
    b

    For out of wery distress he delfvewd me,' 'pS,*3.1y;r


    And upon m y enemies my eye has looked.' ;$:j;;;:,
    To the dircchr on

    stringed imtrmenh. 3iasrkil.n

    9'i?.'.l4

    I's 59,'~.?0

    55
    m

    pj",O

    Day and night they go round about it upon


    - itstvalls,m And hurtfulness and trouble are within i t c
    Ruinous things are within it,'
    And from its public squRre oppression and
    deception have not moved away."
    For it was not an enemy that proceeded t o

    reproach me;"
    Other~viseI could put up with it,
    It was not an intense hater of me t h a t assurncd great ail's against me;'
    Otherwise E could conceal myself from

    .h 1 2 5

    1's M :3

    For they keep dropping upon me what is 1's ?3:8


    k2.9 15:3
    hurtfulk
    ?Rn 1 6 3
    And in anger they harbor animosity against 1'. 3 5 ~ l n h I t 20:58
    me.!'
    .I My very heart is in severe pain within me,]'
    "r4.13,
    And the horrors of death itself have fallcn $41;';:;
    HT.:II 3q 10
    upon me."
    [(fb 5'7
    R:OI
    T e a r , yes, trembling itself enters Into me,t ~LI,III
    J n tr S:1:15
    And shuddering covers me.
    L'Y I I ~ ~ J ' I ~ O
    And I keep saying: "0that I had wings as a LLL"';'""
    dove has !

    UPS

    '1 tvould fly away and reside."

    11:1

    110 139:~
    PS
    I'I.IB

    v>sa :?7 1
    1 tvould go far away in flight;v
    :Su 1>:14
    "I would lodge in the wi1derness.y-S&h?b ;;;2h:rr
    * "I would hasten to a place of escape for me x;;;~;;l
    lV::l3
    "From the rushing nlind,Vfrom the tern- * lru
    !,:" 11'9
    pest."a
    -sn 15:31
    Tonfuse, 0 Jehovah," divide their tongue,'
    : "Look!

    For I have seen violence and strife in the

    TGe 2T40

    And I cannot but show disquietude,


    e t o the voice of the enemy, because of the
    pressure of t h e wicked one."

    Ree the sn eracr-iption of Psalm 3, footnota a,

    1
    lP

    Of DnriL
    Do give ear, 0 God, to my prayer," ";;$ll
    And do not hide yourself from my ;6%
    ips 1 . 1 3 : ~
    request for favor.*
    ? Do pay attention to me and answer m
    e.'
    I am driven restlessly about by my con-

    cern,"

    PSALMS 55 :10-18

    ::;&:+'

    Or, nccortling

    . - . of the partir~ple,"'Prom the enlmrininting


    tr) nnother cenuntlon
    tvintl." "Jehovnh," L,TXT-gSrT; d.do.nhaf, 31. This is otlc ef the
    134 pnssngcs wltrre tke Jewish Sopherirn cbangcd the ptbinutiuc
    l l r b r ~ wtext fom Heho.wa7r' to A.da.t!rry'.

    hirn.k

    kJ0h 1S:Z

    nlSa 1R23

    mortal man

    r:ob 19:13 laBut it was you, a.


    who was as m y
    >It 26:33
    equa1,n
    h I r 1-1.$5
    Lu 22:21
    One familiar to me and
    acquaintance,'
    a?Sa 3 3
    ?Sa 1433 i+ Because we used to enjoy sweet intimacy toK t 10:4
    LP;42.3
    g~ther;~
    Ps 1223
    Gze 33:31.
    Into
    the house of God wc used to walk with
    UPS59:13

    my

    Ps 69:25P3 109:13

    v N u 1630
    2 % 1;:23
    2Sa 1X.9

    13% 18:14
    3IC 27 5
    y:Sa i3.28
    ,l oh 1 2 6

    aPs 73.3
    Lu 6.212
    + P a m:35
    Ps 91:15

    G P s D0:B

    the thr0ng.t
    Desolatfons [be1 upon thern!u
    Let them go down into She'ol alive,v
    For during their temporary residence bad
    t h i n g have been within them.y
    Is As far me,t o God I shall call w t , z
    And Jehovah hlmsclf wi13 save me.'
    l7 Eveningc and morning and noontirnc I: cannot
    but complain nnd I moan,'
    And he hears my voice/
    Is Re will certainly redeem Land put] my soul
    in pence from t h e flght that fs against
    me,O
    For in multitudes they have come to be
    against me.'
    l5

    PSALMS 55 :19-56: 1

    222

    G d n will hear and answer them,'


    *PR
    t ~~ ?:lo
    h4 3 ~
    Even He that is sitting [enthroned J as in ,. ,:,
    the p a s t * - 4 e ' Z a L
    mJcrr
    ~ ; cYO~IO
    s~r~
    Those with whom there are no changings'~*k,j';1:~:;~
    nlS18 :%:17
    And who have not feared Cod."
    .%I1 2 i:1b
    He has thmst out his hands against those at :$Atj ;x;4
    peace with him;n
    dlc>
    12.1
    t?sn
    Re has profaned his covenant.r
    :;dl
    1:1:10
    :I;.'$

    Smoother than butter are [the words of] his

    ;'?h:;'pl:i$l "s(i:25
    .

    tidl ' ? 2 1
    u [ 'r r..I
    1.r 12:LR
    1-1'3 2T:l.i

    But his heart is disposed to flghtma


    His words are softer than oi1,t
    But they are drawn s t ~ o r d s . ~ ~
    Throw your burden' upon Jehovah himself,'
    And he himself will sustain you.'
    Never wiZl he allow the righteous one to

    totterP

    ='
    But you yourself, O Gad, will bring them down

    I !'A:!'i:5

    Isn 59:tO

    >It T,:RL
    1.11

    1;I::a

    I.'hp ;,q;
    ll'tb 7':-,.

    R3:S

    >It. 11:'B
    i I 3 s 1r,:s
    1% :;::.I
    raq

    121:s

    J o h I:l:2B
    ,?llr 5 : 15
    :I3% 9:15
    I '!I 55: 15

    t o the wellc of the pit.?


    As for bloodguilty and deceitful men,f they
    will not live out halfs their days.*
    But as for me, I shall trust in you."
    . ." - .7P5 !,L 11

    To the director on fhe Silent Dove nnmng thorn

    II::II

    fnr a m 7 . h Of Dli\id, ?Ililr'hn~.l Wlwn tho


    Phi.tis'tincs laid hold of him in 0nth.m

    ml%21:11
    1Sh 3 4

    56

    Show me favor, O God, for mortal man


    hassnappalatme:
    Warring d
    l day long, he keeps oppressing
    me.

    .PM
    PSn::!
    31:!1

    F; qi$:2

    l R r1.12

    31, El. b Or, X'vicissitudex''; of, "nmtunl liabilities." The


    Hcbrsw rz~pi~ssion
    is pec~~linr.Ry n rumectiori of Jf. d L i t ~ r ~ l l g ,
    ' 5 s fight (war)," 11. Or, "lot:' (illnt; ~ ~ t i i cis
    l i given), Litrlhnlly,
    "~nen of bloods and deception,!' 31. Literally, "rrill lint hnlvcb," Rf.
    h Or, "Docc of thr? big trees far nn-ny," hg n s l i ~ h tcurarrtion OK
    bl, which appears to rcncl, L ' D of~ Ailencc, thosc PRP fiwny.''
    1 SPD tllc snpers~riptionof PsaI~n18, fnflttioan a.
    a 'fCborl."

    '2

    22:m

    PS 31
    Re 1614

    My foes have kept snapping all day long?


    For there are rnslny warring against me

    high-m1ndedly.'
    :Whatever day I ~ eafraid,
    t
    I for my part shall
    ItISa n:12
    tsust even in you."
    ISa 30:6
    Ps 911
    In union with God I shall praise his word."
    SCO 7 , 5
    nTs 1 9 7
    In God I have put my trust; I sl~allnot be
    FR 56:10
    Ps 119:160
    afraid.r
    r'Ps 27.1
    What can flesh do t o me?"g
    PS 4 6 2
    t u 12:4
    =All day long they keep grieving my onrn
    E
    ,
    Keb 136
    affairsit
    6p4 115:s
    tSIt 22 l5
    All their thoughts are against me for bad."
    LU 1 1 . 3
    They attack, they kcep hid in^,^
    Da 6:;
    I
    They themselves keep observing my very
    AC rl:n

    3-PS x32
    Ln?P:2G
    ePs 59:3

    ',

    sb?psnY

    While they have waited for my soul.8


    On
    account of rthelr 1 I~urtfulncsscast them
    ;
    A C 23:U
    forth."
    'PF 99.7
    [IPS55:15
    In
    anger bring down even the peoples, 0
    Jer 10:25
    J f r 1S:?3
    God.'
    L S U 333
    1 S a 2 ~ 1 My being a fugitive you yourself Rave rePs 10k13
    countedan
    ~ C 11.26
    O
    Heb 11:s
    D o put my tears in your skin bott1e.O
    CXI m:5
    P"7:11
    Are they not in your record?'
    rllal 216
    T h e n Is when my enemies will turn back, on
    3er 333
    the day that I calf;*
    v ~ & ~ l s7
    Ica 8.10
    This I well know, that God is for me.'
    RO F31
    lo In mion with G Q I
    ~shdl praise This] worcl;
    *154
    J O ~55.11
    I17:17
    1Pe 1:25
    In
    union
    with
    Jehavnh
    I shall praise [his]
    kFs 272
    word."
    PS 132:s
    nIsa 51:Ia'
    111 10.28 l1 In God X have put my trust, I shall not be
    rGe 28:M
    afr~id.~
    N~ m2
    1Sa 121
    What cnn earthling mant1do t o me?n
    PS 6 ~ .3
    In
    Upon me,O God, are vows to youmr
    PS

    n::o

    E7;$;z

    z;\::106

    LikraZlp, "heels," Bf. brlEni.th?in~


    mhfl." 31, rr.daml.

    PSALMS 56 :13-57 : 6

    I shaII render expressions of thanksgiving AEay!i7

    to
    For you have delivered my soula from death.'
    Are not my feet far from stumbling,
    Thxk [I] may walk about before Godb in
    the light" of those alive?u
    To the director. "Do not bring to min." Of Dntid.
    3Iik'Znm.a F h e a he ran nsay because of Saul, into
    the tax-e.m

    "$!:,

    t179

    They have fallen into the midst of it.t

    B:I~

    Se'lah.

    UPH
    J O Is:12
    ~I B : ~

    rn~%
    1% 24:H
    243

    y r - 1G:P

    1's Y1.13

    -PIIOS:II

    SF

    Show me favor, O Cod, show me favorlv v:.',li%'?


    or in you my soul has taken refuge., /:'
    And in the shadow of your wings I take 211!p,?
    refuge until the ruinous things pass
    lJq t . 2 : ~
    over.=
    r"1L L.1 :m
    "f call t o God t h e Most High, to GodVvho is
    :.?$
    bringing lthern] to an end on my ac- *-AI;+
    : -:'.i~

    "kF*T

    PF145:12

    ~ P 18-49
    J
    Pr 0h.3

    )i~!~~

    s 1S:G
    n c 1::11

    -1

    4
    (I %
    rs B;:I
    .I~Y:II

    2:s

    He will certainly confuse the one snapping f:;


    doh 1:t7
    a t me." Se'Ia7t.
    'l'.: 10'9
    God wilI send his loving-kindnessi and his 141?':'12
    1 % ??:I3
    trt1eness.so
    J'A 3 r: 17
    * My soul is in the middIe of lions;+
    ah1
    I I r rt ~LI;:, to
    ZJ
    I cannot but lie dow- among devourers, ;[,:;l.:$l
    1% 5:1:21
    [even] the sons of rnen,11m3
    1's G1:3
    13r:?:lt~
    Whose teeth are spears and arrowsx
    c r s I 1'1 t~
    And whose tongue is a sharp
    k t3a 57: 1I
    17< 1.1q.5
    0 be exalted above the heavens, 0 God;k
    5 t t 6 IJ
    IlE'!l 7 : 19
    Let your glory be above all the earth."
    i n h I ;3.13
    1311 b . 3
    A net they have prepared for my steps;'
    I'.lb n,3
    TI Slt ?:I 33
    My soul has become bowed down."
    I'c 3:r.Y
    They excavated before me a pitfall;
    sr:
    ?.I< *!:
    Lei
    o.m
    >I,
    ~cp71'rsh; LXT, pq.el@'; Tg, aani.mn. bdC;od,N
    ?IU7LY'I'gS~
    ; "Jchorah," IS. "Light,"' -llL-firVgT ; "lnrud,'-~y.
    d SCCthr! smperscription of Psalm 16, footnote a. * "florl.'' 31, Is'!.
    f Or, "lnynl
    t o ~ e . " g Or, 4'(truth.''h Or, "enrtl~lingman," 31. n.damO.
    aY%d"

    Is stendfast, 0 God,"
    My heart is steadfast.
    23~vill~in~andmakemelody.~
    *DOawake, O my glory;p
    Do awake, Q s t r i n q d instrument; you too,
    0 harp.'
    I will awaken the dam.
    f shall laud you Rrnong Z he peoples, 0Jehovah;au
    I sllall make melody to you among t h e
    national groups."
    InFor your loving-kindnessbIs meat up t o the

    ~ I'S ~112:7
    P r ~ My
    ~ : heart
    l

    rlCh16L?
    F* 14s

    57

    count.'
    We will send from heaven and save mean

    PSALMS 57 :7-58 :3

    225

    224

    )'Lo lr8:g

    P P113E.5
    I'n 71:19

    l'* E9:l
    1=q I O.?:
    151a

    4PU

    11

    r,,?.io

    fi'I.10

    1'3 ~ ( 1 ~

    1Ich 8.1s
    mPs ~ : 4
    P+57.5
    w1'N n.3

    Of Dnvid, Mik9tnm.a

    L u 2 14

    wna I A : l R

    2% 23'3

    r'* 72 2
    1~ 1 l:4

    Jvri 52:1

    k lk un:.,l
    a r b 2711

    nI's 3L:lf

    Iqn 59:4
    Jcr 22 17
    3 1 1 .r~ !I
    vEzr0
    12
    J n l ~1 1:53

    "

    C?Ps110:S
    nPr 2215
    J V l .I*:+

    17:hlr 1, J

    heavens'
    And your t~uenesscup to the skies.+
    l 1 DO be exalted above the heavens, 0 God;e
    Let your glory be above all the earth,"
    ~ 1
    To the dircctar. ''no not h ~ i n gt o ruin."

    58 Can

    YOU really [in YOUR] silence speak


    al~outrighteor~snessitself ?#
    Can mu judge in uprightness itself, 0 You

    sons of rncn?'l<
    HQW
    much, rather, do you with the heart practice unrlghteousncss itself in the earth,"
    [And] prepare the road for the very vialcnce of YOUR hands!I'
    ' T h e wicked ones have been perverts from the
    womb;-*
    They have ~vanderedabout from the belly
    onward ;

    T d X X I ' ~ T"Oarl,"
    ;
    Sy; A.rlQ.tto!y', JI. This is one of
    I l r ~1:11 pnssnycq r!.ll~amt h J~p ~ v i p lSnphrri~n
    ~
    chnngrct, the primitire
    I J F O I ~ F I ~t ~ x t ~ ~) r n t lA .do.tln,t/' i n s t ~ n dof Yrko.trrck . Or, .'lo~ai
    luvc~.?'
    "truth." bf, cm.rrtr', d I'ov~pnrethe superscription of
    P.snln1 18, Eoatnnl~aR. Or, m'cllarthl~ngr~lnrl." 31, n+damt.
    n .'JolinVnlt,"

    0 1 9 ,

    PSALMS 58:4-9

    226

    They are speaking 1ies.t


    *The venom of theirs is like the venom of the

    PSALMS 58 :16-59:5

    227

    t J o h 8:44

    Re 21:s

    :Ps 1M:3
    uJob 20:16

    Deaf like the cobra that stops up its ear,


    gt;gg
    That will not listen to the voice of charmers,' pyg
    Though someone wise is binding with V E C I O : ~ ~
    Jcr 8:17
    spell~.~F
    y n e 16:11
    W God, break awav their teeth in their mouth." -?.82$3
    - .. -. .
    ~ r e a kdown <he very jawbones of maned
    young lions, 0 Jehovah.'
    *NU
    J O2324
    430
    ~
    JobB:17
    May they dissolve as into waters that go their 330s
    7:s
    way
    PS n : i r
    May he tread his arrows as they coIIapse. PS1*:la
    AJas I:IO
    Like a snail melting away he walks;bA
    Like a miscarriage of a woman3 they will
    ~
    ~
    certainly not behold the sun.*
    EG6:3
    .Ec 7:6
    Before YOUR pots feel the [kindled] bramble,' Spr 1.27
    10:35
    The Iive green as well as the burning, he Pr
    1sa 17:13
    will carry them off as a stormy wind.$

    ,lo

    P$68:3
    Ps101:42
    Pr 11:10

    R e 1E17

    The righteous one will rejoice because he has


    beheld the vengeance."
    His steps he will hathe in the blood of the

    wicked one.*

    R@ 1s.m

    * ~ ~ "$And~ mankind
    : ~ ~will say: "Surely there is fruit:Ils 104:13
    IiIsa 330
    R u 2:G
    Ro 6 2 2
    nfs 9:16

    age" for the righteous one."


    "Surely there exists a God that is judginga

    in the earth.""
    TO the dirrctor. "Do not

    PS 67:4

    Sfsa:$\;
    llrlsn 19:11
    l l S n 19:2
    PS 7:l
    " ":"
    e~71.4
    Lu 15.1
    3T1 d:l8

    1
    ;

    er$$:$I

    a o n ~ e r s e s4, 5 note the following report: "Dr. h v i d I. Macht,


    research pl~nrrnaco~ogist
    of the 4Ionat Sinai Hospital in Baltimore,
    is one of the world's leading a~rthoriiieson cobra snake sennln.
    (Cobra venom is a n accepted merlioation, i n lllood d i s o ~ d ~ fol.
    ~s,
    instance.) Dr. Yacht reported t h a t in working with cobras and
    cobra venom he hecame acquainted with a number of Hindu physioiaiia, well educated, a n d from different parts of Indin. All agreed
    that oohrna respond t o solno lnufiical tones, from musical pipes 01.
    fifes. Sorne forms of music cxcitc thp animals more than other
    forms, the phyqieians reported. India11 children, playing in the dark
    in the countryside, are eren rrnrucd not t o sing lpst their sounds
    attract cobras, lie said. Dr. 3Iacht commented that Shakesperm,
    who repeatedly referred t o serpents as deaf . . . merely repeated n
    cornmoll n~isunderstandm,o.On the other hand Dr. hiaoht said, the
    psalmist wnr; right r h o iruplicrl conrersely, in Psal~n58, TTerse 5 ,
    that serpents call hesr : . . . Corltrarp t o the claims of solxe nnturnlists, Dr. 3Iacht said, snakes are 'chnnucd' by sounds, not hy morements of the charmer. R e v i ~ ethe textbool~5,the physicians recornmended:'-New
    York Times, January 10,1964, Sec. 4, page 9, unde?
    " h e Snakes 'ChannedJ by RIasic?" b Or, "lea~inga slimy traek."

    X P S M:10

    bring to ruir~." Of David.

    hIik'tnrn.h W h e n Seul sent, and they proceedeil to


    r ~ n t c hthe house, to put him to ilenth."

    Deliver me from my enemies, 0 my God;'


    From those rising up against me may
    you protect me.*
    .?Deliver
    me from the practicers of what is
    ~
    ~
    6
    5;;
    Ps 91.14
    hurtf
    ul,t
    t Pr 10 L3
    U P S 26:9
    And
    from
    blo~dguiltymen save rne.ll
    Ps 35.23
    PS 139:19
    For,
    look!
    they
    have lain in wait for my
    Jcr 2:X
    EU IS:W
    Strong ones make an attack upon me,r
    r 1Sa 19 1
    For no transgression on my part, nor any
    rs 103
    PS 66 6
    sin on my part, 0 Jehovah."
    .LC 23.31
    .\ F S 2:2
    a:27 ' Though there is no error, they run and get
    LlSn 2131
    themselves ready."
    1Sa zti:is
    PR693
    Do
    rouse yourself to my caUing and see.'
    .
    And
    you,
    0 Jehovah God of armies, are the
    *
    ;
    "
    ,
    "
    $
    :
    i
    l
    Ro 3:15 '
    God
    of Israel."
    I P S 33:23
    ;Ex 3%
    Do
    wake
    up to turn your attention to aII
    Ro 3:29
    the nations.V
    :PS 2:s
    -Ps la25
    Do not show favor to any hurtful traitors.'
    Pr 2:22
    P!' 13.2
    Re'lah,
    rsa 27:11

    59

    ;$:

    '.That i s judging." 31,s h ~ . ~ ~ k ~ t athis


    ? n 'Hebrew
    ;
    participle is ia the
    pluz'nl nlrmber to n.qee with EZ.o.hini' ('.God"')),rrhir-11 i b nlso in
    the pllrral number (of excellence and grandcur). Eut LXZVg8y
    put the participle in the s i n q l n r nuluher and mnke tho cxlrressiun
    read: ''That is judging thcm." b Compare thr? superscription of
    Psalm 16, footnote a.
    a

    PSALMS 59 :&13

    225

    They keep returning at eveningtime;'


    They keep barking like a dogO and go a11
    around the city."
    T h o k !they let loose with their mouth;*
    Swords are on their lips,k

    5lSa 19:ll
    7Fr %:I1
    ~ P 59:14
    S
    *Pr 159

    For who is listening?"


    "ut you yourself, 0 Jehovah, wilI laugh at

    Fs 64:3
    Pr L3:18
    nJob 22:13
    PS 10 11
    Ps 10 13
    Ps 73:11
    12Sn 19:16

    l4

    hIt 12:34
    ItPs 5521

    foes?
    Do not kiII them, that my people may not forget*

    By y o u r vital energy make them wander1

    Ps 6 2 2

    ,7g,":i410
    PS
    11 .<
    54:5
    J I1.U

    ,E;g,z

    ST-

    Ps62:2

    t ?1S ~a 215:3
    h13

    ah,^^

    Ps 74:l

    Ps 89:38
    OPs 90:13
    *2Sa 22:8

    lP

    be,*

    Of David. $or teaching. T h e n he engaged in a


    struggle with A'ram-na.htt.ratim and A'ram-%%ah,
    and Jo'ab prooeeded t o return and strike down
    E'doln in the Tnlley of Salt, even twelve t h o u s a ~ i d . ~

    60 0 have

    God, you have rejected us, you have


    b~okenthroughus/
    PT 1W.32
    You
    become incensed. You should
    Jer 6 9 4
    ?.!t 27.51
    restore
    u
    s.O
    mIsa w:2fj
    YOU
    have
    caused
    the earth to quake, you have
    2;?;17
    "Ne 8:32
    split
    it
    open.'
    Da 9.12
    C P s 103~3
    Healo its breaches, for it has tottered.@
    *Isa 51.17
    YOU
    have camed your people to see hardship."
    ~~e?$z~l
    O P s 75.8
    You have made us drink wineo sending us
    klsa 13!2
    reeling."
    Isa 49329
    *
    YOU
    have
    given to those fearing you a signal"
    Fr\2Ao
    JZ eO
    C 1~~0 i:6 6

    And may they know that God is ruling in


    Jacob to the ends of the earth.k Xs'laA.
    "My Strength:' L X W g T and many Hebrew manascripts; "his
    (one'a) strength," M. b Or, C'logallove?" ('To me," T and marginal
    reading of 3i, and many Hebrew manuscripts. d "Jehounh," LIYXVgRyT; A.da.nayl, 31; one o f the 134 passages where the Jewish
    Sopherim ohanged the primitive Bebrew test to read B.do.nayt
    in place b f I+'Ro.wahf.

    thing to eat;'

    Let them not be satisfied or stay ~vernight.~


    But as for me, I shall sing of your strength,t

    And in the morning I shalI joyfuIly telI


    about your loving-kindness.au
    For you have proved to be a secure height
    for meV
    Ps F9:l
    P S 101:1
    And a place to which t o flee in the day of
    Ps 1428
    m y distress.^
    E hi6
    1 lZ3 4 3 7
    PS 61:3
    0 my Strength, to you I will make rneIody,"
    2co 210
    For God is my secure height, the God of
    yJer 3 0 3
    zPs 18:l
    loving-kindnessa t o me.'
    PS 46:l
    Ps 599
    . ~ ~ , S $ ~ O TO the director on The Lily of Reminder. J1ikttam,b

    - -about,=
    3%4 : ~
    Eze 2:X
    And bring
    - them down. 0 our shield Jeho-

    the city."

    Ps 106:8
    Fa 143:ll
    u l s a 19:11
    Ps 31.7
    Ps 36:s
    Ps 86r13

    TPS 79:s

    [For] the sin of their mouth, the word of


    thei,r 1ips;O
    And may they be caught in their pride,'
    Even for the cursing and the lying that
    they rehearse."
    Is Bring [them] to an end in rage,"
    Bring [them] t o an end, that they may not

    And let them return at eveningtime;


    Let them bark like a dog and go all around
    h t those very ones wander about for some-

    p&P2:i4
    Ps 21:13

    them;'
    You i ~ ~ ihold
    l l a11 the nations in derision.8
    will keep watch even on you, my Strength,at PPsb 2:4
    3713
    Pr 1:26
    For God is my secure heightu
    sPs 33:lO
    lo The God af loving-kindnessb t o mec will him. tPs 1S:l
    Ps 27:l
    Ps 46:l
    self confront me;''
    Isa 1 2 : 2
    God himself will cause me t o Iook upon my UPS9:9
    I1

    nPs 2216
    Ps 5 9 6
    rdob 15:23
    PS 109:1o
    Isn 8:21
    Mt 247

    PS 57:4

    PSALMS 59:14-60 :4

    229

    a Or, ( l o ~ a llove.M "Compare the superscription of Psalm 16,


    footnote a.

    PSALMS 60:5-61:1

    230

    To flee zigzags on account of the bow. Se'lu7z.


    &In order t h a t your beloved ones may be resnPs 10S:6
    cued,n
    0 do save with your right hand and answer
    us,bT
    rPs
    Isa 20:6
    41:lO
    God himself has spoken in his h o l i n e ~ s ; ~ SPS 108:~
    "I will exult, I bill give out Shefchemoas a "Jer 41:5
    portion,t
    tGe
    J09.1:6
    12:6
    "And the low plain of Suckmth I shall
    measure off.11
    JOS 135-7
    "CilJee.adcbelongs to me and Ma.nas'sehrl be- ;IE&
    longs to menv
    3 p g 78:m
    VJOS
    17:1
    "And E'phra.im5 is t h e fortress of my head yg13;:27
    zGe 49:lO
    one;r
    O P s 76:l
    "Judahc is my commander's staff.
    aIsa 11:14
    "Ch 18:2
    "Mo'abc is my washing pot.*
    P S 108:9
    'Nu 2438
    "Over E'dom I shall throw my sandal.' -2% 8:l-l
    "Over Phi.lisfti.aI shaIl shout in triumph."~" ;$pa8;:
    1Ch ll:6
    Who will bring me to the besieged city?O
    cIsa 63:1
    Who will certainly lead me as far as E'dom?:
    I0Is it not you, 0 God, who have rejected us' meem?;
    And who do not go forth with our armies rsa 4:7
    @

    +~;g"z;l

    as God?O
    Do give us help from distress,"
    As salvation by earthling man is worthless."
    l2 Ey God we shall gain vital energy,"

    And he himself will tread down our ad-

    vexsaries.n

    PSALMS 61:2-62 :3

    231

    tDe 4:B

    55:s
    don 2:2
    UPS 1X!46
    Ps 27:s
    Ps 40!2
    TPS 14%
    Ps 46:l

    g;c;$$
    Re 19:13

    rPs 5:2

    To the director on stringed instruments, Of David.


    g; :&22
    Do hear, 0 God, my entreating cry."g:;zi:

    Ps 130:2
    P h p 4:6

    "TO lull zigzng.," according to one derivation of the verb; others,


    by n different derivation, wonld read, "For it to he displayed"; or,
    a

    "To rally around." "Gs," h1; '-~ne,"LSXTgSyT, t h e ~nnsginnl


    reading of Af and many Hebrerr ruanusoripta, According to 6 y ;
    T reads : "Over the Phi.lis%iineuthe congregation of Israel jubilates."

    Onto a sock t h a t is higher than I am may

    P8

    yPs 16!2
    Pr 1S:10

    you lead me."


    T o r you have proved t o be a refuge for
    A strong tower because of the enemy.y
    I rvill be a guest in your tent for times indefinite;z
    I wiIl take refuge in the concealment of
    your wings.' Xe'hJt,
    For you -vourseIf. 0 God. have listened to my
    7

    VOW'S.'
    4Ial 316

    >LC 1 5 3 4

    :'PS

    21:&

    Ps 7217
    Isa 53:10

    -Fs $9:3!3

    Isa 0:'i
    WHeb 7 2 5

    ~2%
    J O 10:~'
    1:g
    S

    ; ::;,:;

    feeb1e.t

    IKf 8 2 8

    ~ P 25322
    s
    #Ps 1 4 6 3

    nPs 445
    Isa 1 0 5

    l2 From the extremity of the earth I shall cry,


    even to you, when my heart grorvs
    I

    You have given [me] the possession of


    those fearing your name.*
    "ays
    you will add t o the days of the king:O
    His years mill be like generation after generation.'
    He will dwell t o time indefinite before God;m
    O assign loving-kindnessa and trueness,b
    that these m a g safeguard him."
    So 1 will make melody to your name forever,*
    That I may pay my vows day after day.'=
    To the director of Je.durthun.c A melody of Dnvjd.

    I C B il:d

    ;;g
    i

    162

    Indeed toward God is my soul keeping


    silent.""
    Fmm him my salvation is.r
    ? Indeed he is my rock and m y salvation, my
    secure height;"
    I shall not be made to totter very much.t
    HOWlong iviI1 YOU carry on franticauy against
    the man whom you would murder?'^

    ;$a ~ 2 ~ 2L U d:*J
    . S P59:17
    ~
    PA62 :6

    na 26:4

    tPn 37:%
    RIlc 7.8
    3Co 4:9

    ulsa24:11

    5; $ij:$

    QPr 22: 18

    Or, "loyal lor-enJ' b Or, .'truth."


    See the superscription o f Paalm
    39, footnote b. d "Keeping silent,'> b~ a slight x-owel-repoin.ting of
    kt,Literally, "silence," 31.
    A

    PSALMS 62:&12

    All of YOU are like a leaning wall, a stone


    fence that is being pushed in.'
    r PS
    l g73:19
    m~o
    ~
    Indeed they give advice so as t o allure from Ism 30.s3
    one's orm dignity;r
    sCr
    IIC 1
    4 93 9: ~
    r.Ps
    J'r c.17
    5:':3
    They take pleasure in a lie.'
    With their mouth they bIess, but Inside $ray:
    r,.14
    themselves they calI down evil.* Se'lrrh. .I~IIT
    Itc 2'1,15
    a Indeed toward God keep silent, 0 my soul,'
    ;:;r;r; ', I.U 211 ,20
    For from him is my hope,'
    nl'3 021
    Indeed he is my rock and my saIvation, my .:iiltq>
    rib2
    5 . 7 2%
    secure height;

    I shall not be made

    15

    to totter.'

    Mob M:11
    Ro 2 6
    2Co 5:EO
    1Pel:~T
    m l S a 21:5

    1% 2314
    :Ex 15 1

    -Ps143:6
    JOh 7:37
    ~e 7 : l i
    opr 4:22

    13

    I l t 1.2
    $FuB:!:?

    I C R+17.17

    'Upon God are my saIvation and my glorybed2-$;,p


    :!A
    My strong rock, my refuge Is In God."
    J c r 3 ?3
    T K O I:J1
    Trust in him at all times, 0 people.'
    - I * r i 26 .t
    u Icn :,1110
    Before him pour out YOUR heart.
    n l l r l ) G:18
    God is a refuge for usanSe7aT1..
    r!y, :i,:.
    0 lndeed the sons of earthling mana nre an ex- 1 . ~i rr:.1
    R3SII 1m1
    1 1 #1'1:11

    halation,'
    The sons of mankindb are a liema
    When laid upon the scales they are all
    together lightm than an exha1ation.t
    I" Do not put YOUR m s t in defrauding,"
    Nor become vain in sheer robbery.*
    In case the means of maintenance should
    thrive, do not set om heart [on them] .y
    Once God has spoken, twice I have heard even

    PSALMS 63:l-9

    233

    232

    I1,o 3:.1

    tl\a

    411,lS

    I)I( d:27

    ui.:;'71$154
    :i;o:!;& 6l:H
    vIkn

    j . 1 ) ~ 5 11

    Jon
    tlc 6.12
    31 24
    ;t,;

    :t:flh:yS

    !;&;,:
    ;

    13?!):la
    this,=
    FJ 6.12
    1's 7'i:14
    That strength belongs to God.*
    22 Also loving-kindnessc belongs t o you, 0 Jeho- ":!2$::?,
    1'3 Jo:!:H
    vah,do
    J3u 1(13,17
    "Enrthling man."' M, a-drrm'. "bIankind.'l M, i d s , a Or, i'loynl

    d "Jehovah,'TXXVgSg; "God," T;A.da.no!~',fiI; o i ~ cof thc


    l.i.1 places in he primitive Rehren. text where Yplro.~~oh'
    wns
    changed to A.do.naYf by the Jewish Sophedrim.

    I
    1

    For you yourself pay back to each one"


    according to his work,*
    A melody o r Dnvid, wbrn hc hoppened

    to be in

    wiltlern~mof' f a~1nh.m

    0 God," you are my God: I keep lookjngfor

    you,'

    My soul does thirst for you.'


    For you my flesho has grown faint [with
    BPS 102:4
    Ionging'l"
    In a land dry and exhausted, r~lhesethere is
    ~Isa32:2
    no water."
    Ipa 3 5 7
    '
    Thus
    It
    have beheld you in the holy place,"
    "F;
    :gy
    Isa 6:l
    At
    seeing
    your strength and your
    E;PS 96:6
    Because your loving-kindness" Is better than
    rips $ 0 3
    P s 36:T
    life,n
    Jer 313
    rPs 30:12
    My otvn lips will commend you.r
    PS 6637
    Thus I shall bless you during my Hfetime;s
    H e b14
    HO
    13:15
    :2
    ePs 101:33
    In your name I shall raise my palmsqt
    PS 1452
    P s 146:2
    As with the best part, even fatness, my s o d
    t l ~ i 22
    Ps 13x2
    is satisfied,"
    UPS
    Isa 36:8
    255
    And
    with Iips of joyful cries my mouth
    Jer 31:14
    V P S 43:9
    offers
    praisedv
    Ps 118:15 ~
    When
    I
    have
    remembered you upon my bed,^
    Ps 135~3
    Re
    196
    gPs 423
    During
    the
    night watches I meditate on
    P3 119.55
    Ps419:148
    you half-aloud.*
    elSa 1 13
    *lsa~ : a 7 Far you have proved to be a help to me,'
    Ps 46:l
    And in the shadow of your wings I cry out
    Ps 54:4
    UPS 5 2 1
    joyf~lly.~
    PS 57:1
    M y soul has closely follo~vedyou;*
    A:",!&
    Esa 26.9
    On me your right hand keeps fast hold.*
    nrt 11:12
    AS for those who keep seeking my soul for
    ~$,~$'5:.~~
    P S 25.1
    [its] ruin,'
    PS 40:14

    Itr:.tl,"

    "Each one." Or, ''A mnn." 31, idk, b ''God?' Al, E3.0.himr.
    d Or, "loynl love.'"

    M, El,

    "God!'

    PSAL,MS 63 :1-64

    :6

    234

    They will come into the lotvest partsa of


    3N u l8:30
    the earth.a
    Isa 14:D
    ' T h e y will be delivered over t o the power of Eze32:18
    <ISa26:lO
    the sword;"
    Jcr 18:21
    They ivill become a mere portion for foxes.* ,2"g'zi3l
    l1 And the king himself will rejoice in God.'( ,
    $:g9i4
    Every one swearing by him will boast," n$,"Eilf6
    For the mouth of those speaking falsehood r;i:;i$
    will be stopped up.'
    Ps 55:l
    P s 130:2
    To the director. A a i e l ~ d pof Dsrid.
    Ps ?-113
    Ps l.k3:1
    Wear, O God, m y voice in my c o n ~ e r n .~a
    ~ 356
    From the dreadfulness of the enemy
    j:iF
    may you safeguard my 1ife.t
    AC E~Es: ~: ~ a
    FS
    May you conceal me from the confidential f alk ' t',2tf$,23
    PS %:6
    of evildoers,li
    ML 26:4
    From the tumult of practicers of hurt-

    1
    II

    nMal 2:8

    RO 1421

    Ps 145:12
    I= &?:I0

    lo::43
    KO I J . 9
    EPs 145:s
    YPS 32 11

    PS 4 0 3
    Ps 6 8 3

    Php 4:4

    II

    "Lowest varts." In 8v the s ~ m emord i s here used as at 2 Peter


    2 : 4 ia S< 8ce 2 pet& 2 : 4, footnote c. b "Them," AlLIXI'gT ;
    ' r ~ ~ :SF.
    .

    Ps 1836
    UPS

    iF7
    'F;s:j,

    1624

    R e L1:13

    f~Iness,~
    Who have sharpened their tongue just like a
    sword,Y
    Who have aimed their arrow, bitter speech,^
    ' T o shoot from concealed places at someone
    ZPF 29;lO
    of integrity.""
    All of a sudden they shoot a t him and do olSal8:ll
    ?
    l S s 19:lO
    not fear.'
    2 ~ 15:14
    a
    They hold themselves down to bad speech;" t,E$11$$31
    They make statements about hiding trapsmoo i;!;?
    PRI M : ~
    They have said: "Who sees thern?jrb+ -Fs
    1Fl:ll
    They keep searching out unrighteous things;$ ; ;:
    1
    They have hidden a shrewd device well
    eg;!k;;
    1
    searched out,
    Da 6:4
    And the imvard part of each one, even vp,"335:59
    Isrr
    1
    LCO %:I5
    4:5
    [his] heart, is deep.'

    rFr 18:7
    Lu 19:22
    SNU

    64

    ,%2;~5
    LU 1321
    ~ P 57:4
    s
    -prB:le
    Pr -14
    zPs 11:Z

    But God will shoot at them with an arrow


    -De 32:23

    P s 7:12
    1Th 5:3
    1~lCh
    10:3
    I

    PSALMS 64 :7-65 :5

    235

    YICO 1 3 1
    ~a 6:le
    aPs s2:l
    Ps T6:2
    Fte I ~ : I
    *Ps 5 6 3 2
    Ps 7G:Ll
    Ec 5.4
    =Isa 65:24
    Isa G.23
    Ac 1(1:31
    IJo 5:14

    R o 723
    Ga 5:r7

    bps 79:9

    ~ s au: ~ s
    Joh 1.29
    IIeb 9.14

    tPs 81:4

    +PS%:70

    P s 84:1

    Ps 1334
    Ps 27,d
    PS 84:PO

    *PsIT15
    Ps 338
    Ps I 3 5

    Re 7 2 6
    ~ P 1.S1?2
    1Co 3 17
    I;De 141:21

    Ps 66:3
    R e 153
    Ee 16.5

    suddenly.*
    Wounds have resulted to thern,k
    And they cause one to stumble."
    [But] their tongue is against their own
    selves.'
    All those looking upon them will shake
    their head,
    ''And all earthling men will become afraid,s
    And t h e y will tell of the activity of Godt
    And they will certainly have insight into
    his worlr.ll
    And the righteouso one will rejoice in Jehovah
    and will indeed take refuge in him,v
    And aU the upright in heal? will b0ast.y
    To the director. A melody of David, A song.
    For you praise is keeping silent, 0 God,

    65

    inuon,.

    And t o you the vuw will be paid.'


    W Hearer of prayer, even t o you people of all
    flesh will come."
    Things of error have proved mightier than I

    am."

    As far our transgressions, you yourself


    will cover them.0
    4 H a p p p is the one you choose and cause to
    approach,'
    That he may reside in your courtyard^.^
    He will certainly he satisfied rviM the goodness of your house,"
    The holy pIace of your temple.'
    W i t h fear-inspiring things in righteousness
    you will answer us,Ic
    0 God of our salvatioqn
    The Trust of all the borders of the earth
    and those far away on the sea.r

    PSALMS 65 :6-13

    237

    236

    We is firmly establishing the mountains with


    sM1c 6:2
    his power;"
    Hnb 3:6
    tPs 93:l
    He is indeed girded with mightjness.t
    Isa 51:Q
    UPS m:9
    He is stilling the noise of the seas,"
    Ps lW:29
    The noise d their waves and the m o i l of &It R:Z6
    r V P e 2:X
    the national groups.'
    isa f7:I3
    BAnd the inhabitants of the uttermost parts Re 21:l
    ::Ps 2:8
    will be afraid of your signs;>'
    PS485
    P S 135:9
    The goings forth of the morning and eve- BIt
    W:30
    38:B
    ning you cause to cry out j o y f ~ l l y .rJob
    ~P s 19:5
    YOUhave turned your attention t o the earth, Ps 14&:3
    *De 11:2
    that you may give it abundance;*
    Job 37:5
    Ps m.9
    You enrich jt very muck
    Fs 104:14
    P s 147:s
    The stream from God is full of water."
    der 14:22
    Ac 14:17
    You prepare their grain,"
    ~ P46:4
    For that is the way you prepare the Re 22s:l
    AGe ?6:12
    earth.a
    Ps 1U4:E
    Ps 10737
    lo There is a drenching of its furrows, a leveling
    off of its clods;
    With copious showers you soften it; you
    CPs 147:s
    bless its very growth.{
    "
    You have crowned the year" withb your good- g w 4
    +Ps 5:12
    ness,"
    Ps 1034
    And your very tracks drip with fatness." ,
    :Ma1gF
    310
    l aThe pasture grounds of the wilderness keep
    Ro 1137

    The pastures have become clothed with '\J,";$;la


    CPr B : 2 3

    "The enrth." Literally, "it," 31; in the feminine gender, r1efel8ring

    to the earth, bd'1Tith." Literally, "of,"

    M.

    To the director, A song, a melody.


    Shout in triumph to God, all [YOU peoslCh 1693
    ple of] the earth.&#
    PS mil
    ? Make melody to t h e glory of his neuneat
    Ps 98.4
    Render his praise gloriousmu
    Ps 1 m 1
    PS 1 1 ~ 1 3 a y to Cod: "How fear-inspiring your works
    tPs 475
    PS 1023
    are!'
    Fs 10722
    "Because of the abundance of your strength
    Isa 12:~
    uNe 9.5
    your enemies will come cringing to you.^
    Ps 96:s
    VEX 1 5 : ~ ['AU [peopIe of] the earthb will ba~vdown to
    Ps 76:12 1
    Isa 2:19
    You,=
    Iaa 64:3
    "And they will make melody to you, they
    YPS m.14
    Ps 81:15
    will make melody to your name."" S e r b h ,
    zPs 22 27
    Come YOU and see the activities of God,"
    Da 7 2 4
    His dealing with the sons of menc is fearMa1 P : l l
    * h a 42:lO
    inspiring.
    NU 23:23
    has changed the sea into dry land;'
    ne 3 ~ : ; He
    ~
    Ps 126:3
    Through t h e river they went crossing over
    +PS66:s
    +Ex14:22
    on foot.
    PS 78:13
    Ps lOG:9
    There we began t o rejoice in him.@
    e E x 15 1
    'He is ruling by his mightiness to time inyDa4:34
    definite."
    mch 1 6 9
    PS 33.13
    Upon the nations his own eyes keep watch.#
    BPS 75:4
    Isa 37:29
    As for those who are stubborn, let them not
    nue 3243
    rRc 19.1
    show exultation against him." Xe'Zak.
    81% 25:29
    BIess our God, 0 YOU peoples,"
    AC 1728
    COl 3.3
    And cause the voice of praise to him t o be
    tlSa 2 9
    Ps 6 2 5
    heard.'
    PS 9 4 : ~
    PB 112:6
    He
    is
    setting
    our sould in
    uDe 8:2
    PY17:3
    And he has not allowed our foot to t0tter.t
    lo For YOU have examined us, 0 God;"
    Ma1 3:3
    You have refined us as when refining si1ver.V
    1PF 1 ;7

    66

    .Job =:a6
    dripping,"
    Ps 1ml:lQ
    And with jovEuIness the very hillso pird zPs72:3

    22-4
    And the iow plains themselves are envel-1nJoe
    7LC 9:17
    IPS96:11
    oped with grainVn
    P. 99.7
    hey shout in-triumph, yes, they sing.r $-$:$;

    PSALMS 66 :1-10

    I
    I

    brrAll[~oupeopleof]theearth?'Literdly,i'Oalltheearth,~~l.
    But the Hebrem verb with which it iq associated is in the plural
    nnmber. Compare 1 Mings 1 0 ; 24, footnotc a, b Cotnpare cerae I,
    footnote a,
    11, a.dam'. w"Soul.'' M, rleph'esh; LXX,
    psy.chd'; Tg, a'ni.nsrm. Or, ',among the l i ~ i n gones."

    PSALMS 66:11-20

    238

    You have brought us into a hunting net;s


    You have put pressure on our hips.=
    l a YOU have made mortal man to ride over our

    239
    P$,"71&6
    zDe 3-311

    *Isa n.:;1s

    head; *

    We have come through


    - fire and through
    3Isa 43:2
    ~ater,~
    1 T h 3:3
    And mu proceeded to bring- us forth -t o
    'EX S:X
    seiief ."l 3 I shall come into your house with whole burnt
    offerings ;
    cN
    PSe b
    n:19
    13~5
    ;Pr 7-14
    I shall pay to you my vowsS+
    -Ps21:29
    PS 56:12
    l q h a t my lips have opened up t o say3
    Ps 116:14
    EC9:4
    And that my mouth has spoken ~ ~ h eIrw7as
    r ?NU
    3Cl :a
    in sore straits."
    3g 11:35
    l 6 Whole burnt offerings of fatlings I shall offer 'GG",zg;io

    Up

    t 0 YOU,"

    2Sa
    1Sa 1:11
    2237

    ~ P 14:2
    S
    With the sacrificid smokeEof ramsck
    :Ps 114:4
    I shall render up a bulI with he-goats."$;;?:;
    Leg2
    Xe'lah.
    l v o r n e , listen, all YOU who fear God, and 3 will l 1 ? ~ & ?&
    relater
    What he has done for my soul.
    I r To him I called with my mouths
    Ps 51:3
    ps l16:I
    And there wasan extolling with my
    lf I have regarded anything hurtul in my tzolI"d"::
    uPr 4 2 3
    heart,"
    Jehovaha tviIl sot hear [me]."
    v~r
    ~ o1;:~s
    m
    b9
    lD
    Truly God has h e a r d , ~
    J O 21:13
    Pr
    ~a:31
    He has paid attention to the voice of my ,
    <$
    - -:i:?
    PS 31:6
    prayer.m
    P s 11G:l
    ?o Blessed be God, who has not turned aside my La 3:56
    mHeb 5:7
    22% ?:I5
    prayer,
    PS 51:11
    Nor his loving-kindnab from me."
    Ps %:I3

    l'Jehorah." L X V g S y T and x number of Hebrew manuuclipts;


    N. This is onc of the 134 passages whew tllc Jewish
    Sopherim chnngcd t h e primitive Hebrew text to rend d,do.rrray'
    instead of Y'ko.rcnhf. b Or, L 9 0 ~ Iovo."
    al

    d.rlo.ntryt,

    'Ps 28:9
    2Co 13:14

    PSALMS 67 :1-68 :4

    I To the director on stringed iush-uments. 9melody, n song.

    t?zhG1$X

    God himself will show us favor and bless


    us;*
    He will make his face shine upon usg9:;~
    S&hL
    AC 18:ZFj
    Ro 9 2 7
    'That your way may be known in the earth,*
    FPs 98.2
    Isa 49 6
    Your salvation even among all the nati0ns.O
    Eu 2.30
    +Ps 4527 "et
    peoples laud you, 0 God;'
    Ps 7491
    Let the peoples, all of them, laud you,"
    Isa 3819
    eps 67.5
    'Let national groups rejoice and cry out joy*De 32:43
    fully,"
    Isa 42:10
    Ro 15:lO
    For you will judge the peoples with uprightness*
    And, as for national groups in the earth,
    you will lead them.1E Xdhh.
    nPs 4517
    Let
    peoples
    laud you, 0 God;"
    Isa 38:19
    rPs 67:3
    Let
    peoples,
    all of them, laud you.'
    $Lo 26:1
    LC0 3.9
    The
    earth
    itself
    will
    certainly give its produce;$
    tGc 17.7
    Jer 31:33
    God,
    our
    God,
    will
    bless us.t
    uRe 15:4
    *xu 10:s
    God
    will
    bless
    us,
    2Ch 6 41
    Ps 7:6
    And all t h e ends of the earth will fear him,"
    LPs 59:11
    1sa 3 3 3
    Eze 12:14
    To the director. Of 33n-i-id. A melotly, a song.
    QP
    1R7.1Q
    - .- ---.-*ELZi7:5
    Let God arise,' let his enemies3 be scatnc T:ID
    Fs 21 :S
    tered:
    Ps 139:21
    EPs 37:N
    And
    let
    those who intensely hate him flee
    Isa 9:l8
    Ho 1 3 3
    because
    of him.*
    CPs 101:3
    +PS97.5
    'As
    smokec
    is
    driven away, may you drive
    3LIc 1.4
    @Ps M:16
    [them] away; '
    Is3 64::
    As wax melts because of the fire,'
    S a 1:6
    Re 6:16
    Let the wicked ones perish because of God.*
    ae 12 12
    But as for the righteous, let them rejoice,"
    PS
    IT^IOU
    5:16
    1
    *2Sa 22 47
    Let them be elated before God,#
    ~ P 4S3 4
    n E x 3:l-l
    And let them exult with rej0icing.k
    Eh 6:s
    :&:, Sing3 YOU to God, make melody to his name;"

    67

    Ps 1:G

    P$ 31:16
    P s 802
    I
    Ps 119'13':

    'j

    68

    '

    id

    PSALMS 68:5--10

    241

    240

    Raise up [a song J to the One riding through


    vS)e 33:1
    the desert plainsr
    Ps I R:l0
    As Jab,"' which is his name, and jubDate 'rx77:1L
    BPS B B : ~
    before him;a
    A father of fatherles* boys and a judge of 'pR
    t h 10:18
    widows'
    I%n1:ZJ
    Is Cod in his holy d~velling.~
    ~L ~~13.3
    I6:L
    r h
    God is cawing the solitary ones to dwell inb a1 I;;
    vlSn 1 5
    house;'
    He is bringing forth prisoners into full '.'''4'"
    SIW 61:l
    prosperity.'
    However, as for the stubbrn, they have to
    reside in a scorched land."
    5423
    0 God, when you went forth before your
    -.r 5.5
    people,'
    1gb'3:3
    When you marched through the desertu- -r.:
    ;?:la
    PR 11.1:7
    Se'lahI Inh 3.6
    11#*1>
    1228
    The earth itself rocked:
    11~
    11:lO
    ~
    Heaven0 itself also dripped because of Gad;Q - 1 ' 5 "+I:"
    This Sifnaia [rocked] because of God,+ the :LJ;i:l.
    I W GI:
    God of Israel?
    -ExJ 3.48
    " A copious downpour you began causlng to fall, !iy,,
    0 God;*
    Icn 4 5 : ~
    N. 1 1 : I l
    Your possession, even when it was weary- . Ip,;
    G?.!,
    =
    I ~ C
    11.11
    you j~ourselfreinvigorated it.*
    I
    la Your tent communityk-they
    have drvelt In ;:k,
    it;
    With your goodness you proceeded to
    make it ready for the afflicted one,
    1 1 D e 26:s
    O God."
    Lu 2:53
    1
    LA"

    '"Jnh."

    -.U

    11. TUB; this i s the first half of the divine tctrgmrnrnnhn


    YIImH nnd is ~ m a n i ~ n o umoognized
    sl~
    h ~ the
    - old srhoo!s to stnnd
    for the fuller form l-qho.roak', in its twenty-trro occuk'rmrrs in
    the 3 l e h 1 ~ wtext. It is distinguished by n point (snrtplrrk) in its
    second letter. See Exodus 15 : 2.footnote b. "Jchovnh," I,SSYVgXgT.
    ""Cattsing the eolilitarp ones to d114dl in,"' hl. Or, by n slight
    correction in the Hebrm rerb. "bringi~lghsck tlic solitnrp oneu to,"

    ;
    REX1520
    J S 5:I

    RTt';::,

    IF-. 3 1'25

    ::u 31:s

    Jwr 12.7

    J K !i.lrt

    ?n

    ,;;:;GI?;
    1% .W.24
    VJL: s 16

    ;rl

    PSALMS 68:11-17

    Jehovahn himself gives the saying;'


    The women telling the good news are a
    large arrnymM
    Even the khgs of ~ r m i e sff ee, they flee.t
    As for her who abides at home, she shares
    In thr? 5p0Hqu
    A1 though YOU men kept lying beh~eenthe
    [camp] ash heaps,av
    There will be the wings of a dove covered

    with silvery
    And its pinions with yelbmish-ween gold.==
    When the Almightyz Onea scatteredc abroad
    :E\l;::::t,
    Jn9 I1 LO
    the kings in it,*'
    .IK 2.;
    .1~.r2.5
    It
    began
    t o snowc in Zal'rn~n.~
    Ro l'Pl9
    E i .n 2 1_3 InThe mountainous regionq of Ba'shanho is a
    r-.,.: rJ1
    I 5 n 1 .IF1
    mountain of God;lF
    A J K n:.~n
    C I1*i
    78 rig
    The mountainous regions of Ba'shan is a
    Isa Xi
    mountain of peaks,'
    + l ) c . 3,lU
    h11c 7 14
    InWhy do YOU, O YOU mountains of peaks, keep
    PPr Ild8G
    watchIlig enviouslyQ
    ISO 2.3
    18'?:15
    The
    mountain that God has desfrcd for him
    *Tld 12.5
    1 ICl 9.3
    t o dwell in?*
    Ilch 12:22
    21 3
    Even Jehovah himself will reside [there]
    I<,/ h>> -;y 2
    fo r ~ v e r . ~
    YPR 7 d : l ~

    SPS 1w:n
    1:

    !;en

    ?I\! -.11
    ?l<i ,:.I-!
    1b.10

    r7.1

    7:w

    l i t G: 53
    1Et. 5 11
    I;<. ?I 10

    The war cl~ariotsof God are in tens of


    thousands, tl~ousands over and over
    agai11.k

    m''drltovnh,'' L,X.XTER~T;A.do.nnr,'.

    M; one of the 134 passages

    prinlitive Hebrew text to


    bOr, '+saldlelmg%"; or,
    "alrtlc~pl'olrls.''Thc ~~~raf~niny.
    ol' ~ I I P I l ~ b r ~word
    a is cot certain.
    a '.Gold." 11, hlrc~.rrrrr" "Tiir? Altr~ipE~ty
    One." .'IAI,Slrad.da'i. e Or,
    "'r;p~~ii(f."
    f''lt," i l l the for~~inincg t ' ~ r d ~rrd+m l i n g t o the land.
    Cbr, "The mountn~n,"11, httr. h "ISnt9hnn," .'\I Horr~rer,the enInl'gc~nvntof this ~flrse(15) by T rlors not n p c with the name
    "Hia'~Iirtn" hertb. I L'C:ncl.' 11, F:l.o.kinr'.
    \ ~ I C ~ . IIII~I
    '
    J ~ w i s t iSDIIIIPP~II~
    chnngd thc
    rcnd A.rlo.r~a!r' i l i 5 l r w t l of Y'llcl.tt-nk'.

    PSALMS 68: 18-23

    243

    242

    Jehovah* himseIf has come from Si'nai"",fg723


    rPs 4i:5
    into the s a n c t u ~ r y . ~
    Xsn 6:1
    aJg 5:lz
    l T o u have ascended on high;=
    Egh 4:8
    IJcr 43:l.Z
    You have carried away captive^;^"
    tKph 4.11
    You have taken gifts': in the form of men,ct ;gt:fJ
    Yes, even the stubborn ones,u to reside ALu24:47
    c 9:13
    [among them],v 0 Jaha God."
    ITI 16 2 3: ~
    ICO
    Ig Blessed be Jehovah,a svho daily carries the
    v?m$2;6
    load for us,y
    I~ E p h
    1:3
    The [true] Godf of our salvation.ozSe'lah. 1 $:
    :5'i6;'3
    a 0 The [true] Godf is for us a Godg of saving "~~;,2::,2,
    acts,*

    k l K i 2238
    2Ki 9:33
    Re 1918
    nPs 2 4 3
    I

    ~ P 3S5 2 3
    Ac q:34

    And t o JehovahC the Sovereignn Lordh be- ~ P S71:s


    ADe 32:39
    long the ways outi from death."
    Ps lLg:18
    " Indeed God himself will break the head of his gh&ig
    enemies in pieces,*
    +PS
    H a110:~
    b 13
    T11e hairy crown of the head of anyone -PS
    Eze5x23
    1826
    ' E s n ,5330
    walking about in his g~iltiness.'~
    > N U 21:L?
    Z a Jehoxrahj has said: "From
    Ba'shan I shall xg:;::;i
    bring backje
    Isa Z:IO
    Jer 23:R
    "I shall bring [them] back fromk the depths n ~ zt1 : n
    U P S 5S:IO
    of the sea,'
    Isa 633
    Ro 16:20
    2a 'lIn order that you may washT your foot in
    mh
    Re 6:10

    i
    4

    3Pr 1:16

    "Jchor-ah," BgSy ; I.da.nay', ILT; one of the 134 pnssnges where


    the Jewish Sopherim altered the p r i ~ n i t i v c W c l l r e ~text to rear1
    A.rlo.?la!y' in p l ~ ~
    of eYV~o.woht,
    b "Jehovah himself has come fro111
    Sirnai," acr.ording to the priruitive orthngral~hy of the Hebrew
    text. In 31 t h e words have been divided t o rend : "A.cla.~aay' is mriong
    them, n t Si'nai, in the snnctuary," in apcelnent ~ ~ LXX'l'gS7.
    t h
    C Literally, '.in men [IT,
    n.dam'] J' d "Jah." See versc 4, footnote a .
    9 r'God." XI, El.o.hinr'. f "The [true] God." 11, ha-31. Sea Psaliti
    18:32, footnote a. g I'God." h i , El. h &'Jehavnhthe Sorereign L o ~ d . "
    31, T%o.zcdlrr d.do.lanyf. Co~npare Qel~esis15 : 2, footnotes e,
    i Or, "e3capes.'~ J "Jehorsh>' See verse 11, footnote a. k "Prom,
    MSy; "tl~rough,'~LXXTgT, 1 TTash,'' b>- n correction of 31, t o
    cowcspond ~r+,ratli L X I V g S y ,
    a

    rlCh 13:s
    SIC^ i5:15

    Re 14:2
    rEx 15:20
    J1134

    IS:^

    18~

    "That the tongue of your dogs may have


    its portion from the enernies."lC
    2 4 They have seen your processions, 0 God,"
    The processions of my God,&my King, into
    the s a n ~ t u a r y . ~
    a6 The singers went in front, the players on
    stringed instruments after thernJs
    In between were the maidens beating tam-

    Ps 14S:12
    UPS

    bourines,t

    26:12

    ~ o ya:aa
    e

    yGe 42:32
    Y . W X
    12s 0 : 2 1
    1ch 27:12

    PSALMS 68:24--31

    YG

    In congregated throng$ bless

    YOU

    God,"

    Jehovah, [ O YOU who are] from the Source


    of IsraeLv
    zJer b:l
    27 There is little Benjamin" subduing t h e r n , ~
    g t s a 1:2s
    The princes" of Judah with their shouting
    ~ro!vd,~
    pIsa 9:1
    The princes of Zeb'u.lun,p the princes of
    'gze 483
    Naph'ta.li.:"
    Z ~ 7:lzU
    2 C l l z . " 2E Your God has laid command upon your
    Ne 12:32
    der 2.12
    strength."
    w s 44:4
    Do
    show strength, 0 God, you who have
    eps
    Ps 47:9
    713
    acted for US.*
    AC 3 : ~
    2o Because of your ternpIe at J e r u ~ a l e m , ~
    :1Ch ?=lo
    Kings will bring gifts to you yourself.+
    ZCII 6:2
    1
    ~
    0 Rebuke the wild beast of t h e reeds, the assem?Ch 3223
    Ezr 7.13
    bly of bulls,cH
    Ne 2:s
    P s 72 10
    With the calves of the peoples, each one
    TZSa 8:s
    stamping down on pieces of silver."
    -?Sa ~ : 2
    He has scatteredd the peoples that take de=PS 120:7
    Iight in fights.*
    thingse will come out of Egypt;U
    kg; g
    O
    ;i 31 Bronzeware
    Cushf itself will quickly stretch out its
    nPs S8:9
    hands [with gifts] to G0d.n
    Ira 6k14
    -

    "God." 11, El. b "In ec-clersi.aa,"ZXXVg. Literally, L'13~~verf~


    ones," N. ""He has scattered," >IT: ['Scatter,'' LXIVgSy,
    ' ' ~ ~ o n ~ e r r athings."
    se
    31, hhush.man.~irn'; LXXT-gSy, "Ambassadors." The Eebrerr word is of uncertain meaning. f "Gush,!! XYy;
    "E.thi.orpi.a,:' L X S V g .
    a

    PSALMS 68 :3 2 - 4 9 :4

    244

    245

    kingdomsGof t h e earth, sing to GodJP:g," $74,


    PS 100:1
    Make meIody t o Jehovahas-Ss7uL
    Re 15:4
    s3 To the One riding on the ancient heaven of
    8;;
    t PS 15 10
    hea~ens.~
    LQ! he sounds with his voice, a strong Pa 10k25
    UPS m18
    v0ice.u
    JOh 12:2a
    R% 1132
    " ASCRIBEstrength t o G0d.v
    vtCh 15:28
    Over Israel his eminence is and his strength
    pDe 3326
    is in the clouds.~
    3s God is fear-inspiring out of your grand sanc32

    YOU

    tuary.bz
    zDe
    Ne 1:5
    721
    The God of Israelc he is, giving strength,
    *PS 2 9 : ~
    even might to the people.'
    Isn 4031
    Blessed be God."
    Zec 10:lZ
    Php 423
    PPs 7218
    To the director on Thc LiliesndA Of David.
    LPS 45 Sup
    Ps 60 Sup
    Save me, 0 God, for the waters have PS 80 SUP
    come clear t o the soul.e0
    ;Ps
    PS 4
    18:4
    2:7
    ha432
    = 1 have sunk dom7n in the mire of the abyss za3.53
    where- there is no standing ground.'
    Jon
    ~e 12:3
    2~5

    ce;9T~:gI

    69

    I have come into deep waterqm


    And a flowing streamf itself has washed
    me away."
    I have become tired by my calling out;"

    M y throat has become hoarse.1~


    M y eyes have failed while waiting for my

    God."
    Those hating me without a cause have become
    even more than the hairs of my head.'

    .PS
    Jerm:2
    385

    @Eze27;=
    ZPS 32:~
    h l t 7.25

    *PS
    PS22:z
    6:6
    Heb 5:7

    kPs 22:W

    oh 19:28

    nDe 25:32
    Ps 25:21

    2%gii23
    i55g5

    "Jehovah;' SyT; A.do.nay', 31; one of the 134 passages where the
    Jewish Sopherill1 changed the primitive Hebrew text to read Adonay' instead of YEho.~ursk'.b "Grand snmctuary." Literally, "sanetuarieu," M. = "The God [El] of Israel," as in LXXTgSy(T); or,
    "To IaraeL" a See the superscription of Psalm 46, footnote f. Or,
    "life." 31, neph'esla; SyT, naph'ska; L J U , gsy.chdf; Yg, arni.nka.
    f"Flowi11g stream.'' 11, aRib.bo'leth.

    LIPS17!3
    Ps 44:20
    7;im 8:14
    vPs 38:8

    J e r 16!17

    yPs 25:3

    I.;a 4933
    ZPS35:23
    Ac 4.24
    *Ex 12 11

    1Ch 17:24

    Ts 24.10
    W o 14:15
    1co 8:1a
    r2Sa 2 3 3
    PY72:18

    h c 33:17

    CPS 22,6
    PS 4 4 : u

    Jer 15.15

    +1sa 53:3
    %It 26:67

    L u 23:ll
    5.10
    1z:x

    DTr
    ZPS

    rrPs 7S.25
    Wit 2658

    Those bringing me t o silence, being my enemies for no reason, have become numerous.s
    What I had not taken by robbery T then
    proceeded to give back.t
    0 God, you yourself have come to know my
    foo3ishnessju
    And from you my own guiltiness0 has not
    been hidden,"
    0 may those hoping ih you not be ashamed
    because of me,r
    0 Soveyeignz Lord Jehovaha of armies.'
    0 may those seeking you not be humiliated
    because of me,c
    0 God of Israel."
    ? For on your account I have borne reproach,@
    Humiliation has covered my face.'
    I have become one estranged t o my brother^,^
    And a foreignero t o the sons of my mother."
    For sheer zeal for your houseC has eatenp me

    rps 119:zz
    "?Sa.17:28
    10:21
    .To h 7:5
    CIsa 33:19 lQ
    *1Kl 19:10
    Mr 1195

    J o h 217
    kRo 1 5 3
    n P s 109:24
    Lu 7:33
    rPs 102:8

    DIsa 14:4

    sPs =:I3
    Isa 20:2
    tne 2s:a-r

    Ps 44:14

    PSALMS 69:5-12

    UP,"
    And the very reproacheso of those reproaching you have fallen upon me.k
    And I proceeded to weepc with the fasting of
    m y sou1,"
    But it came t o be for reproaches to menr
    When I proceeded to make sackcloth my

    clothing,"

    Then I came to be t o them a proverbial"


    saying.'
    l2 Those sitting in the gate began concerning
    themselves about me,"
    And [I was] the subject of t h e songs of
    drinkers of intoxicating liquor.'

    "Sor*eseign Lord Jehovah,!' 31. B.ilo.wa71' P"ho.zc?'hJL'. Sce Psrtlru


    65 :20, footnote h. Compare Uenesis 15 : 2, footnotes c, f .

    PSALMS 69:13-20

    l 9 u t as for me, my prayer rras to you, 0

    yfl!lz?

    Jehovah,Y
    ZYFO 6.2
    At an acceptable time, 0 God.Z
    In the abundance of your loving-Mnclnessn
    anstvey me with the truth of s~lvation
    *Pa40:lO
    by YOU.
    RCI15:8
    Deliver me from the mire, that I may not sink,
    ~ P40.2
    U
    dorvn.'
    1 Jrbr 3klh
    0 may I he delivered from those hntitlg
    me" and from the deep waters,
    'PLU
    I 2ti:m
    1~:l.l
    I0Q may not the flowing stream of waters wash
    :;5
    I

    me a??'ay,'
    M5!r
    F I.I+.M
    1'l.x1
    *I->B 4 ! : :
    Nor the abyss swallo~vme up,"
    s : t I-"
    !l{i) IS*::
    Nor the well dose its mouth over me."
    .Ia.: SG.10
    lnArmswer me, 0 Jehovah, for your Ioving- 2;;::;
    *I.-? x . 7
    kindnessa is good.'
    1's F.'! 3
    According ta the multitude of your mercies1
    kPa zs:ln
    turn to me,k
    1's $3 :I
    I7And do not conceal your face from your mlr;:lfi
    nP#I N
    servantmn
    Pg m a
    Because I arn in sore straits, answer me M t ~ : - c e
    If1

    quickly."

    ITS

    4n:xn

    Y[t 2G,37
    nJoh ri'>R
    1% 3::.1

    I 8 D o come near t o my soul, reclaim itir


    On account of m y enemies d e e m me.'
    " You yourself have come t o know my reproach I:!;',.
    and my shame and my humiliation." t118,c;
    All those showing hostility to me are In ;I:;;;%!
    r.1011h..10
    front of y0u.v
    Reproach itself has broken my heart and [the
    1'P%
    42:lO
    wound] is incurable,Y
    Mt 25::M
    "Oh '""
    And I kept hoping for someone t o sym%PA142:rl
    pathize but there was
    .loh Ili:32
    And for comforters but I; found none.'
    'aJr ~
    3,:ac;
    ~)'~
    ='+

    Or, L'loyt~lIoI*~."

    PSALMS 69 :21--31

    247

    216
    ZJer 8:14
    Jer 9:15
    3:t 27:H
    L3Ir 1536
    Lu 23:X
    Juh 19:?9
    CP<7F:IZl
    (Pr3:3!
    3Ial 2:2

    l?o 11.9
    *Im8::4
    1Pc 2:s
    rnIia6:P
    T.:n 29:10
    3It 13:14
    Joh 1 2 ~ 3 0
    A c 28%
    .nu 2 8 : ~ s "
    Xnx 27 :3
    Jcr 31.13
    ? O ll:!l3

    =3EtT)S:TS

    41L 2 3 : z

    Re 1G:l

    ttil-c 1 %
    rljCF

    772

    3:t 23:B

    1:L 24:?
    r X c 1:10

    alsa 5 3 4

    2ee 137

    t3lr 15:31
    LIE'.:R:32

    Ps 81:13

    31t 23:31

    vIsa B:10
    P.0 1D:3

    y Ex

    3233

    Re 3.5

    zlsR 4:3
    Eze 129

    Lu 10:a
    T h p 4:3
    P.c 138

    *Ps40:17

    me."
    30

    ZX:?
    BP.: 34!3

    LPS

    31

    +P.sw:13

    see;'''

    And cause tkelr very hips to wobble con-

    stantly.'
    Pour out upon them your denunciation,"
    h d m8y your own b~arn1n.ganger overtake
    them.k
    25 Let their ivalld camp became desolate;"
    In their tents may there come to be no
    dwel1cr.l
    'Tor the one whom you yourself have struck
    they h ~ v epursued,.'
    And the pains of those pierced by you they
    keep recountin g,t
    =: Do give error upon t l ~ e i rerror,u
    And may tl~eynot come into your righteousness.v
    z9Let them be blotted out of the book of the
    living ones,cr
    And with the righteous ones may they not
    be written in."
    2p But I am afnicted and aching.'
    May your 011'11 ~~Ivafion,
    O God, p~otect

    Jpa R3:2

    T l t 25:36
    OPi 80:98

    But: for food* they proceeded to gfve [me]


    a pisonous p l ~ n t , " ~
    And f ~ my
    r thirst they trled to make me
    riff n k vinegar."
    k t their table"' before them become a trap,@
    And what is for their welhre a snare:
    Let their eyes become darkened so as not to

    I will p r ~ i s ethe name of God with song,"


    And I mill rnngnlfy him with thanksgiving.+
    This will also he more pleasing to Jehovah

    than a bull,'

    l'n~~t
    into the hrl*r,d o f consola-

    Or, '%read of consolntion." b 010.


    tion Zhq procecd~rt to put poinulr."
    a

    Or, "bonk of life.'"

    PSALMS 69:3%70: 4

    248

    249

    PSALMS 70:5-71 :7

    I
    Than a young bull displaying horns, split- @g&t$r5
    And may they say constantly: "Goda be
    *Ps B:27
    1Pe 2:5
    ting the hoof."
    magnified!"-those loving your salvaPs 40%
    ~ P25:9
    s
    Lu 1:46
    tion."
    "'The meek ones will certainly see [it] ; they 2
    I
    k2Sa 17:29
    Ps 40:17
    Isa 61:l
    But
    I
    am
    aZAicted and poor."
    will rejoice."
    P S 109:?2
    Joh 1622
    nPs 141:l
    O
    God,
    do act quickly for medn
    You who are seeking God, let YOUR heart # ~ ~ 2 2 : 2 6
    rPs 6929
    Isa 5 5 3
    PFS13:l
    You
    are
    my help and the Provider of esalso keep alive.#
    Mt 5:s
    Heb l0:3?
    Mt 2257
    t2Kl
    l8:5
    cape
    for
    me.'
    3s For Jehovah is listening to the poor ones,k ~ P 10:17
    S
    1Ch 3:20
    0 Jehovah, do not be too latey
    Ps 31:l
    And he will indeed not despise his very own $:
    u lsa 4527
    prisoners.an
    Jer 1::18
    Ln you, 0 Jehovah, I have taken refuge.'
    Isa 4:1s
    LU
    66:2
    Ro 9:33
    nPs
    107:ln
    " Let heaven and earth praise him,'
    rZSa
    18:7
    0 may I never be ashamednu
    Ps 1=:7
    2 ~ i9:a
    a
    The seas and everything moving about in FZil,l
    I C o 10:13
    your righteousness may you deliver me and
    YPS34:15
    AC 12:7
    them.a
    provide me with escape.v
    Ps 116:2
    Eph 3:l
    zPs
    31 :3
    Re a:lo
    35 For God himself will save Ziont
    IncIine to me your ear and save me?
    Pr 1 K : l V
    rPs 86:11
    &PsB t : Q
    Isa 48:13
    And will build the cities of J u d a h , ~
    "ecome to me a rock fortress into which to
    R e 7:3
    Re 7:12
    c2$4
    22:P
    And they will certainIy dwell there and
    enter always."
    Ps 18:2

    71

    ;g:sl;s
    102:13
    g:I'4B1521
    "::?2
    S : ~

    take possession of it.by


    s6 And the offspringCof his servants themselves

    Ps -14.1:2
    a2sa l s : n

    PS

    will inherit it,by


    And those loving his name will be the ones

    2Sa 17:12
    W 17:9
    Ps 59:l
    P s 140:l
    bZSa 19:9
    M t 26:48

    UPS
    YOS

    ,
    :;; g;z
    yIsa 6 1 3

    to reside in it.bs

    'Ps 39:7
    Ro 15:13
    EFs .73:28

    Is&66:22
    Mt 5:5
    ~t 25:34
    zPs 9124
    Jas 132

    To the director. Of Darid, to bring to remembrance."


    O God, to deliver me,O

    70 those

    (BPS 35 :23

    r l S a 16:13
    1Sa 17:45
    Pr 2 Z : B

    Rc 7:15

    OJehov,vah,tomyhelpdamakehasteP ;$y4;~;;
    be ashamed and abashed who are ;&7+;1$
    PS 6:lo
    seeking my souLeo
    'PS 35"4
    May those turn back and be humiliated who p.h2&
    are taking delight in my calamity.'
    ~ P SE:ZI
    Fs 40:15
    a May those go back by reason of their shame me 25:3
    Eze 26:2
    who are saying: "Aha, aha!"@
    Ezc 36:2
    May those exult and rejoice in you, all of whom "g59;::2
    La 361:10
    Isa
    25
    are seeking you,"

    Lu 2 4 0
    Lu 2:49
    2Tt 3:15
    *Ps 22:9
    L u 1:35
    kPs 133:15
    Lu 1:31
    nPs M : l
    Eph 5:20
    olsa 8:18

    May

    '

    Or, L'th~se
    of his who are prisoners." b
    in the feminine gender, referring to the land. =Literally, "seed," M. Coiupare the
    superscription of Psalm 38. Or, "life.>?11, ncph'esh; LXX, psyche'; Trg, crJni.naa.

    r2Sn 19:s

    Iso 8:18
    Zec 3:s
    L U 2:M

    SPS62:7

    Jer 16:19

    You must command t o save me,'


    For you are my crag and my s f ~ o n g h a l d . ~
    ' 0 my God, provide me with escape from the
    hand of the wicked one,"
    From the palm of the one acting unjustly
    and oppre~sively.~
    For you are m y hope,' 0 SovereignmLord
    Jeh~vah,~'my confidence from my
    youth."
    Upon you I have supported myseIf from t h e
    belly ;*
    You are the One severing me even from
    the inward parts of my rn0ther.k
    In you my praise is constantly."
    have become just like a wondeP to many
    people,=
    But you are my strong refuge.s

    "God," JILXXSy. El.o.himt, M; "Jeho~ah," Bg; "The glory of


    Jehorsh," T; "Jch~rah,'~
    many Hebrew manuscripts. See Psalm
    42: 1, footnote b. b "Sovereign Lard Jehovah.'? &I,d.do.nay' Yelzo+cihf. See Psalm 60 : 6, footnote a.
    a

    PSALMS 11:%I8

    Until I may tell about your arm t o the


    generation,"
    To all those who are to come, about your
    mightiness."
    ' T o u r righteousness, 0 God, is u p to the

    ' tP" 51:15


    your p r a i ~ , ~
    Heb 1315
    UPS3
    5
    :
    s
    All day long with your beautynl
    Ps 145:2
    %2127
    Do not throw me away in the time of old age;' ~Ps2 92:14
    Phm 9
    Just as m y power is faillna do not leave me.,' yPSa
    1%35
    73:21i
    For my enemies have said in rcgnrd t o me,z Fs
    Ps B0:10
    And the very ones keeping wntcl~for my Ec 12:3
    W.12
    soul have jointly exchnnged counsel," z2Sa
    4:t 28:4
    *
    :
    s
    x
    17:l
    l 1 Saying: "God himself hns Iett h i m c
    3:t 26:1;5
    2
    "Pursue and catch him, for there is no CF', 4':ITC:ll

    My mouth

    i s filled with

    ?'

    cie1iverer~jA

    0 God, do not keep far away from me,'


    "I

    height; '

    >It 2i:43
    32 13

    a:ri1

    L7a 2 1 5

    >It 27:12
    O my God, do hurry to my help.'
    4Fs 3 : 2 1
    *I"s 22:11
    MRY those be ashamed, may those come t o
    1723
    their end, svho are resisting m y soul.- z2Sn
    $It 27:5

    11ny those cover themselves nBi


    th reproach
    2 %ls:9
    and humiliation \vlzo are seeking calam- 1I ~Psrn:%
    , #La 3:26
    ity for me."
    i nPs %.28
    >it 6:33
    " But as for me, I shall wait constantly,*
    R o 10:s
    And 11~i31add to all your psaise.
    I r P 95.1
    Lu 3 :69
    l3 My own mouth will recount your righteous- m?210
    APS40:s

    ness,
    Ps 130:1'1
    All day long your salvation,^
    ~PP. 2821
    ~
    1
    S1 : ~
    For I have not come t o know the numbers ;F
    ;E~
    ;; P _3::6
    ~
    [of them] .&
    llFh %:'?
    shall conle in grand mightiness,t 0 Sovcr- V P E ~ I : I - ~
    RI) 1:I7
    eignu Lord Jehovah;'"
    Ro 10.3
    I shall mention your righteousness, y o ~ s , , $ ~ ~ & ' ~ ~
    1%71:5
    al0ne.v
    ' P r 22%
    mP3119:n
    " 0 God, you have taughtc me from my youth
    on,p
    X I % 17:35
    QK1 1:39
    And until now I keep telling nbout your
    lCLl 22.12
    PS 6656
    a*onderftdtvorks."
    ICLI :"~:II)
    2<*1t I 10
    And even untiI old age end gray-headeclness, '7&7::5
    11Vb 1
    Ps 33%
    0 God, do not leave me,'
    Ps TL:B

    :zz;

    .hSorerc.igu Lord Jehovalr." A$, A b d l - ~ , ~


    Fnlro,~uik',
    ~~'
    See verse 5,
    fnolilnte

    11.

    PSALMS 71:19--72:1

    251

    250

    As respects the great things that you have


    done,+
    0 God. ivho is like you?
    =%cause you have made meo see many distresses and calamities,'
    May you revive Inen again;"
    And from t h e surging !vatersV1of the earth
    may you again bring me up,k
    M s y you enlarge m y greatnessn
    And may you surl'ottnd [and 1 comfort me.'
    T': tm, I shall laud you on an instrument, a
    stringed hstrumentlm
    As regards your tlrreness, 0 my Godt
    I will make melody t o you an the harp,' 0
    Holy One of I s r a ~ l ~ u
    My lips will cry out joyfully when I am inclined to make melody to you,f
    Even my soul that YOU have xedeemd,?y
    ='Also my own tongue, a11 day long, wlll utter
    in an undertone your rig!~teousness,~
    For they have become nsharned, for they
    have become abashed, who are seeking
    calamity for me.'
    Regarding P n l u ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ i .

    72 0 God,
    to

    give your otvn j~diciaFdecisions

    ~ I W king,'

    l+X1c~,'"nll~~R~'filnLSS'i'Tg8y;
    L L ~ p . ? ' I l T , b lrThr ~ n r g i ~
    ~vnters,"
    ~x
    Or, ' L t l ~l ~n - i ) r i e ~ocenns,"
    nl
    By a corrcrtion of R f , 'blllc 1 n n . 1 ~( l o w ~ ~ t )
    p ~ b , ~' I'Ant l ' ( ; h l t ~ li3: n,

    PSALMS 72 : 2-10

    252

    253

    And your righteousness t o the son of the AL:izi;7


    LU 3:22
    king.*
    ClKl38
    W a y he plead the cause of your people with ;Z?~I:::;:
    righteousnessP
    +IKI 328
    And of your afflicted ones rvith judicial 2:::"2::'7'
    decision.'
    ~ PS
    P S6932
    SZ:IO
    Let the rnountainsP carry peace0 to the people," Ep,",
    \;$:
    Also the hills,P through righteousness."
    gj?,
    Let him judge' the afflicted ones of the people," OPS 8 2 ~
    k
    H
    e
    b
    Let him save the sons of the poor one,k .,2:14 2 : S
    And let him crush the defrauder.n
    rFs
    D~ X2 : S
    4 4: ~
    They \viLIa fear you as long as there is a sunbgr$
    ;;
    And before the moonGfor generation after SE; y;y

    A;;*

    generation.^^

    Re 11:15

    He will descend like the rainDupon t h e mown


    grass,f
    Like copious showers that wet the earth.du
    In his days the righteous onee will sprout,'
    And the abundance of peace until t h e moon
    is do rn0re.f~
    A And he wiU have subjects from sea t o seaz
    And from the Riverg" t o the ends of the
    earth.'

    C F s 135:7
    t ~ 32:2
    ,

    Pr 19.D

    ~ 2 S 23.4
    a

    ;'::;:,l,<t

    ;,C,"Z9.9
    Isa 9:6
    Lu 2:14

    ;g:gz
    zec g:ao
    Re 7:8

    *Fs80:11
    re-,lli:;?,
    OPS 1 0 4 : ~
    APs 2:s

    him the inhabitants of waterless


    gionsh will bow do~vn,l:
    And his very enemies wilI lick the dusF
    MIC7:17
    itself ."
    LU 1 9 : n
    The kicgs of Tar'shish and of the isIandsio- 01x1lo:n
    ZCh 9:21
    Tribute they will pay.+
    Isa 4 k 7
    +
    m
    p1s ~610:14
    8i : s
    The kings of She'ba and of Se%aea Or, i'Let them." b Liternlly, "fear you ~ i t h
    the sun," M. Liter-

    "efore

    1-1117,'.for the generation of pnerations," >I. d Literally, "a ~ e t t i n g


    (maist~ning)of the ea~~th,"AT. "The righteous one," M ; "righteousness," LXXTgSy nnd three B e b r e ~ vmannsc~ipts.t"Until the
    moan is no more," &I; "until the servants of the moon are de-

    stroyed," T, g "Rirer," XZXXVgSg; "Eu.phra'tes," T. Or, "the


    demons." 1 Or, "c~astlanrls.'~

    *PS z:ra
    Isa 49:23

    PSALMS 72:11-18

    A gift they will present."


    IIAnd to him all t h e kings will prostrate themseIves,"
    All the nationso themselves will serve him."
    lg For he will deliver the poor one crying for
    help,n
    Also the affiicted one and whoever has no

    1'"

    He wk%zyiorry for the lowly one and t h e


    poor one's
    And the soulsa of the poor ones he will
    save.'
    T i t 2:14
    From
    oppression and from vioIence he wiU
    rPs Il6:13
    1Th 2:15
    redeem
    their soul,^
    R e 6 :10
    And their bIood wiII be precious in his
    Re 175
    yPs 21:4
    eyes.v
    J O 1~.1:19
    Is And let him livey and t o him Iet some of the
    Q',"13ji8
    DPsu9:ln
    gold0 of She'ba be givenz
    zlK1 10:l(l
    nt 1242
    And in his behalf let prayer be made con'1K18:45
    stantly ;'
    ~t 21:9
    JOh 1 4 : ~
    A11
    day long let him be blessed.o
    1Co 1:2
    There
    will come to be plenty of grain on the
    "$%
    2Pe 3.18
    earth;"
    A I s a a0:23
    On the top of the mountains there will be
    9ISa 2:2
    sxt 1199
    tLu 2:m
    Joh 3 3 6
    rtPs 25.22
    M t 20:28
    Lu 158

    5:s

    Ma1 310

    *Ps 92:n

    &Re 7:16
    xPs 45:17
    Php 210
    GPS 9 2 3

    p'i@PS
    ";,:9 1G9:13
    kGe 22:18
    2Co 5 3 8

    ~ L 1:48
    u
    IT1 6.15
    rPs I1:13
    O E c 127
    SEX15:11
    Ps Ti:14
    Ps 136:4
    D a 4:a
    a

    EUI o v e r f l ~ w . ~

    His fruit will be as in Leb'a-non,'


    And those who are from the city will blossom like the vegetation' of the earth.@
    IT Let his name prove to be to timeo indefinite;"
    Before the sun Iet his name" have increase,*
    And by means of him let them bless themselves;
    Let all nations pronounce him happy."
    Blessed be Jehovah God, Israel's God,"r
    Who alone is doing wonderfuI rvorka."

    "Souls." M, n~ph'esh (plural); L X X , p9y.ehEf; Vg, rs'Prni.naca.

    I
    ,I

    And Messedr be his glorious name to time indefinite,t


    And let his glory fill the whole earth.u
    Amen and Amen.av
    20 The prayers o
    f David, the son of J e s k , have
    come to their enr2.y
    r5

    y-e

    II

    7 3for
    =

    God Is indeed good t o Israel, t o those

    zdob 2214
    PS 10:11
    Ps 94:7
    Eze 8:1?
    *Ps4421
    P s 1394

    APs

    12:l

    1754

    FS3235.

    earth,
    Therefore he brSngs his people back hither,
    And the %vatelms
    of one that is full are
    drained out f o r them?
    And they have said: 'Wow has Goda come to
    know?n
    "And does there exist knowledge in the
    Most High ?"*
    Look! these Rrr! the wicked, who Rre at ease
    indefinitely.7
    They have increased [their] means of

    maintenance."
    vain that I h ~ v ecleansed my
    heartP
    And that 1 wash my hands in innocence

    : Surely It is in
    puE:l;A
    Jas 5:;

    C J O ~
    34:s

    J n b .15:3

    >it41 3-14
    +i?s l : J
    Ps X:6

    itself.'
    And I came t o be plagued ~ l day
    l long,"
    And my correction 1s every morning."
    YJob7 9 8
    ~5 9 4 : s
    If I had sald; "'Imill declare Ilke them, 'Look!
    Heb 1 2 : 5
    w r m:12
    the generation of your sons,' ""
    3uh 8 3 9
    I shauld have acted trencherous1y.k
    k j o h 6.iJ
    And I kept considering so ns t o know this;"
    n=
    B.O 11,s
    8:i;
    rLu 18:It was a trouble jn my eyes,'
    16,iS
    l'Until I proceeded t o come into the grand
    O P s Q6:6
    sanctuary' of God.n9
    BPS m:-l
    P s Fkr!
    I
    nrantccl
    to discern their futul*eat
    tps 37%
    Jer 5;;tl I S Surely on slippery ground is where you place
    uDe 32%
    them.11
    rs3 3 : ~
    Jer 23312
    You have made tllern fall t o ruins.v
    VPS 9 2 3
    lIn 0 how they have become an object of astonc+,,"i:'93
    y3bn 30:13
    ishment as in a moment!^
    1% 8:s
    RC 18:lu
    [How] they have reached their end, have
    J ~4
    S:s
    PCc 12 :17
    E~ 11:1

    men.d

    uTherefore haughtiness has senred as a necklace to them;"


    Violence envelops them as R garmental
    Their eye has b~rlgpdfrom fatness;
    hey have ex&ded the imaginations of 8yL:;?fg
    11Z'T+
    's ;:{.I2 1 0
    the heart.s
    ~ I I ~ : XI 14)
    They scoff and speak about rvl~atf s bad:t
    1 I<I 21 :7
    About defrauding they speak in R n elevated krT::;ln
    styk"
    VT.:X G:2
    *?'-15
    O They
    have put their mouth in the very mbi
    i,il $Ti

    J LlUV I11

    footnote c. b Or, "bwn 1011rei1rmt.''


    "Other men." 31, rr.r!ent 1,

    2324

    OJer

    clean in heart.'
    As
    me, m y feet had almost turned asidr,"
    M y steps had nearly been made t o slip."l'
    For I became envious of the boasters,
    [When] I tvouM see the very peace of
    wicked people.+
    For they have no deathly pangs;*
    And their paunch is fat."
    They are not even in the trouble of mortnl
    man,c'
    And they are not plagued the same as other

    a 6er YsnIm U:13,


    ~lllll.'' 31, c.ncjdr'.

    And their tongue itself 1va2ks about in the


    lo

    BOOK THREE
    (Psdms 73 - SO)
    it mclotiy of h'snp11,'"

    PSALMS 73 : 1 G 1 9

    255

    "3frwtol
    a

    fiG~a.,' Lt, 231.

    PSALMS 73:20-28

    been brought to their flnish through


    st~cIdent e r r o l ~ ! ~

    xNulli:jZ

    J O 1~5 : 3

    A l C h 639
    r n ~1
    s0:1
    PS 4 2 3

    f I I L 5:1i

    a dream after awaking, O J e h ~ v a h , ~- t T"g m a


    \%%enone arouses oneself you despise their n\?i:+??!

    eo Like

    PSALMS 74 :1-9

    237

    256

    J!'::C
    7 20
    very image."
    t:. H -77:1
    For my heart was soureda
    ~I+!
    J I 73::)
    ~ 1(;:13
    F!
    And in my kidneys I was sharply pained,+ 'I,~,~,',,i~l
    q Y And
    I was unreasoning and I could not "/:;i;;;;
    IS:L.
    :I.IS
    ]<now;*
    *(:c' 5.74
    I
    ;
    H
    I became as mere beasts from your stand- I v jl;:n
    1 {!):I8
    point.B
    I l ~ 13!5
    h
    m:*=. R ~ : I ;
    But 1 am constantly with you;"
    I'c G:I:H
    You have taken hold of my right hand.*,$!;]:;!$J
    ki.5
    9
    2 4 With your counsel' you will lead me,k
    x:q
    And afterward you will take me even to iI;:',il,l0
    glory."
    .Cob
    Jil? I:.>
    1913
    tj.~rl;l 1 7 5
    Whom do 1 have in t h e heavens?'
    2L.t~5:1
    And besides you I do have no other delight ;L!;.,
    I,,. 17.15
    on the earth."
    1% :n:4
    ~
    !
    .c!l 2 0 : ~
    My organism and my lieart have fa1led.t
    Itlib 3 IS
    )
    God is the rock of my heart and my share ~t d '37
    M ' u 4:1C
    to time
    9'1'1 4:fi
    =7 For, look! the very ones kwplng away from &;;?d
    ' l:
    you will perish.'.
    \ + 1 ~I ~
    I :l j) !: a~ , l 3 3
    I
    You will certainly silence every one adul- m!!;i&ym
    )'1.:;31 15
    terouslyz leaving you.y
    K u 1; LHI
    I* But RS for me, the drawing near to God is
    ,;:~;;;;l,~,
    Z T ) G'~:I
    ~
    good for me.=
    1 lf*l)L11:2a
    In the Sovereign ]Lord Jehovahbo I have J,:;.I:~
    l!,?:!"I8
    placed my refuge,'
    *I c 4b;l
    C I ' r 19::)
    To declare all your w ~ r k s . ~ ~ ~
    01'u 9.1.1
    1
    ~ 4 r J ~ h n m lLXXVgSgT;
    ~!''
    A.rlu.sa!j', 11; one of thr 334 pnpnugea

    J',"C%g26

    Ra l l : 2
    ODe m:m
    Ps 7953
    me x.5

    L U 12:Q
    43:18
    ?Pr 5:14

    *Eu 15.16

    Ex 19:i
    De 9.29
    eDe 4:M
    DC 32!8

    Isa 56:11
    Jer l0:16
    Tit 2:14
    .ps gg:2

    Ps 7'F:M

    Ps 132:13
    Elsa M:10
    Da 9:97
    3r1C l:J

    LI;22%

    \'%

    ~ ~ l l r rthe
    c J e ~ r j s h Sophcrin~chnngetl the p ~ i n i i t i ~I c! r - l 1 1 ' i ~ ~ * , frxt
    lo rend A.do.nairr instead of Trko.umfi', b "Tlir Snvvr~lip~~
    LnriI
    81).: R, for)!i ~ a t cn.
    Jcha~~nh."31, d . d o - r ~ ~ ~ ~ * k o . t rSPP
    ~ i kPsrrltrr
    ',
    LXBl'g ndd: "in the gates of the dnughtr'r of Xion,''

    Re11:2
    kPs T 9 : l
    Id? 1:IO
    Ga 11:31
    h I r 1137
    OPs 105:27

    A rnns'ki1.a Of A'snpl~P

    y , 0 Gad, have
    74 W hdoes
    your

    you rejected for-

    ever?m

    anger keep smoking against


    the flock of your pnsturagc?)
    RemernbeP your nasembly3 that you acquired

    Why

    long ago,'
    The tribe that you redeemed as your posaessionIm
    This Mount Zion in which you have resided,"
    DO lift up your steps because of lang.~asting
    desolations."
    Everything the enemy has treated badly in
    the holy place.
    l'l.hose showing tl~sfilltyto you have roared
    in the middle of your meeting place."
    They have set their own signs' as the

    signs.r
    There
    I
    s fame in being like one bringing up on
    rg!::jl
    >It 2 3 2 5
    high
    hatcl~ets~gninsta thicket: of t w e ~ . ~
    s:er .1F:22
    Jer4k23
    And now the very cnrvings of it one and all
    they strike even with nx and irantlKi 6:18
    tipped 11earn.t
    lKi 6 : s
    They have thrust your sanctuary into the
    u2m !E59
    fire itself.tQ
    Isa M:ll
    They have profaned the tabernacle of your
    v1Kl s:m
    name to the very earth.'
    Eze 2 5 3
    They)
    even their offspring, have said together
    1 - h 14:1
    ePs 83:4
    in their awn heart:y
    Ps 1375'
    "All the meeting places of Godb must be
    ' E x 12.13
    Ex 1 3 3
    burned In the earth.""
    Jg 6:17
    Our signs we have not seen; there is no propheb%02a
    ~ F 105:15
    s
    eto any more,"
    mbiths%l." See the nup~~~scriptian
    of Pmlm 38, footnote a.
    nLa 2:7

    "God.'' 31, Ex.

    PSALMS 14:10-17

    258

    And there is no one with us knowing how


    long."
    IWow long, O God, will the adversary keep
    reproaching?"
    Will the enemy keep treating your name
    with disrespect forever?'
    Why do you keep your hand, even your right
    hand, wit bdrawn"
    From the midst of your besom .to make an
    end [of us] ?j
    ' U n d yet God is my King from long ago,'
    The One performing grand salvation in t h e
    midst of the earth."
    l a You yourself stirred up the sea with your own
    ~trength;~
    You broke the heads of the sea monsters
    in the waters."
    l4 YOU yourself crushed t o pieces the heads of
    Le.vi'a.than.ar
    You proceeded to give it as food to the people, to those inhabiting the waterless
    regi0ns.S
    l q o u were the One that split the spring and
    the torrent;
    You yourself dried up everflowing rivers."
    l o To you the day belongs; also to you the night
    be10ngs.~
    You yourself prepared the luminary,O even
    the sun."y
    I 7 I t was you that set up all the boundaries of
    t h e earth;z
    SummerCand winter-you yourself formed
    them.'

    Isa 6412
    La 2:3

    Ps lC5:45

    Lu 1:73
    XGe 40:5

    rss. 61?:~
    P,o 1.29
    Eph d:18

    * P s 9:IB

    IIab 313

    PS 12.5
    Isa 45:17
    kEzr 3:11
    Ps 1n2:21
    Jer 33:11

    IrEx 14:Z
    KC 9:11
    Ps 6 6 5

    P s 78:13
    PS l n 6 : ~

    n E Y 14%

    nPs
    PsIIg:154
    9 19
    Pr 2223
    rPs S.51
    rsasS:5
    sPs 2.-

    Ps 13G15
    Isa 513

    Eze %9:3

    r J o b 41:l

    Ps 104.26
    Isa 27:l
    sEx 12:%
    E x 14:30
    NLI14:9
    t J n t 3:13

    Is8 4,1.:27

    11Re

    1ti:12

    "Le.vi'a.thnn," MSy; '.the dragon," LXYVg; "tllc strong ones


    of Phxc'aoh:' T.

    tIsa 37329
    Son 1.2
    U I C G~39

    n ~ l C h16:4
    PS 9:l

    Ps 54:6

    2EE13:I;

    vGe 1:3
    Ge 1:s
    Ps 1363
    yGe 1:lG
    Ps 19:4
    Ps 136~8
    Mt 5:45
    ,JLLC
    32:8

    De 32.27
    ZCh 3214
    Isa 3723
    Eze 2?:14
    EhZt G:13

    $Pe
    ; %;
    $;
    lCl5:8

    sNu 23~21

    :Isa
    E8";%6 3 8

    'LEx
    $,":$,f:5.2

    1Pe 5:s
    -Ps 6E10
    PS 7 2 2
    Zap 3:12
    Jas 2:5
    5Gc 173
    Eh 2:24

    +PS&:23

    Isa 33:22
    *Ex 15:2

    259

    I,
    I' I
    d!

    VEX23:21
    Ps i 6 : 1
    PS 1 ~ : a
    Jcr 10:6

    Remember this: The enemy himself has reproached, 0 Jehovah,"


    And a senseless people have treated your
    name with d i s s e ~ p e c t . ~
    lP
    DOnot give to the wild beast the soul of your
    turtledo~e.~
    Do not forget the very life of your afflicted
    ones forever.!I1 Take a bok at the c ~ v e n a n t , ~
    For the dark places af the earth have become full of the abodes of violence."
    0 may the crushed one not return humiliated.#
    May the afflicted one and the poor one
    praise your name."
    ? 2 Do arise, 0 God, do conduct your own case at
    le

    1aw.n

    Remember your reproach from the senseless one all day long.'
    229 Do not furget the voice o
    f those showing
    hostility to you.s
    The noise of those rising up against you is
    ascending constan t l ~ , ~
    To the director. "Do not b r ~ n gt o rui~~."a

    .A melvdr. Of A'sagIl." A mng.


    Riedolaudyou,
    0 God,we d o l a u d y ~ u , ~
    &$2L6
    Ps 13522
    And
    your
    name
    is nearnv
    Re 15 3
    kEc 3:17
    Men
    have
    to
    declare
    your
    wondratls worksmy
    doh 1:6
    For I proceeded t o take a set t i r n e ; ~
    .;"~"2$,3~
    ~ S.
    ISR
    I myself began judging with uprightness."
    PS 7p.71
    Isa 11:4
    The
    earth and all its inhabitants being discJob30:zZ
    Ps 78:58
    solved,'
    lsa 24:s
    '2Sa 3 2
    It was I that adjusted its pillars." Se'kth.
    Lsa 49:s '
    Heb l:3
    I said to the foolish ones: "Do not be f o ~ l i s h , " ~
    CP* D - 1 3

    I'

    PSALMS 74:1a75:4

    75

    Colnpare the auperseriptions of Psnlms 57, 68, 59.

    PSALMS 75 :5-76 :4

    And to the wicked ones: "Do not exalt the I


    horn.'
    "90
    . . not exalt YOUR horn on high.
    "bo not speak with an arrGgant neck?
    '"
    Z C32:9
    30:8
    ~
    "For neither from the easta nor from the west, Ac7:51
    "Nor from the southb is there an exalting. *E;:&
    3 1 . 5 ~2 :7
    "For God is the judge."
    2Sa 6 2 1
    "This one he abases, and that one he ex- pfi;;
    ICPP. I P : ~
    alts.'
    " "For there is a cup in the hand of J e h ~ v a h ,K
    ~s,afj:::J
    "And the wine" is foaming, it is full of 'ps78'"

    mixture.

    "And surely its dregs will be poured out

    from it;
    "ALl the wicked ones of the earth will drain
    [them] out, drink [them]
    nJob
    3er 221:2n
    5:15
    But as for me, I shall tell [of it] to time indefinite;'
    PS 145:l
    I wiIl make melody to the God of J a c ~ b :.F
    ~t:g:g
    '
    And all the horns of the wicked ones I shall l,"p',"ii2:7
    Pa 92:lO
    cut off .t
    Ps 148:14
    The horns of the righteous one will be ex- ,$;hlg;:93e
    alted.'!
    ntDe 4:35
    .'jn

    $;97;B

    Ps 48:3

    To the director on stringed instruments.

    A melody of A'saph.v A song.

    AC 17:23
    .vlC1129:11
    2Ch 2:5
    Ps 83:18
    Zsa 5 3
    zGe 14:18

    God is known in J ~ d a h ; ~ ~
    In Israel his name is great.'
    Ps 103
    And his covert proves to be in Satitem itself,z f,",;:L

    76
    '

    And his dwelling pIace in Zion.'


    *zch
    PS 13213
    6:6
    There he broke the flaming shafts of the bow,:
    The shield and the sword and the battle, -;g;$;f

    ;r;c%:3

    #&hh.

    PS4 6

    104.2
    * You are enveloped with light, more majestic (Ps
    E, 19i3
    Eze B:l2
    than the mountains of prey.O
    Re 22:5
    Literally,
    a Literally, "from a going forth? that is, of the sun.

    "wilderness," that is, to the south.

    PSALMS 76 :5-77: 1

    261

    260:

    The ones powerful in heart have been de+Iga 46:12


    LU T:51
    ~ P 133
    s
    Isa 37:M
    Jer 5139
    xEze m:22

    spoiled,'
    They have drowsed away to their sleep?
    And none of all the valiant men have found
    their hands. "
    R u m your rebuke, 0 God of Jacob, both the
    charioteer and the horse have fallen
    *Ex 1498
    fast asleep."
    Zec a 4
    You-fear-inspiring you are,k
    kFf8'94i31
    And who can stand before you because of
    nPs w:11
    der 10:10
    Ule strength of your anger?"
    ICO 1022
    Re 6:17
    From heaven you caused the legal contest to
    r~2 ~z 3598
    h
    32~21
    e
    be heard;'
    S Z C20:zg
    ~
    Hab 2:20
    The
    earth itself feared and kept quiets
    zec 223
    tPS 9:7
    When
    God
    rose up to j ~ d g r n e n t , ~
    ps 82:8
    UPS25:9
    To
    save
    all the meek of the earth.u Se'Pth.
    Zep 2.3
    h i t 5:s
    I0
    For
    She
    very
    rage of mana will laud you;"
    .D, 3:19
    Da 3:28
    The
    remainder
    of raging you will gird upon
    AC 4::s
    yPs 2 : a
    yourself.bY
    Re 11:la
    OJer I3:l6 ll-vow and pay t o Jehovahn YOUR God, all YOU
    eNu 30:2
    who are round about him.=
    Ps 50:14
    EC 5:4
    Let them bring a gift in fear."
    *De 16.16
    He will humblec the spirit of 1eaders;O
    $$,$:%:3
    oIsa 5:15
    Fear-inspiring he is to the kings of the
    Jer 1338
    AIsa 2421
    earth."
    Re 6 2 5
    O I C 6:39
    ~
    To the directar an Je.durthun.d Of A'saph.$
    A melody.

    '
    PS
    "
    84%
    ='
    Ps 55:16

    77

    PSI~:I
    +Ps 116:2
    Pr 15:zg

    With m y voice I will even cry out to


    Gode himself ,m
    With my voice t o God, and he will certainly
    give ear to me.'

    a"&Ian," AT, a.damr. P "You will gird upon yourself," $1; "will keep
    festival (celebrate) to you," L-YXVg. Or, "cut off." d See tlie
    superscription of Psalm 39, fovtnotc b, eEl.o.kim', IYI; "Jehovah,',

    LXX'17gT.

    PSALMS '97 :2-11

    262

    263

    'In the day of my distress I have searched for


    Jehovaha himself .F
    At night my very hand has been stretched

    Ps 143.5

    3Ge
    Ge 3:28
    n:7

    AlCh 16.9

    Ps 105:2

    ;t\;:;d

    PS 50:15
    outb and does not grow numb;"
    Ps 1 0 2 ~ 2
    MJ* soul has refused to be comforted.#
    Heb 5:7
    9 1 wiII remember God and be boisterous;k
    iPe%Bs
    I will show concern that my spirit may ,ES$:15
    faint away." Se'M..
    ~ P S
    nJob
    ~ 7:11
    : 2
    * You have seized hold of my eye1ids;r
    Isa8s:3
    PS
    4039
    I have become agitated and I cannot speak.s rg; :;
    3 I have thought upon the days of long ago,t 3 ~ $ ; ~ 4
    On the years in the indefinite past,
    tDe 33,7
    I will remember my string music in t h e night;" Fz :$%
    With my heart I will show c ~ n c e r n , ~ Isa
    1% 51:9
    63:g
    UPS
    J O42.8
    35:io
    ~
    And my spirit will carefully search.r
    Will it be to times indefinite that Jehovahc
    h - ~ g .3.40
    keeps rejecting2
    ICo 1128
    And will he no more be pleased again?'
    z~Ps;;?
    W a s his loving-kindnessd terminated forever?" P$~ 9 . 4 ~
    79:s
    Has [his] saying come t o nothing for gen- *PS
    L, 3:31
    eration after generation?>
    ~RO
    P 136:1
    S
    11.1
    &Nu 2310
    "Has Gode forgotten to be favorable,@
    Isn +16:11
    Or has he shut off his mercies in anger?' :j;,8fd;;z
    Isa 63:15
    Se'7nh.
    -Dn 9:16
    lo And shall I keep saying: "'This is what pierces
    ~y;~1T$
    E J O ~U:IT
    me through,"
    "The changing of the right hand of the 'R'97i:
    Most High'"?"
    rne
    P*111
    31:4:4
    CPS 80:8
    l 1 I shall remember the practices of Jah,f3

    "Jehovtlh," SyT; "God," LXXTTg; A.~O.UI(U',


    3L. This is one of
    the 134 cases where the Jeffish F;apheriln altered the primitive
    Hehrelr text to rend d .Johnny1instend of YBhaqcak'. Literally
    "poured out,?' Rf. "Jehornh," LXXXgT; "God," Vg; d.do.noyf:
    X, This is one of the 134 cases where the Jewish Sopherirn altered
    the pl<~llrtiveHebrew text to read .d.dobtaapt instead of T P h u . ~ c ~ h ' .
    d Or, "loyal love?!
    "God." Af, El. f "Jab.'> See Psalm 68 : 4, footnote a.

    @PS n : 4
    Pa 63.2
    Ps fi8:24
    PS 73:17

    +Eu 15:lP
    De 32:31
    Ps 8 9 3
    Tea 40:18
    Im 46:s
    @Ps72:18
    Ps 136.4
    Jer 10:lU
    Re 15:3
    XEx 9:16
    Eu 13;14
    Eu 15%
    Isa 5'2:lO
    U a 3:29

    Dn G:27
    OF3 80:l

    +Ex 6:6
    De 9 2 9

    Ps 136 12

    *Ge 1:2
    E x 14:21
    Jos 3%
    P3 1043

    a2Sa 22:15
    Ps 18:14

    PS1 4 4 5

    Hab 3.11

    OEx 1D:16
    Job 87:4

    Ps B:3
    Re 11:19
    O P s 97:i

    +PS97:4
    Hab 314

    @Ex 19:18
    2% 2Z:X

    "

    *IChlF:12

    ~ P lo.l:34
    s

    *.;?;Z;:l
    #

    Hrtb 3.15

    PSALMS '77 :12-19

    For I will remember your marvelous doing


    of long ago.'
    "'d
    I shall certainly meditate aloud on all
    your activity,"
    And with your dealings I will concern
    myself.*
    " 3 Godla your way is in the sanctuary."
    Who is a great Godb Iike Cod?*+
    l4 You are The [ t r u e ]
    god,^ doing ma~velously.~
    Among t h e peoples you have made your
    strength known."
    l5 With [your] arm you have recovered your
    people,*
    The sons of Jacob and of Joseph," Serbh.
    lo The waters have seen you, 0 God,
    The waters have seen you; they began to
    be in severe pains.
    Also the surging watersa began t o be agitated,"
    The clouds have thunderously poured down

    ~vater;~
    A sound the cloudy skies have given forth.
    Also your own arrows proceeded t o go here
    and there."
    lS The sound of your thunder was like chariot
    wheels;$
    Lightningshave lighted up the productive
    land;e+
    The earth became agitated and began to
    rock.Q
    l3 Through the sea your way was,"
    And your path was through mmy waters,

    '(God." JT, El.o.kim'. b '"God,'"$,


    El, "The [truo] God." 11,
    ha-EE. See: Psa11111R : 32, footaote a. d See Exorlas 15: 5 , footnotc 11.
    ="The pradnctive land.'' IiI! f ~ . b ? l ' ;LXX, '(the inhabited CB~C'
    Vg, or'bis tsr'ms ("the terrestiial cil-cle" )
    a

    PSALfiIS 77:2 L 7 8 :7

    265

    264

    And your very footprints have not come t o


    URO 11:33
    be known."
    kPsao:l
    20 YOU have led your people just like a f l ~ c k , ~
    By the hand of Mosesa and Aaron.n
    nrsa
    SPS 99:6
    6 3 : ~
    . Ac 736
    Mns'ki1.a Of A'saph.'
    'FS 74 SUP
    Do give ear, 0 my people, to my law;' n$fzifl
    Incline youn ear to t h e sayings of my ET?-,
    - -- --. mi?~th,*
    Isa 553
    In a proverbial saying I will open my mouth;" '&$'1~j2
    I will cause riddles of long ago t o bubble]OF;"1"3:"I3
    forth,+
    +Pr
    M t 1%
    13:11
    SPS 441
    "ich
    we have heard and knowe
    Ps 45%
    And which our own fathers have related
    13:ae

    78

    t o us;"

    b;x 13:8

    *De d:9

    Which we do not hide from their sons,#


    JoeI 1:3
    PS
    G:~
    O p s 105:s
    Relating [thenil even to the aencrationO
    -

    kDe
    Jos 11:19
    4:6
    to corn&k The praises of Jehovah and his strength" nps%;;s
    And his wonderful things that he has done." Isa 6 3 : ~
    And he sroceeded t o raise uw
    - a reminder in "" 14%'

    J&O~,"~

    ~ P 146:5
    s
    a;De 4:45

    PS 81:5
    And a law he set in Israe1,t
    Ps119:152
    Things that he commanded our fore- tne 4,s.
    De 2 7 3
    fa them,
    nUe 4:2
    To make them known t o their sons,v
    vGe
    RO 312s : ~
    Zn order that the generation to come, the sons g;h4:i;Q
    that were to be born, might know
    [them],Y
    VPS
    PS 102:18
    m18
    That they might rise up and relate [them]
    zD@ 4 9 0
    to their sons,z
    S 424
    And that they might set their confidence in 'PJerl7:7
    1Pe 1:n
    Godb himself*
    U E x 12:N
    4:9
    And not forget t h e practices of GodGnbut De
    p, lo3:z
    observe his orvn c~mmandrnents.~ LDe
    IJO 5:24
    3:2a

    Bee the supersc~iption of Psnlm 32, footnate a. bUGod." M,


    El.o.l~im'.c "God!' M, El.

    And they should not become like their forefather~,~


    A generation stubborn and rebellious,')'
    A generation who had not prepare3 their
    heartm
    Afid whose spirit was not trustworthy with

    EAc 7:51
    CFS

    PSALMS 78 :8-17

    1M:LI

    -Ex 32:9
    De 1 :43

    1Co 10:s

    32Ch 12:14
    2Ch 19:3
    2Ch 3029
    Heb 3:19
    'De 2:N
    *1Ch 7 2 0

    Godma"

    T h e sons of E'phra-im," though armed shooters


    nDe 31:16
    of the bow,
    3er 31:32
    12K I 17:14
    Retreated in the day of fight.k
    Re 9:26
    sDe 32:18 lo They did not keep the covenant of Godsbn
    Ps 78:7
    der 232
    And in his law they refused to wa1k.r
    tPs 106:13
    Fs 106.n " They also began to forget his dealings8
    uDe 4:3
    K c 930
    And his wonderful works that he caused
    Fs 10529
    vPs 10527
    them t o seeet
    Ps 135.9
    y N u 33:22 IP In front of their forefathers he had done
    Ps 78.43
    marvelouslyU
    Isa 19:11
    Eze 303.1
    In the land of E g y p t , ~the field of Zo'an.~
    =EX1.1:21
    Fs &:6
    Ps 136.13 l9 He split the sea, that he might let them pass
    Isa 63:19
    over,=
    1Co 10:1
    ~ P144
    s7
    And he caused t h e watersmta stand like a
    *Ex 15:s
    JOS 3:13
    dam..*
    And he continued to lead them with a cloud
    by dayu
    And the whole night with a light of fire.*
    l5 He proceeded to split rocks in the wilderne~s,~
    That he might cause [them] to drink
    +Ps 105:Q
    plenty just like surging wakrs.~'
    PS 114:8
    lColo:4 l6And he went bringing forth streams out of
    k d g 12.1

    1'

    re& 8:15

    a cragF

    And causing waters to descend just like

    ~ I s a41:18
    IS^ 4 3 2 0

    *
    4

    l7

    rivers."
    And they kept sinning still more against him*

    l'GofLJ' If, El.

    Wad?' 31, EI.o.kimt.

    t6ho.mdtk'. See Psalm 33; 7, footnote d.

    "Surging watew." ErI,

    F
    PSALMS 78 :18-26

    By rebelling against the Most High in the


    km 3 1 : ~
    waterless region,"
    ICo 10:s
    And they proceeded to test God4 in their
    nFs IM:T-I
    heart"
    1Co 10:D
    By asking for something t o eat for their
    ~0~1.'

    rEx 36:8

    Nu 11:4

    So they began to speak against GodVbR


    k2
    They said: "Is Goda able to arrange R tabler
    )IRA IQ:IT
    in the wilderness?":t
    8 1 h 1c:2
    N U 21:s
    8a Look! he struck a rocku
    2cl1 .?:!:TO
    That waters might flow and tarrents themselves rnjght flood forth.'
    r NU 211:11
    I 'r; 7H:15
    "Is he able also t~ give bread itself,Y
    y1:x I k I
    "Or can he prepare sustenance for his
    ZNU 11:21
    ~
    - e -o ~ l e ? " ~
    That was why Jehovah heard and began to be g
    ';?:;i
    furious:
    ICD 1?:5
    Jurlc 5
    And fire itsel was kindIed against Jacobe III~.n:z:!
    And anger also ascended against Israel.' +iG~4!!,'9
    Jnu .1;2

    IT'

    I
    1

    :z:",:v;

    3~~~:21
    POXthey did not put faith:' in God')$
    v Ixn 7.1)
    And they did not trust in salvation by him: +~I;;\;;;D
    And he proceeded t o command the cloudv" r r ~ . i , s . l z
    ^Ian 5:B
    I
    skies above*
    - r : ~7 I i
    And he opened the very doors of heaven.' xi:;, ;{,
    2 d And he kept raining upon them manna: to ;;I:u 16:35
    .< 11>:1I

    eat,'

    '

    rEx Iti:13
    Nu 11:B

    CIsa 3?:56
    .r.hu11:31

    zNu ll:18

    And he proceded 2.0 make sustenance rain


    upon them just like dust,"
    Even winged fly in^ creatures just like the
    sand grains of the seas.'
    '"And he kept making I them] fall in the middle of his camp,Q
    All around hjs tabernacles,
    %' And
    they went enting and sntfsfying them?'

    selves v e l y much,"
    And w h ~ tthey d~sired he proceeded to
    -NU11:N
    bring t o them.'
    Pfl 106:15
    !Nu 11:4
    3a
    They
    had
    not tuz.ned aside from their
    11:33
    <xu11:1
    While their food tws yet in their mouth,"
    xu 11:10
    -xull:x
    +xu14;2 y1 When God's wtia2h itself ascended against
    1Co 10.3

    x u lk21

    X u 1T:fO
    Xu 21:s
    XU 2.7 :3
    1co I ' k 7
    I CIO!B
    ~
    Ice 10:9
    1c0 1 ~ 1 0

    them. O
    And he went killing among their stout
    ones,'
    And the young men of Israel he made col-

    lapse.

    "Joh
    ~ l ;12~ 37~ J " l Despite all this they sinned same morea
    And did not put faith it1 his wonclerful
    Iiob 3 19
    32

    *Xu 1-i.29
    Nu 14:35

    XU 26:64
    D? 2 14
    3 ; ~ :3.19
    ~
    1

    Job 12.1

    1c01iJ:5
    tPS

    K* :>.;5

    "God." 17, E7.a.lritnt, 0 ulrlo~~."


    31, jsk. d l t P o \ ~ p y that is, supwhmnnn ones. 31, c,h.hi.rinlr: L-LYT'rS?.,
    '51n~~lr;";
    T, "(that descr~dedfroin) tLa I ~ n ltntion
    ~i
    of n n ~ c l ~ . "
    ~ I I ! onm,"

    l i ~1
    u
    1:19

    S u 14:4

    :)(. R :t

    And the grain of heaven he gave to them.k,


    g;;;:;yi
    u' Men' ate' the very bread of powerful onesifin -1un G ~ : 2 1
    kf.:\ lt,:'4L
    Provisions he sent them to the fuIlmr
    tlilc l ' r ! n
    :
    3n He began making an east wind burst forth in ''G;
    :'iiii
    R N UXI:;U
    the heavenss
    And making a south wind blow by his own
    tPe 1 9 3 : ~
    strength,t

    * ''Dorl." >I, El.

    PSALMS 78:27--36

    267

    286

    111-u

    n:?

    - 1c':Io

    Jg 39

    4,- 4:s
    .
    I

    rn"e:qs

    De 4529

    for him+n
    And they returned and looked for God.ar
    35 And they began to remember t h a t G o d ' w a s

    their RockA
    And that Goda the Most Hfgh w ~ their
    s
    Avengerat
    t E x 6:6
    3s And they tried to fool hlm with their mouth,^
    ,,"D'e$325
    And with their tongue they tried to lie
    rPs 106:14
    to hirnav
    1Co 1 0 9
    a '*Gad." U,El. b 6nGarl.'' 31, ITI.o.Aitn'.
    D e W2

    N c 1:9
    2Co 3 16
    R D C 32,4

    14

    works.'
    SO he b ~ o u g h ttheir days t o an end as if a
    mere exhalationu
    And their years by the sudden terror."
    5-1 As often as he Icilled- them, they also inquired
    33

    PSALMS 78 t 37-46

    268

    a7Andtheir heart was not steadfast with him,^


    And they didnot prove faithfulin hiscove-

    nanLz
    3 B But he was merciful;" he would cover the
    e r r o P and not bring ruin."
    And many times he made his anger turn
    backA
    And he would not rouse up all his rage.+
    $OAnd he kept remembering that they were

    O'

    flesh,*
    That the spirits is going forth and does not
    come back."
    How often they would rebel against him in
    the wilderness,"
    They would make him feel hurt in the

    269
    yPS
    Ne9s:lo
    9%

    g;;;i;

    ~ e 3 b~ 1 2
    zDe 31:20
    miz32
    3Isa 1.4
    *Ex 24:6
    Nu 1 4 : ~
    Ne 1:5
    3Nu 14:20
    IPS1m:43
    s n -1-1:22
    *N~16:48
    N e 9:27
    153. 48:9
    Ere 20.9
    FIKI
    21129
    Eee 20:22
    .Ge 6:3

    1
    I

    F:2:3414

    t EX

    gz$fi

    ruin.'
    46

    And he began t o give t o the cockroachef their


    yield,

    * Or,

    "a wind." 31, a u k h k ,

    PS

    136:lO

    I s n 11:ll

    1Pe 5:s
    sEx 3-1:30

    PSPS?~~
    Kegllo

    yPs 105:29

    B:~I

    *EX 8:2
    ClKi 8:37
    1sa 33:4
    Joe 1:4

    And their toil to the


    He went killing their vine0 even by the hailo
    And their sycamore' trees by hailstones."
    And he proceeded to hand over their beasts of
    burden even to the hail"
    And their livestock to the flaming fever."
    He went sending upon them his burning
    anger,k
    Fury and denunciation and distress,n
    Deputations of angels bringing calamity.'
    He proceeded to prepare a pathway for his
    anger.s

    He did not hold back their soda from death

    itseKt

    a2:~

    And their life he handed over even to the


    ~ P91:3
    S
    ge~tilence.~~~
    11Ex9:3
    $"Finally he struck down all the first-born in
    VEX1239
    Ex 1315
    Egypt,'
    Ps 10536
    The beginning of their generative power"
    PS 133.8
    CPs 105:23
    in the tents of Harn.'s
    yGe 49:3
    Afterward he caused his people to depart just
    eEx 12:51
    like a flockz
    1u5:37
    And conducted them like a drove in the
    OEx 13:a
    wilderness.*
    PS 95.7
    5 3 And he kept leading them in security and they
    ~ slob:3
    Ps
    40:11
    a
    UEx 14:20
    felt no dread,"
    Heb 1
    1
    :
    s
    And the sea covered their enemies themaEx 14:27
    selves."
    EX 15:10
    Ps
    54Andhe proceeded to bring them to his hoIy
    $.Ex15318
    territory,O
    133.9 : ~
    MF 24:15
    This mountainous region that his right
    -PS44:3
    hand acquired.'
    j2

    Ps 105:27

    Joe 2:25

    "God?' M, El.

    UPS78:12
    ?:19

    ZEX

    La 4 : f l

    nps 1 1 6
    Isa 42:25 .
    rlK122 21
    hlt 13 41

    Re 9:16

    Fzk

    adversary,
    "How he put his signs in Egypt itself'
    And his wonders in the field of Zo'an;~
    44 And how he began changing t a blood their
    Nile-canals,"
    So that they could not driPlk from their own
    streams.Y
    4.7 We proceeded t o send upon them gadflies, t h a t
    they might eat them up,=
    And frogs, t h a t they might bring them t o

    Am 7:l
    Re 9:3
    Is
    CEs 9:18
    Ps 105.32
    +1Ki 10:27
    1Ch 2T:28
    @ P s105:33
    "Ex9:=
    lg
    W e 32.24
    IKI X 37
    ZCh 6:28
    ~ E 3220
    K

    .SuE:4

    ~
    ,NU
    E 12:7
    Y.A:II
    c

    PS m i 7
    desert !"
    " And again and again they would put Godb to;;;*1Co 1Ov10
    the test,"
    And they pained even the Holy One of k ~ ~ 1$$
    4:22
    De 6:16
    1srael.n
    P S 939
    4P They did not remember his hand,?
    n1co
    P s 7629
    lo:$
    The day that he redeemed them from the lE;;::::I

    ;g!itg
    Ps 105:M

    PSALMS 78 :47-54

    '~Roul."11, nepkresk; L X X , pay.chai'; Tg, a'ni.maa, b Or, "bubopest." CLiterally, C'of generative powers;";
    ''of their labor(s),"
    L,YXVgT; "of their offspring? Sy,

    PSALMS 78 :55-64

    270

    24:12
    And because of them he gradually drove out ZJos
    Ne 9.24
    PS 44~2
    the nations,@
    Ps 10x43
    Ps 135 ;I0
    And by the measuring Iine he went allotting xiiu
    31:54
    them a posses~ion,~
    De 32: &
    -10s 13:7
    So that he caused the tribes of Israel: to re- WDe 6.10
    Ne gb25
    side in their own homes.a*
    Yse 63322
    kPs 76:-ll
    5%d they began t o testk and rebel against n13e 31:lG
    Ue 32: 15
    God the Most High,n
    31: 2 11
    Ne 9:26
    And his reminders they did not keep.'
    Ps 7 8 . 4
    17:15
    5 7 They
    also kept turning back and acting r2Kr
    Jor 44:23
    9:T
    treacherously like their forefathers;" sl3c
    De 9%
    J g 3'6
    They turned around like a loose bo7vbt
    Heb 319
    5S And they kept offending him with their higho :Is& 15:2
    tHo 7:16
    places,u
    uLe 26%
    3352
    And with their graven images they kept NDeu 122
    VEX34:14
    inciting him t o jealousy.'
    I 2 3$16
    Jg 2.12
    God heardy and got t o be f u r i o ~ s , ~
    yPs 1 2 4
    f
    And so he contemned Israel very much," 8 1x3
    And he finally forsook t h e tabernacle0 of
    Shi'loh,"
    mDe
    :3er 9.19
    7312
    The tent in which he resided among earth- .$; Ik2&,
    ling men.*
    C,J,O~ 1 ?A
    " And he proceeded to give his strength even ~ 2 ; ; ; : ~
    pser ?:rz
    t o captivityv
    1Sn. 5:l
    And his beauty into the hand of the ad- '2ch6:41

    And theira own widoivs did not give way to

    3z

    1 J U . .IrD

    versary,'
    And he kept handing over his people to the
    sword itselfne
    And against his possession he became furious."
    His young men a fire ate up,#
    And his virgins mere not praised.bk
    B4Asfor his priests,' they fdl by t h e very
    sword,I1

    weeping.

    n"en

    ~ P 11R4
    S
    nlSa 2:33
    l$a 4:11
    ISa 22:18

    aLiter~lly,"tents," 1L b"Pmised," that is, in medding songs,

    Jehovahh began to awake as from sleeping,g

    Like a mighty one sobering up from wineat


    48 And he went striking down his adversaries
    from behind;"
    A reproach of indefinite duration he gave
    t o them.v
    e7 And he proceeded to reject the tent of Joseph,Y
    And the tribe of E"phra.im3 he did not

    But he chose the tribe of Judah,*


    Mowt Zion, which he Ioved.'

    W e 4910

    1Sa 16:13

    2Sa 6:17
    Lu 1:32
    o2Ch 6:6

    PS 8 1 2
    Ps 132:13

    AlCh 28:1
    ZCh 2.9

    Heb 1222

    3 Ps 102:25

    Ec 1:4

    *lSa 16:12

    Elsa l i : 1 5

    m a 7;s

    li2Sa 6:21
    n2Sa &:I5
    1K1 8:4
    1Ki 15:s

    Ps 1111:2

    Heb 1:9
    rlSa 18:14

    2Sa 21:17

    DlSa 4:2
    ISn I : 1 [ 1
    "PS %:59
    Ps m:38
    Isa 6 4 3
    *Le 10:2
    Nu 11:l
    D e 29:20
    P S Tk21
    klsa ;:I
    Jer 16:9

    PSALMS 78.:65-79: 1

    271

    !Kt 235
    l I \ l d:e

    F I C 6538
    ~

    12Ki
    EE25:B
    2ubl
    Z C 3~6 3

    uZKr 2433
    I

    La 1:10

    6g

    And he began t o build his sanctuary just like


    the heights:
    Like the earth that he has founded t o time

    indefinite.$
    And so he chose David his servant'
    And took him from the pens of the flock.@
    From folIowing the females giving suck"
    He brought him in to be a shepherd over
    Jacob his people'
    And over Israel his posse~sion.~
    And he began t o shepherd them according t o
    the integrity of his heart,"
    And with the skiIlfulness of his hands he
    began leading them.'
    A m e l u Q of -4'saph.A

    0 God, the nations have come into your

    your holy temple,u

    Literally, "his," IriT ; "their," L X n T g S y . b r'Jehovnl~,"L+XXTrgEyT; A.do.nayr, If; this being one of the 134 passrrgea in wbioh the
    Jewish Xopherim changed the primitire Hebrew test t o rend
    A.do.~ray' itlatead of Ytlao.tCnh'.

    They have Iaid Jemsalem in a heap of ,?;v g::&


    Jer 52~13
    ruins.~
    Mlc 3.12
    "ey
    have given the dead body of your serv-*:KC
    10:zo
    ants as food to the fowls" of the ':7"Z;:i3i
    aer %:20
    heavens,Y
    z2Ch 36:17
    The flesh of your men of loving-kindness '2;::;,3"
    Re l i : 6
    t o the wild beastso of the earth.=
    CPs XM:11
    They have poured out their blood like water* =J';;;z
    All around Jerusalem, and there is no one ~~;;;2$3
    t o do the burying?
    ADe ~ 3 7
    We have become a reproach to our neighborsjm$&;:",:
    A derision and a jeering to those round ,:gi.h

    d
    I

    about US."
    NC
    N e 2:19
    4:l
    How long, 0 Jehovah, mill you be incensed? -y;aT45,
    3De 29:20
    Forever ?'
    Eze 36:s
    How long will your insistence on exclusive zcp 1:1s
    *Jer 10~25
    devotion burn just like fire?"
    Jer 2 5 2 9
    Pour out your rage upon the nations that have $g22:24
    Ps 110:5
    not known you,"
    kIsa 9:12
    And upon the kingdoms that have not called d;&2!&721
    I S X 24.1
    upon your own name."
    I
    Is0 w 1 0
    TEX 3 2 3 4
    For they have eaten up Jacob,"
    1Ki 17:18
    And they have caused his own abiding place p0;5;i
    Re 1.s.~
    to be deso1ated.M
    nDe 13:14
    Do not remember against usr the errors of ~ t 2 3 : m
    SEX%:G
    ancestors.
    Ps 69:17
    tDe 28343
    Hurry! Let your mercies confront us,8
    P s 106.43
    For we have become greatly imp0verished.t i$Fh,iy:z
    VEX 6 3
    Help us, 0 God of our ~ a l v a t i o n , ~
    2Ch 14:lX
    For the sake of the glory of your name," pa;;5il
    Re15:4
    And deliver us and cover over our sins on yJos
    7:9
    lSa 1222
    account of your name.y
    C
    I s n 4S:9
    Why should the nations say: "Where is their Jer 14:~
    zPs 42:s
    God?""

    Let there be known before our eyes among


    the nations"

    PSALMS 79 :11430:4

    273

    PSALMS 79 :2-10

    Ps 113:2

    iE?;J7.;:

    'Ex

    PS

    jg:U

    The avengine of the blood of your servants


    that has been sheddo
    lL May the sighing of the prisoner come in even
    before you."
    Isa 42.7
    ONU 1499
    According to the greatness of your arm
    PS 102:m
    Isa 33:2
    preserves those appointed to deathnb0
    c ~ 4:15
    e
    I2 And repay t o our neighbors seven times into
    Jcr 32.18
    their bosom'
    w ~ 74.18
    s
    Their reproach with whfch they have reRO 1.5:3 ,
    XPs74:l
    proached you, 0 Jehovah.Cm
    'PS 111:x
    kps 45:17
    As
    for
    us your people and the Rock of your
    Ps 145.4
    nPs 45 Sup
    pasturage,"
    Ps 60 Sup
    We shaIl laud you t6 time indefinite;#
    rich 6:39
    PS 74 s u p
    From generation t o generation we shall
    SFS 232
    PS 5 5 1
    declare your praiseak
    Isa 40:11
    tPS 'i7 20
    TO the director upon Tbo Lilies.dn A reminder.e
    PS 78:5a

    0Ps I : 1
    oJer 51:35
    Ro 12:lB
    FLe 18:20
    nEx 2-23
    Ps 125

    F&%$zl
    ,,,,:,

    uEx 25:20
    ISa 4:4
    2Kt 19:15
    PS I

    Of A1saph.r A melody.

    0 Shepherdo of Israel, do give ear,"


    YOU who are conducting ~ o s e p hjust
    ~
    like a flockt
    O you who are sitting upon the ~ h e r u b s , ~
    do beam f0rth.v
    ? Before E'phra.im and Benjamin and Ma.nns'-,
    sehz do rouse up your mightinessy
    And do come to our ~alvation.~
    0 God, bring us back'
    And light up your face, that we may be

    80

    RIsa
    En 13:2o
    lad
    CPs 81:5
    v D e 33:2
    Re 21~23
    Y N U 2:18
    Nu 10:22
    PS 3523

    4
    ;:t:i:3
    zIsa
    25.9

    I S R33122

    '1KI 18:37
    Ps 86:4
    m u 6:25
    Ps 4:6
    Ps 67:1
    Ps119:135

    saved."

    APs 6 9 6

    c P s 83:Y
    4p, 83:s
    La 3:4-1
    zu1s:I

    O Jehovahf3God of armies,* how long must you

    ~umeagainattheprayero~yourpeop~e?

    Or, "lea~eover," M. "Set free,'' Sy. b Literally, 'Ybe sons of


    death," M. ~ " J e h o v a hLXXVgSyT;
    ~
    A-do-mur, M; tbls being ono
    of the 134 passages in which the Jewish Sopherim altered the
    primitive Hebrew text t o read A.do.?aagt instead of YRha-wak'.
    d See the superscription of Psalm 45. footnote f , See the sulrcrscription of Psalm 60,f See Psalm 59: 5 ; Psalm 84: 8, footnute a.
    a

    PSALMS 80:5-14

    274

    ' You have

    made them eat the bread of te~rs'


    AncI you keep making them drink tears up- .?:.
    I~,:TL
    on tears in [great] measure."*
    lit- 1 :'bo
    You set us for s t r i f e to our neighbors,'
    lc 1,s \ , I ,:*
    And our very enemies keep deriding as they n:;'!,i,]lf&
    please.'
    JIW ~
    r\n
    4,lds
    1:s
    LI'I'I "?:2G
    0 God of arrniqb bring us back'(
    rlhn 5 .I
    And Iight up your face, that rve may be $;:;:&;
    M t 2133
    s~vc?~."
    > I ' h 1115:33
    l l r ;:IR
    YOUproceeded t o make a vineveppart from yMI'$
    pp

    If&

    yz;

    '1

    21

    h?t 1 2 , s
    Mr 14:21
    LU 21:u

    J O r3:31
    ~
    AC 7
    7g:13
    56

    r-PS Riii-6
    pS 1rq5:i

    Jar
    NP Q2 22
    1:a

    Ps1;9:10;
    A c 2 51

    YOUmade a clearing before it,' that It might

    Ro :;jl3

    ,;':,';;4

    yTg

    .al r I.: 2
    take rootu and fill the land.'
    v1I;l 1'79
    ,
    '
    I ' r I ~1.16
    I
    l o The mountains were covered with it's shadow,
    Tsn (i 1 :.?
    And the cedars of God with fts boug11s.r tF::-':!::11
    ,..H
    lE It gradually sent forth its boughs as far
    as*:i;,:,;;;?
    ~ ( ' hlh:3
    the sea,z
    OI'~, H8j;dro
    I ~ I 5:s
    I
    And t o the RiverCits twigs.'
    <,l'\ ,u8l;d1
    l r Why have you broken down its stone w ~ l l s , ~
    $;;::?;(;
    And [ w l ~ y ]have all those passing by on .k;,?;~;
    -at71 2 . ~1
    the road plucked at it?*
    '?!<I 2 l ; l
    A boar out of the waadsa keeps eating It
    ~2;
    aif'RY, ;

    De 1f:l

    Psll'?;l
    tIsa 5 3 5
    5a ?:I3
    I

    J1.r

    -:7

    63.7

    >TaI 3!7
    ~ P 27.9
    s
    PS

    And tbe stockA that your right hand has


    planted ,*
    And !look1 umn the sonh ~rlhomyotz have
    made siroi1g f o p y ~ u r s e l f . ~
    IG It is burned with tire, cut off."
    From the rehrtke of your face they perish.'
    Let your hand prove to be upon the manc of
    your righi hand,^
    Upon the son of rn~nkindflwhom you have
    m ~ d cstrong f o r yourself,t
    h d we shall not turn back from you.U
    May you preserve us alive, t h ~ltle
    t may call
    upon your own narne.v
    lg 0 Jehovah God of armies," bring us hack;^
    Light up your face, tlrat we may I>e saued.8
    To the director upon thc Git'tilh,f* Of A b ~ p h . ~
    0 CRY out joyfully to God our strength,"
    SHOW in triumph to ?,the~ o ofdJamb.'

    la

    Jer 31:9
    nPs 1%
    BPS 69

    You kept driving out the natjons, that you '?:'$:;i:y


    might plant i t B

    5:~
    Jer 221
    aTrc1

    ,gPs$:iy76.6

    !'\ ah.<>>

    PSALMS 80: 1!5-81:s

    275
    I

    ;:hSpq'
    ~ P lSe : ~

    81

    ~Php
    P 6s6*:13
    3
    PS 1w:i
    41~
    z ? : x ~ "TRIKE

    +Ps33 2

    UP

    8,

    tlldody* and TAKE t a m b ~ u r l n e , ~


    harp together with the

    The pleasant
    149:3
    *Ps92 3
    stringed
    ~ p 3:19
    h
    *Le 2 3 : ~ 3 D n the
    "PS9S'6
    IPS

    Instrument,"

    new moon ELOW the trumpct;6"


    On the full moon, for the day of OIW fes-

    Xu 29:l
    cTsa 3-1:29

    And t h e animal throngs of the open field $;::?:&


    sip*
    .rf,rt;Tl
    :,.!.7
    B
    keep feeding upon it.'
    I \ , l hL7
    l.1 0 Gad of armies,e return,f please;e
    h'l:bl ,i:7
    ,if. lr7,1a
    Look dotm from heaven and see ~ n take
    d
    13
    care of this vine,"
    LII
    13n a.so
    lia:t5

    31, ~ 7 ~ ~ ~ l imeaning
    ah',
    "thiz-(1 part,'' thnt is, of some nrenurvv not
    111~11iorl
    nnd not k n a m t o 11s. b "C+od o f nrmim," M8pT. '',Jrhavnl~
    Clod of pnn-erg," LXX,as in w r s c 19. 0 J3aubtlm t3111 LTu+l,l~~.n'trs
    I<ivcr, d In the Hebrew noun the lettpia 'nlli~aj~ suapcttdcd lo urnrk
    t,lie middle of the P s h s . eEl.o.RinaJ t~@bn.6111',
    TI. Stze vrmc 4,
    Ox, "once ngain," to apply to thc rwhs in tkc ucxt Uue.

    kI,c 2 3 : N
    xu ">:I2
    nEr
    E r g13:16
    .:2
    TDr? f 6 L 3
    ED 3.A

    EPS

    0,

    1-5:17

    SPY i T : l $
    rS W-1

    tEx 12:12
    De 4:-15

    tjval.Lk

    " FIOF it IS a regulation for Israe1,n


    A judicial decision of the Godh of Jacob.'
    As a reminder he laid it upon Joseph: hirnself,s
    When Ilc was going forth over the land of

    Egypt,L

    [of tho rinc]," Or, by n rllnnpe of thp flyfit. Hehram


    1 ~ t t c i ~"garden,')
    :
    b"Sn11,'~ 31; ".roll of iiiru~,"JJdLYVg8y; "king
    3Icsdah (nnointed),l' 1'.e " l l n i ~ , "3T, i d , d ",!Innkind," 11. m.dntla'.
    Coll~pni-e vcrse 7a, C o m ) l n r ~f h c ~upcrncriptinn of Psalm S,
    footuote 1,.
    Or, " s I ~ ~ ' p l i ~ ~31,
    ' , ' 'h Or, hy n t m i i ~ p ~ s i nof
    g two
    Hebrew letkrs, "tents," to mrrr~pollrl ~ i f l l~ I J Clirlit bnlf of the

    a Orl "branch

    PSALMS 81:&-I4

    216

    A languagea that I did not lrnow I kept u~,E!T


    rEu 1:11
    hearing-u
    E x 6:6
    "Ib turned aside his shoulder even from camy,
    yEx I 14
    pulsory service;v
    EK5 4
    "His hands themselves got t o be free even ,ex 2:23
    Ex 14:10
    from the basket?
    Ps 50:15
    "In distress you called and I proceeded t o .E:"4:&:

    zcim 1%
    Zec 13:7
    *EX 20:5
    De 7:10

    D@ s z g
    Ps 18:44
    CPS 102:28
    Joe 3:20
    A p e 82.14

    ;&'::*id

    E x 19:19
    rescue YOU;=
    Cx 23:18
    "I began to answer you in the concealed cg;$$lg
    XU a 1 3
    place of thunder.'
    Nu 20:24
    "I went examining you at the waters of DE 33:s
    ADc 32:46
    Mer'i.bah." Se'hh.
    Ps 503
    55:3
    ''Hearl 0 my people, and I wiIl bear witness Isa
    nc 20:21

    { E x 1526
    against YOU:
    D e 5:27
    "0Israel, if you will listen to me.@
    -?PS
    Isn 109:~r
    1 : ~
    "Among you there will prove t o be no strangeC'Egii
    god,=*
    %Ex
    Isa 20.5
    4312
    De 3222
    "And you will not bow down to a foreign Ma1
    221
    *Ex20:2
    godace
    Dc 5:s
    "1, Jehovah, am your God,dx
    *Jer 11:4
    "The One bringing you up out of the land kJpCi7':P
    Rc 21:6
    of Egypt.#
    n P s 106:13
    "Open your mouth wide and I shaI1 fill it.k i:;
    '3u.t my people has not listened to my voice,^^ 'E; z;j&
    "And Israel itself has not showed any will- sgz"293;$:
    Jer 3:17
    ingness toward me.'
    l e r Il:&
    l a "And so I let them goe in the stubbornness of
    2
    1
    &
    ;
    $
    Tsa 30:1
    their heart;"
    Jer 7:24
    "They went walking in their own counsel^.^
    ~
    ~
    0
    :
    ;
    ;
    l a"0 that my people were listening to me,"
    ;
    2
    :
    ;
    i
    29
    "0 that Israel itself would walk in my very JK 5
    2:m
    M t 2337
    ways!
    vDe Sm29
    )-NU 14:9
    l4 "Their enemies I would easiIy subdues
    J g 291

    CIW 28:25

    1Sa 1455
    +1ch 6 3 9
    BZCh 18:6
    #Ex 21.6
    EX 223'28

    ::

    aLitewlly, "lip,', M, as in Genksis 11:1, b"I," MSyT; rlHe,"


    LXX'Vg. "God." hl, el. Or, "1 atn Jehovah your God [El.ohim'] ." a Literally, "I sent them away,'> 31. Compare Exodus 5 : 1,2.

    2'

    )
    II

    "And against their adversaries I would turn


    my hand.z

    "As for those intensely hating Jehovah, they


    will come cringing to him,*
    "And their time will prove to be to time indefinite.'
    l o "And he will keep feeding him off the fat of
    the wheat,'"
    "And out of the rock I shaIl satisfy you
    with honey itself,"+
    A melody o f A'saph.'

    82In

    Goda is stationing himself in the assem-

    My@of the Divine One;bx


    the
    middle of the godsc" he judges:g#
    @Isa1:23
    "HOWlong will YOU keep on judging with inKEx 23:6
    justicek
    Le 19:15
    mm:1
    "And showing partiality tod the wicked
    Mic 3:2 '
    nDe 1:17
    themselves?" Se'hh.
    ZCh 19:7
    "Ee
    judges
    for the Iowly one and the fatherless
    gb1?i19
    Jas 2:4
    boy;"
    r h 10.18
    "Do justice even t o the afflicted one and the
    PS 10:18
    sder 5;28
    one of little means.;$
    Jas 1:57
    "Provide
    escape for the lowly one and the poor
    t$b7gj:2
    uKe 5:s
    one;t
    PS 3125
    Ps 71:4
    "Out of the hand of the wicked ones deliver
    rvPs53:.
    Pr 1:29
    [them] ."U
    hTiC 3 1
    ~Pr
    ~4
    r:2
    19: 1 3$They have not known and they do not underJ O 10:35
    E
    ~l
    CPS 86.8

    PSALMS 81:15-$2:5

    277

    EC 2:14
    Isa 603

    ~0i-1
    319
    130 2 : l l
    ZPS 1 1 3

    Ps 75.3

    mi Z:19

    stand;~

    In darkness they keep walking about;y


    All the foundations of the earth are made
    to totter.=

    X, El.o.Lim'. Or, "God."? M, El; LXXTrg, "gods"; Sy,


    "angels? e Ox, "godlike one^." M, el.o.hiwna';LA=, the.oit;
    \%
    di'i; Sy, "angels" (compare Psalm 8 : 5, footnote b) ; T, "judges.
    n l i t e r u l l ~ ,"lifting up the fnces of," 31.
    a"God."

    PSALMS 83 :3-17
    ': "I myself have said: 'You a i r gedsPn*
    " 'And all of you are sons of the Most
    Hi~h."
    ' " 'Surely -YOU will die just RS menh do,"
    "'And like any one of the princes ~ o will
    v
    fall.' "C
    Do rise up, 0 god,^ do judge the earth,'
    For you yourself shouldL~
    take possession
    of all the nations."
    A s o a ~ , A nlelorlg nf A%'~aph,"

    -CX 2 2 9

    lo:%

    ~ J O I I1

    0 : ~

    'Jolr ?i:r!
    P.; 48.12
    ;;;j;:14

    t I'M ~ 1 ~ 1 1
    1 9 Y .1c;fi

    +I:.; 7.t;
    I

    .
    ;

    1i

    !",.I3

    V,!I-R
    ? 1'- 1' h
    I'E::
    '! 28

    llc 11.15
    E

    ";;gIyi:

    ~
    (
    fi
    ~3'1
    ~
    1's 7,i s u p

    0 God,Clet there be no silence on your "i::!:;

    :)

    k1vn i2.14
    nl's 511.1

    2
    1

    Do not keep speechless and do not stay i!>\';':m


    7.1 4
    quiet.lt O Divine One.*n
    11, 7 5 , 4
    For, lo&! your very enemies nlhein an uproarsr ;;a;;;
    And tlre very ones intensely hating you
    m;:;p;iI.U :+r 20
    have raised [their] head."
    "Agdnst your people they cunningly c a n y on lt IF', oLT1.15
    8

    [I\

    q'

    ('411 :{:a
    their confidential talk,[
    V ~ t;10
    Y
    And they conspire against your concealed
    Ti:,
    I)!! T m ? 5
    ones."
    -1r "i:l-l
    They have said : "Came and let us wjpe them $
    :.!.r
    ; 3j::,,
    1:s
    out from being a n a t l ~ z l , ~
    zr:u 2 2
    1 1. :?l:.rlo
    "That the name of Israel may be Fernem- !<rt
    7,s
    bered no moremJ'y
    m ~ l l l11
    l :47
    ..Itl* Vl:3
    For !rj th the heart they have unitedly ex- :.<IN 1 >:EI
    r*!l7.:
    changed counsel;x
    23 tZ
    Against you they proceeded t o concIurie ?i::ki;:j;'
    : ( . <)I
    I I :*:I%
    L:I~I
    even a covenant,'
    The tents of E'domo and the Ish*ma.el-ite~,~:;:;\:'?d
    Mo'R~"and the Hag'rites,?
    e4F::r
    ;( 3,
    :)~:3
    12
    %II 7':~rl
    tm3.nr
    Ge'bal' and Am'monG and Arn'a.lek,"

    (
    I

    Or, "godlike ~ n s ~ .
    . l"I,ei.o.hira'; Ry, nl.n.linp; L a , ihc.oi'; vq,
    di'i; Ti " l i k ~ anpela?' b"lrIen." N,&.durn'. c L'(rod?FU,EEr.brm.
    d Or, "rrill." a Or, "0God." M, El,
    a

    J'S

    r8~

    all<

    ,I{

    :I%
    n b

    Phi.lis'ti.ac tagetl~erwith the Inhnbitants


    of Tyre.'
    1 ~ 1 12:i'l
    *I>II 10 2 3 * Also As-syr'i=an@
    itself has become allled with
    aCc J(r.11
    them;"
    17 !i
    They have became R n arm t o the sons of
    1C;c lR37
    Lot.[''C S O ' ~ C ~ ~ L ,
    r)r 2::)
    nxu :~1:7
    DO to then1 as to Midti.an,n as t o Sis'e.ra,r
    rJg 1:15
    S J K 4.:
    As ;to Ja'bin~a l the torrent valley of Ki'~ J 3:;
    K
    sh0n.t
    ' ' I They were annihilated3 at EnPdor;N
    IS* 2Y:7
    They became nlallure for t h e grat~ncl,~
    VZICI 37
    Jc'r h : U 1 As for their nobles, make these like O'reh and
    11 1.17
    y;c T.-;
    like Ze'ebJ
    And like Zc'bab and like Zal.munPna all
    eJe: 821.
    their dultes,~
    l P Who have said : "Let us take possession of the
    *2Ch 20:11
    abiding places of God for ourselves."'"
    PS 74.5
    17.13 I t 0 my God, makc them like a thistle ~vhirl?
    LJob 13:Zfl
    Like stubble before a wind.""
    p.6 35 5
    ISa :'" ?4 " Like a fire that l~uimsup the foresto
    Is11 I l : L
    J c r 1.1:24
    And like R flame that scorches the rnoun3lt 3.17
    < I\R S .C7
    taim;
    I > &q $:I 1
    r ~ cre -17 3n In just that way may you pursue them with
    ""L";:Ij,
    you^ tempesto
    + ~ r t bB,.A
    J f d >d l :21
    And
    may you terrify them with your own
    NIL~ , n
    F.ln1, !..I7
    s1:01*rnw
    i nd,*
    .
    3
    rsnhbm lu Fill their faces with dishonor,"
    Iieh j?:lR
    1I .ti
    That peoplca mny search for your name,
    PS z.4 ,'I
    E/.c I .'$:I1
    0 Jehovah,'{
    M 1 7'
    0 may they be ashamed and be terr9Aed for
    UI'E
    ~ I > L +i :n
    all times,"
    Tr I-.!o
    n-'TI c " 2 3
    And may they become abashed and peflsh,r

    c15.n 2:a
    *JOS 19.29
    2Sn 2 . 1 3

    Fs P 2 : l

    J 011

    :I-/

    TPF.'I

    IL

    Or, 'iA~'bil~~r,'J
    M; "X~'XIIT,"LtXXYg. bUSans o f h t ' ? ; t l ~ n tis,
    tho 1ln'nh.itp.g and the b ~ ~ l ' i t ~ o f i +ofi t ~verses
    ~,
    0, 7. O"Witl(l," 11,
    a

    rzrkalrlr; LXX, a'w-nws; Tg, rrtrrtfrs. Compare G ~ n e ~ 1:


    i s 9, footnoir 11. Ur, "the!;'' 31.

    "

    PSALMS 83 :1-4

    :7

    280

    ' T h a t people may know that you, whose name 4;21:


    is Jehovah:"
    EX 6:s
    -PiR:B
    You alone are t h e Most Hight over all the IG
    e 14:18
    Ps 46:4
    earthnGU
    n n 4- 1-.7
    -For the director upon the Git'tithaV

    Of the sons of Ko'rah.~ A melody.


    4:14
    HOWloveIy your grand tabernacle is, Zec
    F581Sup
    > ICh 6:37
    0 Jehovah of a ~ m i e s ! ~
    ZPS4 6 4
    My soul has yearned and also pined away for .E g3:21
    t h e courtyards wf Jehovah.'
    UPS
    :&a 9:1
    2130
    My own heartn and my very flesh cry out ,g$,;;j
    +Pr2 6 2
    joyfully t o the living God.bA
    3Ps 91:4
    -1ch22:f
    a Even the bird itseIf has found a h ~ u s e , ~
    Hcb 13:10
    *Ps 23:6
    And the swallow' a nest for herself,
    P S 27:4
    Where she has put her young onesmP s 65!4
    Your grand altar,c 0 Jehovah of armies, 2:";'::;
    m y King and my God!d"
    ~ P 871:s
    CPS
    S9 : ~
    Happy' are those dwelling in your house!#
    Isa 1.15:1
    ps
    IZ:~
    ~ ~ 7 . 1 5
    They ski11 keep on praising you,k Se'Zah. llrs
    25:7
    Happy are themenewhose strength is in you,fn Isn 4 5 : ~ ~
    zcc 10:12
    In whose heart are the highmaysar
    rPs 40:8
    Passing along through the low plain of the p,"ryj:3"3
    bdea bushes,"
    Supr
    Z S5:13
    5:29
    ~
    They turn it into a spring itself,
    . tlSa
    Isa m:20
    2:4
    Even with blessings the instructmu en- $ ~ 1 ~ 2 6 ; ~
    PS 3317
    wraps himself.
    Hab ?:I9
    They will walk on from vital energy to vital kPs
    n c 16:16
    43:3
    Xsa ~5:ls
    energy;
    JPT 31:s
    Each one appears to Godd in Zion.sk
    Zec 14%

    84

    l-'salm 8 and footnote b on its superscription, b Or, "the Divino


    One." &I,El. CLiterally, "your altars," M ; hut likely in the p11wr1.I
    of grandeur a n d magnificence. Compare "grand tabernacle" in
    verse 1. d "God." M,El.o.himf, "?IIen.l' RC, a.damf. f "YOU,"MVg;
    L ' y ~0~Jehovah,'!
    ,
    LXX; "your Meim'xa," T. Or, by a slight correction in the Hebrew verb: "They will see the God of gods in
    Zion"; to agree with LXXVgSy, which read: T h e Qod of gods
    will be seen in Zion."

    vPs 4:1
    PPS27:l
    eGe 15:l

    "1Sa 2:lO
    PS2.2
    Ac 10:38
    =Ps n : 4

    Ps 632
    s
    Ps 84:4

    L u 8 28
    ACT:48
    uDa 425
    Mic 4:13

    ~ P 3S :

    ips j7:14
    Ps 1.11:4

    &PS27:l

    PSALMS 84 :8-85: 5

    281

    Isa W:19
    M:kI 4:2
    Re 2l:23
    4PS 3:3
    P S 84:9

    Pr 2:7

    x2Co 218

    2Co 1:17

    0Ps89:36
    *Ps 1a:2
    * J O ~$1

    PS 1x2

    PS 3?:9

    Ps 85:12

    Pr 2:7

    k,Pss;,?;
    Ps 146:s
    Isa 3 1 8

    0 Jehovah Gada of armies, do hear my prayer,"


    Do give ear, 0 Goda of Jacob? Se'lnh.
    W shield of ours, see, O God,=
    And look upon the face of your anointed
    one.b*
    lo For a day in your courtyards is better than a

    thousand [elsewhere] .n

    T have chosen to stand at the threshold in


    the house of my GodA
    Rather than to move around in the tents of
    wickedne~s.~
    l1 For Jehovah God is a suno' and a shield;c@
    Favor and glory are what he gives."
    Jehovah himself will not hold back anything
    good from those walking in integrity."
    0 Jehovah of armies, happy is the manCthat
    is trusting in

    F o r the director. Of the sons of IC.~'rah.~


    d. melody.
    2zh3i::&
    rLe
    26:42
    P S n:7

    Jm 2:18

    Zec 1!16

    sEzr 2:l
    P s 14:7

    P s L26:l
    der 3038
    Eze 39325
    Joe 3:l
    tPs 32:l
    Jer 50:20
    Mlc 7 3 8
    U P S79;8
    &C+lJ:??

    a Bee

    85

    You have taken pleasure, 0 Jehovah, in


    your 1and;r
    You have brought backd t h e ones taken
    captive of Jacob."
    You have pardoned the error of your people;t
    You have covered all their sin.!] Se'hh.
    You have controIIede all your fusy;V
    You have turned back from the heat of
    your anger.Y
    'Return t o us,' 0 God of our saIvation,z
    And break off your vexation with us.*
    IS it t o time indefinite that y o u will be incensed

    B P S 74.1
    Mlr 7.1%

    - --- -- ,
    "God.>' 31, E1.0.him'. b Or, "(your) Messiah.'' If, ma.s7adkahk; SF,
    ~n7sLi'kka;L X X , chr&.tost; Vg, ehPds'tus. i'lIan.'' M,&.dam'. " 0
    o,we with LXXVgSpT. Literally "You have returned to (with) ,')31. .Literally, "g~theredin:' M. iilReturn t a us: MT; "Bring us
    a

    back," LXXVgSy.

    ~ P l lR
    A:D4

    Will you draw out your anger t a generation


    after generation?'
    %'ill you yourself not enliven us again,#
    That your people th.emselves may rejoice
    in you?'

    aw

    g;

    1) l'*;i>:l
    r2q

    '.I

    ,..I

    L's 3 i 9: 155
    Isn
    Ar 31l:t)

    ?I3[. 23::$

    txsn - ; : 5

    zoc 2:s
    L\l

    2::r2

    ul2u :N:d
    1'3 Lrh:l4
    I=% 1;j::i
    Mlc ,:211
    vrJx 729
    IS11 32::1,0
    JOT

    23:s

    Lu ?:I4

    y I'u 57:-1 0
    1's 61 :7

    from the very heavens."


    z1.m 42:21
    1C"o 1:30
    Jehovah himseIf will also give what is good," Il's
    fil:ll
    1014;
    And our own land will give its jie1d.O
    J J I S ]:I7
    :I% I3T:ii
    19 Before- him righteousness itsdf will walkC
    Jnta

    la

    >lUl(Cb

    And i t will make a way by his stepping^.^

    86

    me:

    For 1 am afflicted and poor."


    0 do guard m y soul, for I am a man of lovingkindness.'

    * Or, "loyal love.'"

    1 L.'O .'H5

    *I?. W:14
    Ian :,\:H

    Incline, 0 Jehovah, your car. Answer

    ,,,
    ,,!,
    1.U -' :i7

    l'\ 5.'~G

    Truenessc itself wiIl sprout out of the very


    earth,p
    And righteousness itself will look

    .>,.I
    :?,.5

    l'I'*

    I'

    kissed each other.v

    trust in^ in you.k


    Show me f ~ v o r 0
    , Jehovah,Rn
    js

    PR31 :I

    111:,T,

    For glory to reside in ow land.'


    fPI Loving-kindnessa and truenessc
    themselves
    have met each ather;u
    Righteousness and peace themselves have

    S R V your
    ~
    servantm-you are my God-that

    1 l l t b 5:4

    1<l181 3 5

    And your s a l v a t i ~ n h ayou


    ~
    to os." J , ,,+ 11
    g X will hear what The [lme] G d h Jehovah will :
    ;!:'6 'zj
    I-'< ! I t , 14;
    speak,'
    Jl-r -1;': )?
    ::I
    For he will speak peace to his peopleIc and -L-lnh
    t [ ~ , hI2:?5
    k !'\ 2 ! I ~1
    to his men d lacing-kindness,"
    1 ~ .-ST:
    1 t~9
    A4But let them not return to self-~onfldence.~
    t I E @A 2
    !!z
    TI'S
    "~urely his saIvation is rlear t o those fearing F['H
    ..ah.
    hirn,s

    PSALMS 86 :3-11

    283

    282

    PSALMS 85:6-86 :2

    : 1'5 1Z!~.,%

    1.10 2;G

    -Ps
    31:2
    cPS
    ISA CA'2
    1's 37:28
    F.5 ?&I:?

    "The [ t m e ] God." JL, k a-El, See Psnl~u1s : 32,


    footnote a, C Or,'"ttlr."
    331, rnfi.etA'.

    For to you 1 keep c ~ l l i n gall day long,'

    ' Make the soul of your servant rejoice,-

    For to you, 0 J e h ~ v a h I, ~lift up my very


    soul.'
    For YOU, 0 JehovahIa are goodU and ready to

    l:pl\ b I%

    r17c lrl 12
    15Ih
    1'3

    Gl 3
    2' f
    62'n

    f~rflve,~

    1'r l't3:R

    lit'% >.'>.S

    6" 1fi

    1'5

    75:#9

    1.LI
    VXC
    [<I!

    11

    17

    rs7.7
    1 j t L .I3
    a
    \IlC ::I8
    Y I ~ : X 3~
    1's 113:lB
    I Y C ~1 : I A

    xl'x 5:l
    ,,I

    I'a 7.W:a

    E I ~ SIS 1~

    r1%OY:I
    .

    R h I?:I1

    And t h e loving-klndnessqo all those calling upon you is abundant.p

    DO give ear, O Jehovah, t o my prayer,"


    And do pay attention to the voice of my

    entreaties.'
    In the day of my distress I will call upon you,D
    For you will answer me,"
    A T h e ~ eI s none like you among the gods,cF 0

    Jehovah,a:
    Neither nre there any works like yours.+
    O All the natSons whom you have made t ~ i U
    )
    I,("I :4r
    themselves comem
    P~ 13;:q
    '71'8 I(' ',IB
    And
    they will bow down hefore you, 0
    1cn :!
    -1;s nl; I
    Jehov~h,R'
    ,.16rb I 1:9
    And will give glory to your name."
    I<]'# ?:I#
    fi 7
    loFOX
    you are great and are doing wondrous
    111
    li I
    I 32.39
    things;k
    14 'D 3'4
    You
    are God, yoti alone,"
    -!I I>.;% 25:.1
    34t:9
    RPF?li 7
    Instrulct
    me, O Jehovah, about your way."r
    >!*I 1%
    1 shall walk in your truth.8
    "10
    t2b.r "?:RB
    Unify my heart to fear your name.'
    , T ! IT ' I
    1's

    xb:r!

    1911 .tl1:25
    J l b r

    Ill:ri

    :I

    UI(1) lrb:I)

    )dh

    "Jt.hov~h,"L.SXT7gFy nnd rnnny E X ~ b r nmnnnscripts; A.dp.srr!y',


    Ji. 'rllia i s orlc o f t b 134
    ~ prt5onR.w wlww the J ~ n i r hFopherim
    chnnrt*rl tlre primitic~nrl>rew tcxt to sent1 d.rln.aa!j' in pEaw of
    3''krr. rrrth',
    01', " l 0 ? ~ ~
    lovc,"
    1
    0 "Gods." 33r, tl.n.?iinz'; L X X , tlre.~i';
    Yg, rli"; T, "lofty nngc1rt.l'

    PSALMS 86 :1
    -

    laud you, 0 Jehovah8 my God, with all my


    heart,"
    uPS
    D e911
    6:5
    And I will glorify your name to time in- Etgl&
    VIC~
    2933
    definite,~
    Joh U.28
    For vour loving-khdnessb
    is great toward n015:I
    yPs 57:lO
    me,Y
    Ps 1034
    And you have delivered my soulc out of Lul:=
    zDe 32:22
    She'o1,d its lowest place."
    Job 33:28
    l4 Q God, the presumptuous ones themselves
    *2~a
    1532
    have risen up against me,"
    Ps H : 3
    And t h e very assembly of tyrannical ones
    02Sa 1?11
    have looked for my soul,'
    Mt 26:3
    And they have not set you in front of them- 2; Fa+

    z$;T8

    selves:

    APS

    10:4

    Ea 8:lZ

    l q u t you, 0 Jehovah,a are a God@merciful and bEx


    gracious,
    NU 14%
    9.17
    Slow to anger' and abundant in loving- +Ne
    ~~103:s
    mPs S5.10
    kindnessb and tr~eness.~"
    *Ps25316
    +Ps28:7
    loTurn to me and show me favor."
    Isa
    Do give your strength to your servant:
    And do save the son of your slave* girl." "p"
    l7 Work out with me a sign meaning goodness," n$z$$,l,
    That those hating me may see [it] and be
    Mic 7 : ~
    ashamed."
    APS71:21
    For you yourself, 0 Jehovah, have helped ;;7~633337
    me and comforted me.a
    PS 48:l

    T'z:;;+z9

    Of the sons of E0'rah.t

    87

    A melody, a song.

    His foundation is in the holy m0untains.u


    ~ehov* is more in love with the
    gates of Zionv

    PSALMS W: 3-88

    285

    284

    :2

    P s 68:16
    Isa ;?:2
    I-Ieb 12:Z

    Y2"c"h1$65

    RIsa:%T3
    14:32
    Joe 2 3 3

    a i : J e h o ~ a h J LXTVgSyT
    "
    and many Hebrew manuscripts; A.donay', 3f.This i a one of the 134 pasmges mhero the J e ~ s Sogheri~n
    h
    changed the primitire Hebrew text t o read A . C ~ O . R Uplace
    ~ ? ~ of
    YLlro.wahp. b Or, "loyal lave." eL%ouuT." M, meph'esh; L X X , psych:'; Vg, rs%nk.mo. d M, sh%; L X X , "Hatdes"; Vg, ifi.fsr'rhua.
    e 'LG~d.'J
    31, El. f or, i6trtlth." hf, pm.ethr.

    l e u 51:Y

    c-Xi 20:17

    rs 137:l

    Isa 13:l
    "Ps 60:s

    FPs 49:12
    Isa 23:l
    Ezc 2 7 2

    +Psm:51

    Ac 8:27
    C 3 o h 3.3

    1Pe 123
    1 J O 3:9

    <Isa44:5

    *JOh 3 5
    Ga 3:29

    ~a 4:31
    kPs 83:18
    nEze 48:25

    P,o 8:31
    Re 21.22
    rPs 2230
    Isa 4:3
    Eze 9 4
    rPs 87:4

    tEx E5:20
    2Sa 6.14

    I C h 15:16
    UPS46:4

    R C 22:l
    1-1Ch 6:37
    slICl 4:31
    1Ch 2%
    z C e 48:18
    Ps 65:19

    Isa LZ:2
    L u l:?T
    *Ne 1:6
    Ps %:3
    Lu 2.37
    U P S 22 2

    :3

    Than with all the tabernacles of Jacob.7


    Glorious things are being spoken about you, 0
    city of The [ t1-e J G Q ~ .Se'Zuh.
    ~"
    4 I shall make mention of Ra'habb' and Babyl o n ~as~among those knowing me;
    Here are Phi.lis'ti.aA and TyrefEtogether
    with Gush:*+
    "This is one who was born there."@
    j And respecting Zion it will be said:"
    "Each and every onee was born in her."*
    And the Most Highk himself will firmly
    establish her.n
    "ehovah himself wiIl decIare, when recording
    the peoples:
    "This is one who was born there."a Be'lah,
    There will also be singers as well as dancers
    of circle dances :t
    "All my springs are in you."U
    A song, a melody of the sons of Ko4nh.v To the
    director over Rla'l~a.lathf f o r making responses.
    hfasrki1g o f Hermany the Ezfra.hite.

    0 Jehovah the God of my sal~ation,~


    ~y day I have cried out,'
    night [also] in front of you.'
    you m y prayer wilI come.*

    88In the

    "fore
    Incline your ear to my entreating
    a For my soul has had enough of calamities,+
    Ps 2 7 5
    And my very life has come in touch even
    Ps 71:20
    B P S 307:18
    with She'ol.ha
    Xsa 38~10
    a .'The [true] God." M, ha-El.o.kiwt. Compare with Genesis 5: 22,
    24, footnote a. JI Or, "the Stormer." T, ['the Egyptians?' * O r ,
    ''Ba'hel." NSy, Bn.belp; ZXXVg, "Babylon," d If,Kwsle; LXXJrg,
    &'the E.thi.otpi.anpeople." * Or, "[This] man and [that] man."
    Isa 6 2 5
    LlICi 6:30
    Ps 75:11
    CmPx
    141:l
    +Do31:17

    r See the superscription of Psalm 53, footnote a. g See the suparscription of Psalm 32, footnote a. h31, slaudl; LXX, "Ha'des"; Vg,
    itt.fer'raue.

    PSALMS 88 :4-11

    286

    I have been reckoned in among those going


    *.loll37:22
    do~vnto the pit;'
    'P3 2P:E
    T h a w become like an able-bodkd man 3i;T!i
    01'.:31 12
    without sfreength,*
    Rr, 5 l;
    : I hla T,C.:O
    Set f r e e among the dead themselves,lc
    ttlun l l:9
    Like slain ones lying in the burial pIace," 1 l 1 h 1 ~ 3 ~ : 1 1
    Whom you have remembered no longerrllpslM:23
    And who have been cut off from your own
    U J Oo:n
    ~
    [helping] hands
    Pn sr:~a
    O You have put me in a pit of the lowest depths,'
    t;?; t;;?::
    1 1 ~ I ' Y~ I : ~
    In dark places, in a large abyss.Rb1
    ntl l n , 7
    v P S 2 ~I:
    "pan me your rage has thran-n itself ,v
    1'1 8' 7
    And with all your brealdngmtavesyou h~ive ;;A!,;.KJ
    kc 1::,7
    afflicted [me] .r Se'lnEE.
    y!" --1,.7
    .
    You have put my acquaintances far away from r ~ n .3.
    tJnh l9:13
    me;"
    PP.31:11
    You have set me as something very detest- :;, ;:;,
    *I.;~~w:T
    able to them.'
    I.,rr 53::)
    I am under restraint and cannot go forth." ;;~,:;$i~
    My own eye has languished becnrise of my C;$d;:ld
    L J n b 312:aa
    affliction."
    I'., ,?r 10
    I have called on you, 0 Jehovah, a11 day ];;;;;A

    Your faithfulness fn [the place of] destrucn Job 26:6


    PS 55:W
    P?. 73.15
    Ec 3:20

    tf~n?~"
    l21T7ill a marvel by you be known in the darkrdob lo:=
    ness itself,'
    Ps 11-;3:3
    >It F:12
    O
    r
    your righteoctsness In the land of ob.Jude 13
    livion?"
    FPS31312
    Ps gs:5
    l q n d yet to you, 0 Jehovnh, I myself have
    Ec 2:lG
    Ec 8:10
    called for help,t
    tPs 5 3
    Ds 4C 1
    And in the m o r n j n ~my own prayer keeps
    %-Fs432
    Ps 775'

    31t 27.46

    confrontfng younu
    Why is it, 0 Jehovah, t h ~you
    t reject my soul?'
    Why do you keep your face concealed from

    rdob 13544
    Ps 121
    zJob 121
    Isa 53:3

    X am aflicted and expirlna from boyhood an;=

    rlPs119147

    longrb

    'Job 6.4
    Ps 2254

    Isa =:lo

    hut likely the plmrnnl n u ~ t ~ hofw ~mndcar.


    b "Tliose i~upolent; in denth." 51, frpkn.ijn'; LX31'g1 * @ ~ J ( ~ I ~ ~ I ~ R
    (m~tlicttl doctaiv) "; SF, 9nighty onw iginutct) " : T, i ' l ~ a d i r rlis~
    e o l r ~ ~inl the duat.'Wompnre .Job Sfi :3, Ir)trtnnta c. a Or, I*loynE
    lavc." d Or, "~IYP
    g r n ~ e ? L,LY; "s~pnlrl~cr,'+
    I'p.
    a Litrjmlly, "nhyssesl" 11;

    cornpani~n;~
    My acquaintances art, a dark place.'

    'EC3.5

    BLsn a911

    much.')'
    Over me your flashes of burning anger have
    t o silence."
    They have surrounded me like waters all day
    1ong;O
    They have c1a.d in upon me all at one
    time.'
    18Yau have put far away from me friend and

    1'5

    1's 115:17
    l'nm'*lR

    I have borne frjghtful things from you very

    passed ;I

    '1's ~r'r17

    .w:9

    me?y

    Terrors from you youixelf have brought me

    W"3
    To you I have spread out my palms.'
    .11<1 .>I
    2~11
    r> as
    For the dead ones will you do rnar~cIously?~
    1,- 4.i 131
    el'\ fi 5
    Or will those impotent in death1'themselves r : ~rh"in

    arise,'
    WiIl they laud you?" Se'lcr Jz.
    " Will your loving-kindnessche declared in the
    burial placed itself,K

    PSALMS 88:1249:l

    283

    Mn~'kil,cOf E'lhnn tllr I?z'rn.l~itc.'

    *"PS
    11t6:I
    Ps 3X:l
    ~ r13:34
    :

    expressions of
    189 Jehovah's
    r
    about
    Indefinite.'
    nesgl

    will sing

    loving-kindeven t o time

    R 3 1 , n . b a d . d d ~ ' ; SST, rib.dn'w; LXY, "do~Crnctinn');Vg, " p e d tion!"ee


    Job 2O : R, footaota f. b "Vury t~ulch.'' Orj "I n n ~embarrassed (confused)," LSIY TgSg, T t ~ r EIP~ITPIV
    vmrd (rt.pu'mah),
    used only ancq iq of doul.ltful mennulg. Sea Psnllu 92, the superscription, footnote a. " r , "by1 lavr.''

    PSALMS 89 :2-9

    PSALMS 89: 10-18

    288

    For generation after generation I shall nPs.36:~


    Ps 119:90
    make your faithfuIness known with my ,N,
    1:5
    sPs f10:89
    mouth."
    Heb 6 3 8
    For I have said: "Loving-kindnessa wiIl stay tKs;2f2
    UPS
    A~ 2132:11
    : ~
    buiIt even t o time indefinite;'
    "As for the heavens, you keep your faith- v g y ~ ; : ;
    fulness firmly established in them,"" ;$",;3
    "I have concludedb a covenant toward my ~zPs
    Hebl:8
    193
    chosen one;'
    Ps 50:A
    Lu
    "I have sworn t o David my s e r ~ a n t : ~ EPh2:13
    310
    '' 'Even to time indefinite I shall firmly estab- k',"&i2
    DPS 105 :6
    lish your seedFcZv
    O P s 102:16
    " 'And I wiIl buildo your throne to genera*%
    2 ~ 1:7
    h
    tion after generation.' "Y SB'ZU~.
    1
    And the heavens will laud your marvelous act, HY Ue b~ ,12:22
    14
    1
    Re 19:l
    Q Jehovah,"
    oEx 15:11
    Yes, your faithfulness in the congregationd F:
    of the holy ones."
    AGe
    Jer B1: Z0 : ~
    For who in the skies can be compared t o
    Isa 6:2
    Jehovah ?'
    + N e 1:5
    Who can resemble Jehovah among the sons H e b 12.28
    Re 15:4
    of God?'"
    OPs 8432
    God' is to be held in awe among the intimate ,p,"&!2a
    group of holy ones;$
    I= 147:s
    PS
    4D:X
    I
    He is grand and fear-inspiring over all who #De
    Jer =:XI
    32 17
    l S n 2:2
    are round about him.'
    Ps 71:19
    D a 7:10
    0 JehovahC God of armiesIow
    oJer 1516
    I
    Who is vigorous like you, 0 Jah?gpX
    ~ X S X1:9
    And your faithfulness is all around you." K:$%.s
    T o u are ruling over the swelling of the sea;k ~ a ~ ~ ~,
    a Or, L'loyal Iove:'
    Literally, "cut," &f. Or, 'C~ffspTing!'d 31,

    nPs ~ : 7
    PS93:3
    Ps 107:25

    "
    qa,hal'; L - n V g , LLec.cle'si.a.''"T4od." 11, El.im';

    the plural nunlber of El, evidetltly being the plural of rnajestg or excellence; LXT,
    Tk8.a~'; 7-g, De'us; SF, d((aonu o f ) the angels [or, the angelic
    sons)"; T, " ( C M W ~ S o f ) the angels." Compare Job 1:6, iootmotes g, a ; Job 38: 7, footnote a. f 'LGod." Or, &'TheDivine One.:'
    N, EL '(Jab." See Psnlm 08: 4,footnote a.

    When it raises up its waves you yourself


    calm them,n
    rPs 87:4
    Isa 3:7 lo YOUyou~selfhave crushed Ra'hab,ar even as
    sEx 1.5~4
    tEx 3 2 0
    someone slain,"
    We 424
    B y the arm of your strength you have seatU I C ~29:11
    ~ 1 C 10:26
    o
    tered your enemieset
    I-PS2 4 2
    l1 Heaven is yours," the earth also is yours;'
    ky;&4i:7
    L J o s 19:22
    The productive landb and what fills it,'JR 4:G
    LDe 3:8
    you yaurseIf have founded themz
    OPS m,LZ
    EX 6:6
    lZ T h e north and the southc-you
    yourself creDe 4:M
    ated3 them;*
    CIsa 4:s
    BEx 13:3
    Ta'bor' and Her'monA-in your name they
    De 6.21
    Da 4:35
    cry out j ~ y f u l l y . ~
    1Pe 5 6
    'Ps 44.3
    ls An arm with mightiness is yours,'
    *De 3 2 8
    Ps 45:6
    Your hand is strong,@
    Ps 9 7 2
    Ps 145:17
    Your right hand is exalted."
    Pi"1.6.12
    ~e 15.3 I4 Righteousness and judgment are the estabLPs S5:lO
    lished place of your throne;'
    J O l~: l 7
    nTs 3.3:s
    Loving-kindnessd and truenesse themselves
    PS 9s .L
    L U 2:lO
    come in before your face.k
    CPs 106:3
    ~ ~ ~ 6 H
    2 a6p p p are the people knowing the joyful
    Ps 4:6
    Is4 2 5
    shouting."
    Re 21:23
    0 Jehovah, in the Iight of your face they
    sPs 20:7
    Ps 33.21
    keep walking.'
    PS 44.8
    ,bIsa
    :+.4&45:24 151n your name they are joyful all day longs
    And in your righteousness they are exa1ted.t
    Ro 1:1?
    U P S 2 8 : ~ l7 FOP
    you are the beauty of their strength,"
    2Co 12.9
    r ISa ?:I0
    And
    by your good will our ham is exalted."
    Ps 7x10
    PS 9210 l s For our shield belongs to Jehovah,y
    y P s 473
    And our king belongs to the Holy One of
    Q Isa 3 2 3
    CIsa 1:24
    ZPS2:6

    Or, 'the Stormer." 7,XXT7g, The arrogant (haughtr) one." T,


    "the arrogant one, that i s , impious Phar'aoh." b ('The prodnctir~e
    land." 31, t s . bPEt; L X X , "the inhabited earth"; T7gJor'his tcr'rne
    ("the circle of the earth"), c ((Eonth." Literally, "right (side) ," as
    olle faces east, 11. d Or, "loyal lore?'
    Or, '(truthfulnesa'~; or,
    r8tmtb.v nr, em..raP.
    a

    PSALMS 89 :19-30

    :tA"'

    PSALMS 89 :31--41

    that time you spoke in a visionmto your 'Frml*


    * 2Sa 1:4
    men of loving-lrindness*
    21Sn 16:18

    And you proceeded t o say:


    . 1Isn
    2 ~9a
    7:8
    :~
    "I have placed help upon a mighty one;' &
    ?;:;
    "I have exalted a chosen one from among -;g,":y3
    zsz 517
    the people."
    A c 1338
    20 "I have found David m y servant;O
    :Is>i61:l
    "With my holy oil I have anointed" him,' ';yE;::5
    "With whom my own hand will be firm,"
    "Whom my own arm also will strengthen." y
    ' ,";;Fo
    "No enemy will make exactions upon him," *-;gl;y;9
    "Neither will any son af unrighteousness $
    ;+
    ;,JOII
    I; 11:12
    afflict himnk
    2T11 2:3
    "'And because of him I crushed his adversaries n % s ~J:I.
    2Sa 22:41
    to pieces,n
    rLo 26:21
    "And to those intenseIy hating him I kept F;
    L U 19.27
    dealing out b l ~ w s . ~
    JoR 15:24
    '""Andm y faithfulness and my loving-kindnessa $%
    ;
    ~ $ 2
    are with him,*
    AC13:34
    "And in my name his horn is exa1ted.t
    "P$,"Z:e
    So11 175
    2vlAnd on the sea I have put his handU
    uEx 23:31
    Ps 72:s
    "And on the rivers his right handnY
    ~ 1 K421
    i
    Ps
    "He himself calls out to me: 'You are my z.2% &G:Ll
    7:14
    ~t 26.39
    Fatherly
    1,u 23:46
    '' 'My God3z and the Rock of my salvation." "rs
    94:1
    X s a 14:3U
    "Also I myself shall place him as first-born, ~ 2 ~ 3 . ? 2 : 3
    "The most high of the kings of the earth.* ~$&5?34"~
    ="'To time indefinite I shall preserve my loving- ,'2::2,
    *lrl'i6:lS
    kindnessa toward himso
    Re 19:16
    "And my covenant will be faithful" to him.' :;'ga12jz
    2g "And I shall certainly set up his seed' foreverm
    38g
    "And his throne as the days' of heaven."
    ;~;I?;O~S
    30 '
    TIE his sons leave my law'
    z 2 ~ a'i:14
    '"And
    in my judicial decisions they do not $Fit$:53
    kEze 189
    walk,k
    L
    - u 1:G
    a Or, "loyal love." b Or, "Lasting." C Or, "offspring."

    #:

    EPpSs5'534i6
    rDe 4:2

    Dc l i : 1 8
    ~ 2 S a714

    Pr 1324

    "lf they profane my own statutescn


    "And they do not keep my own commandmerits,'

    "Then I must hzrn my attention to their transIKi 11:14


    gression even with a rod*
    ~ e 1 b2 : ~
    u2Sa ::I5
    "And to their error even with stroke^.^
    IKi 11:3z
    :::$i?g6 3"4"'Butmy loving-kindness" I shall not break off
    vlSn 36:29
    from
    H e b 628
    yLe 26:44
    "Nor
    shall I prove false with regard to my
    Jer 14:21
    faithfu1ness.T
    Jer 3320
    hlsa 24 :5
    ~ $ 1 3-6
    ~ 1 31 "I shall not profane my covenant,"Y
    R o 11:29
    "And the expression out of my lips I shall
    j n s 127
    *Ps 110:4
    not changeez
    IIeb G:I~
    35 ''Once I have sworn0 in m y holiness,*
    T i t 1:2
    "To David I will not telI lies."
    L2!37 1 6
    Iea 53:10 3a "His seed itself will prove t o be even t o time
    Jsa 39:21
    indefiniteA
    I PS 'i2:17
    Lu 12-3
    "And
    his throne as the sunQin front of me.
    ~ F 1:s
    c
    31 "AS the moon it will be firmly established for
    4yg,?zi?35
    jer 33:M
    time indefinite'
    C P r 1415
    fGe 1:16
    "And be a faithful witness0 in the s k i e ~ . " ~
    Ge 9!16
    Isa M:10
    Sdhh.
    'ICh 28.9
    Ps 44:Q
    But
    you-you
    have rejected and yon keep conPs 60:1
    temning;"
    Jer 1 2 3
    *2Sa 1:21
    You have become furious toward your
    2Sa 15:26
    2Sn 24312;
    atlointed onebu
    P s H:9
    Zuc 13:7 33 You have spurned the covenant of your
    nPs 74:7
    Isn 25:U
    servant;
    Isa 5312
    La 5:16
    You
    have profaned his diadem t o the very
    Joh 19:19
    rJob 1;10
    earth."
    PY623
    You have broken down a11 his stone pens;'
    PR8 0 : n
    sZCh 12:4
    You have laid his fortifications in ruin.8
    Jer 5 2 2 4
    La 2:2
    fl
    AU.
    those passing along the way have pillaged
    tPs 44:lO
    I s a 10:6
    hirn;t
    Jer 5037
    a Or,lL1oy~l
    love?' b "Anointerl one?' BI, ma.shi'aiah; XyT,m'shi'kl~a;
    t~~ 3 2 3 4

    ZXX, chris.tos'; Tg, cltrb'iua.

    PSALMS 89 :42-49

    He ~

    R become
    S
    a reproach

    PSALMS 89:50-90 :2

    292
    to h is neighbors."

    vPs 699
    RO 15:3

    You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.^


    4xC~rhat
    h more, you again treat Ills sword as
    R foe,=
    And yon have caused him not t o gain

    3 - ~ "JII:
    g LP

    'Nu 14:M
    ground in the battle.'
    J o a 7:4
    1:lB
    '"ou
    have made [him] cease from his luster," nlK1
    La d:2
    And his throne you have hurled to the very
    'Em 21:B
    earth."
    Lu 21:21
    4 b Y o have
    ~
    shortened the days of his youth:
    You have enwrapped him with shame.' + ' p ~ 4 ~ ~ { ~ 9
    Isa 63:18
    Be'lak.
    Ere 21 :29
    HOWlong, 0 Jehovah, wfIl you keep yourself M i c 7 : 1 0
    I
    ~ P 131
    S
    concealed? For all time?*
    Will your rage keep on burning fist like
    PS V:XI
    a fire?'
    *7 Remember of what duration of Ijfe I a
    m."' *g;;;;
    ~
    1s it all in vain that you have created all
    kaob 1 8 : ~
    the sons of men?bk
    PS 14:4
    4% What able-bodied man is there alive3 who will - m11:8
    nJob m:23
    not see death?=
    EC 3 1 9
    Can he provide escape for his soulc from
    ;;sl,
    the hand of S h e ' ~ l Se'lnh,
    ?~~
    ISO 38:10
    A c 2 27
    Where are your fom~eracts of loving'kgi!+
    kindness,e 0 Jehavah,'~
    CSn 3 9
    About which you swore to David in your Fi
    A t 2 31
    laithfulnes?"
    IEeb ::at

    'I

    Or, probohly " R ~ m e m b e ~0~ ,J ~ l i o v n h ,whnt the duration of life


    in," '*JIPII." i & ~ ( i l i m r ."Foul." M, ~ l r p i l ' c d t ; L-YK, psyl~li6';
    Vg, m'si wn. d "She'ot." X, sTrr81; T,SS, "Ii~'iics'';T'g; irarj~.rw,q.
    * ( )P, '"lnynl Invr.'" '"Jehoml~.'' AX.X\'+yT untl n nunlb~rof 110.
    Ilrew m f l ~ u ~ ~ r i p f d.rTo.*lny',
    .3;
    >I. Tllis i q onc of the 134 wesops
    sllrro tllc J v ~ b - i ~sopherim
    h
    chni~getll t ~ cprindt~veHebrew test L O
    r ~ n dd.dosrt!y' inrtcarl of l l r o.rra/t',

    Remember, 0 J e h o ~ a h ,the
    ~ reproach upon
    your sewantsJu
    My carrying in my bosom [the rcpro~ch
    of] all the many people^,^
    " How your enemies have reproached, 0 Jehovah,~
    How they have reproached the footprints
    of your anointed oneBhz
    Blessed be Jehovah to time Indefinite, Amen
    and Amen.'
    'O

    r1Ps 4413
    PS 74:18

    You have exalted the right hand of his adver~~ries;~

    fill

    a2Sa 167
    Pa 56:s
    Mt 12:24

    Mt 26:65

    .<p,h9T:;4s
    Fs 41:13
    Ps 72:18

    t D e 332

    BOOK F O U R

    X J e3 3 : ; ~

    Pr; $1.3
    1's 91:l
    Ps 91 9

    +Ge l:9

    [Psdilms 90 100)
    A prayar of bfoses, the man of Thc [true] CSod.Cn
    0 Jehovah,&you yourself have proved
    f o be a real dwelling for uJ"

    ":'"'VF 32.18
    Ps 14R6
    .17a 2.8

    2% 22:16

    90During generation

    after generation.'
    Before the mountains themsehes were born,'
    Or you proceeded to bring forth as with
    labor pains the eartho and the productive 1and,ea
    Even fimm time indefinite to time fndeflnite
    you are God.3u

    I C 16:30
    ~
    Ps 15 15
    PS 88 11
    Ps 83.1

    Jer 10:12
    93:2
    isa .ii:6

    UPS

    ,
    ,

    Ysa 4,:,5 : a
    1Tf 1:17
    Ae 1:s

    a ' i J ~ h o v a h , " LXXVgSgT nad n nunther o f Hebrclw nnnnaoaipts;


    A.do.>1ay1,M, T l ~ i sis one o f the 134 pxswgcs ~ Y ~ P I ?llle
    P
    Jerirh
    Sopherim chnngrrl tlw lalbirrlitire Hebrew t c s t to 1 ~ ~ 1 1 1A1 . l l ( ~ . ~ r , l ! ( '
    instead of l*'lin.rrrrls'.
    "Al~ai13led one." 31, n t r . b hi'nh h ; SyT!
    m'slri'lika; L.LY, c4rib.io#" l'p. clrri,.'h~s.m ' ' T h ~[tnic] Ciod." 31,
    hn-El.a.7rirn'; EI.a.bi~lr' l ~ e i i ~pgr r ~ e d dhy the drlini tc n1.ti v l r Iw.
    C o ~ n p a ~I )ee n t ~ r o n o ~ t33:J
    ~ y: 1 , ftlotnnte a. d "Jel~ornl~,"LSS\'g$yT
    nltd some I I t b r ~ w~nnnurrcripta;B.do.laay' ("Sovcrrign Lnrtl"
    t h i s being one 01 i l l t i 134 pnunger w h u o the J~wifill V~~/I~:!I!
    changed ;he l>rilnitivn I I rhtncw text to read d7rloQnn!r'i n a t w d of
    I-'bo.ac*rtli = O r l by O ~ Prlinnp in ~owrl-pointingul' t l i ~Ilslnbcw
    text: "Or the earth nnd tlic prodnctire land w<hlnr
    bronglit fort11
    rrtth l a k r pains." C<rl~~pnre
    L-UTgT. Or, " t t ~ c Dirirl~ Oue."
    31, El; Sg', d,Iis'ltn; \*fir Il11'tts.

    PSALMS 90:3-42

    You make mortal mana go back to crushed


    matterb1'
    And you say: "Goback, YOU sons of rnen."fll
    For a thousand yearsa a r e in your eyes but as
    yestelday when it is pastr
    And as a watch during the nightees

    294

    u J a b 2928
    Pr 2:2

    I$,"fi?&

    S O 3~ 4 : ~
    Ec 320

    vps %:a

    oz

    Zec 1:16
    m46

    ZPS

    +Eu 3214
    n e 3 2 : ~
    Ps 106:45

    ,p, 104.29

    ~PS
    2 P146:4
    e3:s
    ~~ hPr139:11
    S1
    t 4 :

    mere sleep;"
    73:ZO
    In the morning [they are] just like green UPS
    Isn29:7
    vPs 103.15
    grass that changes.~
    I s n 40:6
    In the morning it puts fort11 blossoms and must $:"$,:
    change;=
    Yart
    J O ~~14,a
    3.3
    At evening" it withers and certainly dries ;~+;;!;m
    Up.%
    Jas 3 :I1
    For we have come t o an end in your anger,* "ti2ja
    Arid by your rage we have become terrified." ~ e ~ ~
    YOTIhave set our errors right in front of you," 0~;3j 1
    Our hidden things before your bright face.d; A$ ;6;3g
    O For all our days have come to their decline in
    PS 51):21
    I P S 19:a
    your fury;'
    Pr 5 2 1
    We have finished our years just like a k,1";:,
    +PS7k33
    ~vhisper.~
    ~ P 39.5
    S
    '@Inthemselves the days of our years are
    gce!2$
    seventy years,"
    k2s~
    19:35
    And if because of special mightiness they gi$ij$
    nJob
    J O 24:s
    N:IO
    ~
    are eighty years,#
    Yet their insistence is on trouble and hurt- zay;y2
    LU 1 2 : ~
    ful thingsJk
    Jas 4 3 4
    2 6 : ~
    For it must quickly pass by and away we fly.n rLe
    De 2859
    l-0
    is there knowing the strength of your De29:20
    Ka i:6
    angerr
    d s a 33.14
    And your fury according to the fear of you?" k;
    ;:2
    Show [us] just how t o count our days in such tg;g;p
    J O 9:4
    ~
    a wayt
    ''Morta1 man!' M, e-la~sh'. Or,"to dust," as crushed or pulverized
    "Zen." &I,la.damt, Literally, "the luminary of your face,"

    I3

    That n7emay bring in a heart of wisdommu


    DOreturn, 0 Jehovah!v How long will it be?a

    And fee1 sorry for your servants.'


    Satisfy us in the morning with your laving-

    kindnessIaG
    That rve may cry out joyfully and may
    Jer 31:14
    rejoice during all our days."
    A P r 23:G
    PS w:4
    lZ Make us rejoice correspondingly to the days
    P s 1483
    P ~ P
    4.4
    that you have afflicted us,O
    QPS 3x5
    The years that we have seen calamity.'
    PS ~ 6 : 5
    IS May your activity appear t o your o ~ v n
    E$zjl
    doh 10:20
    servantsm
    &De2:i,!
    ENu 1dm17
    And
    your splendor upon their sons.'
    _SS 4 4 2
    m x m14:31
    And
    let
    the pleasantness of Jehovahh our God
    De 1:39
    #Ps 2 7 9
    prove
    t o be upon us,'
    lcPs 65.28
    And the work of our hands do you firmly
    nPr 162
    1Co 8.7
    establish upon us."
    rPs 1s 11
    ~ P 27:5
    s
    Yes,
    the work of our hands, do you firmly
    PS 52.8
    dim
    7.3

    UPS

    ~~

    365

    PS 63:s

    T o u have swept them away;' they become a ,?tbl;j$


    J O 2~ , .21

    earth.
    M.

    PSALMS 90:13-91 :3

    295

    PS 80:l

    Eze 11:15
    tSg 9:15
    Ps
    PS

    57:~

    Isa 4:E

    KIsa 136
    u De 3270

    Ps 18:2
    Ps 4 6 3
    Pr 18.10

    vDe 26L7
    PS 62:8
    Heb 32:16
    S J O ~IS:^
    Ps 12i:7
    1TI 6 ' 3
    %Ex 5:3
    Le 26~25
    NU 16.46
    cJer 1,1:12

    establish iLn
    Anyone dwelling in the hiding placer
    of the Most Highs
    Will procure himself Iodging under the very
    shadow of the Almightyn
    I mill say to Jehovah : " [You are] my refuge
    and my stronghald,u
    "My God, in whom I: will t r u ~ t . " ~
    Far he himself will deliver you from the trap

    91

    of the birdcatcher'y
    From the ruinous pestilen~e.~z

    Or, 4 i l ~ ylove."
    ~ l bl'Jehovah,'l L m g S y T nnd many H e h ~ e m
    n~nnrrscripts;d.do.ncayl, &this
    I; being ona o f the 134 passages
    rvberc the Jewish Sophcriin altered the prjlnitive Hebr~wtext t o
    read A.do.raay' in place of Peho.?eah'. a"Jeho-~ah," MVgSyT.
    irlnr, 31; 3h32,these old Hehww lettera being found in the
    Greek text according to Aquila's version found on three pnlimpsest
    folios frous the syn:tgogue genizah at Old Cairo, Egypt. Sce Psalm
    22: 23, footnote b.

    PSALMS 91:&I4

    296

    '

    With his pinions he will block approach


    to1
    -+De32:11
    you;
    Ps 5:Zl
    O
    And under his wings you will take refuge.' P s 17:s
    His trueness will be a large shield and bulAGe 15:1
    wark.aa
    P S 1%:2
    j You wilI not be afraidu of anything dreadful 3Isa 7:4
    by night,O

    "or

    Nor of the arrow that Aies by day,'


    of the pestilence that walks in the gloom,"
    Nor of the decimation that despoils at

    Ps 21:4

    Pr 3:2
    UPS16:11

    +Job 6:4

    Isa 45:17
    L u 2.30
    Lu 2 6
    1-Ps a 2
    Ps 54:6

    La 312

    @2K1 ID335

    Eph 5 : M

    srPs 8 2 6

    '

    Isa 5 7 3 5
    ZPSi1:lS
    PS m:1

    8Isa 3.11
    ones.=
    Because you [said] : "Jehovahb i s my refuge,''t tPs 146:5
    I
    You have made even t h e Most High your U F ; ~ ; ? ~
    dwe1ling;u
    '
    PS 90:1
    YPS121~7
    I
    l o No caIamity wil1 befa11 you,v
    PC12:21
    And not even a plagueg wiLl draw near t o E
    $22
    - De $
    28Yi1
    your tent?
    37:s
    ,
    " For he will give his own angels0 a command z$52;$6
    n ~ 4:6
    t .
    concerning you,"
    L r t 4:10
    To guard you in all your ways.'
    *Heb 1:14
    nIsa 4 6 3
    Upon their hands they will carry you,O
    Isa 63:9
    That you may not strike your foot against
    i7k2" '
    any stone.cA
    Upon the young lion and the cobra you will
    tread;O
    You will trample down the maned young
    lion' and the big snake."
    For he has set his affection even on mex and
    -".I shall provide him with escape.*
    1 *PS
    PS89:17
    59:~
    -

    *z
    --.A

    Or, "rudl shirt."

    See rwse 2, footnote c,

    IPS2 3 4
    Ps 236.7
    sPs 37:4rl
    1Pe 1.21
    LGe 2 5 : s

    02Ki 7 : 5
    Isa 2 1 : I

    ?Nu16:48
    midday.'
    De 322.1
    *Nu 1437
    A thousand will fall at your very side*
    P s 138:7
    And ten thousand at your rightC hand;k OkPs
    3:6
    n E h 12:13
    To you it will not come near."
    Jos 14:lO
    $Only with your eyes will you look onr
    rPs 37:M
    And see the retribution itself of the wicked

    kPs 910
    Jah 17:3
    G a 4:9
    nPs 10:17
    R O 1O:lS
    Hcb 5:7

    Ps Ti:2
    Ac 18:25
    glCh 25:6
    Ps 33:2
    AlCh 15:16
    2Ch 29:25

    I shall protect hima because he has come to


    know my nameqk
    l B He will call upon me and I shall answer him."
    I shall be with him in distress.l+
    I shaEI rescue him and glorify him.8
    '"Vith length of days I shall satisfy hirn,t
    And L shall cause him to see salvation by
    menu
    A melody,

    song, f o r the sabhnth day.

    It is good to give thanks t o Jehovahbv


    And to make melody t o your name,
    0 Most high,^
    To tell in t h e morning about your lovingkindnessc"
    And about your faithfulness during the

    92

    nights,'
    Upon a ten-stringed instrument and upon the
    lute,"
    By resounding music on the harp."
    Ps1.136
    2Co ?:I4
    +Ps104;31 For you have made me rejoice, 0 J e h o ~ a h , ~
    Isa 8313
    because of your activity;
    L u 1,47
    C P s 40:5
    Because of t h e works of your hands I cry
    Ps 6 6 : s
    out joyfully,'
    Ps 1 M:24
    Re 1.5.3
    How
    great
    your works are, 0 J e h ~ v a h ! ~
    *Pa 339:17
    Ec 7,24
    Very
    deep
    your thoughts are."
    Isa 28329
    Je~23:20 " N o unreasoning
    man himself can know
    Ro 11:33
    tPs 73322
    [them]
    ,"
    Ps 94:s
    Pr 30.2
    And no one stupid can understand this.k
    1Co 2:14
    9Fr 19:12
    When
    the wicked ones sprout as the vegeklSa 23:25
    Ps 14:l
    tationSn
    Pr 1:22
    And all the practicers of what is hurtful
    Lu 12:20
    n P s 37 35
    blossom forth,'
    v1Pe 1:24
    Ps 57:s
    Ps 81:2
    rDe 32:4
    Ps 126:s

    Or, "I shall place him on high," that is, out of reach,
    31, n'nq; Aq, 3333; see Psnlm Dl: 2, footnote o,
    love."
    a

    "Jehovah."
    'loyal

    * Or,

    PSALMS 93:2-94: 6

    PSALMS 92 :&93 :1

    It is that they may be annihilated forever.@


    R B ~you
    t are on high to time indefinite, 0
    Jeh~trah.~~
    For, Iook! you^ enemies, 0 Jehovah,mU
    For, look! your own enemies 1 ~ 4 1perish,''
    AX t h e practicers of what is huiZful will be
    senaratd from one another.,'
    -.I
    l0But yau'will exalt m y horn like that of a nrlld -vo,;f&
    I -3'\

    bull :bZ

    v.Fn IP:1.'I
    P~ PG:10
    i'*

    *I% 1815:1S
    m.2

    .1

    91cn lill 21
    big.*
    IaThose who are planted in the house of Je-

    .I\4 3
    hovah,"
    I*!; 10[1:4
    In the courtyards of our God,' tl~tlreywill ,:;r,~$jj
    T L-o 5)
    blossom forth.*
    a I,CII rn "'8
    They will still keep on thriving during gray. ;,; R,;
    I b n .IG:~I
    headednesqk
    n J4.r 17:F
    Fat and fresh they will continue t o be," I.:~P 47:U
    r1c:u 1.9
    "To tell that Jehovah is upright.r
    Ttr 1:"
    [He is] m y Rock,8 in whom there is no "$,:!:/
    t ~:n
    l , ~1.1!i:17
    9.14
    unrighteousness.t
    rr11 1.rl
    e Jehovah himself has become king!u
    u,rl:
    With eminence he is dothed:Y
    ~++:fi
    x3 ?I
    Jehovah is clothed, has girded himself even \* I1'r>c](!.:.I.
    IF* zt;.rn
    with strength.r
    y 1's 6 i ' E

    Pee rme 1, footnote h. OF, "a buffnla." IJXSTg, "nnicorn."


    "Ton I~nremoistened me," SpT. d ''Foes," J,XSVgS?.; ''wrrl ls," 11.
    BL-T;r hns the superscription: "For the dng Ijefnre the ~nl!l>nth,
    when the earth mas settled (popled). Tlie prnisr of n ~ o n gby

    8
    0

    Dnrid?'

    ago;'

    ti!!.:

    . I .

    I<-,yji, A

    I:I

    ..,

    ,, - ~ ? [ b?, r2:1fl
    lcL0 I!,:''
    I > , n11

    -:It

    ~i;!

    t o totter.&
    = Your throne- is firm1y established from long

    You are from time indefinite?


    .kl:1T:.f2
    'The
    rivers have raised, O JeS~ovahP
    .;,q'v
    The
    rivers have l-a'ised their s'ound;'
    I ~ U h12
    'I'., 2 i
    The
    rivers keep raising their pomdlng.*
    ,.'i icr:::s
    :.,: lJr:.l
    Above the sounds of vast waters, the majestic
    c-:<+ li-,.:
    I*., ~ r . 9
    brestlcing tvaves of the sea,"
    1'.; 1 1 1 3
    Jehovah is majestic" in the height.
    TI.^ ',i :
    -1) x 1
    , , ,,; I T o t t r own remt nders have proved very trust..1 %

    :;::3-::,b

    ]<(a

    '

    I::=*

    I shall-hoisten [myseIf]c with fresh


    IJ:' < %o
    Pl.3
    l1 And my eye will look on m y
    J's :
    My ears will hear ahaut the very ones rvho' '22;
    rise up against me, the wilrlwrs."
    : Is.!
    >< 3 ~
    IN:.^
    :s
    IZ
    The righteous himseLf will blossom forth as ' k;;:hj f
    JIG> 1.1 fi
    a palm tree does;E
    *l'%1 1 ) )18
    r7:. 1.1.r:o
    As a cedar in Zeb'a-non does, he wiIl grow ntn
    L.9

    93

    The productive landa also becomes firmIy


    established so that it cannot be made

    xO1

    , - P ~2:,'I:!28

    wosthy."
    Holiness is befittfng t o your a w n house,
    0 Jehovah, for length of days,k
    OGodc20f actsof wngean~e,~Jehovah,n
    0 Goda of acts of vengeance, beam
    forth!'
    yourself up, 0 Judge of the earths
    1 = Raise
    B P Iback
    ~ ~ n retribution upon the haughty

    194b

    1:o 1::1!l
    2'Vh 1 f:
    I ! Plll:30
    ~
    r i 5 HO:l
    H ~ : C1 x 2 5

    o ~ s . ~

    HOW
    long are the wicked, O Jehovah,u
    How
    long are the wicked t h e ~ ~ ~ s e l -going
    ves I ' 4 rrt 1 G
    to a x u l t ? ~
    I:*I # \ 10
    lJirl)'i'lil~
    PS 3 i . 4
    ' They keep bubbIIng forth, they keep s p e a h g
    'J 1 'c'
    unrestrained;y
    Ili's 71.113
    v ~ 12
    h 23~
    All the practicers of What fs hurtful keep
    YP.;5rr:7
    bragging about themselves.$
    >.;+ I.;?I
    Your people, 0 Jehovah, they keep crushing,'
    .;~l,~l:a
    t,r+r Vr 11
    And your possession they keep
    iia. 1 1 .R
    11v.19 a The widow and the temporaw resident they
    A I . ; ~103
    kilt/
    n;'Tlke productive Iinnd.'' hl, t8.bl'lf; L.XY, NThe inhabited earth'';
    ,3

    .3

    18; or'bia

    rer'rno ("the circle o f the enrth"). b LdKT has the snperacr~ptiont ."A psnlnl of X)nvid, for the fourth day of the week;"
    a "'Uod," 31, El.

    PSALMS 94 :7-18

    300

    And the fatherless boys they


    nPs 3724
    I.PS 435
    And they keep saying: "Jaha3 does net see,* +E;:i
    Ps 61:2
    63:6
    "And the Godh of Jacob does not under- 3eP~&5Ps
    Ts 77:3
    LU 18:4
    Jer 20:U
    stand [it]."*
    49:lO
    sPs 71.21
    Understand, You who are unreasoning among XPS
    p r 12:1
    Ps 86:17
    Ro 211
    tlSa 22:13
    the people,"
    Une 32:31
    Job 6.30
    Ps 822
    And as for YOU stupid ones, when wiU YOU 'pS,"12&25
    Joh 19:15
    uGe 47:26
    have any insight?"
    EX
    it 2
    MI
    3
    IKi 21:10
    Es 3:9
    m e One planting the ear, can he not hear?k: nps;;?il
    lsa 10:l
    Da 3:s
    Or the One forming the eye, can he not
    F;;;:;~
    Da 6:7
    look ?"
    Pr 2 0 : ~ ~
    JOh 11:g
    A c 4:18
    l o The One correcting the nations, can he not '5: ij52
    dc 5 2 8

    Isa 10:12
    reprove,r
    Hab l:l2
    Even the One teaching menC knos~ledge?~a
    j
    r
    ;;$g
    l1 Jehovah is knowing the thoughts of menJc
    sg\~;11
    30h 6:43
    that they are as an exha1ation.t
    tJob ;:I6
    "Happy is the able-bodied mana whom you ps39:5
    no 1:21
    ~ o r r e c tO
    , ~Jah,a
    1Co 1 2 9
    And whom you teach out of your own law,v "p'f;:i"I:"
    To give him quietness from days of calarnity,~Yy,"$
    Until for the wicked one a pit is excavated." ;;;
    l4 For Jehovah will not forsake his people,*
    r;ZYS
    ;md;9;;3 5
    Nor will he leave his own possession."
    lE
    For judicial decision will return even to right'1s~
    PS 37~28
    12:22
    eousness,"
    And all the upright in heart will foIlow itnb g&31";?:
    lo Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?'
    "p,ee3;:8
    Who will take his stand for me against the Lg:p8:36
    practicers of h u r t f u l n e ~ s ? ~
    I PS 5s:fl
    !Ps 12;1:4
    .2Ki 10:15
    IT
    Unless Jehovah had been a help to me,"
    hIt 12:30
    Irl a little while my soul would have re- eJer
    26:16
    ~ P 118:13
    s
    sided in silence.*
    zco 1:IO
    p s 13:3
    When I said: "My foot will certainly move r Ec9:5

    zYs

    r&?:izs

    unsteadily,"k

    klSn
    P S 121:3
    2:9

    IrJah,>'N,T ~ Bsee
    ; Psalm 68 : 4, footnote a, b "God." M, ELo.lra'm',
    C "31en." af, o.dalnt. d "Able-bodied man." 1
    1, geb'p~.
    a

    PSALMS 94 :19-95 : 4

    301

    Your own loving-kindness," 0 Jehovah,


    kept sustaining
    lD
    When my disquieting thoughts became many
    inside of me,'
    Your own consolations began to fondle my
    sou1.s
    20 Will the throne of engulfing ruin be aIlied
    with yout
    While it is framing trouble by decree?"

    " They make sharp attacks on the soul of the

    righteous onev
    And pronounce guiIty even t h e blood of the

    innocent 0ne.y
    But Jehovah will become a secure height for
    me,z
    And my God the rock of my refuge."
    zFS 5 9 s
    '%d
    he will turn back upon them their hurt1F.2
    3E5 7.10
    fulnessn
    Ps 7:16
    ZTh 1:6
    And wilI silence them with their own
    1
    ' % 26:10
    CPs 12:3
    calamity .d
    *Ex 15:l
    Jehovah our God will silence them.$
    Ps 4 7 ' 6
    P S %!I
    eDe 3295
    0 come let us cry out joyfully to
    2 ~ 22:47
    a
    Jehovah!'
    PI 91334
    PS
    W:25
    cIsa 2 2 0
    Let us shout in triumph t o our Rock0 of
    salvatioke
    "PSlm:a
    Let us came before his pm=onbwith thanksspsm5:2
    2Co 2.14 '
    giving;"
    LPS 47:2
    Jer 1k10
    Let us with meIodies shout in triumph to
    D a 4'37
    Ma1 1:ls
    him."
    For Jehovah" is a great GodCk
    E2ay$$5
    SPr 6:lO
    And a great King over all other g ~ d s , ~ " n
    n E x 18:11
    PS
    He in whose hand" are the inmost depthse of
    Isa &:a
    the earthr
    R c 13:15

    %Ps 50.3
    s 1K1 21;19
    Pr 17:15
    311 2337
    .ic 7 . s

    ZZ

    95

    I.PS1326

    Or, "loyal love,'' b "Person." Gtcrally, 14face.nCompare Exodus


    33 : 14, 15. footnotes b, e, and 2 Samuel 1 7 : 11,footnote b. a "God."
    31,El. d "Gods." ill, eZ.o.Aim'. Or, "the ranges (for exploration)
    LXX, i'the didant places'" (this also by an exchange of places of
    tn-o letters in the Heb1.e~word).
    a

    .'>

    PSALMS 95:5-96

    :1

    Sing t o Jehovah, bless his name.t


    From day to day tell the good news of salJoh 17:6
    vation by him."
    Eph 1'3
    EC 5:13
    Declare
    among the nations his glory,v
    UPS40:lO
    Among all the peoples his stronderfuI works,y
    PS 71'15
    Isa 409
    For Jehovah is great and very much to be
    Iba 52:7
    Ac 1326
    praised."
    Re 7:10
    Ro 12 10
    He is fear-inspiring above a11 other godsma"
    VPS 117:1
    For all the gods& of the peoples are worthless
    IIa 2 7
    gods,ba
    >I t %s:ls
    Re 145
    But
    as for Jehovah, he has made the very
    yPs 72:18
    Isa 2.3
    heavens."
    zPs 13 3
    Dignity and splendor are before him;+
    TIsa 8:14
    Strength and beauty are in his san~tuary.~'
    =De10:17
    xe1~5
    ; ascribe^ t o Jehovah,d 0 YOU families of the
    Ps 76:7
    Re W:4
    peoples,@
    KlCo 8 4
    LPs 11515
    Ascribec
    t o Jehovahd glory and strength."
    OPs 29:4
    PS IOM
    a Ascribec to S e h o v a h q h e glory belonging to
    +1Ch P6:27
    his name;*
    EPs 29.1
    'ICh
    29.11
    Carry
    a gift and come into his r n ~ r t y a r d s . ~
    *Ex 345
    liIsn 61x6
    BOW donm to Jehovahd in holy ad~rnrnent;~"
    ?
    ., 29
    Be in severe pains because of him, all EYou
    rPs 97:4
    people of] the earthBfr
    SPS ~ ~ 1 3
    lo Say among the nations: "Jehovahd himself
    PS 99:L
    has become king.=
    Re 11:17
    R@19.6
    "The
    productive landg also becomes firmly
    t PS 9 ~ 2
    PS 93:1
    established so that it cannot be made
    TIPS9:s
    t o ttotterOt
    PS 67:4
    Ps 98:9
    "He will. plead the cause of t h e peoples in
    Isa 11:3
    X c 17:31
    uprightness,
    Ro 2:5

    And t o whom the peaks of the mountains]$$,s~~


    be10ng;~
    To whom the sea, which he himself made,
    belongst
    And whose oum hands formed the dry land
    ii3elf.u
    9 come in, let us worship and bow d o t ~ m , ~
    Let us kneel before Jehovah our h1aker.Y
    For he is our God and we are the people of his
    pasturage and t h e sheep of his hand.^
    Today if YOU people listen to his own

    Na 1:s

    Hab 3 6
    rGe 1:10
    J o b 36:11
    P S 333
    Pr 8.29
    Jer 5:22

    uGe 1:9
    Pr S.26
    VEX25:9

    Mt 4:10
    TvIr 14:35

    Re 223

    yGe 1.26
    1Ki $ 5 4
    Ezr 9:s

    J o b 37:10
    Ps 100:s

    Isa 51:5
    voice,*
    1Pe 4:ls
    Do not harden YOUR heart as at Mer'i-bah,a' zPs 231
    4834
    As in the day of Masisahb in tlle wilderness,d Ps
    Isa 4C1:ll
    E7.e 34:31
    " When TOUR forefathers put me t o t h e proof ;$ *Heb
    Ac 20;28
    1:7
    Tbey examined me, t h e y also saw my :NU 2[1:3
    Pe
    3251
    activity.+
    ICo 10:4
    Heb 3:15
    ln
    For forty years I kept feeling a loathing to- AEx
    173

    ward [that] generation

    And I proceeded to say; "They are a people wayward a t heart,"


    ''And they themselves have not come t o
    l1

    know my ways";*
    Concerning whom I more In my a n g e r k
    "They shall not enter into my resting

    96

    Sing t o Jehovah a new songar


    Sing to Jehovah, all [you people of]
    the ea~th.fs

    L;$h7F;:0
    PS 1031
    Ps 143.1

    Mle 1:4

    ne 6,16
    De 3 2 8

    !1Co 10:9

    &Nu14:22

    ZDo 1:3
    Hcb 3:9
    xIlcb 310
    *Pr 1:7
    Ro 1:28
    kNu ld:23
    De 1:33
    Heb4:3
    nGe 2:2
    Jer 6:16

    Heb 3 1 1
    r l C h 1G:23
    PS 9 S : l
    Re 5:9
    Re 1.1:3
    4Ps 6 7 5

    RO 15:11

    jfu

    Or, "the quarreling," 11; "the alihittering," LXX; '%he inititating," Vg. Or, "da;, of p o ~ i n g ; ' LXXT'g. See Exodns 17: 7.
    c L'That,:' LXXVgSy ; not in &IT. (L Or, "rest," LTXTg, LXX has
    the superscription: "Then the house was huilt after the captivity:
    a son@ of David." Si~nilnrlv
    " TTg.
    .< 1 liter all^, "all tho earth," but the
    vei-71 " ~ i i n ~ 'addressed
    '
    to it rs in the $bra1 ~ ~ u m l ~ masculine
    er,
    gender. See Psnlm 33: 8, footnote e; Psalm 66: 1, footnote a.
    a

    'Gods." 31, sl.d.kim'; L X X , the.oiY;Vg, di'i. b "Worthless gods."


    N, e.li+lim'; LXXVg, 4'demons.'" Or, r,Wive" (plural number).
    $1, Y e h o . w a h ~ ( i l l ; l;~Aq,
    ) ah>>; Bee Psalm 91 : 2, footnote c,
    "In his holy courtyard," L X X V g S y . See ve-e 1, footnote f ,

    g4'TLe productive land." 31, te.b&Zr; L X X , "The inhabited earth";


    TTg, or'bis dsr'rae ("the terrestrial circle").

    PSALMS 96:11-97 :6

    " Let the

    304

    heavens rejoice and let the earth be

    v FS 6 9 : ~
    Isa 4 9 9 3
    Re 12:12

    ZLe 26:l
    Jes 10:14
    LIsa 37:19
    Iaa 41:29

    yPs 9 3 3

    Let the sea thunder and that which fills. i.t.p


    RPE
    ~
    -.
    -- R
    - - - -S
    '%et the open field exult and all that is in it.zI*::?
    - -..:-g: - At the-same time let all the trees of the
    f ~ r e sbreak
    t
    out joyfully*
    APS
    2 ~98:g
    s:12
    e
    O P S 9:s
    l 3 Before J e h ~ v a h .For
    ~ he has come;"
    Ps 33:s
    For he has come to judge the
    +F.F67:4
    29 11
    He will judge the productive IandC with @1Ch
    p s 14513
    righteousness3
    Re 11.17
    19:s
    And the peoples with his faithfulness.'
    Yp,"j;:13
    1D:5
    Jehovahb himself has become king!@Let *Ge
    I sa 11:11
    the earth be joyful.'
    k~ ~s 6039
    m:31
    a\
    DE 4:11
    Let the many islandsd rejoice."
    Ps 18311
    * Clouds* and thick gloom are all around him," ;pe;\5;;
    Righteousness and judgment are the estab- ;
    lished place of his throne,"
    Pr 16.12
    Vefore him a very fire" goesr
    rDe I
    OPS
    4%
    M:~
    And it consumes his adversaries all around.$ E,l&
    His lightningse lighted up the productive 1and;"t ;
    ;;;;;*6
    The earth saw and came to be in severe t~x19:16
    ,

    Ps 77:lS

    earth.^

    PS 83:r8

    In the Hebrew text this Iine of verse 11 i s n ~ a d eup of just four


    HeGre~
    the first letters of mhiclr four words, mhen read from
    sight to left, f o r m an acrostic t o give us the f o u r letters of tho
    sacred tetragrammaton, which stal~cls for (;lod7s exeIuSi~e namr?,
    namely, il\il"(THR-H). Transliterafcd the line reads : Pismeehh 'al
    Hash-sharnn'yi~n WrfhagiZ' Bra-a'rcts. The Hebrew 3Iasora or collrction of critical notes cont.&s
    pnrticulnr notice to k e ~ pus f r o m
    orerlooking this tetragrammaton acrostic, b gee Psnlm 9 6 : 7, footnote d. = See P s d m 06 : 10, footuob g, d Or, "co~stlnnds.~'
    e "The
    Lord.'' M, A.d6nc.
    4

    a~hamed,~

    Those who are making- their boast in worth-

    EX 18:11
    1Sa 5:3

    uJob 9:8

    Isa 54:s
    The heavens have told f ~ r t his
    h righteousness,= ZPS
    19;1
    And all the peoples have seen his glory.'
    %;: : : *

    less gods.bA
    Bow
    down to him, all aou gods.^"
    Ps 86:8
    *Xsa 513
    "
    Z
    i
    o
    n
    heard and began to rejoice,'
    Isa 62:l
    And the dependent townsd of Judah began
    em4 8 : ~
    *PS x9:9
    t o be joyfule
    #Ps 8318
    kEx 18:ll
    By reason of your judicial decisions, 0
    P S 95:3
    'Ps 96:4
    Jehovah."
    Ps 135:5
    nPs 91:14
    For
    you,
    0 J e h ~ v a hare
    , ~ the Most High over
    Ro 8:28
    ICO s:3
    all
    the
    earth;"
    rPs %:I4
    You have made your ascent very high over
    Ro 7'15
    SPS31:23
    all other gods.fk
    P S 3i:28
    0 YOU lovers of J e h ~ v a h , ~
    hate
    " what is bad.'
    He is guarding the soulsa of his men of
    loving-kindness;"
    Out of the hand of the wicked ones he delivers themt
    j0h-12'46 LightGitself has flashed upg for the righteous
    rips 104:~
    I Ps 32:ll
    one,u
    PS %:lo
    YPS33'1
    And
    rejoicing even for the ones upright in
    Hab 3:18
    PRW 4:4
    heart.'
    l 2 Rejoice in Jehovah," O YOU righteous ones,y
    Hebu:10
    And give thanks at the mention of his
    *Ps333
    Ps 9G:l
    holiness, he
    Ps 149:l
    CEx 12:12

    97

    T h e mountains themselves proceeded t o melt , ~ ~ & ' "


    just like wax on account of Jehavah,br $,1$:,
    On account of the Lorde" of the whole ?&;+o;l

    /:Let all those servinga any carved image' be

    'Isa 4 : l O

    A 1nelody.i

    Re59

    EN@9.17

    PS7794
    Re
    Ps 86:tO
    Ps 105:5
    L U 1:m

    SINGto Jehovah a new song,"

    98 has

    F O ~wonderful

    are the things that he

    done."

    a Or, "worshiping." b 'Worthless gods.'$ 31, s.li.Ebm'; L X X , "their


    idols"; Tg, "their imwes (likenesses)." "Gods." M, el.o.hi~rl';
    L=TrgSy,
    "his angels.'> d Literally, "the daughters," RI. See
    Psdnl96 :7,footnote d. f r'Gnds." 11,el.o.hiim'; L X X , the.oiT; Tg, rli'i.
    g "Has flashed up," LXXTgSy(T) and one Hebrew manuscript;
    "is sonn," h3. Or, "'to his holy memorial," LX,Y, "A melody o f
    f

    David,',

    PSALMS 98:%9

    306

    307

    138
    His right hand, even his holy arm, has EX
    Ps 2:6
    gained salvations for him."
    P S Ilk2
    Isn 52:lG
    Re 7:10
    Jehovah has made his salvation known;@
    CIsa 45:2l
    In the eyes of t h e nations he has revealed Lu 2 3 0
    Lu 3:8
    his righteousness.'
    -Ps 22.31
    Isa 6 2 9
    He has remembered his loving-kindnessb and Ro 9:30
    SLo 26.12
    his faithfulness to the house of Israel." De 1:31
    1@:45
    AII the ends of the earth have seer? t h e PS
    L u 1.34
    ~
    P
    2227
    s
    salvation by our God."
    Ps 67:7
    Isa 45.22
    Shout in triumph t o Jehovah, aU [you people A c 13 47
    A c 28 28
    of] the earth.c#
    RO 1a:18
    r
    p
    931
    Be cheerful and cry out joyfully and m a k ~ P Rs 1rj0:1
    2Co
    7.14
    melody.k
    lr Ps 66:4
    Ps
    6?:4
    sMake melody t o Jehovah with the harp,"
    Re 39:T
    103:2
    With the harp7 and the voice of melody.' CPs
    nPs -2
    lS:3
    W i t h the trumpetsd3 and the sound of the @Isa
    11C11'lj.6

    h erne"

    ps !7,3

    Pa S:b

    Shout in triumph before the King, Jeho- s~u$;o


    va11.t
    Ip;-hTS-P 15.3R
    ~
    h t the sea thunder and that which fills it," Ps 8113
    4i:6
    The productive Iandf and those dwelling tPs
    Re 15:1
    U P S B0:ll
    in it.'
    2-Ps 2.12
    33:8
    ' Let the rivers themselves clap their hands;s~ Ps
    Ps m:11
    Ps
    All together let the very mountains cry out y2Ki9692
    ll:U
    joyfully"

    Before Jehovah, f o he
    ~ has come t o judge the
    earth.*
    He will judge the productive landf with
    righteousnesP
    And the peoples with uprightness.'

    P s 4'i:l

    Isa 5312
    zPs 65:12
    Isa 11:s
    Ae 1731
    2Ps 67:4
    Isa 5 2 6
    L ~ 99:1
    S
    Pr 2:9

    Or, r l ~ i ~ t ~ r p .Or,
    ' f r'loyal love." C See Psdm 96 :1,footnote f.
    That is, straight trumpets; see N~mbem10: 2, footnote c. Or,
    "cornet,'? curved like an animal's horn. $1, "sho'phar." f6'The prodnctlveland," 31,te.bd?\ L X X , "the inhabited earth''; Tg, or'bis tevra'rwm ("terrestrial circle"), g More liternllg, "clap the palm," M.
    8

    aPs B~:I
    Ps 97:l
    R e 11:17
    Re 19%
    c,Isn 37:16
    -Ps221
    f?s SD:l
    "P::82:s
    *Ps 4 8 3

    PSALMS 99 :1-9

    99

    Jehovah hjmself has become king.O Let


    the peoples be agitated.'
    He is sitting upon the cherubsOcBLet the
    earth quiver."
    Jehovah is great in Zion*
    PS 54:2
    And he is high over all the peopIes,"
    Pe F6:7
    DA 1:31
    Let them laud your name."
    nPs 1ii:I
    1-Dc 7:21
    Great and fear-inspiring, holy it is.'
    ne 2s:sa
    Ke 9:32
    '
    And
    with the strength of a king judgment he
    Ps GG:3
    Pa 76:U
    has loved.s
    Jer m:ll
    Yon yourself have firmly established upJoh 1711
    Re 4:s
    sDe 32:4

    2% 2 3 3

    CPs 119:7
    tPs 9S:9
    Pr 1:3
    u De lD:18
    Jude 15
    VEX 152
    F s 21:13
    CPs

    1039

    ylCh 2S:2
    P s 132:2

    3sa 6 G : l
    zLe 19:2
    1Pe 126
    *Ex 21:G

    Ex 24:PO

    Nu 16:42

    SlSa 7:9

    1% 12:18
    hEx 15:25
    Xu 14:13
    N u 16:20

    lSa 15:10
    OEx 18:9
    E X 33:g

    K u 12::

    'Ex 40:16
    D e 4:5
    1Sa 12:3
    Pr 2819

    eDe 9 3 9

    xxu

    14:20

    Fs 7 8 : s
    #De 22:14
    De 2237

    kPQ 34:3
    P S 108:s

    1sa 25:l

    n PS 2:6
    P S 4s:1
    rlSa 2:2
    R e 4:s

    righ-tness.t

    JudgmentG and righteousness in Jacob are


    what you yourself have effected.~
    7Exalt Jehovah our God' and bow down yourselves at his footstoa1;y
    He is holy.*
    Woses" and Aaron were among his priests,"
    And Samuel was among those calling upon
    his name.'
    They were calling to Jehovah, and he himself kept answering them.'
    :In the pillar of cloud he kept speaking to them0
    They kept his reminders and the regulation
    that he gave t o them.'
    W Jehovah our God, you yourself answered
    them."
    A Goda granting pardon you proved t o be
    to them,"
    And executing vengeance against their

    notorious deeds."
    "xalt Jehovah our Godk
    And bow down yourselves at his holy mountain."
    For Jehovah our God is holy.'

    PSALMS 101:4-102:2

    PSALMS 100 :I--I01:3


    A melody of thanksgiring.

    Shout
    100
    '

    2c015:lo
    RO
    2:14

    212:12
    8 : ~
    I K 8~ 5 6

    CDC
    De

    Ac 2:46

    101

    About loving-kindnessf and judgment

    IwilI~ing.~
    To you, O Jehovah, I wiIl make me1ody.N
    I will act with discretion in an integrity-

    keeping way.hv
    When will you come to me?^
    1 shall walk about in the integrity of my
    heart inside my house.=
    I shall not set in front of my eyes any goodfor-nothing thing."

    ~h

    A?$

    It is he that has made us, and not we ;our: : : ; :$; :+

    Of David. A melody.

    %:a4 1

    1 . ~ 5:20
    0

    +Job 30 8

    asI$,

    EPS 7 ~
    Ps 79:13
    PS 9,i :7

    .''

    ~ C S S ~ ~ S S ]

    Job W ! l l
    Isa 2:11
    Lu 15.14

    Eze 34.11
    3oh 10:14
    1Pe 2 : 2 5
    -PS1222
    Re 22:14
    *Ps 65:4
    Ps 96.8

    1Pe 5 : 5

    kPs 3 15

    Lu 12.42
    nPs rol:z
    Ps 11g:1
    ].2Ch 29111
    l e a 565

    sp, g$:a

    E;",,":j;15

    SPS52:2

    PS 5.2~2

    aps 86:5
    Jer 33:11
    Lu 18:19
    rPs 136,l
    LU

    t2Ki 5%
    AC 1:16
    AC 5:3

    1:x

    sPSE 98:3
    2;s
    tPs 80:1

    Re 19.2
    UPS71.22

    x;~;

    Y PS

    ;~m$

    40:17

    Ps 143:7
    t u I&:?

    PS 7.8
    IKI
    11:4

    Fa%%?
    *De
    Job1%:IS
    53

    Scr Psalm 66 : 1, fuotnotk a ; P ~ d n96


    l : 1, footnote f . b Or, "rrorhip." CE"od." &IT, El.o.ki,nJ; L X I , ha The.ost; Sy, "our God."
    d "And not wc oursel~ea;' MLIXVpSy ; "and me are h~s,"TAq
    and Illany IIehre~v manusmipts and t h e marginal reading of AI.
    Or, "Thnnk." Or, ''loynl love.,' g Or, "to a11 gener~tionc." h Or,
    ''itl n fanltless wny." ILiterallg, "a thing of Reffi.al [or, mortha

    EX 3 2 3

    $4179::'31

    in triumph to Jehovah, all

    selves."*
    [We are] his people and the sheep of his
    pasturage.@
    'Come into his gates with thanksgiving,"
    Into his courtyards with praise.#
    Laude him, bless his name."
    For Jehovah is good,n
    His loving-kindnessf is to time indefhitel
    And his faithfulness to generation after
    generation-ga

    Ps 3211

    [YOU people oil t h e earth.a*

    Serveh Jehovah with r e j ~ i c i n g . ~


    Come in before him with a joyful cry."
    "now that Jehovah is God.cO

    The doing of those who fa11 away I have


    hated?
    1% 12:20
    Zep 1 :6
    It
    does
    not cling t o me.A
    Ro 12:9
    Ga 4:9
    A
    crooked
    heart departs from me;"
    H c b 10~38
    Nothing bad do I know.'
    2PC 2:21
    a m1 ~ 7
    Anyone slandering his companion in secrecy,"
    FPr ll:2C
    Pr 17:20
    Him I silence:
    *Php 4.8
    eLe 19:16
    Anyone haughty and arrogant,a*
    Ps 50:20
    Pr 20:19
    Him I cannot endure.
    Tit 2:3
    xRe 21:s
    My
    eyes me upon the faithful ones of the
    *lSa 2:3

    *DC 32:43

    UPS75.10
    Pr 2 0 5
    Jer 2132
    vPs 48:2
    Re 21:2*1
    Re 22:14
    yPs 5.2
    PS 55:l

    Dn 9~3 7

    ZEX

    223

    Ps 185
    Ps 143:19

    * J O ~3429

    Ps 13.1

    PS 69:17

    Fs 86.14
    Ps 88:2
    ATS 4 0 : ~
    Ps 1433'
    DPS i1:2

    Ips

    65:24

    earth,k
    That they may dwell with me.
    The one walking in an integrity-keeping
    way,bn
    He it is who will minister to me.'
    There will dwell inside my house no worker
    of trickiness."
    As for anyone speaking falsehoods, he will
    not be firmly establishedt
    In front of my eyes.
    Every morningc I shall silence all the wicked
    ones of the earth,^
    To c u t o f f from the city of Jehovah all the
    practicers of what is hurtfu1.v
    A prayer of the afflicted in casr! he grows feehle
    and pours out his concern before Jehovah himself.

    102
    ~

    0 Jehovah, do hear my p r a y e r

    And to you may my own cry for


    help come.=
    DOnot conceal your face from m e on the day
    that I: am in sore straits,*
    Incline t o me your earia
    On the day that I call, hurry, answer me."

    aLiternllS, "Anyone high of eyes and broad of heart," U.b Or, "in
    n faultlass nay," C Literally, lLForthe mornings," At.

    PSALMS 102:3-12

    310

    311

    "For my days have come to an end just Iike


    0Pr 1O:B
    OPs 37:m

    And my very bones have been made red hot


    ;;um:3
    just like a fireplace.'
    + J O ~3030
    La
    My heart has been struck just like vegetation
    ~ P 55:4
    S
    and is dried up,"
    P S 102:11
    PS 143:4
    For I have forgotten t o eat my food,ax
    Isa 403
    Because of the sound of m y sighingn
    "1% 1:7
    Ezr 10:8
    My bones have stuck t o my f l e ~ h . ~
    Ac 9:8
    do resemble the pelican of the ~vilderness,~
    *;,"&
    I have become like a little owl of desolated l$;?$:im
    nlsa 34.11
    pla~es.~
    Zep 2:14
    1 have grown ernaciated,"s
    rLe U:ZT
    De 1436
    And I am become like a b i d isolated upon EIsa
    17:~
    ~
    P S3831
    a r0of.t
    AIl day long my enemies have reproached me." UP;",&?;:
    Those making a fool of me have sworn even g:
    by me.v
    VAC 2 3 : a
    For I have eaten ashes themseIves just like

    "

    bread/

    YISR

    La 3:15

    And the things I drink I have mingled even


    ZPS
    PS 42:3
    m:5
    with wee ping,^
    l@B~cause
    of your scolding and your indigna*PSw3
    tion,"
    Ps 90:7
    For you have lifted me up, that you might ~ 2 ~ 1 1 2 5 : 8
    Da 9:13
    throw me away."
    2Co 4:O
    l1 My days are like a shadow that has declined,cLAgg%2
    And I myself am dried up like mere vege- $;:!:?
    dns 4 3 4
    tati0n.O
    0Ps 102 4
    l 2 AS for you, 0 Jehovah, to time indefinite you Isa40:7
    J a s 1:fO
    will dwell,'
    1Pe 1:24
    And your memorial will be for generation +F,"ay426
    after generation."
    &EX
    PS 13533
    3:15
    a Literally, "bread."
    Or, possibly, "I have kept awake," by another deril-ation of the Hebrew ~ e r b cLXXTgSy,
    .
    "Ny o m days
    h a ~ edeclined just like a shadow." (Also by a slight correction o f
    the Hebrew text,)

    B;lT
    "Ps5138
    P s 69%
    Isa 6034
    J c r 31 :I3
    Zec 2:10

    ---

    a l o r ~;:7

    #D 9 ! 2
    BII

    R211

    la

    1*

    W r 18:fO

    l5

    PSALMS 102:13--24

    YOUyourself will arise, you will have mercy3


    on Zion,$
    Far it is the season to be favorable to hey,
    For the amointed' time has come.*
    For your s e k n t s have found pleasure in her
    st~nes,~
    And t o her dust they direct their favor.
    And the nations will fear the name of Jeho-

    nlKi 8:43
    Ps 83:18

    vah,aon
    And
    all the kings of the ea&h your glarymc
    OPr ld!1
    r P s 72:ll lG For Jehovaha will certainly build0 up Zion;a
    Fs 13B:4
    Re 21:24
    He will certainly appear in his g1ory.t
    ePs 1472
    17 He will certainly turn t o the prayer of the
    Jer 333
    ilsa 6:l
    stripped ones,"
    Isa 61:3
    ups 72:U
    And not despise tReir prayer.
    Da 9:?1
    VEX 15:14 la This is written for the future generation;v
    Ps 71 :18
    Ps 78:4
    And the people that is t o be created wiI1
    doh 20:31
    Ro 1.5~4
    praise JahnbOy
    1co 10:Il
    'Tor he has looked down from his holy height,"
    2T1 3%
    C P s 104:39
    From the very heavens Jehovaha himself
    YPa 4537
    ISB43:21
    has looked even at the earth,
    Eph 2:10
    zDe 2 6 2 5
    T
    o
    hear
    t h e sighing of the prisoner,'
    2Ch 169
    Ps 14:2
    To
    loosen
    those appointed to death,cD
    Ps 3393
    Far the name of Jehovaha t o be declare@ in
    *E?L?i?.
    Isa 61:l
    L?Cm
    ~:13
    AndZionA
    his praise in Jerusalem,
    Ps 86:9

    F-l

    IU.11

    A~ ~ 2 ~ 1 1
    Eph 2:3

    LFS
    PS 93:2
    22:22

    Isa 5131

    IPe 2:9
    QFs72:lL
    Isa 60:3
    LTIC 4:2
    Zec 8.23

    +Ps89:40
    aps 8 9 ~ 5
    xIsa =:lo

    When the peoples are collected all together,


    And the kingdoms, to servee Jehovah.*
    2 W n the way he afflicted m y power,'
    He cut short my days?
    24 I proceeded t o say: "0 my God?
    &'Donot take me off at the half of my days;'
    22

    a AT, Feko.wal~' (8l;rV); Aq, 3X32;see


    h'bJsh." Eee Psahn 68: 4, footnote a,

    Psalm 91:2, footnote o.


    Literally, <(the sons of
    death,!' M, d Literally, L'Todeclare the name of Jehoovd," N.e 01;
    "~orphip,'~
    f "God."
    31, El.

    PSALMS 102:25--103 :5

    312

    "Your years3 are throughout all generations.""


    "Long ago you laid the foundations of the
    earth itself,k

    "And t h e heavens are the work of your


    hands."
    P"tT17eythemselves will perish but you yourself
    will keep standing,hr
    "And just like a garment they will ~111of
    them wear out."
    "Just like clothing you wfl1 replace them
    and they will finish their
    ''But you are the sameCand your own years
    wilI not be comp1eted.u
    98 "The sons of your servants will continue residingv
    " A n d their own offspringd will be firmly
    established even before you,"^

    ;!:1:,1h ~1 ~. 1 ~
    JOh

    ptr.l-s:1~
    /.t4r12:1

    n 1 .;' R:3

    3Jt.ll 1.10

    11Dc

    Pr 2233
    Jas 5:4

    VGP
    Lrl 7:23
    ~X:FI

    RqaI):l1

    111-h 1:11

    L5:t

    yYn

    * Litcrallg, "in [or, throughout]

    tle 34.10
    Y e 9.13

    -4c 7.3:
    P-PS
    78 .s
    P j 14;.19
    tC.; 34.6
    Xe 9 17

    5'v:21

    ::I2

    I c n 5.5.7
    .-.

    I:; 101.1
    g,,

    ~ p i:7
    h
    u h u 11:18
    Uc 5-10
    J w 2:13
    Jon 4 :2

    z~b5

    Lu I -16

    *I,% 47:;

    P\ G3:5
    I'x Hi. 12

    Pi

    Jer 33.8
    der 50.20
    M l c 7:18

    13AIi

    1'5 G5:d

    IT1 (<:I7

    the prnorntion a t generntinn3l7 31,


    b Or, "existing," Campnrc Exoduv I) : 1R, footr~ol.~
    n. * IAitvtanlly,
    " ' r . 0 ~Are he,'' 31.
    Or, ' ' E P ~ ~ ' ' hr. hf, I"lrn.~i>trk' (nl?') ; Aii,
    9333. See P s n h 91:2! footnote c. for, "luj*rll tovo,"

    And judicial decisions for all those being


    defrauded,"
    He made known his ways t o M ~ s e s , " ~
    His dealings even to the sons of Israel.#
    Vehhovahn is merciful and ~ S ~ R C ~ O U E ~ , ~
    Slow to anger and al~undantIn lovingkinclness.~ll

    Ne will not for all time keep finding fault,'


    Neither will he to time indefinite keep
    resentful.
    la He has not done to us even according to our
    sins,

    v rsa 5 5 3

    11 1 ' 1

    Mr 1:!:.70
    L'ul X!16
    ur>o I;:%

    that of an eagle:'

    " Jehovaha is executing acts of rlghteournes~~'~

    xu 12:s

    ~~,!'4'$~~~'

    *C;<b

    good;"

    rEx 9.9
    Ex 2 4 9

    rIsR 51:G

    ,::;t,&Rx

    24:14

    Ps 12:5
    Ds 72.4

    Bless Jehovah,~0 my ~ ~ o u l , r
    :V2:2S
    Even everything within me, his 2C:h
    J h n li:3:7
    1 , 17:LY
    ~
    holy name.'
    W S n 1%:13
    IC:I
    #13:25
    Bless Jehovah,e O my soul,
    4 I,:\ 15:S
    I.:! 3a::J
    And do not forget all his doing^,^
    Jn.r 5:15
    51<;155:7
    Him who is forgivine all your error,*
    gpn m : 2 0
    IQho is heaIingCall your diseases,'
    4U :I6
    "Who is reclaiming your life from the very pjt; JJ'sc 31;22
    56: I3
    A C :'::?.1
    Who Is crowning you with loving-kjndnessfc El's
    115:s
    and mercies:
    O P u 2 I ;A
    II'F 5!.1
    a Who I s satisfying your lifetime with what is *PS?3:5

    103

    :Pr 8:1S
    k Fs 5:s
    PS8 : s
    P S TL-2
    :Ps lM16

    3s.l

    ,hf l l ql , i3~:6~~

    Your youth lre~psrenewing itself just like


    ?PI?2 3 5
    QI- 40:U
    2Co .!:I6

    Ps t02:1;

    s'1

    Of h v i d .

    PSALMS 103:6-15

    313

    P)Pr3:2
    IFr 932

    l1

    y E z r 9.13

    Ne 9;31_

    Ps 1XY3

    ~w 36:3

    I$&55:s'

    1 l2

    9%
    103:17
    Z U 1:50

    '

    Nor according to our errors has he brought


    upon us what we deserve.)'
    For as the heavens are higher than the earth,=
    His loving-kindness0 is superior toward
    those fearing him,'
    As far off as the sunrise is from the sunset,'
    So far off from us he has put our trans-

    gressions."

    & a fatherc shows mercy t o his sons,'


    436
    Jehovah has shown mercy t o tho= fearing
    :Jer 2 1 : ~
    1Jo 1:7
    him:
    :I t 1 3 3 7
    LU 15:n Id For he himself well knows the formation of us,
    Heb 125
    Remembering that n-e are dust."
    +rs7838
    eGe 2:7
    ~ o 1~:9
    b
    l5 AS for mortal man,d his days are lilce those of
    .ps BU:5
    green grass;"
    =pe1 24
    *Job l l : 2
    Like a blossom of the field i s t h e way he
    l s a 28:l
    40%
    bIossoms forth.'
    J,W I:II

    g
    &?
    3-w

    l3

    J.ba

    See c m e 2, footnote e. b Or, f ' r i g h t r o n ~ ~ a rM~; ~"chiwitable


    e~~
    nets," LXS. Coruparr?bInttl~cwa: 1.4. a Or, "lognl lore.'' d "Morml
    ~ i ~ t ~ nM,
    . ' ' es.s6ab'.

    PSALMS 103:16-104:3

    PSALMS 104:4-I3

    314

    27:21
    > T o ra mere wind has to pass over it, and it is Woh
    Isa 40:7
    nJoh 7:lQ
    no rnore,k
    J o b 8:18
    And its place will acknowledge it no 3oh 20:9
    rPs 100:s
    further."
    Ps 118:l
    Ps 136:l
    l 7 But the loving-kindnessa of Jehovah is from 2Ti 1:9
    1123
    time indefinite even to time indefinitef aPs
    Ps 1as:I
    Ec ;:I8
    Toward those fearing him,"
    t P s 21.31
    1:17
    And his righteousness to the sans of sons,t uRo
    G e l7:9
    Ex 19:5
    IB
    Totvard those keeping his covenantu
    Ps 2520
    And toward those remembering his orders Fs 132~12
    ~ n G.G
    c
    so as to carry them out.'
    Ps 119.11
    Fr 3:l
    l9
    Jehovah himself has firmly established his Lu 1:B
    Ac 24:lG
    thsone in the very heavens,~
    YPS23:4
    Ps 115:3
    And his own kingship has held domination Isa
    66:l
    Heb 8 1
    even o v e ~everything."
    zPs 47:2
    Da 4:25
    20 Bless Jehovah, 0 YOU angeIs of his, mighty Php 2:$
    *2Ki 1 9 3 5
    in power, carrying out his word,*
    Ps 148:2
    MC 6:lO
    By listening t o the voice of his word.
    Lu 1:19
    Lu 223
    BIess Jehovah, all You armies of his,"
    IIeb 1 3 4
    PlKi
    2219
    You ministers of his, doing his will.bA
    2K16:17
    *%It1 2 4 1
    22 Bless Jehovah, all YOU his works,o
    2T11 1:7
    In all places of his domination.^'
    IIeb 1:7
    bps 145.10
    Bless Jehovah, 0 my soul."
    Ps 153:6
    IsR 44 :23
    +Ps
    89:ll
    Bless Jehovah, 0 my soul."
    e r s 146:i
    103:l
    0 Jehovah my Gad, you have *Ps
    Ps 104:35
    *Ps 48:l
    proved very great."
    Ps 77:15
    With dignity and splendor you have clothed Ps %:lo
    Da Y:4
    yourself ,k
    kPs 29:l
    96:6
    Enwrapping yourself with lighto as with a Ps
    Isa 59:17
    nl'r 4:18
    gament,cn
    QCa 4:11
    17:2
    Stretching out the heavens like a, curtain,ar nhlt
    JRS1:17
    1Jo
    1:5
    SThe One building his upper chambers with rIsa 4
    4:B
    Jm
    45:12
    beams in the very waters,"
    9PS 18:ll
    a Or, 'loyal love." C Or, "pleasure!'
    Or, "dominion; sovereignty."
    d Or, (Tent ~10th.'~

    :.Ps 148:s
    r . 4 ~23%

    Keb 1:7
    y%ze 1:13

    z J o b :F:7

    Job 3Y:6

    Making the clouds his chariot,t


    balking upon the wings of the wind,u
    Making his angels
    His ministers a devouring firea0Y
    He has founded the earth upon its established
    places;"
    It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, nor forever."
    With surging watersb you covered it just like
    a garment;I
    The waters were standing above the very

    rn~untains.~
    At your rebuke they began to flee;"
    At the sound of y o u thunder they were
    sent running in panics Mountains proceeded to ascend,'
    Valley plains proceeded to descendTo the place that you have founded for
    them.
    t,Pr 2298
    A
    boundary3
    you set beyond which they should
    fdob 26:10
    Job 33:lO
    not
    pass,m
    Jer 5:22
    That they should not again cover the earth.'
    %Ge9:11
    Isa 343
    O He i s sending springs into the torrent valleys;"
    +Dc 8.7
    IS& 357
    Between the mountains they keep going on.
    Isa 41:18
    Isa 49:10
    They continuaIly give drink to all the wild
    kJob 39:8
    Ps 14_5:f 6
    beast* of the open field;k
    CIS 3x9
    nPs B V , 1 1
    The
    zebras regularly quench their thirst.
    Ps 84:3
    Ps 104:17
    them
    roost the flying creatures of the
    Above
    LU 9 : s
    rPs 147:9
    heavens;"
    Ca 2.12
    sGo 2:6
    From among the thick foIiage they keep
    I)e 11:11
    giving forth sound.'
    ;ob
    Ps 147~8
    Jer 50:13 .aHe is watering the mountains from his upper
    .Am 9:6
    chambers."
    Ac 14:17 1
    I

    04

    Or, "winds,1' as in verse 3, 31, m'ahh, in the plural number.


    "Surging waters." Or,"the primeval ocean!' hi, teA~sn'; LXXTg,
    ''abyss." See Genesis 1:2, footnote c,
    0

    PSALMS 104:14-22

    316

    With the fruitagea30f your works the earth z P ~ m 3


    t ~65
    s9
    is 5atisfied.t
    uGe 1:m
    " He Js making green grass sprout for the ;
    :
    ;~
    beasts,~
    J O 2.22
    And vegetation for the service0 of man- = ~ z ~ 2 9 . 1 8
    I ~ 1:m
    G ~
    kind, by
    3.18
    Ge 9:3
    To cause food^ t o go forth from the earthby Ge
    t S And rvine' that makes the heart of mortal
    ;;;$;g5
    mand rejoice,=
    3CO 3 : ' ~
    ! U g 9:13
    To make the face shine with oil,'
    Pr 31:6
    And bread that sustains the very heart of *EcD ,1V:19
    ZS:~~
    mortal rnan.da
    mr 3:18
    lo The trees0 of Jehovah are satlsfled,
    PLc 26:28
    T h e cedars of tebaannonthat he planted," ?&yl3
    fl Where the birds themselves make nestsBo
    As for the stork, the juniper trees are its

    house.'
    ' m e high mounains are for the mountain
    goats;*

    The crags are a refuge far the rock

    ghy;p22
    104:I$

    Q PS

    Eze 3 1 5

    Dn4:11
    L U 13333
    3x1
    9:s

    +4,";;;;9

    The maned young lions are roaring for the ;;p3z39


    Isa 31.1

    preyn
    A m 3.4
    And to seek their food3 from G~d@hirnsclf.~
    QP, 145:15
    23 The sun begins t o shine-they
    withdraws
    3' "&:T
    ' i:
    And they lie doifm in their own hiding s?&2?i%
    3 a 317
    places,f
    Joh 320
    .Or, hy a correction of 31, " T i t h tho mojqturc." b"Mnnkind.'"
    11,Irrr-o.dnmP. Literall?, '61~rend,'JAI, "Mortnl mnn." M, e.n6sk',
    ''4G-od.9)X, El. Or, ~ 4 c ~ w e l l i ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ '

    :*Manu goes forth to his activity


    And to his senrice until evenfng.'t
    ex,, D:G
    2' Horn many your works are, 0 Jchovah!ll
    Job 5 , o
    All of them in wisdommyou ]lave n1ade.V
    p5 4(l,5
    FPS a l l :la
    The earth is full of your productions.Y
    upr 33s 5
    Tjt' 3:19
    Sn AS for this sea so great und widelhy,
    ,~, p t a.ln
    l
    There there are gliding things without
    y;,: ;$I!'a
    number,'
    IJubll9
    r', 95 5
    Living
    creatures, small as well as greatm
    ' ( 7 ~1 ,?I
    m.101,12:s " There the ships go;'
    ar;c 13
    As for Le-vi'a-than,chim you have f o m e d
    ll\ I(~i::'a
    f . , i \ l l > ,\I:<Tv
    to play about in it,'
    0 1 ' \ 1 . 3 ~-,>
    : T o r you they all of them keep waiting
    !:;
    1.U 12:".L
    To give [them] their food in I t s se8sonnb
    .I*S ~ ( I Y
    r+1.li.1~ What you give them they pick up.
    GJoh 13 24
    You open your hand-they get satisfied
    PS 30:
    'Jnh 3 1 14
    tvith good things."
    ils 1:ao:~
    1:r l r 7
    If
    you
    conceal your face, they get terrifide
    2s
    rxlbC 13 R
    If
    you
    take away their spirit,Qhey expire3"
    at;c 3 , l n
    I .I:
    And
    back
    t o their dust they go."
    T l s n 2,111
    kr;r 2 : ~
    If
    YOU send forth your spirit, they are
    ,lob :73:4

    fisntq7;k4
    8,!,-2i:2~
    "flh R:<

    ,,,,

    :'~~:~~

    ~::JII

    zec 5:9
    badgers."
    "'~c
    has made the moonBfor appolnted times;' ;ga\Ty
    The sun itself knows well where It sets.
    ~ o 391
    b
    loYou cause darhess,c that It may become %gtri141
    I
    night;k
    UP
    Pr
    * m
    I :16
    x
    In it all the wild animals of the forest creep ,P,SE;&
    kGe 1.s
    forth.
    Ps 7436
    g'

    PSALMS 104:23-34

    317

    I > \ 3d G
    E m 3; 9
    r1.r 3 : 3

    k::'1:0 ;y:l1:6i .38


    ca1
    I 5

    kt.Ir 13
    VF;Y :<I . I T
    lL1l

    f hi1 L5:lrJ
    ,Jvr Z : 4 1

    rTJ.;0'7:.~

    H V sn.11
    11nh
    3b
    t 1 . Y 1:T'Is

    1'- 111 5

    u-yq (;A.
    :5

    ,:,

    ,,
    (17:8
    1N.2

    i'\
    y ~ ' s: t n . ~ ~

    created,k

    And you make the face of the ground new.


    T h e glory3 of Jehovah' will grove to be to
    time indefinite."
    Jehovah will rejoice In hb works.r
    %3 H
    e is looking at the earth and it trembles;"
    He touches the mountains and they smoke.
    3 3 I wi11 sing t o Jehovah throughout my life;
    I will make melody to my God as long as
    1 amU
    J4 Let my musing about him be pleasurab1e.v
    I for my part shall rejoice in Jehovah.=

    "3111n."31, n.rlnmJ, "Literally "apncious an llotl~q i d r ~(hnnds),"


    11. ar, Litu.t,a.tfirrn'; L X S $ ~ , "the d r n ~ a n (~crpent),'" Or,
    llbrcntli," 31, ~ n ' n h h;SIX,pnszi'sn; Vg, $yrC'ri,tzta.

    PSALMS 105 :9-16

    PSALMS 104:35-105 :8

    The sinnerso wiV be finished off from the


    earth,
    And as f o r the wicked, they will be no
    longer,=

    OPr1:lc~
    I

    ZPS 101:8

    Fr 2:22

    Bless Jehovah, 0 my soul. Praise J a l ~ , ~ @


    PS 10i:l
    YOU peoplelb*
    T1Ch 16:s
    GIVE thanks t o Jehovah, caIl upon hy1gi,13
    Isa 12:4
    his name,.
    doe 2:32
    Make known among the peoples his deal- L$gi4"::1'3

    105

    PS 96:3
    ings."
    _Ps125:12
    I -:sa 2G.1
    ":Sing0 to him, make melody to him,$
    OJ 3:3
    Voice YOUR interest in all his wonderful &$;g
    C P 5:19
    ~
    works.'
    +Ex 13 8
    P S 78:4
    Make YOUR boast in his holy name.*
    C h l6.1U
    Let the heart of those seeking Jehovah f lJcr9:2$

    1Co 1.31
    rejoice.'
    -LU11:to
    Search fos Jehovah and his strength."
    . b 5:4
    9:s
    I 8zep
    Seek his face constant1y.k
    ~1ch
    P 27:8
    S
    16:11
    $ Remember his wonderful works that he has
    nDe ?:la
    perforrned,n
    ICh 16:12
    His tokens and the judicial decisions of his
    I ' R ~1s:a
    mouth,t
    Ysn
    41.8
    0 YOU seed@ of Abraham his servantye
    SEX3:6
    You sons of Jacob, his chosen 0nes.t
    E a 329
    tlPe 2:9
    EX M : Z
    He is Jehovah our G0d.u
    De 29.18
    His judicial decisions are in all the earth.Y J~~
    2424
    Ps lli0.3
    a He has ?emembered his covenant even t o time
    v$~;G~

    indefinite,y
    The word that he commanded, to a thousand generation^,^"

    > * I C18:15
    ~

    gzi2

    ~ P 1434
    S

    e D e 7.9

    "Jab?' 31, Pah; see Fsalm 68 :4, footnote a. b 'Traise Jab, YOU
    people!" Ivl, HalPI1t-Pnk'; L X X , Hnl.Ee.lou.irrt; Vg, Al.le.ler'da, This
    is the flret Hallelujah fo be foutld in the Hcl)rcw Scriptures. h'ote,
    therefore, that the di-nne name dso occnrs in the Christisn Greek
    Scriptnrea at Revdntion 19 : 1, 3, 4, 6. Or, "offsprii~g."
    a

    Which [covenant] he concluded" with Abraham,'


    X e 0:8
    And
    his sworn statement to Isaac,'
    Heb 637
    olC111~:16 And which [statement] he proceeded to make
    stand as a regulation even to Jacob,
    As a covenant to time indefinite even to
    AGe 17:7
    Israel,*
    1ch 16.17
    " Saying: "To you I shall give the land of
    *Ge 2237
    Ge 2~:3

    Ca'naan4
    "As an anotment that YOU men will pos-

    SGe l2:7

    G~ 13:15
    Ge 15:lB
    G e 26.3

    Ge 2 ~ 1 3

    *Ps7 8 : s ~

    ses~."~+

    This was when theyd happened to be few in

    number,"
    Yes, very few, and temporary residents
    in it."
    -kc 7:s
    And
    they
    kept ~ a l k i n gabout from nation to
    Heb 11:9
    nation,*
    UGC
    G e 465
    20.1
    From one kingdom t o another people."
    klC1115:20
    nGe 3142
    He did not aIlow any humane to defraud them,n
    And on their account he proceeded t o se1 Ge 1237
    Ge M:3
    prove kings,
    EX 7:16
    l e [Saying: ] "Do not YOU men touch my anointIJO Z
    16.13
    :~T
    tGe 20:;
    ed ones,fs
    1Ch 16.22
    CIsa 3:2
    "And to my prophetsQ do nothing bad.""
    EJer 312
    rl~a41:30 LB And he proceeded to call for a famine3 upon
    Ge 41:54
    the 1and;u
    Ge 42:s
    Y L C 2G 26
    He broke every rod around which ringIsa 3:l
    Eze 4 3 6
    shaped loaves were suspended.gv
    AC 7 : ~
    a Literally, "cut." b '(TWch [statement] ,,' &I,,, ha, a pronominal

    W e 31.m
    De 7:7
    !stl 511%
    xGe 17.8
    Ge 23 4

    suEx t o the verb and in the feu~inillegende~,hence referring to


    the expression " s ~ o r nstatement" of rerse 9, which is in the
    feminitle gender. c Literally, "nllotment o f TOUR pos~e3sion [or,
    inhaitaneel ," 11. d "l'hq," 3LLXY'Crg; ''YOU," ByT and many Hebrew manuscripts and also I Chronicles 16:ID. "Humnu? AT,
    n.ilcam', "Anointed ones," 11, +na.slii'ukk (in the plural n m b m ) ;
    Sy, rnJshi'hha (in the .plural number) ; L a j hui c11P-ia.toi'; Vg,
    chrastti, Eliterally, "every rod of bread," M.
    f

    PSALMS 105: 17-38

    320

    ' W e sent ahead of them a mana

    YGC 4 5 5
    *A,C

    7:t

    Who was sold to be a slave, J ~ s e p h . ~ ~LT.ZC 3#:1e


    With fetters they amicted his feet,
    zr;c
    .iC
    s:xi
    ti:^
    *C:c.ll:lli
    Knto irons his SOUP
    came;
    I" 4 ie.l
    I " Until the time that his rvordCcame,"
    - l,
    q dlc
    ?v 1.3
    The saying of Jehovah0 itself refined h h . ' =:yo:;b
    2n The king sent that he might rele~sehim,"
    A;;
    ;??$4
    :~~~j.'io
    T h e ruler of the peoples, that h~ might e ;Yn
    2:H
    let him loose.
    1. )l> w.7
    na
    ~:-LH
    He set him as master to his househoIdb
    *C;o41.,IR
    CL'W
    (id113:R
    .:.;.H
    And as ruler aver all his property,'
    =e To bind his princes agreeably t o his souIm
    And that he might teach wisdom to even ,:;?l
    4,; f;
    his elderly men.*
    24 4
    " h d Israel proceeded to come into Egypt,' JclS
    n4.r 15
    And Jacob himself resided temporarily in kg:$!$
    the land of Harn,'k
    1 :ph
    r.; l111~,:22
    (t : ~
    And he kept making his people very f r ~ i t f u l , ~ ?yj3
    And gradualIy made them mlghtiex than ;
    : 7;:
    I'I.:X I :q
    their adversaries.'
    '
    I,:%1 1 : W
    ' W e let their heart change to hate his people,.
    ;; /
    To behave cunningly against his servants.t ,I,,, ;
    r :HI
    i n He sent 1,Toseshis servant,"
    t ~ t .7*1q
    3.10
    : ~
    Aaron whom he had chosen.v
    1'3 7: I"'
    I.:UG
    I0
    ?f Theyp set among them the matters of his
    ,?$,?%
    \::?-I I &
    signs,"Y
    I.:.( 5:l
    I.:< i'F 1
    And the tokens in the land of Ham.=
    1% 11:6
    ? : )c i31
    ?' He sent darkness and so made i t dark;*
    xi. n,lrr
    And they did not rebel against his words,' 1.; ;r:13
    ,1,.r ,'42,21
    ? W e changed their waters into bloodA
    1 1 % 1 1 ,222
    And proceeded to put their Ash to denthadEiii:6yJ
    .:!.I?
    1; v 7,211
    "Their land stvanned with frogs,'
    1
    IG 1
    <
    I,:% 7 , 2 1
    In the interior rooms of their kings.
    3 1':s 8:1
    ;,uj

    "He said that the gadflies should came in,m

    %?$,?

    =Ex 9:1%
    Gnats in all their territories.'
    Ps iS..17
    Eeb:i
    a2 He gave their downpours to be hail,%
    ?Is%25:Z
    A flaming Rre on their land.%
    lipy7348
    "P$128:3 la
    And he ~roceededt o strike Thei~vinesC a

    ':%;::=

    ''Mr~n.'~
    31,

    bsh, b 'CSoul.'' M, vz~-pk'r~h


    j L

    Or, "the word of One."

    "Agrwnl~lyto

    Lit~rnltr, "in (by) his soul." e"Thcg,"

    U ,~ ~ s ? l . c h PV' ; g , n'tli.nrn.
    ROI~I.'' A I , b r ~ ~ n p ? i . ~ l ~ o ' ,
    h1T; "Tic," L1S'l"gSy.

    hi9

    PSALMS 105 :3 1 4 1

    321

    sGe 15:14

    zx3,22

    Ex 12:35
    zEx 1233
    =:5

    EA 1515
    DP 11:25
    30s 2 9
    ?% 11:I
    clhn 4:s

    ntEx 1490
    :Ex 13:21

    N u 9:15
    S c 9:12

    d
    their fig trees
    And to break the trees of .their territory."
    He said that the locusts should come in,''
    And a species of l ~ c u s t ,even
    ~
    without
    number.fl
    "And they went eating
    - all the vegetation in
    t b i l r landit
    They also went eating the fruitage of their
    gro~nd.~
    " And he proceeded to strlke down every firstbgrn in tl~eir1nnd;u
    The beginning of all their generative
    porver.'.
    q7 And he began t o bring them out with silver
    and goldis
    And among his tribes there was no one
    stumblfng along.
    "Egypt rejoiced when they went o u v
    For the dread of them had faIlen upon
    them.'
    spread out a cloudo for a screeqm
    And fire to give light by night.:
    TheyLasked and he proceeded to bring quails:
    And with bread from heaven he kept satisfying themoo
    He opened a rock and rvaters began t o flow

    Ps 7314
    1co 10:l
    'Ex 16:La
    L u 11:32
    * I'x 16:15
    Nu 11:8
    Ps 78:24
    -Ex 1i:F
    x u 20:ll
    1Co 10:4
    ePs 7 5 , ~ ~
    Isa 4E.21

    out;*

    These went through the waterless regions


    as a river."

    n'LAsperies of Iorust." M, y e l ' q ; of dilip~~ted


    mmning. ~ " T ~ F Y , "
    L I X I 7 g S ~ T "LTP,"
    ;
    31 ( thnr i ~ r o, l l t c t i v ~ l y),

    PSALMS 105:42-106 :6

    322

    ' T o r he remembered his holy rvorda with Abrahamm his servant."

    PSALMS f 06 :7-15

    323
    m a

    2 9 : ~ ~
    "Ge 127

    We have done wrong; we have acteZl


    wickedly.
    Ezr 9:6
    fi So he brought out his people with exultation,'
    ?:%572
    D a D:5
    As for our forefathers in Egypt,
    His chosen ones even with a joyful crynkcFX7j,3f;
    They did not show any insight into your
    nDe 29:4
    De Z : 2 8
    4 4 And gradually he gave them the lands of the
    QaiO::f$'
    wonderful !vorkshn
    Tsn 44 18
    Jer 31.12
    nations,n
    ~hLr4:i2
    They
    did not remember the abundance of
    nSos 11:23
    rDc 15:19
    And they kept taking possession of the ir;.ag~$3
    Ps 5:7
    his
    grand loving-kindness,ar
    Ps 7 8 : U
    product of the labor of national groupqr PSm : 5 5
    Ps 105:5
    But
    they
    behaved rebelliously at the sea,
    Ps 133312
    Tsa 63.1
    4 T 0 the end that they might keep his regula- me s:lo
    sEx
    14.11
    by
    the
    Red Seana
    Jos 5 2 1
    tJos 7 9
    tionsn
    pDe 4:40
    Ps 143:ll And he proceeded to save them for the sake of
    Jer 14:7
    And observe his own laws.
    ODe
    P S 111:l
    6:l
    his narne,t
    Eze 20:9
    ~ P S150:l
    uEu 9%
    Praise Jahp YOU people!bt
    So
    as t o make his mightiness knowneu
    Re 18:3
    Ex 15:B
    ulCh 16:34
    Ps 111.6 "ccordingly
    he rebuked the Red Sea and i t
    Praise Jah, YOU peo~Ie!!~
    2Ch 5 1 3
    Ro 9:17
    r E u 1423.
    was
    gradually
    dried
    Give thanks to Jehovah, f o r he is El:$!
    X e 9:ll
    Fs 66:6
    And he went walking them through the
    good;u
    1Th3331
    Jer
    528
    Ps 78:13
    surging watershas through the wilderPs 13629
    Far his loving-kindnessa is t o time in- vg;3"2;7
    yPs 77:19
    RO 520
    definite.v
    Isa
    6213
    ness;~
    y Jab 5:9
    z$;$$3j
    lo And so he saved them from the hand of the
    =Who can utter the mighty performances of $?
    ;%
    hIlF6:4hater
    Jehovah,y
    e h e 9:s
    *Ex 14 2s
    And redaimed them fmm the hand of the
    [Or] can make a11 his praise t o be heard?" :g:
    g: j?~?
    F: :ss*:53
    enemy.=
    Wappys are those keeping judgment,'
    J O %:I
    Isn
    IQ:ZI.
    ~
    c E x 14:31
    I1And
    the
    waters came covering their adver13:1
    Doingd righteousness all the time."
    ~ Tca
    P 152
    S
    64:s
    (Exl5:24
    saries;'
    ' Remember me, 0 Jehovah, with the good will gy4
    Ex 16:2
    EX 17:7
    Not one of them was left.
    rsilg:132
    toward your people!
    Ps 78:21
    OPS 3:8
    @Jer
    12:s l a Then they began to have faith3 in his word;"
    Take care of me with your
    .zph 1:4
    +Pr 1:2$
    They began to sing his praise."
    T h a t I may see the goodness to your chosen :$;2"::i3
    Pr 1 : ~
    mps 14:7
    "
    '
    Q
    u
    i
    c
    k
    ly
    they forgot his
    ones,'
    Ps 48:11
    2;;K u z;iE
    11:34
    That I may rejoice with the rejoicing of y;h3&112
    They
    did not wait for his counsel.+
    De 9:22
    RO 15-10
    lco 10:s ls But they began showing their selfish desire
    your nation,ca
    C P c 135:lO
    #Ex1 7 5
    9:24
    That I m a y make my boast with your posNU 1 4 : ~
    in, the wildernesse
    PC0 1:31
    Ps 78:18
    session.'
    EIsa ~ : 2 4
    And
    went putting Godc to the proof in the
    Ps 78.41
    26.40
    1Co 103
    We have sinnedo just t h e same as our fore- #Le
    desert.'
    K u 32.14
    Heb 3:g
    Ke 9:16
    fathers;"
    And he proceeded to give them their requesp
    Ps 783
    P~~$~i$l
    a Or?"promise." Callipare verse 8. b See Psalm 104:35, footnotes n,b.
    a Or, "loyal love." b "The surging waters." 3?L, teko.m6thr, the plural
    Or, ''lopl lave." d "Doing" (this participle being in the plural
    number of -i%kdna, the xord found in Fenesis I:2, -rvhe~esee footEx 2:24

    kZKi 8:47

    106

    $:

    XJ;~

    number), LXTVgSyT ; "Anyone doing,'? 11.

    note c. L L X V g , "abyss{es)

    ." = "God."

    hi, EL

    PSALMS 106:26-37

    And to send a wasting d i s e ~ s @into their

    soul.bk

    ?*

    And they began t o envy Moseso in the camp," i%


    Even Aaron the holy one of Jehovah.'
    1.K:M
    I t The earth proceeded to open up and s ~ a l l a w
    ,
    ,N U lG'30
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    down Da'than
    \'U "1 ' I U
    And t o cover over the assernbl y of A.bi*ram.* i c i:'k
    tKhi 16 7F
    L W A n d a Rre went burning among their assembly, H C I ~
    i 20
    A flame itself went devoirring the wickedli&:$U
    "I

    0nes.L

    eEx 6:8
    De 1:M

    ~ X A R10:18

    vDc n:12
    ICa :mLl:7

    I
    I

    They turned to makfng a caIP In Hotreb% ::;:;,I:,$


    And to bowing down to n molten image,. ;;Y; fq:
    ?'IAnd they were exchanging my gIarycY
    Z E Y 2'1.I
    "'4
    For a representationc of a bull, an eater :.c?;P l8t.i:la
    of v e g e t a t i ~ n . ~
    mi% 821a
    2L They forgot Godd their Savlor,'
    CL>O
    PS 7h;.l2
    .I 31
    The Doer of great things in Egypt,=
    A!'s2l
    PS 11::.;I
    -:JC 5 .A:
    Wonderful works in the land of
    'E:x 1.1 25
    Fear-inspiring things at the Red Sea."?;
    Fi.\Ll
    " And he was about to say t o ~nnihilatethem,* =E;A
    :;g
    If it had not been for Moses his chosen
    *EX 8 - 1 1
    Us B . 3
    Who st& in the gap before him,"
    E/* ;'A ,31)
    To turn back his rage from bringing [them]
    h u i :IL
    ~
    to ruin,
    IIab 1" 16
    "And they got to mntemnlng the desirable kf,$;j,11
    Ilctb 2 1 8
    lmd;"
    C k o 4?..:10
    They had no faitho in hjs worr3.k
    nhu 3 4 : 1
    X U 1.1 27
    'Undtheykeptgrmmblingintheirtenk;"
    1jr1:7
    They did not listen to the voice of Jehoi f a i l 3'15
    vah?"
    %J.~E
    Or, "cmauation." RI, rasrdp8'; AX.XTg, "~ntiety (surfeit)''; T,

    gicph'esls; YR, ri'~ri+mee; LXX, p$y,clrtri'.


    glory,'' In thc off !cia] listing t h i ~is allc of
    t l ~ rI.:fgllccm En~endatian~
    of' tho Sop3rvni11, who clianged tlic ~mrling hcrnt~scthe expression Only ~lory"wns thought dmgntay to
    God. Some tnannscriptv of 1,-,'i rrlrd T'g rcad '.ksglory." Scc
    Usncais 1s: 22, footnote a. d 'Tod." fir, El.
    " l ~ [ l l l t l ~ ~ ~"Eod.''
    ,"
    a "nry glory." 31, "their

    Hcb 331
    tNu14:29

    SOhe proceeded to raise Ris hmd [in an oath]


    concerning them,g
    That he would make them fall In the wilder-

    1c0I O : ~

    mess,'

    1co 10:8
    21:8

    ings,'

    IzTAndthat he would make their onspring fall


    rLe 26:33
    Among the nations
    Ps 44:lf
    And that he mou1d scatter them among the
    Eze 2D:a
    dus 1:l
    lands.xp
    J'NU 25:3
    Nu 31:16
    And
    they
    began to attach themselves to Ba'al
    De 4:3
    zNu 2 2 2
    of PC'OTY
    Ps 1158
    Re 2:14
    And ta eat the sacrifices of the dead ones.z
    .yy "5..o
    be ??:I6 *'As they were causing offense by their dealL 3 u 25.3
    'Nu

    A scourge now broke out among t h e m o


    When Phin'edhas stood up and Inten?enedJA
    TI-len the scourge was halted,
    De9
    31And
    it came to be counted to hllm as rightne 3 . n
    -NU20 12
    eousnessP
    Urt f 37
    mGe G 3
    For
    generation after generation to time inPNu 20.10
    dcfinjtea+
    Job 210
    Pa %:I
    Ps 1.123 s3 Further they caused provocatjon a t the wadas 3 2
    ters of Mer'i-bah?
    kJns l6:10
    2 0 s 1;:a
    So
    that
    it went badly with Moses by m s e n
    .$I*, 1 r:m
    n_su-s:52
    of them.'
    For they embittewd his spiritnm
    And he began to spe8.k rashly with hfs lips."
    3 4 They did not annihilate t h e peoples,k
    As Jehovah3 had said t o them."
    s5 And they went mingling with the nationsr
    And tmk up learning their tvorks.8
    And they kept servingb their idolst
    And these came to be a snareo to them.tl
    And they g o t t o sacrtiicing their sonsv
    And thcir daughters- to demons,cY
    Jos 7:12
    XKI 1 k 4 0
    *Nu 2531
    *Nu 25313
    Nu 2 5 2
    6

    31, ru'uhb; Lxf, p~rsw'n~n;rg, spifrtbus. Or, "nonrhlpjng."


    Or, .'eriI spirits."'M, sA~.rlim'; LXLVg, "dmn~ons.'~

    326

    PSALMS 106 :38-47


    8B

    SO they kept spilling innocent b l ~ d , ~

    The blood of their sons and their daughters,


    Whom they sacrificed t o the idols of Ca4-

    man,"'

    And colIect us together from the nationsz


    To lauda your holy name,'
    To speak exultingly In your praise.'
    4sBlessed he Jehovah tile Cod of IsraelA
    From time indefinite even to time indefinite;
    And all the peopIe must say" Amen."
    Praise Jah, YOU geaple!o*

    X~ DK219
    ?~II : I ~
    Jer2:M

    :~s13s:~i
    Em 1624

    And the land came to be polluted with


    iLS:.99
    bloodshed.a"
    fqn 26:21
    an And they got to be unclean by their works*
    And kept having unfaithful intercoursec by "j"-t7:"

    " And

    their dealings.;

    t h e anger of Jehov~ll began t o

    blaze

    OLV
    E X1M7 3: I ~
    Jar

    against his people'

    6 1 0 16!34
    Ps 11&:1

    his possesst~n,~~
    And he repeatedly gave them into the hand

    And he came to

    detest

    "Ps 103.17

    Lu 1:3
    'Ex 15:i.B

    of the nations, '


    That those hating them might rule over
    them
    4 9 And that their enemies mlght oppress them*
    And that they might be subdued under
    their hand.
    bs Manv times he would deliver them.k

    ~ b they
    t

    Dc 15:g
    Ps 3i:s

    Isa 35:9
    La 1 5 9
    Tjt 224
    1Pe 1:19

    kUo 'i:8

    liJR Z:lB
    J 10 la
    I, r u d1. ;~: ~

    I&
    -...-

    themselves would behave rebel- $


    t d c 2:3
    liously in their disobedient course,"
    And they would be brought low for their q.',,~:;s:
    PTFQP.

    " And hec n701.ddsee the distress of thebs


    4S

    ,,,,,,
    +:

    .,.a

    41.3

    .TI: 10:15
    ;>n ;: H

    .>*9:s

    When he heard their entreating cry.lr


    t p 21i :a
    And he twuld remember concerning them his i!:\:,;l 3:

    covenantt
    And he ~vauld feel sorry accardjng t o
    the abundance of his grand lovingkindness.du

    " And he would grant them t o be objects of pity

    PSALMS 106:48-107 :7

    327

    LU I ;
    :
    UI>[! x : 3 6

    Ps 1DG:IO

    'j~>~$;''
    Before all those holding them captlve.v
    I ) I L2:s
    x'"
    Y:O
    y1;'h
    l v 7 0J(1:35
    D
    Save us, 0 Jehovah our Gad,Y
    mLiterall;c, '%loo&," 11. b Or. '4nhe~itnnce." "Re!' BITRS~T;
    '*Jcti~lmh,''
    L n A B and one Hebrorr ~tunusrript.d Or, 4'loynl lox-e!'

    LAUDR

    --

    ZPS

    W:15

    good;e
    t o time

    indefinite.'
    = Let the reclaimed ones of Jehovah say so,*
    Whom he has reclaimed from the hand of
    the adversai'y,'<
    And whom he hns collected together even fi-om
    the lands,"
    From the sunrise and from the sunset,'
    From the north and from the south."@
    They wandered ethout In the !vilderness, in the

    J e r 15:21
    >lie 4.10
    Lu 1 : i 4
    nPs 106:4i
    rIsa 43:s
    Isa 49:IZ
    sIsa 435
    J e r 31%
    tXu 1-133
    np x . i <
    ,ZPS 132.13
    ~Hebll:l0
    1-~1
    c5:m
    I S 8 53.11
    v k a &-I:=
    ' LJ 2:19

    desert;"

    They did not And any way t o a city of habitation.-tb


    They were hungry, also thirsty;'

    Their very soul within them began t o faint:


    away.r

    And they kept crying out t o Jehovah in their


    z:r,:!:6
    distress;"
    - -- - .- -

    "Isa4k17
    ZCo 1:9

    ;;m;
    IS^ ri:q"7

    for he Is
    loving-klndnessd Is
    107 0 For his Jehovah,

    '7T13:11
    =Ps '1852

    Isa 3021
    2 P e 2:21
    Heb 11:16
    Re 21:2

    Out of the stresses upon them he proceeded


    to deliver them,*
    And to have them walk in the right way?
    So as to come t o R city of hahftationmA

    Or, " g k e thanks to.'' b Litcrnlly, 16hnrpc sniil," 31. 0 See Psalm
    104 : 35, footnotes n, b; Psnlttl 41 : 13, Footnutc c. d Or, "lop1 love?'
    e l i t e r a l l ~ ,$'the sea." That I., tho Her1 Sen to the gonth

    PSALMS 107:8-17

    328

    329

    0 let people laud Jehovah f o r his Ioving- ~ 1 ~ h l ~ ; ~ 8


    kindnessa0
    PS 1%:~
    40:5
    And for his wonderful works t o the sons a+Ps
    k a 553
    Mt
    5:6
    of men.b+
    O P r 134
    *Ps
    1463
    For he has satisfied t h e dried-out souI,Om
    Jer 3124
    Lu 1 :53
    And t h e hungry soul he has filled with good *Job
    3:5
    Lu 1 3 9
    things.*
    k2Ch %:I1
    1There were those dwelling fn darkness and Ps 105:18
    nPs 68:6
    deep shadow,#
    P S 10fi:43
    !Ps
    149:8
    Prisoners in affliction and ironsh0k
    ~Isa
    1:20
    r2Ch
    2525
    l1 For they had behaved rebelliouslp against
    2Ch 33~10
    Ps
    73:24
    the sayings of God,""
    P s 110:24
    1:25
    And the counsel of the Most High they had Pr
    L u 7:30
    disrespected.'
    Ac 20.27
    Ro 1:28
    l e And he proceeded t o subdue their heart with sLe 26:21
    Dc 28:15
    trouble itself ;s
    .TP l l l - 1 5
    They stumbled and there was no one help ?,":&;
    -n-".A-

    t ~627
    ~ i
    ing,"
    2Ki 6:33
    l3 And they began calling to Jehovah for help
    u~g%fal~
    in their distress;^
    JA'6%
    Out of the stresses upon them he as usual 2"Eh"EL
    saved themv
    VFSJ ~
    10:12
    ~6 : 6
    2 13
    He went bringing them out from darknessa )-?Pi"
    'Job 10:21
    PS 68!6
    and deep shadow,y
    Isa d2:16
    Ina 19.9
    And tearing even their bands apart,=
    O let people laud Jehovah for his loving- E p h 5:8
    zg71;
    ;92D
    kindness*'
    Isa GI:I
    And f o r his wonderful works to the sons iEgi&
    *PS 136:3
    of men.bn
    GPs 136:4
    A J 16:3
    ~
    lB
    For he has broken the doors of coppee
    Isa 65-1
    And he has cut off even the bars of ironno
    l7 The foolish ones themselves, due to the way .psic:l

    ?;:E;,

    of their transgression'
    And due to their errors, began t o cause
    themselves flictionm8
    a

    Or, '(loyal love."

    ('31en."If, a.dam'.

    "God." 11,EE.

    Ps 9 2 5

    Pr

    1:22

    '~~&!~B

    Jer 5717
    Isa
    219

    PSALMS 107:18-27

    Their soul got t o detest even every sort of


    food,"
    And they were arriving at the gates of
    death.'
    And they began calling to Jehovah for help in
    their distre~s;~
    Out of the stresses upon them he as usual
    saved them."
    " He proceeded
    to send his word and healz
    themr
    And t o provide [them] escape out of their

    la

    X J O 3329
    ~

    ZJob 38:1'7
    PS 9:13
    ~s 1:ia
    1rJg 4:s
    PS 107.13
    Jer 33:3
    nPs 34%
    Ps 78:35
    PS 116:~

    sPs147:3
    ?'Nu21:8
    PS m:2
    PR103.3
    M t 8:8

    s J O ~3
    8
    :
    s

    pika"

    " 0 let people laud Jehovah for his bvingt ~ 138:2


    s
    kindnessbt
    And
    for his wonderful works to the sons
    uZs
    Ei%
    4 u
    vLe 7 1 2
    of
    menWcu
    Ps 50:14
    Heb 1 3 : ~ And let them offerd the sacrifices of thanksLliLO

    1Pe 2:5
    991

    YPS

    givingv

    And declare his works with a joyful cry.Y


    ,9a Those going down to t h e sea in the ships?
    :F$$i
    i
    g
    '2Ch 9:21
    Doing business on vaste waters,*
    24 They aie t h e ones that have seen the works
    of Jehovah'
    And his wonderful works in the depths,"
    z6 How he says [the word] and causes a temOPs 1 3 5 3
    pestuous windf to arise,O
    Pa 148:8
    Jon 1:4
    So
    that
    it Iifts up its waves.'
    Ac =:I4
    +PS 93:3
    They
    go up t o the heavens,@
    Mt 5:24
    They go down to the bott0ms.c
    @Job 38:11
    ~ 2 % 13:lO
    Because of the calamity their very soul
    Ps 2214
    finds itself melting."
    P S 119:ZS
    Isa 13:7
    27 They reel and move unsteadily like a drunken
    Na 2:10
    *Job l2:25
    man,#
    Isa 19:14
    a Or, possibl
    "the pit for th& Lives?' b Or, ''Io~al love." C "Men."
    Y, n.dom8. ihterally, '$sacrifice," ?cl. e Or, "many." "Wind." M,
    Isa I Z : ~
    Ps73:28

    7 1&'uhh; Compare

    "abysses,"

    Genesis 1 : 2, footnote d. g &Ijtsho.m6tkt; LXXVg,

    PSALMS 107:28-37

    330

    And even d l their wisdom proves cortfused. 17;",5;3


    And they begin crying out t o Jehovah in their * = n : z Q

    II

    And he does not let their cattle become


    u u e 2sm
    lSa2:i
    33 Again they become few and crouch downu
    vJg 6.3
    ZKl Tk32
    Owing t o oppression, calamity and grief.'
    ZKI 13:7
    roa
    H
    e
    js pouring out contempt upon nobles,r
    Z C ~
    der 61:s
    So that he makes them wander about in an
    Y ~ K21:19
    I
    De 7.14

    ZK1 24:15
    Z K 237
    ~
    ES

    LXX17g. b Or,

    sea:' Sy; ''their w~ves,"N T ; "its wav~s,"


    ' l o y d love." a "hfen." J1, rr+dm~'.d 31, qa.A a?;

    L-LXVg, "ec.cle'si.s?'

    And converts him into familles just like a

    835

    flock,=
    The
    upright
    ones see and rejoice:
    ;
    ;;$;
    Ps m:sz
    But as for all unrighteousness, it has to
    APs 5'25
    shut its mouth.'
    PS5'i:IU
    I Ex 11:7
    Who
    is wise? H c will both observe these
    ,
    :
    Ps;112:lO
    things*
    RO 3 19
    *PS 61:9
    And show himself attentive to\cJard Jeh*
    3er 9 2 2
    Ho 14:9
    vah's acts of lovjng-kindness.cm
    f.Ps 50.23
    Jer 9 3 4
    A irong. h lr~clorlgof Dnrid.
    'PS 57,7
    "PS w:12
    My heart is steadfast, 0 Gad.*
    ~wiyillsingand makernelody,*
    PP"'i'146:2
    PW
    3
    kPs 169
    Even my gloryak
    nPs 33.2
    ' Do awake, 6 stringed instrument; you too, 0
    Ps llb:?
    Elsa 2:21

    .,

    ja

    108

    ,'::;:

    ni'The anres of the

    empty place, where there is no way.l

    But he protecfs~~
    the poor one from affliction"
    "gb42424
    @lSa
    2:8

    m~~~

    ,r;b

    many,#

    rGc X1.Q

    lYFPq-?.':1',7

    And he blesses them so that they become very

    ,Ps12R3
    ,:,

    +l

    nJon
    AC -n:23
    194
    distress,"
    And out of the stresses upon them he brings
    P ~ O R2:10
    them forth.'
    nc m:4.1
    : " H e causes the tempest 20 stand at a calmla m$;n&j;5
    So that the waves of the s m a ICWP
    ?!l;:;
    ""And they rejoice because these become still, k; 9'q 0'1::
    NI:g
    And he leads them to the haven of their
    U J O 6:a1
    ~
    delight."
    0 let people Iaud Jehovah for his Iovlng- vpsB:l
    kindnessb'
    ~u ~6.13
    And for his wonderful works to the sons ''+ 7-..
    ,..k
    of menc$
    62
    " And let them extol him in the congremtionn ,pId\; I.?.?t-.A:?,
    of t h e people,"
    1's rK1.;
    And in the seat of the elderly men let them 'A#.
    I.-. II 1 .I
    .l.h
    praise- him.'
    U I ! I ;:-I
    Imqlt1 9 s
    "He converts rivers into a wilderness,"
    J 5 l h :{.I :9
    And the outj3ows of water into thirsty 2f;j$,qlr;?.{
    ( I ~ I I~,
    )!LI
    gro~lnd:
    h'!l 1:g
    AIICI 15:s
    " Fruitful land into salt co~ntry,~
    J P C I.i8a
    io
    Owing to the badness of those dwelling b:,~w
    ,r 1'1 ?$
    in it.'
    uc*2!l.J3
    He converts a wilderness into a reedy pool of
    water,'
    Ii=\
    sn Inrr
    :'I r;R
    '
    And the land of a waterless reglon into ,;,;$!:;?
    m
    i
    J
    ,
    J.KT
    outflows of water.'
    Lu 1.53
    I q And there he causes the hungry ones t o dwell,*
    ~!):*l
    So that they firmly establish a city of. ,lrr
    1-:LC 2.* 28
    habitationk
    D [ r n 2Sm24
    And they sow" fields and plant v f n e y a ~ d s O, [~' r ~21:311
    iimlmj
    , r Cnf14:17
    That they may yield fruitful cropsBr
    3'1

    PSALMS 107;38-108; 2

    336

    c PS 148:3

    rPs 57:s

    harpcn

    I mill awaken the dawnr

    &In the margin in front of this vcme (10) nnd alm in front of
    re1.r;- 2b26 in IC. Rittpl's edition of .\I, hltt in j'rnnt of verses 23-95;
    i l l C. D. Ginsburg's ~ d i t i o n ,tl~pren r p j l ~ \ * ~ l * f~~shiq.ew
    r~l
    vrtrn ( X )
    I~tEers,called fit197 m%;i:.rrr.rritI+' 3 ~ 'rnp~r,~ntrttlavrriP, h c c o r ~ m gto
    C+i~ishurg'sIwfrotlrrrtdo?a to ~ I F P~ ~ J Q . U B O I ~ PrLficn1
    ~ ~ C ORrFition
    -C
    of the
    ITebrew Bible (3697), pngea 341-345, "They nrr sir~plyintended
    to take the p l n c ~of om. mrd~rnhrilckcts tn ~ i l n r kthnt the passages
    thus hrackctrrl n r F trnn.rpoqed." T~I'I~IIRR in %dtsrqhslJt firee. dis
    n l t t e s f n m ~ ~ t l i ~l kj fei ~ ~ ~ r l ~ lt c ~(IIHJ'?),
    i~vf 4
    p 57 Pf,
    ~ regnrds
    ~
    the
    ~
    inverted v~rcnar nrtn Itnpiirrl:hn' ns 111) 1~ n t n t ~ i nnPn tllc ijrtl~kabelus
    I-) (+), the spit or tlnp~r~rsign. Or, "pnt8 on high," that is,
    ont of ma& h, "IOFRI 10\'e!'

    PSALMS 108:3-13

    PSALMS 109:1-11

    I &all laud you among the peopIes, 0 Jehovah,"


    And I shall make melody t o you among the
    national gr0ups.t

    1
    GIsa 42%
    Ps 28:l

    "For your loving-kindnessa is great up to the


    heavensu
    And your trueness up t o the skies.v
    W be exaIted above the heavens, 0 God;y
    And let your glory be above all the earth."
    6 h order that your beloved ones may be
    rescued,'
    0 do save with your right hand and answer
    me,O
    ' God himself has spoken in his holiness :"
    "I will exult, I will give out She'chemQ as
    a partion,'
    "And the low plain of Suc'coth" I shall
    measure off.
    "Gilre.ad" belongs t o me, Ma+nas7seh"belongs

    to me,

    F;yf;:2,

    me.*

    17:L
    Ps 31:13
    Pr 15;28
    &It26:59
    1tPs 1 2 0 3
    2%

    They have spoken about me with the


    tongue of f a l ~ e h o o d , ~
    And with words of hatred they have surround-

    ~r 6117

    ed m e n

    - .....

    ApS

    88:s

    Am 4:2

    VJos 17.7

    +Ps60:6

    :T;,"$;i1

    Ro 16:20

    Or, v'loynl lorenJ' "E~rthlingman." M, a.datn'.

    109

    #2Sa 15:3

    "And E'phra.im" is the fortsess of my :g;lg21T


    head one;k
    J~ 8:s
    ~ J O 13:11
    S
    2 ~ 2:9
    a
    "Judah is my commander's staff."
    *Ps 80:2
    "Mo'abr is my washing pot..
    kDe 33.17
    Ps 60:7
    "Over E'domt I shall throw my sandaIhunGe
    49.10
    "Over Phi.lisYi.av1 shall shout in triumph."s rg2g2;5
    apsm:S
    Who rvill bring me t o the fortified city?=
    tKu 24:f8
    Who willcertainlyleadme as far as E'dom?' g;m;5;l
    Is it not [you], 0 God, who have rejected us= Y ~ Z ; A : ; ; ~
    And who do not go forth with our armies
    p;&:4
    as God?A
    U P S 44:s
    *PL
    OPS z0:1
    60:~
    3 ? D ogive us help from d i ~ t r e s s , ~
    As salvation by earthling manb is wrthless,'
    2% 22 :40
    l aEy God we shall gain vital energy,"
    Ps 18:32
    And he himself will tread down our ad- p&,c;s
    ISS 25:ICt
    versaries'
    a

    To the direct~r. Of David. A melody.


    0 God of my praise,O do not keep
    silent:
    For the mouth of the wicked one and the
    mouth of deception h~lveopened against

    And they keep fighting against me without


    came.r
    For my love they keep resisting rnqa
    But on my part there is przyermt
    And they render to me bad for goodu
    And hatred for my love.'
    Appoint over him someone wicked,y
    And may a resisteraz himself keep standing
    at his right hand.
    When he is judged let him go forth as someone
    wicked'
    A n d let his very prayer become a sin.'
    Let his days prove to be few;"
    His office of oversight let someone else
    take.O
    Let his sons become fatherlessDboys'
    And his wife0 be a widow.'
    lo And without fail let his sons go wandering

    $Ge 4:U
    Isa 1 6 : ~
    #PS 3 7 : ~

    k2Sa 3:29

    nlSa 222
    N@
    5:7

    about,*

    And they must do beggin?


    And they must look

    for

    Eood] from their


    desolate places.k
    Let the usurer lay out traps for all that he
    has,"

    a 3f7an.fu?tv;

    LXC, d i . ~ ' b d . l o s ; Vg, $i.arb0.621s.

    And Jet strangernwake plunder of his ~ ~ ~ ~


    m :A:%?
    product of toil.=
    1)P ?4':1
    "May he come t o have no one extending loving- ,;;,!$,H
    .T,i.q :".I3
    kkdIl9ss,""
    r l , , ~ 17:18
    And may there prove to be no one showing I,II 1!1:11
    ulsa ?:(A
    favor t o his fatherless boys.1
    I S l t :::I1
    " 1 1 111:YJ.
    l a Let his posterity be for cutting off.~
    1'b 3 7 3
    Tn the f ollo~vinggeneration let their nameQ i:i8':t,
    t l ' ~
    lfi:111
    be blotted out.'
    I F l l Q 0:14
    " Let the error of his forefathers be remem- I:::
    1 1 ~3~ f5 t : ~
    I!,>
    bered to Jehovah,~
    And the sin of his mother'cmay it not be
    F;:,$;!:.CR , - )
    blotted OUL'
    21.1
    :'Let them provetobe in front of Jehovah con- 3:- 2.:,pz
    x:lil >::7
    stant l ~ , ~
    :Iii ? \ I 1
    And may he cut off the remembrancehf .l;';11d2?:;;'.3
    them from the very earth,"
    .II.V 4:,
    IL:2.7
    25
    For the reason that he did not remember t o
    ??:
    $' 3;!:2,"exercise loving-kindnes~,"~
    nib..
    .rcbr
    1:1n
    But he kept pursuing the afflicted and poor 0i;~~k7$

    :;%

    zc:::

    lIlmlCt

    diis 2:I.l

    +r,v4 2 2 1

    And the one dejected at heart, to put [him] rh:, 10.2


    n l t 2x79
    to d e a t h

    And he kept loving the maledfctl~n,~


    so that ;;Ayh21,
    r"M
    ~ :~S
    it came upon him;'
    i's 69 27
    And he did not take delight in the blessing," *?
    ;,f
    I > + ~.b.1.3
    So that it became far away from hjrn;k
    pr I 4 : l . l
    '"md
    he came to be clothed wlth malediction *:rjy;p
    as his garment."
    Y ~ I I~ : I O
    Icl'sll!).l50
    So it proceeded t o come like waters into the , , J ~ I~, 3 . 1 4
    P.,73:li
    midst of himr
    ?Nit 5:2L
    And like oil into his bones.
    N Ur5:2~7 a
    AP
    le
    May it prove to be for him like clothing with
    which he enwraps himself"
    ~axt
    Pa I 8:s
    Q : ~

    Or, ''lsyal love."

    b OrQr,
    <'mention.* a

    rCBInn!l 31, iah.

    PSALMS 109 :20-28

    335

    334

    PSALMS 109:12-19

    d ~;u2Sa2 1 7, 2 3
    PB110%

    31e2;:4
    LU 1 9 9

    Ro 6:23

    1Th 2 2 6
    r h I t E:24
    31t 26.66
    T I s a 7::
    3.Fu 5.23
    zPs 25:11
    Ps 31:3
    Joh 1 7 : l l
    *Ps36:7
    PS 63:3
    Pn S6:5
    40:17
    PY 86:l
    ~ l r e.20
    t

    =PS

    Yr0

    And as a girdle that he keeps girded about


    himself constantly."
    2o This is the wages from Jehovah of the one
    resisting meu
    And of those speaking evil against my soul.v
    21 But you are JehovahR0the SavereignJrLordb
    Deal with me for the sake of your name.=
    Because your loving-kindnessc is good, dela

    S.9

    L?KI 4127

    ,kJob
    ;z$!j51 4 2

    Ps 1F2:Il
    J M 4 14
    zPr 3Q:27

    I iver me.*
    For X am afnlcted and poor,'
    And my heart Itself has been piercedd with-

    in me."
    Like a shadow when it declines, I am obliged
    to go away;O

    I have been shaken off like a locust?


    :
    *
    My
    knees themalclves have swayed fmm fast'
    -E
    .-j,R
    -2,
    -3
    -"
    +P%
    2214
    ing,'
    Ps 6310
    >It 4:2
    And
    my very flesh has grown lean, without
    Heb 2212
    BJOII

    ~s:za

    Ps 38:7
    Ps 102:5
    -Ps 31:11
    Px 69:9
    Ro 1 5 3
    Heh 13:13
    C I s a 1.5

    PJer 31:18
    'P5 2 2 7
    1
    :
    ; 27139

    lizs 4923
    1 4 119:S
    Keb 5::
    nPs 57.1
    Fs 69.16
    1.E.c 3 3 3
    Edr-7;6
    Ae 2:s
    SKU 16:30

    1Ki 16:36
    P<
    d.9
    - .~
    .."
    22'6

    tyu

    2Sa 16:10

    1 1 1 u 23320
    NU 2 3 2 5

    any

    oj1.O

    " And t o them I myaclf have become something


    reproachable."

    They see me-they

    begin wagging their


    head.cu
    "Help me,0 Jehovah%y God,"
    Save me aceading to your loving-Mndness.cn
    And may 8 e y kn.o\rrthat this is your hand,'
    That you yourself, 0 Jehovah, have done it.*
    29 Let them, for their part, pronbLmee a maledictionat
    But may you, for your part, pronounce a
    ble~slng.~

    "Jehov&." 11, l+elro.zriA'; her~ancfnllawcd by I.cla.nap'. "The


    So~ereignLord.lJ JI, A.rio.trr~tj',a Or, "laya1 1or.e.'" Literally, "one
    has pierced m>-h ~ n r itself,"
    t
    X.

    PSALMS 110:5Llll:3
    They have risen up, but let them be vfrn
    y1rn GFI:P3
    31>1110!?.1
    ashamedv
    Hcl, I?::!
    And Iet your orm m a n t rejoice?
    ST'\ K!!I:?O
    "I1> G ; l o
    " Let those resistkg me be clothed with humill- I)1 5 35::6
    1:::':18
    ationz
    nnc 7:rir
    ?:IT
    And let them enwrap themselves with their W's
    1'5 !):I
    ~
    shame just as with a sleeveless coat.' n l " 22:22
    $
    ;
    ?
    ;
    $
    '
    ;
    <
    :
    j
    2
    " I shall laud Jehovah very much with my I . 1-jl. pj:23

    ZPr 4.18
    ? Pq 2.3

    Eze 3F;:lB
    Re 19.19

    mouth,=
    m n i t aa:.la
    I?::%
    And in among many people I shall praise Fhlr
    A,. 2::J.l
    Ac j:%i
    him?
    20
    For he will stand a t the right hand of the poor, S1t.ht i 1I?:?
    U,iv ?::I5
    To save [him]from those judging his soul,' 1t:o 1 5 : s
    I l t , b 1 !R
    i 11,b w::3
    Of Dnrid. A melody.
    kt,'<
    .. . . Y.1Q
    . .The utterance of Jehovah to my ;3?&,;4
    hdaDis:*
    11'0k.35
    nc
    1 '1
    oll\135 5
    "Sit at my right hand'
    "Until I place your enemjes as a stool for
    $;I$;
    your feet.""
    nc tot1
    The rodk of your strength
    Jehovah will send ':2 ?.i?;
    :,',':a
    out of- ion :n
    nc I : ?
    "Go subduing in the midst of your enen;!;;;2,;
    mies."~
    I-,I I O ! ~ O ~
    "otir peopIe will offer themselves wfllinglybn t!&L:;:3
    on the day of your military Eorce;t
    YS:L
    X n q:!~
    :'.I,?
    In the splendors of holiness," from the ,;;j;;:;ls
    3 ~ p 1
    r 3
    womb' of the
    vC;r, :I: 24
    You have yourcornpamy of young men just ~ ~ a . * r z
    y( ;c 27::s
    like dewdrops.dr
    nc .%:l
    Jehovah has sworno (and he will not feel a ~ ~ ~ ' ~ , ~ : s 4
    v .310b
    ~ b s w-?;LO
    :;i~
    sorry) :
    ,
    Or "Mnrrter." &I, B.do'j*'. b Litarallp, "will ha valuntnry af~"cr14:p

    TPs 1329
    'Heb 7:21
    FIeb ;:a
    EGe l4:lS
    Zec 633
    IIvb k6
    H e b 63
    IPS 16:s
    Crr 14:s

    -Ps 50:4
    mJer 2 5 3 9
    .Ge 3.15

    Eze 3:ll
    Hab 313

    7:s
    -.
    . -. nEx 15:2
    DJg

    1:vs 7 . 3

    ps $5.4

    PS 15tl:6
    Pa 14.1

    110

    inga19; or, "nltogether frcc nill." Thnt is, ~,ralnpt rnlur~t~era.31,


    ~t'rla.bGtk'. (As in Exodes 35 : 29; 36 : 3) "Dnwrl." 11, ~ ~ i.kAnl",
    s h
    3,?il, 1~tr.Gs.pko'ros; TTg, 11v'ci.f~r. Cotnparo Isriiali 14 : 12, d Or,
    tnore l~tcrrill>+,
    "YDUhar-c the dell* of yonr yolllE~"; or, "You hnrt!
    y t ~ ybtltli
    r

    38

    dew itself;" 31.

    Ps 42i5
    Po 102.8
    Ps 13s:l
    sJob 19.19
    Ps 55:14
    Ps +9:7
    Jer 6.11
    t1Kt 3:s
    Ps 1:s
    PS 7:;
    uJob 9 2 0

    F; !$524
    13:14

    "You are a priestmt o time indefinite'


    '"ccording to the manner of Mel.chiz'edek!"'
    Jehovaha himself at your right handb
    Will certainly break kingsm5
    to pieces on the
    day3 of his anger.:
    ''He will execute judgment among the nations;*
    He will cause a fullness of dead bodies.@
    He will certainly break t o pieces the head
    one over R P O ~ U I O U S land,"
    ' From t h e torrent valley in the way he will

    111
    shall laud
    I

    rPs ;7:l2
    PB92:-1
    Ps 1.125

    I.De 31'9
    Ps 4%:9
    Jsa 5312
    eEx 155
    ICh 16:n

    Job -13:10
    PS 1=13:12
    Isa 2:10
    mPs 103:17

    N [Akjrh]

    Jehovah with all [my]heartr


    3 [Flrflr]

    In the intimate groupn of upright ones and


    the assembly.[
    3

    [fyd9l?~l]

    The rvorks of Jehovah are great,u


    7 [Dal~tk]

    Pri

    Isa 40:12
    R e 15 3

    raise

    drink.*

    That is why he will


    high h i headbk
    Praise Jab? YOU people!&n

    Searched far on the part of dl those delighting In them.'


    n [H*]

    His astivityy is dignity and splendor them-

    selves,a
    1 [It'r~~a]

    And his righteousness Is standing forever.*

    a'cJchovnh,"LXYT7~Ry nndnlany Bebrcw mnnusc~ipts; TTI1e


    Shc.kifnali of Jchovi~l~,''
    II'; AI~I~Iwr~!tr,
    11. Tllia iu one of t h o 134
    passages where the J c w i ~ l iSophcl~tillinltr~rerlt h o l > d itive
    i ~ ~ Eebrextext t o read A.d~.wn?~'
    111 plnrec! u t' I'"io.~r~lrla',
    h "T ria Iicnd," Sy and
    trro Hebrew nianuscripts; ''ttie hend," MLXX7-K. This is an
    alphabetic or acroatic pwnlirt. Src IJnnlths 11, 311, 2.5, 34 (footnote n
    on r e l s e 61, 37. d See Psillii l v 4 : 33, Iootnotce n, b.

    338

    PSALMS 1 1 1 : k I O
    [Zagh]

    ' A memorial he has made for his wonderful


    "De 31:'10

    ~0~'ks.O

    Jor 4:7

    n [Hrtlr]
    Jehovah is gracious arrd rnercifuLA

    'EX ~ I : B
    1's %3!3
    1% F G : ~

    b [T~fJtl

    5FOOdhehasgiventothosefearinghim.o

    wPZ?'9
    PR34.3
    hl t G:32

    * [Pod]

    y h 4:8
    JnrAl'R
    tar 3:4
    :TI 3.13
    XP-

    W [Rdra]

    All those doing them have a good t n d g h t . ~

    1.a5:z

    112

    *Ex 15.2
    I

    I:,. 1'1

    II~:IO

    1 [IJdb]
    1% l05:B

    3 [K~~JP]

    Peo~Ie,~

    h whose comrnandmentsO he has taken


    very much delight."

    *Ne 1:s
    Pr W:34

    ,,,,:,

    The power of his works he has told to his

    1 !C;intt-l]
    ?

    JORO:ZO
    ~n;ta
    pe %:12
    11% 1n5:2;

    > [L~IIP~]

    7 [Jlnleilr]

    I'v 7s 35
    I'K
    6'1.9
    T7$ 11"3:44

    P [Ncm]

    The works of his hands are truth and judg.


    rnent;*
    2

    R V 1s a

    D [Sampkh]

    Well supported forever, t o time indefinlte,n

    It I's

    1'1 R

    ;?;:a
    r
    I'?11'l:359
    q I141:(i9

    &
    ;,:,!;l;n;

    Y [Ayim]

    Dane in truth and uprightness."


    b [Pel

    He has sent redemption itself t o his people.'


    Y [Trage]

    To time indefinite he has commanded his

    'I [BCSJI]

    lo

    19% i i l > : l

    Y?% 1'1 Q

    ~ ~ s123
    l l ~ ~
    I?P

    1 i -3

    9C.k 1 5 13
    Dc 15.

    i'< 13 )

    12
    4

    G;;I 2,:
    1-v

    IZr

    I~~
    5.) 3
    J+.r3T :I0

    , U L \ 5L.> 21
    u:r

    Lu 23:Td
    t".<b

    12,Ll

    3:ph 5.15
    S131c

    17 5

    ,F:,df:;$

    c J v b 7:28
    1:7

    t'r 12,;
    t w 6:;j.v

    rF<c.' ,:

    I ~11 7L

    I'r

    Juh 3 1 : 16

    i5

    1 .Pn7
    f'h

    .r,m

    t'lll kt:\
    nLk! 15:H

    rPs ll:l:C&

    t~;,;;;~

    J Ir

    lrNo !):I7
    I A i G:W
    ~.:t>h
    1%- 2::O

    ?I#

    The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of w is- $:


    dorm*

    1's :I\:.<

    Trustworthy are aU the orders he gives,k

    covenantmt
    P ~G'QP~I
    His name is holy and fear-inspiring.u

    1'

    1,'<:2:;I>.% br9:l4

    [NT~~I]

    Mighty in the earth his offsprinp will become.Q

    As for the generation of the upright ones,

    In giving them the possession of the na- m1I*s


    s. 2.y
    -141.2
    tions."

    H [Alepl~]

    I3appp is the manh in fear of Jehovah,"

    : i J q 1:9:1
    CI<$

    [TUN.]

    Hls prafse is standing forever."


    Praise Jah, YOU p e ~ p l e ! ~ '

    1 PC 1 7

    To time indefinite he will remember his


    covenant.'

    PSALMS f12:l"

    339

    it lvjll be blessed:

    n [UP]
    V~luahlethings and riches are in his house,@
    1 [Wurt?]

    And his righteousness is standing forever:


    1 [Za~~in]

    EIe has flashed up in the darkness as a light to


    the upright ones.ctn
    n laefh]
    He is gracious and merciful and righte~us.~
    D [T~fh]

    The manb Is good that is gracious and is lendingen

    '

    [Pod]

    He sustains his affairs with justice.er


    3 [Tc'nph]

    For at no time will he be made to totterma

    P ~ d mf 04 : 36, footnotm a, b. b "Man." M, i s 7 ~* Or, %eed.17


    Or, ''In the dnrknm light hna shone forth for the upright
    * OJ-,('in judgnient."
    See

    PSALMS 112:7-113 :2

    340

    5 [Lamed]

    The righteous one will prove t o be for


    remembrance t o time indefinite.t
    t3 [,Vetn]

    ' He will not be afraid even of bad news.u


    3 [Xerla]

    His heart is steadfast,v made reliant upon


    Jehovah.~
    [Savnekh]

    tNe 519

    Pr 10:7
    Isa 38:3
    Mt 2546
    Hcb 6 3 0
    ups n
    1
    Ps 56:4
    Pr 3 2 5
    Lu 21:9
    rPs 57:7
    PSll8:6
    1sa 25:s

    Ar 31:13
    yPs 6 2 8
    Ps G4:10
    Ps Il8:8
    Jell 119

    Ac 5.25
    " His heart is unshakable;" he will not be afraid," zPs
    2734

    Y [Ayin]

    Until he looks on his adversariesa5


    5

    "~e

    [Pel

    has distributed wide1y;a he has given t o


    the poor ones:
    Y [X8ade]

    His righteousness i s standing f0rever.O


    b

    [Q~PJJI

    His own horn will be exalted with glory.'


    7 [Resh]
    lo

    The wicked one himself will see and certainly


    become offended."
    V

    [Shiul

    He will grind his very teeth and certainly


    melt away."
    h [Talc]

    The desire of the wicked ones will perish.#


    Praise Jah, YOU people!^^
    ORer praise,d 0 you servants oi

    113

    Jehovah,"

    Praised t h e name of Jehovah.'


    W a y Jehovah's name become blessed"
    From now on and to time indefinit~.~

    Pa 3124

    Heb 13:9
    *2Cl~ZO:l5
    P S %:I1
    =Ps 5830
    Ps 01:8
    Ps 92:ll
    P s 118:7
    A U e 15:11
    Pr L1:X
    Mr 14:7

    2co 9:7
    Mt 6 3 4
    1Co 15:58
    Heb S:10
    -1Sa 2:l
    Ps 75:lO
    'BE5 6:11
    Isa 65:14
    Lu 1328

    rDe 24:13

    ,,,

    Ps 81:5

    rC;Ps; p76 1

    PS 75 68

    I I E X 6.7

    Es 19.6

    no 27,9

    *Ps37:12
    Ps 55:7

    De 32 9
    VEX 1'.1:21

    *Fr 1R:28
    Pr 11:7
    Mt 95:41
    kEx 152
    Ps 68:4
    Fs l X : 6

    SJOS

    hTt 22:13

    'lsa 35:11
    Rc 19:1.
    n P s 33:1
    Ps 103:n
    P S 131:1

    Ps 1 4 5 3 0
    Eph 5:19
    Re 1 9 5
    rPs 135:l
    S l C h m:10
    D a 220
    J o h 17:28
    tlCh 1 G : X
    Ps 106:48

    Or, "He has scsttered abroad?' b Psltl~n113 is the first of the six
    X-Iallel Psalms. 8ec Psalm l Q i : 3 5 , footnotes a, b. d M , EIal.k61u',
    a

    PSALMS 113 :3-114 :5


    341
    its~ settingU
    u
    ~ From
    ~ the ~rising ~of the ; sun until
    ~
    UPS 72:18
    Jehovah's
    name
    is
    t
    o
    be
    p
    ~
    a
    i
    s
    ed.~
    Ps 8 6 3
    ~o15:g
    Jehovah
    has
    become
    high
    above
    all
    the nayPs 9T:9
    PS ~2
    tions;y
    Is* 40:17
    His glory is above the heavens,=
    ~
    l8:
    ~n i
    Who is like Jehovah0 our God,"
    cFaGi7
    *Ex 15:ll
    He who is making his dvrelling on high?O
    ne 3326
    ' He is condescending t o look on heaven and
    ,E;iI:
    Isa 57:15
    earth:
    aps 65:33
    PS 13.6
    Raising
    up the lowly one from the very dust;
    Isa 66:2
    He exalts the poor one from the ashpit
    ~ P 2215
    S
    IAa 26:19
    itself,*
    +~sB
    2 .7
    ZSa 7:S
    T o make [him] sit with nobles,@
    EGe 41:41
    With the nobles of his peopIe."
    *Isa3 2 2
    Re510
    +rsa 2:s = H e is causing the barren woman to dwell in
    kIsa 54:l
    a house*
    ca 4:n
    nPs 112:l
    As
    a joyful mother of sansTk
    rEu 12:41
    Praise Jah, YOU people!an
    eGe 4223

    T;::!:Y,

    CIsa 9 : l
    3.16
    ps 7 4 : ~ s
    pPr $23
    cIsa 1 3 1

    114

    WhenIsraeI~ventforthfromEgypt,~~
    The house of Jacob from a people
    speaking unintelligibly,a
    ? Judah became his sanctuary,t
    Israel his grand dominion."
    The sea itself saw and took to Right;v
    As for the Jordan,>it began to turn baclr,Y
    The mountainsp themselves skipped about like

    rams,"=
    The hillsp like lambs.c*
    What was thematter with you, 0 sea, that you
    UEx 15:s
    took t o flight:
    JOS 210
    a Sce Psalm 104:35, footnotes a, b. b Appropriately Psalnls 113
    zEx 18 IX
    ~g 5;f

    "J':,":;$z

    and 114 -rrcre sung early in the Passover m ~ a las part of the six
    Hallel Psalms, which Irere sung aftcr the second and fourth cups
    nf wine dmnk at the meal. P s d w s 115-118,rrhich cocstituked the
    rest of the Hallel Psal~ns,were sung a f t e r the Pnssorer ~ilenl,nu
    doubtless in the cnse of J~wfi
    and his disciples,-Matthew 2 6 : 30.
    Literally, "sons of sheep [or, of the flock]," 11.

    PSALMS 114;6-115: 8

    All those who are trusting in themn

    0 Jordan, that you began to t~trnback?A%;!;&


    OO mountains, that you went skipping about
    like rarns;O

    * 0 Israel, trust in Jehovahir

    He is their help and their shie1d.s

    OIM6.4:~

    *hIlc G : l
    0 hiIls, like Iarnbs?a+
    ~ o n:ob
    Because of the Lordb be in severe pains, 0
    Jer R:ZZ
    e&rthIW
    .Ia% 7(5!6
    c
    p j - 3'1
    Because af the Godcoof Jacob,'
    UF:S
    Who is changing the mck into R reedy pool
    m
    ;;;,p~';
    of water,*
    tl~r~
    7 :h17
    I'JVS
    I -m
    ~T:D
    !:~
    A flinty rock into a spring of watermi'
    15r1 . I q ; l l
    d To us belongs nothing, 0 Jehovah,
    , $ ~ G ; ~
    1% m . ~
    to us belongs nothing,'
    hllr 7:M
    But ta your name give glory
    1:17
    According ta your loving-kindness,"accord?$,':$
    ing to your trueness.*a
    21ii
    I w x::?:
    IY:IO
    llr% 4 x 4
    *Why should the nations say:t
    I'% I:'. In
    J ~ V :P' : 1 ~
    "Where, now, is their God?"n
    vl'n 2 I.
    I?. 1::1:1
    a But our Gad is in the heavens;'
    I
    MLG'I
    Everything in which he took et deljgkt he YI'A IR7:B
    Ihi* 'lli:lO
    has done.3I )fl
    4 35
    Their idols are silverO and gold,=
    *llr
    I ~ 9:
    2
    O 4 !I
    Tlze work of the hands of earthling man.uo' :;$:;:
    U mouth they have, but they cannot speak;e 7;;;3
    '13c 4 %
    Eyes they have, but they cannot see;"
    h !"V~:Y9
    ~
    I ~ O
    5.1;
    T a r s they have, but they cannot hear.f
    Ilnb 2.18
    A nose they haw, but they cannot smell.'
    Hands are theirs, but they cannot feel.*
    I[nb .: 19
    Feet are theirs, but they cannot walk:' S4 lI'-5* 335:16
    IY-R:~;
    They utter no sound with thefr throat." i:s: i:YI1"
    "Those making them will become just like
    *ISII
    :i::<
    them,k
    kI!l\ I4:9

    lo

    I:

    115

    8Ps 25.7

    i ~

    Jtb'i

    'c;

    .z:?::?,"

    Liternllg, "sons of sheep [or, of the flock]," If, b "Thn Lo1qr1.I'


    M , A.rrGn', "God." JI, E ! . o ' ~ I ~ LMnny
    ,
    JJ~ln*cwmnnuscriptu ~ n d
    LINT" rotnbine Psalm 115 n i t h Psaln~114 to for111onr col~tinuous
    pr;nl~nof 26 ctrses. Or, "loynl l o ~ ~ c , "Or, "trnthfulncss"; or,
    "trtltll." Ji, ent.cthP; Vg, ~ret'i.fn3. p"Earthling ~nttt~."
    IrL, trddratltf.

    '

    PSALMS 115 :9-116: 2

    343

    342

    Ps 136:23
    Ac 10:4
    *Ge 12:2
    Ps 6 7 3
    Ac 3:26
    Ga 324
    Heb 3.3

    0 house of Aaron, put YOUR trust In Jehovah;t

    Me is their help and thelr shle1d.u


    You that fear Jehovah, trust in dehovah;v
    He is their help ~ n ctheir
    l
    shield.,'
    YJ Jehovah himself has remembered us; he will
    bless,"

    He will bless the house of Israel,*


    He wjll bless the 11ouse of A a r ~ n , ~
    ti's fl3:lo la He will bless those fearing Jehovah:
    ;Ps 29:ll
    Lu 1 : s
    The small ones as well as t h e great ones,'
    Ac U:26
    4Ac 26:55 " Jehovah will give Increase t o YOU;
    Re 1i:lS
    To YOU and to YOUR sons.f
    Re 1 3 5
    Re 21 1.12
    :"You are the ones blessed by Jehovah,"
    *Ge 13%
    Isa 2 :2
    m e Maker of heaven and earth,"
    BGe 173
    'Ps 3:s
    I
    @
    AS
    regards the heavens, to Jehovah the heavEpit 7:3
    "Gc 14:19
    ens belang,IK
    Ps 146%
    1 0 s &9:11
    Buvt the earth he has glven to the sons of
    -Tun
    ..- -W.7
    - .BEc 8.5
    menaRn
    nGe l:B
    fl The dead-' themselves do not praise Jah,br
    De 32:s
    Fs 34.29
    Nor do any crojn~clown into silence."
    Isa .IS:IR
    Jer 27:s
    l4 But we aurseivis' will bless Jab"'
    r p a 6:s
    P S 30:9
    From no1c7 on and to time indefinite.u
    EC 9:s
    Isa %3:18
    Raise
    Jah, YOU peopIePbV
    EIS~ 2.4
    Ps 31 :IT
    I do love, because Jehovah hearsfr
    My voice, rnyentreaties...
    VTS n2:x
    :psbp52
    T P 18.6
    ~
    z 1 5 a l . ~. Z For he has inclined his ear t o me,'
    *PS55:16
    27:i0 '
    And throughout my days I shall callaD
    a "iJlen." ?IT, a,drmn~< 31, Ynla. Sce Panl~nRR : 4, Pootnotn I,
    ""We

    116

    onssalres," M; "we tllr Ii~~itig,"


    IA~LY;"wr! rvho are a l i v ~ , ' T g .
    dl'Jah."' XT; "JellocnI~,"YrSv: ' ' l 1 1 ~ Lord," LX4K, See P s ~ l r ~ l
    104:35, fm61;lotetla, I > , ' ~ O Y , ' ':I h n ~ cloved thlrt Jcllovnh should
    henr.'l 6 "My voice, in?. entreaties," 111 "tile voice o f mp snpplication (pra~es)
    ," L-XKTgSy.

    PSALMS 116:16-118 :5
    APS 18:4
    The ropes of death encircled meA
    And the distressing circumstances of She'ol
    Isa 6 2 3
    themselves found me.O
    ffi2Ch33:13
    Distress and grief I kept finding.*
    -P ~ : ?
    XYS 4L:l
    But upon the name of Jehovah I proceeded 2 mw
    ;&
    t0 Can:*
    S E X 34:6
    "Ah, Jehovah, do provide my soula with gE
    RO11~:137
    PS
    325
    escape!"*
    EX
    20:6
    j Jehovah is gracious and righteous:
    No 8:17
    a
    a
    9
    3
    And our Gad is One showing mercy.k
    n P s 193
    Vehovah is guarding the inexperienced ones." , ~ m ; ~ : : ~
    I was impoverished and he proceeded t o p5 106:43
    Fs 1a:6
    save even me.r
    sPs 05:11
    Return t o your resting place, 0 my saul,as
    H e b 430
    *eb
    4:8
    For Jehovah himself has acted appmpri- 6,;:,;t
    U P S 56:13
    ately toward y0u.t
    ,
    Ps E6i13
    Far you have rescued my soula from death,u
    1
    My eye from tears,' my foot from stum- r ~ s g ~ : ~ ~
    zGe 17:1
    k1ing.s
    Lu 1;6
    I will walkz before Jehovah in the lands of *P,S,'&k3
    those livingPe
    IW
    ~ E
    e 9:5
    1C5 : ~
    2 1 34 9 3
    lob I had faith,O for I proceeded to speakA
    Heb 11:1
    A ~ 14:s
    U
    I myself was very much amicted.
    2Pe 1:21
    fl For my part I said when I became panicky: ' *rsa27:i
    62Ki 436
    "Every manc is a liar."*
    Jer 9:5
    R o 3:4
    lqVhat shall I repay t o Jehovah"
    *1Co 6:20
    *Ps
    103:Z
    For d l his benefits to me?"
    5%
    119:155
    l%e
    cup of grand salvationo I shall take up, I$; ;;:;;
    And on the name of Jehovah I shall call." J O 1~ 7 : ~ ~
    rPs 22:25
    l3 M y VOWS I shall pay to Jehovah,r
    Joh 17:4
    sIsa 53%
    Yes, in front of all his people.#
    Joh 1_X:37
    tlSa 2 x 2 9
    l5 Precious in the eyes of Jehovaht
    P S 37:33
    Is the death of his men of loving-kindness.u u,Pp9:"10

    :::::

    "Soul?' M, asph'ssk; LXX, psy.cAgF;T'g) a'ni.mo, b Fit11this verse


    (10) LXXTrg begin n allerp psalm, Paalul 116,+th the superscription "Ertllelujah." "Mm." X, ha-a.ci'annr. Or, ''(All) mankind:'

    xT;;:i5

    Ah! now, 0 Jehovah,'


    For I am your servant.y
    OXa 2 7
    I am your servant, the son d your slave0
    yPs119:125
    Ps,14312
    girl."
    Isa 43:10
    You have loosened my bands.'
    Mt 24:45
    Jo h 12:26
    z P s 86:16 l7 TO YOU I shaU offer t h e sacrifice of thanks*2Ch 3333
    giving,"
    Ps 107.14
    Isa 6 1 3
    And
    on the name of Jehovah I shall call?
    Ro 6%
    ULe 7:12
    IS My vows I shalI pay t o Jehovah,'
    Ps 50:14
    Yes, in front of all his people,'
    Ps 107:22
    H e b 13:E
    In the courtyards of the house of Jehovah,@
    ARo 10:13
    Q Ps 2 2 2 5
    In the midst of you, 0 Jerusalem."
    Fs 76:11
    Ec 5:5
    Praise Jah, YOU people!&*
    *Fs116:14
    SPs 96.8
    Praise Jehovah, all YOU nations;"
    Ps I B : 2
    ~ P122:s
    s
    Commend him, all YOU clans.n
    *PS 112:l
    kPS Ilk1
    ?
    For
    toward
    us his loving-kindnessb has proved
    Re 19'6
    nGe 25:16
    mighty,"
    Nu 2515
    rPs 89 1
    And the truenessc of Jehovah is to time
    sPs 71'22
    Ps 100.5
    indefinite.8
    E u 1:FL
    Praise Jah," YOU people!at
    O P s 122:4
    t P s 111:l
    TIPS107:l
    LAun Jehovah, for he is good;u
    N t 19:n
    For his loving-kindnessb is to time
    indefinite.'
    Let Israel now say:s
    "For his loving-kindnessb is to time indefinite.""
    Let those of the house of Aaron now say :*
    "For his loving-kindnessh is to time indefinite.""
    Let those fearing Jehovah now say:*
    "For his loving-kindnessb is to time indefinit~."~
    Out of the distressing circumstances I called
    +ps.pl:ll
    Ps 89.8
    PS 107:19
    upon Jahidf
    a See Psalm 104: 35; footnotes a , b, b Or, "loyal 1a1-e." E Or,"truthl6

    117
    118

    fulness"; or, '.truth." 31, em-6th'.

    * See

    Psalm 66: 4, footnote n .

    PSALMS 118 ;6-15

    346

    Jaha answered [and put1 me into a roomy syK:z.;tZg


    ~ I ' Y -s:1
    place.E
    I'U I-16:s
    a Jehovah is on my side;c I shall not fear.'
    llrr 3.31
    W I 'q 5(i ,4
    What can earthling manwdo t o me?'
    -1~711 !:):I1
    Jehovah is on m y s j d P among those helping k:Ik :T:!R
    rnqk

    PSALMS 118:1 G 2 8

    347

    I>> 54 .I
    J T l 2R .i3

    So that I myself shall look upon those hnt- 11+{; $;I;T


    ing me."
    ~ [3
    i :
    ?I '< 40 ;*l
    "It Is better to take refuge In Jehovah!'
    1'1 W : S
    Jilh h:42
    Than t o trust in earthling r n ~ n . " ~
    l l f ~ l 1Ifl.7
    "It is better to take refuge in Jehavaht
    tP ~ ' A1s
    1.11;:3
    111
    fl 1 % I :0:3
    Than to tmst in nob1es.u
    I>fk:ll' 2
    All the nations themselves surrounded me.'@
    ;.; _?',;
    It was in the name of Jehovah that I Ivpt
    ;i;:;<s
    holding them off
    s11.18
    rh-c'h ?":I7
    I1They surrounded me, yes, they had me sur- ,IS,,3 . 2 G
    rounded,~
    1 5 ??:
    111
    7 : 12
    1
    It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept ;',:$Aj$;,

    T'C

    T.C

    T ~ A
    ZLI
    holding them off.
    t.1flh 1 ,:I2
    They surrounded me like bees;'
    E I S3j::j
    ~ ~
    17:l
    They were extinguished like a Are of thorn- ''Fl
    i'.; I5:ls
    hLlo
    bushesmU
    r . ( ~d:? 1
    It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept .':;:$;:$
    PI'\ 15.3
    holding them off.A
    f l s 1s 2
    E l b3
    - s
    You pushed me hard that I should fall,4
    t,u ??:a6
    But Jehovah himself helped me,*
    r\c 3 1 5
    A C .I 1 0
    Jahn is my shelter and my might,"'
    *I'F9tI'fl
    I,U 3; .>2
    .And to o
    tm
    e he becomes salvation,'
    I < I w 65.13
    The voice of a joyful cry and salvationa
    > i p21 6.:~i
    nr
    sr
    cJ.n I s a
    Is in the tents" of the righteous ones."
    The right hand of Jehovah is dcmonstrat- &"<;I:\
    I"!! RII:13
    ing vital energy."
    Juh 12,28
    See Psalm GS: 4, footnote a. Aocording to tho vowrl-pointing of

    la

    mnny Hehrem manuscripts: "He onswrrerl tile wit11 t h ~~( Y O I I Iplnetb


    ~
    of dnhg'; or, " d t h a spnciolrfi (very roonir) plnrr.'' Or,"Jchornh
    is ]nine (hclongs to I ~ P ) . " d4'Earthlitlg ennn," 31, dam'. Or,
    possihty, "Jah i s my strength and nly nrclodg,"

    IUTheright hand of Jehovah I s exalting [itself J- ;"'


    1P:,6:5
    R e 1:18
    "She right hand of Jehovah is demonstrat11 Ps 71:17
    ing vital energy."
    >Ir 28:m
    1Co 1 5 : E
    I shall not die, but 1shall keep Iivhg,t
    ,-ps 6C:10
    Isa 33:10
    That I may decIare the works of Jahnbu
    YP.; 1c.10
    -kc 231
    la Jahc corrected me severeIy,Y
    elsa 26:2
    Re 22:14
    But he did not give me over t o death itself , Y
    'Ex 13:2
    CPS 24:7
    OPEN t o me the gates of righteousness.~
    r-Ps 24:4
    C J O ~ U : ~ ~ I shall go into them; I shall laud Jahec*
    *Isa 12.2
    ' a This is the gate of Jehovah?
    A, 3:15
    ?>It 2 1 : B
    The righteous themselves wilI go into it?
    1Pe 2.4
    X
    shall
    laud you, for you answered meb
    *!&?,G
    L u 20:17
    And
    you came to be my salvation.*
    1% 2 6
    r 1 :
    The
    stonethat the builders rejected"
    f=Ac2.22
    Ac 2 1 3
    Has become the head of the conler.'
    Ac 5:31
    2.hisd has come to be from Jehovah himself;'
    E h 120
    khh 221332
    I t 6 is wonderful in our eyes."
    31r12.n
    nFs 6933 24 This is the day that Jehovah has made;@"
    L,, 3 9
    ?Co 6:2
    We wjll be joyful and rejoice In it.'
    ~ 1 8:66
    ~ 1
    Ah,
    J e h o v ~ h ,do save, p l e a ~ e ! ~
    2h5!j;22Ah,now,
    BPS20:9
    now,
    Jehovah,[lo grant success, p l e a ~ e ! ~
    ~ P 90
    S 17
    zGBTe~~ed
    bc
    the One corning in the name of
    ,>It21:9
    Jehovah
    iU
    h:t 2339
    3 : 11:9
    ~
    We
    have
    blessed
    YOU people out of the
    LU IS:?^
    J a b 11:U
    house
    of
    Jehovah."
    yPs 1=:3
    PS 5n:l
    ?' Jehovah i
    s the Divine One,'"
    w s 1R23
    And he gives us lightan
    YIPE a : 4
    -Le 23:M
    BINDthe Sestiv~llprocessionm with boughs:
    ~t 21:s
    Joh L2:13
    As far as thc horns of the altar."
    EX r ; : z
    You
    are my Divine One,'* and I: S ~ R I laud
    I
    you;@
    Lg,"f:?
    s J .O ~~~
    1
    I ~21:s
    ~ : ~
    Ac 2:s

    '

    qfe,'>
    L m g G y , N! Tali; LXXVgBy, llJrl~o~nh!'0 8ee Pealm
    68: 4, foatnot~a, d "T~IIR , it." I n the Xlrbrca both thcsc pronouns are in the feainrnc gerrd~r,the sntlke n R tltr wort1 for "atoiie.'j
    So these pronouns could r e f ~ rto "'I'lie s t o t ~ e . " Or, "This is flre dny
    thnt Jeho~ahhas done [it] f "Divine Oue," Or, "Qod." 31, El.
    u

    . .
    ."

    348

    PSALMS 118:29--119:10

    349

    My G o d a I shall exalt you."


    LAUDJehovah, for he is good;"
    For his loving-kindness" is to h e In.
    definite.k

    119

    n2lCi 20:3

    rs ;u:2

    EIappgP are the ones fauItIess ir r l ' ~X137:8


    :%
    PP* 1:);7
    [their] way,"
    C,17r3:l
    Thc ones walking in the law9 of Jehovah.' "LII, 4 :29
    l I i l H:4B
    :Happy are those observjng hjs reminders;q
    lUtl ::!:la
    2(
    31 :21
    With all the heart they keep searching f o ~ ,It?t''I12!):13
    nr
    1. l2:3I,
    hlm.'
    U l . I O :4:9
    Really they have practled no unrigh&ousness.( 4LJO
    :v:m
    3 5:1"
    In his ways they have walked.'
    I>.; & f 2 3
    ' You yotlrself have con~mandinglygiven you1 PI13h1s 1!r.33
    11:1

    dvr '723
    ordefsfi
    J[lh ,1.1:21
    1
    J n 5:s
    Ta be carefully kept.
    *I3c 4:5
    Ps 11?;?31
    0 that my ways Irere flrmly established
    Rc> 7;;To keep your regulations!'
    Bl's 11!1:3l
    1's I l ! i : S O
    In that case I should not be ashamed:
    X . l m h I:l:14
    ClI'r O : 2 u
    When I look t o a11 your c~mrnandments,~
    *I [:I1 38:17
    Ps 9: 1
    : I shall laud ycm in uprightness of heart,*
    e P r 13.23
    5:l
    \Vhen I learn your righteous judicialdde. kL7c
    I w 8;1
    I". 1!!:J
    clsi0ns.k
    1'2 2:i:.I
    A Your r~lguEations
    I continue to keep.n
    nIJv , I : 1
    Jn!L :*!:I5
    O do not leave me entlre1y.r
    1'4 I l?):loE

    5 [Br!b]c

    with m ywhole h e a t I have searched for you. u

    I .. . . ..-*

    u"rl s'ILn 715.15


    :3

    a+'Ood." Al, EF.o.Aim'. b Or, "loynl lore." Each verse in t h i ~opmi ~ H


    ~ CqI ' ~hcgins
    I ~ H with the first I 1 ~ l 1 r . eletta,
    ~
    alrph. d 'l'hi~ in nn
    nlphallctic > ~ u l l u with
    ,
    2 h t r o p b e s l o carrespond with the 22 lell.er's
    u l iba r1J11wv nlplabct, nnc.11 drophe mntnining ~ i ~ rhs mt s . . .

    'Ench vrhrre in tlus section h r a $ i t q with the secnad l t b t t r ~ of the


    IIchrc~rnlpitabrt, b ~ f hor
    , the 1 5 1 1 ~ l i a llctter
    1
    %." 1
    "tlcn~~sl-r
    111s
    pnth so an ta keep on guard n~rorllingto your word I"'
    0 1 0 ,

    {a2

    It?.: iia:!13

    1 [C;imcl]c

    PCS:I
    nI?s
    p 4 116:7
    12.8
    Ph11 1.19

    rP5 17:4

    Jnc 1:22

    n15:1 x< 5

    2(11s

    K P ~ IL 18
    tire H:12
    i [fib 113:l
    I

    u r ; ~4; 9
    5

    iFc

    2:i1

    3:t:n
    ~

    I::r.12,13

    yl's o3.t
    C n 5.3

    Act appropriately to~v~trd


    your servant* that I
    may liven
    And that I may keep your word.r
    Uncover my eyes, that I: may looka
    At the wonderful things out of your law:
    10 1 am but a temporarp resident i
    n the land.U
    DO not conceal from me your command-

    2r

    Hot!* ~ 1 1 a1 young man cleanse his path?"


    By keeping on guard accordilrg t a your
    I"

    Do not cause me t o go astray from your


    cornm~ndrnents.~
    lL In my heart I have treasured u p your saying2
    ~ ' ~ $ ~ 2 ; ~
    t u 2 51
    In order that I may not sin against youmB
    Z P 9 10:17
    *PS 1x:b 12 Blessed you are, 0 Jehovah.'
    O F 4 l'I!h:?fl
    Teach me your regulations."
    APS l : ~ . o
    l a With my lips I hrrve declared
    .
    p5t1g.11r
    All t h e judicial decisions of your mouth.A
    dor 15:16
    cPs1L2:1
    ba In the way of your r e m i n d e d I have exulted,'
    +Job ::$:I2
    Just as over d l other valuable things.'?'
    PS XU m
    lB
    With
    your orders I will concern myself,'
    &:I ' U 7 l l 7
    And I will look t o your paths."
    PI.^?, Y
    WFor your statutes" I shall show a fondness.'
    ri:;,m
    I s h d not forget your wordak
    J250
    W 42 1. 210
    3

    vPsilD:131
    Pr 3 1

    ltEm 3:11
    PJ 11S:l

    H [Aleph]a

    PSALMS 119:11-23

    rnents.''

    My soul is crushed with longingy


    For vour judicial decisions all the
    You hake rebuked the curseda presumptuous
    ones,'
    Who are straying from your command-

    ments.

    Roll off me repronchq and contempt,=


    For I have obsenyed your O I T ~ reminders."
    !J
    Even princes h ~ v esat; ggainst me they have
    spoken with one another."
    Or, "I h ~ v econcealed.') bl'Mare tlinn orer a n other riches," Sy.
    IP

    c F;vrry Terse in this section begins with the Hebrew lctter gin~el,
    or the English "g."

    PSALMS 119:24.3

    PSALMS 119r 34-44

    350

    As for your servant, Ire keeps concerning


    1~?+12
    himself with your regulations.'
    I ~ Ilq:14
    S
    P 4 M your
    s ~ reminders are w h ~ Pt am fond o
    f: 1;1z:'G
    W r I.:?
    As men of m y counsel."
    17,15

    w
    Cl>r!

    7 [DarrrnJa
    36

    My soul has been cIcaving t o the very dust.*

    7.<,28

    2'r1:

    ~ f i

    1"
    lrps ID:?
    PS111.10
    P9 119:l

    Pr 2:G

    nPs 1E9:89
    C O ~3 9 3

    I
    I

    rPa 18:R
    EC 3yi?3
    I'hV
    -.IS

    hl'v 2!<:15

    lf;~;;;~;,

    Preserve me alivebccordfng t o yaur w0rci.k r,, YI::I~


    ll!l,:>l
    'q have declared my onn ways, that you may nln,n;%
    5
    :!c:lq
    answer
    5 ! :I
    rlvr
    17- :)%t:
    I::) 1 3
    Teach me your regulations.'
    eT Make me understand the way of your awn
    orders,"
    :1 I 4
    \11*IFg
    That I may concern myself with your ~ m1 ,;;v;g;
    derfuI w0rks.t
    I>< 1 0 5 : ~
    VZ?" ]%:I7
    u.lnkl
    1A:20
    zB My soul has been sleepless from grief.u
    I
    I
    I l n .11:111
    ij z
    Raise me up according to your word.'
    y j < 8I
    i i! I : I Y
    29 Remove from m e even the false uray,y
    ! s 1 ;1:.s
    I?
    And favor me with your own law.=
    ,
    JSllh .I :25
    XJIV 31 3 3
    aTThe way of faithfulness I have chosen.'
    n,io
    Your judicial decisions I have considered b-/!~$;ils

    UPS40.8

    I.'; 5
    I have cleavd to your remindersP
    !IC. b.3
    I'c 9 i . H
    0 Jehovah, do not put me to sharneOb
    I: ;.I?
    IrI slzall run the very way of your command- ,.;;I;+$

    F P a m18

    I J O 5:3

    11KI ?:3

    1'5

    Make my eyes ~ R I S on fmm seeing what is


    Jnn 1:13
    worthless ;'
    v N u 35 ,76
    Pr 4::'!1
    Preserve
    me alive In your own way.y
    1lr 23 i
    1 l'l.;s
    **
    Carry
    out
    to
    yotir servant your say ingz
    ZSSn 7 ?.r
    2t:o 1:20
    That [tends] to the fear of you.'
    4 ) ' s 145:19
    Jrar l0:7 30 Make my reproach pass away, of which I have
    61%s9:8
    been scared,'
    ADe 4:a
    For
    your judicial decisions are good?
    PS 19:9
    Lmk!
    I
    have longed for your orders."
    ;;?,!:I:"
    FY;A IIV:-I
    In your righteousness preserve me alive.'
    P.4t l l l 1e.u
    .,,,3

    ;l)

    +fiRr~:i~

    I T V ~

    I.'% 1 ! 1 : 1

    ments:
    Bemuse you make my heart3 have the
    room,ca
    7

    [ a ~ ] d

    mInstruct me, 0 Jehovah, in the way of your


    regulations,'
    That 1 may observe it down t o the last'

    T'U 14.3

    a!aar 5 : l

    N!tI

    11

    PS IM:~

    's1 llA:78
    P 1 1

    L U

    2 31

    gIJr 37:11
    k Pn 11!1:49
    1'5 119,SI

    .:

    -1('0 !1 26

    Blau lH.;IB
    Mt 19:11
    2CO l i , l l

    nPs F;O:lR
    PP.71
    ~stl
    ~ 8:1x
    :21
    rP#19:9

    ;
    ;
    I
    ,
    ;
    ;
    ~
    ;
    ~

    * @ F 151.7

    l l r b 1:' 1

    ~t I V : : ' ~

    EVQTJ'
    volao in this section begin3 with the Heh~rvletter tirrlath,
    or tllc E n ~ l i ~"'df."l Or, "Bring rnc to life." Or, "courngc.'" d n c h
    v m o in this flfth seetion begiris ~viththe fifth letter of tbc nebrcrr
    alphnbet, h ~ or, the EngIieh "h."

    decis1on.T

    R O 12':lg

    1 [TT'ft~u]~

    And may yaur lavlng-ktndnesesccome t o me,


    O Jehovah,'
    YOUPsalvation acmrding to your saying,"
    That I may answer the one reproachjng me
    with a word,"
    For 1 have trusted in your w0rd.k
    And do not take away from my mouth the
    w o ~ dof tmth entirely,"
    For 1 have waited for your own j~tdicial

    -Ge 19:lR

    1% I ~ T R O
    Yfn 4;:t;

    >rlr:

    And not t o proRts.aU

    J r r 41323
    UEX Ih:?X

    l'k
    T5
    '

    ~ppropriate.~

    Make me understand, that I may observe your


    law"
    And t h a t 1 may keep it with the whole
    heart.n
    Cause me t o tread in the pathmy of your
    commandmentsts,
    *
    For in it I have taken
    Sa Incline my h e ~ r t o your reminders,t

    And I will keep your law rnnslantly,"


    Ps 11P.L
    To t i m e Indefinite, even forever.
    1 Qr, "ntlju~tprofit." b In this Aixth ~eatioueach 7WHP l ) n ~ . i with
    n~
    4'

    thr n i r t l letter of the Hnbi-PWnIl,l~nM, w a r , o r the Rr~glirb"r."


    @"l,ov~ng-kindnesses~
    SyT nnrl mnny Hehrm mnuuscripts;
    "toving-kinrtness,"' 31, but with n p l ~ s Ererb.

    PSALMS 119 :45--56

    352

    I will walk about in a roomy place,f


    FOPI have searched even for your orders.'
    '"1 will also speak about your reminders i r
    front of kings,**
    And I shall not be ashamed,Y
    ': k n d I shall show a fondness for your corn.
    rnandments "
    That I have loved.'
    d' And I shall raise my palms te your command.
    ments that I have loved,D
    And I will concern myself with your regu
    lationsaA
    C5

    353

    And

    I [Zn!rin]a

    4"emernber the word t o your servant,4


    For which you have made me wait.'
    "This is my comfort in my affliction,"
    For your own saying has preserved mc
    alive.'
    T h e presumptuous ones themselves have de.
    rided me to the extreme.#
    From your law I have not deviatedk
    OS I have remembered your judicial decisions
    from time indefinite, 0 Jehovah,n
    And I find comfort for myse1f.r
    5 3 A raging heat itself has taken hold o
    f me because of the wicked,$
    Who are leaving your 1aw.t
    5a Melodies your regulations have become to meu
    vGe 4 7 9
    In t h e house of my temporary residen~es.~
    Heb 11!13
    P s 42:8
    5"n the night I have remembered your name, yPs
    635
    0 JehovahJ
    Ps T ? : 6
    Isa 2B:9
    That I may keep your law.=
    L u 6:12
    zPs 119:34
    6s Even this has become mine,
    Jes 2:8
    33:9
    Because your orders I have observed.* =De
    P S 118:100
    this seventh section evelT verse begins mith the serenth letter
    of the Hebrew alphabet, saubn, or the English "z."
    a In

    165

    Ps 7326
    Ps 1425
    Jer 10:16

    , ,,.,,
    10:s

    AEX

    ,ai ,,,,,
    p,

    OEx

    57

    PSALMS 139:57-67

    n [Hethla
    Jehovah is my shara;'l
    I have promised t o keep your words?

    I havesoftenedyour face with all [my] heartno


    Show me favor according t o your saying.'
    ss I have considered my ways,"
    That I may turn back my feet to your reminders.'
    Go I hurried up and I did not delay"
    To keep your c~rnrnandments.~
    '-I The very ropes of the wicked ones surrounded
    j9

    2i.3
    '':"

    *Ps26 :11
    Ps 5?:1

    PS w:3

    oEze 18:30
    H a g 1:s
    Lu 15:u
    ZCo 13:5
    ~ P 119:95
    s
    *Ac 1G:33
    mDe 4 2

    kJob 76:s
    Ps l40:5

    Jer 3s:B

    nPs118:196
    R a 12.21
    rPs 42:8
    AC 1 ~ 2 5
    sNe 923

    tPs
    PS 16:3
    142.7

    Pr 13:20

    Ma1 3.16
    Ps Ilk69
    vPs 3 3 5
    P s 104:13

    ups 119:56

    y1Ki S,58

    Ps 119.33
    Ps 118:68
    PS119:124

    zGe 39.3
    1Sa 18:14
    Ps 13%
    Ps 30:lI

    mebk
    Your law I did not forget."
    At midnight I get up t o laud your
    For your righteous judicial decisions.~
    6 3 A partner I am of all those who do fear
    And of those keeping your orders."
    Your loving-kindness,b 0 Jehovah, has filled
    the earth.'
    Teach me your own regulatf0ns.y
    j2

    D [leC31]~
    bi

    .:; ;:

    Ps 119:28

    clKl 3,8
    PC 2 5
    Phg I:$
    axe 9 3 8
    Ps119:172
    O7

    6Jer n : 2 r
    +PS118:ll

    YOUhave dealt well indeed with your s e r ~ a n t , ~


    0 Jehovah, according to your word.'
    Teach me goodness, sensibleness and Emowledge themselves,"
    For in your commandments I have exercised faith."
    Before I was under afiliction I was sinning by
    mistake,
    But now I have kept your very saying.'

    a In this eighth section every versa Ixgins with the eighth letter o f
    the Hebrew alphabet, Bketh, a strollgly guttural "11" sound. b Or,
    "loyal love.'> C Every -refie in this ninth section begina with thc
    ninth letter of the Hebrew al~hahet,teth,or nn emphatic Englrsh %"

    354

    PSALMS 119:68-77

    You are good and are doing good.*


    Teach me your regulations."

    Let the p ~ p h l o u ones


    s
    be ashamed, for
    without cause^ they have misled me.k
    As for me, I keep concerning myself with

    ~ Pm
    S5

    ODTAe presumptuous have smeared me with

    PS lM:1
    PS1.07:1
    h l r 10:18

    &:; I :;*
    ialsehood.#
    ~ P 8634
    Y
    As far me, with all [my]heart I shalI ob- ps ''g5'
    ~ B1
    B9s
    serve your 0rders.k
    Ps l l 9 : s
    "Their heart has become unfeeling just like Lul027
    nIsa 6:10
    fat."
    AC 2X:n
    I, for my part, have been fond of your law,
    itselfar
    PPS
    RO 4023
    7:22
    ' I It Is good f o r me ?hat I have been afflicted,#
    R~&l:~j~
    I norder that I may learn"your regulations.' ;;;jlz;A
    r 2 The law of your mouth fs good for me,"
    u p s ls:?
    More so than thousands of pieces of gold
    VRI~:W
    and si1ver.v
    Pr 3:f 5

    '

    your o r d e ~ s . ~

    Let those fearing you turn back to me,'


    Those also b o w i n g your rernfnders.bfl
    '"et
    my heart pswe faultless in your reguIaiions,t

    l2

    7 T ~ uown
    r hands have made me and they pro- yg;&:f
    ceeded to fix me solidly,,'
    PS 1.39:~
    Make me understand, that I m y learn Z l C h 2 2 5 2

    g;;;:g
    your commandments.z
    EC 12:13
    q 4 Those fearing you are the ones that see me
    2
    :$&
    IPS 319:B
    and rejoice,*
    Ps 113:147
    9 13
    For I have waited for your own word.'
    52
    " I well know, O Jehovah, that y m judicial pi's 11%
    ~ ~ ~
    decisions are righteousness4
    PS 69%
    And that with faithfulness you have afflict- :::eeb3:"I"g'l1
    * E x 3 1 :6
    ed me.O
    Ps 8>:5
    " May your loving-kindnessb serve, please, t o go31'$
    comfort0 me,'
    CIS^
    According t o your saying to your servant," mg;&9;1"&
    57 L
    et your mercies come to me, that I may keep =PS 5l:I
    living,'
    ~a
    Da 3
    9:1g
    : ~
    RPS 1.2
    For your law is what I am fond of.*
    PSna:w
    .In hia tmth seetion each rerrre beginn Trith the tenth letter of

    the Rrhrsw alphabet, god, or the English ''y" (aonso~~antal


    'riJ').
    Or, "loyal LOVB!'

    [Kapk]fl

    Far your salvation my soul has pined away;v


    Far your ward I have w~1ted.y
    My eyes have pined away for your saying,=
    While I say: 'When will you comfort me?"*
    +jFor1 have become like a skin bottle In the
    smoke.=
    Your regulations I have not forg0tten.l
    rrrHow many are the days of your s e ~ a n t ? ~
    When will you execute judgment against
    those persecuting me?'
    '13 The presumptuous have excavated pitfalls to

    'I

    Ps 8:10
    Pr 1626

    [Pod]a

    In order that 1 may not be ashamed.u

    7.15
    1%
    Jer 18.m

    a~?

    ens 1197
    1Ch 28:7

    kPP,
    "3q:;FB
    PS 59:3

    21,:s

    r1Srt 21:G

    are not in acmrd with your


    law."
    All your commandments are faithfulness itself.#
    Without cause they have persecuted me.
    O help me."
    In a little while they would have exterminated
    me in the

    I*'

    1
    9
    s~
    ~ 1
    a:

    ZFY

    get
    i r e who

    0 1 ' , 1 1 1 0 ~liternll~,"(with) falsehood," &I. b Thus EpT nnd many


    Hrhrew ntnmr~eriptaand the marginnl t.e~bdinl:of XI. lio\rrvcr, 31
    rentls; 'IThnt they mar know your rmiilldrnr,'' a In this eleventh
    ~cctione n c l ~vwse he& with the elavvl~Clrl e t t ~ rof tha Habrew
    t~lpl~nlld,
    h p k , or the English "k,"

    PSALMS 119:88-97

    According to your loving-kindnessn preserve


    me alive,%
    That I may keep the reminder of your
    mouth.L

    11

    356

    > [LornadJh

    To time indefinite, 0 Jehovah,u

    ~PBXI~:ISSI
    tPs 19:7

    I I ~ I ~ O : ~ S ~

    Your word is stationed in the heavena.cv


    vG;l$;$
    ' ' T o u r faithfulness is for generatien R E ~ ~genY
    ,D, 7:8

    e~ation.~~

    PSB B : ~

    may keep standing."

    I> 93 1

    PI^ 1UO:5

    You have solidly fixed the earth, that It

    " According to your judicial decisions they have *I~ cItlLS


    t~
    i

    14i:ir

    stood [till J today,'


    nbr:
    .Irr5::o
    ,2725
    For they are all your servants.=
    AIP \I I5.45
    ;~,3
    If your law had not been what I am fond of," ",':;jj::;!
    4
    Then I should have perishedo in my afHjc- "I'c
    03's n:33
    ti0n.O
    I'c S4:38
    B T
    time
    ~ indefinite I shall not forget your l y r o ; n
    orders,+
    +PS
    1-s 10;n
    IL!):s~
    Far by them you have preserved me alive.&?j,",",7$3
    PL A[;::!
    O4 I am yours. O save me,*
    Izn 4 1 1:10
    For I have searched for your own orders,' n;:;hp$
    U T o rme the wicked have waited, t o destroy T U ~ I : I : I G Y
    lrlSn 24.2
    me.k
    l'.. I 0 . Y
    To your reminders I keep showing myself :&%:?
    ,II- ?? 21
    atten l3ve.n
    ni" 13:7
    :rlh1: 12
    Ta all perfection I have seen an endaO

    Your commandment is very br0ad.r


    B [XPP~]~
    P1

    HOWI do love your law!@-

    R D0 ~: ~
    P Y d0:B

    V Qr,%ynllove." b I n this twelfth ~ c ~ t i ocar11


    n vrrao kgins with
    ths ~ w e l f t hletter of the Eehrem nlphol~rt,Intrbrd, or tho Englisli "1,"
    * "Iron are to time indefirute, Q Jcsho~nh;your won1 is ~ t r ~ t i o n ~ d
    in the heavens," 53'. 01-,
    "is t o a l l grnrrations." In tliin tIlirhtrcnth
    rrrct~onench vcl-se begins with the thirteenth letter of the Ilebrcw
    nlpllnhet, 9 ~ m or
    ,
    the English "m,"

    sa

    PI:E

    7.24

    APE

    IS 23

    feet,"

    In order that I may keep your word.@


    From your judicial decisions I have not

    elm

    Isa 66.5

    turned aside,'

    e c h 7.17
    PS 1s:az

    For you yourself have Insimcted me.@ h a51:1Jo 2 2 7


    lee How smooth t o my palate your sayingsbhave
    *Pr3:17
    been,"
    X P S 1S:lO
    More
    so than honey to my mouth!"
    Pr 2 4 : ~
    arsll9:lm
    n P s w:10 lD3
    Owing to your orders I behave with underPs lG1:3
    standing,k
    Pr By13
    That is why I have hated every false pathmQ
    RO 1 2 9
    rPs 43 3
    Pr 6::J

    ~ 2237
    t

    h l r l2:31
    .Job l3,.U

    All day bng f t is my concern.t


    W h r than my enemies your commandment
    urn 4:6
    makes megnu
    PS19:s
    Pt 2:6
    Because to time indefinite i t is mine.v
    v m 529
    98 More insight than all my teachern I haw come
    yP9 427
    to have,=
    ~2:16
    M t 11:25
    Because
    your reminders a r a~ concern to
    R I 13~11
    ~
    zps 19:8
    me."
    Ps 119:14
    more understanding than older men I
    P S I I ~ :loo
    ~ With
    ~
    *lSa 339
    behave,'
    J o b 324
    Job 32:8
    Beca~~se
    I have observed your o m orders."
    L U 2:17
    C P l~l g : q
    From
    every
    bad path 1 have restrained my
    P3 119:56
    ~PPZ:~

    Pr 1 15
    Ga 536

    PSALMS 119 9 98-106

    357

    2pe 1-19
    cPs l3-:17 lo6
    s30b 3 3
    TS IF:%
    t2Ch 15:14

    3 [hlltrrla

    Your word IS a lampmto my foot,dr

    N e 10:29
    Ps 6623
    ~t 5:33

    =On

    And a light to my roadmay.*


    1 have made a sworn statement and 1 will
    carry it out,'

    80 scads one I-Iehrew i~lnnuersript;,bernurr~the Hebrcw verb is fn


    the singular nnmhcr. 11, in n g r e ~ t ~ c twith
    l t LSXYg,rcrads: "Wiser
    than my enemir. you ~llnkr1110 [by] your la~rnn~~tiinrnt~.''
    (Sayings," LXXTigSyT and flva IZcl.)~-ew~rlnnu~rcripts;''sn>ingil R.1,
    hut t h e ~ e r bla in the plurnl zlu~rrhrr.a I n t l i i ~fourteenth section
    e c e q verse begins with the f o t ~ r t ~ ~ n t h , , I eoft t the
    ~ ~ IIehrew nlphabet, glen, OF the English "n!' d "Foot, 31; L'fcet,"L,LTVgSy and
    one Hebrew man~tsrript.

    PSALMS 119 :107-117

    358

    PSALMS 119:11&127

    To keep your righteous judicial decisions.~~


    &"vP924!19
    +;:
    lo71
    have been afAicted t o a great extenLV
    O Jehovah, preserve me alive according t o
    your w0rd.y
    YPSIII):IM
    Ps f 4 3 : l l
    take pleain the voluntary ofYerI Z Ps
    N U 11(1:3
    ~~B
    ings of my mouth, 0 Jehovah,"
    And teach me pour own judicial decfsfons.' :p;,1.:2,,
    +1 r r .I::,
    lQvMysoul is in m y palm constantly,'
    I r,&-r;l9
    But your law I Rave not forgottenm6
    t XT,~O
    C J K 3. 3
    The wicked have set a trap for me,+
    15a 20 3
    But from your orders 1 have not urandewd.- 21.,%lr..a1
    II
    Sr :7
    I have taken your reminders as a possession AT<,+
    .rtbr 31 :a
    to time indefinite?
    OI >
    PS
    \1~417.5
    121:~
    For they are the exultation of my heart.' ,!,':;'!l:&
    v 21 have incIined my heart to do your regula?:7'l'&'N
    R SO$ :!'I .2.3
    tions*
    l K l H.BS
    P('h [!1.,3
    To time indefinite, down t o the 1ast.k
    k,Ic 2:JI?
    .

    YOUhave tossed away all those straying from

    ADe l l r l
    Ln I:l5
    bJrr I(:J
    Jrr 1.l:Il
    dcr 2:kM

    y m Please

    your regulati~ns,~
    For their trickiness is fal~ehood.~
    ItWs scummy dross you have made all the
    wicked ones of the earth to cease.'
    Therefore I have loved your remindem."
    11*

    creepy feeling,'
    And because of your judidal decisions 1
    have been afraid."

    JV

    The halfheartedb ones I have hated,n


    But your law I have loved.P
    lid YOU are my place of concealment and my

    n 2 ~ 11 ~ 4 1
    P! 04:12.

    shield."
    For your word I have waited-t
    "la Get away from me, YOU evildoers,~
    That I may observe the commandments of

    #Pa 3.1
    PJ 31:7
    13
    91:2

    119

    'In

    IZC 3:113
    rlJ%4O:H

    llg+m

    t T 3 Y I l!l:RL

    ~~r 13n:s

    U PY 6.A

    kt?;I*
    ICO 15.33

    m y God.'
    Y
    Zrr G
    Support me according to your saying, that I VI.:r_,.
    2ri 3
    Y
    I
    :YI.IT
    .I*
    ~ . l o~
    may keep Iiving,v
    And do not put me to shame for my hope.%8;;?e5i7F,
    * ~ r &
    .~r:lf
    Susbin me, that I may be saved,'
    And I shalI g w upon your re&ulatloras
    0Ps 110:1
    ~ o m t l y . ~
    IXJ

    l1?

    this h n t h section each verse begins with the fifteenth letkr


    of the Hebrew alphabet, mmekh, or the English "s!' a Or, "douhlca In

    minded."

    "'1

    lzP
    15113S.13

    el'c :m:1 t
    II(I 12 7

    D [sanlekh]a

    From the dread of you my flesh has had a

    tl;,";j!,!i2
    ~~%-5!.j
    1'9 Wk18

    17?i 1 U R : l l
    l'q 1:4l.7
    L~ I 8 :in
    vne .I .5

    ness.'
    0 do not abandon me to those defrauding
    meon
    Glve your servant a pledge for what is good.'
    m y the presumptuous ones not defraud
    meVn

    My very eyes have pined away for your salvationt


    And for your righteous saying.
    u4Do with your servant according to your

    m 11n.r~
    PS 1 ~ n : m
    rur,u,,as

    ZI'A 19.7
    ).Jos
    3 13

    [J,t/i~a]a

    have executed judgmentb and righteous-

    loving-kindne~s,~u

    And teach me your own regulations-"


    laa l am your servant. Make me understand,^

    That I may know your reminders."


    It is the time for Jehovah to act.'
    They have broken your law."
    rNu 15,ol
    [ \ z c 2i.5
    1'7rIlfat
    is w h y I have loved your command,Ero m
    i 1.7
    menw
    A L I~lc4:47
    ~
    *l+ !l:l9
    lBqI I Q :
    rcn :$.c 21
    Jvr 1\.?3

    ~ ~

    111 this sixbenth section each verse bcgina &tb the dxtmnth letter
    of tho IJPF>BCIP nlpl~nl,clt,.'n?/ir~,n prcolinr ~ ~ l r t t u r nsound
    l
    pronounced
    todny 13y Ittip Brphnradd~J e w an n L'fi''aliglltl?- rattled in the throat.
    Folnn A ~ l t k c ~ ~ n zJew$
    zi
    pronourlm it liko the nasal rpg (as in
    ''sowg''), Rut 1110 grrntmt majority of rhe Xshkeanzzh do not
    pmrlounee it atip InarP than tlley do tlae fimt letter, ahph. Or,

    "juclicinl decision.''

    Or, ''loy~llove,"

    PSALMS 119:128--137

    360

    CPr I:11
    More than gold: even refined gold.+
    1I):IO
    That is why I have considered a11 orders re. OPn
    Pr 3.14
    13- 1 k t 6
    garding all things to be right;'
    .I=* 1 i!' .io
    ET
    ' .Tl 5
    Every false path I have hat&.*
    l\ll 35 9
    c 1'5 1 1:tm
    n [pep
    l a T ~ areminders
    r
    are rvonderful."
    That is why my soul has observed themY
    l a 0 The very disclosure of your ~vords gives

    138BYo~
    have commanded your reminders8 in
    righteousness
    And in exweding faf thfu1ness.k
    la' My insistence on exclusive devotion has made
    an end of me,"
    Because my adversaries have forgotten
    your words. 1'
    Your saying Is very much reAned,~
    And your own servant loves it,t
    141 I am insignificant and cantemptib1e.u
    Yaup orders I llave not f0rgotten.V
    Your rIgh tcousness is a righteousness t o time

    IZfl

    light,tc

    Making the inexperienced ones understand."

    ISx

    My mouth I have opened wide, that I may

    DantP
    ~e&use'for your mrnmandments I have
    1onged.s
    Turn to me and show me favorst
    According t o Cyourl judicial decfsionh
    tatvard those loving your name."
    Fix m y oitm steps solidly in your sayfng,v
    And may no kind of hultf'ul thfng domineer
    over me.>la' Redeem me from any defrauder of
    .&',%:':
    And I will keep your orders.*
    I JJ rr:' ~
    t .I 1: ~
    IO
    Make )mur own face shine upon your servant," 2;; ;$;;
    And teach me your regu!ationsmA
    I-R S..IR
    9 a
    Streams of water have run down my eyesE *The
    I:XO rz:x
    Over the fact that they have not kept your ~';~,~;',
    -1YU

    I 1

    IJ

    ?(a

    law.*

    61h*3;:4
    E7r 3:15

    Y [Ts,cndtlJa

    Kc 8.38

    J r r 12 1

    1 1 15.3
    ~
    YOU81.e righteous, O Jehovah:
    3 1 ~ 1 4:s
    3
    And your judicial decidons are upright." p:j';/:7

    It1 this rsrventeenth section each rsrm b ~ ~ with


    i n the
    ~ mevmtccnth

    Icltkr of t h Hehrcw
    ~
    alphabet, gr, or the Englf~hUp."4 Or, "[your]
    custom." M, n.deslr. d In this eightmt~tllwetion cnch VPMF I)rag~na
    ~ v l t l l the eighteenth letter of the l I ~ l ~ r e ltilplrubct,
    r
    t~ndt-,or the
    ~:llglisllt s 5oulla.

    PSALMS 119:138-148

    361

    Iaa 1T:la
    Jer 321

    >It 22:29

    qPs 12%
    Ps 1 8 : N
    Pr 90:5
    t F 5 119:97
    llGe 41:16
    Ps 2.26
    Lu 6 . 2 0
    LU 17 10

    VPS1:S:gJ
    yPs 355
    Isa 51:6
    Ua 9:24
    zEu 3i:G

    indefinite,y
    And your law is truth."
    Distress and difaculty themselves found me.'
    Your commandments I was fond d."
    T h e righteousness of your renlinders is t o
    time indefinite."

    S e 953

    *Ps 16.4
    PS Sh: 3

    >IT

    14:s

    T P s 1E:l

    Ps 119:47
    /.Ps 93 3
    Jer $4.23
    CPr 1~!:21

    --

    Make me understand, that I may keep


    livingeb

    n a 17.ln
    m-

    -7

    *Ps61:1
    P s ti28

    P [ Qoph3&
    IrsI
    have
    called
    with
    [my]whole heart Answer
    I

    Ps102:l
    PS
    IIO:TO
    Ps 142:l
    Jer 29:13
    eEs 1;:~

    me, 0 Jehovalz:
    Your
    ~egulationsI will observe.@
    De 4:40
    la81 have called upon you. 0 save m
    e!'
    I
    3
    -1Sn 4:9
    And 1 will keep your wminclers."
    PS 35
    5Ps 93:5 14' I have been up early in thc morning twilight,
    that I may cry for heEp,lt
    PS 119:22
    kPs 5:3
    For
    your tvords 1 have waited."
    Ps 88313
    1
    :
    IdaM y
    eyes have been ahead of the night
    R E's 119:74
    Ps 138:5
    PW 119:62
    Lu 6'12

    vPs 636
    SPS

    316.11

    watches,'
    [For me] to concern myself with your
    sayingn8

    In t h i ~nineteenth rrection e v q ve.elaaeh e a i n ~wit11 the nineteenth


    lettcr of the Hebrew nlphabrt, gop11,or n strong 131agIiuIz"k" formed
    at tlre hack of the pallice.
    a

    363

    0 do hear m y own voice according to your


    loving-kindness.at
    0 Jehovah, according to your judicial decision preserve me alivebu
    1 3 0 Those in pursuit of loose conduct have come
    ne&;bv
    They have got far away from your own

    148

    tPs 513
    Ps 6926

    Isa 637

    YOUare near, 0 Jehovah,=


    And all your comrnandmenb are truth.'
    Xu%ong ago I have horvn some of your remindersla
    For to time indefinite you have founded
    them.*
    l4I

    IKI 17:N
    Ps 31:5

    Pr 28:9
    Isa 3:X
    J e r 9: 13
    eDe 4:7
    Ps 46:l
    Ps 145:18

    J O 1
    ~7:17

    314
    klSa 26:-

    93:5

    Ps 9 9 3

    doh$:%

    Am 515

    E P 4~2 5

    .IPs 119:6!?

    +Dc 4:s
    PS

    So ITT; but LXXVgSy snggest

    45.11

    Ps 97-8

    Re 19:2
    FPr 3 1
    ISU 32:17
    doh 1427
    Ga 5:2a

    *7:Mt13+714
    13:21.

    130

    a slight

    correction t o make it rred: "Those persecuting me have drawn


    near t o loose conduct." = I n this twentieth section each verse begin~with the twentieth letfor of tho Hebrew alphabet, resh, or
    the English "r."

    [ S i ~oa SWin]c

    themselves have persecuted me for

    no cause,k
    But my heart has been in dread of your
    own words."
    isZ I am exulting over your sayingn
    Just as one does when finding much spoiI."
    la3Falsehood 1 have hated and I do keep detesting it.'
    Your law I have 10ved.~
    lm Seven times in the day I have praised YOU'
    Because of your righteous judicial decisions.'
    IBBS
    Abundant peace belongs to those loving your

    nPs ~ : 1 6
    Isa 61:10
    Jer 1556
    *1Sa 30:16
    ISU 9:3

    APs 1:2

    saying. "
    s58 Salvatiob is far away from t h e wicked ones,*
    For they have not searched for your own

    m2K~22:lS lB1
    Princes
    Isn 6 6 2

    'F,"
    :yi;z9
    Pr 6.19

    k l K l 8:58
    regulationsOk
    Mt 7:7
    nlCh 21:13
    Many are your mercies, 0 Jehovah.n
    P s %:I5
    According to your judiciaI decisions, 0 pre- Isa 5 2 7
    serve me alive.'
    My persecutors and my adversarieso are 0ha1:24
    sPs 3:l
    manyes
    PS 2539
    From vour reminders X have not deviated.t .fk.%$
    .. - - .
    tPs 19:7
    Ia8 I have seen those who are treacherous in I C 15:58
    ~
    uPr 2:22
    dealingu
    Pr 11:6

    '.!I

    PS 119:23

    * N e 8:13

    OPS

    kindnessE preserve me alive.'


    The substanceb of your word is truth,"
    And every righteous judicial decision of
    yours is t o time indefinite.*

    lBb

    EC

    O see my afffictionand rescue me,b

    Or, 'iloyd love,"

    del~.~

    O Jehovah, according t o your loving-

    #Ps119:75

    For I have not forgotten your own law.'


    O do conduct my legal case and recover
    Preserve me alive in agreement with your

    not kept your own sayingv


    0 see that J have loved vour own or-

    sPs lI9:40
    ZPS119:88
    ~ 2 %7:28

    7 [BesRlc
    15a

    And I do feel a loathing because they have


    vFs 95:lO
    PS139:21

    Pa l19:69

    3-Fr k7

    1aw.y

    PSALMS 119:159-168

    law,e

    1Pe 2:6
    IGe 49:18
    And
    Ps 119:81
    kDe 4.2
    nBB
    I have
    Ps 19:8
    And
    n ~ 19:7
    s
    Ps 25:10
    PS 9 9 3

    rg: :?o;"
    PPSI9:8

    PS 118:4

    ::zizS

    t$
    Pr 5.21

    Heb &IS

    for them there Is no stumbIing block."


    hoped for your salvation, 0 Jehovahlu
    I have done your own commandment~,~
    My soul has kept your reminders,n
    And I Iove them e ~ c e e d i n g ' i y . ~
    lea
    I have kept your orders and your reminders,"
    For all my ways are in front of y0u.t

    Or, &'loyallove?9 Or, "sum." C In thig twenty-first section each


    rerse begina e t h the t w e n t y - h t letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
    sim or skin, or the EngliA s or sk sound,

    PSALMS 119:169-176

    n
    l"

    364

    [Tawla

    A Song o f the Ascents.&

    May my entreating cry come near before you,


    0 Jeh0vah.u
    According t o your word, 0 make me under-

    1 20
    And

    v l C h 22:12
    stand.v
    2Ch 1:10
    Pr 2:3
    May my request for favor enter in before Jas
    1:5
    J'PS55:l
    y0u.y
    According t o your saying, 0 deliver meaz
    "l May my lips bubble forth praise,*
    For you teach me your regu1ations.O
    I7%ay my tongue sing forth your saying,*
    For all your commandments are righteousOPs 119-56
    ness.$
    +Ps6 0 5
    9 U e 30:19
    17a May your hand serve t o help me,'
    Y o s 24:15
    Ps 19:8
    Because your orders I have chosen.@
    Ps 103:18
    1: have longed f o r your salvation, O Jeho- Ps llX:7
    $Go 49:1&
    vah,'
    2Sn 23:i
    Ps 119:81
    And your law I am fond of,"
    Re 710
    UPS 1:2
    I7=May my soul keep living and praising Ps 119:16
    "O

    And may your own judicial decisions help


    men
    have wandered like a lost sheep.' 0 look for

    *1Sa 24:9

    1s,z 2G:2
    P>35 20

    ~ P 1sj:a
    S

    nPs 12-1:8

    ; , ,ac
    he proceeded to answer me.v
    W Jehovah, do deliver my soul from false lips,Y
    From the tricky t ~ n g u e . ~
    "at
    will one give to you and what will one
    add t o you,
    0 you tricky tongue?*
    ' Sharpened arrows of a mighty man,"
    Along with burning coals of the broom
    trees.'
    -I Woe t o me, for I have temporarily resided i
    n
    Me1shech!$
    I have tabernacled together with the tents
    of Ke'dar.'
    For too long a time my soul has tabernacled
    With the hatersh of peace.a
    I stand for peace, but when I speak"
    They are for war.'

    Ps 1416:Fj

    ~~24;:
    lpe a : h
    6

    Isa 4 0 :
    Ho 13.9
    I'Ps 46.1

    1sall:u

    Jer 20:11

    To Jehovah in the distress of mine I

    *zR?;;9
    Heb 1254

    In this trrenty-second secfion each rerse begins mith the twentyeecontl and last letter of the Hebrew alphnhet, t a w , a r the English
    letter "t.,' Except for cersm 990, 122, there is in every rerse of this
    alphihetic psalrn one of the f ~ l l o w i ~ lten
    g expressions : WAY( s) ,
    13 times (x); R E I ~ I Y D E R ( &
    2 3) ,~ ;~ R ~ E R S21s;
    ,
    CO~IXANDMENTS,
    E x ; S s a ~ s (as ) , 19x; LAT, 25a; Jr-nlcrar, D~crszos(s) [JUDGMEET), 2 3 ;~RIGHTEOVS(NESS) , 1 5 ;~REGELATIOX
    ( s ) [STATUTE],
    22x, end W o n ~ ( s ) 241.
    :
    Also in eat]) of the twenty-two sections
    these occur the eight lending words of Psarm 19 : 7-14,namely, LAW,
    REXIXDER, OR~ERS,COKXSNDMENT,FEAR,
    JUDICIAL DECISIOXS, I
    RIQETEQCS,
    and XATINGS.
    I
    a

    ca 1::
    Isa 6t7
    Jer 49:zg
    E1Sa2ir:30
    F S 574
    Ezc 2 5

    Ps llS:75
    rIsa 53:s

    your servant,S
    For I have not forgotten your own corn-$:$:'
    mandments-bt
    I ~i iH~~4:6
    tD 4

    Eze 2733
    +GP 2513

    31t: 10:16

    kPs 9:14
    PS51 :14

    PSALMS 120:1-121: 5

    365

    ~ ~

    121

    A Song f o r the Ascents.a

    I shall raise my eyes to the rnountains,l<

    From where will my help come?"


    My help is from Jehovah,'
    tlSa 2:9
    The Maker of heaven and earth.s
    PS 91:12
    , ~ r 3 , : , ~ 3 He cannot possibly allow your foot to t0tter.t
    1 P e 1:5
    The One guarding you cannot possibly be
    vIsa 27:s
    y IKi 18:s
    dr0wsy.u
    Ps l2'P:l
    ZEX 15.2
    U
    o
    k
    !
    he will not be drowsy nor go to sIeep,v
    Nu 23%
    * E X 13~21
    He that is guarding IsraeLY
    j Jehovah is guarding yomz
    $
    DPs 16 8
    Jehovah i s your shade*on your right hand.n
    Ps 139:31
    a Or, LiStsirsteps.''This is the first of fifteen Bongs of the Ascenk,
    HCb 1_3:6
    SPS 113.15
    PS 124:8 a

    Psnlnis 120-134 ixclusire, Colnpnre 2 Kings 20:9-11. b "Haters,"


    LXXTgSy and eight. Hebrew inanusclipts; "hater,'' Af.

    366

    PSALMS 121:6-f22 :8

    APs 91:B
    Isa 49:10
    Re 7:16
    b P s 91:5

    By day the sun itself will not strike you)


    Nor the moon by night.O
    Jehovah himset will guard you against all
    cdmity.'
    H e will guard your soul."
    Jehovah himseLf will guard your going out
    'and your coming in"
    FYom now on and to time indefinite.'
    A Sone of the Ascents.& Of David.

    I rejoiced when they were saying t o


    "To the house of Jehovaho let us go.""
    -

    Our feet proved to be standingr


    Within your gates, 0 Jesu~alern.~
    Jerusalem3 is one that is built like a cityt
    That has been joined together in oneness,l
    TO which the tribes have gone
    The tribes of Jahb3Y
    As a ~ e m i n d e fto Israel=
    To laud the name of Jehovah.*
    For there the thronesca for judgment have
    been ~ i t t i n g , ~
    Thronesc for the house of David.*
    ASK for the peace0 of J e r u ~ a l e m . ~
    Those loving you" will be free from care.
    7 May peace continue within your rampart,'
    Freedom from care within your dwelling

    FOPthe sake of my brothers and my cornpan.


    ions I will now speak:"
    "May there be peace within you."dk

    PS 8 4 3

    gi :$$g4
    3Ps 2535

    PS 1 2 1 ~ 1
    PS I i l : 8

    LU 18:13

    Ps 5 1 4
    nPs MO
    I:
    Isa 213
    Mlc 4:2
    ?Isa
    --- rPs 84:7
    8ZCh 6:6

    "Tr'

    fgt;i2:
    Ps 5T,l

    PS 69:16
    ZNe 4:2
    Ps 44.13
    Pseg.Jl
    ;Job 125

    cIsa 5:3
    t z a 5:9
    Ps 48:2

    Re 21:10

    uEph 2:20
    E p h 4:4
    O P S 135:l
    Wer *23
    VEX2317
    Ps 78:68

    119:a
    Jsr 4831
    PS 73:6
    Jer 4329
    PS

    Ac 26.24
    1Cb 4:13

    yDe 1235
    O P r 16:12
    zEx 16~34
    Ps 193
    *Psl u 7 : l
    LDe I28

    2Ch 19:8
    CPr 3:17
    A2Sa 216

    1KI l0:18
    bps 51:18
    +Ge 12.3
    Nu U : 9
    ElCh 12:18

    Ps 2i:l

    Isa 96:1

    Ne 3:11
    Ps 48:s
    *Ps 16:3
    P S %:I1

    a.

    Or,

    <'the p n n d throne," if thia is the plural rtamber of majmty and


    excellence. d iiYouFJ(singdar) i s iu the feminine g e ~ d e rhere, referring to Jerusalem.

    A 80ng of th-e Ar;cents.b

    YOU I have raised m y eyes,P


    0 You who are dwelling in the

    heavenst
    "Look! as the eyes of servants are toward the
    hand of their master,""
    As the eyes of a maidservanto are toward
    the hand of her m i s t r e s ~ , ~
    So our eyes are toward Jehovah our Gody
    Until he shows us favor.z
    a Show US favor, 0 Jehovah, show us favor,"
    For t o an abundance we have had our fill of
    contempt."
    Abundantly our soul. has had Its fill af ~e
    derision of those who are a t ease,*
    Of the contempt on the part of the arrogant
    ones,O
    A Song of the Ascents.h O f Dwrid.

    "Had it not been that Jehovah proved


    toheforus"+
    Heb 13:6
    Let Israel now say:
    eps 1 3 1
    "Had it not been that Jehovah proved t o be
    "~RPE:3:l
    ,s
    far usx
    PS22.16
    Fs 33.32
    "
    W
    e n men* rose up against us,"
    k2Ri 18:17
    2ch 2o:a
    "Then
    they
    would have swallowed us up even
    Es 3.6
    alive,"
    PY2 7 2
    J e r 51:W
    "When their anger was burning against
    ~ I S 20521
    R
    *
    "Then
    the very waters ~vouldhave washed us
    ,Re
    .::Eiio
    12:15
    away,r
    R e f 7:15

    124

    E;S~:
    Ro 8:31

    Ps e l 3

    Or, "Stair~tepe.~'" " J R ~ . ' See


    ~ Psalm 6s: 4, fobtnote

    123 TO

    -EX 1 5 2

    "Ne 3:l

    kPs U2:6

    Ps 1153
    M t 6.9
    30:23
    uNe 2 1
    r G c 16:3
    g G e 49:18

    ps IN:=
    Ps114:123
    PS
    1m:6

    PS 87:2
    PS 1m:4

    sake of the house oi Jehovah our GO^"


    I will keep seeking good for youmar

    FOT the
    Ps 6 9 3

    I.N~
    2 10
    Ne 13:14

    towers."
    a

    P S U S 122:9-124 :4

    367

    "You" (singular) is in the feminine genda here, referring t o


    Jerusalem. b Or, ''Stairsteps." a "Marrter?' M, ado.mimJ; the plural
    o f a-rids', it being the plural of excellency. See Genesis 39: 2, footnote d. '' "Men." M, a&m'.

    PSALMS 124: 5-125

    ;5

    "The torrent itself would have passed over


    our souI.$
    "Then there tvould have passed over our
    soulL
    "The waters d pre~umptuousness.~
    "Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given usv
    "As a prey t o their teeth.y
    "Our soul is like a bird" that is escapedZ
    "From the trap of baiters.*
    "The trap is brokenu
    "And we ourselves have escapedeA
    "'"Our help is in the name of Jehovah,O
    "The Maker of heaven and earth."'

    tRe 12:16
    u J o b 38311
    Ps 17:10

    A Song of the Xsccnts.~


    *Ezr 1:3

    Ps 18.50
    P s 68:i
    Isa 11:11
    Isa 61:6
    Isa 86:19

    4Ps 31:18
    hIF 24:46
    R C 12:10
    kPs $5.4
    nIsa 41:18
    rPs 15.1
    Jer 31:s

    captives,dk
    Like stream beds in the Neg'ebeen
    T h o s e sowing seed with tearsr
    Will reap even with a joyful cry.n
    m e one that without fail goes forth, even

    Jer 5:22

    CIsa 29:s
    oJob 9%
    Lu 24:11

    vlSa 26:20
    PR118!13
    y E r 15:B
    Jg 5 3 0

    AEzr 331
    Ps 14:7
    Isa 49.13

    Ac 12:9

    *Pr 6:9

    3er 3122
    (.Ps10F:47
    Jer 3311
    +Ro15:10

    2T12:X
    O P s 25:15

    GNU 2323
    Jos 2:9

    oPr 723

    zlSa 23%
    2Sa IT22

    Jer 5:26

    rrs 91:s

    EPr 18:10

    12 5

    Re 15:4

    Ne 6 2 6
    Zec 5:22

    *Ezr 7 38

    ways,v

    Jehovah will make them go away with the


    practicers of what is hurtfu1.y
    There will be peace upon Israel."
    a

    Or, "Stairsteps." Uomprtre 2 Kings 20 :9-11.

    ~ p 132:14
    s
    Isa 125
    M I C4:2
    Zec 1 3 7
    Re 14:l
    *La 4 . u
    k D e 2327

    PS 34:7

    Isa 4:s

    Zec 2:s

    nlsa 10:5
    I s n 145
    rPs 16:5
    Zep 2:6
    aZep 2:7
    tPs 51:18
    PS 73:l
    Heb 630
    UPS3231
    Fs 36:10
    Ps 07:11
    Joh 1:47
    Re 14:s
    vlCh 10:13
    Ps 40:4
    Ps 1013
    Tr 2:15
    Isa 59:8
    P h p 2:15
    y M t 7:23

    Mt 2451
    zPs 12.3:6
    Eze 37::G

    Ga 6:lG

    126

    When Jehovah returned with the


    captive onesb of Zion:
    We became like those who were dreaming."
    'At that time our mouth came t o be filled with
    laughter:
    And our tongue with a joyful cry.O
    A t that time they proceeded to say among
    the nations :
    "Jehovah has done a great thing in what he
    has done with them."c@
    "ehovah has done a great thing in what he
    has done with us."
    We have become joyful."
    &Doreturn, 0 Jehovah, with our company of

    Ps 5 3 6
    Ps 85-1
    Ifo 6:11

    A Song of the A3cents.a

    Those trusting in Jehovah8


    AW like ~ o u nZion,
    t
    which o n n o t
    be made to totter, but dwells even t o
    time indefinite."
    Jesusalem-as mountains are all around it,"
    So Jehovzh is all around his people'<
    From now on and to time indefinite.
    For the scepter of wickedness will not keep
    restingn
    Upon the lot of the righteous ones,'
    In order that the righteous ones may not
    thrust out
    Their hand upon any uwighteousness.~
    ' 0 do good, O Jehovah, to the good ones,t
    Even ta the ones upright in their hearts.u
    As for those turning aside t o their crooked

    PSALMS 126 : 1-127: 1

    369

    368

    b c 8 23
    >I1 24 31
    ae 11:il

    Slit 5:4
    Jo h f6:20

    tJer 50:4

    uGa 6.7
    V P S 30:s

    Isa 61.3

    yIsa 0 , 3

    zlCh 22:lC
    1Ch 25:IC
    1Ch 29:IE

    H e b 3_:4

    CPs 13a:Z

    '1C0 3 9

    1Co 2 1 2
    Ga 431
    ~ P 121:5
    S
    Isa 27:3
    Zec 2:s
    AIsa 21'6
    Isa 56:10
    Isa 6 2 : G
    Jer 51:12
    Eze 332

    ~eeping,~

    Carrying along a bagful of seed,"


    WilI without fail come in with a joyful
    Carrying along his sheaves?
    -I0m

    ~ n i e s sJehovah himself builds the


    house,3z
    It is to no avail that its builders have
    labored on it,"
    Unless Jehovah himself guards the city,'
    It is t o no avail that the guard has kept
    awakemY

    Orl "Stsirsteps." b Or, "captirity (the body of c a p t i ~ e s ) , 'Or,


    ~
    "restoration;: 31, Or "Jehovah has done great things for them."
    Similarly verse 3. d 01, '(our oaptivie." e Or, .'the south."
    a

    PSALMS 124 :2-128: 6

    A Bong oP the Asoent~."

    To no avail it is for YOU men that YOU are rls-

    4% g ; ~
    ing up earIyto
    *RU2 : ~
    O P m:17
    ~
    That YOU are sitting down late,*
    51'9 3.7
    That YOU are eating foodao with pairis.
    :2
    Just like this he gives sleep even to his be- ;I:":,!:",
    ,ir 12 G
    loved one.bs
    -Gcb AT5
    "ok!
    sons a r e a possession from Jehovah;"
    ;11;'!I ;??:?
    ::
    The fruitageDof the belly is a reward."
    zp:t I L , b l
    Like arrows in the hand of a might9 man,ck *i,a :t :!
    So are the sons of youth."
    m(;c
    Gr. 3,
    GI !ia
    2
    Happy is the able-bodied mana that has 811edr : :L7h43
    kIIIJI
    ,Jtbr1;
    '<0:9
    6
    His quiver with them.a
    They will not he ashamedst
    pr A;*M
    Iq(:l. !irk Zlt
    For they will speak with enemies in the
    ;;;
    gateeu
    RJDII ,12:73
    1P r 27.11
    ~rrr1r13:17
    31 23
    d Song of the Ascents.n
    Happy is everyone fea~ingJehouah,v F: 1;I:,
    1'< 147:ll
    Who is mallring in his ways.Y
    :For you will eat the toil of your own hands..
    ;;/J
    Happy you will be and it will be well with Y[nt-n:.?i

    "Long enough they have shown hosnEa 1:U


    tility t o me from my youth,'pn
    Ex %9
    J 215
    Let
    Israel
    now say,r
    I& 113:XO
    2:3
    *
    "long enough they have shown hostility to
    J!!i:l
    me from my youth,n
    "1k:$;:3
    "Yet they have not prevailed over me.t
    1 ~ 2) 1 5
    IIu 1 l : l
    tP!; 1lfi:lS "'PPlo~~rnenhave plowed upon my very back;u
    1's 1?:~:3
    "They have lengthened their f u r r o ~ s . " ~
    doh 16:a
    ut'r 1,11:7
    Jehovah
    Is righteous,'
    1 s t 51:23
    vE;~,r 15
    H
    e
    has
    cut in pieces the ropes of the wicked
    Nc I! I?
    0nes.y
    1"it 1.13
    l j : !>:','
    ~
    They will be ashamed and turn themselves
    R C IIl:,:3
    iEr 1G:7
    back,"
    3'1'3 1:'.1:7
    1" IJ.;il:5
    All
    those hating Zion."
    aF3 C:13
    Lu U : ?
    They will become like green grass of t h e
    Isn R7:QD

    129

    J I ! ~

    :I:

    yIe

    128

    Jrhr

    *MC

    L7:e
    1zG

    own

    "'The blessing of Jehwah be upon YOU


    memo
    "We have blessed YOU in t h e name of
    Jehovah."'
    A Song of the &cmtta."

    130

    Out of the depths I have called upon


    you, 0 Jehovah.'
    0 Jehovah," do hear my voicemk

    Cir, L(Stni&eps,?'

    btemUyt '%read," ?Ci.


    f

    With which the reaper has not filled his own


    hnndlb

    UP,

    UP)

    Nor anyone gathering sheaves his


    bosom.+
    Nor have those passing by said:

    ~(il?
    011

    Or, '%e gives h hia ihd0~0done Iin]


    sleep," a "3Tighty man? 36, gib-b6sr. d "Ahle-hdjd man,"", gdb'r*.
    Or, "Stairsteps." Or, "So that you see."

    Which before it has been tarn out has dried

    CTJs 3 7 2
    Pt;!I:?:?

    Your rvifep will be like a fruit-bearing vineqn $


    ;!i;
    In the innermost parts of your house.* 4 3:19
    2h.l
    Your sons will be like slip of olive treeso *KC5 . 1 ~
    Xsn 475.23
    All around your fable.
    1Un l'h:?S
    Look! that is how t h e able-bodied man will be .?[:I: ;?iC2
    :pS 144:la
    blessed'
    I t 0 14.G
    no 11.35
    Who fears Jehovah.
    *f'c 127.5
    "ehovah will bless you out of Zfon;'
    e ~ =20
    s 2
    "c 134.3
    See alsof the good of Jemsalern all the days i-.a~ : 3
    of your life,'
    E P
    iz'.a
    1.3
    ~
    Tsa 3:i:XI
    %d see the sons of your sons.#
    a c e 31.3
    1(Ian
    1% w.12
    1:5 5
    May there be pea@ upon 1sraeI.k
    a

    rOOfsjD

    %r.c 1%:3
    "1's H3;4

    prYr
    rrilI .I%
    .I I ~

    YOU."

    PSALMS 129:1-130 :2

    371

    370

    A.rlo.nrr!/', 31.

    J ~ b r v i d

    b Or,

    "plowinfi grounds." OuJeborah," LXXThis 1s onc of the 134 p~ssageswhere the


    Fopllcrin r l u l r ~ ~the
    d prlmiti~e Hebrew text to read
    A.rln.rrav' in~bmdof I-'lro.ttah'.

    VpT;

    PSALMS 130:L 1 3 2 : 1

    372

    373

    n;z:$fO

    May your ears prove to be attentive to the


    V J O ~9:a
    voice of my entreatie5.n
    J o b 10;M
    PS143:2
    If errors were what you watch, 0 Jah,&
    ISR
    53%
    0 Jehovah,Qvho could stand?'
    Ro 3:20
    For there is the [true] forgiveness with you,S E
    ' :2";:':1In order that you may be feared.t
    t llcl
    ~ 0 .84 3: ~
    1have hoped, O Jehovah, my soul has hoped," & :i21
    U R O s:z4
    And for his word3 I have waited.v
    Htt) 6:18
    ?Pp i : 1 8
    My soul [has waited] for Jehovahcy
    vGe 49:18
    More thm watchmen for the morning,'. PS 27:14
    Watching for the morning,*
    YPS
    LU 636
    2:s
    ZPS 119:147
    Let Israel keep waiting f o r Jehovah.'
    Isa 713
    For there is loving-kindnessd with Jehovah: j$;
    And abundantly so is there redemption A,;of;J

    Isa 5 5 7
    with him.'
    R o 3:20
    a And he himself will redeem Israel out of all cc I, 1.7
    ifi 4:io
    his errors.'
    -Ts103:4
    Mt 1:21
    A Son5 of the Ascentsne Of Dadd.
    Ttt 2:14
    ?NU123
    0 Jehovah, my heart has not been ne 1'i:zo

    131

    Mt 11 :29

    ~ l S a18:23
    haughty:
    UPS 78:70
    Nor have my eyes been lofty,"
    Jer 4 5 5
    Anr 7:14
    Nor have I walked in things too great*
    Ro 12 16
    kdob 4 2 3
    Nor in things too wonderful for me.k
    F b 1396
    Surely I have soothed and qufeted m y SOUP Ro 11:33
    nlSa 305
    Ps 42:5
    Like a weanling upon his mother.'
    Ps 62:1
    My sou1 is like a weanling upon me.$
    Isa 30:IS
    ha 326
    a Let Israel wait for Jehovaht
    I'M~
    2337
    e3lt
    18:s
    From now on and to time indefinite.u
    1Co 14:N

    A Song of the Bscents.e

    132 Remember,

    tPs 115.9
    Jer 17:T
    UPS115:18
    Isa 26:4

    O Jehovah, concerning
    vGe S:1
    Dayid.
    L a 3:19
    ylSa 20:l
    All his hurniliations,~
    2Sa 17.1
    "dab." Yuh, >IT.See Psalm 68 : 4,footnote a. ''Jeh~vah,'~
    LLTVg,

    b"Jehovahil LXXTgSyT; A.do.?-lojl', 31. See verse 2, footnote c.


    5 "Jehovah."
    SyT nnd inmy Hebrew luanuscripts ; -4-do-nay', M,
    See verse 2, footnote G, d Or, "loyal lave," Or, "Stairsteps."

    ::2

    rJ

    PSALMS 132 :2-12

    3::" How he swore to' Jehovah,"


    I"

    "d.1

    *G.e 4 9 2 4
    Ps 46:11
    Ps 50:l
    Ps 146:5
    ;hf:;:4

    Q R u328

    +Pr 6:4

    g2Sa 7 : 2
    1Ch 15:3

    1Ch l X . 2
    A c 7;46
    817

    2Ch 2 : G
    Is&66:l

    A.C 7:47
    *>Ilc 5 2
    klCh 13:6
    nPs C3:3
    rPa 9 3 6

    s N u PO:%
    2Sa 6 2 7

    t2Ch 641
    UDE6::s
    Job B:14
    rlSa 2:9
    Ps 3 2 : l l
    Ps 1495
    03er 3:16
    QIsa 249
    ylKl ll:B
    1Ki 15:4
    2Ki 19:34
    z2Ch 6:42
    Ps 89:38
    Ac 10:3S

    Heb 1:9
    *2Sn 3:9
    Ps 89:3
    Heb 7:21
    ZlSa 15:29
    Ps 110:4
    3er 3391
    A 2 S a 7 :la
    1Ch 17:11
    Lu 159
    CPr 131
    (8lKi 8:25'
    1Ch 17:14
    Ps 8936
    AC 2130
    CIsa 2 . 1
    +Ps 89~30
    @lCh 29:io
    IPS 10" :2Y
    Q W n 7,l G

    Or,

    1i2

    Ps 8929

    How he vowed to the Powerful One of


    Jacob:'
    "'I
    will not go into the tent of my house.'
    "1 will not go
    up
    - on the divan of my grand
    bed?
    .' "I will not give sleep to my eyes,b
    "Nor sIumbes to my own beaming eyes,'
    "Until I find a place f o r Jeliovah,'
    "A grand tabernacle" for the Powerful One
    of Jacob.""
    "oak! we have heard it in Ephlra.thah,*
    We have found it in the fields of the f0rest.k
    Let us came into his grand taberna~le;~"
    Let us bow down at his f ~ o t s t o o l . ~
    'Do arise, 0 Jehovah, to your resting place,g
    You and the ark" of your strength-t
    Let your priestsc themselves be clothed with
    righteousnessYu
    And let your own men of Ioving-kindness
    cry out joyfully."
    lo On account of David your servant,Y
    Do not turn back the face of your anointed

    " Jehovah has sworn to David,'

    TruIy he will not draw back from it:co


    W f the fruitagen of your bellyA
    "I shall set on your thr0ne.O
    "If your sons will keep my covenant*
    "And rns reminders that I shall teacho
    them?
    "Their sons also forever"
    "Will sit upon your throne."#

    Lugrand
    residence!' Literally, 'tnbernacles," 81 ; but doubtless
    in the plum1 number of excellency, b "Anointed one." M,ma.shb'ahh;
    Sg, m'sf~i'hko;LXS, .chAs.tost; Vg, cbris%4s. Or, "A truth fi-om
    vhioh Ile vill not dlbawback."
    a

    PSALMS 134: 1-135: 7

    375
    For Jehovah has chosen Zion;"
    He has longed for its as a dwelling for i"p","zi
    PS 7 8 : ~
    himself:
    Neb 12:22
    nPs
    87:2
    l4 "This is my resting place farever;r
    I Ps 68;M
    "Here I shall dwell, for I have longed
    for it,as
    ~ K8 9I7
    Ps 1 3 5 : n
    " "Itsb provisions I shall bless without
    "Itshpoor ones I shall satisfy with
    la "And itsb priests I shall clothe with s a l ~ a t i o n , ~
    "And itsb men of loving-kindnesswill without fail cry out joyful1y.y
    "There I shaI1 cause the horn of David to

    Is

    135
    Ps 148:13
    +PS

    In the coulfyards of the house of our God,"


    LU 2:37
    Praise
    Jah,d for Jehovah i s good.#
    'IKI 6!36
    Ps 92'13
    Make melody t o his name, for it is pleasantk
    Ps 9.5:s
    PS I I ~ : I ~ For Jaha has chosen even Jacob for himself,"

    Tcn 9.6

    E
    The Hebrem+prnnounis feminine. Or, "'her? Feminine,
    possegive case. Or, L4food."d ''Anointed one." Xi ma.shd'ahh; 6y,
    na'shi'71k.a; LXX, c h ~ s . t o s p Tg,
    ;
    chvi-is'tus. Or, "put forth hlossoma.', f Or, "Btairsteps." g Or, '6descending,nas in verse 3. b Or,
    "opening!' Literally, "month," M.

    ah,^

    134:l

    @
    hie
    l C9:5
    h23:30

    133

    Or,"her.."

    Jehovah,
    standing in the house of Jehovah during the nights.Y
    Raise aauR hands in holinessy
    And bless Jehovahz
    May Jehovah bless youb out of Zion,'
    He the Maker of heaven and earth.'
    Praise Jah,s you people!^'
    Praise the name of Jehovah,"
    Offer praise, 0 sewants of Jehovah,'
    YOUwho are standing in the house3 of Jehoyou S E W B ~ ~ S

    P s 72:Z

    Look! how good and how pleasant $:%$,8


    jtis+
    For brothersE to dwell together in unity!' TP,r,:$9,
    a It is like the good dl upan the head,@
    J O 31721
    Jer
    ~a : a
    That is running downs upon t h e beard,
    aE
    ;;&y8
    3Mic 6:4
    Aaron'sc beard,'
    BPS 141:5
    That is running downe t o the coIIarh of his j??"17d9
    garments.#
    VEX 30:30
    *Le8:12
    It is Iike the dew of Her'monk
    IcDe 3:8
    That is descending upon the mountains of ~ & ~
    nJos 11:21
    Zionn
    P S 125:z
    r
    For there Jehovaho commanded the bless- a ~ e 133
    rDe 2838
    ing [to be] ,r
    Ps 42:8

    A Song of the Ascents.&


    O bIess J e h ~ v a h , ~

    13You4 whonuare

    %Fs14R14
    grow,=
    Lu 1:69
    1323
    "I have set in order a lamp0 for m y anoint- 3-Pr
    *lKi ll:36
    1
    K
    1
    15:4
    ed one.@
    2Ch 213
    31sn 1:24
    Is "His enemiesc T shall clothe with sharne,O
    Ws 35:26
    Ps 109~29
    "But upon him his diadem will flourish."eL APr.
    2:6

    A Song of the A8cents.f Of David.

    [Even] life to time indefinite."

    ~ P 106:i
    s
    31t 1B:17

    Israel for his special property.'

    k ~ ~ f j For
    ~ l I myself well know t h a t Jehovah is great,"
    C P s 136:s
    And our Lorcieu is more than all other
    nDe 329
    Pa 33;la
    Isa 41:s
    rEn 19:5
    De 7%
    I P 2:g
    ~
    IPS48:l
    PS 95:3
    tDe 1037

    gods.fk

    UPS 1l3:3

    l ,
    $:g:$o
    yGe 2 %

    Jer 10:13

    Everything in which Jehovah has taken delight he has doneu


    In the heavens and in the earth, in the seas
    and all the surging waters.gv
    He is causing vapors to ascend from the extremity of the earth;y

    Or, "Stairsteps?' This is the last o f thc fifteen Bonga of the


    which began with Psalm 120. b "You." In the singular
    number. See P U R104:
    ~ 35, footnotes a, b. "Sea Psalm 68: 4
    footnote a, c%rd.lt
    A.do.nimt; the plual n-ber
    o f d.cldnf;
    to denote excellency o r grandeur. "Gods.'> &IT, el.o.hina'; LXX,
    Aoa th e.oi'; TTg, di'i. g 'Surging rvaters.'qM, t "0. nadth'; LSXVg,
    ''ab~~ses."Ses P ~ a l m33 : 7, foolmote d.
    a

    Ascents,

    PSALMS 135:8-17

    376

    He has made even sluices* for the rain;OZ :y;2g!5


    He is bringing forth the windb from his
    38:n
    PS 107:25
    storehouses,'
    UEu 12:lZ
    P H e who struck down t h e first-born ones of ~ g &

    Ps 136:lO
    Egypt,C1
    AEx 1229
    Both manc and beast."
    Ex 1325
    434
    " He sent signs and tokens into the midst of you, ODe
    r e 9:lD
    PS i o 5 . n
    AC 7:.36
    Q Egypt,+
    Upon Phar'aoh' and upon all his servants,' :g:zi&
    O P r 1434
    "'e
    who sti-uck down many nationsm
    QPs442
    And killeda -potent kings,"
    D I E 8136:17
    "FS
    14320
    #NU
    DC 2.30
    21:21
    Even Si'hon the king of the Arntor.ites*
    kh'e 9:22
    And 0~ the king of Ba'shank
    And a l l the kingYdEoms of Ca'naanlon
    l 2 And who gave their land as a possessionlr
    A possession t o Israel his peop1e.s
    l a 0 Jehovah, your name is t o time indefinite.'
    0 Jehovah, your memorial is t o generation
    after generati~n."~
    For Jehovah will plead the cause of his people,"
    And he will feel sorry even for his servants.-\
    l5 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,"
    The work of the hands of earthling man."*
    A mouth they have, but they can speak nothing;=
    ~ ~ e s ~have,
    t h but
    e ~they can see nothing;" :
    ; :&,
    "Ears they have, but they can give ear t o

    nothing.+
    Also there exists no spiritf in their mouth.'
    a

    OICO 10:19
    +Psl=:fi

    rrSluices," by reading beda.gina' instead of b8ra.qint' ("lightnings").

    See The JowmnE of I'l~coloyical S t u r l ~ ~October,


    s,
    1952, pages 214216 (London, England), "Lightnings," MLXXVgSyT. b M, rzt'akh;
    L X X , atne.moi; Vg, v ~ n ' t i . See Genesis 1:2, footnote d. "Man."
    N, a.dam', Or, "to a11 genamtions.'' Or, "of men." M, a.davn'.
    f Or, "breath."
    Jf, ru'nhh; L X S , pnw'ma; Vg, spi'ri.tus. Compare verse 7, footnote b ; also P s a l i ~104: 29, footnote d.

    377

    I
    I
    I

    PSALMS 135 :18-136 :6

    lSThose making them will become just like


    them:
    Everyone who is trusting in them."
    l9 0 house of Israel, do YOU men bless Jehovah."
    0 house of Aaron, do YOU men bless Jehavah.k
    Ps 113:lO
    nDe IU:8
    Zec ]?:I3 'W house of Le%i,n do YOU men bless Jehovah.
    rPs 133:11
    You fearers of Jehovah, bless Jehovah.'
    s2Ch 6:6
    Ps 76:2 " Blessed out of Zion be Jehovah,a
    Ps 1U:3
    tPs 4 x 2
    Who is residing in Jerusa1em.t
    Jer 3 17
    Praise Jah, YOU people!au
    UPS112:1
    Re 19:6
    %Ex 15:2
    LAUD^ Jehovah, f o r he is good:"
    l K 1 8 33
    FY9:l
    or his loving-kindnessc is t o time
    Fs %:I2
    s2Ch i : 3
    indefinite;,'
    =Ex IE:11
    Jos 22~22 "AUD~ t h e God of the gods:dz
    2Ch T:5
    For his loving-kindness is to time inP,:97.4
    Dn 2 4 7
    definite;*
    *1Ch 16:34
    CIsa 3:l
    LAUD^
    the LordCB of the lords: fn
    UDs 10;17
    For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;"
    The Doer of wonderful, great things by himself:
    For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite ;
    The Maker of the heavens with understanding: *
    For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;"
    T h e One spreading outg the earth above the
    *Fe 1:9
    waters :*
    Job 26:7
    P n 243
    For
    his loving-kindness is t o time in2Pe 3:s
    BLu 150
    definite;k
    Sae Psalm 104 : 35, footnotes. a, b, b Or, "GWE thanks to." Or,
    CPs 115:8
    Isn 44:9

    '2x1 21:21
    Ps 9 7 9
    *2K1 18:22
    1Ch 520
    Ps 62:s
    PS ns:a
    kNu 623

    136

    "loyal love." So throughont this psalm, dUThe go?."


    31, Itlael.o.laimF; l ; X X I hai thenoit. "The Lord," JIJ \i,.do.nim ;the piurn1
    number of A.d&la< but being the plural. of excellency. Compare
    Genesis 39: 3, footnote d. f 'LThelords.'' 31, ha-a-do.rrim'. Here it is
    a plural of numericalness. g "Spreading out," ae if by heating out,

    PSALMS 136 :7-16

    379

    378

    The Maker of the great lights:


    nGe
    De 4:19
    l:lrl
    For his Ioving-kindness is to time in- ;;:;;?&
    ECII 5:13
    definite;r
    Even t h e sun for dominion by day:a
    1'5 14h
    I:IG3
    For his bving-kindness is to time in- $;:::,33

    For hla loving-kindness is to time indeflnite;B


    ! I f The One striking down great kings:t
    'J,O,R,!&zo
    For his loving-kindness is t o time hUI% 118:s
    dcf nlte;ll
    ka
    And
    who
    pmceedgd to kill majestic kings:"
    vJ"p.;;:a
    For his loving-kindness is to time in~ Pne:a
    U

    SQ

    [~c~'T.G
    definite;
    *The moon and the stars for combined domin.
    ionR by night:ll
    UJ GO1:111
    ~
    31:2tl
    ~
    For his loving-kindness is to time jn- ;
    ;
    :
    a
    r E t r J,II
    definite;"
    In
    T h e One striking down Egypt in their firstborn ones:y
    1 yEX
    Ex 12:29
    11:s
    For his loving-kindness is to time in- i;$:;
    definite;"
    I I CL :~11,28
    I'*
    ET~:~
    '1 T h e One bringing IsraeI out of the midst of
    'Ex 12.51
    them :*
    1SR l l : O
    For his loving-kindness is to time in- h
    ;
    ;
    OPS 8!1:2
    definite;"
    17 By a strong hand and by an arm stretched out : A
    +?:$"
    For his loving-kindness i s to time in- YL;?&
    AC 7
    : ~
    definite;4
    OT'SInclms
    The One cutting the Red Sea into parts:'
    +EX
    19
    ' B(;'
    14::l
    ti
    For his loving-kindness is to time in- $:;!;
    definite;"
    LI)V:J
    rrcb 11 %
    '%d who caused Israel to pass through the arl,
    la:1
    ml<x 14 29
    middle of it:"
    For his laving-kindness is to t h e in*PS107:~
    definite;"
    '' And who shook off Phar'aoh and his military
    kEx l4:n
    force into the Red Sea:
    Ne kt1
    For his loving-kindness is to time innPs llS!t
    definite;"
    la
    The One making his people walk through the l)c 8:2
    15:B
    wilderness :
    Kc 8:12

    YPB118:4
    1

    Az;

    T o r mmbined dominion." I;iPemllp, "for dominions," M,

    PSALMS 136:17-26

    I
    I

    definite;~

    Even Si'hon the Mng of the htor.ites:z


    *:,"2;2l
    Ilr 2:30
    Far his loving-kindness is to time innew7
    *r9 1 1 % ~
    definite;'
    "YU ~ : *UAnd
    a
    Og the king of &'shan:O
    Llr 3:1
    1's 13i:XI
    FOP his loving-kfndness is to time inAPN 1 % ~
    definite;&
    (Nu3?:33 ?>Andwho gave their land as a possession:o
    nc 3 12
    Joa 1Z:I
    For his loving-kindness is t o time inNe 9::!3
    1's 4 4 : 2
    definite;'
    rs 7 n : ~
    1's lrb:b'IL~~
    A
    pomessian
    to Israel his servant:"
    *dcr :t'l.ll
    For his loving-kindness is t o time infl.l'.~4 7 , J
    I 'x 1:15:12
    definite;"
    JXII I rl
    mB Who during our low condition remembered
    lo

    -",D,AlYdT3
    I'H lntr:43
    Lu 1 4R
    t N o D:.U

    US :"

    Far his loving-kindness is t o time in-

    defin1te:k
    '*And who repeatedly tore us away from
    n F x 1S:IS
    adversaries:
    IJL15:1!5
    I,W I ;1
    For his loving-kindness I s t o time
    rPs 2 1 3
    definite; r
    The One giving fooda to all flesh:^
    rPm
    pqlrl%15
    la:n
    PU14?:9
    For his loving-kindness is to time
    IPS 3 ~ : 7
    definite;t
    *lPaE15:8 la
    M
    D
    the Godb of the heavens:
    PR123:1
    RC 11.13
    For his loving-kindness is to h e
    VPU w:lo
    deflnite.Y
    Literally, %mad,'' M.

    "God.'",

    El.

    our
    inin-

    in-

    PSALMS 138:1 - 4

    By the riversa of Babylonby-there

    FPS

    ~iGe
    Ezr28:31
    14
    Eze 1:l
    zEzr 8:21

    We also wept when we remembered Zion,* y~,er$;:~~


    Upon the poplar trees in the midst of herG *?;?i;f7
    L a I:I~
    We hung our harps.*
    D a 9:3
    23~40
    For there those holding us captive asked us mLe
    A P S 33:2
    for the wards of a song,4
    PS 81 :2
    And those rnockingd us-for rejoicing: +
    Isa
    Eze24:8
    26:13
    PPS 1234
    8.10
    1
    "SINGfor us from a song of ZionaUm
    La
    2
    :
    ~
    How can we sing the song of Jehovah"
    +h-e 4:2
    La 2 2 5
    Upon foreign g r ~ u n d ? ~ "
    elch 1 6 : ~
    PS 9:14
    I should farget you, 0 Jerusalem,lr
    Isa 35:10
    Jer 3 1 : ~
    Let my right hand be forgetfuLn
    Re 14 3
    Z E Y 15 1
    Let my tongue stick t o my palate,'
    De 3130
    ~g 5:1
    If I were not to remember you,a
    2Ch 29:m
    If I were not to make Jerusalem ascendt #I,, 4921
    kKe 1:4
    Above my chief cause for rejoicing."
    Ne 2:3
    7 remember,^ 0 Jehovah, regarding the sons of Fi Ei214

    E'domy

    The day of Jerusalem,"


    Who were saying: "Lay [it] bare! Lay
    [it] bare

    "To the foundation within it!"*


    0 daughter of E a b ~ l o n ,who
    ~ are t o be depoil led,^

    Iea 62:l
    Jer .51 :W
    nZcc 11:17
    rPs

    29.15

    sEze
    ~ a & 3.26
    ;l
    ~ P W:Y
    S o
    u n r t 6:33

    AC 2k2.1
    VEK1724

    PS~4:ls

    yJer 49 7

    h e 2512

    oPs 146:s
    Happy" will be he that rewards youa
    Z O 13
    ~
    IVith your own treatment with which you '@
    O I S ~3.3:~
    treated us.@
    3er 25 12
    BHappy will he be that g a b s ahold and does ,?ta\8;;
    OJer 50:29
    dash t o pieces'
    P,e 1X:6
    + h a 13:1e
    Your children against the crag.

    Or, {(bigriver:' if the not111 is in t h e plural number o f grandeur;


    that is, the River Eu.phr~'tes. ~ " B a h y l o n ~LLTVg;
    '
    "Ba'bel,"
    lISyT. t Or, ',it1' (feminine); that is, Babylon. d"Moeking," The
    ~neitningof the w o ~ dis a t preaent doubtful. *Literally, 'G@ound of
    foreignness," 3r. f "Babylon," LXXVg; Ba.bel', R-TSy.
    a

    1
    I

    9 :I

    Ps %:I2

    Of Da~.id.

    I shall laud you with all my heart.@


    ~n front of other god^ I shall make
    PS
    8
    2
    3
    Ps 119:16
    melody
    to you."
    h.,
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    a I shall bow down toward your holy temple*
    :$6,
    :
    2
    ~ PS
    ~ X5 s:29
    :Ci I
    And I shall laud your name,k
    Because
    of your loving-kindnesshs and beDA
    6:10
    kPs 44.8
    PS 54%
    cause of your trueness.cr
    Joh 17:6
    For you have magnified your saying even
    .ps136:1
    rPs 71,23
    above all your name.8
    SPS 56 10
    On the day that I called, then you proceeded
    ,32&?jj1
    P S 77 1
    t o answer me;"
    UPS 29-11
    Isa 1 2 2
    You
    began t o make me bold in my soul with
    Isa 41:10
    Z ~ C
    10:12

    ,Ip,'"$;$

    Xsa 4923

    138

    strength.^

    AU the kings of the earth will Iaud

    you, Q

    Jehovah,~
    YPS 2257
    Isa 4.16
    For
    they will have heard t h e sayings of
    lib 154
    ZPS 2:ll
    your rnouth.7
    Ps 72:11
    rsa 6n.3 ' And they will sing about t h e ways of Jehovah,&
    Jer 31:12
    For the glory of Jehovahc is great.*
    CIsa 3 2 2
    leFor Jehovah is high, and yet the humble one
    'g;E X g:::
    34:s
    he sees;"
    1Ki $:I1
    Ps 2 1 5
    But the lofty one he knows only from a
    Ma1 1 2 1
    distance."
    Re 4:11
    If I should walk in the midst of distres, you
    Lu 1:D
    will preserve me a1ive.O
    * ~ n b4'~:l.l
    PS 1 x 1 ~ 2
    Because
    ofd the anger of my enemies you
    Isa 2 : l l
    Da 4:37
    will thrust out your hand,'
    CPr 3:16
    And your rightmhand will save me.'
    CPs 71:20
    tFs 64:7
    Jehovah himself will complete what is in my
    &lie7.9
    SPS l i : 7
    behalf.'
    TS 5 7 2
    0 Jehovah, t o time indefinite is your
    81s
    PS 1
    I O0R :35 : ~ ~
    Ps 136:1
    loving-kindness.bn
    kDe 0.26
    Do not desert the works of your own hands.k
    PS 71:6
    a "Gods." i
    U,e!.a.him'; LXXVgSy, "angels" ; T,
    Orf
    "loyal love?
    Or, "truthfulness"; or, "truth." U, e,r~.etk', 1 Or,

    "Against."

    PSALMS 139:1-12

    382

    For the director. O f David, A melody.

    139

    0 Jehovah, you have searched through

    me and you know [me,.n


    YOUyourself have come t o know my sitting
    down and my rising up.'
    You have considered m y thought from far
    off .=
    My journeying and my lying outstretched you
    have measured off,t
    And you have become familiar even with
    m y waysmu

    For there is-not word on my tongue,'


    But here, 0 Jehovah, you already know it

    383
    nlKi 8:38
    l C h 28:a
    Ps 11:4
    Ps 17:3

    Ps 4:21
    Jer L2:3

    Heb 433
    rGe 16:13
    2KL 19:27
    Isa 37:28

    s2Ri 6:12

    Ec 12:14

    ,%b":2p3

    Ra 11:34
    alley
    das 1%
    SO!21
    =Behind and before you have besieged me,Z yPs
    Jer 2 k 2 3
    H
    e
    b
    4:12
    And you place your hand upon me.'
    O P r 8:3
    21:1
    [Such] knowledgeo is too wonderful for me." 22%
    24:l
    It is so inaccessible that I cannot attain '22Sa
    % 2437
    Dg: 7q;!,
    to its
    Ro iy:z
    Where can I go from your spirit,ab
    *Job 26:14
    A n d where can I run away from your face?' ,P,', 35;3
    If I should ascend to heaven, there you would +Fny'f$
    eAm 9 : a
    he;"
    Ob 4
    And if I should spread out my couch in X J O P ~ ~ G S
    She'ol,bVook! you [would be there J B ~ P $ ~
    %odd 1 take the wings* of the d a m ,
    *PS
    Ma118:lo
    4 : ~
    Thst I might reside int h e most remote s e a , O k ~~;,"i~gl,
    10 There, also, your own hand would lead men
    ;p',"%,l3
    And your right hand would lay hold of me.' f;a12:;
    11 And were I t o say: "Surely darkness itself SPS 10.n
    Ps 91:7
    will hastily seize me!""
    Isa 29:E
    Thennight"wouldbe1ightaboutme.t
    $F&3i%4
    Even the darkness itself would not prove too t:$6?$2
    dark for you,U
    uEX
    EX 21430
    k21
    a 'CXj~irit.'jMJ vw'ahh; L a , pneu'wm; Vg, s p i r f i . t w . b uSherul."
    31, ske61; LXX, "Ha'de~'~;Vg, in.fer'nas; SF, ski.uif.

    ."

    does;
    ~ might~ just as
    s well be the
    Light.&Y
    FOTYOU yourself produced my kidneys;a
    You kept me screened off in the k I 1 of~ m y

    The d

    zJ~b":"8
    18
    *Job 31:15
    Ps 22:lO l4
    Isa 46:3
    EGe 1:26
    Ps 22.9
    Ps 71 6
    Ex2 5:15
    Isa 44:2
    Jcr 1:s
    l5
    APs 92::
    Ps 104:24
    CPr

    Isa 29~15

    But night itself would shine just as the day

    \'Job 3 2 2
    Da 2 2 2

    yHeb 4:x

    PSALMS 139:13-19

    mother.^*

    I shall laud you because in a fear-inspiring


    way 1 a m wonderfully madea
    Your works are wonderfuI,"
    As m y soul is very well aware.*
    My bones were not hidden from you'
    When X was made in secPet,@
    PS in:a
    R& 153
    When I was woven in t h e lowest partsb of
    4Pr 2:1Q
    +Job 1 O : L i
    the earth,"
    Ec 11:s
    SJob 10:9 l8 Your eyes saw even the embryo of me,*
    * P s 63,9
    And in your book aU its parts were down
    Eph 4:9
    *JOh l : Z X
    in writing,k
    Job 10:18
    S'I l Z i : 3
    As regards the days when they were
    kPs 58%
    nJab 31_:l5
    forrnedn
    EC 11 :a
    And
    there was not yet one among them.
    rPs 4 0 5
    Isa 5 5 3
    IrSo t o me how difficultC your thoughts are!'
    der 29:11
    0 God,d how much does the grand sum of
    aPs 31 .I9
    Ps %:7
    them amount
    Ro 1123
    tGe 22:17 IS Should I try to count them, they are more
    ~UPS
    ~
    ~
    3:5
    Ps 17:15
    than even the grains of sand-t
    Ps 6 8 6
    7rF.g 6:8
    I
    have
    awakedeand yet I am still with you."
    Ps 997
    Ps 96:29 l a 0 that you, 0 God,f wouId kill the wicked
    Isa 11:4
    ~ P 6:s
    s
    one!"
    Ps 55:23
    Then even the bloodguiIty mens will cerPs 119-5
    hlt 7:W
    t W y depart from me,y
    31t 25:41
    Gitel*nlly, "Like the darkness, like the light"; or, "A* the darkness,
    so the light," X.b L%omest parts.', In Sy the aamo word 1s used here
    as at 2 Peter 2:4 (footnote c) in SF. Compare Psalm 63:9. Or,
    i*precions.'l "God" M, El. e "Come iu rnr end," according ta three
    Hebrew manuswiph. "God?' M, EZ.o'ah, g Or, "bloodthsty men,"
    Literally, "men of bloods," X.

    PSALMS 139:2 L 1 4 0 :4

    384

    Who say things about you according t o [theirJ


    idea;=
    They have taken up [your name1 in a
    ~verthiess\vayR-your adversaries?
    D o I not hate those who are intensely hating
    ym, O Jehovah,"
    And do I not feel a loathing for those re*
    volfing against you?*
    ?' With a complete hatred I do hate them:
    They have become to me reaI enemies?
    Search through me, 0 God,n and k n o ~ my
    ~?
    heart."
    Examjnc me and know my disquieting
    thoughts,'
    ?* And s e whether there i
    s in me any way
    causing pain,'(
    And lead me in the way of time indefinite,n
    ?O

    :.Palln:lfd
    PS 124:7
    PS 142 3
    (

    FA10:9

    1'5 3 5 : ~
    I'P :'!J,J

    .I1, 1 I1 9

    l J The self-exalted ones have hidden a trap for


    me,"
    And rows thev have S D I X ~out
    ~ as a net

    at the sfdebf the t&ckm4


    Snares they have set for me.' Se%?t.

    f have said to Jehovah: "You are my God."@


    "Do give ear, 0 Jehovah, to the voice of
    my entreaties.""
    i'c?13:.:
    ZIT 1n:3
    0 Jehovahb tile Sovereign bord,fa the strength
    27,f
    I , , ;'h:2
    of my s a l ~ a t i o n , ~ ~
    l'k rrb:l
    el1.. 37 2s
    You have screened over my head in the day
    4 21
    R?I:] :r.i 1'11
    of the armed fome.n
    90
    not
    grant, 0 Jehovah, the cravings of the
    nlSn 1 7 3 7
    I" 1.1 1:10
    wicked one.P
    I.:',% 15 3 1
    Do not fonvard his plotting, that they may
    1
    % 12 ~
    put? 5:":27
    not I](? exaltedmn
    Se'lah,
    I P C 7 lr*
    LIES5:l.i
    As for the heads of those su~roundingme:
    ,.,,,
    1% Omj!R
    May the trouble of their own Iips cover
    I><
    I'r 1 l r : G
    thern.u
    1'7 1:!:!3
    lJr1:.,1
    May
    burning
    coals be dropped upon them."
    L l t 24.25
    vi;o 19:24
    Let them be made to fall into the fire,y into
    I's l l li
    watery pits, that they may not g e t
    1% lH:13
    1's 2 1 : 9
    The
    big
    talker"1et
    him not be firmly establtc 10:s
    t L l t 13 la
    lished
    in
    the
    earth.'
    >I,!J 55::3
    I'r 2 ~ : t r )
    The man of violence--let evil itself hunt for
    . P Y I >::I
    r'r
    him with repeated thrusts."
    =ps . 15
    1'.
    Ir I tvell know that Jehovah will exemteb
    t'5 X . 2 t
    l h 3 3 11The legal claim of the aflicted one, the
    :-:1<1 * .Pd
    t l'< 3: i
    judgment of the poor ones.#
    l'$111:18
    1,s s2:z.u
    l ASurely t11c righteous themselves lvllllaud your
    r *-2: I
    name;
    I'u llb?:17
    * I , < :,:. 11
    The
    upright ones will dwell before your
    F Y :I? t
    *Ih< dm?G
    face?
    ~~7 1-1

    .llwr
    L U 1 l..d
    l < U Y ':!,I
    GI's 3l:l.L

    ,\(a

    ,,

    For the director. A i n e l o d ~of David.

    :j~,$i

    Rescue me, 0 Jehovah, from b ~ drP1


    menib,.
    1
    '
    1'3 7
    ~ 11 9: ~: ~
    May you safeguard me even from the manr RPH 1 ~ 4 s
    2Tab 1:2
    of deeds of violence,"
    t17<21:11
    a Those who have schemed bad things in [their]
    !i:&
    I'r 0.1 ! B
    heart,t
    f7r 12:20
    1 l o 7.G
    all day long keep attacking as jn ulSa
    ?.l:LG
    i.11
    wars.u
    .
    1, (i
    3They have sharpened their tonme like that
    - of a serpent;"
    The venom of the horn4 viper Is under
    their lips.+ Se7ah.
    Keep me, 0 Jehovah, from the hands of the
    wicked one;a
    May you safeguard me even from the manc
    of deeds of violence,'
    Those who have schemed t o push my steps.O
    "Gotl?' M, El, b "Ifen." 31,a.dn*'. C i9nIan.p'hT, Dh,

    140

    ::;
    \

    PSALMS 140:5-13

    385

    '

    a b'(lorl.'' Sf, El, b If, Ydhs~rc~Jr';hwnnse i t precedes the title


    A . ~ oI I.[ c ~ ' 0. L'S~~ereign
    Lorr1.l' hl, A.do.w(iy'. d Or*"The slanderer."

    Litrrally, 'pThc nlnn oi' tongnc," 31.

    PSALMS 141:1-7
    A melody o f David.

    141

    you.'
    May my prayer be -prepared
    as incense3 before
    -

    However, m y eyes are to you," 0 Jehovaha the


    x2,,"2zo;;2
    Ps 123:l

    O Jehovah, I have called upon you.


    Do make haste t o me:
    Do give ear to m y voice when 1 calI t o

    PS 40:13
    69:17

    g;??i:,

    Ps 25:20

    PSn:1
    n Le 1711

    PS143:7
    *Ps 39:12

    Isa 53.12
    rps119.11a
    PS 1 2 1 : ~

    O m 1~13

    kLu 1:9
    Re 8:3

    The raising up of my
    - -palms as the eveningnlRiI8:S
    grain o-fi&ing,n
    Ps 28:2
    Do set a guard, 0 Jehovah, for my mouthy :i:
    Do set a watch over the door of my 1ips.S ,$,:,39,i:
    'Do not incline my heart to anything bad,t $; $g6
    So as to carry on notorious deeds in wicked- tR', 5i3!
    Yk i-%8
    ness"
    Ps 119:36
    With mena who are practicing what is u~.~;;;33
    hurtful,'r
    2Co 1123
    25:2
    That I may not feed myself on their vXu
    ~
    ~
    a
    Y
    I
    C
    O
    10:21
    dainties.^
    Jude 16
    "Should the righteous one strjke me, it wodd
    e 2 ~ a127
    be a loving-kindness;bz
    2Ch 16:7
    And should he reprove me, it would be oil g;;j;l
    upon the head,"
    *pi6:23
    15:5
    Which my head would not want to refuse.' Pr
    pr X9:25
    Pr 2532
    For still there would be even my prayer D F ~9:s
    during their calamities."
    *Heh
    ~ 5 412:11
    t4
    5'14
    * Their judges have been thrown down by the
    IlSa 319
    sides of the crag,O
    2Sa 1:19
    But they have heard my sayings, that they l s h lo:l
    +2Sa 2 5
    are pleasant.'
    2Sa 232
    ' As when one is doing cIeaving and splitting on Lu 4:22
    t h e earth,
    Our hones have been scattered at the mouth
    44:22
    of She'01,~~
    Heb8:36
    RO
    1137

    aFs 140:s
    Jer 1 s :

    k;

    tEs 7 3 0

    ,;:

    "Men." Y, i.shiw'; the plurnl number of is]!, b Or, "loyal love."


    31, sheo*E; Sy, shi.?rl'; La=,

    "Ha'des"; Vg, iw.fsr'ntks.

    Sovereign Lord,b"
    In you I have taken refuge.k
    Do not pow out my soul.n

    aps 3523
    Ac 424
    kPs 5:ll
    Ps 11:l

    X~~

    I
    I

    PSALMS 141:8-142 :5

    387

    386

    PS 725
    P S 33:s

    Ps 37:15

    Keep me from the hands of the trap that they


    have laid for mer
    And from t h e snares of those practicing
    what is hurtfEl1.s
    ~
    lo The wicked will fall into their awn nets all
    together,'
    While I, for my part, pass by.

    Heb 11:38
    rJg 10.14

    ,Ps,,107:19
    PS 28:2

    11as'kil.c Of Darid, mllen he happ~nedto be in the c a ~ e . u


    A praFer.
    With my voice to Jehovah I proceed-

    142

    ed t o call for aid;V


    With my voice to Jehovah T began to cry
    for fav0r.Y
    ? Before him I kept pouring out my concern;=
    *Ps l%:6
    Before him 1 continued to tell about my
    Heb 3 7
    3Jos 5 : l
    own aflliction,*
    lsa~:ls
    Pr11-13
    When my spiritu fainted away within me.
    41t 26:11
    aJob 23:10
    Then you yourself knew m y roadway/
    Ps 1 : 6
    4Fs 1393
    In the path in which I walkc.
    +Ps31:4
    Jer B:22
    They have hidden a trap for me.'
    Mt 22%
    "Ps31:11
    Look
    to the right hand a n d see
    3It 26:56
    *1Sa23:11
    That
    there is no one giving any recognition
    1Sa 27:1
    GIsa 5x12
    t o me.*
    J o h 16:32
    My place for flight has perished from me;"
    kPs107:19
    nPs 46:l
    There is no one inquiring fcrr my souI."
    Pr IU:IU
    rPs 16:s
    PS 73:20 j1 called t o you, O Jehovah, for aid."
    sdob %:I3
    I said: "You are my refuge,"
    Isa 5 3 8
    Yer 11:19
    "My sharer in the land of the living ones."s
    E Z 3~2 9 3
    yPs 30:8

    Ps 77:l
    P$141:1
    zlSa
    I:IB
    sPs 42:2
    ~t 2S:39

    See Paalm 140 : 7, footnote b. b "Sovereign h x i i . " 11,d.do.nnyf;


    109:21, footnotes a, b. GSee Psalm 32, superscription,
    footnote a.
    see Psalm

    PSALMS 143:8-144 :2

    389

    " Do pay attention to my entreating cry,t

    t ~ raa:ri
    a

    For I have become very much impoverUPS 118:&


    ished.u
    VPE81
    Deliver me from m y per~ecutors,~
    YPS
    For they are stronger than I am.y
    Do bring m y soul out of t h e very dungeonz
    t'\ 94%
    To laud your name.'
    DP822:m
    Around me let the righteous ones get:
    Because you deal appropriately with meL
    !$tf

    s:::z$"

    A metody of Darid.8

    O ~ehovah,hear my prayer;Q
    Do give ear to my entreaty.'
    your faithfulness ansrver me in your
    rfghteo~sness.~
    2 A n d do not enter into judgment with your
    servant,"
    For before you na one alive can be right-

    143
    In

    EOUS.#

    Jns 5 11

    ~ P 1m:l
    S

    +Ps2 8 2
    ezSal:l
    Pa ai:1
    Ps J1:2

    ,ji;i!13
    13-1.3
    ~4

    &Job!h.2

    y?;;
    TJa S:l0

    kr's 7:r

    For the enemy has pursued my soul;"


    1's -u:4
    He has crushed my life t o the very earth.11 n~$f<~fl
    He has caused me t o dwell in dark places
    &

    I;/@ 3 T : I l
    like those dead for time indefinite.1'
    s, 1.L2:3
    1
    1
    t )C H;!,
    ' And my spirit" faints away within me;
    I+L t w
    In the midst of me my heart shows itself i3,~:lli;
    77:s
    numbed.
    v l l r 32.4
    13c 6 1:8
    2 have remembered days of long agqU
    I>* !lrl.lB
    I have meditated on d1 your activity;'
    PU111
    1'1
    5 1; 1
    I willingly kept myself concerned with the;:,:;;yn;f
    E I ;2 ~2 ~
    work of your owfn kands.y
    EI:\ 4.1,'.'0
    I ,?c+~J
    have spread out m y hands to you;E
    M y soul is like an exhausled land to you,'
    i!:;!;
    1'. h I:?
    SdEnrLb
    m!'< ::4:3
    T'-. -1 '.I3
    0 hurry, answer me, O Jehovah.=
    1'%7.:,5
    I'bb

    "

    LxKVg add: "when the son (when his son Ah.'sa.ls~n)wna purstling him!'
    This is the last S d k h of 71 to be found in the Psalms,
    begiuning with P d m 3 : 2, where see footnote f.

    My ~ p i r l thas
    - ~ came to an end.
    Do not conceal your face from me,O
    So that I must become comparable with
    those going dawn into the pit.In the morning cause me to hear your loving-

    kindness,*
    FOPIn you I have put m y t r u s t "
    Make known to me the way in which 1
    should walk,'
    For to you I have lifted up m y soul.k
    Deliver me from my enemies, 0 Jeh0vah.n
    I have taken to cover" even with
    I " Teach me to do your wilE,ca
    For you are my God.'
    Your spirit is good;u
    May it lead me in the land of uprightness.~
    For the salre of your narne,v 0 Jehovah, may
    you preserve me alive.=
    In your righteousness' may you bring forth
    my soul out of distressnu
    l 2 And In your loving-kindness' may you silence
    my enemies,"
    And you must destroy all those showing
    hostility to my soul,0
    For I am your servant.'
    97 I
    =:+I
    1'::35
    Of Dand.d
    1'4 1 k 3 1
    '
    Blessed
    be
    Jehovah my Rock?
    rn?VO
    1:t?l1 G:13
    Who
    is
    teaching my hands for
    1 L L l:lH
    1t:Sn ?!' 2
    fighting,"
    J#.C
    ig
    n:5p l&! 3
    My Angers for warfare;"
    1'\ 61 3
    ?sn. G.
    '
    My
    10vjng-kindnessR and my strangh~ld,~
    --rb
    .?:a
    My secure heightn and my Provider of esI'.. 1s 2
    I'c
    17
    cape for me,r
    PCyv 5
    Orn '+loyall o ~ e , ' b' Literally, "I have covered,"' Ji. Or, *'pleasure.''
    1'4

    t(d:.h

    144,

    :7

    411

    " LXXYVg add : ''agningt

    L3odi'atL1'

    I
    PSALMS 144:3--11

    My shieldcBand the One in whom I have


    taken refuge,t
    The One subduing peopIesa under me."
    0 Jehovah, what is manb that you should
    notice him,v
    The son of rnortaly manc that you should
    take account of hirn?~
    'Manb himself bears resemblance to a mere

    CPr 30:s
    sGe 15:l

    D e 33.39
    tPs 141:s

    UPS18:47
    FSno3
    x Job 7:17

    PS 6:4
    Heb 2 6
    yPs 10.18

    Ps 1 M 1 5
    zJob 14:l
    Ps 939
    Ps 146:3
    *Ps 39:5

    Ps 62:9
    exhalation;'
    L2Sa 14:14
    His days are like a passing shadow,"
    1 C h 29:15
    102:lI
    0 Jehovah, bend down your heavens" that you Ps
    Ec 8:13
    CPr 8:27
    may d e ~ c e n d ; ~
    APs 1P:9
    18:18
    Touch the mountains that they may smokenoOEx
    P s 104:32
    Lighten with lightning3 that you may scatter CJer 10:13
    *2Sa 22:15
    them;+
    Ps T : 1 8
    32:23
    Send out your arrows that you may throw @De
    De 32:42

    them into confusion."


    Thrust your hands out from the height;"
    Set me free and deliver me from the many

    Ps 21:u
    P3 45:s

    "2,5,"4i'r
    <

    A-

    :;;:$?

    PS 69: 15
    waters,?"
    RF 12:15
    From the hand of t h e f~reigners,~"
    kse 9:2
    P S 54:3
    "Whose mouth has spoken what is untruen
    em$;;
    And whose right hand is a right hand of pS41:ti

    Ps 109.2
    f a1sehood.r
    rIsa 14:20
    0 Godl a new song I will sing to you.e
    aPs
    Re 33.3
    13:16
    On an instrument of ten strings I will make E"5Yi3
    Re 14.3
    melody t o you,t
    t l C h 25.1
    PS33.2
    lo The One giving salvation to kings,u
    Ps 92.3
    The One setting David his servant free u2sa5:ig
    2R1 5:l.
    from t h e evil sword.v
    Ps 18:W
    Fs 33:16
    " Set me free and deliver me from the hand of vlSa
    I ~a 4 3 1
    17:46
    the f~reigners,~y
    2% 21:17
    Whose mouth has spoken what is untrue2 "1,!;0,6,:
    ai(Peoples," SyT and man7 Hehrcm- manuscripts; "my people,"

    LXXTrg nnd apparently X, b '"Ian." RI, a.dnm'. "Mortal mrrn.''


    a.>tds71', d Literally, "the sons of foreignnm," 11.

    a,

    PSALMS I44:12-145 :4
    And whose right hand is a right hand of
    falsehood,"
    l e Who [say] : "Our sons are Iike little plants
    grown up i n their youth,O
    "Our daughters like corners carved in
    palace style:
    l9 "Our garners full, furnishing products of one
    sort after another,aO
    "Om flocks multiplying by thousands, ten
    thousand t o one, in our streets,+
    l"00ur
    cattle loaded dowm, without any rupture
    and with no abortionje
    "And xvith no outcry in our public squares."
    lWXappyis the people for whom it is just like

    391

    390

    YDe 28:4

    Pr 7 2 2
    *Dc 33:29
    Ps 63:4
    lcPS 3312
    Ps W:15
    PY 346:s
    PLo4:8
    CIsa 3928
    UPS 30:l

    rthatl !""

    ~ a & y i the
    s people whose God is S e h o ~ a h ! " ~

    Ps 68;4

    Da 4:37
    r D c 33:s

    h praisejb o f Da-iid.

    P Q 4 814
    Ps 47:7

    Ps 4H:Z

    P s 953

    Ps 1,18:2
    isn 3 2 2 9

    >la1124
    Re 11:17
    SF'S m:12

    H [BEepR]

    145

    ~nd~willblessyournametotirne
    indefinite, even farever.@
    3 [BetJ)]

    Ps 52:9
    t Ps 72:15

    Ps 119:164

    U P S 1132
    Ps 146:2
    VJOb 9:10
    Ps 48.1

    @
    !4
    y
    $
    ;:
    3sa 40:2&

    RO 11:33
    zDe G:?
    Jos 4:21

    Ps 4 4 3

    PS 71:18

    Ps '183
    cpr 27:24
    *Ex 12:27
    EX 13:15

    I will exalt y o q n 0 m y God the Ring,?

    AIl day long I will bless you,t


    And I will praise your name to time indefinite. even forever."
    Jehovah is great and very much t o be praised,"
    And his greatness is unsearchab1e.y
    7

    [Dd/8tk]

    Generationa after generation will commend


    your ~vorlns,~
    And about your mighty acts they will tell.*

    Literally, "from sort t o sort," X.b'31,tehiZ.I~h'.

    PSALMS 145:6 1 2

    392

    n [H~I
    The glorious spIendor of your dignityn
    And the matters of your wonderful works
    I will make my concern."
    1 [Taw]

    And they will taIk about the strength of your


    own f ear-inspiring things,*
    And, as for your greatness,I wiU declare it.'
    1 [Zayisl]

    With the mention of the abundance of your


    goodness they wiII bubble over?
    And [because of] your righteousness they
    wi13 cry out joyfully."

    [Heth]

    Jehovah is gracious and merciful,"


    Slow to anger and great in Ioving-kind-

    ness.a3k
    C1 [Teth]

    Jehovah is good to all,s


    And his mercies are over all his w0rks.r
    9

    lo

    [Tad]

    393

    And the glory of the splendor of his kingship.2

    8:I
    PS 46:s

    QPS

    Fs 104:l
    Ps 111:3

    h [Nem]

    Ps 148:13
    Isa 30.30

    lS

    definite,"
    And your dominion js throughout all suc-

    QDe 10:17
    Jos 2:9
    2'0s 9:9
    Ne 1:s
    Ps 98:3

    cessive generation^.^

    Jer 50:28
    Da 328
    +Ps92:5
    P3 107:21
    eps 36:8
    Isa 63:7
    2Co 9:11
    $Ps36:10
    Ps 5124

    le

    3 [KaPh]

    About the glory of your kingship t h e y will


    talk,"
    And about your mightiness they will speak,v

    lf

    >

    [Lnmsd]

    "To make known t o the sons of menb his

    To you the eyes of all look hopefully,'

    ID

    Isa 43:24
    Re 1 5 3
    Re 39:2
    *ZCh 30:9
    Ps 86:15
    Ps 111:4
    OPr 33
    kEx 34:6

    And you are giving them their foods in its


    season.'
    9 [PpI

    YOUare opening your hand"


    And satisfying the desire of every livingC

    Nu 14:lS
    Ne 927

    Ps 103:s
    nPs 25:s
    Ps 65:11
    Ps 104:28

    thing.#
    Y [Tsade]

    1:7

    Jehovah is righteous in all his ways"


    And lovingly kind in all his rvorks."

    r>It 5.45
    Ac 14:17
    Ac 1725

    IT

    mighty actsy

    Or, "loyal lo-re.')

    Or,"mankind?' M, laa-a.damF.

    P [Qophl

    tLSa
    Ps 30:4
    2:P
    Ps 132 9

    Is

    PS 149.5

    Heb 13:15

    ;ghg:I1
    PS 93:1
    Ps 96:10
    PS 99:l
    Re 1gm6

    vDe
    Ps 21:13
    3:24

    gz YE;,
    YPS 9s:l

    Ps 136~4

    Jehovah is giving support to all who are


    falling,"
    And is raising up aIl who are bowed down.@
    Y [dyln]

    Pa 7125
    Ps BB:16

    W your works will laud you, 0 JehovahgS


    And your men of loving-kindness will bless ~;s~; ps 101:24
    you.t

    Your kingship is a kingship of all times in-

    A P s 72:18

    h'a

    PSALMS 145 :13-19

    Jehovah is near to all those calling upon him,'


    To all those who call upon him in trueness.bs
    5 [Besh]

    ips 34:9

    Lu 153

    Eph 3:16

    The desire of those fearing him he will perfo m , t

    lB

    A rerse heg~nningwith the Hebrew letter n z l w is missing nftw


    the nrem verse. I n some Hebrew manusclipts the Iruw rerap reads:
    "Jehovah is faithful. in all his n-arils, and lovingly kind in all his
    rrorks." This is conhmed by L Z V g S y , b Or, idtruth"; or, "truthf ulness?,

    PSALMS 145:20-146 :8

    PSALMS 146:9-147 :8

    And their cry for help he tvill hear and he


    wjlI save tE3ern.U
    t?

    Jehovah is raising up t h ~ones bowed


    do~rfn;*

    [Bhin]

    Jehovah fs guarding all those Iovjng him,^


    But a11 the wicked ones he will annihilate.)'
    n [TOW]
    The praise of Jehovah my mouth I ~ speak,"
    R
    And let all flesh Mess his holy name to time
    indefinite, even forever.'
    Praise Jah," YOU people!au
    Praise Jehovah, 0 my soulnA
    ' I will praise Jehovah clurIng my IlfetimeRP
    I will make melody to my God as long as
    I am.'
    t9Ps 6
    :Q
    Do not put your -trust In nobles,'
    Ps 11R:9

    - -

    - -

    31:3
    Nor in the son of earthling man,b to whom 113
    Isa 375
    ~ P 3:s
    s
    no salvation belongs.*
    P a 118:s
    Jer 123
    >His spiritc goes o u t , V e goes back t o his *Ge
    3:7
    ground,k
    Job 12:lO
    I's 104:29
    In that day his thoughts do perish.dOn
    OIsx 29:14
    r313
    Happy5 is the one that has the Godn of Jacobz W
    CIsa 2:5
    kGe
    3:19
    for his help,"
    Ps 9 9 3
    EC 3:2n
    Whose hope is in Jehovah hls God,*
    Ec 127
    nY ob 14:21
    T h e Maker of heaven and earth,'
    Job l 7 : l l
    Of the sea, and of all that is In thern,~ Ec
    930
    Jsa 38:L8
    The O n e keeping trueness t o tlme in- rJk
    33:m
    PS 4 6 3
    definite,'
    APS71:s
    10.12
    The One executing judgment for the defrauded tJpr
    UEY20:11

    onesly

    v D e 7!9
    P s 71:22
    y Ps 103:6

    The One giving bread to the hungry ones.n aPs 1C23


    Jehovah is releasing those who are bound.' .Ps lX:?
    Jehovah is opening the eyes sf the blind" ones;'
    giz8

    * See Psn111l101 : 35, footnotes


    a

    Or, "'brenth," $1,

    "l~nvopt!ri~llcd'';OT!

    ;::1

    b. b "Rnrthli~~g
    man." AT, a.dant'.
    p~ew'w~rrm;T'gJ apitviJt~s.
    (I Or,
    "must pcri8jl)9 AI, 'lClOd,~'MI El.
    8,

    ~ 2 4 ~ ~ 7 ~LXY
    8,'

    ,,.,,,,
    . . -.-.

    c t I : ~~T I

    I uf6l:IB

    I'h jmj5.13
    f i

    k 1's 1 :::I2
    I$fi

    12.G

    IVII 14)

    ,I oo -3 17

    , ,,

    nc. 4 3 1

    ll'q

    1
    v.0
    PI'!.

    Jehovah is loving the righteous3 ones,'


    Jehovah is guarding the ternpor~ry"resjdents;'
    The fatherless boy and the widow he relieve~,~
    But the wayO of the wicked ones he m&es
    crooked."
    lo Jehovah will be king t o tlma Indefinite,"
    Your God, 0 Zion, for generation after
    generation?'
    Praise Jah, TOW people!&"
    Praise Jah, mu people,"
    For it is good to make melody to

    147

    111:l

    ]!).I
    :
    $ri 1

    1% 125 3
    11% :i:i 1
    I'U .:l l

    OW

    Gods

    For it is pleasant-praise fs fitting:


    I W ?Y:Z
    2
    Jehovah
    is building Jerusalem ;I1
    :,u: i)!r;2fo
    c l l r :VI 3
    The
    dispersed
    ones of Israel he brings t o Err 7 7
    1l:ll
    .Tor 7'1.77
    T<ik

    r,o';il:?4

    6151t ti Ill

    y.rur ~ 4 : o
    ,

    gether.'

    He is healingS the brokenhearted anes,r


    And is binding up thdr painful spots."
    He is counting the number of the stars;?'

    A11 of them he catls by n ~ r n e . ~


    ~ Lordb
    ~ is p ~a t and
    ~ is abundant
    :
    m In power;"
    Our
    m I > r a>
    tI'<
    z,:,.!
    His
    understanding
    is beyond r e t ~ u n t l n g . ~
    Cl1#3 1 1 :M
    "Jeovah is relieving the meek ones;'
    GI'U
    I ~3.i
    32.3
    I!
    He is abasing The wicked ones to the earthnm
    O-I=S :1:i.2.1
    RESPONDto Jehovah with thanksgiving;"
    nz 1
    ~ U Kmelody
    E
    t o our God on the harp,"
    ICC;? !I:I.I
    'The
    One
    who
    is
    covering
    the heavens with
    l r c l l H . * A9
    .yotI
    Ir 1'5 t:. 9
    clouds,k
    .r4,s :i x
    C I ' ~ .2G I
    The One preparing raino far the earth,"
    'C* I.>.i

    13.:

    q.J9

    P~nlinTO4 : 35, footnotes a, h. b riSord,l'RE, A h d o . ~ i ~ mthe


    ';
    l > i u r d nnnnlllcr o f d.ddrr' to exprpss cxcellenre it lleing nlfirr nccompnnir?d by thr adjectives '.,seatv aud "nl,undnnt" in the aingulxr
    11111nht.r in thc prcdiaate.
    -8er

    PSALMS 147 :9-19

    396
    He has not done that way to any other nation;y
    And as for [his] judicial decisions, they
    have not known them.%%
    Praise Jah, YOU people!b*
    Praise Jah, YOU
    Praise Jehovah from the heavens:
    Praise him En the heights.'
    * Praise him, a11 you his angels.'
    Praise him, all you his army.'
    Praise him,You sun and moon."
    Praise him, all YOU stars' of Light.*
    a Praise him, mu heavens of the heavens,k
    And YOU waters that are above the

    The One making the mountains to sproul


    green grass.r
    I RPS1M:2?
    To the beasts he I s giving their food,a
    P5 1.&5:25
    To the young ravew that keep atl ling.^ 1 tsJ'1< >Ih:'W.q.i1I ~ I
    '"Not in the mightiness of the horse does he >It 6.28
    i Lkl 12 3
    take delight,"
    k l J ~ , t l:*o 18
    Nor in the legs of the manb does he find PI'%P 3311.7
    3,li
    t'r 2:.31
    plea~ure.~
    f \m 31-1
    1
    Jehovah is finding pleasure in those feadng v110
    l 5 n 1G:Y

    148

    L,. 9.11

    hirn,y

    Ln those waiting for his

    y i ' r 31

    loving- kindness.^

    33

    3Iill :3:1c
    1 ?I. 1'17

    Commend Jehovah, 0 Jerus%Zem.z


    21's BT:S
    Praise your God, 0 Zion.'
    :' For he has made the bars of vow gates
    3Kc 7:1
    strong;"
    Ps 51:19
    H e has blessed your sons in the midst
    I ~ : ~
    - of AP*P S115~irp
    you?
    rs 12n:a
    P%111~ 1 2
    " Re is putting peace in your territ~ry;~
    01F ?ti:(;
    With the fatd of the wheat he keeps satfs ;$hJ~;;
    fying you.'
    +I'V ~ 1 : 1 b
    m p a IRI
    9
    ]We I s sending his saying to the earth;'8
    1's Wi;ll
    xr3$ 11 t7:N
    With speed his word runs."
    * J O ~ 37:R
    ' W e is giving snow like wool;'
    Pfl 14Sj;,
    Hoarfrost he scatters just like ashes.k
    Fi;;$cbfg
    I . I O ~ ::v.,TJ
    He is t h r o w i n g his ice like rnorsels,n
    rnPa I I ~ : H
    t P:\ 20.1
    Before his cold who can stand?''
    110 d,1?
    I 5 2:
    He sends forth his ward and melts them.
    7n.5
    He causes his winde to blotv,m
    I~~
    1o.2 7
    bInl I I
    The waters trickle.
    I!<, 3.2
    ):,I !I ,L
    lP He is telling his word to Jacob,t
    U I ' C .I:#
    His regulationsu and his judicial decisions i:: :!':
    v ~ l~
    o i::,
    to I~rael.~
    1 fi,l
    l2

    heavens."

    lo

    1'5

    LitPd;~,

    "SOIIS of the raven:' 11. b T h e man?' 11, kn-inh. 0


    "loyal lore:' d Or, '"best part." "Wind" IfJta'al! k; ELY, p,trw':
    ma; Tgl spi'ri.tzts. Compam Psalm 148:4, footnote a; alao Gcnmia
    1:2, footnote d.

    0
    1
    1

    a
    ,-

    i'q

    me~ted,~

    ,..,... ,

    t:;;c

    :f:::35

    Let them praise the name of Jehovah,r


    For he himself commanded0 and they were

    And he keeps them standing forever, t o time


    indefinite.t

    11'1 91

    Jur 3I::lh
    Jvr 3 a::!:,
    T I ' q (:!I

    Y ~ - ; PI

    A regulation he has given and it will not


    pnss nwayaU
    Praise Jehovah from the earth,'
    You sea monsters and all YOU surging

    3.1

    21

    .lob -ll:l

    11, 7a1

    1's l(Ll%!5

    r ~ 2n;: 1
    BI.:K 9:?3
    NU IG::~
    11
    1'3 1.17 17
    'PC 6 7

    I ~ I T : ~
    Pn 13>:7
    .Jon l d

    C P S G ~I P
    P3 5 5

    I'F DF q
    Pq 11.1 :4
    /.I.,w,~
    I.;n i i:23
    ( l t y511.11>
    1's l.'*m':G

    water~,~Y
    "OU

    flrec and hail, snow and thick smoke,=

    You tempestuous wind,d accomplishing his


    wo~,'
    "YOU mountains and a11 YOU hllls,L)

    You fruit trees and all YOU cedars:


    YOU domestic

    IoYou wild animals and all

    animals,
    You creeping things and winged birds,'

    aL'And hi& j ~ d i C i n l rl~risionsh~ hns not made


    'C;c 7 1.1

    hinomi

    to them,"

    see P~nlrn104:35, fOOtn~t4?~


    a, b. '''8mghg satt*r~.')
    31, f'ko.~~lit!~';~ I I C plural 11umbrr of trlram'. See Genesis 1 :2,
    fontnola c, d F ~ P OPanla~l 147; 18, footnote a

    L.XXTgP!-T.

    PSALMS 148:11-149 :7

    398
    You kings of the earthe and all m national v

    ~ m $ ~ ~ ',
    a h 579
    groups,~
    *Pn *15:113
    You princesd and all YOU judges of the h 1 1 3 8
    scrs
    P*h.!:
    2 1 I0
    earth,k
    Cl<a
    23.4
    lZ YOU young menn and also YOU Yirgins,'P
    nl'.; 110 3
    Yovo1dmenatogetherwith~ot.boys.t $;c$3
    n.lcr 3 l . 1 ~
    Let them praise the name of Jehovah,"
    > ! t :'I 15
    For his name alone is mreachabl y high." f~1~~
    :+) 3
    1.lrrt ll' 4
    His dignity is above earth and heaven.!
    IUI, :n:l1
    !'; ~ 1 . 1 7
    I* And he will exalt the horn of his pmpleTR z
    The praise of all his men of loving-kindness,"ps ~ J ~ :
    Of the sons of Israel, the people near to
    him."
    .I>?
    :r7sv:
    1 1I3 . ~
    I ~ :)C
    :a
    Praise Jah, YOU people!BA
    C i ' U 2?:3
    1'5 LC; Irr
    Praise Jah, YOU pmple!a$
    I iQ1)2 12
    sing to,avo,,
    a new song;
    ,:,4:i3
    His praise in the congregationbof men of 3,Ynt;;.,
    I[II~::~
    loving-kindness.*
    U l ' U 43,:
    Jua 52:7
    ? Let Issael rejoice in its grand Maker,cR
    J < I ~l!j:G
    The sonsO of Zion-let them be joyful in
    their King."
    . ~ 11
    g :&I
    I'.: I!,ll..L
    "et
    them praise his name with dancing.k
    Jcr :Il:la
    With the tambourine and the harpo let :;::$$i:i
    I.'U I,I.I:Q
    them make melody t o him.n
    rl'c 3527
    +
    For Jehovah is taking pIeasure in his p e ~ p l e . ~ :; l;A
    He beautifies the meek ones with sa1~ation.~
    ~;LTG;~;
    "tthemenof
    loving-kindn~semt1tinglory;fitr ! o a ~
    1 1'4 Vl:n
    Let them cry out joyfully on their beds," 1\.scCl
    :l
    1's 9G.4
    "Letthe songsextolh~gGode be in their throatv a?+a
    ! 20
    And a hvo-edged sward" be in their hand,y )'kr::ihn
    ;To execute vengeance= upon the nations,z
    E!:; .+i2j
    Reproofs upon the national groups,"
    01'.
    J:O* 4.1::
    19 ;d
    a See Psalm 104: 35, faotnotcs a, b. $31, ga-kiil'; LX;ITlrg,"ec.rle4r.8

    149

    ]by

    Maker.'' The Hebrcrr pnrhciple of t hc rerh ''hrnke'"


    is in the plural n m b e r of excellency and grandeur. OF,"wit.h
    glor~-!' "God." U,EI.
    si.aUc "Grand

    PSALMS 149:8-150 :6

    399

    T o blnd their kings with shackIesn


    "j;;:,":?,;,"

    And their glorified" ones with fetters of

    CPr 8 : l T
    AT'*

    Z:I~
    19.20

    CCe 9:15
    J ~ d 15
    c

    *:cnurn:!

    iron,*

    * To execute upon them the judicial decision


    written.'
    That splendor belongs t o all his men of

    I!<. 17: I4
    I?', ??..I

    loving-kindness.'
    Pralse 3ah: sou p e ~ p l c ! ~
    Praise Jah, YOU peopleIb'
    fi
    m:'~:h .' 8.8
    PI-aise Godf in his sanctuary.'
    I'r
    m
    9
    l ~
    PS I l G . l B
    Praise him In the expanse of his strength."
    p4 1:<1'2
    1
    Praise him f o r his works of rnightiness,n
    1 9I
    !) 1
    I:/.@ I 2.2
    Pralse him according to the abundance of
    I'm 1?:3
    I I J ' . ~ 147'11
    his greatness.'
    15.2
    nPral~e
    him with the blo~vhgof t h e horn.as
    I
    1 % FIL: 1
    Praise him with the stringed instrument
    1% I i>:3
    J P .'V!:lE
    ~
    and the harp.t
    R l C h 15:2R
    IYq nh fi
    Praise
    him with the tarnbourineu and the circle
    tl'., 1w:2
    t l I < X I '1:20
    dance.'
    $'l'.$ I i',J.:i
    y 1 % 9:::)
    P
    r
    ~ i ~him
    e with stringsy and the flute.ez
    7.,!1>1) :9~:31
    -1c.1~1;:
    fi P r ~ i ~
    liim
    e
    with the cymbals of melodious
    -.!.C;:l G ?
    Lt'.: 1(r3:22
    sound.'
    P s Mrb:l0
    Praise him with the clashlng cymbal^.^
    H~'T~,I~(
    f
    "11.'7
    Every
    breathing" thingi-let it praise Jah.GA
    .
    crlq 1 1 2 : ~
    Praise
    Jah, YOU people!b+
    ttt. I:I:R
    TI'*

    1:

    a:@

    c 1'- l l . ~ : t
    '" 113"
    u:lk

    I?l.

    1'1.

    Or, "d'rfitin~rished.''b SPP Pmltn 104 : 35. footnotes a. h, "Clod."


    t~
    thing:'
    ]I, EL d Or, "abo'p?lfir," Ll. Or,"pipe!" F " E v ~111.eathig
    LitcraElg, "nil t l l r ~ l~r~ntll,"3i. Gi)r~~>we
    QCIIPS~S 2 : 7. g Xuh, 31.
    Sc%eP u n h HS : 4, f o o t ~ ~ n tn;
    v Psntn 41 : 13, footnote c.
    a

    401

    to be just one bag belonging


    of
    us"ay
    m
    "
    '
    son, da not go in the way0
    P i 13:26
    2coij 17 with fhem.t Hold back your foot from their
    uI'sll!l IOf
    ~ O R ~ W O I l~a .Far
    "
    their feet am these that run
    I
    :
    vrr ,\:~6
    $runp,:7 to sheer badnessv and they keep h a s t e n ~ gto
    1..::;1,'3!,::1shed bEood.:u For the net is spread simply for
    ~

    PROVERBS

    4:x
    The proverbsa' of Sol'o.mons the son of Da. *fKI
    Ec r2:II
    12:24
    via, the king of Israel," for one to know WMStn12:4'1
    wisdom and dis~ipline,~
    to discern the sayings of AP';'I'I
    l K 1 2:12
    9:Tti
    understanding: to receive the discipline that .Itch t.:::7
    *Ill>,l:b
    gives insight,+ righteousness and judgment and et'r 3!:1
    X:IO
    uprightness,"' t o give t o the inexperienced ones d ;'Iq
    lICi 3 : 3
    J
    'r
    shre~~~dness,'
    to a young man knotvledgc and .,I r w2.:!
    514
    .Is1 :.7:22
    thinking abilily-k
    I'r 15:s
    ::~i
    5 A wise person will listen and take in more kr1r
    1-'T3:21
    i n ~ f m c t i o n ,and
    ~ a man of understanding Is ~ n i ' r
    lL"0 !fl:15
    I SIL z?!i:33
    the one who acquires skillful direction," t o 411'7
    understand a proverb and a puzzling saying,]' rllt\l>1 6:':b2 3
    12:11
    the words of wise personss and their ridd1es.t P1:;a
    I h u 12:s
    Jk! l-l:Y%
    7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of 11,7171> 3 : P S
    1's 1.1 l:A(.l
    knowledge." Wisdom and discipline are ~vhat 1't
    9 : 10
    v
    t'r 5 : 1 2
    mere fools have despised.'
    Pr In::
    co 1 ::<s
    8 Listen, my son, to t h e discipline of your II?
    :.I,
    12:D
    father,Y and do not forsake the law of your C1l lIrc h20120
    mother.cz T o r they are a wreath of attractive- ~ 5 t Ih!]:!
    .I.XG
    ness t o your head* and a fine necklace to your r;4!
    2 t r 1:5
    'J'b'
    throat."
    I ' t ' t '2.0
    10 M y son, if sirmersVtry to seduce you, do L?r~Fi:j:n
    [ ~ I I3:ln
    3:4
    not consent.* If they keep saying: "Do go with Ii13c
    c 3'1:i
    us. Do let us lie in ambush for blood.Qo let us
    lie in concealment far the innocent men zvlthout ef;r*;.:k
    any muse.' Let us swaEIorv them down alive'
    '
    just like She'01,~'even n.hole, Iike those going
    ;:
    down into a p i t t Let US find all sorts of pre- wnwu
    3; 11n
    cious v d ~ a b l e s .Let
    ~ us fill our houses with *f::
    spoil." I-" Your Iot you ought to cast in among1 nJg
    k i \ R 51JO
    "13

    T;?;

    a Or, 6cpro~~rbial
    utterancq" as at

    Wy, a!~i.~ct'; LXT, '*HnJdes7';Tg,


    lKXl

    Sumhcn 23: 7.

    ir~.fer'?t~13~

    If, shnfif;

    PROVERBS 1:15-27'

    14

    ~us,aLet~there
    i come
    l ~

    to

    nothing before the eyes of anything owning


    So they themselves lie in ambush for
    *I:%
    PU 7 13
    1>.crrt?3 theveryblood ofthese;"they Iieinconcealment
    u'?:
    1G
    1'7 i
    17 for their sou 1s.~" I!' Thus are the paths of everya2Sn IF11
    x r :l :!o one makil~jiunjust profit." It takes away the
    :
    ti:&very soul of its otlr~ners.~
    I:r* 5 I :I
    20 True wisdom itselfb keeps crying aloud in
    1t:o ?:li
    the very stwet.' In the public squares j t keeps
    ,,,,
    ,:,
    giving forth its voice.""t
    the upper end of
    the noisy streetso it calls out.' At the entrances
    A C F I :8.37
    .rl>lr
    +!~>
    a ~ o ~h K : Z O of the gates into the city it says its own say<\I2 w n
    ~ ~ will wou inexperienced ones
    I
    1 s ings;" 3 " ' Hlong
    h t t !'1"(7
    L,I 1!1.:~2kcep loving inexperience,lc and must you ridi1I1'P I +.I*
    culers desire for yourselves outright
    and wjll you stupid ones keep hating knowl,i];"&T4f
    I'r3f1 1
    edge?" "' Turn back at my reproaf,TThen to YOU
    tl.;ll ? ' I5
    LLL
    iill:* I n?ll cause my spirit t o bubble
    I will
    11.1(-r?I:M
    Because I
    J n l ~r3,m mnke m y words knorrn t o
    YLvrl ft?:I2
    have c ~ l l e dout but YOU keep refusing,v I have
    L
    2.5
    y l w 07.2
    stretched out my hand but there is no one pay.a:'L7h :m.tQ
    I:
    ng attention,Y :"and YOU keep neglecting all my
    , ,
    cot~nsel,:z
    and my reproof sou have not a c
    *I'H 211 I1
    also, for my part, shall laugh at
    ' I > ? 3-74 13 cepted,'
    ?
    J
    :
    1.1
    roun
    awn
    disaster:
    I shdl mock when what
    - 1 83 +.lo
    YOU dread comes," 2' when what you dread"
    1 ' 3 ti!* 2.4
    1,u :1 2G
    comes just like a storm,* and YOUR own disaster
    I
    7
    Urr 1 3
    gets here just likeastomivind,'~vhendist~ss3
    rl,,Ra

    *)

    :.:$

    ,,,,

    ,,

    Or, "lia~s,l' 11, ~ l t p f i ' ~ b A(in plum! number); Tg, a')ti.?afi


    Or,
    b ' l l ~ ~ # r l f , "H
    t he~b r ~ wtvorcl for "Risdnm" heing in the f e m l n e p n clcr. Or, by n correction, "Ut1 top of thc s n l l ~ , "to n-e
    with ILLY.

    PROVERBS 1:28-2 :9

    403

    402

    and hard times come upon YOU." %%At that time y


    A 2;g
    they will keep calling me but I shall not answer,'&
    ;
    ;
    ,
    they will keep looking for meu but they will not
    find me,m ?"for the reason that they hated s3;*;s:k& a : ~ s
    knowledge,s and the fear of Jehovah they did lm2Cll36:16
    I rPs 50.17
    not choose." 8D They did not consent to my caun- ,,$t",Ei?10
    s ~ l they
    ; ~ disrespected all m y r e p r ~ s f . ~So they
    ~villeat from the fruitwebof their wray,' and ;:;?2i,?j
    they will be filled full from their own c a ~ n s e l s . ~ ~
    $;,5,:,2
    ;For the apostasy af the inexperienced ones Is Ga 6:Y
    ttIsn 8:lU
    \ v h ~ will
    t
    kill
    and the easygoinpless of
    the st~tpldis what will destroy thern.r
    As dJns~5:52 ~ ; : ~
    for the one listening t o me, he will redde In YJPF
    XI% 25
    4 12
    ~11
    securityarand be undisturbed from dread of , ~ ; $ ~ ; ~ 8

    PROVERBS 2 :10-3 :2

    understand righteousness and judgment and up'FA%%


    Lu 13.34 rightness, the entire course of what is good.'
    nPa11:).111

    1.0 When wisdom enters into your hearty and


    knowledge itself becomes pleasant t o your very
    soul,& thinking ability itself will keep guard
    Y:;;:I T H:13
    $2;11' r aver you,"scenlmen t itself 1\111 safeguard
    YOLI,* IZ
    to deliver you from the bad way,* from
    the
    man
    speaking perverse things,' !"from those
    Y;k;J I ;41$: leaving the
    paths of uprightness to walk in the
    C].'. 9.13
    ~r.i:q;i~:~a mays of darhess,'" l 1 from those who are re11:n 1R:B
    joicing in doing bad,k who are joyful iu the perI , :
    I,u 21'.7
    verse things of baciness;n those whose paths
    ,
    l ~ ? ; ~ : , : i R are crooked and who are devious in their gen;;::, eral course;r to deliver you from the strange
    LU 21.3
    w~ornara;~ from. t h e foreign woman who has
    calarnit y."*
    r1 . : ~-i
    ZPe 2:9
    t 18r7 I
    made her oivn sayings srn~oth,~
    " who js leavEPr 4:1
    My son,if you will receive my sayingsnand A r j r 6.6
    I'P 2? n
    ing
    the
    confidential
    friend
    of
    her
    youthu and
    ulnr5:ls
    Jqrb 3 1 2
    treasure up my own cclmmandments with 0 3 : ~13.9
    J f r 3..;
    who has forgotten the very covenant of her
    vI,8r
    ,,;:so
    yourself? 'so as t o pay attention to avisdarn iTL:'3:"1:
    ~ r n 1 2 u 1 . ' God.v ' T o r down to death her house does sink
    yr'c 5: 1
    with your ear,#that you may Incline your heart"';;
    :$i5
    snd down t o those impotent in death" her
    ,
    to disc~rnrnent:~*if, moreover, you call out for *5;:::;4
    t ~ ~ ~ c kNone
    s . ~ of those having relntians with
    ml*:rp
    I I[>.7I:I, = f Ii
    understanding itselfQ and you give i o ~ t hyour
    *
    ;
    ;
    ?
    i
    ;
    o
    * r ; t . 4 : ~ her will come back,= nor will they regain the
    voke for discernment itself,"' if you Iccep seek- ~ : r~;:s
    11*lt:I
    1.12
    Tho purpose is that yaw
    o i ; ~i19,ea paths of those living.' '"
    ing for It as for silver,- and as for hid treasures CIS3.10 11
    k : ~ 2t.m
    b
    may
    walk
    in
    the
    way
    of
    good people:' and that
    i r :
    you keep searching for it,k jn that case you ,?:,':isa'lpr l3,20
    the
    paths
    of
    the
    righteous:
    ones you may keep."
    ,
    ~ v i l lunderstand the fear of J e h ~ v a h and
    , ~ you ~ ~ ~ j ~ L 4 ,
    For the upright are the ones that wilI reside
    7f<th.;':,;;12
    trlilt find t h e very knowledge of God."' a For rp;P;z
    in the eart11,"d
    the blameless are the ones
    ' 11%
    r,ii
    1
    Jehovah himself gives wisdom;" out of his c&y&;d
    that
    will
    be
    left
    over
    in it.+ '= As regards the
    Q{,$~;:;o
    mourh there are knorvledge and disce~mrnent~t
    flF&$II$g
    wicked,
    they
    will be cut off h o r n the very
    j;;y35
    h d for the upright ones he will treasure up ,F&i7
    and as for the treacherous, they will be
    art :.;,.ln
    2%I\.Z
    practical wisdom;" for those walklng in integrity
    f om away f ram !it., .
    r3<119.159
    he js a shield,v "by
    observing the paths of judg- f:2;lJl
    I i~.i:C
    My son, m y lawD do not forget," and my
    B l c ~ r1 !O
    ment,y and he will guard the very way of his V:;b,l?B
    commandments may your heart observe,k
    I
    BII,..I:S
    ljr 9.11
    men of loving-kindness.bz " In that case you will
    because length of days and years of lifen and
    17
    21
    'LQod.'931, Elbo.kimP. "His rnen of Iovlnplrindncs~,"tho margin of
    a "'rlhow impotent i n death." Af, 9repkcr.itn'; L X X , L'Hnrdeawith the
    11, nn .rulqlnrf~rlby L X m g S y T . "I-Iis 111rulo f loving-ltit~dness,'~
    31,
    cnrlllborn oncw" ; Tg, in'f e.rt; T, "'the giants [gib.bo.rui'ic4 1."
    P

    Col :I Ifi
    1?
    a;: ~ ~
    1,:ph ,LIB
    w,. 10
    $

    $::zg

    zz

    :;

    VL>,*

    -- ,

    PROVERBS 3:3-15

    404

    PROVERBS 3 :16.28

    405

    peace will be addeda t o yyou.Fa May loving- FRO


    ZIsa 15:13
    10:s
    kindnessm and d e n e s s c themselves not leave s"p","d?;O
    you." Tie them about your thr0at.t Write them
    ;vay;y
    upon the tableP of your heart," ' and so find rpr.z:
    1
    u2C0 3 3
    favoPy and goadinsight in theeyesof (;odd and I:'eb ~.U:IB
    L r ~2.5%
    of earthling manes Trust fn Jehovah with all rI-JOS
    1'7
    your heartz and da not lean upon your own un- @FtO
    derstanding,' a In all your wnys talce notice of $.:;d!i
    l ~ i r n ,find
    ~ he himself will make your paths $
    ;:!

    delights of yours cannot be made equal to it,


    l6 Length of days is in its rightE hand;' in its
    s2c0
    l e l 3B:IO
    :la
    N P S ~ : ~left hand there are riches and glory.Em'IIts
    *ZU l:79
    ways are ways o f pleasantness,' and all its roadPIIP 4.9
    C l s n 9:6
    ways are peace.2* It is a treec of life t o those
    TI?^ 7::
    taking hold of jt,k and these keeping fast hoId
    kGe 9:9
    of it are to be called happy."
    nT;t%:f
    19 Jehovah himself in wisdom founded the
    ;!~Pr5:1 earth.'
    We solidly fixed the heavens In discernJer 51:E
    straight."
    PIID 4 %
    tc;e
    $2
    rnent.fl
    :
    " B y his knowledge the surging watersb
    CP t : 1 1
    7 Do not become \vise In your own eyes.O LPS 2s !I
    P P I M : ~ themselves were split apart,' and the doudy
    I P e 3.5
    Fear Jehovah and turn away from bad: BMay 1,,:,,21
    light rain.' My son,
    .c;, z;:m skies keep dripping d o ~ m
    it become a healing t o your navel" and a re- .z,"2;,25
    may
    they
    not
    act
    away
    from
    your eyes.'' Safe,D,?izs
    PC 34:14
    FS
    14 27
    freshrnentt to your bones,'
    guard
    practic~l
    wisdom
    and
    thinking
    ability, y
    g2iFl,
    9 Honor Jehovah with your valuable things" F,E;"
    ?lD@32:46
    PC 2 : ~ 32 and they will prove to be life t o your soulcs
    and with the first fruits of a11 your praduce,k 8$;;:50
    Z P T . ~ : ? ~ and charm to your throat.' 23 In that case y'ou
    'Pr 1:9
    "'Then your stores of supply will be filled with
    E P ~ X : B will walk in security an your wvay,' and even
    plenty,'"and with new wine your own press vats ka$",a;Ce;9 :n:x
    your foot will not strike against anything?
    31nl 3 , I U
    Pr 4319
    will overflew,Kr
    rNu 1h:12
    ?4 Whenever you Be down you will feel no dread,O
    ,,,
    11 The discipline of Jehovah, 0 my son, do S1"c","?i?2g
    and
    you will certainly lie down and your sleep
    ;
    not reject,s and do not be disgusted with his re- , ~ $ j ~ ~ ;Eze51:15
    will
    certainly be pleasurable.' 2r1 You will not
    ~
    +?s 1 x : 2
    pmof,t l a because the one wt~ornJehovah loves ,Bi",\~f~
    ~ e 31:26
    r
    need
    to be afraid of any sudden dreadful thing?
    SPs 27:l
    he
    even as a father does a son in
    nor of the srom upon the tvicked ones, because
    Isas:=
    ~pgV;,;.~~
    Da 3 2 7
    whom he finds p1easure.v
    Z P r 14 21
    it is C O ~ ~ R R 2.c *For Jehovah himself mlli prove
    J O 1~4:1
    11-aio:ar
    *Ps7319 to he, in effect, your confidence,"" ~ n he
    13 Rappp is the manh that h ~ found
    s
    wis- ;; ii;,
    d will
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    ,
    Lrr21:23 certainly lccep your foot against c8pture.I~
    dom,Y and the manh that gets discernment,"
    *P5
    91;lQ
    " for the gaining of it is better than the gaining ~ prm ; li o$ 23
    27 DOnot hold back good from those t o whom
    ;
    of silver"and the produce of kt even than gold.i' *$$$&&
    itis~~t~ing,~*~~~henithagpenstobeInthe
    n,ap4:17
    po133
    '" ItJIs mere precious than corals," and all other Trik:j
    of your hand t o do [it].r ?' Do not say to your
    hItc2:_1
    fellowe rnm: t ' G ~and come back and tomorrow
    a "ITiIl ba nclded." Literally, "they will r~rld," 31; the pronoun
    clsa 3:3
    they'' helnl: iiusculins, not fernininn like "lnn" and "~tnmsrtdI
    shall give," when there is something with you."
    nE;;i;

    .:

    *1T14:8
    a ~ s 9:zo
    a

    ..,,:,

    Ce2;t!la

    :Y;z4

    bz%&
    ,,:,

    a~mts"al' vcr.gr! 1, mid hcnce r(fcrlaing to nn illdefinite suhjrcl.


    b Or, "loynl 10vp.l'
    01,'itruth.'' ;It, ma.' th'. d "God." 31, BI-o.Trim'.

    * "Knrtl~liugri~an."N, o-dnm'. 1 Or, "nioi~tening."This word is


    mntlered "rlririk" in Psalm 102: 9. SL~trmlly,'.break forth," 31,
    h ''Jl~in.'' b1, a.danr< 4 gold.'' 31, hka.rl118'. f Or, "She," referrir~g
    to wisrlom,

    ,$:z&
    -

    "

    Or, "honor." ('Surging wnkrs." 31. 6~ho.mdfA'. Compnr~Gene&


    7: 11,footnote b; PsnEill 33: 7, footnote d ; Ysnlm $2: 7,footnotc f.
    * 'cSoul.FJ31, nepk'~slr; LS.X, ps!l.ci~2'; Yg, a'r#i.rrrat. d "13c in 'our
    confidence," 11; "he on all your ways," E,XX. e"Thasc to whom it
    i s owing." Literally, " i t s clwnew." If,bea-rim' (thr plural of ba"a1).

    PROVERBS 3 :29-4 :9

    DOnot fabricate against your fello~vman any-'

    t b h g bad,' when he is d~vellingi n a sense of

    security with youWU


    SoDo not quarrel with a
    manmwithout cause," if he has rendered no bad
    t o you,r'

    tP5 58:3
    Pr B:lS
    Pr 16:19
    UPS

    .5:m

    Ps 55:20

    v P r 17:14
    P r 25:s
    ~-2.r1
    2 124
    ips 37:l

    23:11
    31 Do not become envious of the manbaf Pr
    Ec 5:s
    'Pr
    vlolence,~nor choose any of his ways.' "For c p s 1:lJ
    lS.26
    the devious permn is a detestable thing to Jeho- Pi-17115
    Lu 16:15
    vah,' but His intimacy is with the upright onesP L P s 2534
    hIt 31:25
    The curse of Jehovah is on the house of the >It
    l3:ll
    JRB-1:s
    wicked
    but the abiding place of the right- OISc 28:15
    724
    eous ones he blesses.' 94 If it has to do with Jos
    ZPC 5:3
    28:2
    r l d l ~ u l e r s ,he
    ~ himself will deride,' but to Zhe *Dr:
    ISa 6:11
    Fa
    meek ones he will show favor." a W ~ n ~ P
    isL:I>&
    O37:12
    O
    3:s
    what the !vise ones will come t o possess,k but G P ~i:n
    "PR1X:6
    the stupid ones are exalting dishon0r.n
    Pr 1 4 : 3
    *ha 5725
    4:6
    Listen, 0 sons, to the discipline of a fatherr Jas
    IPe 5:J
    B
    1%
    2:30
    and pay attention, so as to knomunderstand- !IPS132:18
    ingbRT o r good instruction is what I certainly rFs
    3431
    19:20
    shall give to u0u.t My law DO not LEAVE." For 8Pr
    Pr 23:23
    Heb
    I proved t o be a real son to my father, tender tDu 3 2?:l
    2
    Joh $:16
    and the only one before my m o t h e r . ~ And he ulCh
    23:9
    2Ch'i:lg
    wortld instruct mez and say t o me: "May your YlKI
    1:13
    12:25
    heart keep fast hold of my words,"' Keep my CFr
    zPr 2 2 6
    con~rnandmentsand continue livin~." Acquire *De 4:9
    Ps 119:ll
    tvisdorn," acquire ~nderstanding.~
    Do not forget oLe
    IR:5
    12:M
    and do not turn aside from the sayings of my Adoh
    P r 2:2
    Jas 317
    mouth,' 9 0 not leave i t d and It will keep you? e r r 9:in
    .w:a
    Love it-d
    it will safeguard you.' ltrisdam Is ."Ch
    Fs 4Q:lS
    G T r 2:lO
    the prime thing." Acquire wisdom, and with a11 ~ 2 T h?:lo
    722
    that you acquire, acquire understanding.k =Ec
    L u 10 :42
    I"hp
    3:s
    WHlghly esteem it and it will exalt you." It will ki's 432XJ
    t~ 1Sa 2 :30
    glorify you because you embrace it.^ To your ~ l l i 3:13
    i
    n '*MIIII." M,n.danap. b " A f ~ n . 'N,
    ~ ish. 0 Qr, fiQlo~y.lj
    d 01;*flzor,"

    head it will give a wreath of charm;' a mtvn


    of beauty i t will bestow upon you."l
    1
    II.TW
    P r 16~31
    9 : ~
    11-11 9 13
    10 Hear, my son, and accept my saying^.^
    1~11c5:lG
    J'P 3 2
    Then for you the years of life will become
    y1>it 1\,5
    manymay1" will instr~tctyou even 3n the way
    ,J,~I, ,;.is
    z p u 2:1:3
    of wisdom;^ I will cause you t o tread in the
    p,,:,
    a:'<,,
    ;:z.
    tracks
    of uprightness.= When you walk, your
    ,.,
    61'rB.-'n
    pace
    will
    not be cramped;' and if you run, you
    Jot\ 11:5
    ar.r 2:i.g~ ryill not stumble.> Take 11old QII discipline;"
    tl;c J.',.'U
    *111.:1. :.I7
    do not let g0.h: Safeguard it,' lor it itself is
    t:r S 12
    your life.'
    a-1,~ I : !
    I t - 0 1?!:33
    14 Into the path of the wicked ones do not
    ,,,,. ,,,
    at1rn:s 23.7
    enterm
    and do not walk s t r ~ i g hon
    t into the way
    ,tr.;n xi:ta
    1
    ~ of the
    1 bad ones.* Shun It,' do not pass along by
    ?i!'r 7.9
    f1.2a It,k turn aside from it and pass ~Iong."I" For
    r l h 3i7.4
    and
    Irrt:t;mm they do not sleep ~ullessthey clo l>rtdne~s,~
    r l i l r 2:l
    their sleep has been snatched awns unless they
    2 . 4
    tL:L%!,';', cause someone to stumble." " For they have fed
    ,~
    ! : ; themselves with the bread of w i ~ l e d n e s s and
    the
    wine:
    of
    acts
    of
    violence
    is
    W
    I
    I
    R
    ~
    they
    drink."
    v.'stl .','<:I
    1
    5 . 1
    l Y But the path of the righteous ones is like t h e
    1 t!O t:!:12
    nPF1:g
    1Po 3:4

    bright light: that is getting lighter and lighter


    until the dayE is firmly e ~ t a b l i s h e d , ~"The way
    ylSn '? $1
    of
    t h e wicked ones is like the darkness;? they
    I>:&!iwl
    not known at what they keep s t ~ m b l i n g . ~
    "Jj;';;,'j?"ave
    3
    20
    My son, t o my words do pay attention.'
    'r'l.
    B I ~5 ~-.I
    t.I )
    @l's76 1
    To
    my
    sayings incline your ear.n " May they not
    15r1:>5:3
    h f r .?:>I
    get away from your eyes." ICeep them in the
    0 I'q 40%
    midst of your heart.:
    For they are life to
    2.1
    * l h r4 .I
    BPr ~ . ' : ~ athose finding them' and health t o all their
    flesh.Ce More than all else that is to be guarded,
    *1JC 4 .
    safeguard your h e e ' FOP out of it are the
    sources
    of life.* =' Remove from yourself t h e
    'ci: T2;:3
    1 :1g

    c1:r 11:7

    , , , ,#

    n-d!rn.i~~g
    to ~visdorn.

    ,;:,

    Or, "iind they [thnt is, the srtyinp oaf minc] \\-ill hccoule mRng

    f o ~yo11 d t ~ r i n gthe gears of

    life.1' b Or, "do not let [it] nlone."

    Or, "her," referring to wisdom,

    PROVERBS 4 :25-5 :13

    408

    409

    crookedness of
    and the deviousness of bEzC 18:3t
    4:22
    lips put far away from yourse1f.n As for your Epb
    .kIs 1:21
    r~I'r 8 : s
    eyes, straight ahead they should Imk,r yes, your 3'1'1 G , 5
    n b 31:I
    own beaming eyes should gaze straight in f ronrt rbJ
    1". 11%s7
    nr1- 2:q.s
    of
    2' Smooth out the course of your footlq
    M I E:?.?
    and may all your o ~ mways be firmly estab- t I'c 1 1 :1:55
    I j ~ h e d a1
    . ~Do not incline t o the right hand or t o );)I I 5:15
    the 1eft.v Remove your foot from ~vhatis bad.r II I -. irj::?
    M y son, t o my wisdom 0 do p&yattentfonns
    To my discernment incline yaur e m , ' 9 0
    as t o guard thinking a b i l i t i e ~ and
    , ~ may your
    otvn lips safeguard knowledge itselfTA
    :I For as a
    honeycomb t h e lips of a strange woman keep
    dripping,( and her palate is smoother than oil.'
    But t h e aftereffect from her is as bitter as
    w o r m w ~ 3 dit; ~is as sharp ms a two-edged sword.'
    Her feet are des.cending to death." Her very ; ,'&2;,:;
    steps take hold on She'olb itse1l.l he path of
    life she does not conternplate.1' Her tracks have e;,;:jl; 17r ( : I r
    wandered she does not know [where] .t' So " IJlrl,
    sr
    12:26
    I ' V >:I
    now, O sons, listen to me$ and do not turn away ~lrrr
    4116
    from the sayings of my mouth,t "eep your way
    far off from alongside her," and do not get near y:?;,:?;
    to the entrance of her house,v " that you may
    $;;y
    not give to others your dignity,cr nor your years r-1)r
    6::1
    to what is cruel;z lo that strangers may not take f.!ub;i;?m
    their fill of your power,* nor the things you got nl'r
    -IXII 31
    2.11;
    ,A
    by pain be in the house of a foreign~r,~"nor I<[> t;":*
    21
    you have t o groan in your future* when yourd;;;;+:K;
    5 5
    flesh and your organism come to an end. I U n d I('.
    3lc 2l.H
    you will have t o say: "How I have hated dis- *la
    rjrl:~?
    cipline' and my heart has disrespected even re* .I,III 7 : 11
    proof '%d I have not listened to the vo-Ice of
    my instructors," and to my teachers I have not .yl;,11344b1$0

    ;{:>?:\
    .,rfi;;:';

    '""

    %far

    +<::TI

    PROVERBS 5: 1 6 6 :3

    my ear." Easfly I have csme to be in


    "'1"&"i!B inclined
    every sort af badness In the midst of the con-

    ~ g gregation
    ~ g and of

    the
    15 Drink water out of your OWTI cistern, and
    1 c o 35:33
    trick3ings out of the midst of yaur o~vn
    Jude 8
    lG Should yoursprlngs be scattered out of doors,'
    your
    streams of water in the public squares
    ,F;b,:3,:4 themselves?
    l7 Let them prove t o be for you
    t l K l 41 1 ::l ~
    LICR
    alone,
    and
    not
    for strangers with yeuqtl8 Let
    I1
    CO~ 7:2
    75
    0
    cIsal9:25 your wafer source prove to be blessedFu and
    rEc 9:9
    hrnl 2:14 rejoice with the wife of your youthflv'Q lovable
    hind and a charming mountain g08t.y Let her
    ~~:~~ own breasts intoxicate you at dl times.= With
    zcfi 4:s
    ~ ~ 7 : sher love may you be in an ecstasy c~nstantly.'
    ' G e 24:W
    G S 26:8
    SO why should you, my son, be in an ecstasy
    G c 29:lB
    with a strange woman or embrace the bosom
    cPr2:16
    w o r n ~ n ?"For
    ~
    the ways of mana
    t ~ ~ ~ ~of ~ a: foreign
    " g
    are
    in
    front
    of
    the
    eyes
    of
    Jehovah,"
    and he is
    :;b,F;21 contemplating all his tracksag His own
    errors
    j ~ ;i;;!
    1 1 0 7 : ~ will catch thc wickcd one,2'+
    and
    In
    the
    ropes
    of
    OPg 17:9
    He will
    ser 16:17 his own sin he will be taken hold of."
    be t h e one to die because there Is no discipline,"
    "$: ! : ;+
    and [because] in the abundance of his foolishness he goes astraymc*
    CICO
    e i : 25:9
    6
    E!Jk 5:5
    My son, if you have gene surety for your
    Fret, 1 3 4
    %:I2
    iellow man.* [HI you have given your
    FY 10.T1
    *PS s1.n
    handshake even to the stranger," * [if ] you have
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    ,
    2Pp"15
    been ensnared by the s~yingsof yaur mouth,
    XGe 4 3 9
    [if ] you have been caught hy the sayings of
    ~Proz0:16
    173
    b
    your
    mouth,^ take this action then, my son,and
    npr
    sPr 18.7
    2 2 : ~ ~
    tzsa 2 4 ~ 4deliver yourself, for you have come into the palm
    of your fellow
    Go humble yourselfc~uand
    I;YU 23.2
    "Jer6:IB

    ICOI~B

    ..

    =.l<j:i

    a"Mau." ;r;C, ish, b Or, " ~ f i t ~hint


    h with tlla wiokcd one;' 31. Or,
    "and in the abnnd~nceof his foolishnas~ho w
    ill he s~rcptamp:
    by n correction. of >I t o ngrec witti LSX, n+hicB rends "be deslro~ed"d Or, more lilernllj-, "stnltip yot1l7j~lfrlown," 31.

    411

    ;z$i34

    storm your feuom man with fmport~nities.~


    Do not give any deep to your eyes, nor any
    slumber to your beaming eyes.v 'Deliver your- *.rob
    iBr-I
    I::T
    17
    self like a gazelle from the hand and like a bird lmI :.r
    %It a::.&
    from the hand of the birdcatcher.*
    r1.r I[> ro
    6 Go t o the ant,' you lazy one;' see Its ways I ~ ~
    and become wise. TAlthough it has no corn- 21:; ;ly>2
    mander, oflceer or ruler, it pippares its road ;;;Pf;jL!

    sending forth contentions between brothers.%


    crm 4 9 : ~ 20 Observe, 0 my son, the commandment3
    CP=IC~I
    of your fafherYGk
    ~tnddo net forsake the law of
    lc De 2716
    your mother." 1' Tie themRupon your heart a n n P r 1:a
    stantly;r bind thems upon your throat." '= When
    ~
    !
    ~
    YOU walk about, ith will l e ~ d
    you;l when you lie
    ~ ~4 3 3 . 3
    LPS
    mp=2:11 down, i t b will stand g u ~ r d
    over you,m and when
    you have waked up, it1)itseIf will make you its
    :
    concernmL1
    g3 For the commandment is a larnpIov
    ;g$9:2f05
    Iqa 8.20 rand a light the law is,,' and the reproofs of dis2Pe 1:19
    t o guard you
    y ~ s 1 9 : s 'cipline are the way of life,"
    Ps 119.98
    against the bad ~vornm,~'ag~inst
    the smooth=pi-4:13
    ness of the tongue of the foreign woman." Do
    not desire her prettiness in your heart,Aand
    tP'2:16
    PT 7 . 3
    may she not take yo11 with her Iustrous eyes,O
    ?%because 5n behalf of a woman prostitute [one
    eJIL
    s a5:'s113
    J a s l : l ~ comes down] to a round loaf of bread;' llut as
    "Ei$iy regards another man's wife, she hunts even f o r
    +Pr 29:3
    a precious saul.dm Can R man rake together
    Lu
    yet his very garments
    ECe 3924 fire3 into his bosom-and
    "Pr26:20
    Eze13:18 not be burned?" r H Or can
    man walk upon the
    xJoh 31:9
    $107 4
    coals
    and
    his
    feet
    themselves
    not be scorched?
    3L10 7:6
    kGe 1 2 : ~2%ike~vise with anyone having relations with
    &c 2Cl:IO
    -s, 11:q the wife of his fellow man,k no one touching her
    win m a i n unpunishaMe.n " People do not de3J
    ,
    ';
    !
    :,
    spise a thieP just because he commits thievery
    t2729:24
    n G e ?KT
    G C E : ~to
    ~ fill his SOUPI when he is hungry. "But, when
    , . ~ x 2 2 : ~found, he n.ill make it good with seven times as
    t$,"k2k6much; all the valuables of his l~ousehe will
    zPrm:20 give.= 32Anyone committing adulteryn with a
    cR189
    a
    2 ~223
    1
    3Jo 10

    rz,";63

    even in the ~urnrner;"~


    it has gathered its Sood ;;:$;I;;
    supplies; even in the harvest.@" How long, you r,.pm2j8!,
    lazy one, wiIl you keep lying down?"Vhcn will *I 2.1.: 1
    you rise up from your sleep?' A little more "f:; ,Z:i!
    sleep, a little more slumberingq a little more,,',3ki.f,
    folding of the hands: in lying down," and yourm1~,~,;;~
    poverty will cer-tainly come just like some n;.",:
    I V :>:12
    rolve~,"and your want like an armed man.fiu
    hlt I:? 24
    >o:m
    12 A good-for-nothing
    a manCof hurt,Ins :1:C
    f ~ l n e s s , ~is walking with crookedness of PI'+
    3s,1q
    speech,&"'"winking with his eye,r making signs ,::::?yj.y
    with his foot, making indications with his , ~ : ~ : ' , ~ ; ~ - O
    fingers. Perverseness is in his hearts He is $C:y;:y
    T ' r 21'C:?S
    2:~
    fabricating something bad all the tfrne.1 He u tcr
    I~:.IT
    keeps sending out merely contentions." That v I>.,
    ? u 73:19,
    is why suddenly there will come his dtsaster ;" I b r1.:';
    in an instant he wiIl be broken, and there will : ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ :
    y:;r;h
    M:l6
    be no hea1lng.Y
    IsTflF
    16 There are six things that Jehovah does :f:;;,:I
    hate,= yes, seven are things detestable to h i s &; i X f O
    6 0 ~ 1 : ' "lofty eyesYn a false toi~gue,~'-and cl'r:h:a
    L I ' ~ 5.t:
    hands that are shedding innocent blood,? I" a o;>~'z;l:;?~
    heart fabricating hurtful schemes,' feet that ~ r ;n ~;Isa : ~
    '1 :7
    we in a hurry to run to badness," l l ' a false aTcR
    ,?,, 6!!'3
    wltness that launches forth lies," and anyone 'F;E:E:A9

    PROVERBS 6 :20-32

    ?,

    cz:&g7

    ,\I.

    I#

    =%

    5fl

    [ i s l i ] of ehield," M. Or, "nn insolent man."


    " a man of &'ll.~l."
    31, n.dnnz' brli.ia"cit, 8 "Nrln."

    Literally, "a man


    b 3101~liter&?,

    31, i.qh.

    LitcraUy, urnoath," MI

    a "Them." The Hebrew pronoun 11~re


    18 in tlic! ~na~lcalinr
    gcnder and
    hence may not refer t o " c ~ o ~ i i r n n t l d i n ~ nnnrl
    t ~ ' "lnw" of veme 20,
    110th these words lleiag I P I I I ~ ~bat
    ~ I Iivny
    P , rder to the fnther's
    "sayings7 a mnsc~ilinpnForrl,pln~nl,nq in I'mv~rlrs4 : 10, 20. Or,
    "she," the Hebrew pronnnn Ilein~ f~ininine. *"Bnd won~nn,"
    3ITgiSpT ; "marri~d wontnr~" (xif c of a rompnwsn), La=.
    * 'kuE:' JI, w ~ p k ' ~ s 1 LAXI,
    1;
    p ~ ! ~ . c h i TR,
    ' ; nlrri.m!r.

    PROVERBS 7:13-26

    413

    woman is in want of heart;" he that does it is "p;g


    bringing his mvn sadh to minSt j3A plagued ~;i:!~
    and dishonor he win find,U and h f s rgroach3 rrm.1.12

    ; Jer3:z
    &

    EtC 26%
    *PP 2 ~ 2 8

    the public squares,' and near every corner she


    lies in wait.' l a And she has grabbed hold of him
    and given him a kiss.' She has put on a boEd face

    *Ge =:I2
    s u m and she begins to say to hirn:lc
    itself will not be blotted ouLV For the rage of c:! ~rlI::?
    4 : l
    Eze 16 33
    14 "CommuniansacriAces were incumbent;
    an able-bodied man is jealousply and he will not
    EF 2:10
    :LA
    show compassionc in the day of vengeance.# :3;1$:i
    upon me,n Tada y I have p ~ i cmy
    l vows."r lb
    That
    " He will have no consideration for any sort of :;+'
    iswhy Ihave comeout tomeet you, tolook for
    ransom,c neither will h e show willingness, no
    your face, that I may And you. With coverlets
    n
    p
    L
    c
    r$
    ;;
    Pr 2127 I have bedecked my divanla with many-colored
    rnaiter how large you make the presentBd'
    1(:II r): I
    r?Sa 1x7
    Nr 13'20
    things, linen of E ~ y p t . " ~ have besprinkled
    My son, keep my sayingsIuand may you :<..:l%G,,l
    ,
    ;~~;$24
    Do
    27:7 my bed with myrrh, nloes and cinnamon.u
    treasure up my awn commandments wit11
    let us drink our fill of love until the
    ''c{:%bcorne,
    you." Keep rny commandments and cont jnt~ez$,"n~;;:s
    I'
    -1~a"Il morning;" do let us enjoy each other with love
    living,* and my law like the pupil of your eyes. -. ;;.:::!r
    expressions. For the husband is not in his
    "Tei them upon your fingersc'and write them I<+ 1:;''
    d [ ! c 1 1 15
    house; he has gone traveling on a way of some
    upon the tablet of your heart." Say to wisdom: ' i>r
    10.14
    ~ 13334
    1 ~ distance? :' A bag of moneyn he has taken In his
    "You are my sister," and may you cnll under- :E;";!!
    hand. On the day of the full moon he will come
    standing itself "Kinswoman," to gitnrd you i;;15;-,?To
    to his house."
    ~ g n j n s tthe woman stranger,n against the for- +$;;,;?;:jl~
    21 She has misled hlm by the abundance of
    eiqner who has made her own sayings srnoo1:h.r
    ,
    :
    ,
    ,
    PS 12:2
    her persuasiveness,"y
    the snloathness of her
    T o r at the window2 of my house, through my ;:fi!,
    Pr 5.3
    P r 7 : ~ lips she seduces him," aW1l of a sudden he is
    ;;(;Y;/;l
    lattice I looked down,s that I might peer i~potiaLAr2:f
    +ZCo 113
    lT12:14 going after her," like a bull that comes even to
    the inexperienced 0nes.t I was intercated in dis- ?
    ,::;
    the slaughter, and just as if fetteredc" for the
    'f$&%227
    cerning among the sons a young man in want m!{n5g'7G
    of hear2,au passing dong on the street near I;;;;;: ;$
    ,t-i12? disciplia~eof a foolish man, :"until an arrow
    " ~ c : c r : ~cleaves open his liver," just as a birdz hastens
    her corner? and in t h e way to her house he r:;
    i::r
    marches,,' in t h e twilight, in the evening of the I i';;?~? I
    1EC 9:12
    : into the trap,+ and he has not known that it
    *Fr 9:za
    involves his very s0ul.a"
    day,a a t the approachC of the night and the $!?;El;,
    24 And now, 0 sons, listen t o me and pay
    eFr
    .J:I
    darkness.' 1And Iaok! there was a woman to ::;,':;:$
    P P 5:7
    attention
    to the sayings of my mouth." "May
    p,8:32
    meet him,' with the garment of R prostit~lte"L[i;g;y5
    '$F,%A4 your heart not turn aside to her ways.*Do not
    and cunningf of heart. I1
    She is boisterous and "f;;:?itL
    $2 wander into her roadways." ao For mmy are the
    stubbornn4In her house her feet do not keep ,[,";j:;;l
    ones she has caused to fall down alain,lc and all
    kfg$;i
    residing,' l2Now she is outdoors, now she is in "+,'[;y3
    liter all^; +%hesii~er,"M, Or, "with brr." Co~npare h n e s i s
    Or,"good motive." 31; Ieb. "Soul." 31, n ~ p k ' r s h ;ZXX,p~!l.rhP'j
    24: 5, $ 39. c"Fettered,'J by rt chanrr of vciwrl-pointing in 11~
    Tg, rr'>ai.g~rrr. Or, "destl-uction." Or, "stn>ke." '.Appron~bt~,"Iry
    I
    "na nnldet [or, fetter]," 31.
    Or, "life." 31, nryh'eslt; LXI,
    n *light correction in N ; "pupil (as of the eye)," or, "~rlidrllc," 31.
    8

    F:';:;:~

    ,,,

    "lore

    liter all^, "guarded," M.

    "

    psg-ck i'; Srg, a'ni-t~~a.

    PROVERBS 7:27-8 :15

    414

    415
    PROVERBS 8 :16-27
    those being killed by her are nwnerous.n The nXCo
    themselves keep reigningk and high officials
    r Pr 5:8
    I
    :r;fi::
    ways to She%laher house is;' they are descend1'. 72 1
    themselves keep decreeing righteousnes~.~
    "'y
    9;;:
    1 1.,11 :c:t
    ing to the interior rooms of death8
    15c 7:91{
    ~ I > r r f ; 0 : 1 7 me princes themselves keep ruling a s princes,'
    t l ' P I."'J
    ld:21
    Does not wisdom keep cdIIng out,t and clis- i; 7:;
    ,ldnh
    .\rr l.rr:w and nobles nre all j~rdging in righteousne~.~
    ':ID
    cernrnent keep giving forth its voice?" On v Ml'rt :lfl:'i7
    i
    . l 7 Those loving m 6 I myself 1ove.t and those
    looking for me are the ones that find me.
    top of the heights,' by the way, a t the crossing ~;;Y;
    :,;I
    '" Riches and gloryb are with me,' hereditary
    of the roadways it has stationed itse1f.r At the
    ;:iC
    ;~;,.iy,!~
    values and righteousness."~lPMy fruitage is
    side of the gates, at the mouth of the town,z at ~m
    ; . ~ r ~ . : :.17s
    c l ' ~7.2l~i: J2 s
    better than gold,^" even than refined gold, and
    IWI!:.~
    the going in of the entrances it keeps crying .%;
    %
    ::
    loudly:' ""To yew, 0 rnen,b I am calling, and
    :2:ii:!8 my produce than chdce silver.' In the path of
    my voice is to the sons of men."" 0 inexperi- :{:,'?:.!
    y~4~$::~ rJgh~ C O U S ~ ~I Sl ~S a l kin, ~the middle of the road+>1111 1 1 )
    to cause those loving me
    of judgment,'
    enced ones, understand shrewdness;" and you r?$f:{$,
    Fl,h ,B
    3
    to
    take
    possession
    of
    ~ubstance;~
    and their
    stupid ones, understand heart.
    Listen, for it i~r.
    1:>:75
    J l ~ 1l 1
    ~ f 1 1.14
    h
    s
    t
    o
    ~
    e
    h
    o
    ~
    s
    I
    e
    s
    keep
    filled.'
    is about the foremost things that I speak," and ;?A';':.!&
    #L'!)l 1.15
    ~ G , , I26
    the opening of my lips is about uprightness.@"!::!;::::
    22 "'Jehovah himself producedd me as the
    SIlc 5 2
    For my palate in low tones utters tmrtls itself,"1,;'T,21%{:
    of his rvay,a' the earliest of his
    I ~ J , , ~ I Ibeginning"
    ~
    and wickedness is something detestable t o my ,T;;,;;;;ii 1
    acllieve~nentsof long go.' a T r o r n time indeflips.#"11 the sayings of my mouth are in right- I:;,!;:;,
    inite I was installed,' from the start,f from
    !
    eousness.k Among them there is nothing twisted
    times earlier than the earth.k ?*When there
    JOII
    311111.13
    :I:I~
    rlpkr 1,s were no surging watersg I was brought forth as
    or cro0ked.n 1"
    of them are straight t o the 8;:;:
    tL>r?:-l
    1,Io .LL1
    discerning one,' and upright to the ones finding ,,:':%:"Ho
    with labor pains,jl when there were no springs
    r I
    1's Dl)::
    k n ~ w l d g e . "'TAKE
    ~
    my discipline and not sil- ?fi; :$,
    heavily charged with water. Before the mounRL;U 1.1
    v e r , h a d knowledge rather than choice gold." 1;:'
    tainst) thernsAves had been settled do\vn,T ahead
    .
    .'rl:'H
    For wisdom3 is better than corals," and a11
    of
    the hills,rl I was brought forth as with labor
    plbn 3
    other delights themselves cannot be made equal Y~;~.I,;~ r I IaI I . - , ~
    pains,
    ='l
    when as yet he had not made the eartha
    (1sn~~:X
    .I~rt,: f i : ~ a
    L S I ~ 53 !I
    1.- IS 1% and the open spaces ~ n the
    t o it?
    d first part of the
    'EY 31!:!
    1':. H.!11
    dust masses of the productive
    ?
    ' When
    12 "1, ~visdom,I have resided with shrewd- ,\!:!$ :j
    i I
    71.4; ;+:1
    nessz and I find even the knowledge of thinking ,:$t!::Y"
    he prepared the heavens"I was there;" when he
    ns:B
    abilities.*l 3 The fear of Jehovah means the hat- ,;!;y;j;
    clecreed a horizon upon the face of the surging
    ing of bad.= Self-exaltation and pride4 and the
    "llr.,"
    M m ~ r r r ~ V , x X T g S;~'-it
    T (hrr) &
    bI
    Or,
    . "honor." C 31,
    bad way and the perverse mouth I have hnted.55'~'r2:;
    hllfl.l.7lt~'.
    L'Pmdi~i*~d.'"
    31, qn.irnl~'.'bGrcntctl," LET ( ktiF:a), SyT
    (:\>I 1 15
    " I have
    and practical t~isdorn.~
    I-un- :., r 19:m
    (b'm l ; "pm~rwt~rl,"
    T ' p S ~ l e (Imlesiu 14:19, footnote f. e 11,
    derstancling;' I have mightiness." l5 By me kings,~-.rub
    J C 9.10
    ~t .; : ~
    rr.#ltilh'; LXX, nr.rRI;', RU i r i Ci~nwis1: 1. TTg8r5 rend "in the

    c;

    ?'I

    .{'

    :;:

    I,ibs

    -e:l;b;i16.

    ."

    *nI,shr61; LX&'IFHarde$'; Vg,in'1e.l.i. bfc31en." 8ro Psnlm 141 :4.


    hotnote a; Isaiah 53 : 3. "Nen." U,naduvrr" d 001;4dgoodmotive.''

    M,leb.

    hefiintiing," but kIJ.NS r~nrl"'as t hc llrginni ng!' t SitPr~lly,'.head.''


    31, r h b . r "Snrri ng rrntpr~." 131, r+lto.n~a!n'; see Genrt6s 1 : 2,
    fontnnt~c. L"1'rorlurtirc Innd." BIT, i ~ . b F d ;Tg, or'bis ter'rm

    l"trrlret~~inl
    circl11").

    PROVERBS 8:28-9:3

    417

    416

    PROVERBS 9 :A 1 6

    cPrl:22
    "Whoever is inexperienced, let him turn aside
    waters,aY24 when he made firm the cloud masses Tn
    3Tt 11:B
    :
    $
    ,
    ,
    lco
    127
    here.d
    Whoever is in want of heart,a I want to
    above,y when he caused the fountains of the g p i : l
    ~F'SIIS:133
    alt 5:3
    speak
    to him.' a Come, feed yourselves with my
    surging watersa to be strong,a 2n when he set for
    ~~2
    Jas 3:11
    :&
    sps 2 2 : ~ bread and drink in from the wine that 1 have
    the seao his decree that the waters themselves ;::EI n %Ellm
    i
    should not pass beyond his orc?er,l)' t~*r.hcn
    he, ,~'t<j&~~ E$?i?mixed? UZRave the Inexperienced ones and
    keep living,' and walk straigl~tin the may of
    decreed the foundations of the earth," *""then,y;:."j;
    =PS
    Ac2:ill
    26 4
    ~nderstanding."~
    I came to be beside him as a master workerc" :hy;,,l;k:,
    , W2,C2:i7
    r 4:;
    7 He that is correcting the ridiculer is taking
    and I came t o be what heQwas specially fond
    M t 7:13
    Lu 13:24 to himself dishonor," and he that is giving a
    of day by day, I being glad before him all the i$;;;;d$
    ltlKi 16:17
    lKi22:24 reproof t o sa~neonewlckcd-a
    defect in him."
    time,$ " being glad at t h e productive lande of
    Pr 15:12
    $4,
    nlKi ni:a DO not reprove a ridiculer, that he may not
    his earth,' and the things I was fond of were .ilJj?::JT
    2Ch 1216
    I ' ~2.1 :I.
    with the sons of menbs@
    rll<iz:8 hate y0u.r Give a reproof to a wjse person and
    pr:7
    - It; 3
    32 "'And now, 0 sons, Hsten t o me,' and be =I3%
    E132 he will love yau.8 a Give to wise person and he
    .T4>11 {:$I
    Xt15.14 ivill become still miser.c Impart knowledge to
    the happy ones that keep my very ways.- LL- ,;l~i;::T;l
    SLP13.17
    25a 12.7 "sorneonerighteous and he tvill increase in learnten to discipline and become wise,'<nnd do not;i,$!;;
    Ps 161:S
    Pr 25-23 ing.w
    stlow any neglectn " 'Happy I s the m a w that rJ%.1;:15
    r ~ 1.5
    r
    klEn 10.17
    10 The fear of Jehovah is the start of mis11t 13.11
    is listening to me by keeping awake at my doors rr 17.7
    Z' E ?i12 darn,' and Zhc knowled~eof tlre blost Holy Oneb
    day by day, by watching a t the posts of my I/~t?s'?l'qz
    entranceseY" For the one finding mc will cer- ~~,:';,,;.,~~l, ,:2,P,e:z, is what undei-standing la.Y l 1 For by me your
    Pr 1:i
    tainly find life,s and gets good ivill from Jeho- r$;l;?123
    cIsa X6:14 days will become tnanyn and to you yearso of
    vahmt"But the ane missing me is doing violence >;;;+[:f
    ?-iE1:,2?j; life will be added,' l2If you have become wise,
    to his soul;hu all those intensely hating me are g;;;;;;~
    ,J,0$i:3you have become wisp in your own behalf;" and
    p , ~ i l :{:#a
    ~l
    the ones that do love death.""
    .;:i0;= if you have ridiculed, you n-I11 bear [ i t ] , just
    blr)ll1 . 1 5
    LTot, a53 yf,u done,"
    True ~vkdomhas built Its house;^ it has rph'?::'I :6
    sJas1:16
    13 A womand of stupjdtty is boistems.* She
    h e m out its seven pillars. 'It has oiaganfzed m:{;fl
    .
    5P: ?:I1
    is
    simple-mindedness
    itself and has come to h o w
    its meat ~IaughteriTlg;~
    it has mixed its ivinc;' vi;;
    ,,,.:
    .!{$iG 41TL6:4
    nothing
    whatevcr:
    l
    W
    n d she has seated herself
    more than that, It has set in order Its table."3
    a
    t
    the
    entrance
    of
    her
    house, upon a seat, [in]
    a It has sent forth its lady attendants, that it
    the
    high
    places
    of
    the
    town: f l to call out ta
    may caII out on top of the heights of the toltq:"
    those
    passing
    along
    the
    way, those who are
    ahmSurgi1lgwaters.'> M, Ebfrfim- saa Q m ~ r 1.:2,
    i ~ footnote c, 1I
    going
    straight
    ahead
    on
    their
    paths : " lo
    "Whob Litcraally, "mouth,'! fir,
    O r j in Po~tcrli~~fi,'~
    M, o.wzr;)~'; IdXX,
    ever
    is
    inexperienced,
    let
    him
    turn
    aslde
    here,'
    "actin sui tablf' ; Tg, "conlpo~ingnll thingsJ?; 7', " l ~ r o r . i t l faith.
    ~
    ";;if
    hl."fl.He," IXXST. "Productive lnnl." U, h . b i i r ; I.SS, "tlln
    Or? "good motive." 11, Icb. b Litr!aallg, "the liolp anes.'' M, grdoinliahitcd earth." "x~en.''X, ~ . ~ N I I I '5. "31nti.'"I, n.rlrr~rn'. "Soul."
    (.:t.

    ( I )

    ., ,.,

    pq-'ha<'; Tg, u'~ti.?rrtl.I r'Or~ntiirsrdits Inmt


    nlnugbtering." Literally, "alnughtrred her stnughtcr~llg,''11,

    If, ~eplr'saTr; LA=

    the plural numl)er of qn.dG~b',I I I I ~ in t l l ~plural oulnber of


    excellent.;, to conespo~id sith L'J~~bornl~.''
    See I~t~sewitrs9 124h.

    dtim';

    PROVERBS 9 :17-10 :9

    419

    418

    and whoever is in avant of heart,' and I 1~111s ~ y


    t o him : l7 'Stolen waters themselves are sweet, j',f:;l::;jl
    and bread [eaten] in secrecy-it is p l e a ~ a n t . "P:KI~I< L Y.i:rA
    Zfi
    But he has not come to know that those im;:lr,
    potent in deathb are there," that those called in
    CI'I. W2.5
    MI'S
    2.19
    by her are in the low places of She'v1,Ct

    ups
    Pr28:18
    25%

    vgt:::?

    PROVERBS 10:10-20

    but he f h ~ tIS making his ways


    c m k d wilt make himself
    sedty,u

    10T?leone~vinkinghiseyewillgivepain,~
    and the one foolish wj t h 314s lips will be trodden
    P r 18:21
    I1The mouth of the righteous one is a
    3Jo 1cl
    source&of life,' but as r e g ~ r d sthe mouth of the
    i'E",
    l'r 5 , :
    wicked ones, it covers up violence?
    I~L--,:L-~
    ;\;1;,24
    Proverbs of Sal'o.mon.
    vl'r 2:t.M
    *pr*s:18
    12 Hatred is whnt stirs up strifes: but love
    .r:l.atl::i
    Pr
    1729
    A wise son" is the one that makes a t r 111;18
    clca 13:4 covers aver wen ~ 3 transgres~ions.~
    1
    fcrthef rejoice,v and a stupid son js the grief' C11r3:24
    1Pe 4:s
    *~r15:7
    13
    On
    the
    lips
    of
    the understanding person
    of his rn0ther.y The treasures of the nflcked$:;':
    Isa 50.4
    wisdom
    is
    found,'
    but
    the rod is for the back
    LU 4.23
    one will be of no benefit,z but rlghteousncss ,I: :Gi/;j
    8Ps 3 2 3
    of one in want of heart.""
    Pr 2E.3
    is what wiEI deliver from death.' Vehovah wIII J r
    1Cn -121
    14 The wise are the ones that treasure up
    r I:5
    not cause 'the soul of the righteous one to go . $ ~ ~ ~ 'P,3lt
    12:s
    knorvledge,' but the rnoutll of the foolish one is
    2:
    2r04:;
    hungry: but the craving of the .rtrIckedones he I! J' I~ II.t~ 3.v
    near to ruin itself.'
    will push
    = l ' % 33 19
    *
    Pu.Y. 5
    15 T h e valuable things of a rich man are his
    4 The one working with a slack hand will be nrt;.;';r
    l >:'i:s
    strong
    town." The ruin of the lowly ones is their
    of little means,' but the hand of the diligent one :.rb.i l tI&1.1..22
    ng
    g;i;;
    rPr 1 ~ 3 0 poverty."
    is what will make one rich.'
    t JI 'lnh
    ~ 20:,1
    . 2.6
    ISR
    3:lrl
    ICO 1 x 8
    16 The activlty aP th@ righteaus one results
    5 The son acting with insight is gathering [-;!'i,j
    Ga 6:s
    in
    1ife;r the produce of the wicked one results
    shrt7:lf
    during the summertime;- the son actlng shame- !;:j $ji.;
    tPr 4:4
    in
    sin."
    l
    I?-'r 121:5
    :%:.I
    Pr
    =:I
    fully is fast asleep during the harvestan'
    Heh 2:l
    17 He t h ~ fs
    t holding to discipline is a path
    u?Ch25:16
    6 Blessings are for the head of the rightreproof is causing
    Pr
    ,
    5:12
    ,
    :
    , to life,ct but he that is leavil~g
    eous one," but as regards the mouth of the .~<!;i7:
    to
    wander.^
    'iLn20.20
    E,f,>F
    wicked ones, it colrersup violc3nce:'k
    The men- .f:r, !,',Yf
    18 Where there fa one covering over hatred
    yP5 E-q;1:?3
    tion of the righteous one is due for a blessing,n I:: it:?!
    Ps l x : 5 there are lips of
    and the one bringzEc 2 3
    but the very name of the tvlckecl ones will rot,' :+!\&.:li&
    ECIO.I;~ ing forth a bad report is stupid.y
    Jas 3:2
    8 The one \vise in heart will accept command- i E i
    QFT 1 5 : n
    19 &I the abundance' of words there does not
    merits," but the one foolish with his lips will be '';$ yi:,:,,
    fail
    to be transgression," but the one keeping
    'P
    Pr17:27
    S 39.1
    UPS
    .lL1g
    17'1:.54
    .*i:u
    trodden down.'
    his
    lips
    in check is acting discreetly.'
    ,Jr"P&:\
    9 He that is walking in integrity will walk in
    :7j:t,
    20
    The
    tongue of the righteous one is choice
    :
    silver;"
    the
    heart of the wicked one is worth
    AGe
    p,23:7
    6:s
    01;4(good motive." M, Ipb. " ' T h o s o irupot~nt in dmth," M,
    Ppltii.h~';LXX, ,"the earthhorn one#'> Vg, ' ' t t ~ t t g i n n t ~ [y!.grc?st<[:&:$ little?
    t ~ a";
    ] SFT, "the gimts." Cor~~parc
    Provcrh~~2 : lH, Pootnotc n.
    Or, " ~ o o r lmotivc." $1, 7rb. a "1s on the
    a Or, "well.'' 31, mn.qr?r'.
    e 34, ahrdl; L X X , "Ea'dps"; 'l'g, in.fer'n~rs, d Or, "violm~ce will
    i b r

    y~s35:19

    PrR13

    z;.~ 16:s

    z,:

    10

    .,

    cover the v q r ~ l o u t hof TFiCked proplr.'' See nlso rcrfir 11.

    path t o life," by nl terinp

    t 3 1 ~vnwcl-j~rlititingof

    >I.

    PROVERBS 10;21-32

    420

    421

    PROVERBS 11:1-11.

    23, The very lips of the righteous one keep S$$T$2


    nztT;lo to know good mill,n but the mouth of the wicked
    pasturing many,' but far want of henrtb the $y$.y
    rPr 12:6
    ones is pei.verseness.r
    Fr 132
    foolish themselves keep dying.'
    - P r s 12
    110 -I:(;
    A cheating pair of scales is something
    D e 25:16
    22 The blessing of Jehovah-that is what roJl:zs
    PC 2 e . p
    detestable to Jehovah," but a complete
    ,Ig:,
    ~m 8 . n
    makes rich," and he adds no patn with i t c h
    'l)rR
    l+,a 3 3
    ~ l 6.10
    c
    stone-weight
    is a ple~sureto him,'
    I'< 3?22
    tPr 16:11
    23 To t h e stupid one the carrying on of loose I < 107:38
    E"eJ5:lo
    2
    Has
    presumptuousnes.s
    come? Then disuPr 3.35
    conduct is Iike sport," but wisclem is for the6:,':',:'
    P r 1 6 1 8 honor will come;&\but wlsdorn is with the
    ~
    1
    '
    ~
    3
    .
    1.0
    manQf discernment.k
    Pr lS'12
    I'r 2rimlP
    modest ones."
    LU 1i:8
    24 The thing frightful to the wicked one-- i;~;f,l:{f$,
    3 The integrity of the upright ones is what
    :
    P
    '
    "
    ,
    '
    :
    ~
    I
    "
    that is what will come to him," but the desire ,.$;$:yY PS 25.21 leads
    them,Y but distortion hy those dealing
    of the righteous ones will he grantednrY W Jmlr
    ~ '~
    .qn;:.t
    treacherously mill despoil themtnZ
    lR24
    ;
    when the stormwind passes over, so tlre wjcked I J,, 5.14
    Pr 25.18
    4 Valuable things will be of no benefit on the
    Isa 1.3
    one is no more,' but the righteous one in a foun- '$?:/i9
    'P~d916
    day
    of fury,. but righteousness itself will deliver
    Pr fo:2
    dat ion to time indefinite.'
    I+.n
    I h 5:,I\ l )24
    zev 1.18 from deatho
    1:t 16.36
    26 As vinegar to t h e teethu and as smokec to ;/;:,f;:;
    W e 7.1
    5 The righteousness of the blameless one is
    the eyesSvso the lazy man is t o those sending ;;i,:,.;",
    PC 12 28
    Irr 2 8
    what
    wi1I make his way straight," but In his own
    T,I*It- 1 9
    him forth.+
    azep 2:s
    11 r 2220
    wickedness
    the ttticked' one wilt fall.+ T h e
    CP,ZF.~
    27 The very fear of Jehovah will add days,a VI.511 67.2
    (#%a
    1i:23
    righteousness
    of the upright ones is what will
    but the years themselves of the wicked ones ~ v i l l'K;P3:.?
    deliver
    them,'
    but
    by thefrl' cravingc those dealI lr-h 6:12
    ;
    ;
    $
    be cut short.'
    a l ' s 21:4
    *Ge 3 0 ~ 3 3 ing treacliemusly will themselves be caught."
    1Sa 12:s
    28 The expectation of the rigl-iteous ones 1s .!:; E:ji!
    FPs 7 3
    7 When a wicked maria dies [his] hope
    a r e j o i ~ i n g ,but
    ~ the very hope of the wlckcd ,:;$/S
    Pr 1:32
    Ec1O:S
    perishes*
    and even expectation [based] on
    J ~ L 1~:2a
    I
    ones will perish?
    Y P s 146:4
    Ll'h It;:!#
    p r 1 ~ 2 s powerfulness I~asperjshed.'
    29 The may of Jehovah is zl stronghold for 1!rh5 2
    *Ex 13.9
    22.12
    ~r 1.;:3a
    8 The righteous is the one rescued even from
    one of integrjfy,+ but ruin is for the practicers -1I,l>
    mc1;2:10
    L U I?:=
    I'r E F 7
    Clistms,k but the wicked one comes in instead
    ~ E F.T.
    S
    of what is hui?ful.hf I. :5,.16
    Da 2.25
    na s.z3 of him.n
    30 As for the righteous one, to tjme indefinite i;b6:,
    ,hi
    9 B y [his] mouth the one who is nn apostate
    he will not be caused t o stagger: but RS for the .j:;r;:t,3
    nPr
    ESDI21:18
    :;
    brings
    his PelIo~vman to ruin,= but by knowIedge
    wicked ones, they will not keep residing on the [;;j:,,
    gg;
    ZCo 11:13 are the righteous rescued,n
    earth.'
    rtrl 2;s
    2Pe 2 1
    sPr 4 6
    10 Because of the goodness of the rigliteous
    31 The mouth of t h e righteous one-it bears
    :%I
    E h 4.13
    1fo2:21
    the fruit of wisdom," but the tongue of perverse- ' ~ ~ h ~ : ! ~ ~ : tEs
    ones
    a town is elatedJt but when the wiclced
    2 a8:ls
    ness wiH be cut offnR
    Pr 28:12 ones perish there is a joyftrl cry."
    '1'~:
    M I 37.30
    21~41
    t l E K 15:21
    11 Because of the blessha of the upright ones
    32 The lips of the righteous on-they
    come ,';?;3,:;%
    ag 6:31
    at)^, "shepherditig.?' M, ra'aR.'. b Or, " ~ o o d motire." M, hb.
    a This wading is according lo limjnPn~nBg.baTbrir.'' LIX7'gS;rT;

    11

    .,,.

    @Or," U I I ~ pain(fd

    effort) ndds nothirig to it." d"11nn." 31, iult.

    omitted by 3. Or, "dtlilrua.tiut~,"CNS. "311111."31, o.d(~n~'.

    PROVERBS 11:12-21

    422

    a town is exalted,' but because of the mouth \;;G,"t;,:F


    Cr !TI$
    of the wicked ones i t gets torn d0ivn.y
    y:'Sn >1:1
    J:I~
    :4 P
    12 The one in want of hearta has despised his RYP
    4:own feIlow
    but the marib of broad discern- rq I:+*
    .l'r 17 27
    ment is one that keeps silenL8
    1 l'* 1'.?3
    ELF I!).lfi
    13 The one waking about as a slanderef is npr
    uncovering coMdential talk,&but the one faith- i::
    ~r:c:+;'I
    ful in spiritc3 is covering over a matter."
    C < i # b * .' .q
    14
    there is no skillful direction the .~rir1: 14
    2 - 1 1 13 13
    peopIe fall,' but there is salvation jn the multi- c ~ , , .1.) :-.
    1' F :';"tj
    tude of comselors.'
    17:i3
    15 One ~villpositively fare badly because he ,!::;;"j
    has gone surety" far a stranger,' but the one
    &-;y:;;l;i :sn1 21, J G
    hating handshaking is keeping carefree."
    Lll 111:42
    16 A woman of charm is the one that takes ; ,!j! ?T
    hold of gloryldlcbut t h e tyrants, for their part, lAt, 6 : ~
    ";o 9 (;
    take hold of riches.
    n r r :1 ;!
    17 A manb of loving-kindnesse is dealing re,,:;;;f;;,
    mardingly with his own soul,l'but the cruel per- ::,
    sen is bringing trouble upon his own organism,q $;L~;~~
    18 The wicked one is making false wages,ft VI" I{~:IG I
    1'r Iz:+
    I
    but the one sowing righteousness, true earnings.u
    lLl::4.3
    19 The one firmly standing for righteous- :'3:$:f;:
    nessg is in line for life,' but the one chasing ,;!: :$fja
    after what is bad is in line for his 0n.n death.)' ,!:f
    20 Those crooked at heart are something de- ;:; ';'r',i$
    testable to Jehovah,= but the ones blameless in _-.,.Y; : r l3r . d2
    18rJ G , ~
    [their] Itray are a pleasure to him."
    ar ;c l'i.7
    21 Though hand be to hand, a bad person will ;>:r::+%
    not go unpunished,: but the offspring of the
    :.?:>!
    righteous ones will certainly escape:
    JFIISA 51)
    ~ I, 3 s
    8 Or. " g ~ o dmotive." N, Z P ~ . b ";\ln~~!'
    It, isk. * 31. rrr'rrlrk; L S X ,
    y . 2 ("breath") : V . a'"m~s. d Or, ''boor." 'Or, ''hynl lo-"
    "TPag-e~:Th'~t
    is, the rcrrnsd Tor "actil-ity." 31. pnta.lnlr'. Dy
    211.;:~

    b1'r

    !&:,

    a correction of 11: "A son of rigllteontn~ss [or, r i g h t ~ o ~


    mn]
    t ~ 1'1

    LLYSy (reazng bm for tiken); "Thns whomer dew righlcousness;* '


    I
    .

    PROVERBS 11:22--I2:2

    423

    22 As a gold nose-rlng In the snout of apig,O


    so is a woman that is beautiful but that is turnr l r ~ : ~ 3 in@:awnyfrorn sensih1eness.a'
    23 The desire of the righteous ones is surely
    ' 4 .
    lun 1li 9
    the hope of the wicked ones is fury."
    J,,r
    16
    ?.It 5:l;
    24
    There
    exists the one that is scattering and
    ,,,
    1 ' 11.7
    yet is being increased," also the one that is keepI lub l'r:27
    - I R. 15:to Ing back from what is right, but it results only
    1 ' s ll2.Y
    I'r I ! V ! ~ In want."
    r;,. 1 :.'
    25 The generous soulh will itself be made
    LU s . : ~
    2(10 3.7
    and the one f m l y ~vaterjng[others] will
    hl I"R I:A
    I~imse!f
    also be freely { v a t e ~ d . ~
    z3:72
    ..It 5:;
    26
    The
    one holding back graina-the popu11 L 4:;.-).~5
    l~ce
    will
    execrate
    him, but there is a blessing
    p,llll
    rl'l.-':"
    5::)
    for
    the
    h
    e
    ~
    d
    of
    the
    one letting it be boughtWt
    :;,$1;1;i19
    27Heth~tislookingforgod,millkeepseekLLI:"I .I
    13r12:F
    ~ r 7 :nj f )
    Ing good will,u but as for the one searching f o r
    !57:rb? bad, it will come upon him.*
    28 The one trusting in his r i c h e s h e himself
    I t
    $;?,0'&~~2' will fall,v but just like foliage t h e righteous ones
    1% (:A.'fl
    I'r1 ti, ll! will flourish,"
    ePr
    Rrc 10.18
    I rlo a : ~
    *Iar-kVh

    .,,. ,
    nl/: E

    '

    11%

    ZPS
    ps,,.I,: , %

    f,;!;lE$

    *(:th:?-r.3o
    1sn ":'I
    rt-tb 2::)
    cl<n 7 I l r
    I

    I[l*h ,
    t r , 2~ 3

    I'r 719

    :
    nrt .4:1rr

    ,,.,
    el1
    t

    ,:,9

    5 5

    r , : P 2 , - 3.1
    ' 2 l'h :.G
    l!'~ 4.18

    *lrv 1 l:2
    13r 23.12
    kPsX:' n

    29Asforanyonetroublinghisotvnhouse,*
    he will take possession of wind," and a foolish
    person will he a servant to the one wise in heart.
    30 The frultageOof the righteous one is a tree
    of life,: and he that is winning souls is wise.'
    31 Look! the righteous one-in the earth he
    tdll be rewarded.+ How much more should the
    wicked one and the sinner be!'
    A Iouer of discipline is a lover of h o w edge,* but a hater of repmof is unreas0ning.k
    2Onethatisgoodge;etsappmvalfr0mJeho-

    12

    * Or,

    tasteful^^^^";
    I~lr~.r;ir~g
    gilt," Ill.

    01'~
    "good

    t n ~ t ~ ,b"Literally, "the wul .Rrith a

    425

    424

    PROVERBS 12:3-12

    ( IAy;:m:5

    ~ h but, the~ mana of [rvlckedl Ideas he pro- nIz!F;$


    Aa 5:7
    nounces guiity.~
    rPs 9;16
    3 No manhC wiU be firmly established by :Pr29:23
    tvickedness;= but as for the root-foundation of 1;30bm17
    the righteous ones, it will not be caused to tlSa %:33
    Eph 3:17
    stagger.t
    Co12:7
    4 A capable wife is a crown to her awner+QI,p;zA1,
    but as rottenness in his bones Is she that acts 1Co ll:r
    TPF 1 ~ 3 0
    shnmeh~lly
    ..
    5 The thoughts of the righteous ones are ? - k m : x 5
    1a:a
    judgment;Y the steering by the wicked ones is XPS
    ~t 26:4
    de~eptjon.~
    .ZSa
    AC 23:12
    17:~
    6 The wards of the wicked ones are a lying uc;:j:3
    in wqltc for blood,' but the mouthn of the up- " r ~ : 2
    r'lght ones is what rvill deliver theman
    AES
    J O9:6
    2
    ~:19
    7 There is an o~erthrorving~lof the wicked
    ones and they are no more,' but the very 11ousP
    of the righteous ones rx1ilI keep standing.:
    Pr , 2 4 3
    > I t 7:24
    8 For his mouth of discretion a mana will be *Isa
    16:18
    praised,' but one who is twisted a t heart will F:,?i:42

    zzi:!

    come t o be for contempt."


    zco 3:lo
    1c0
    10:18
    9 Better is the one lightly esteemed but hav- ?g$?;::
    ing a servant" than the one glorifying himself rft;%i18
    A r r:z3
    hut in want of bread.'
    "Pr12:;
    10 The righteous one is caring for the soult?;$;;;;;
    of his domestic
    De 2 5 4
    but the mercies of the nJp
    1:7
    wlcked ones are cruel,n
    I S a ll:2
    J r h 19931
    11 The one cultivating his grotrnd will him. J as 2:13
    self he satisfied with bread,r but the one pursu- l'~:~?$j
    E P -~1 : ~
    ing vaIueless things is in want of heart.fs
    e J g 9.1
    12 The wicked one has desired the netted :;:jjf2,
    * YhIn~r." EI Lab. "Nan." M,rr.rlritn'. a " A Iping in wait." The rerb

    I I C ~ P in the f;I~href~
    is in the infinitive wnhtrurt. d6'Thrreis Rn overtlrr'nainp." The Hebrew verb hrrt! is in 110 i~~flnitive
    ~ h s o l n t eand
    hcnrs is impersonal and indefinite aa tn t i ~ ~ r b . 'LSoul.lF31, tzephresh;
    LYX, p~L,.c~tcri';Tg, a'~ai.w~l~.
    Or, "good ri~otivc.'' MI leb.

    PROVERBS 22 :13-23

    prey of bad men,t but as far the root of the


    JVr !m:2@ righteous ones, i t yie1ds.u
    hlrc ::2
    13 Ey the transgression of the lips the bad
    'T l'r 1.1:.17
    person is ensnared,3v but the righteous one gets
    , I3
    1.a 27 0
    J(8r 1 7 : ~ out ~f distress.r
    . I f > lI!i:la
    14 From the fruitage of a manka mouth he
    , ~
    is satisfled with goodFZ
    and the very doing of a
    ,
    :.:l 2; 2s rnan'sh hands will come back to him."
    p .;<:la
    5
    9
    13 The way of t h e foolish one is right in his
    1 :c 7,1\
    rrw . $ own eyes,' but the one listening to counsel is
    el', 67.5
    wlseld
    , .:
    16 It is a foolish person that makes known
    !,!L:
    $fi7z7 his vexation in the Isamel day,O but the shrewd
    1 ' 1 , ~12
    ~
    one is covering over a dishonor.
    f ,a li 3
    A J Y5
    ~
    17 He that launches forth faithfulness will
    c1!:IiOt:19.2
    %o tdP what is righteous: but a false witness, deP V25.28 ception:
    18 There exists the one speaking thoughtless'pl ti l 9
    ly
    ns with the stabs of a sword, but the tongue
    F'l' :! 1 . R
    "t :!G:A'J
    of
    the
    wise ones is a healing.]=
    k 1'1' J IJ:.!~
    I
    19
    It
    is the lip of truth that nrlll be firmly
    n:.lt 2,1 ,.15
    I . P 19:s
    ~
    established forever,n hut the tongue of falseTIC s.3
    *pr nfi.24 h o d will be only as long as a moment.cr
    !lr 7 21
    20 Deception is in the heal%of tllose fabri. .I ,. 14
    cat ing m i s ~ h i e f ,but
    ~ those counseling peace
    have
    rej0icing.r
    ~;2,;3
    1 1,
    24 Nothing hurtful will befall the righteous
    \ ~ l ( orj .B
    I
    1 :
    onelu but the wicked are the ones that wlll cerl l r ~d i 14
    11~t)
    10 tainly be filled with calamitymv
    n0 18 6
    22 False lips are something detestableQ to
    Fr,a 1 3 3
    )'",
    :*A
    Jehovah?~but those acting in faithfulness are
    J'fF,:17
    a pleasure to
    23 A shrewd mand is covering knowledge,"
    :
    ,

    ;(-

    ...-,,I

    M, {ah, b "31v1ant:' hf> a.t2nlnP.8 Litrrnllg, "will hr: only aas


    1 ain inolined to give rest [or, to twinkle]," 31, d"M~n."

    "'$h?l'~,!'

    lot^^

    nu

    nr, fl.dlllPat.

    PROVERBS 12 :2 6 1 3 :6

    426

    427

    PROVERBS 13:7-16

    but the heart of the stupid ones i s one that caUs =r;:,P$ia
    who is harmless in his way: but wickedness
    111;12
    out foolishness."
    is what subverts the
    A l l C I 1I:2R
    24 The hand of the diligent ones h the one
    7 There exists the one that is pretending to
    that 1141 rule," h
    t the slack hand 4 1 1 come to ;;if,-!
    rrzGs
    be rich and yet he has nothing at all;" there is
    ~ 1I;r* 21
    1!1.15
    P 'LS
    he f ~ farced
    r
    labor.+
    the one that is pretending to be of little means
    25 Anxious care in the heart sf a mann I s I'$',$'~
    and yet [he has I many valuable thingsax
    what will cause it to bow down,* but the g o d
    R The ransom for n man" soulb is his riches,=
    M t 4i,:)5
    tvorda is what makes it rejoice."
    hut
    the one of little means has not heard reI'rlS 1
    26 The righteous one spies out his own p a buke.'
    :;;j.?~
    turage, but the very way of wicked ones causes Y,,O : la
    9 The very light of the rightcous ones will
    them to wander about."
    = .lll<
    I ' X S:I II Z
    1
    r ~ j o i c e ,but
    ~ the lamp of the wicked ones-it
    27 Sladmess will not start up one's game ky:?ii:]F
    will lx extinguished.'
    animals,k hut the diligent one is a man'sb pre30 By presumptuousness one only causes a
    ? ;:" : ,.3 r'r 3.1 1
    cious wealth.
    struggle,* hut 1~1ththose consulting together
    r<o:,,:'I
    28 In the path of righteousnesse there is - I J ~3 7
    there is
    l r n1 27
    life,' and the journey in its pathway means no ~mrnr
    lrrsna
    I1 Valuablc things resulting from vanity beRo 2J:.I
    death.a
    tl'r 4:l
    conle
    fewer,v hut l h e one collecting by the hand
    l'a. 1S:5
    I
    s
    the
    one that m ~ k e sincrease."
    A son is wise where there is a father's
    12 Expectation postponed i s making the
    discipline,' but the ridiculer la one that
    henrt siclr,* but the thing desired is a tree of
    has not listened t o rebuke,"
    JX.; 4:1a
    2 From the fruitage of his mouth a man will "!l',!'~,f':.;"~l'l' life' when it does some.'
    13 I-re that Ilas despised the word,"from him
    eat good,v but the very soulC of those dealing yK;d;t"7:L1
    J I ~ ~ .!I!N)
    treacherously is vio1ence.r
    R
    [clehtor's'l plerlge will he seized,m but the one
    X I ' S 3P:l
    3 The one guarding his mouth is keeping his I?:,;
    fearing the commnndment is the one that will
    soul.dz The one opening wide his Hps-he will
    be r e w ~ r d e d . ~
    ;~;-:k;
    have ruin.'
    JM 1.24;
    14 The law of the wise one Is a sourcec of
    4 The Iazy one is shmving himself desirous, $;:;I:!.$
    Iife, to lum one ntvay from the snares of death.*
    but his souEd [has] n ~ t h i n gHowever,
    .~
    the very ,pi y:,:
    15 Good Insight itself gives Eavoqk but the
    soulm of the diligent ones will be made fat,"
    way
    of those dealing treacherously is rugged.dn
    yo
    5 A false word is what the righteouso hates,"(;~:;m
    I6 Everyone shrewd will act with knowlbut the wicked ones act shamefully and cause I r 3rm y
    eclge,lmbut the one that is stupid will spread
    4I.:!III
    ,,! 3 I925
    disgrace for themselves.+
    ~lbroadf o o l i s h n e ~ . ~
    6 Righteousness itself safeguards the one *[:n3i2i
    Ity n sli~htcarrcctioa o t TI, wliiph I I J I ~ C L R Eto r ~ d "wirliedness
    :
    c'lfan."' M, is&. b 'Tan's." M, a.dnm'. 8 Or, "soulful dwij.~.''hf,
    i~u-hk~t[Ii+tort3 ti hi !I ott'~ring,''h 'm8nul.'+
    M, nrpk'eak; T , nfni.wa.

    !;:;.;:I

    13

    L:; -:

    neph'esh; L S X , psy.c71ai'; Vg, d n i - m a ,

    Vg. d n i . nw.

    '"80nI.~'31, trrph'rsk;

    Or, +'arll." I[,


    rtrtr.q6r', Or, "is Ilwir disnstcr," Ily n correction
    of 31, wl~irll rlrny r.el~d " i ruhy~tl,"
    ~
    Tlla Hzbbrcw i s uncertain.

    PROVERBS 13:17-14 :3

    429

    428

    PROVERBS 14:4--15

    =:W
    4 Where there are no cattle the manger Is
    17 A messenge? t h a t is wicked will fall into "Tnn14:m
    1Co 9 8
    11
    VPF
    RG
    I
    222
    !
    ~
    M
    clean,
    but the crop Is abundant because of the
    bad, but a faithful envoy is a h e ~ l i n g . ~ ~
    4IKi
    Pr 12:17
    18 The one neglecting discipline [comes to1 ,:?12L;';1:F R~ 3 : ~ power of a bulleA
    CPr 21:28
    5 A faithful tvitnes8 is one that will not lieo
    poverty and dishonornvbut the one keeping a ;;v;;l
    +Ey?o:la
    but a false witness launches forth mere lies.'
    reproof is the one that is glorlfied.~
    Z ~ , K I1 IS
    $y1z1i13
    1 c 21."
    SF0 1 2 1
    19 Desire when realized is ple~surableto the rrr
    6 The ridiculer has sought to find wisdom,
    415
    ,
    soul,% but it is something detestable t o the 1-;: ?il'
    and there is none;'-but
    t o the understanding
    $::f,?
    *Pr 9.6
    stupid ones to turn away from b ~ d . "
    one
    knowledge
    S
    s
    an
    easy
    thjng."
    C12r
    i'r 1~ 1 0~. ~ 32 7
    k P r 13:20
    5:ll
    20 We that is walking with wise persons will !:;5;:;
    7
    Go
    away
    from
    in
    front
    of the stupid man,'
    Eph 5.11
    become wise," but he that is having de~lirrgsAz:l;;fg4
    for
    you
    will
    certojnly
    nat
    take
    note of the lips
    yn;s;col 1:10 of knowledge.l<
    with the stupid ones will fare badly:.
    r;<\ 1.1:12
    17
    rPr 11:18
    21 Sinnersa are the ones whom calamity pur- C I'r:, 29:
    .I 7
    8 The wisdom af the shrewd ts t o understand
    L~ 1239
    Eph 4.12
    sues,& but the righteous are the ones whom good
    L?iiJ spr10:23
    his way," but the foolishness of stupid ones is

    ,:,,

    F . , ~2 I ~ I
    rewards.'
    F4 it- J7.7
    22 One who is good-WLTIleave an inheritance n::;h,?7$T
    to sons of sons,"and the wealth of the sinner Is,
    something treasured up for the righteous one.'
    23 Plowed ground of persons of little means u;:;jlr $;?x ,7'I;1
    1 ; 1t;
    [yields] a great deal of food,'= but there exists fi,'fic
    l<17r
    II:H
    the one that is swept atr7ay for lack of judp ,i;:l;i:,

    ;zl$:r;,

    ment.O1<

    nPlq39:lFI
    T'C 2":lCi

    r?,;r;;'

    24 The one holding back his rod is hating


    his sonPnbut t h e one loving him is he t h a t does T:IIII 4: 1
    llt*h 1?:8
    look for him with discip1ine.r
    UT'I 3.Z 11)
    25 The righteous is eating t o the satisfaction i&zJ&n
    of hls
    but the belly of the wicked ones i';ES
    2 . r ~,?.:[)
    ~
    will be empty.t
    TI%l f? 141
    The truly wise woman has built" up her "'I'.:;'&Y
    house.. but the foolish one tears it down ,r:i??:80,
    ,k~11 1
    with her own hands.^
    r ~m+a
    2 The one walking in his uprightness is fear. ,:'f;l7:1,3
    jng Jehovah,Y but the one crooked In hfs ways
    is despising him.^
    X I # <IY.~:.I
    3 The rod of haughtiness is in the mouth of L~.Lr< 10.lB
    n
    .':3
    the foolish one,* but the very lips of the tvise :;:ji
    ClPr I:'#:
    ones will. guard them."
    Rn In. 10
    I

    14

    Pr S02U
    Jude IS
    IPr d:4

    ,
    g:35
    pr13:?5

    uGe 4iZ:21
    1%

    1:10

    2x1 4:27

    deception,'
    9 Foolish are those who make a derfsion of
    guilt,% but among the upright ones there is
    agrcement.8'

    1 0 The heartb js aware of the bitterness of


    sou1,u and with its rejoicing no stranger
    will ixlt~rmeddle.~
    1Pe 1:s
    ydob 21:2S
    11 The house of wicked peaplc will be anniPr 3:33
    Pr 12::
    hilatedry
    b ~ the
    t tent of the upright ones wiIl
    Pr 2 1 : ~
    'flourish.#
    &F;',t,7iT3
    12 There exists a way that is upright before
    ,$;zg!q
    Jns l : l a man,' but the ways of death are the end of
    CiSr 16:25 it aftenvardeD
    Rol6-r;
    a c 2:2
    13 Even in Iaughter the heart may be in
    IP r 5:4
    LU 1 6 : ~ pain:
    and gskf is what rejoicing ends up inQ
    *Pr 1:31
    ~ ~ r z . 1 9 14 The one faithless nt h e a r t will have his
    Heb 3312
    wco 1.12 6ll of the results of his own wayfi,' but the good
    6:4
    man with thc results of his dealings."
    ,,Gn
    , 22:s
    15 Anyone Incxperlenced puts faith In every
    word,^"
    but the shrewd one consldecs his steps.'
    *
    Or, "appro~-al+" Or, "good nloti~e." 31, Irb. * Orj "thing.'qN,
    ~Pr
    o b18:14
    ?:11

    a o h ~ z none's
    vFhp 3:7

    dmhar'.

    PROVERBS 14:16-28

    430

    16 The wise one fears and is turning away kgg;&


    from badness," but the stupid is becoming furi- 2:; ;g;
    ous and se1f-confident.n
    rr3r 12: 11;
    17 He that is quick t o anger wjlE commit 1'r 3 5
    3<:
    f~olishness,~
    but the man of thinking abilities t r:tq
    r r 11 2 9
    t 11%
    l ~ l4r] : I S
    is hated.3
    18 The inexperienced ones will certain1y take ,!,';', f:,.?
    possession of foolishnear,' but the shmxvd ones
    1 ' ~13
    will bear knou-ledge as a headdress."
    <:.; :{ 2
    19 Bad peopIe will have to bow down before I:$ 5.11
    the good ones,Y and the miclred people at t h e r 1;'F 1cl.i
    1: . l a

    ,;a?$&

    3,.

    gates of t h e righteous one.


    20 Even f o his f ellorv man one who Is of little
    means is an object of hatred,z but many are the

    C Jtla
    . I ~4'1.5
    1~ I

    :;T; !1?,!2
    !:;;i2;;
    2 27

    i
    friends of the rich person."
    l ' < 2->,1u
    21 The one despising his own fellow man is
    ;:;;
    sinningc but happy9 is he who is showing favor 2
    F I V 12 2 1
    13r 2s: 1:)
    t o the afflicted ones.A
    doll fi:ZT
    22 Will not those devising mischief go wan,
    1
    deriz~gabout But there are Iovlng-kindnessa ;; ; ; ;$
    I
    and trueness as regards those devising good.' az;;;?j,:n
    23 By every kind of toil there comes to be an
    a d ~ a n t a g e ,but
    ~ merely the word of the lips 1ri>l.z4'iia
    [tends] to want.'
    nIhr
    , ~ I3
    112I:::, i Ln
    24 The crown of the wise is their riches;# ~ ; I y ~ m ~ ~
    t h e fooIishness of the stupid ones is foo1tshness.k YF,!;~:
    25 A t r u e witnessb is delivering sauls,n but a ,:!:3::,
    I 31:s
    deceitful oneClaunches forth mere I l e ~ . ~
    E r 7.16
    26 In the fear of Jehovah there is strong con?;$to
    fidence.s and for his sons there will come to be
    5~~:;;;:
    a refuge?
    ~ I P P13'14
    27 The fear of Jehovah is a well of life," to $
    :'I,:
    Eum away from the snares3 of death."
    v 1 %21.15
    'IE'r
    I~5 eh
    28 In the multitude of people there is an i.;;$2;2
    a Or, " l o y l lor-e."
    liter all^,. "n witness of truth," M. Lftcrnll y,
    "n dcecption," M ; that is, a mtnms o f deception.
    .c;+L

    .$;Lc?::,;/,D

    adornment of a klng,y but in the lack of populat!iq2 tion is the ruin of a high ~fficial.~
    't ~ECr n7.9a : y n 29 He that is slow to anger is abundant in
    discernment,' but one that is impatienta is exalt-

    ,'IK1 4:2~

    z:zi

    m ing foolishness,'
    30 A calm heart is the life of the fleshly or.

    ~ . P SI

    I!~

    ( 1 % 7I

    !,

    l'r .I 23
    ;,Iq

    ganism.'hutjealousyisrottennes~toZhebones.~
    31 I-Ie that is defrauding the lowly one has
    I.:<.
    ?> h
    repronchecl
    his Maker; but the one showing
    <!,,.,,:,
    favor
    to
    the
    poor one is glorifying Him.&
    1 J 0 34.21
    li
    ,.~ob
    I : ~ ) y:..9
    m
    32 Becnuss of his badness the ~ r i d c e d\viU be
    I
    :
    pushrxl dottv,' but the rjgl~leouswill he finding
    ".J1~11 1 1
    refuge in his integrity,hn
    1 %
    .I.: J'..l'r :ril , ~-g. . 33 In the heart of the understanding one
    ,,,,
    ,&'
    " there rests wisdonrll~and in the midst of stupid
    "1''
    I 1.19:7
    :,L'
    ones it becomes known.
    iBJr Ilh;24:
    34 Righteoztsness is what exalts a nation?r
    but sin is something disgraceful t o national
    31i 5;::
    Rl'OUPR.''
    ?:r.Jg
    r]' :!;:h
    H:!!
    35 The pleasure of a kingo is in the servant
    lsn
    1 ,,, -,.Is
    Y : S n L,i 10 who 1s acting with insight,' but his fury comes
    yJ 9 1;>; 2!):2:! to be tomnrrl one acting sharneful1y.u
    An answer, when mild, hrns away
    ':!.a h:tC
    h i ' + 4.7: I
    rage,v but R wordC causing pain makes
    1~ I : ~ : I ~
    angel*
    t
    o
    come up.y
    f,; I;;;
    I :
    2
    The
    tongue of wise ones does good with
    1-I 9.1 1
    h o ~ l e r l g e but
    , ~ the mouthT of the stupid ones
    i , 5 ;
    J I M .{.I0
    o,lt,l, nl:n bubhles forth 114th foolishness.'
    3 ?he eyes of Jehovah are in eveq place,"
    d c r "'4 3.1
    .'"1"'17
    keeping
    watch upon the bad ones and the good
    &Cl;1h,;;l;
    .rm,3:!.;
    f ' t 17.5

    ,,,,

    :.TO

    h:p

    :Br3d21

    ,,r*.

    :;:;

    15

    8:

    e calmness of the tongue is n tree of life,*


    ion in it means a breaking down in

    Litcrnlly, "~bortof spirit [rdakh]," M.

    "htegritg," by n d&ht
    rorrt-ction of 31 to ngrrc with J,-LSSr ; ''death," M.

    432

    PROVERBS 15:5-16

    5 Anyone foolish disrespects the dbdpllne of


    his father.' but anyone regarding reproof Is *&y-tl;iT
    i41:;
    shre~vd.'
    ~ I 61.13
    Pr
    2C 3
    6 In the house of the righteous one there is ,:!,'$Y$t
    an abundant store,' but in the produce of the
    k 1% .X:IB
    ~vickedone there is troub1esomeness.k
    1t;:s
    7 The lips of the wise ones keep scattering
    ,
    y
    ,
    ;
    ;~;;~
    knowledge about,n but the heart of the stupid n j b , 37.36
    sf: ILL27
    ones is not like that.'
    I : rh - 1 . 9
    8 The sacrifice of the wicked ones is same- ,$:;'&
    thing detestable to J e h ~ v a hhut
    , ~ the prayer of ,:?
    4;:;;;
    I 'a 6G.3
    the upright ones is a pleasure to him.l
    J1.r 28)
    9 The way of the wicked one is m e t h i n g
    detestable t o J e h o ~ a h ,but
    ~ t h e one pursuing I , I Y 1
    u,1:14 I~,G: I G
    righteousness he lovewv
    10 Discipline is bad to t h e one leaving the 2;:;1:1:13
    R I L7:13
    path;Y myone hating reproof will die,&
    V l 'l' 21 :?I
    11 She%lb and [the place of] destructione
    ale in front of Jehovah.' Haw much more so the
    x;,,
    bearts of the sons of ma.nkind!dl
    2 1,so
    12 The ridiculer does not love the one reprov. 'i; y?
    * J O2ti:B
    ~
    ing him.' To the wise ones he will not go."
    l'h 1:?!1:9
    13 A joyful heart has a good effect on the 'f!<!,';;;j3"
    countenance,' but because of the pain of the $;\;$ts
    Am ~ : I O
    heart there is a stricken spirit.'
    02r11 IS:'#'
    14 The understanding heart is one that +$;li$2$4
    searches far knowledge," but the mouth of
    the.^;;."^
    stupid ones is one that aspires to foolishness."
    lln,rbt
    15 All the days of the afflicted one are bad;k
    3; 1 3
    ;but the one that is goode a t heart [has3 a feast k1.:)P, ;Vr
    !r, <,
    n I b r1h.22
    constant1y."
    air I 4: ?a
    16 Better is a little in the fear of Jehovahr $:;+';;
    I

    rE;:!;:2
    t T'r :

    house," LXXFyT; Vhe houwjc,"


    3!3Tg, b 31, slrPiil; LSX,
    '*Hardes''; Tg, im.Jer'mw.. "Destrurtiun." 31, ca.harl.d61tr. FCC, J n h
    26: 6, footnote f, d Or, "earthling man.') 11, a.rlrtm'. *Or, "oirr~~y.")
    31, #fib. * Or, "but ;as regards the one thnt is good at bcnrt thcrc is,?'

    ,,
    C)r, * ' p o d motive?' 'XI, Erb, b31, sRtbl; L X X , uHa'des'y; Vg, in-

    !;',z:i,':,

    13

    I)%

    a "In the

    17:l I

    ~ > I I2:1
    P
    1Jo .!:I&
    r ~ P 21
    r .I9

    than an abundant supply and confusion along


    with i t . 8
    17 Better I s a dish of vegetables where there
    IS lovet f han a manger-fed bull and hatred along

    enraged man stirs up strife," but one


    low to anger quiets down contenti0n.r
    xvav of the lazy one is like a brier
    he path of the upright ones is a

    U Sii r :4r
    l'r 2%15
    :

    A>.\ 21,

    13

    LCI!J
    3

    1'1' 2'?:32
    l y t I: I: 17
    $l9r
    111,.)3
    1.r 2t;:1!1

    F/:n:?lF"
    :o, 11.12

    .,, ,
    ,dl,ll n:, tr
    JllS

    3:13

    ,,:,
    1'' 1
    Nl'l. 12,1,l

    I:;f$il3
    &.,,I1

    20 A wise son is the one that makes a fabut a stupid man is despising his

    1 want21 Fwlishness
    la rejoicing
    of heart,a: but the man
    a

    to one who is in
    of discernment is

    one who

    goes s t r ~ i g h ahead.'
    t
    22 There I s a frustrating of plans where there
    is no confidential Talk, but in the multitudec of
    C O U ~ S C I O ~ S there is accomplishment''
    23 h man has rejoicing in the answer of his
    lnolith; and n word a t its right time is 0 haw

    :
    24 The path of life is upward t o one acting
    i.1 with Insight,lC in order to turn anpay from
    , ., -..
    .,. . She'olh down b e l o ~ v , ~
    -.
    1
    25 Tho house of the self-exalted ones Jehovah
    . h I t 7:l
    :
    will tear dotvn,r but Ize will fix the boundary of
    '1's 52:7
    the! wld0m.n
    l'r 1 2 7
    l''.lg
    26 The schemes 0%t h e had one are something
    P.; l.16:D
    detestable to Jehovah,t but pleasant sayings are
    ,
    !.h7. t, ig clpan,!a
    III'.t 1" 1.1
    27 The one making inj just profit is troubling
    .I;,1q.21
    1<Fl-5-3
    his awn house,' but the hater of gifk3 is the one
    .,:..
    .
    j,'i>
    ,, ,,??:a 1 that ~ 3 1 1keep 1iving.r

    e1sct 25:Jq
    ~ t l ~1a.1
    ,
    l'r 1.1 3:

    fer'n tt8,

    435
    28 The heart of the righteous me meditatesa 32j!:,$
    so as to a n s ~ ~ ebut
    r , ~tbc mouth of the wicked

    PROVERBS 16:-19

    of a man* he causes even his enemies themselves to be a t pence with hhlrn.k


    8 Better is a little tvith ri~hteousnessnthan
    nPs 3 7 3 6 an abundance of products without justicear
    Pr 13:36
    9 The heart of eartlrling man may think o t ~ t
    IT1 6:s
    rPr 2 1 5
    17'11 (hisnray,s but Jehovah himself does the directing
    of his steps.t
    10 Inspired decision should be upon the lip2
    of a king;l In judgment his moutlr should not
    prove unfaithfu1,Y
    11 The just indicator and scales Mong t o
    Jehovah;"' all the stone-weights of the bag are
    his rvork.a
    12 The doing of dckedness is something detestable to kings," for by righteousness is the
    throne' fimly established,"
    13 T h e lips of rigl~teoustlessare a pleasure to
    a grand kingll)"nnd the speaker of upright
    things he 10ves.~
    14 The rage of a king means messengers of
    death,' but the wise man is one that averts" it.'
    15 In the light of the king's face there is life,"
    and his good will is Hke the cloud of spring
    rain."
    16 The getting of %Ylsdomis 0 how much
    better than gold!'[ and the getting of under'standing is t o bc chosen more than silver."
    17 The highway of the upright ones is t o turn
    away from bad.r One who js safeguarding his
    ,g::z1 way-is keeping his soul.n
    18 Pride is before a crash,t and a haughty
    spiritd
    Isefore stumbling."
    t2FF3:35
    hLt26:33
    19
    Better
    is I t t o be lowly in spirit with the
    uEs 3:5

    *Ro &;31

    *pi'<
    ;!,:A\ 1 3 ~ : ~
    ones bubbles forth with bad things.'
    46
    29 Jehovah is far away from the wicked : I\?I,sii.l!r
    ones,= but the prayer of the righteous ones he .i.P,"f;,?i"
    EI 'r
    ~ V
    7 ,c:i~
    R'H
    henrs.(
    30 The brightness of the eyes makes the ;!;I 2Y,:$1
    lieart rejoice;' a repart that is good rn~lcesthe 'y;;,';$;3
    bwres Eat."
    U , I < ~ Il5:4
    I
    l.IL?> !!I
    31 The ear that is Listening to the reproof of k;?$;;7
    life' lodges right in among wise
    t l a + 1:!:25
    32 Anyone shunning discipline is rejecting tll't 13 l 5
    ~;,;IL!~~
    his own soul," but the one ljstening to reproof r.rot,
    2q:zs
    is acquiring heart.bn
    *PI
    I'~.. t i 11
    33 The fear of Jehovah is a discipline towawl
    wisdo1lljr and before glory there is h u n ~ i l f t y ,.$~;,!;:
    1;s
    I?
    To earthling manc belong t h e am~ngings j;:;;.t
    of the heart,l but fmm Jehovnh is the ~ a i l p ' i , ~ ~
    answer of the t0ngue.u
    ~,IIt Eb L.I;U
    1~ : ~
    3b1.20
    2 All the ways of a rnan"1.e pure in his otvn h1l
    L,,1 2 ! 1 2
    eyeslYbut Jehovah is estimating the spir1ts.Y ,!ig:ii!?3
    3 Roll your works upon Jehovah himselfz and i::Lyi$
    ~ 1 s.
    t,J
    ~
    your plans will be W y established.
    I!<:\ 1 k - I
    4 Everything Jehovah has made for llfr pur- [;;l!h\i
    pose," yes, w e n the wicked one for the evil day? z:',:;,:;i
    3 Everyone that is proud in heart is some- ;;2;;;2$
    thing detestable ta a h o v a h a tHand [may join] r;,~ ,:?h
    dtt.11
    t o hand, l yet] one will not be free from punish.i 11
    .L.ltlb :'I :m
    ment.'
    2::3
    6 B y loving-kindnessa and trueness error is 'i?'~:'1';'~
    atoned for? and in the fear of Jehovah one turns 'g:: ?:'
    sl*r 281.28
    R W ~ Yfrom bad,"
    .id. 15 *)
    7 When Jehovah takes pleasure in the ways :'$?:!:;A
    a Oi., "eonsidcrs, mnttm<ng," M. bOr, '"nnrl
    motiva!' 3f. Idb.
    "Earthling tunn.'' E,a-dam'. "31nn." hl, i$R. Or, i410gnllovo!'
    ~

    16

    141

    .;i!

    1311

    Cot k10

    Heb 1321
    130 3 : z
    kGe 33:4
    Jer 15:11

    .lPf

    gnntl kirlg.'' LitrrntIy, "kings" (as in


    a Or, lcjudgmpnt,"
    velse 19): in the plnml, nnn~lrrrof' t~tnjmrtg. Or, more litmnUy,
    Lbcovers."d Zit~rall?.,"hdght ( h ~ t ~ g l i t i a wof~ )spirit," 31.
    Q

    PROVERBS 16:20-31

    436

    437

    meeka onesv than to divide spoil with the self- 7pn5;;


    y EX 1 5 3
    exalted 0nes.y
    djr rll:39
    20 H e that is showing insight in a matter will
    2
    find god,z and happy is be that is trusting In - 1111;
    1 r . h 5,s.
    I-., nr
    Jehovah."
    l'r :,::I9
    21 The one that is wise in heart will be called o]k;:l':(A
    understanding,' and he that I s sweet in [his 1 i;:,?;,:,
    Ijps adds persuasiveness.*
    A I1.:~~. I . 12:10
    15:;
    22 To its owners insight is w 1vel1 of life,b and
    ~; ; ; l ; ,~: , ; '
    the discipline of the fooIish ones Is foallshness.' o i ~ l .15::~-i
    23 The heart of the wise one causes his -i!~''l~!:~~~
    mouth t o show insightE and to his lips it adds
    perst~asiveness,~
    raF IH.~
    Pr
    1 . ~, 2
    24 Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb,' sweet ,;J,!;$"E
    rrrl :$16
    to the soul and a healing to the b0nes.k
    = I ) , . 32 2
    25 There exists a ivay that is upright before 1:t?p,:]6
    I r -.4.1G
    a man," but the ways of death hare t h e end of lrr3r 1 ' 4 11)
    1'~11!l:193
    it afterward.'
    LT :4:x
    26 The soulb of the toiler has toiled hard for L;:;l:,l:iR
    him,* because his mouth has pressed him hard,t f2;:;ib
    27 A good-for-nothing manc is digglng up ;; '1
    what is bad," and upon his lips there Is, as ;It;;!;;~s
    were, a scorching fire.^
    tr7r 11j::j
    28 A man of intrigues keeps sending forth u I:l?S nt;:72'r:17
    strife,,' and a slanderer Is separating those fa-:'!:?;'',
    miliar with one an0ther.z
    J.r..
    1 1 r + r:r,6
    ~ 1 3
    29 A man of violence will seduce his fellow,' ~;.';~y;;/
    and certainly causes him to go in a way that is ,fi;;'&]"

    ;:;

    .r!:'$:b,:

    not good.'
    l < n 219
    I'v 1h:R
    : , r . ~ t-:?o
    30 He is blinking wlth his eyes t o scheme up .1Sn
    intrigues,' Pinching his lips together, he cer- 2r.c lII:11
    3 17
    3x1. 11:13
    tainly brings mischief t o completion.
    hr'r G : 1 3
    31 Gray-headedness is a crown of beauty' *!j:;b':?vj!$
    when it is found in the way of righteottsne~s,~
    0i$n'1:i?2

    PROVERBS 16 :32-17 :9

    32 He that is slow to anger Is better than a


    mighty
    man,' and he that is controlling his spirxFp\!3g
    Jw1 2 9 it than the one capturing a cfty.'
    a* 25:a
    ~o 12:21
    but
    33 Into the lap the lot Is cast
    kXu 26:55
    xe 112
    JOS
    is:m every decision by it is from Jehovah."
    Jon 1:'i
    Better is R dry piece of bread with whlch
    nlSa 14:4
    there I s qr~ietness~
    than a hause full of
    Pr 15.17
    the
    sacrifices
    of
    contention."
    DPC
    P 219
    21~:I9
    2 A servant that is showing indght will ruIe
    tPr 1455
    , ~ in
    Ec4:13 o v e r the sen n b o Is acting J ~ a m e f u l l y and
    among
    the
    brothers
    he
    will
    hnvc
    a
    share
    of t h e
    ' $ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~
    I S4q:lO
    ? ? c 139
    -," 3 5

    l
    :
    1

    3 The refining" pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,v but JehovaIla is the examiner of
    fPS m
    2
    hearts,'
    Jer
    4 The evildoer Is paying attention to the lip
    zg!g;6 of hurtfulness.;!A falsifl~r"is giving ear to the
    ' l J~o t l :gj ~ruinous
    ; ~ tongue.'
    5 He thst is holding the one of little means
    in derislon has reproached hfs MakeranHe that
    is joyful at [another's] disaster \\fill not be free
    L pr
    J O2427
    3~ 1 : ~
    from
    punishment,'
    R D E:B
    ob
    12
    OGrX:23
    6 The crown of old men is the grands~ns,~
    Job .ii:1B
    and the beauty of sons Is their fathers.'
    4 :
    ;Kj 1l:E
    7 For anyone senseless the lip of uprightness
    1
    .
    Fg;Ei+7 is not fittjng."' How mmucl~less so for a nohle the
    '"Pc,S,10:$
    :9g
    ! lip of faZsehoocl!*
    8 The gift is a stoneVwinnlng favor in the
    # E X 2-38
    DC 16:19 eyes of its grand owner:" Everywhere that he
    Pr 1R 16
    turns he has suceess,lc
    P, 19 6
    B~~,"1"~.13S 9 The one covering over transgression is
    nrp'>,y;:2 s e e k i n g l o v e , ~ ~ a n d h e t l ~ ~ t k e e p s t a l k i n g a b o
    1Pe :
    1

    crsa2.11

    nrJ',":;$

    "Gmnd
    a MoreliteralI~,"mrItit1g,"31,b Litcrntlp, "Ffil~chood," 31.
    "Mr~k," nlnrginsl reading of 3I ; "nmicted," Bi. or, L ' ~ ~ ~ l fI ~ l owner.'* Literally, "OH'IIPI'R,'+
    31; in t l l ~plnvnl nue~hrrQP grmtness
    deeirc," a Literally, "A man [Hebrew, ish] of B~'li.nl," 31.
    or grandeur. See Cicscw~l~u~+'
    I l r b r r ~~ : ~ i r m r r s s(l!r49),
    r
    l24i.

    PROVERBS 17:1 L 2 0

    438

    439

    16:28
    a matter is separating those familiar with one rPr
    aPg 141:5
    Pr
    9:s
    another.
    P r 13:1
    10 A rebuke works deeper in one having un- PPrr 15:5
    :22
    derstanding than striking a stupid one a hun- Re n
    329
    t28a 15:12
    dred timeseS
    ZS4 20:l
    169
    11 Only rebellion is what the bad one keeps u2Sa
    2Sa 1%15
    zu:22
    ~ e e k i n gand
    , ~ crud is the messenger that is sent 2sll<1 2:24
    1:CI 2 4 6
    against him.u
    I l t 21:11
    12 Let there be an encountering by a man of Lu 1 8 9 7
    v2Sa 17:x
    a bear bereaved of its cub# rather than anyone 2XC 1 226
    Pr 25:16
    stupid in his foolishness."
    130 13:8
    yX>r
    73
    13 As for anyone repaying bad f o good,"
    ~
    bad zlSn224:17
    Ps 35:12
    will not move away from his house.'
    Ps 38:20
    J c r 16:20
    14 The beginning of strife is as one letting *lSa
    31:3
    out waters;O so before the contention has burst 2Sn 21:l
    Nlt 27:s
    forth, take your leave.* .
    WSa 20:l
    Pr 16:21
    15 Anyone pronouncing t h e wicked one right- AGe
    1J:g
    14:29
    eous and anyone pronouncing the righteous one Pr
    M t 539
    Ro -:Is
    wicked)--even both of them are something de- ?Ex
    23.7
    1KI 2133
    testabIe to Jehovah.'
    Isa 5 2 3
    u 23:18
    16 Why is it that there is in the hand of a LJas
    5:ti
    stupid one the price to acquire wisdom: when +PP6:16
    Pr 15:s
    he has no heart ?ax
    rPPr 1 2 2
    555
    17 A true cumpanfon is loving all the time# Is8
    Ac 13:G
    7:T
    and is a brother that is born for when there is "Pr
    Pr 9:4
    Pr 24:SU
    distre~s.~"
    *lSa 18.3
    1%
    18 A manCthat is wanting in hearta shakes 2SR
    Pi-15:24
    Jo!? l5:13
    hands,dn pledging himself with a security be- ki?u
    1%

    fore his c ~ m p a n i o n . ~

    19 Anyone loving transgression is loving a


    st~uggle."Anyone making his entryway high is
    seeking a crashat
    20 H e that is crooked at heart will not find
    a

    Or, "good motive." 31, lab. b Or, "and

    ere11 for when there is distress."

    1% 19:2
    n P r 6:1

    Pr 2226

    r P r 11:15
    Pr 20:16
    sPr 29:9
    2CO 12:20
    Jas 314
    t2Sa 15:l

    R. brother himself i s horn


    "hTan," M, n-datnr, d Literally,

    "is striking the hand (palm) ," I$.

    PROVERBS 17:21-IS :4

    ups lg:2& good,u and he that is turned around in his


    Pr 3:,3
    Pr 6 : ~ tongue will fall into calamity.'
    vPr IO:31
    21 Anyone becoming father t o a stupid child
    a 18:e
    Ec 10:12 -it is a grief to him;^ and the father of a sensej a s 3:6

    does not rejoice."


    22 A. heart that is joyful does good as a
    curer,&*but a spirit that is stricken makes the
    :,p;= 3Jo 4
    bones dry."
    cIsa 3315
    23 One who is wicked will take even a bribeQ
    *Pr 12,25
    Pr 15713
    from the bosom t o bend the paths of judgment."
    EC 9:7
    24 Wisdom is before the face of the underPs 32:3
    standing one,@but the eyes of the stupid one are
    :
    ,
    at the extremity of the earth.'
    $,:
    25 A stupid son is a vexation to his fatherm
    AEx23:8
    De 16:19
    Isa s 3
    and
    a bitterness to her that gave him birth,"
    Jsa 1 9 3
    26 Fuctllermore, the laying of a fine upon
    h r 14:lQ
    ~
    I P r 14x5
    Pr 15:14, the righteous one is not good." To strike nobles
    .$ifii4'3,is against what is upright."
    27 Anyone holding back his sayings is pos1pf,"$f6
    sessed of knowledge," and a man of discernment
    Pr15:20
    #Ge 1H:25 i s cool of spirit.'
    Pr 18 5
    28 Even anyone foolish, when keeping silent,
    WSa 3:28
    2sa 16:7 will be regarded as wise;s anyone closing up his
    Job 3'18
    n p r m i 9 own lips, as understanding.t
    P r 16:28
    Jas 199
    One isolating himself will seek his own
    rPr 10:23
    Ec 9::;
    selfish Ionging;" against all practical
    Jns 3.18
    sJnb 13:5 wisdom he will break forth.v
    tPr 1 5 2
    2 Anyone stupid finds no delight in discernuRO
    D c14:7
    7:3
    ment,Y
    except that his heart should uncover
    v$;\:172:16
    rJob 12:12 itself.
    Pr 211
    3 When a wicked one comes in, contempt also
    Pr
    MFS i
    e r s a 2;:~ must come in;* and along with dishonor there
    is repr0ach.O
    g.z$i:4
    Ps 11:1
    4 The words of a man's mouth are deep wa.p,69:8
    y T ~ a ~ less
    : : ~child

    i 3

    it;:.

    n;r$&5
    ,,
    zg:

    18

    Or, by a correction of M, "does good to the body."

    PROVERBS 18: 5-15

    440

    of wisdom is a torrent bubbling


    hlt 12:34
    forth,
    bps 78:2
    5 The showing of partiality to the wicked $4;+[
    one is not good,' nor the turning aside of the
    g;;;3
    righteous one in judgment."
    WKi 2 1 9
    Isa 5:23
    6 The lips of one who is stupid enter into
    contention," and his very mouth calls even for xgi;i;;6
    p r 16~27
    *Pr 14:s
    strokes."
    lcPr 10.8
    7 The mouth of the stupid one is the ruin of 2::?2:"24
    "'"'
    and his lips are a snare for his soul."
    Mr 6:23
    8 The words of the slanderer are like things &;$:4,
    to be swallowed greedily,~which do go down ;pP;$j;,22
    ~t 2526
    into the innermost parts of the bel1y.g
    RO 12:11
    9 Also the one showing himself slack in his
    workS-he is a broth& to the one causing
    ruin.au
    LN 16:1
    4.1.
    10 The namee of Jehovahg is a strong to~ver.7'CIsa
    e~sa
    ~i:15
    VEX395
    Into it the righteous mns and is given pro- E X B ; ~
    Ian 57:15
    tectiombF
    ~ 2 %22:3
    s 18:2
    11 The valuable things of the rich are his PPaG1:S
    strong town,aand they are like a pi-otective wan ,2e$$,
    PS4 9 5
    in his imagination.*
    Pr 10.15
    12 Before a crash the heart of a manC is 'E",$52,,
    loftyfZand before glory there is humility."
    O g ;;;5
    ;'
    13 When anyone is repIying to a matter before he hears [it],* that is foolishness on his
    F~"Q;::;I
    part and a humiliation.'
    ODC1334
    14 The spirit of a manc can put up with his J o b 29:XB
    +pa%;;
    disease: but as for a stricken spirit, who can aaob
    1:21
    2co 1230
    bear it?"
    X P r17:22
    15 The heart of the understanding one ac- *2-l ~ 2:7
    sEs
    i
    quires knowledge,' and the ear of wise ones ,P,:'95i64
    ~ P 2:s
    C
    seeks to find knotvledgen3k
    PC 9:9
    tersmA
    The well

    ;$;e:,

    "to the lord of ruin," 3f. bLiterally, "is put on high;'


    that is, out of reach so as to be safe. "Jlan." M, kh.

    e literally,

    1GF32:20
    Y r *1:0
    Pr 19;6

    16 A rnan'sa gift will make a, large opening


    far him," and it will lead him even before great

    rGc 43:11
    Pr 21:14 peop1e.r
    wYos 14:2
    The
    lsn 10:21
    1Ch 6 5 3
    ,ye 11:1 lhis fellow
    Pr 16:33
    vlSa 14:42 through.
    sGc 27~41
    18 The
    ZSa 13.22

    17

    11<12.23
    L. 1c 15:39
    " P r 12:irI

    Pr 13.2
    nPr 22:18

    LPr 10:31

    Pi-11:30
    31t 12 35

    E p h 4 29

    Tit 1.10
    33s 3 6
    ape 2:18
    t Pr 10:19
    EC 1o:la

    I\a 57:ls
    1

    ?2i41!.,e

    7.1

    Jns 5:4
    1Sa 23:10
    1.1% 919:4

    doh Y5:14

    ,,,2:s,

    F?S

    3i:28

    JZS

    tlSa 25.17

    lsazj125
    >Tt 12:36

    &:"?,

    10:21

    ,:;,:
    l&

    one first in his legal case is righteous;


    comes in and certainly searches him

    lot wrts even contentions t o re* and


    it: separates ecen the mighty from one anotherav
    19 A brother transgressed against is more
    than a strong town,r and there are contentions
    that are like the b a r of a dwelling totowermZ
    20 From the fruitage of a man'sb mouth his
    belly will get its fill;* he will get his fill1 even
    of the produce of his lips,u
    21 Death and life are in t h e powerC of t h e
    tongue," and he that is loving it will eat its
    fruitage.O
    22 Has one found a [goodla wife?' One has
    found a good thingP and one gets good will from
    Jehovah."
    23 Entreaties the one of little means speaks
    out," but one that is rich answers in a strong
    wag.k
    24 There existe companions disposed to break
    one another to p i e ~ e sbut
    , ~ there exists a friend
    sticking closer than a brother.'
    Anyone of little means who is walking
    in his integrity is betters than the one
    crooked in his lipsf and the one that is m ~ i d .
    2 Also, that the soul should be without knowledge is not good,u and he that is hastening with
    his feet is sinning.gv

    19

    Dd,. yfd. d 'Vood,"


    &I, o.dt~m', b 11, isk, c Liter~lly,
    L-YXiTgSgand a. Hebrcm manuscript. =''There ex~st, in ameement
    rrith SyT; "A man," 11. f "Lips," JIVg; say^," SIT and about
    50 Hebrew mnnuscripts, g Or, ''ruissing the inalhk."

    PROVERBS 19:3-14

    442

    3 It is the foolishness of an earthling man


    that distorts his way,Y and so his heart bwome~
    enraged against Jehovah himself.2
    4 Wealth is what adds many companions,'
    but one that i s lowly gets separated even from
    nJob 6 %
    his companion.=
    Job 19:13
    5 A false witness will not be free from pun- Pr 10:15
    ishment," and he that launches forth lies will
    not escape.
    42%
    6 Many are those who soften the face of a +Ge
    Pr 16:15
    18:16
    noble,' and everybody is a companion t o the ePr
    -Ps38:11

    man making a gift.*


    7 The brothers of one of little means have all

    P r 15:20
    Sas 2:6

    *Pr 21:13
    kPr 18:ZY

    hated him." How much farther have his personal Jas 2:16
    fJo 3:17
    friends kept away from him!" He is pursuing nPr
    8:s
    1Pe 3 2 0
    with things to say; they.are not."
    rPr 3 2 1
    4:4
    8 He that is acquiring hearta is loving his Pr
    Joh 14:21
    own soul." He that is guarding discernment3 is O I s n 40:14
    S P r 18:5
    going to find go0d.r
    tJer 23:25
    Eze 1322
    9 The false witness wiIl not be free from pun- ZTh
    2:IO
    IT1
    ishrnent,a and he that launches forth lies will 2Pe 42:. 23
    Re 21:8
    perish.t
    ulSn 25.36
    Pi-30:22
    10 Luxury is not fitting for anyone stupid.^ 1.2%
    321
    Row much less for a servant to rule over 2Sa 2 3 9
    Ec 10:7
    princes!',
    Isa 3:s
    P r 14:29
    I1 The insight of a manb certainly slows y Pr
    l5:H
    Pr
    down his anger,r and it is beauty on his part to Jas16:32
    1:19
    zGe 50::O
    pass over transgres~ion.~
    bIC 18328
    22:ll
    12 The raging of a kin@ is a growling like cFr
    *Es7:s
    P
    r
    1B:14
    that of a maned young lion," but his good will Pr 20:2
    is like the dew upon the ~ e g e t a t i o n . ~ ~
    Da 2 1 2
    13 A stupid son is the ruination of his father: OMI s at 25:41
    37-27
    PS $26
    and the contentions of a wife are as a leaking UHo
    14:s
    42sn 1 6 zz
    roof that drives one away."
    Fr 17:X
    21:9
    14 The inheritance fromfathers is a house and 4Pr
    Pr 27-15
    Or> "good motive." M,7eb. b"Man,)' 11, a.&mt.

    PROVERBS 19:15-26

    443

    wealth,' but a discreet wifeQ i s from J e h o ~ a h . ~


    15 Laziness causes a deep sleep t o fall," and
    a slack soul goes hungry.#
    16 H e that is keeping the commandment is
    keeping his sou1;k he that is despising his ways
    will be 'put to death."
    17 He that is showing favor to the lowly one
    1Jo 2:3
    is
    lending to Jehovah,' and his treatment he will
    nPr 13:13
    Pr 15:32 repay to h i m . ~
    eI?Ira1:4
    +Dc 15:7
    18 Chastise your sonm while there exists
    f'r 14:21
    nPr ll:21 h0ae.t and t o the putting of him to death do not
    $::80;2lift up your sou1.i
    19 He that is d great rage will be bearing t h e

    cIsa 54:6
    +De 21:16
    2Co 1214
    W e 24:7
    Pr 18:0
    xPr 6:9
    Pr m:13
    Isa 5630
    KO 1311
    #Pr 10:4
    Z'rh 3:10
    kPr 16:17
    L u 10:28

    Pr 23:13
    Pr 29:15

    fine;" for if you would deliver [him], you wili


    also keep doing it again and again7
    C2,"tp;7
    vlsa20.w
    20 Listen t o counsel2 and accept discivline,"
    ISa 22.7
    zs, 16:s 1 in order that you may become wise in your fiy l S a 24:17
    1% 2 k 2 1 ture.*
    1TC12:36
    21 Many are the plans in the heart of a man,hn
    1Ki 2 : a
    zPr 1:8
    but
    the counsel of Jehovah is what will stand,'
    Pr 8:lO
    J e r 1i:23
    22 The desirable thing in earthling manC is
    zcp 3:7
    &De8:16
    his loving-kindness;+ and one of little means is
    Ue 32%
    Ps 90:U better than a Eying rnamb'
    ~ E 9:25
    s
    23 The fear of Jehovah tends toward life,w
    Ts 21 ;11
    aC:c 50:70
    l
    the night satisfied ;" one will
    Pr 21 :30 and one ~ v i lspend
    AC 4;25
    not
    be
    visited
    with
    what is bad.'
    Ac 5 3 9
    IPe 2 : s
    24
    The
    lazy
    one
    has hidden his hand in the
    ClCh 29:17
    + L U 1x:13
    banquet
    bo1vl;k
    he
    cannot
    bring it back even to
    BPS 3218
    Ac 9:31
    his
    own
    rn0uth.n
    x 3 I t 5:E
    25 The ridiculer you should strike, that the
    +pr
    2Tl-l:18
    a21
    inexperienced one may become shrewd;' and
    1
    6
    SrE\\ there should be a reproving of the understandkno~vIedge."
    'sPr 9.9 ~ ing one,
    ~ that
    ~ he may
    ~ discern
    i
    ~
    ~
    26 He that is maltreating a father [and] that

    .,

    ,,.,
    Or, "sonlful
    a.dlam'.

    desk"

    "Alan," N,

    61t.

    'rE&trling man," N,

    PROVERBS 19:27-20 :8

    445

    444

    ,
    chases a mother away' is a son acting shame- g
    t:;:;
    Pr 17:,22
    fully and di~gracefully.~
    P r 30:ll
    27 Cease, my son, to listen t o discipline [and 4;i;7~2
    it will mean] to stray from the sayings of uPr
    16:s
    Pr 172
    knowledge.
    Pr 2 8 3
    21:10
    28 A good-for-nothing witnessa derides jus- ylK1
    I sn 28:E
    tice,y and the very mouth of wicked people wal- .$::&?i4
    HO 4:s
    lows down what is hurtful."
    1
    *Pr 3:34
    29 Judgments have been firmly established
    for ridiculers," and strokes for the back of .$p";;l
    OPr 722
    s iupid ones.'
    P r 10:13
    Wine is a ridiculer," intoxicating liquor Agi6.ji
    is boisterous, and everyone going astray
    X I 20:16
    by it is not wise.'
    1co G:lO
    2 The frigIltfulness of a king is a growling ,$;:i7+4
    like that of a maned young lion.R Anyone draw- ;
    1
    ;:;z
    ing his fury against himself is sinning against g$~i223
    his own soul.'
    +Pr 14:29
    4:32
    3 It is a glory for a man to desist from strife," kED11
    pr 1 4 : ~ ~
    butevexyonefoolishwilIburstout [ i n i t J P k ?$
    !:;! 2~:13
    4 After harvesttime' the lazy one mi11 not >Pi"
    nPr 19:15
    p1ow;n he will be begging in reaping time, but "'i!?i4
    there will be nothingnr
    1Pr Z:E
    sPr
    18:4
    1
    5 CounseI in the heart of a man is as deep
    ivaters,o" but the man of discernment is one that
    Ej,:
    EC 7 2 8
    will draw it u p t
    JeL- 5:I
    6 A multitude of menb will proclaim each one &
    ?:; b
    his own loving-kindness,cu but a faithful mand y ~ o 1.1
    Ps 26:l
    who can find?v
    Pr I4:2
    19.1
    7 The rigl~teousis walking in his integrity.Y Pr
    L ~ I : ~ ;
    zGe 17.7
    IIappy are his sons after him."
    I
    P S 27.26
    8 The king is sitting upon the throne of judg- o$s"2i?g3
    I
    r:ent,e* scattering all badness with his own eyes. F; :F:2
    aLitcrally, "A r ~ i t n ~
    ofs Rc'li-nl," M. bV1\Zen." b1, c~,.dern', Or,

    20

    \;;,2z2

    "loyal, lor7e."

    ''31an." h1, ish, h1, dirr.

    @lKl8:46

    Job 14:4

    Ps 515
    EC7:20
    Jas 3:2
    ALe 19:3!5
    De 2533
    Pr 11:l
    Pr 16:11
    Am 8:s
    3iic 6:11
    CDc 7:25
    Re 21:8

    '2
    h l t 7:16

    "2"2::"15

    DEk 421

    Fs 94.9
    Ac 26.18
    Eph 128

    *Pr 6:9
    "Pr 1221

    R o 13.11
    1Uo 15:34
    Eph $:I4
    lrho 127
    nJns 4:13
    ].Pi-3:16
    Pr S:11
    Ec 1Zm9
    R o 10.15
    Eph 4:29

    PROVERBS 20: 9-20

    9 Who can say: "I have cleansed my heart;


    I have become pure from my sin"?u
    10 Two sorts of weights and two sorts of
    e'phah measuresA-they are both of them together something detestable to Jeh0vah.O
    11 Even by his practices a boy makes himseIf recognized as to whether his activity is pure
    and upright.'
    12 The hearidg ear and the seeing eye-Jehovah himself has made even both of themne
    13 Do not love sleep, that you may not come
    to poverty." Open your eyes; be satisfied with
    bread.*
    14 "It is bad, bad!" says the buyer, and he is
    going his way." Then it is that he boasts about

    himself ."
    15 There exists gold, also an abundance of
    l l e b 13;l: corals, but the lips of knowledge are precious
    SEX 22:26 v e s ~ e l s . ~
    Pr 11:15
    tPr 2 1 6
    16 Take one's garment, in case one has gone
    Fr 5.3
    Pr 7.5
    surety
    for a stranger;"and
    in the instance of
    aPr 28 19
    uGe 3:6
    a
    foreign woman, seize it as a p1edge.f
    Job 20:u
    17 Bread3 got through falsehood is pleasuxPr 4:17
    Pr 9.17
    able t o a man,u but afterward his mouth will be
    Ec 119
    .;La 3:16
    y p r 15:22 filled with gravel.'
    PC23.6
    18 By counsel plans themselves are firmly
    zJ 1 1
    l& h i 4 established,~and by skillful direction carry on
    2S4 2:26
    Lu 14:31 your warnE
    *Le 19.16
    19 He that is going about as a sIanderer is
    Pi- 1133
    Pr 1S:S
    uncovering
    confidential talk;* and with one that
    UPr Ici.29
    KO 1628 is enticed&with his lips you must have no felA?., * *u.L"
    Ex Z Y l l l0wship.n
    Le 203
    ~ e 2 . r : ~ 20 As for anyone calling down evil upon his
    2Ti 2 2
    father and his m ~ t h e r his
    , ~ lamp will be exCISA 8.4
    'E7ig5 ltinguished a t the approach of darkness.O

    1711.1.>

    Or, by another delivation, "is wide open."

    PROVERBS 20 :21-21 :2

    PROVERBS 21:&I3

    446

    21 An inheritance is being got by greeda at +P$,g$,


    first,' but its own future will not be blessed.* ,$$~6g:,,
    22 Do not say: "I will pay back evil!"" Hope ;
    ; $;;2

    3 To carry on righteousness and judgment is


    r&yL;22
    3Ir 12.3 more preferable to Jehovah than sacrifice.'
    sPs 10:4
    PC6:17
    Pr m:r3
    L~ 18:14

    >Ia$ a:o
    in Jehovah and he will save you.'
    xI)e 3235
    23 Two sorts of weights are something de- Pr 17:18
    testable t o Jehovah, and a cheating pair of g:%:"L%
    1Th 515
    scales is not good.k
    1PC 3:9
    24 From Jehovah are the steppings of an *$pa:6;i2
    able-bodied mamn As regards earthling man, &=&
    ; ?;
    n p s 37:23
    how can he discern his way?r
    Jer 10:?3
    25 It is a snare when earthling man has rash- nc 17:28
    25:12
    Iy cried out, "Holy!"$ and after vows [he is rPs
    Pr l.1:8
    disposed] t o make examinati0n.t
    sLe
    P r 127:30
    6:g
    26 A wise king is scattering wicked people,^ $$zi:
    and he turns around upon them a wheel,b5v 31sa28:27
    31sa 2:22
    27 The breathe" of earthling man is the lamp t ~ g : ; ~

    of Jehovah,r carefully searching all the innermost parts of the bel1y.z

    ;;5":"4:2
    ~t 533
    u2Sa 4:lO
    s 101:s

    IPe 5:5
    tPr 19:s

    a d ~ a n t a g but
    e ~ ~everyone that is hasty sure'zp":i,$s for
    ly heads for wantav

    :
    ,TI$
    ;:
    ~ p 10:2
    r

    m1IGot by greerl,') X ; "got hastily," in a s e e m e n t with VgSyT.


    b ('A wheel," 31; "their oxn hurtfulness," by a slight correction of
    31. C iLBreafh.'!X, ,1~sku.31ta71',ae in Genesis 2 : 7. d Or, '.loyal IovF.?'
    e Or, "truth." 31, c111.et7tf.

    6 The getting of treasures by a false tongue


    is an exhalation driven away,y jn the case of
    those seeking death,=
    7 The very violence of the wicked will drag
    them away,' for they have refused to do justice.'
    8 A man, even a stranger, is crooked in [his]
    way,ba
    but the pure one is upright in his ac2.2
    C P; .i%:F6
    tivity.O
    D n 12:10
    ?it 5:s
    9 Better is i t to dwell upon a corner of a roof'
    .-IC 13:B
    than
    with a contentious wife, although in a
    ,1Pel:,2?
    - r r *5:L4
    @Pr15:17 house in
    P r 173
    Pr m i 3
    10 The very soul of the wicked one has craved
    Pr 27:15
    what is bad;" his fellow will be shown no favor
    XPS 36.4
    Pr 3 2 9
    in his eyes.*
    3.1 7 :
    1Co 10:6
    11 By the putting of a fine on the ridiculer
    IJO 2:16
    the
    "
    ~
    ~inexperienced
    ~
    ~ becomes
    ~
    swise;" and by one's
    giving
    insight
    t
    o
    a
    wise
    person
    he gets hnowl:$:&
    Pr 13:11
    prx:n
    tPr 8:36
    Eee 18.31
    *Ps 726
    PC129
    Isa 193
    oEze IS 18
    h I [ C 3:9
    ~ E C9:3
    1Co 3:3

    28 Loving-kindnessa and truenesse-they


    safegua~dthe king,* and by loving-kindnessd he >&;2,:0;,
    has sustained his throne."
    yGe
    J O232:s
    ~: ~
    29 The beauty of young men is their power,* :F:k$iE
    and the splendor of old men is their gray- g;;gl;i
    headedness.
    UPS 2 1 : ~
    16:5
    30 Bruising wounds are what scours away ~Isa
    l~,-l:a
    the bad;' and strokes, the innermost parts of
    the belly."
    +PS
    Pr 119:il
    16:31
    eReb 12:11
    A king's heart is as streams of water in X ~ ~ ; ; 5
    the hand of Jehovah." Everywhere that
    ~ 2 8
    Re 3737
    he delights toj he turns it.#
    lcPs 38:2
    2 Every way" of a man is upright in his own mT,"~$~~
    nlSa 1 6 3
    I
    eyes," but Jehovah is estimating hearts."
    I)r 24:12

    21

    4 Haughty eyes and an arrogant heart,# the


    I m p of the wicked ones, are sinat
    5 The plans of the diligent one surely make

    Pr 19:25

    Ac 5 : s
    11Pr 9:9

    edge.cn

    12 The Righteous One is giving consideration


    x:x to the housed of the wicked one,' subverting the
    H a 14:9
    fiGe 19:s wicked ones to [their] ~ a l a m i t y . ~
    Pr 13:6
    13 As for anyone stopping up his ear from
    PrId:3a
    the~ complaining
    t
    ~
    ~
    ~ cry of
    ~ the ~lowly 7one,t he him"F;%l1 self also will call and not be answered-u
    rJob 2713
    PS

    Or, "are [more preferable t o them thrtn] a sin offri4ng." b Or,


    L'Themay of a mas, men rt stranger, is o~hooked'~;
    or, "Tbr way o f
    a mnil i s crooked and strange.'' Ur, %nd Fly ncting ~ v i t hdiscretion
    the wise one gets knomIedge,jJ in agreement with T,d Or, .'is acting discreetly toivard t h e house.'>
    a

    PROVERBS 21:1 4 2 6

    448

    449

    3220
    14 A gift made in secrecy subdues anger;%vGe
    ISa 2 5 : s
    Pr 17:s
    and a bribe in the bosom, strong rage.y
    Pr 18.18
    15 It is a rejoicing f o r the righteous one t o ynrt fi:3
    zJob 29:12
    do justice,l but there is something terrible for Ps 40:8
    Ec 3:12
    those practicing what is hurtftll.'
    110 7 2 2
    *Pr
    16 As for a mana wandering from the way Mt 10:29
    '723
    Lu 1327
    of insight," he will rest in the very congrega- 33er
    31:s
    OPs 1255
    tionOof those impotent in death.bA
    17 He that is loving merriment will be an $3E 4
    6:4
    individual in want;%he that is loving wine and Heb
    2Ps 221
    A P r 2:19
    oil will not gain riches,'
    Pr 9:lS
    Eph 2 , 1
    18 The wicked is a ransommfor t h e righteous WIsa
    43:3
    1533
    one,@and the one dealing treacherously take: 4Lu
    1Ti 3:6
    ZTi 34
    the place of the upright ones."
    +PF
    2321
    19 Better is it to dwell in a wilderness land mrr I I : ~
    Isa 43:4
    than with a contentious wife along with vexa- *Es7:10
    Wer 9:2
    tion."
    3Ua 113
    112:3
    20 Desirableo treasure and oil are in the lcPs
    Pr 10-22
    15:6
    abode of the wise one," but the man" that ie Pr
    Ec 529
    Lu 6:15
    stupid will slvallow it up."
    nhIt 25:3
    21 H e that is pursuing righteousnessr and Lu 15:13
    153
    loving-kindnessc will find life, righteousness and rPr
    Isa 61:l

    glary."
    22 A wise one has scaled even the cfty of
    mighty men, that he might bring down the
    strength of its confidence.t
    23 He that is keeping his mouth and his
    tongue is keeping his soul from distressesmU
    24 Presumptuous, self-assuming braggart is
    the name of the one who is acting in an outburst
    of presumptuou~ness.~
    25 The very craving of the lazy rviII put him
    to death, for his hands have refused t o work.y
    All the day he has shown himself eagerly
    a " ~ ~ R I I . "M,

    craving,
    *$;z;2$

    but the righteous one gives and holds


    nothing back.*
    27 The sacrifice of the wicked ones is someP ~ I ~ : Sthing detestab1e.O How much more so when he
    brings it with a [wicked] design!*
    J,,E
    IS^ 1.11
    20
    28 A lying witnessc will p e r i ~ hbut
    , ~ the man
    that
    is
    listening
    will
    speak
    even
    forever.'
    ,$; E:;4
    29 A wicked man has put on a bold face,. but
    R;gi;6
    ?r 19:s
    the
    upright is the one that will firmly establish
    +Pr 12:19
    it 3:8
    his ways.x
    30 There is no wisdom, nor any discernment,
    'J':,"3":3"4
    x~+~;~'l nor any counsel in opposition t o Jehovah.*
    The horse0 is something prepared for the
    C1my"'71
    *Pr
    19:21
    day
    of
    battle,k but salvation belongs to Jehovah."
    Pr 24.3
    AC
    52.9
    1Pe 2:B
    A namea is to be chosen rather than
    abundant riches;r favormis better than
    DY er 3 1 : ~
    Lu 6:30
    2Co 8.9
    clsa13:n
    Ps 50.8

    n,qS2*s2,

    even siher and goldOs

    2 The rich one and the one of little means


    have
    met each 0ther.t The Maker of them all is
    Php 4:3
    BAC 7:io
    J
    e
    h
    ~
    vah.~
    tlSa 2 7
    Ps 49:2
    3
    Shrewd
    is the one that has seen the calarnPr 29.13
    U J O ~51~15ity and proceeds t o conceal himself,v but the inJob 3:19
    p, 14:31 experienced have passed along and must suffer
    rEx 9 .a
    Pr 14.16 the
    4 The result of humility [and] the fear of
    is riches and glory and life.=
    ~ ~ P , r ~ ~ ? Jehovah
    ,
    5
    Thorns
    [and] traps a r e in the way of the
    Z pr
    P S 2191
    *:9
    Isa 3 3 s
    crooked
    one;*
    he that is guarding his soul keeps
    Jas 4:10
    far
    away
    from
    them."
    *~g~;3;13
    Fr IS
    6
    Train
    up
    a
    boy according Lob the way for
    C P s 91:1
    him;* even when he grows old he will not turn
    pr 13.3
    G e 1319
    from itP4
    ~ e 6 : aside
    ~
    01Sa 1:2X
    7 The rich is t h e one that rules over those of
    l s a 236

    gEc7:1 7

    hIt 5.6

    H e b 12~1.1

    s P r 22:4
    RO 2 7
    ICo 15%

    2TI 4:s
    t2Sa 20:16

    Ec 7:r9

    EC 9:15
    uPr 10:19
    P r 12:13
    Pr 13:3
    Jas 1:26

    Jas 3:6

    YES3:5
    Pr 6:17
    Pr 16:18
    Ee 7:9
    Jss 4:18

    yPr 8:6
    Pr 13:4
    Pr 19:24

    "Those impotent in d ~ a t h . "%I, repha-iwa';


    LXXSTg, "giants"; EST, "tI~esoas of enrth." Or, " l o ~ n llove."
    o.dcsnlt,

    PROVERBS 21:27-22:7

    "A name,"

    DIES; "A good name:


    mouth (opening) of;' 31.
    a

    LXXVgT.

    b Literally,

    "at the

    PROVERBS 22:G I 8

    PROVERBS 22:19-23:2

    450

    little means,' and the borrower Is servant to the 'P,mzEy


    man doing the lending:?
    ~ 5.75
    : . I < I 2.13
    .1.1
    8 I-Se that is sowing unrighteousness will reap
    '
    ;
    &
    what i s hurtful,' but the very rod of his fury - 1"I11 , ) s.7
    1' 7
    UI'a 1:+5:3
    will mine to its ad.*
    '''I
    I) He that is kindly in eye will be blessed, for
    k13~ln:7
    he has &ven of his food to the Iowly one.Ic
    Pr 11 25
    10 Drive away the ridiculer, tlint cont~ntion
    (:.lo
    may go out and that legal contest and clishonor n11cb
    Go 2 1 9
    may cease."
    11 The one loving purity 00 heaztsllfor the
    ;!i:'
    charm of his lips the kin@' wilI be his conr- ;,':.$,":&
    I:<
    ;>I. yb::{
    I C :3
    panabn.8
    12 The eyes of Jehovah himself havc safeguarded knowledge,' but he subverts the words''U$;;;;!r
    5.r.i 3:H
    of the ti*eactlerousone.u
    13 T h e lazy one has said:v "There Is n ljon :I; 3,: ;:
    outside!Y In the midst of the ptthlic squnres I
    ;:6
    "lan 1 9 1
    shall be murdered!""
    Dl's R1 :la
    14 The mouth of strange woi'nen is R deep :.J,,~I~:.I
    pit.' The one denounced by Jehov~hwill fa11
    into it."
    15 Foolishnes is tied up with the heart3 of R
    boy;" the rod of discipline is what all1 remove
    it: far fl-orn him0
    16 He that is defratrding the 101x3~one t o supply many things t o himself,' he also that Is giving t o the rich one, i s mrely destined for ~ x ~ ~ n t . "
    17 Incline your ear and h e m the words of
    the wise ones; that you may apply your very
    heart to my knowledge,' l 4 For it is pleasant
    that you shouId keep them in your fnneiBmost
    part,'= that they may be flrmly established together upon your lips.n

    c;;

    '''

    ILL1 1:a
    J U 2o:3r
    ~

    f~~th?L
    22 Do not rob the lowly ono because he is
    E Z 252:29
    ~3.6
    Iowly,ll and do not crush the nIHictccl one in the
    gate.v n y For Jehovah himself will plead their
    g;z$p causer
    and he will certainly rob their robkrs
    y::y..s..+-I2

    of S O U I . ~ ~
    24 DQ not hnve companionship with anyone
    given to an~er,"
    a ~ ~ d u r i tah man having fits of
    you must not enter. in," ?' that you may not
    &
    +:$:KQ
    , G : l Q grage
    e t familiar with Ilis paths and certainly take a
    oFr 2'J:22
    snare
    for your soul."
    a2;;7j;5
    I C O ~ : ~
    26 Do not get to be among those striking
    OPr 6 : l
    handsloamong those who ~o security for loans.'
    Pr 17:IX
    ,;If you have nothing t o pay, why s h o ~ ~ lhde
    'P$,i$:s
    take your bed from under you?'
    a2m
    PrZO:lg
    4:1
    Cr-lg:lp
    28 DO not movc hack a boundaryg of long
    *& 19:14 ago, wl~ichyotr forefathers have made.'
    D e -17
    nobza:a
    29 Have you beheld a man skillftll in his
    Fr ?$I0
    w~I".;
    work?" Before kinw is where he will station
    Pr 12.24
    s.lo himself; hc will not s t ~ t i o nhimself before com14"1:21monplace men.k
    k1KI 11:ZB
    3it 2 5 : a
    In case you should sit down t o feed
    gounclf with a king, you should dili"Jude*
    gently consider wllclt fs before yourn'and you
    must put a knife to your throat If you are the
    r s I?:L
    Fr 23:ll
    , :
    :>:zc ?:9

    ':.:;

    L L Y reads: Lc3ebo~aR
    I o ~ pure
    s
    hcarta'' RyT : "Gail l o v ~ sthe
    pnrcbehrted me." b Or, ''afffii1-s."

    YOU

    190 5:13

    upr23:10

    "r:t

    19 For your confidence to come to be in Jehovah himself I havc given you Itno~~lect~e
    today,
    'P562:S
    even YOU.nP
    ?r3:5
    20HaveInot11~ritten~louhemtofom~!~
    ~ t o you the
    ;r;ro S.12 counselings and k n o ~ v l e c l ~ r , * ?show
    truthfulness'
    of
    true
    sayings,
    so
    as
    to i-eturn
    -TI 3 1 5
    F ~ ~ ;sayings
    x
    that are ihc truth-to tlie one sending

    23

    ' -

    a Or, "caused you t o k~orvyour p n t h k tortny," I)y n s l i ~ h correctiott


    t
    of N, corresponding wi t b l,,LY. k Or, "it1 lhirt,v scctions {pnrts) ."
    The aerlvc rrf: BT h ~ r eis difllcult. 11, q<*ibl; rill d l b - a . 1LC~ rrasd.
    d Or, "life." 11, nrlhlr'~sk; LSX, p!lac.LI;'; VK, rt%tri.tna.

    453

    452

    PROVERBS 23 :3--I6

    owner of soulIfu1 desire] a Do not show yourself craving his tasty disl~es,as it is the food
    of 1les.s

    vy&klf;ff
    -;1;1!:.1

    ?a

    1.u 21
    t 1'r 25.21)

    PROVERBS 23 :17-43

    17 Let your heart not be envious of sinners,but be in the fear of Jehovah all day
    P r 3%.
    P P Z ~ : I long.'
    For in thnt case there will exist a fu*PS
    Pr 111:10
    El6
    turemand your own hope will net be cut ofKA
    19:YOU,0 my son, hear and become wise,
    $:,"i3
    and
    lead your heart on in the wnyP0
    ,lr","3+ji;
    20
    drinkers
    a ~ ; ~ ; ~ ~ Do not come t o be among h e ~ v y
    of
    wine,+
    among
    those
    who
    are
    gluttonous
    eat$;;$k% ers of
    ='
    For
    & drunkard ~ n d
    a
    glutton
    &16sm; i will come to poverty,' and droivsiness will clothe
    epr
    Tit237
    ? : l a one wl th mere rags.'
    'De 21:20
    22 Listen t o your father who caused your
    pr21:17
    and do not despise your mother just be&;*&
    cause
    she
    has grown old." zv Buy truth' itselfr
    *g;:!ig

    &~

    ~ 7 3 ~ 3

    4 Do not toiI togainriches.tCeaw fromyour .rta+;:27


    l'?k fi:lll
    own understanding." Have you caused your pr 3 3
    eyes to glance a t it, when it is nothing?' For &2$;f
    without fail it makes wings for itself like those 7 ~ ~ ~ , t y $ ~ ; ~
    of an eagleCand flies away toward the heavensay ,;,lpi;:;
    6 Do not feed yourself with the food of any. ~1:r2,~,:?i
    I
    kn3r;"r;'?2
    one of ungenerous eye,ba nor show yourself zlw
    st,rl
    craving his tasty dishes.' ?For as one t h n t has ~-~.ni:;i
    calculated within his soul, so he is." " E Rand
    ~
    drink," 11e says to you, hut his heart itself is -:;:t8f',:2
    not with you." #Your mom1 that YOU have 4yl;r;B
    k 3 e ?T:;6
    and do not sell it-tvisdorn and discipline and
    eaten, you will vomit it out, and you wll1 have
    Pf 1:s
    mh6:2
    ~nderstanding.~~'Thefatheraf
    arighteousone
    * r r 9:7
    wasted your pleasant lvords."
    nLe 10:3
    Pr w.11 will without fail be j0ylu1;~the one becoming
    9 rnto the ears of a stupid one do not speak,' K?f;i41
    ,\c 1:1..1f3
    rpilg%, father to a wise one wiIl also rejoice in h i m u
    for he will despise your prudent words."
    CeLu 16 I4
    20 Your father and your mother will rejoice, and
    10 Do not move back the boundary of long ;;hJ+?;iO
    she that gave birth to you will be joyful.#
    ago," and into the field of fatherlessC boys do $
    .
    $
    f,
    H
    ,
    :
    A
    ;
    &
    ;:;
    net enter.# l1 For their Redeemer0 is strong; he ;y;;;;;;;
    g~:,cb,:;:,26 26 My son, do give your heart to me and may
    t l ~ l:48
    l
    n; nlr:fi
    those eyes of yours take pleasure in my own
    himself will plead their cause with you.lc
    Pr 10:l
    .ll'r /:I;
    uPr 3 s : ~ ways.?' For a prostitute is a deep pit and a
    12 Do bring your heart t o discjpline and your
    v1Ch 4:0
    ~ r 3 7 . 3 ffo~eignwoman is a narrow well. 2k Surely she,
    ear to the sayings of know1edge.n
    27 18
    1,u 1 1 : 3
    just like a robber, Iies in wait;' and among men
    13 Do not hold back discipline from the mere f;?r;2$
    ,r>,
    s:s
    boy.rIn case you beat him with the md, he will i;',?:.,
    1
    g;z1ij43 she increases the treacherous onesAD
    29 Who has woe? Who has uneasiness?' Who
    not die.%lC With the rod you yourself should r!:;;::;;
    has contentions?' Who has corec~rn?'Who has
    beat him, t h a t you may deliver his very soul c"g,:;:;t
    lco 19:s wounds for no reason? Who has dullness of
    RI'C 13 24
    f rorn She'olc3 it5elf.t
    01IC1 21):16
    I ' F 29:15
    x : eyes? Those staying a long time with the
    15 My son, if your heart has become wise," t;;;~;;y;
    @
    ltAm6:6
    E P5.18
    ~
    wine,k those coming In to search out mixed
    my heart wiII rejoice, even mineaY And my U P F 2 2
    I
    cIsa 5 ~ 1wine."
    Do not Iooli a t wine' when it exhibits
    kidneysd will exult when your lips speak up- ,!l'G':j?:l
    !IPS75:s
    9:2
    a
    red
    color,
    when It gives o f f its sparkle in the
    rightness,~
    y JI'F' 1 3H!IJ
    ~.t :m
    SCR
    ~ ~7:9~ - .cup,
    : l s [when] it goes wiill a smoathness.~a 2 At
    a iLf;louZ[ful desire].'' 31, ~reph'esh; liternlly, * t a o u l . ' V ~n%i.ara,
    ,
    its end i t bites just like a serpntic9 and it seF2',a1:,":$9
    liter all^, " w i l as to eye," hf. M, akfCl; LXX, "dcnth"; Vg, inJ.9 S:17
    trsn s9:5 cretes poison just like a viper,L ':' Your own ej7es
    fer'l~twjSF,sllit~l*.
    d Or, "dcepeet emotions.''
    5.

    t;:&~;3Ts

    c',:%.?f

    PROVERBS 23 :34-24 :11

    454

    will see strange things&and your own heart will vF;::;p


    speak perverse things.Y 3 4 And you will certainly 2 %;
    become like one lying down in the heart of the ~;22a::$
    sea, even like one lying down a t the top of a zss 13:~s
    16:9
    rna3t.y Su"They have struck me, but I did not 1K1
    1KEM;lG
    become sick; they have smitten me, but I did
    not know itBz
    When shall I wake up? I shall seek * ~ & b ~
    ICO 15:3z
    it yet some more."*
    2PC 2 2 2
    ~ P 3s7 3
    Do not be envious of bad men" and do Pr3:31
    not show yourself craving t o get in with
    %$iT
    them:
    For vioIence is what their heart keeps ,y&:i\19
    A c 13:Iil
    meditating and trouble is what their own lips +Pr
    9:1
    Pr 14:~.
    keep speakingv
    1Co 3:8
    3 By wisdom3 a household will be built up- GECS:LO
    and by discernment i t will pmve firmly estab- '$?32:"
    lishedqg L4nd by knowledge will the interior u ~ ~
    rooms be filled with all precious and pleasant gtsz,
    *Pr S:I~
    things of value.*
    Pr 21:22
    5 One wise fn strength is an able-bodied l,"p'S;%
    man: and a man of knowledge is reinforcing Isa QO:XI
    power.bk For by skiIIful direction you will E,":ciiO
    carry on your war," and in the multitude of n,P,':$iy
    counseIors there is sa1vatian.r
    vPr
    ZTI11:14
    4:7
    7 For a foolish one true wisdom is too high;csBE
    Z; i ::
    ICO 2:14
    in the gate he will not open his mouth.
    244
    8 As for anyone scheming to do bad, he will ulKi
    rs21:n
    Ps 26:10
    be called a mere master at evil ideas.u
    Pr F:14
    9 The loose conduct of foolishness is sin: f;I: :ii,L
    and a ridiculer is something detestable to man- vpL,e!,::il
    Ga 519
    kind.=
    yPr 23:lO
    10 Have you shown yourself discouraged in ;";,;
    the day of distress?" Your power will be scanty. zIsa 4a:zs
    11 Deliver those who are being taken away gEk&ti
    a Or, "n~onien." b Or, bb~.sIight changes of N, "The wise one ia

    455

    those staggering t o t h e slaughter,


    be spared.&*l 2 In case you shouId
    --Mf28:44
    L;1sa 1 6 : ~ say: '%look! we did not h o w this one,"' will
    Ps 7 0
    not he himself that is estimating hearts discern
    Pr 5:21
    4 PS G6!9
    AcZ'i.28 itA and he himself that is observing your soul
    +PA
    3rt R2:lZ
    knowd and certainly pay back to earthling man
    " 0 2:G
    2Co 5:lO according t o his activity ?+
    +pp25:16
    Ca B:I
    13 M y son, eat honey, for it is good, and let
    1:t 3:4
    1 sweet comb honey be upon your palate," la In
    yP4139.103
    P;.zzlrs the same way, do know wisdom f o r your Soul."
    e3r 21.18
    i r t i<::29 If you have found [it], then there exists a ful$~$& ture and your own hope wilI not be cut off,*
    15 Do not, as a wicked one, lie in wait for the
    abiding
    place of the righteous one;k do not de2G:g;&
    Isa 32::s spoil his resting place." lF
    For the righteous one
    rPs 3k19
    131c7:8
    may
    faIl
    even
    seven
    times
    and be will certainly
    ~
    A
    ZCo 1'8
    S C O I ~ I O get up,' but the wicked ones will be made to
    alSa 314
    ES7:10 stumble by calamity."
    17 When your enemy falls, do not rejoice;
    :?{$;
    '~!~~~~~ and when he is caused to stumble, may your
    heart not be joyful$ l 8 that Jehovah may not
    $bL:&29
    uLa4:Zl
    see and it be bad in his eyes and he certainly
    Zec 1:15
    rps37:l turn back his anger from against him.u
    Ps 73:s
    ~ ~ 2 3 - 1! 7 19 DO not show yourself heated up at evilePs 9.17
    pr 111:7
    doers. Do not become envious of wicked peop1e.s
    I?.a 331
    caarzs:la "For there will prove t o be no future for any=Job 21:17
    one bad;" the very lampo of wicked people wiU
    p, 13:9
    ,qP,$s!p be extinguished.*
    21 My son, fear Jehovah and the kingmu
    With
    ,
    those
    who
    are
    for
    a
    change,
    do
    not
    intermeddle.&
    DF$a$%g
    $geF;:+ p s For their disaster m11arise so suddenly,Vthat
    '~&~~,:"1, who I s aware of the extinction of those who are
    for a change?'
    D&?h1fif:6
    23 These [sayings] aIso are far the wise
    +
    Ac ZX:31 to death and
    p ~ ~ o s : if
    ~ 6you lrvould

    *P3 82s

    ~~3

    24

    superior to the strong one, nnd a man of lrlro~vledgsto the one


    vigoroas in power.""To correspond with LIXX,) C Or, "is as corals!'

    PROVERBS 2k12-23

    spared," by a change of rowel-pointing of If; ('spare;' 31.


    ~"BF

    PROVERBS 24 :24-25: 2

    456

    457
    @Ps IM:43
    xLe 19:15
    De 1 3 7
    ZCh 19:7
    3oh 7:24
    Xi 5:21

    ones;@The showing of partialitya in judgment


    i s not good."
    24 Re that is saying to the wicked one: "You
    2:l
    are righteous,"* the peoples mill execrate him, Jns
    1Pe 1:17
    23%
    national groups will denounce him." " But for *Ex
    Pr 17:15
    those reproving [him] it will be pleasant," and BTsa
    66:24
    nLe 19:17
    upon them there wilI come the blessing of g0od.r &!It 14:4
    l'ri 5:20
    28 Lips will he kiss who is replying i n a straight- rPr 2823
    sGe
    .11:38
    fonvard way."
    Job 6:25
    cJer
    27 Prepare your work0 out of doors and make t l K i 17:22
    5:17
    i t ready for yourself in the fieldbtAfterwardl you uLl Ku i1428
    7:l
    VEX20:16
    must also build up your househo1d.u
    ISa 2 2 9
    Mt 26:59
    28 Do not become a witness against your fel- yEph
    425
    c013:g
    low man without gr0unds.v Then you would zPr
    20:22
    have to be foolish with your 1ips.s 20 Do not say: *Ro1227
    525
    "Just as he did t o me,= so I am going t o do t o U1Th
    J g 15:11
    Ro 1 2 3 9
    him.* I shall repay to each one according to A P r 6:6
    4Pr 10:13
    his acting.""
    Pr 12:11
    O P r 31:16
    30 I passed along by the field of the lazy in- *Job 31:40
    4:3
    dividuaIA and by the vineyardm of the man in JMetr 137
    Heb 6:s
    need of hearLbo
    Iookhall of it produced ePr
    20:4
    2238
    weeds." Nettles cwewd its very surface and its Pr
    E C 10:18
    stone wall its& had been torn down."
    xPs4.4
    Lu 2:51
    32 So I proceeded t o behold, T myself, I be- *De
    1211
    2121
    gan taking [it] t o heart;" I saw, I took t h e dis- De
    LC0 10:11
    P r 6:10
    cipline;" A little sleeping, a little slumbering, kRo
    13:11
    E
    594
    a little folding of the hands t o lie down,k ad and I Tphh 5:6
    nPr
    1
    0
    :4
    as a highwayman your poverty will cedainly Pr 13:4
    1Tl$,?432
    come and your neediness as an armed manscn
    i0Tl
    These also are the proverbs of Sol'o.monr 6;.
    E~ ~2:9
    that the men of Hez.e.kitah the king of ",","21":'
    Isa 38:22
    Judah transcribed :
    Isa 3 7 3
    2 The glory of God is the keeping of a matter Eel&

    25

    'Literally, "To discern fanes," 31.


    =Literally, "a man of shield," M.

    Or,

    "good motive."

    M, leb.

    '

    tDe 295-3
    Job 38.4
    Job Q3

    Ro 11:33

    ulxl 39Ezr 4:l3


    Ear 5:17
    Ezr 6:1
    J o b 20.16

    V P A1D3:ll

    1sa ?:I1
    Ro 8:30

    ylKi 4:s
    zPr 1 7 3

    Isa 125
    nrnl 3:3
    1Pe 1:7
    *1ICi 2 3 3
    IIC1 2 4 6
    E\7:lO
    Pr 203

    n P r 16.12

    Pr 20:28
    Pr 29:14
    Isa 9:7
    Isn 16:5
    APr 2T:2
    PlSa 9 : n
    2% 7:8

    PS 13111

    +Pr 1 6 3 9
    L u 14:lO

    @Lu 1 4 9

    L u 1834

    iPe 5:s
    XPr 1724
    L u 14.32

    +Pi"14:12

    Mt 3:?5
    khIt 1R15
    n P r 11:13
    PP20:18

    oCa 1:lI

    sPr 1523

    Pr 242%
    Ec 12:10

    Isa M : 4

    UPS 141:5
    Pr 1:9

    Pr B i t
    Pr 12.5
    Pr 27:5
    Heb 12:6

    GIsa 9:3

    PROVERBS 25:3-13

    secwt,t and the glory of kings is the searching


    through a rnatter.r-1
    3 The heavens f o r height and the earth for
    depth,' and the heart of kings, t h a t is un-

    searchable,~
    4 Let there be a removinga of scummy dross
    from t h e silver and all of it will come forth
    refined.bz
    5 Let there be the removing of the wicked
    one before the king,* and his throne wilI be
    firmly established by righteousness itself.u
    6 Do not do yourself honor before the king?
    and in the place of great ones do not stand.4
    For it is better [for him] to say to you: "Come
    up here,"+than to abase you before a noble
    whom your eyes have seen.*
    8 Do not go forth to conduct a legal case
    hastily," that it may not be a question of what
    you will do in the culmination of it when your
    fellow man now humiliates you,* Plead your
    own cause with your fellow mank and do not reveal the confidentiaI talk of
    IQ that the
    one listening may not put you to shame and the
    bad report by you can have no recall
    I1 As apples of gold3 in silver carvings is a
    word spoken at the right time for it.5
    12 An earring af gold, and an ornament of
    special gold,^ is a wise reprover upon the hearing ear.u
    13 Just like the coolness of snow in the day
    of harvestG is the faithful envoy to those send-

    B I Z e t there be a removing." The Hebrew v e ~ bhere is in the inh i t i v e absolute and henee is impersond and indefinite as to time.
    bG6Allof it will come forth refined," by slight change~lin M, in
    ameeinent with LXY; literally, "a vessel will come forth for the
    refinel;"
    31. C "Special gold?' M, kl~eth'em; an Egyptinn word.

    ing

    439

    458

    PROVERBS 25 :14-24
    for he restores the very soul o

    rnastel-~.~~

    "

    Y P P1.1:17

    26:fl
    his! I'r
    14 As vaporous clouds and a wind 1v1thout
    Ph~?:25
    any downpour is a mand boasting him.self about
    a gift in falsehood.
    15 B y patiencee a commander js induced, and,
    32:d
    a mild tongue itself can break a h e . "
    I ZGP
    1Sn 222.7
    16 Is it honey that you have found?" Eat f;;;;;;,l
    what is &cient for you, that you may not take ;;!a ;;:;
    too much of it and have t o vomit it up."
    I i f r: ; , I 3
    17 Make your foot rare at the house of your,$?::7,12
    fellow rnan, that he may not get his fill of you1
    and certainly hate you.
    18 As a war d u b and a sword and a sharpened arrow is a mana testifying against his
    * ~ 52:s
    n
    fellow man as a false witness.'
    Pa 57:2l
    19 As a broken tooth and a nmbbling foot is ;$
    the confidence in one proving treacherous in
    );::;;
    the day of distress.
    .ILT v::j
    .It18 :+:ti
    20 Re that is removing a garment' on a cold
    2,l:I a
    *[:IF 33 15
    day is as vinegar upon alkaliu and as a singer *T7r
    11):20
    IC1's IW:?
    wjth songs upon a gloomy heart.Ic
    Rr 3 . 1
    21 If the one hating you is hungry, give him ; ;1
    bread t o eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water t o drink." == For coals are what you are ra k- 1F;z3;:
    ing together upon his head,' and Jehovah him- E;
    self wilI reward you.S
    ~ K :2.211
    O
    .*L'SR !li I2
    23 The wind from the north brings forth as
    with labor pains a downpour; and a tongue [ g v - ,
    ing away] a secret, a face stirred tvith indigna-

    wrltb

    !$?I:,

    tion.'

    24 Better is it to drvell upon a corner of a

    t ~r 2 ~ : m
    2CO 1l:'rn

    Or, "the one sending: the Hebrew verb beinr in t l ~ cp111rnl of


    extdlence and grandeur. b Or, ',life.'' 31, vctpkftr.ck, 01-, *'iunbter,''
    RI, u.do.nin~'; possibly the plural of ~elt~~llenvc!
    nnd p n t t e u r .
    d '*Urn,!'
    14 id!. Litern!ly, '+1'Iengtll(rlowness) ~g to a~~pchr,"RI.

    root' t h ~ n
    with R contadlous wife, although in a
    house in commonmu

    I'r ::I:ID

    15
    ,,,1 'r;e:IT:
    .ll:.D

    PROVERBS 25 :25-26 :8

    25 AS cold ~vatei*upon a tired soul,v so is a

    < good
    ~ TCPOLT
    ~ from
    ~ a ~distant
    ~ 1and.r
    n

    ~.

    26 A fowled spring and a ruined well is the


    righteous
    one when staggering hefore the Wicked
    .!%ll"VG
    .
    c)nc.a
    >h*: :!:
    la. ~ 2 . 1 ;
    27 The eatine of too much honw is not g o d :
    y1'r 1i:31
    r.,, 3 2 ; (and for -netrnle
    search out their-own glory, is
    ti " l r l
    I?,) io:15 it IZIO~*Y?'
    c i s t ~1 2lX
    23 As R city: l3soke11through, without a wall,
    ,
    .:' tr_.+i? 1s the rnan that has no restraint for his spirit.'
    d
    C,l~l'F..IO
    Like snow In sununers and like rainCin
    Is:\ .I (i
    "'I
    17 .!
    harvesttime," so glory is not fitting for a
    J I J ~ 41
    '
    I. :
    S ~ I J P one,G
    ~(~
    2 Just R S a bird has cause for fleeing [and]
    just as a swallow for flyjng, so a malediction"
    E?;f,2?,$,
    itself does not come without real cause.'
    T:!\3;7
    1 ' 7 1
    3 A whip is for the horse: a bridle is for the
    A l 9 n 12.1'7
    .1, Y :<:i
    I :
    ass,%ndtkc rod Is for the back D! stupid people."
    4 Do not answer anyone stupid according t o
    12 n
    1 ' 1 %:I8
    ~
    hls foolishness, that you yourself also may not
    !r,n

    , ,u
    T i ,

    :rrb"l

    >,

    a!,

    .\a7

    8:

    r~

    26

    equal t o hirn.lc
    ~ ~ , l f , ~ \ hscomc
    ;$
    5 Ansrv~r someone stupid according to his
    f i
    foalishnfiss, that he may not become someone
    Ibl*I [ \1
    :3
    1'1. I - ; : I ~ I wise in Elis own eyes."
    farf9:?5
    I
    :
    6 As one that is mutilating [his] feet, as one
    that is drinking mere violence, is he that is
    !I;?;
    lc .! K I:!':!
    thrusting:
    ,,
    .- matters into the hand of someone
    b:%

    ;y;;l>;'.ld

    rpr 1:i97

    ; 4 ;
    $2:

    stupid,
    7 Have the legs of the lame one drawn up
    water? Then there is a proverb in the mouth
    of stupid l ~ e o ~ l e . "
    8 Like one shutting up a stone in a heap of
    stones, so is the one giving glory t o a mere
    stupid 0ne.t

    PROVERBS 26:9-22

    460

    461

    9 As a thorny w e d has come up into the


    hand of a drunkard, so a proverb into the mouth

    ' L7cyk9
    ' ~ ~ ~ ~ i Into
    $g

    of stupid people.

    10 As an archer piercing everything i s the


    one hiring someone stupid or the one hiring
    VRO 2:6
    passers-by.v
    11 Just like a dog7 returning t o Its vomit, ;E,C$:,
    the stupid one is repeating his foolishness.y
    ;g:;g
    12 Have you seen a man wise in his own ~p-5;;
    eyes?r Thcre is more hope for the stupid one
    than for him.'
    ICO 5.2
    13 The lazy one has said: "There is a young *E,"&?&,
    Mt %1:31
    11011 In the way, a lionc in among the public ;
    17n 113
    =Pr
    1539
    squar~s~"~
    Pr 19.15
    14 A door keeps turning uwn its pivot, ~ n dpr22.:13
    APF 6:9
    the lazy one upon his couclr.*
    Pr 8 10
    15 The lazy one has hidden his hand in t h e ;g
    banquet h r v l ; he has beco~netoo w a r y to bring Heb 6:lz
    5Pr lg:a&
    It back to his m ~ u t h . ~
    16 The lazy one is wiser in his ow11eyes than
    +Pr1235
    seven giving a sensible reply,+
    17 As one grabbing hold of the ears of a dog
    Is anyone passing by that is becoming furious
    :Pr 18%
    a t the quarrel that is not
    Pr M : 3
    18 Just like someone mad that is shooting
    fiery misdles,' arrows and death, I:' so is the " E g h 6 : l d
    man that has tricked his fellow man and has *F;it;,23
    ~r 15:21
    said: "Was I not having fun?""
    Eph 5:4
    20 Where there is no wood the flre3 goes out, cXsaJ:5
    ~nclwhere there Is c o slanderer strile mo~vs
    -

    still,"

    kPr 16:28
    Pr 2210

    21 As charcoal for the embers and wood for ~ a s 3 : 6


    the fire, so is a contentious man for causing a
    quawe1 t o glow."
    n2Sa
    Pr 10:12
    20:1
    15:18
    22 The wards o.1 a slanderer are like things Pr
    p r 2922
    to be swallowed greedily, which do go down :h33";l3

    PROVERBS 26 :23--2'7 :6

    the innermost pa*


    of the belly.r
    23 As a silver glazing overlaid upon a fragment of earthenware are ferverlt lips along with
    a bad heart.$
    ?::.:17
    JLIR
    .1,h
    t r lI t *- l~ll.r! ;i~s
    U
    24 With his lips the hater malres hlmself unz ~ . . J recognizable, but inside OF him hc puts decep
    J{>r'E.'I
    ti0n.t 25 Although he makes his vofm g r a c i ~ u s , ~
    Y.TIT I Y B
    > k c 2.1 23
    do not believe in him,v for there are seven dep.( ,(! 4.5
    things in his herlrt.s Hatred Is mv,,.,, testable
    ered
    aver
    by deceit. His badness will. be un;:1 1'1 5 2-t
    covered
    in
    the congregatianne
    "':< 7 11,
    11%7:35
    27
    He
    that
    is excavating a pit will fall into
    J'S D ; l 5
    the same, and he that is rolling away a stoneb:c 10.8
    D J I , ~ n.40
    to him i t will return.*
    ."Tnh
    T ~15
    II~,I , , T b
    ~ ~ck
    ;!d
    28 A tongue that Is false hates the one
    .,,G.',
    crushed by it,= and a flattening mouthn causes
    L~XU M an overthrow!
    4l.m :?R:lZ
    De not make your boast about the next
    day,+ for you do not know what a day
    n I 'r 25 :T
    I

    birth to."
    ::::;: will2 give
    May a stranger, and not your own mouth,

    2:;:

    ,
    [J.,II
    :E'?~T,,

    L . rn

    I1.r a171; 12
    I M 3.1.

    ,l.ln 3.12
    , I

    :';:;:.,':

    1'''1.1'3)
    Ac 1 7 , 5
    . I l l s 3:14

    n1.n 19:l7
    :KM

    [lr

    3 l t 15
    t.:>n I

    1'1

    .'.r

    1.1 l :Tr

    prafw you; may a foreigner, and not your own

    / sand-but heaviness
    of
    stone
    of
    vexation by someone foolish
    lips, do so."

    3 The

    a
    and a load
    the
    is
    heavier than both of them."
    4Thereisthecrueltyofrage,alsatheflbod
    of anger," but who can stand before j e a l o ~ s y ? ~
    5 Better is a revealed reproof than R con-

    CI?~W
    love,"
    I

    G The wounds inflicted by a loverb are faithfuItrhut the kisses of a hater are things to be
    entreated.cs
    B hlot.ia ljternlly, '
    n ~ 1 ~ 0 0 mouthJ''
    th
    M, b Or, lCfriend."M, o.la?bs,
    0 Ily ~or~cetiolls
    of the Hebrew text it may read: 'Itlse excessive,"
    r

    I I , ~
    tn
    h?Sh 20 9

    Ibr I ~ , . I H
    1'1. 2G.?3
    3!1 :,,;

    or,

    "nro corruptod."

    PROVERBS 27 :7-18

    462

    463

    7 A soul that is satisfied will tre~rl


    down comb
    honey, lsut to a hungry soul every bitter thinq
    ULU 15:16
    is s w w f . ~
    8 Just Hke a bird fleeing away from its nest,v "fin IG:?
    YGP r l : i ~
    so is a nlnn fleeing away from his place,>'
    ISa 271
    9 011, and incense m~ what malie the heart &F;:v;z
    ~~ejoice,"
    also the snleebess of one's companion , 4:
    5

    IW5:i9
    clue to the counsel- of the SOU^."
    '1 5n 23!3:16
    10 Do not leave your own companion or the ;. g.;:
    con-~pclnionof your father," and cla not enter
    the house of your own brother 011 the day of ,;$l;f;22
    your di~nster.~
    Better is a neighbor' that is neAr c.ler 8:71
    than n brother that is far awny.'
    rpr
    13r 17:1~
    is:?1
    11 Be wise, nay son, and make my heart re- ,$y:{:fl
    joke," that I may make a reply to him that is F; g;:!
    EC 2:19
    taunting me.'
    2Jo 4
    12 The slire~vdone that has seen the calamity
    :"l;bse
    has concealed himself;' the inexperiencccl that m$;
    P$1~7:s
    WE% 9:23
    l~nvepnsscd along have suffered t l ~ cpenalty,k
    s7:1
    1F(:10
    13 Take one's garment, in case one has Rone Pr
    1sn 26:20
    suretyc for a stranger;" and jn the lnstnncc of
    G(;P 4 3 9
    R $01-eign woman, seize it as a p1cdge.r
    Pi- 22 3
    14 H e that is blessing his fello~~man with a ny;671i
    loud voice early in the morning, an a rnaledic-.
    r; %
    ;
    tion it wiI1 he accounted on his pnrtbM
    a1 I\ I 2%
    15 A leaking IQOP that drives one nnrayin the "" l2
    day of A steady rain and a contentious wffe nre
    comparablc.' Anyone shelter in^ her has shel- $; ,3l:!j
    tererl the wind, and oil is what his right hnnd
    gii;
    I

    13,

    z::!;:!

    ''

    enc~unters.~
    Iss 1k34
    17 By Iron,* iron itself is sharpenecl. So one '-.
    r 192316
    253 IO:Y
    manh sharpens the face of an other."^
    I = ? W:3
    18 He that is safeguarding the flg tree will G;: i2j:i
    Or, "nnd the oil of hia right hand cnllu out (Irntrnya itself)."
    k (IUlla matl,l' 31, i3h. So thls verse may rutltl Ily slight ellnug~sof
    vowel-poi~~lingi.
    of M, to agree ~ i t L.XTT*~FyT.
    h

    PROVERBS 27:1%28

    :3

    himself cat its f m i t , y and he that Is guarding


    .r.Fnq?j
    x t , ( - %:2
    I I ~ S n~aster"awiIl be honored,"
    t ;o 39:2

    IBA~inwaterfacecorl~esponds~~thface
    manh with (that of ) a maneb
    ' I f 3 3 1.?,12
    20 She'ol and [the plnce of[ destruction0
    CI 'S .70 1~
    1
    :
    then~selvesdo not get satisfied;" neillzer do the
    01 L 23:i
    I-c1:h
    eyes 01 a manb get sati~flccl.~
    ttr 3
    21 The refining pot is for silver and the fur~,:o'iu
    *]>, 1.t.r
    , , . nace Js for gold,' and an individual is ~ccording
    171' 1 ;:.j
    eksn 15.7 tQ his P T ~ S ( ? ~
    1.i.25
    22 Even if you should pound the foolish one
    *I.\ 1231
    15::)
    fine with a pestle in a mortar, in Rrnong cracked
    :<'I1 2#\,2.?
    .
    gmin, his foolishness will not depart from him."
    [I::*
    23 UrouId you positively know the nppew. I
    .5
    nnce of your flock?" Then set your h ~ a r l ;to
    ,:1 3Iml
    ; .a
    your droves;* for w e ~ i i hwill not be lo time
    i31.?
    c :',: 1 I
    indefinite,k nor a diadem for all generntions.'
    2.5 The green grass has dcpnrted and the new
    yb;y ii:f
    Jna I:IU
    g
    1
    . n ~has
    ~ appeared and the veaetntion of the
    rl'h 10.1 14
    r.J'r)?
    a
    t k r ) mountains has been gathered. l' "' The young
    40 k
    rnms are for your dothing, and the he-goats are
    :.!cao::u
    1 7I,,.
    1 , ~2>:2s
    ;t8 ~r the price of the field." L r And there is a sufficiency of goats12miIkfor your food, for the food
    F!<,
    R I,-,,
    , ,c
    of your household, and the means of life for
    VI.:K 1 1 : ~
    1 ;'3
    your f$rh.t
    1 1.1 :I. 1 I j
    4:13
    The rvickecP do flee when there is no
    ,i<
    l4..4
    :
    ITh: 2
    pursuer," but the righteous Rre like a
    ZI?V an.:!
    ~'"1
    young lion that is conficlentqv
    lKl I d , , f i
    1 1 . 1
    2 Because of the transgression of a land
    11ri 11: i n
    I I , I 1 t 7 . ~ 2 many are its [successive] princ~s,ybut by a dis2 '11 ,: i.::
    cernlng m a d having knowledge of right [the
    jtaj 13 1 1
    princere will remain 1ong.z
    a>::i;2?3
    I.:*- n I r
    ,,,,:., 3 An able-bodied man that Is of Iittle means
    i
    t
    j'i' 17:)

    l x r2 2 9

    SO the heart of a

    C . ,

    Jhhl'

    h ~ t

    1,.

    ,,,

    ilRj>

    "

    -inn

    28

    bl, ra.tlo.simP;the pInral of and6st,t o indicnte excellnnro or grent14h111r111.'~Rf, I~ic-n.~lavt'. "D~str11cZi0n,'91,o4bndkdrih'jco1111>11roJolr2iJ : 0, footnote i. d "Jhn," N,rt-drrm', litwnlly, 'Lhe."
    4

    IIPHR,

    PROVERBS 28:4-14

    464

    and that is defrauding the lowly ones is as a > $ ~ f ' ~ : : ~ 8


    rain that washes away so that there is no food.' $ar,%;\
    4 Those who are leaving the law praise the df;;~;s~14

    465
    ,

    eisa 2 2 : n
    ZKi 1696

    Mt 296

    1Fe 5:s
    ~ l K i12:10

    PROVERBS 28 :15-25

    15 As a growling lion and an onrushing bear


    is: a wicked ruler over a lowly peoplemW
    16 A leader that is in want of true discern-

    K e $:I5
    wicked one,Dhut those who are keeping the law lsa z z : ~
    Pr 2120 ment is also abundant in fraudulent practices,"
    1Ri 20:tz
    =Ex 1P:21
    excite themselves against them."
    Eph 591
    Isa =:I5 but he that is hating unjust profit will prolong
    [his] days."
    5 Men given t o badness cannot understand 'g; ::i$j
    17 A maria burdened with the bloodguilt for
    judgment, but those who are seeking Jehovah +P,r:$!
    W r 2:1
    can understand everythingno
    a
    soulb will himself flee even to the pit.% Let
    Pr 3 : l
    6 Better is the one of little means who i s xP,;$gg
    them not get hold of him.
    18 He that is walking fauItless will be saved,n
    walking in his integrity than anyone crooked & ~ ~ 1 , : $ ~
    but he that is made crooked in [his] ways will
    in [his] ways, although he is rich,'
    Eze IR:8
    Eze lB:17
    sPr 12.11 fall at 0nce.r
    7 An understanding son is observing t h e law,e ka
    ob !,x:16
    pr 2 ~ ~ 2 3
    fPP2321
    19 He that is cultivating his own ground will
    but one having companionship with gluttons F: :$%
    L u 15:14
    n F r 21.13
    C E ~ l l : l have his fill of bread,Og and he that i s pursuing
    humiliates his father."
    72c 7:11
    ulSa 22.14
    ~ e 7 : 2 ' valueless things will have his fill of p o ~ e r t y . ~
    8 We that is multipIying his valuables by in- ,"p;l&Z8
    Ps 101:8
    Pr20:6
    20 A manc of faithful acts will get many
    terest* and usury collects them merely for the ;;;!:;7
    Lu 12:42
    S ~ 31:16
    U
    one showing favor to the lowly 0nes.k
    I C O ~ : ~ blessings," but he that is hastening to gain
    26.19
    9 He that is turning his ear away from hear- 1%
    R, 16 17
    ,!gfil!& riches will not remain inn0cent.v
    tPs 7.13
    21 The showing of partialityd is not good,=
    ing t h e lawn--even his prayer is something de- p r 26%'
    ;
    nor
    an able-bodied man should transgress
    testable.'
    ilDe
    EC l7:la
    o:&
    ;Ef;915 overthat
    a
    mere
    piece of bread.
    10 He that is causing the upright ones to go ;$l
    p;p"::p
    Pr 24:23
    22 A manc of envious eye is bestirring himastrays into the bad way will himself fall into vFryi;
    Jas 2.1
    his own pit,t but the faultless ones themselves ~ ~ 2 ; ; ;
    *Pr 2 . 1 : ~ self after valuable things,*but he does not know
    will come into possession of good.u
    RO 11:kjE"79i'z5 that want itself will come upon him."
    R o 12:16
    11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes,v but ypr
    g
    7 23 He that is reproving a mana will afterthe lowly one who is discerning searches him gEigj$
    g$!,C:F; ward find more favor than he will that is flatterZ I C 1535
    ~
    Prx:6
    ing with his tongue."^
    thr0ugh.y
    Pr ll:IO
    Ga 2 1 1
    OIsn3:8
    24 He that is robbing his father3 and his
    12 When the righteous ones are exulting,2
    :,;:;;
    GXsa 7 3 7
    O J1 7
    ~ : ~ mother and is saying: "It is no transgressi~n,"~
    there is abundant beauty;z but when the wicked
    &, ; ; ; ; : :*YGe 3 12
    Pr 19:26
    ~ r 7 : 1 1 is a partner of a manCcausing ruination,'
    ones rise up, a man disguises himself."
    1% 15:15
    +Pr1390
    13 He that is covering over his transgresPPIE:~
    25 He that is arrogant in soul stirs up con*&2;54&
    D.Pr 10:12
    but he that is relying upon Jehovah
    sions will not succeed," but he that is confess- 7Da
    A C ~ O
    Pr15:18 tention:
    9:4
    Pr 22:lO
    ing" and leaving [them] will be shown mercy." 3Ec 10:17
    %ps8a:ya will be made fat."
    2 11
    14 HappyC is the man that is feeling dread bps
    Pr 23:17
    l ~ n . 31,
    ' ' a.dalnJ. b "Soul." 31, nepk'esh; S7g, afni.$l;o,C "Man."
    con~tantly,~
    but he that is hardening his heart +g7$i:40M," ~ash,
    d Literally, "Po disoern faces," M, *Literally, "malung
    will fall into calamity.+
    sruooth a tongue"; or, "using n smooth tangue," H.
    J O m:1
    Fr
    ~9:4
    I

    PROVERBS 28 :2 C 2 9 9: 9

    466

    467

    PROVERBS 29:lO-21

    26 He that is trusting in his own heart Is wJP&3;4:9


    cited and has also laugI-led,and there Es no
    .. lE$;:3
    ;~t?:s
    stupid,' but he that is walking in widom is the Irpnh?fi:?g
    10Bloodlhirstymcnhnteanybneofii~teg-.101s
    rl X I 5
    :kl.{
    one that will escape."
    rity;'v and ns for the upricht ones, they keep
    :{g:&:!
    lKr21:=
    27 He that is givhg to the one of little means :<
    ' :!?
    '
    seeking for the soul of each one.!'
    ZCh 19.7
    \v111 have no wanGn but he that is hfdlng; his i:; I:,!;
    11 All hls spirit is w11at a stupid one lets out,
    ~
    J Ol 2ILIS
    ~
    t~ : 3 1
    eyes mill get many c ~ ~ r s e s . ~
    !,:.$;$;!;
    ~ J O
    3 : ~hut he that is wise I~CFPR if calm to the lastz
    ydur 1320
    28 When the wicked rise up, a man. concenls
    12 Where a r u l ~ is
    r pnylng ~ttentiont o false
    Jcr 43:14
    c P r 1 2 It;
    himself ;J but when they perish, the righteous pjl;l;lf.;;j;
    speech, all those wnlting on hlm vlill be wicked,*
    ,
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    An 5:i3
    I~~ 3 , ~ i :
    became mnnymt
    13 The one of little rneflns nnrl the man of
    t=u :!:le2
    A manb repeatedly reprovedwtbut mak- t~.:, ~ : I Y
    oppressions have met ~ a c l other,l
    bul Jehovah
    ?
    ;
    "
    ;cg
    ing his neck hardv will sudtletil y be '1,'~7{i~?fl DPr22:a
    1s
    lighting
    up
    thc
    cyes
    of
    them
    'bot27,"
    &Pi 13:3
    :(',I 2.-,:! L
    brokrn, and that without hea1ing.y
    s t 5.4
    14 \There a king Is frrdging the Io~vlyones in
    2 ~ ' i 3ti:lh
    1
    2 When the righteous become many, the peo- 7f :':
    his throne will be f l m l y established
    'KgI&
    lsa1:17
    pIe rejoice;" but when myone wicked' hears y;;,:2:;;13
    for
    dl
    time.'
    Da 4%
    1 ..\ .I::,;
    iule, the pcople sigh.'
    15 The rod and repreof are what give wisJt'r 1 .-3
    I
    2
    3 A mana that is loving wisdom makes his jtlbi-6;1.
    15a9:;
    dam;' hut a boy let on the loose \frill be causing
    L U I:=
    father rejoice," but he that is having com- 11'.?1:,
    his m0tIlcr shFlTi~.'
    Heb IIS
    &?r
    22 6
    panionship with prostitutes destroys vnluable ";
    16 When the wicked become many, trans,
    things."
    gression abounds; but those who are rlgl~teous
    1:0
    I,:+3;
    11.15
    15
    %:
    4 B y justice a king makes a land keep stand- 2;.: ;;l:s
    will 100k 012 their very downfall,'
    1
    Pr f7:35
    ing,Qhut a man out for brfbesqte~rsit dorm.' , ; ~ ; ~ ; l ~ ~
    17 Chastise your 80n nnd he will bring you
    *Ps 37 34
    5 An able-bodied man that Is flatter&:: his ;,:;:yy
    PS S S : ~ rest and glve much pleas~~rtl
    to your soul,lc
    I
    P s 91:s
    companionmis spreading out n mere nct for his a i ' r 5:s
    18
    !There
    therc
    t
    no
    \*Ision'
    t h e people3 go
    PS 112:s
    l'r C : / G
    P.C 1R20
    steps.'
    r ~ e s t r a i n e d ,but
    ~ happy are theyn that are
    LU t5:13
    3Ica29:1
    *
    z1<n1:3
    6 In the bnsgressian of a bad man there I s ,'$: FkF
    keeping the 1~1v.r
    BFr
    n snare,"but he that is righteous cries out foy- i!:l,;,:4
    19 A servant will not let himself &I corrected
    PE 22::s
    'r
    Prz3:13 by Inere words,* lor he understands but he is
    fully and is glad.k
    *iIv.a. 9'7:~
    x
    :3nlSa 3:l
    510 4 5
    7 The righteous one is knoMng the legal t;li~;;"s
    paying no heedVc
    rPr 19 16
    J T 5:::
    claim of the lowly ones.mHe that is wicked daes * "'11
    20 Have you beheld a man hasty with his
    I
    J R . ~1'2.5
    doh
    13:17 1
    1,213
    not consider such kn~wledge.~
    kl'a O T i l Z
    words111
    There is more hope for someone stupid
    I n * .I./'
    %12:16
    8 Men of boastful talk inflame a town,r but ire
    I'G
    tJob 1s:ls . than for him."
    n1'~rll:l
    , uEc
    5:%
    those who are wise turn back anger.'
    rlSn 25.4
    21 If one Is pampering one's servant from
    Jas 1:19
    9 A wise man having entered into judg- ,'::;y;j%
    youth on, in his Inter Hfc he rvlll even become
    '
    r
    rrf
    ;
    ?
    :
    ?
    I
    m2G:12 athanklessone."
    ment with a fooIish man-he has become es- ,i',';s$;:l,

    di:l;J!$O

    29

    ,,,,,:,

    .,"

    n-~ntl,"

    proof

    31, a-darn!'. b ''Xan." ;\I, hh. 8 Lit~rnlly, "A izlna of re31, d LiteraZly, ''eontrib~~tioas,")I.

    or, "it," r ~ f e x r i nto~ t h t lI I~P ~Q ~ ~ F "( s l n ~ ~ l in


    a rR~l~rcff).
    thnnklm one,)' Rt , ?ntr.niin'; of tloubtfnl ~urnrlinfi.

    a "'Tbcy,"

    PROVERBS 29 :22-30:

    469

    468

    22 A man given to anger stirs up contention,y yF;t$$


    and anyone disposed to ragen has many R trans- f;;i?::;

    PROVERBS 30:5-I5

    5 Every saying of Godao is refined.' He is


    a
    shield3
    to those taking refuge in him.* "Add
    EGC 15:I
    P. W:II
    nothing
    to
    his wor*ljs,' that he may not reprove
    i3r T.:'I
    gression .a
    4.2
    .?rIR .l:lG
    Re 2 2 3 8 ,YOU and you may not have to be proved a liar."
    23 The very haughtiness of earthling manb' ~ E sP: ~ :
    *Ro 3:1
    7 TIVOthings I have asked of you.lc Do not
    kps:?.4
    will humble him,' but he that Is humble in spirit ?';?;!I?
    Lu 10.42
    withhold them from me before I die." Untruth
    will take hold of glory.o
    ,ps
    f i.Ins
    r k ~ i1.:'3
    -I,F
    'P'21'6
    and the lying word put f n r away from me.r
    24 He that is partner with a thieP fs hatlng ni:'$,?m
    flr23.5
    Give me neither poverty nor rlc11es.flLet me
    hls own soul." An oath-hound curse he may ETi;fs
    tMt24:45 devour the food prescrihcdforrn~,~
    lAtlI Y : Y I
    ''that1 may
    hear, but he reports nothingab
    O l s n h:34
    UDe 3X:20 not be ton lull. and I R C ~ U R I I Y dcny [yaull1and
    25 Trembling at menh is what lays R
    say: "Who Is Jel~ovah?"~
    and that I may not
    but he that is trusting in Jehovah wlll be pro- A;: H;;:l:zs
    VEX
    2Ch32:x
    5:2
    Old<- 511
    come
    to
    poverty
    and
    I
    actually
    steal and assail
    tecterlnB
    Ja 1i:2
    the
    name
    of
    my
    God,"Y
    26 Many arethose seekingthe face of a rule^,' '?Z'i'Pfi!!
    s-2phT2x
    s~e23:fi
    10 DO not slander a servant to hts master,cz
    but the judgment of a man is from Jehovah.* @ ~ ! , ' l ~ ~ j ~
    Ra 121
    'n~15-9 that he may not call down evil upon you and
    27 A man of injustice is something detestable ,,';; ;'
    LLe 20.9
    may not have to be held guilty.'
    to the dghteous ones,kand one who is upright in *;:i:;;
    m;;.
    g~ you
    M
    ~If There
    :
    ~ fs a
    ~ generation that calls down evil
    hls way is something detestable to a n.icked onebh ; ;;:;:
    3T1 3 2
    even
    upon
    it8
    father
    and that does not bless even
    ep, 3s:z
    The words of A'gur the son of Ja'keh, ki,13~ij:i\5
    its
    mot
    2; Ffij:,55
    the weighty message.' The utterance of "i!fiZ3
    12 There Is a gener~tlonthat is pure in its
    ;
    the able-bodied man to Ith'i.eI, to Ith'iael and pgj:,?;;+a
    C E ~ 1 1 . 7 own eyesoQbut t h a t has not bcen washed from
    nJr>tr -IY:3
    Utcal.
    71::)2
    'r2t%.2, its own excrement:
    2 For I am more umeasodng than anyone ;;;lvs
    13 There is a generation whose eyes have
    ;
    else,* and I do not have the underst~ndingof
    I t>
    t31.r 10;14
    become
    0 how lofty! and whose beaming eyes
    ;
    ;
    ;
    3
    ;
    +
    1
    mankind
    and I have not learned wisd~rn;~
    2rc 2:12
    r r 23 :A
    are
    lifted
    up.@
    and the knowledge of the Most Holy One" 1do :!j\,':"$?"
    1xa 2:11
    zfh2:.1
    .lpl):ll
    14
    There
    Is a generation whose teeth are
    not know.'
    3:7
    yih. 31':IZ
    ~ 5 5 7 : ~swords and whose jawbones are slaughtering
    4 Who has ascended t o heaven that he may ;;2,;;.3
    Pr l2:18
    *PS 1k-L
    knives,' to eat ztp the amicted ones off the earth
    descend?Y Who has gathered the wind in the ,;!:(;!;
    pr 2226
    and the poor ones from among mankind,db
    I . ?3a:7
    ~
    hollow of both hands?^ W h o has wrapped up
    bllc
    ~ 3:3
    ;
    15 The Ieeches have two daughters [that
    :,b.7:14
    the waters3 in a garment?' Who has made all ; ~ ~ h ~ I ~ ~ ~hIr
    12:40
    cry] : "Give! Gi~e!~'l[
    There are three things
    Jas 5:.1
    t.l~eends of the earth t o rise?z What Is his name"
    t'3
    that d o n o t get satisfied, Pourthat havenot
    and what the name of his son, in chse you .:'?:!
    4
    kifi",y;ll
    I
    OE'U 2.7
    know?+

    FE&g
    ersa215

    30

    T'h

    .I:IC

    LA;$

    XPS

    1;;:

    Lilrrallg, "and a. master [lord, bra'kI

    h?t 1:21

    of rop," If. b3i, n.dnntt.


    "The 3lost Eoly O n e 0 M, @dadin'; *ha plard of qa.d~*ll:to
    dcilok cxwllcncc and majesty. Eec Prowrbs 9 : 10, foottlotc b,

    "God." 31, El.a'l~?r. "find." AT, J?{,o.lria~';tho p l u r ~ lnumber of


    El.oFalr. "Mnster." M"lR"'fih", rr.drr.t~inr'; tho plum1 of n.diin, te
    denote exeellmcc or gpnndcur. o'hlnrikind," 31, n.ilam'; bnt p o ~ i hlp l n ~ a n to
    t 11ca.rfn.mrth5 ~ t i e n n "i p
    ~ ~ u~ i l d . "

    PROVERBS 30:1 6 2 9

    470

    471

    said : "Enough !"= *@She'd and a rest rained


    rvornb,* a land that has not h e n satisfied with
    water, and fire that has not said: "EnougE~!"''rIrinr nI,m2.5
    17 The eye that holds a father in clcrision sc:~n:az
    ti.,n:!>
    and #at despises obedience to a malhcrU-the :~s~<I.~.R
    ravens of the torrent valley rvill pick it out and !;; %$!
    ?I \n 11#::=,I
    the sons of the eagIemwill eat it up.
    18 There we three things that have proved
    too wonderful for me, and four that 1 have not
    come to know: '"the way of an eagle In the
    h e n v e n ~ the
    , ~ way of a serpent on 5t rock, the 1'IJ,r:",F4:7
    wny af a shipGin the heart of the seay and the Zj;;i',:!;i
    nPr 6:1*

    wny of ail able-bodied man 114th a rnaiden.~ kcio 2 l : : ~


    20 Here is the way of an adulterous' woman: -f3a.57:3

    she has eaten and has wiped her mouth and she
    -NU 213
    has said: "I have committed no wmng."'
    19r ?:I3
    21 Under %hree things the earth has been 3Pr
    agitated, and under four it is not able to en- 13r2x:a
    ICC 1Il:T
    d w e : -'%under a slave when he rules as king,C lptL:li~,
    and someone senseless when he h ~ his
    8 flll of "12:<:<;;'(f7
    food;" '"under a hated woman when she is t ~ l r e n +:;;
    possession of as a wife,] and R rnaiclservant' 3;:;,?;1:$i

    ;:;::

    I 2I
    when she dispossesses her mistress.'
    l1r:l:I!l
    24 There are four things that are the small- .:;;;;j:p
    est of the earth, but they are instinctively
    wise:h325 the ants are a people not strong,"and
    yet in the summer they prepare their food:' +'l'rT.:*
    'I'the rock badgers are a people not mighty, and
    yet upon a crag is where they put their tlouse;Ic 'ck4,c:$i:,
    the locusts' have no king, nnd yet they go + J o c l : d
    forth all of them divided into groups;" 2"l~e 11Ex10:d
    I;:S lo:] 4
    geckol' lizard takes hold with its own hands and y3;a:q;\
    I?(. n:n
    It is in the grand palaceCof a king.
    ~ ~ r . '1. 1:m
    29 There are three that do ale11 in [their]
    a Liternlly, %&mint of the w*ouib," M. b Litcrnll y, "nre w i ~ e being
    ,
    'Iq

    nlntlc aiw," &


    aI
    Or,
    . "the palacrs," 31.

    'a)

    PROVERBS 30:30--31:7

    pacing, and Pour that do well in [their1 moving


    along: :"
    t h e lion, irphich is the mightiest among
    the
    beasts
    and which does not turn back on ac"F234
    J E 13:18
    count
    of
    anyone;n
    " the greyhound" or t h e hef Pr 1611.1
    Pr 2'):"
    goat,
    and
    a
    kjng
    of
    a band of soldiers of his own
    1 la 3
    :';
    u P r 2 ~ k people.I3t
    Ec 8:3
    32 If you have acted senselessly by Hfting
    lie 32.16
    $
    ;': f&:45 yom7selfup," and if you have fixed your thought
    [upon it I, I prtt 1 the hand to thc mouth.* I:'For
    "ca5:12
    the chtrrning of rnillc' is what brlnqs forth butter, and the squelezin~of the now is what brings
    ~ ~ ~ 3 5 : jf t ~r r t h
    blootl, and 1E?csqueezing out of anger is
    Fr
    what brings forth content i0n.Y
    pr 1?:~2
    Pr 5 2 1
    Pr Z : 2 3
    T h e words of brnfu.elc the kin^, the
    Fr
    z?r 3-t::
    weighty rnes;sslgeathat his mather gave
    In .?-I6
    *Pr 1.5
    to
    him
    in correction :
    Pr G:20
    2 W h a t lamIsaying:l,Osondofmine,and
    2Ti1:5
    2'1'1 3:15
    what, 0 son'' of my bclly,' and what, 0 sond of
    ,=.;
    Iqa 44.2,
    I a n49:1~ my valvs ?"
    "'r 1 5
    3 DO not give your vital energy to wornen,@
    AlSa 1:11
    l%tl:28
    nor
    your ways t o Lwhat leads to] wiping out
    CPr 5:10
    Pr 7.3
    kings.'
    Ha 4:X
    +DCf7;17
    4 It is not for k i n ~ s 0
    , Le?n'u.@l,it is not for
    kings
    to drink wine or for high ofida1s [to
    E
    :
    l
    ;
    .
    &
    B Uw
    1
    : 9
    say:] "Where Es intoxicating Iiquor?"' "h
    tat
    1Kr3,:la
    one may not drink and forget what is decreed
    ES 3 1 5
    and pervert ~ I Y C C ~ U S P of nny of the sons of
    1 4 0 4:11
    affliction.""^^ intoxicating liquor t o the one
    >If, 7::
    T.lr6:21 about to perlshn and vine to those who are bitE l 1 h "-5
    a ~ : l r ; j : 1 5 ter of soul.lc ' Let one drink and forget one's
    It lSa 1:10
    poverty, and let one remember ane" sown trou~ I C 4:27
    L
    ble no more.

    31

    ,,,,:,

    Or, "die rnostw"; or, " t l ~w ~n r I~nrsc,"T~itrmlly."the (animaI)


    girder1 in nt the hips (loins)," 31, Or, " k n ~ngainnt whom there
    i s DO rising np by his prople." a hl~nning" ' R c ~ l o n g i nto
    ~ God!'
    31, birr, Bil~licnlA~r.a.~un'ic.
    Srr Psalm 2 : 12, Sootnotf n.
    a

    PROVERBS 31:&17

    472

    B [Tetk]

    8 Open your mouth for the speechless one,= r:2;$i2


    in the cause of a11 those passing away.aR Open &p$fi1A
    PS S Z : ~
    your mouth, judge righteously and plead the aPs
    79:11
    cause of the afflicted one and the noor 0ne.t
    tide a:15

    K [Aleph]

    3 [Beth]

    11 In her the heart of her ownerw has put


    trust, and there is no gain 1acking.Y
    2 [Gi~nel]

    12 She has rewarded him with good, and not


    bad, all the days of her lifeme
    7 [DaleEA]

    13 She has sought wool and linen, and she


    works a t whatever is the delight of her hands.'

    Pr19~17

    g;
    7;;;
    Pr 20;s

    Isa 11:4
    Jer 2a:a
    J O h 7;24
    H e b 1:9
    e1 9 : ~

    Pr 2 2 9
    Ec 11:l
    bIr 19:7
    Ac 9:s
    L h4.28

    [Pod]

    3 [RapR]

    20 Her palm she has stretched out t o the


    aRlicted one and her hands she has thrust out
    to the poor one.'
    j [Lawzed]

    ES 5:s

    Pr 1934

    21 She does not fear for her household be-

    F: gig

    E,";;;O

    v~P rp315
    5:25
    h
    y 2 K i 4:9
    2Ki 4:23

    1 9 Her hands she has thrust out t o the distaff,


    and hex own hands take hold of the spindle.'

    ,54:%i6

    %
    &:;:", Ex 3927

    URU 1:3
    oIsa
    3:11
    Fr 12:4

    ,~

    fi [He]

    14 She has proved to be like the ships0 of a ?:p,":z,1


    m e r ~ h a n t .From
    ~
    far away she brings in her ?
    ;gEx
    : 2:16
    f00d.~"
    RU z:a
    ac9:39
    r [TV~W]
    IT1 5:10
    15 She also gets up while it is still nighPo and
    cg;2::18
    gives EoodVo her household and the prescribed a1Ki 9:26
    2Ch 9:21
    portion to her young women.
    ARu 2:19
    bJ0h m:1
    1 [%yin]

    16 She has considered a field and proceeded


    t o obtain it;m from the fruitage of her hands
    she has planted a ~ i n e y a r d . ~ "

    Mt 25:4
    rTh 2:9
    2Th 3:8

    2Sa
    De 18:lU
    895

    18 She has sensed that her bading is good;


    her lamp does not go out at nightn

    nPs In:2

    rEx 35:25
    tJob 3136

    nc 1:1s

    10 A capable wife who can find?u Her value


    is far more than that of corals.~

    PROVERBS 31 :18-26

    473

    "y0s15:18
    zCa 3:12
    CIsa
    314

    h [3etk]

    17 She has girded her hips with strength,* *gb1??


    1p.s 1:13
    and she invigorates her arms.
    aliterally, "all the sons of the passing awa~," 31. b Af) bactal.
    c Or, "bread." Rf, lehh'emJ as in verse 27. Literally, "'things carried
    off." If, tsr'eph.

    cause of the snow, for all her household

    ar@

    clothed with doubIe garments."'


    Ex 21.3
    n [Jlent]
    ~ Ue 22 2 :4 ~
    22 Coverlets she has made for herself.7 Her
    y:2f;i dothing is of linen and wool dyed reddish
    o;~ ;
    ;;;:purpleoz
    f p e 3:3
    *C,e20:3

    RU 4:l
    Job 29:7
    P r ~ : 7
    AlKl10:28
    Eze27:16
    OJob 29:14
    O 40:lO
    ~
    Ps 132:9
    Xsa 61:10
    J

    !;!'jio
    +

    *:;",&2%
    Ti1 2@:16

    ZKi 22:15
    Es 3:8
    L~1:3g

    3 [htu$a]

    23 Her owner" is someone known in t h e


    gates? when he sits down with the older men

    of the land.
    b [Samslik]

    24 She has made even undergarments and


    proceeded
    ~
    ]
    ~
    ~ to sell [them], and belts she has

    given to the tradesmen,"

    Y [Ayigil

    25 Strength and spIendor are her c l ~ t h i n g , ~


    .,A,c 2:; and she laughs at a future day.+
    Pr 12:18
    Pr 16:24

    D [Psi
    26 Her mouth she has opened in wisdom,' and

    the law of loving-kindnessb is upon her tongue."


    f;,l:;$5
    '"Double garments,'' by a slight change in vowel- ointing of M, to
    agree with L X X ; literally, "scarlet garments,"

    M,?0r, "loyd love."

    Y [TS~~R]

    ECCLESIASTES"

    27 She is watching over the goings on of her


    household, and the bread of laziness she does
    not eat."
    P r&nl,Jr3

    28 Her sons have risen up and proceeded to


    pronounce her happy;" her owner [rises up],
    and he plgixes her..
    'I [ R P R ~ ]

    1T13:10
    Tit 2:6

    klKl219
    s Il8:lO
    2 3 2 :?

    nLa r:l
    rCR
    Xsn G:!j
    82:4

    29 There are many daufihters that have


    ?; : ;p; ; .
    shown cap~bleness,but you-you have ascended ;yp$q
    ,.

    nhave tflem a1l.r

    ~ E 1.11
    S

    V IS71 i+iJ

    Es 2:1'1
    P r 6:;:

    30 C h ~ r mmay be falsea ond beauty may be E?+ Il::l.5


    vain? l~but]the woman thnt fears Jehovah is UEC7 : I K
    the one that procurer praise for herse1f.u
    1 ?,??i?'
    - -,

    ;:?:;a

    [Ttrw]

    31 GIVE her of t h e fruitage of her hands,^


    and Jet her works praise her even in the gates."Y

    At thn

    1Pc 3 . 1

    r2.\:2

    srr,':i?;
    V?h

    ~o~~~

    this book af Prorrrhs M rlisplap the the^ lettern


    or tripmltw~atonF I n (Bet!!,Zo!tin, Qoplr 1, three Helmw Irttem
    that nthe fonnd in the name H.r.n.r.ki'nll tlint n!,pears at A o ~ w b . ;
    3;; :1.This Iriarnntt~aton~ o n l d
    ttl~rri'nrcstand a:, King Hez.e.ki'~i~'s
    aignntm3e to the copy-work dnnc by Iti:. ~ n ~ zbis
    t , scribes, to signify
    tl~nt the ~ i * o ~had
    k been con~plrtcd, Wv Ilnd this trigmrnn\ntnn
    nl'Ilxed to tllc hooka of the Hcbrra llil~leth~bough2 Kings, n m l ~ ~ l y ,
    Urll~uis,E s n d u ~Leriticui,
    ,
    Kul~~l)rr'rr,
    I>rutc~or~oillp,
    Joshua, Judars,
    2 Sniin1~1an11 2 Kings, Eridentl y nftcl. King Tl~~.e.h'ah's
    dent11 I~is
    I~iprra~nillnlnumt different forrrls n r ~ i l ntldilions in the Hcbroir
    n ~ n ~ ~ u u r r i pLr~ter
    ts,
    mitm arld e d i t m nli[~nrrntlylost the
    nnd luenning of the t r i g r ~ i m ~ n t o nrwl
    r ~ , it hits g~~rernlly
    been trntlnlnted 10 mmn "Be strong!'' na if it lind IIPPII appended for the!
    ciirnurngeiiie~tof auhsequent ~ o p y i ~ t rHOP
    l , printed editaon of (IIP
    1 - l e b r ~ test
    ~ i ~ lly the Soncinn Prr*$s (1947, X M O , 1981) ; the llcirr
    I Inlevy ~rlitionhy the Hebrew 1'ul~lisliin~.Company, Sew h1.1;
    City; Biblitr lTeht&(~, by EtlwnrtT T n r ~rlcr Honpht. landan, En?
    lnrlrl (1S26), L~ipzig,Gerrnnny (1873) ; tltp Hcljrem-Rispnrlicrls
    test, Cotlvtnntinople (1905) ; The T~urtrtpforrrBuofis of tlte Ilol!/
    nrbla--lf~lrrrwatad Englisk, by IBRRC
    LCPSPI'.

    words of the congregat~r,~*


    the son of
    David
    t
    h
    e
    king
    in
    Jerusalem."
    "'The
    greatAliCS 2 3 2
    :C'~E:E
    I vanity!"c4 the congregatort2has said, "the
    est
    2Ch 8.30
    ow n : ~greatest vanity! Everything is vanity!"* What
    *I's 3 J : 3
    rs 14-1-4 profit does a man" have in all his toll at which
    be tailsmunder the
    " A gencr~tionOis
    :!;$$
    going
    nnd
    a
    generation
    is
    but the
    K;$a;: 1 ~ 1 6 . 2 ~earth* is standing even ta corning,"
    time
    1ndefinite.k
    :ELI 12:7
    And the sunc also has flashed forth and tI~csun
    13:lo
    S I X 6:lZ
    has set," aalld it is coming panting to its pIace
    $:&$$ where it is going t o flash f0rth.r
    6Thewlndfisgoingt~toesouthandItis
    k&?;tj6:
    circling
    around to the n0rth.s Round and round
    %':,1&
    itg
    IS
    confinu~lly
    cirding,t and right back to its
    1F:f;2i
    circlings
    the
    windhu
    is returning.
    ai,"d&::7
    7 A11 the wjnter torrentsv me going forth t o
    ::gzjy the seo,"y yet the sea itself is not fullmxTo the
    place where the winter torrents are going forth,
    $1,,?",
    gJ","C@?$ there they re retuning so as to go forth. All
    *1K18!1
    1Ki s:m
    n727

    W P ~IB:X
    1Th 491

    ~ r l do f

    (,

    1The

    11, g a . h ~ P c t h ,In H v h i ~ wt h i ~is nn ~ c t i pnrtiripfe


    ~e
    of the n c t h
    rrrb go.trai' (memi.. '.to mnpcyte m a ~ n b l c " )and i. in t l ~ a
    fvminine gendrr, n l ~ l ~ o nKing
    ~ h Sol'o.mon flppliea it to liimsoli.
    b Or, ' ' a ~ s e ~ ~ hcl (~I IrI ;Y L ' ~ I ~
    mnvolier."
    ~~~;
    And so o l ~ oAt1 rind F y n
    render it. 11, qo.br*Prt/r; J,XXTrg, "ea.clc.~i-nr'trr," tnrnilrng "a
    mcrnber sf nn ec.rletsi.n [or, ~ o n p g a t i n n ; n~.scrnl)SyJ!' "The
    gwaEwt ~aaity
    I" Lit~rnllg,"Trinity of sanities," 3JILXXVgSy.
    * O r , "an earthling nlsn." 31, krr-fl.damt. *''rntler tllr sun." This
    pllrose occurs ttrvt111ty-tiit~e
    titncs in thc hook of J1;cclrninatcu. 1 T h e
    rrind." Ut~rully,''It," 31 ; firid possibly r e f e ~ ~ ito
    t l t~l ~ rhurl in its
    luovements sout~lwnrrl unrl no)-thwnrd between tho Filrnrilw n l ~ d
    winter solstices. P "It," Utmntly, "the wind''; but in our translation we havo 2)-msftlrrcd tllc rxpreion "the vind" to the W n n i n g
    of the vem. h "Thp witid.'' 31, bn-sttr~hJ&;LA=, fu pgtctc'n~rr; mlnpwe Genm's 1:2, footnote d.

    ECCLESIASTES 1:9-17

    476

    477

    e~~ 2:m
    things are wearisome;* no one is able to speak DEr
    ?:31
    of it." The eye is not satisfied at seeing,' neither A&: ,n;N
    Is the ear filled from hearingaO That which has
    ;~:3;2
    came to he, that is what will come to be;' and si:e
    )r:u
    that which has been done, that is what \rill ' !:P';:!
    be done; and so there is nothing new under the 2P,t:'g
    st3flma*la Does anything exist of which one may ,cf.
    wl:s J?
    1 . 126
    say: S e e this: it is new"? It has already had y;z3;:4
    existence for time indefinite:' what has come
    into existence is from time prior to us.' I t There 1.n 1 i,x 2
    is no remembrance of people of former times,,n i x <*<-.Ah
    ;$a!;&:l,
    nor will there be of those also who will come t o r[KI
    k . ~
    be 1ater.k There tvill prove to be no remern- $$i.:j:
    brance even of them among those who will come i:;;:+;i7
    t o be still later on.=
    1 3 . 12.10
    *'I l<i .l:l
    12 I, the cong~egator,~r
    happened t o be klng
    ;lit2
    over Israel in Jerusa1em.B IS And I set my heart t l r c ~01:ap
    I'u 111:d
    t o seek and explore wisdomt in relation t o r3,.2:2
    everything that has been done under t h e heav. gS:iiz
    ens-the calamitous occupation that Goda has
    given to the sons of mankinda in which to be :,$:,;'(
    o c c ~ p i e dl4. ~I saw all the works that were done v;;?;;T
    under the
    and, look! everything was vanity and a striving after wind.ey
    EC 2.1 1
    F p '>. >E
    15 That which is made croaked cannot be ~ c Z : ;
    made straight," and that which is wanting can- z : ~ ~ ~ l
    not possibly be counted. I, even I, spoke with
    f?
    my heart,' saying: "Look!I mysew have greatly giP7i<w
    increased in wisdom more than anyone that 2,-C1 1:I1~ 3?t 13
    12
    happened to be before me in Jerusalem: and
    .
    Z
    :
    p
    ,
    my own heart saw a great deal of wisdom and
    ;;2~
    i;;;
    knowledge,"* I T And1proceeded to @we rn y heart QI.,
    1:
    to knowing wisdom and to knowing madnes~,~
    .:r:i2i3
    and 1 have come to know folly; that this too !j;&f7

    striving after wjnd.ae '%For in the- abmdance of wisdom there is an abundance of vexa1c.0 n.m tlon," so that he that increases knowledge in*I'* 10:G
    creases pain.
    .
    1;C R 17
    kIcn I : I ~
    I said, even 1, in my heart :* "Do mme now,k
    J r l c 4:13
    nP;+>
    8:15
    I& me try you out with rejoici~g.~
    Also see
    I:< 11:'a
    L U 1-2 10 g00C1,"r And, look! that too was vanity. 1 said
    to 1aughter:s "Insanity!" and to rejoicingzt
    '
    "What
    is this doing?" "I explored with m y
    ,::~bl:;'~i~
    heart
    by
    cheering my flesh even with
    ,E
    ;y:,3 while I was
    "lnfii
    leading my heart with wisdom,Y
    21 1Sn 25:36
    PI. 20 1
    even
    to
    lay
    hold
    on folly until I could s w what
    PI' 71. 1
    E J , ~slta good them was ts the sans of mankind in what
    vF.c 1:17
    they did under the heavens for the number of
    yr,~!4 7 9
    the d ~ y sof their 1ife.Y * I engaged in greater
    ,:?U$f i 4;;fsi4
    :3)
    worksnnI built houses for myself;' I planted
    *I)<,
    A:12
    vineyards fox myself!
    made gardens and
    l f i i 77..81
    1151
    parksh
    far
    myself/
    and
    I
    planted
    fruit
    ;:<IIH
    ;$:! I O m l l trees of all sorts,4 I made pools inof them
    water for
    OllCl 4:25
    3 , ~ 1 . 1 ~ myself ,' t o irrigate with them the forest, springh c ' t k !i:l
    ing up with treesam 1 acgufred menservants and
    (.,, s:2
    rnajdsew~nts~
    and I came t o have sans of the
    ,$;r2:4
    *N<'2:14
    h
    o
    ~
    s
    e
    h
    o
    l
    d
    AISO
    ,
    ~
    Ijvestock, cattle and flocks in
    nl'q I::]
    1 :
    great
    quantity
    I
    came
    to have, more so than all
    *I*:/ r P:!lH
    h ~ 3 : 5 7 those who happened to be beforeme in Jerusa14:14
    I accumulated also silver and gold for
    (;,. 17:12 Icrn,"
    lcl;u 13 2
    r<i a.ya rnyseli,n and property peculiar to kings and the
    ;I;' !,:ia jurisdictional dis2ricts.r I made male singers and
    !j:j !;:yo female singers~for myself and the exquisite dde;i;fln Ilghtst of the sans of mankind, a lady, even
    r2*~ I V:IS 1ndics.U "And X became greater and increased
    Nsh7.117
    more thananyone thathappenedtobebefore
    tc-t~7,(i
    :Fi:!i$!111:23mc in Jerusalem.v Moreover, my own wisdom
    y2c 1 ) *.*:!& remained r n i n e , ~
    ' "F:CC z :2l l: : ' ~ 18 R
    2:15
    E:c 7:lG

    "S:C

    z3f;!,

    *See verse 3, footnote e. b&e Terse 1, footnote b. 8''God.'' M,


    El.o.kimt. d Or, "men7' H, Aa-tz.danr'. *See verse f3, %otnote h.

    ECCLESIASTES 1:1 S 2 :9

    *1

    :at

    Siv ~ ( J T R F 0, fontnote h, b M j ppar.rle$ (in the plnral number);


    I,SS Sy, "pnrnrl ~EPR."

    479

    10 And anything that my eyes asked far I ~gg;!


    did not keep away from them." I did not hold ;;;$;;
    back my heart from any sort of rejoicing,' for F;,";~;!
    my heart was joyful because of all my toil,' find * ~ 11:s
    c
    this came to be my portion from all my toil." r%2&:"2
    And I, even I, turnecl toward all the worlcs of
    E;:i

    mine that my hands had done and t o w ~ r dthe


    toil that I had toiled to accornpll~h,~
    and, look!
    everything was vanity rind a s t r i v i n ~Rftcr
    wind, and Ehcre was notl~lngof advantage un- EX 3 9 4
    3K1 G : l
    der the sun."
    1% 7 - 1
    4.1
    12 And I, even I, turned t o see wisdoma and In1
    E~ 6i-1
    mnllness and folly,. f o what
    ~
    can the earthling *$E;:?T
    3It 16.26
    ma11 do who comes in after the Icing? The thjng ,25
    that peopIe have already rlone. "And I saw, ,&p1z+9
    even I, that there exists more advantage for kys;pr?ra
    wisdom than for folly,k just as there is more ad- E; $:is
    vantage for light than for darkness.:
    p.0 5 : e
    ca.w 5.m
    14 As regards anyone wise, his eyes are In n p r ~ ~ : : ;
    20:15
    his head,n hut the stupid one is walking on in Pr
    Pr 23::~
    sheer darknessqt'And I have come t o know, I r7&g$4
    too, that there Is one evenhraIity that eventua t ~ sto then1 aI1.B l5 And I myself said in my sgO;!
    heart:t '%n eventuality ljlte that upon the E;
    stupid onetru7i11eventuate to me, yes, r n ~ . "tpslo:s
    ~ 15.2
    Why, then, had I become wise,y I overmucl~so Fs
    EC $16
    3:17
    at that time? And I spoke in my heart: "This UEc
    P~~?:B
    too is vanity l o For there is no more remem- ,.7&zf,,
    brance of the wise one than of the stupid one F i $ Y F
    to time indeflnite.~In the days that are already I.E~;;;~
    coming in, everyone is certainly forgotten, ~ n d
    hour uril1 the zvhe one die? ATong with the *:Sa
    E C I : ~ ~
    3 33
    stupid one.'
    Ec 6 : s
    17 And 1 hated life,' because the work that i%iz?#
    xA5
    has been done under the sun was calamitous -1-u
    -IKI 19:~
    from my st~ndpoint,"for everything was vanity Lf;L$t;k

    ,z;y:;~
    .A+

    s;$j'J,

    ."

    ECCLESIASTES 2 :13-26

    orem

    and a strjving after wind6 Is And I, even I,


    hated all the toil of mine in which I was toiling
    under the sun,' that I would leave behind for the
    +
    maif
    who would come to he after me.'D And
    ';i:f
    :i;ii
    P3 1T:ld
    who is there knowing whether he will prove to
    P.t 99:li
    LU 1:;3
    be wise or Foolish?' Yet he will take contra1 aver
    '1K1 1. 14
    rrfiH::u all my toil a t which I toiler1 and at which I:
    2Ctl 1n:13
    showed wisdom under the sun.* This too is
    I
    .
    vanity. "And T myself turned around toward
    making my heart despairlc over dl the toil a t
    l;ytj?$:l
    2CoI:E
    which I had toiled u~lderthe sun. For tl7el.e
    exists t h e man whose toil has been with wisdom
    n$yi;fi and with knowledge and with proficiency," but
    to a man that has not toilecl wlth such A thing
    rZGh 8:Sl
    WID be givcn the portion 05 that one.' This too
    ~c 2.18
    is vanity and a big calamity.#
    22 For what does a mat1 come t o haveR far
    d
    l
    his toil and for the striving of his heart with
    KC .,4:s
    ua+1;1g
    which
    he is toiling under the m?t"For aH
    Job 11:1
    his
    days
    his occupation means pains ancl vexav$;;yio
    G 1s
    t j ~ n also
    , ~ during the night lzis heart just does
    L~ L.?!J
    )it
    ~ 2 . 3 not lie down." This too is mere vanity.
    24 With R man there is nothing better [than]
    Y$:dti8
    E r :E:!
    ,
    that he should eat and indeed drink and cause
    E c K : ~ . ~ his SOU] to see good because of his toi1.Y This
    E c l t Ed
    a c l.lm17 too I have seen, even I, that this is from the
    ePs 11'1:16
    ct:3 1 3 hand of The true] God,hE' T o r who eat-9' and
    *lKi2 7
    who drinks0 better than I do?n3
    1KI .;.7
    "IK'
    CC,? 7,l
    l':m
    26 For to the man that is good before hima
    he has given wisdom and knowledge and rejoic.
    IEC1?7:2
    t~~
    !i:N
    E% 3 3
    EC

    ~ : n

    ,,,
    rl;l

    ,,

    zh&d:M

    Nabati s there proving to be for thr man?" The l T d ~ r ~ a


    is urrtlcratnod to be the mot verb from rvtuull the
    divine nnme Ye.ho.wrrbf i s formed, b"Tho [ttwe] God.p' 171, haE1.a.himJ; the title FJ.o.kd$rrr bdng precerlcd by f lte definits fil-tiole
    An ( " T h r ' ~for emphnpis. SgT, "Jehovnl~."TTJIURthe equirnlpnk of
    "leltor2nh''does Dccnr in the Syrinc T~rsionnnrI the Jewish T n r . ~ u ~ n
    of EIic boak of Ecclcsiant~a. h'Drinks,'' L S X S y ; ''ha~tenu,"31..
    a Ltrmlly,

    r e r h ttcw, Ao.aeA:

    ECCLESIASTES 3 :6-12

    481

    480

    i r ~ gbut
    , ~ to the sinner he has given the occupn- *;,PF,2;f3
    tion of gathering and brlngilng together merely Pg\g;;7
    to give to the one t h a t is good before The true] &I;$
    G ~ d . ~ T T h too
    i s is vanity ~ n ad striving after
    ~xne 634:52 ~
    wind.+
    JQh 7%
    For ~verythingthere is an appointed time: flJerl:lO
    3 e r 2~21
    even a timeb for every affair under the itit r,:ls
    heaven^:^ a time for birtllln and a time t o die;'
    a time to plant and a time t o t~pmotwhat was $
    ,$;:,;
    planted;* :' a time to k i l l k and a time to heal;n ,paE:2,
    a time t o break down and a time t o
    ' a s;a;;&\
    time t o weepR and a time to J a ~ g h a; ~time to ,fpl;;l;
    wailli ~ l n da time t o skip abouty a time to t ~ J c r2 5 . 3
    E X 1.j4:41
    throw stones swaps and a tirne to bring stones Vc:rt2~.2
    together; a time to embrace1 and a time to ?b$i6i7
    keep anyayfrom ernbrftcin~;~
    D atime to seek 1fF,"363
    and a time t o give up RS Iost;* a time to k e ~ pzJ";jz;?:7
    and a time to throw
    :a time to rip apart
    :;;F2y
    and a time to sew together;* a time t o keep JC;~~;:~
    quiet3 and a time to speak;' a time to love and e s ~ 3 : 3 1
    393
    a time to hate;" a time lor war' and a time for 4P.s
    rr9:s
    peace.* '' What advantage 18 there for the ~rrork-+EF4?2
    er in what he is toiling at?k
    R P'1145:Il
    Z C ~19:2
    10 1 have wen the occupatlon that GodChas $,\%:437
    given to the sons of mankind In which t o be bf~h;i13
    occup1ed.n ilEverything h e has made well- 2 ~ : t ; ~
    r~s:is
    arranged in its time.' Even time indefinite he nEc
    2%
    has put in their heart, that mmsnkindd may never ,J 137
    find out the ~voskthat The [true] W has '2:&;:
    made Prom the startr to the finish." "I have Rf;tjiq

    US

    L 4 T l ~[tyuo]
    e
    Clod,'' M, h u - ~ b o ~ l r i n ~the
    ' ; title E;11.04kin~'being pree e d ~ dby the drflnite article Jrta ("Tlie") for ~~npbnrris.
    ByT, "Jchcrail." Thun tl~requivnlri~tOF "Jei~ornh"does ocrur in the Syriac
    Ternion a114tlte Jm-isb Targum of the book of E c c l ~ * i n ~ t e s *Or,
    ':spnson)' ; or, *cgeasonnble t i l ~ ~ c . ' ' l'God." >I
    E,
    l . o . / ~ i r ~ ~N,
    ' . haa.duor!', '"l'iie [true] God." ll, h f l - E ~ . o . ~ t i wtho
    ~ ' : d c i l n i t ~ai.ticle
    h a p ~ e c ~ d tbs
    i n ~title ~ l . o , ~ r i r nfor
    ' ciriphnis. f Litrrnlly, "head," 11,
    a

    1 PR37:3

    ~ : :~:zz
    c
    1.C

    I-

    fl:9

    61:s

    Ik
    ' lp 5.15
    4:4

    1 ~ ,;IT<'$%!

    ECCLESIASTES 3: 13-19

    come to know that there fs nothing better for


    them than to rejoice and to do good during one's
    life,r IS ~ n also
    d that every mana should eat stnd
    indeed drink and see good for all his t ~ i ? It
    . ~Is'
    the gift 0.1 god.^

    '.:('P1S
    I +n 6 5 5 2
    vJ:c2:24
    y I'a 33 I t
    1~ 1 I+P:WJ

    14Ihavecornetoknowthateve~hlngtha.k

    The [tnrej Godb makes, It wiIl prove to be to


    tirne indefinite.-v To it there is nothing t o add
    l-.~lll
    :+!I1
    I
    I
    G
    and Prom It there is nothing to subtract,%but
    I!c Z2:18
    The I lrue'l God1' hims~lfhas made it, t h ~ peot
    * Ibs r;r:t,
    ple mny be nrraid on account:of him.'
    kP,
    y
    !i
    A
    9
    If" 15:""
    15 M1llnt has happened t o be, it had already
    nj+ 1:g
    :ji;?jt~, been, and what is to come to be has already
    1 ' ~ 5 s : 2 proved to be;a and The [true] GodhAhimself
    1's 82 2
    Ps91:21 keeps seeking that rvhich is pursued.
    ITR
    39:14
    nrrc22
    1FAtldI:havefuriherseenunderthesun
    hIlc 7.3
    zi,p 3:3
    the
    plnce of judgment where there was wickedh l t 26:59
    ness and the place of righteousness where
    OII.:,. 1.16
    I 2:1
    wickedness was.' I T P myself have said tn my
    "The [true] God" will judge both the
    ~ ; ~ ~ , licnrl:"
    j$~
    righteous one and the wicked one," for there is
    1 ; ;
    1:.2:6
    a time for every affair and concerning every
    LC0 s:10
    :I*

    work there. "'


    18 I, even I, have said In nly heart with regard to the sons of rnankinda that The [true]
    ,k ! 'P 4l:iz
    ,
    " : ~
    Gadh is going to select them, that they may see
    that they themseh~esare beasts." ' T o r there
    n/:;i::::,l,a
    7
    is an evcntuality as respects the sons of man(;r T : l 5
    4;. 7.12
    d eventuality as respects the beast,
    xu IF,:% kind&~ n an
    Nrz ~ : : I G and they have the same eventuality.n As the one
    J f l b 1.2:10
    dips, SO the other dies; and they all have but one
    1% 31.2
    Pq lO.k:29
    13
    14G:4
    ~pjrit,~
    SO" that there is no superiority of the
    mana aver the beast,#for everything is vanity.

    n J r r 29.10
    I ln 12 4
    2 l Y c 3:9
    1Cc 31:18

    bI, ha-rr.dlam'. b "Thr rtrae] God." M,Irtl-EI.0-Aimr; the definite


    nrticle ha ( " T l l ~ ' ~p) ~ c r ~ d i nthe
    g title RI.obkd~r~'
    for e~lipbnais, Or,
    "brenth." M , a ~ t ' n k l ~ J,,LX,
    ;
    p+rm~'vt,.

    &A11 aregoing to one p1ace.t They have all come tg",b,;la


    to be from the dust," and they are all returning
    Eg
    to the dust.' 21 W h o is there knowing the spiritaC
    mc;?~
    of the sons of
    whether it is ascend- Ge z:?
    3:19
    ing upward; and the spiritnof the beast, wheth- VGC
    a~b 1 9 : ~
    e r it is descending downsvard to t h e earth?y $$2:i5
    2' And I have seen that there i
    s notbjng better E; $2:
    than that the man should rejoice in his works," zg; $ziZ,
    for that is his portion; because who mill bring gz ;:
    him in to look on what is going to be after him?' +~;u?;;;~
    6:11.
    And I myself returned that I: might see all Ec
    Ec 10:14
    the acts of oppressionn that are king done<%
    $;:"
    under the sun and, look! the tears of those being pd;::1
    2:2
    c
    o p p r e ~ s e dbut
    , ~ they had no c o m f ~ r t e rand
    ; ~ on b ~ i2425
    the side of their oppressors there was power, so AD@
    PS 42:9
    Jas 5:4
    that they had no comforter, And I congratu- ep,
    69:W
    lated the dead who had already died rather than r[t:F;lf&i
    the living who were still alive.' a So better than?+; :>$+
    both of them [is] t h e one that has not yet come *p;
    to be,' who has not seen the calamitous work
    &,61;:18
    that is being done under the sun."
    ~ P 55.9
    S
    Ec 1:l.I
    4 And I myself have seen aU. the toiI and all J P ~ 9.3
    '
    the proficiency in work," that it means the ,E$;I
    rivalry of onec toward another;' this also is ry$,"ig:s
    vanity and a striving after the wind,""
    h ~ 27%
    1%
    It P : 1 5
    5 The stupid one is folding his handst and is,:ji:;:
    SEP 1.14
    eating his own flesh.u
    El! 6:9
    6 Better is a handful of rest than a double tp,;!j$:
    handful of toil and striving after the wind."
    7 I myseIf returned that I might see the vanity under the sun:y There exists one, but not prlshe
    Pr 16:R
    a second ane;Qlso no son or brother does he p- r 175
    have,* but there is no end t o all his toil. Also zg,"
    his eyes themselves are not satisfied with ,E," :g2

    '

    Uz+F14

    Or, "b~eath."
    a

    31, res'ahk;

    LXX, praeu'mca,

    31, kn-a&#&',

    M, kh.

    riches:" "And for whom am I toiling and causing my soul t o lack in good things?"$ This tca
    1Jo 2;16
    O P39:~
    ~
    is vanity and it is a caHamitous occupation.+
    Eu 32:&
    as 4:18
    9 Two are better than one,@because they
    +Rc 22:23
    w e 2:19
    have
    a good reward for their toil.' lo For if one
    Ex 4 2 1
    Isn 23:16 of them should fall, the other one can raise his
    .gzij$ partner up." But how will it be with just the onea
    who falls when there is not another to raise
    *$?,*&$
    LU22:32 him up?k
    Ga 6:1
    1 ~ ~ 5 . 1 1 11 MSO,if two lie down together, then they
    Jas 5 3 4
    kGe4:8
    will certainly g e t warm; but how can just one
    2% l4:B;
    keep warm?n I x And if somebody could ovesnlI<l1:2
    power one alone, two together could make a
    stand against hirntr And a threefold cord cannot
    ?9",:%;@
    s E ~ 4:s
    h
    quickly be tom in two.$
    13 Better is a needy but wise childzt than an
    CIS.
    tPr 19:1
    8:la
    Pr 28s
    old
    but stupid king,u who has not come t o know
    Ec 9 3 5
    upr 2 ~ 1 6 enough to be warned any longer.' " For he has
    V ~ KI22'8
    I~ ; I O
    gone forth from the prison house itself to become king,y although in the kingship of this one
    ; ; ;$
    he had been born as one of little means." I
    s,G,ti:::j$
    2:s
    have
    seen all those alive who are walking about
    Job 5:lL
    under t h e sun, how it goes with the child, who
    =psblg;;
    a ~ 4 1 is second, that stands up in the other one's
    2Ss 15%
    ~ 2 1 5~h 2a place.* l6 There is no end to all the people, to all
    :$& those before whom heh happened to be;' neither
    will people afterward rejoice in him," for this
    + g b g i l too is vanity and a striving after the wind.O
    Ps119.105
    Guard your feet' whenever you go to the
    Pr 1:15
    Pr 1 9 2
    house of The Stme] God;C and let there be
    W e3 1 : ~
    Jer 7:23 a drawing neard to hearle rather than to give
    J,,,:,,

    Ag;
    f220
    e~5:10

    :::

    &$A

    ,e;2?jF9

    5
    -

    Or, "But woe t o just the one l"

    Or, "they," that is,, the people.


    God,"' M,ha-iTE.o.kimt; the Hebrew defimte article ha
    ("The") preodng the title El.o.liim' for emphasis. "Let there be
    a dram-ing near.'! The Hebrew verb here i~
    in the idnitive abaolute
    and hence i a impersonal and indefinite as to time.
    a

    = "The [true]

    ECCLESIASTES 5 :2-9

    484

    485

    ECCLESIASTES 5 :2&18

    a sacrifice as the stupid ones do,Var they are ':%I$%


    2f ,tl ~ : I G
    not aware of doing what Is bad."
    l c r ~
    l:12
    2 Do not hurry yourself as regards your ,:l;,'$a
    mouth; and as for your heart: let it not be
    hasty t o bring fo&h a word before The [true] a;$;:~Il
    < ;pi3
    God.awFor The [true1 God1>is in the 11eavensk ~il'i,?j'
    h i t you are on the earth. That is why your niiFii!i'g
    words should prove to be few.n For 8 dream
    certainly comes in because of abundance of ac:$;;;lj.3.
    cupation, and the voice of a stupid one because ; ;;,
    of the abundance of wordsor Whenever you p;!;:~
    vow a vowc to God, do not hesitate to pay it,"
    for there is no delight in the stupid ones.( \mat w2~?i$1
    I, I;, fir,: J
    you vow, psy.u Better is it that you vow not !jA.'&18
    '
    than that you vow and do not pay.' Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesho to sin,"." ot;"j20
    neither say before the angelaz t h a t It was a ~i;;;;a
    ir>n
    I
    r n i ~ t a k e . ~W' h y should The [true] God'' become 01:c
    !h I.?..#
    indignant on account of your voice and have 7.A,,
    7 : . ~
    to wreck the work of your hands?= For be- o'I r r ~5:'l
    , 1.11
    I
    cause of abundance [of occupation] there are A ~ m ~ ~ ~ 3
    dreams," and there are vanities when words are ";;i$Tjy7
    multiplied. But fear The [true] Godb hlrnse1f.O
    I
    8 If you see any oppressfon of the one of little .1";:, ;
    ;:,
    means and the violent taking away of judgment
    $;;$T
    and of righteousness in a jurisdictional djstricc* $!; f i l 6
    do not be amazed over the a f f a i ~for
    , ~ one that !!9,;.j13
    is higher than the high one' is watching,* and P*I><
    I I JN ~
    :]:I3
    : \I! I ~
    there are those who are high above them."
    V3sn
    I ~ :~7*15
    21.19
    I
    9 Also, the profit of the earth is among them :;A1,'Eiy2
    ! the best thing that I myself have
    ,
    is beatztiful, is that one should eat
    W ~ t htbis VPI'SF, verse 17 in If, chnptcr 4 endl in 1U;riXT'gSyT.
    d see good for all his toilr wjth
    ""The [trite] C;nd." N, kit-l:'f.o.lriwr;the ~ I C ~ I I ' CiE~Bnite
    W
    erticlc ha
    s under the sun for the number
    y'Thel') pma~dingthe titlr i;'bo.him' f o ort~ipl~fixi~.
    ~
    "DOnot n l l n ~ v

    ,j'sc:$

    vF;zi!:

    .I!

    >b
    !;

    F;

    t w word o f yorrr month t o detcrnliae tlic jilrlgw~nt o f f:slrrll~~n


    upon yoar ilcrl~,"T.d " l n p l , " JITgT; "C;od,'YI,..US~. Or, "rind
    ttme is tllc Supreme One nbove them."

    Or, liternlly, "rind who is e e t t i n ~his, lor-e on wenltl~inesswit11 no


    incrsirlc [rev~nub]l" b "Gr~rlc?O I T ~ ~ T . ' ' &I,bfl(1.li?)t'.
    a

    ECCLESIASTES 5 :19-4:6

    487

    486

    of the days of his life that The [true] Gada has


    given him, for that is his portion. I ' Also every
    manbte whom The t - h ~ eG] o d A has given riches
    ~ n material
    d
    possessiona,t he has even ernpow- tg;?;
    ered him to eat from i t u and t o cnrry oft his g~
    portion and t o rejoice in his toiInYThis js the 11~i3 1 3
    gift of god.^ For not often will he remember I:~$E".$10
    the days of his life, because The [true l Godn $Gbl?$g
    Is preoccupyjngc [him] with the rejoicing of

    py;g
    ;

    YLC 3:13
    his heart.2
    LC 6 ?
    zUe 2E 8
    These exids a calamity that I hnve seen un- P, 4:T
    der the sun,*and it is frequent among mankind: a a mand to whom The [true] Goda
    gjves riches and material possessions and gloryg Ci$A&Tz
    and who, for his soul, is in no need of anything
    that he shows himself longing far," and yet The BDggJ
    J~ IRIO
    [true] Goda does not enable him t o eat from ft, E
    ' z2";j:E
    although a mere foreigner may eat it.# This is FFifi
    vnnity and it is a severe malady. "If a mand ,F$i;z::,
    should become a father a I~undrcdtimes' and he Eg;$j2,:zi
    should live many years, though numerous the f1f;~9i ~~
    days of his years should h e ~ o m e ,yet
    ~ ' his o\\n -%c!-gi.9:35
    soul Is not satisfiedwith goad things and even the i:> Y&grave h a s not become his," I must say that one %
    :; %
    prematurely born is better off than he Is."' For "Eb,,3i6
    in vain hns this one come and in darlrness he pL:,",-'Z,,
    goes w a y , and with darkness his own name ;J',";;7;;3
    will: be c o ~ e r e d "Even
    .~
    the sun itself he has
    not seen, neither kn0wn.n This one has rest ~~b I Q : ~
    rather than the former one.r " Even supposing
    that he has lived a thousandmyears twice over 'Gb47i7
    m d yet he has not seen what is
    3s It not F,","$g
    I

    .@z:323

    r.;;z3

    e'6Tll~e[true] God." ?& ha-ELo.BimPn";


    the Hebrew defltut~nrticle ha
    pr~ct1rling the title El.oh7~ittsrfor emphneis, b I I , he-rs.tlasr. Or,
    praild~"o,nswering,"
    ,
    according to mother dciirntion of the BeJrtw v ~ r b ,d "Man." M, isA.

    ECCLESIASTES 6:7-7

    ;5

    just one place t h a t everyone is


    7
    All the tail of mankindn 2s for their mouth,*
    KU !i:12
    4
    ~ : a:]!!
    c
    but
    even their own soul does nor get filled.
    I ' r I(!
    I
    L
    i : ?
    For
    what advantage does the wise hnve over
    ,lob ri:?T
    the stupid onely What does the flilicted one
    I
    x
    i hnve in lrnowjng how t o walk in bonl: of the
    1TI 6.S
    living ones? Better is the seeing by the leyes
    J ~ 41:H:
    *Eqh4:ml
    than t h e walking about of the
    This too
    I : I
    I:? 3.13
    is vanity and a skiving after the wind.'
    L, ,; 2,;
    I;., 4'1 2u
    10 Whatever has come to be, its name has
    ,lu3:lb

    ~g",;*~to
    @

    .,,,,

    ~ l r e a d ybeen p ~ n o u n c e d ,and
    ~ it h ~ hemme
    s
    known
    what
    manc
    is;"
    and
    he
    is
    not
    able
    to
    ; ;
    +r:(! I : 17 plead his cause with one that is more po~verful
    l.!c 2 :I 1
    l.:c .1..1
    than he is.@
    1:c 4 ,K
    PUT,;
    21 Because there exist many things that are
    c?. '1 li
    1
    3
    causing much vanity,' what advantage does a
    Ils &;.I0
    mana have? 12For who is thew knowing what
    1,:
    1;;13
    L n 3.2ii
    good a mana has in lifea f o r the number of the
    ,:
    'y,;:FiXR days of his vain life, when he spends them like
    a shadow?* For who can tell man& whnt will
    f:;
    :';;iaf
    J
    1.1 1
    happen after him under the sun?"
    PJIII) 14.21
    l'r 27:1
    A name is bette~than good ail," and the
    1,:c G.7
    Jns 1:14
    day of death than the day of one's k i n g
    k ;T r: I
    born,"
    Better is it to go ta the house of mourn+:,;E : p 2 : 1 U i n g
    than
    to go to the banquet house,' because
    r l r ~ 12
    ~. l tIl h
    lL~i, f i that is the end of all manlrind;n and the one
    1 ~ n 4 : 3 alive should take [it] to his l ~ e ~ ratBetter
    .
    is
    tl'u llU.71
    i3a ~ s o : s vexation than laughter,t for hy the crossness of
    y,"c$:za the face the h e m becomes better.^ * The heart
    of the wise ones is in the house of rnourning,v
    7,: ';?;'
    4.ib9ff." but the heart of the stupid ones is fn the house
    of rejoicing.^
    $22;&,
    I>ii 5.1
    5 Better is it t o hear the rebuke of someone
    c ~ ~ ),::,,
    :I t3)

    ,,,,

    rb.

    ,,,,:,,

    >t, Ra-ta.damp, b Or, "soulful desire,"


    g.rl(an~'.

    Or, "earthling

    man,'' M,

    ECCLESIASTES 7:6 1 5

    488

    :$:;!

    wise* t h ~ nto be the mann hearing the song of $;


    the stupid ones.' For as the sound of thorns p;y;;l
    under the pot, so is the laughter of the stupid ?$ f;;!~

    one;" and this too is vanity. ; For mere oppres- . I W rr::34


    sion may make a wise one act c r a z y , h n d a - 11), :r~ :~Ilt is: i g
    gifty can destroy the heart."
    1'1 17.23
    1%
    h::(
    8 Better is the end afterward of a matter
    than its beginningc B t t e r Is one who is patientb than one who is haughty in spirit." "Do j;;;
    not hurry yor~rself in your spirit to become 4,,$"'$55
    offended," far the taking of offense is what rests I V 1.1: 14
    in the bosom of the stupjd ones,^^
    J1'1.
    I M ~r;:aa
    I:I!I
    4:5
    10 Do not say: "Why has it happened that kc:?
    S:~F.TS
    t h e former days proved to be better than nj',rI.h,.:;7
    these?"" for it is not due to wisdomr that you :l;'f,;$!
    IICI :{:IR
    have asked about this.
    I 1.1 G.17
    11 WIsdom along with a possession is goodn :;:;',:iT
    and Is advantageousc for those seeing t h e sun.' ;n:j;:l,
    For wisdom is for a pmtfctiondii [the same V[,~:,];~~
    as] money is for a p~otection;~
    but the advan. srrr 32:47
    tage of knowledge is that tvisdem itself pre- !:1.'$.?
    serves alive its 0wners.y
    .I ;+o ~
    :I:]~
    IT:^
    1
    13 See the work of The [true1 &dtBx for
    who !s able t o make straight what he has made $:!';:'
    crooked?* 'Qn a good day prove yourself t o ~;;lP;o:,,
    be In goodne~s,~
    and on a cslamltous day see ,j;;;;;3
    that The [true1 Gode has made even this exact;;i;$z2
    ly as
    t o the intent that mankindf mag not
    W: 1 2
    Isrt 22: I 2
    discover anything at all after t11ern.O
    Inri 47:7
    27:l
    15 Everything I have seen during my vain ?llr
    I I F 4:?4
    days.@'There exists the righteous one perishing

    wicked one continuing long in his badness,"


    26 DO not &come righteous overmuch,* nos
    I 2.7 :a
    .rrltt I ( , ;! show yournelf C X C C S S ~ V ~ I ~wisek W h y should
    ;>I ,T
    you cause desolation to yourseE?a Do not be
    I ,I .I
    3 ?.In
    wicked 0verrn~1~11,r
    nor become foollshbnWhy
    should you dic when it is not your time?t IqIt
    1:43 14'::
    is better that you should take hold of the one,
    k 1'1' 3 . 7
    I r a * 1 1 m l ~ t Prom
    ~ t the other nbo do not wiEhclraw your
    nt'r iIb:In
    r :
    hrlnd;lr for 11e t h n t fenrs God will go forth with
    vl.:nn H 17
    t l l ~ n ja11.V
    I , I .I
    1I'Ll d:l!c
    19 N7isdom itself is stronger f o p the wise one
    than ten men in power who happened to be In a
    LfF&:;,:y
    l'clu.3
    city,y 20 For there I s no man righteous in the
    UI,Ll 11:.12
    enrth that kecrps dolng good and does not sin,#
    1:r:,lfl
    hlril 1,r"1t211:aa
    21 Also, do not give your heart to all the
    I'r 21 :22
    1 > ~ 2 + n words that people may speak,* that you may
    t l i C L B:td
    not hear your servant calling down evil upon
    3.tI G M
    1'. 131,:z
    you." '? For your awn heart well knows even
    rv 21I !I many times that you, even you, 1wve called
    ,
    :%\fjg down evil upon athers.&
    23 AII this I have tested with wisdom. I said:
    tsnJ.t:a "I ~1411
    become wise." But it was far from me.*
    r2.Wi1l::lo
    A
    13:: : 9ra What has come t o be is far off and exceeding: I .
    ly deep. Who can And I t out?' ?5 I myself turned
    C 1 2 h h q099
    even my hcart did,@t o hour and to exj o 1 ~ ~ 6 :around,
    1~
    -Job ? : .?
    plore and t o search for wisdomTand the reason
    z,J24!f of things," and to know about the wickedness
    of stupidit yk ant1 the fooIishness of madness;"
    =-;j:) J1!:?3
    1.1
    :
    and I was flnding out: More bitter than death
    1.;4- n:'
    .I..~. 1 17
    [I
    found] the wotnan who is herself nets for
    l.oF::a
    hunting and whose heart is dragnets [and]
    i
    7
    whose hands nre fetters.r One is good before
    :[,111;(11 0i:ji3
    :3
    The
    [tme] God& if one escapes from Iler, but
    r,rK
    atLT1ln [true] Clad!' 11, ha-El.o.Linz'; the Hebrew deflnite ai$icle.
    I!];
    21:m
    b.< s:10
    ~ : H:II
    r

    *,!41k1

    I,.

    S.g:'2!:j

    .,]~;;,:.,

    X:zsi,;]:n
    I

    ,JIL~

    .t!

    :z&",

    il

    "Yan.'"nl,
    idr, Wternlly, "long in qpirit," 31. Or, "IYirtlorn
    [rempnrrrl] wit11 n ~ ) O S S C S ~ ~inU TI)rtt~r'
    ~
    r~ndiq mow prolitn~~lc,'"
    t~ Litcjrnlly, "shntlo~v.' 31, Is:!,
    * "Thr! [ t ~ ~ u God."
    e]
    31, Ln-El.t~,lrim';
    the Jlrbrrw definite &icIe ha pr~cerliug the title El.a.kia~' for
    emphi~ris.fM, Lit-n.rlnm'.

    in his righteou~ness,~and there exists the

    5",;f:!.

    ha pr~crtlingthe title EE.o.kirn' for emphasis,

    ECCLESIASTES 7:27-8:7

    490

    one is sinning if one is captured by her.[ fz;i$4

    27 "'See! This I have found," saidn the cangre.qnt~r,'~Ll


    "one thing [taken 1 after nnotber,
    :h16;3
    to f ~ n dout the sum-up,v 2Vn7hichmy soul has $EI:
    1:12
    continuously sought, but I have not found. One VEC
    V J O7:25
    33:23
    ~
    mRn out of a thousand I have found,'. but a ig~:igy
    woman among all these I have not Pound. nD See! $; $!id
    This only 1 have fotmd, that The I ~ I - a e ]Godr E2
    ;!
    made mankindd upright," but they themselves u p 35s
    Jer L,:13
    have sought out many plans.";
    M r 1.9
    'Pr 1.5
    Who is there Like the wise one?" And who F,'
    I s there knowing the fnterpretation of a g;;;;&
    Illing?TThe nisdom of a man itself causes his b F ; , y Z ,
    I ~ c teo shine, and evgn the sternness of his face

    !$zo

    +$;y
    is changed [for the better]:
    pi-1724
    24:s
    2 f [say: 1 "Keep the very order of the king," PI"
    AC 4:m
    "Jcr i l : 5
    and that out of regard for the oath3 of God.' =: ~2421
    r
    Do not hurry yourself, that you may go out ?$k'72:ts
    from hefom him," Do not stand in a had thing.It *:7.;"152:i,
    For RII that he delights in he will do," "ecause P,F&;;&
    t h e word of the king is the power of control;'
    ng;
    and who mag say to him: 'What Rre
    you1r;~;m;~
    doing?' ""
    I Pr ~ n - 7
    5 He that is keeping the cmmandment ail1 I u 0 b . r l
    not know my calamitous thing,:,' and the wise rF:&gG
    heart will know both time and jtrclgrnent.~* For kp":i:g
    there exists a time and judgment even for every ULEh12y5:6"
    affair,v because the calamity of rnankindd is &%;:?
    abundant upon them.Y For there js no one ;%$:.
    knowing what will come to be," because \rtho ,FP,&?5,
    The Efebrew rerb here is in the feminine g n d e r be agree with
    "conpr~ntor" (qo.hel'eth), which is also in t h ~f n n i n i n ~gender.
    SPPthe hook's title, footnote n, "C~n~rcgntor."
    M, qn.lr~E'ct71.See
    E c c l r ) ~ i n n t r1~:1, footnote b. "The [t~.acbj Qod," 31, laa-Elna.him';

    thc Flel~l-on*defhite articlc ha preoedir~g t l z ~ title El,o.him' for


    cn~phr~nia.d "Msnkind>' N, ku-a.rhm'.

    can tell him just how It will come to be?


    8 There is no man having power over t h e
    spirit&
    to restrain the spirit;"' neither is there
    'gb3%j1Q
    cI's Ha.iR any power of control in the day of death:O nor
    there any discharge in the war." And wickedhglti, isness
    will pmvide no escape for those jndulging
    PPs 8:17
    in i2,hV
    Pa 5%
    9 AU this I have seen, and there was an
    I1~' r 1P:IFI
    .1:~~
    applyingc of m y heart to every work that has
    4:7
    bccn done under the sun,' [ during1 the time
    that mand has dominated man t o his injury."
    '$t,%14T
    JIlc7:3
    l u Rut, though this is SO, X: have seen the wicked
    ones
    buried,"how they came in and how
    "3";$;,'l l 2 s : n they being
    would
    go away from the holy place itself
    *Pr 1I1.7
    a n d be forgotten in the city where they acted
    E,. n.5
    k,!?,
    ',5 that way." This too is vanity.
    R~I'L'I
    11 Because sentence against a bad work has
    ,,,
    not
    been executed speedily,k that is why the
    Jvr
    ,,,:,,
    I< 11
    n1 ' 1 ~~<2~ ~5 ~ h. e ~~ r: of
    '
    t ~ the
    sons af ment%has become ft~Hyset
    In
    them
    t
    o
    do
    bad." l: Although a sinner may
    ;;;1;,\;25
    ~ 1 ' - x:11 be doing badr a hundred times and continuing a
    xm:n
    . .; J 12.1 long time as he pleases, yet I am also aware that
    E'g 115:lS
    it k v I H turn out n7ell with those fenring The
    13,,:,
    I* 3 lrr
    [true] god,'^ because they were in fear oi him.t
    6:
    3[L Li ;LY
    IS
    But it will not turn out well ~t all with t h e
    Lsr,
    I ' . ,.1L24
    .1
    wicked
    neither mill he prolong his days
    that are like a s h a d ~ w kcause
    ,~
    he is not in
    fear
    o
    f
    God7
    {::&$,
    14 There exists a vanity that is carried out
    ;:.:$
    ;!.
    V 2 1 V *..{
    on
    the earth, that there exist righteous ones to
    .,.,
    OEC

    ,.,
    ,I
    S'5

    ;:?

    ,,,,,,
    3

    2,'

    &,8

    $
    ,,,

    Or, *'brenth.'' 31, rdnlek; LLT, pnearmn, bliternllp, 'Tor the


    onnncrs [b"a.lim'] of it," M. i. -%nd thrrc was A i l npplying." The
    IIcbrew verb here is in the infinitive nhmlnto rind tllerefnl'e im~ i c r ~ o n nnnrl
    l indpflnite as to titnc. d M, her-rr.dorrl< ."Tho
    [be]
    Ctod!' M, hn-Elno.kiml;the Hebrov dsfi~iitenrticle ha preceding
    tho titlo Elao.liim' for emphasis.

    ECCLESIASTES 8 :15--9 ;2

    492

    493

    whom it is happening as if for t h e work of the


    I
    wicked ones,&and these exist wicked ones to
    whom it is happening as if for the work of the
    righteous ones.' I said that this too is vanity.
    *~~~~~~
    15 And I myself commended rejofelnf be- Ci!;pij7
    cause mankinda have nothing better under the, 1'5 1 1 n2~
    sun than to eat and drink and rejoice, and t h a t +T7r'r : r3~12: : ? .
    -1
    it should accompany them in their toil for the ' iI:c2
    :,=:i:ar
    days of their life,; which The [trt~e]Godh has L:.iL1::7
    given them under the sun.* '"n
    accord with 'IIFlf$a
    this I applied my h e m to know wisdom and ;:I ?; ;';
    to see the occupation that is carried on in the
    !;;
    earth? because there is one seeing no sleep with ;
    -;~;?f
    his eyes, either by day or by night.3'
    -c.~.$1 10
    12; 2
    17 Ar!d I: saw all t h e work of The [true] 1's
    Pr ~ : - l
    God,n* how manlrinda are not able to find out A3':
    the work that has been done under the sun;'[ i: Elj$i4
    however much mankinda keep working hard to ' > ~ ; ~ ~ ; ~
    seek, yet they do not find out. And even if they ;;;!I,;
    should say they are wise enough t o know,,'
    ;;;;;.&
    they would be unable t o find aut.7
    n l-la2 : ~
    1' 2B:J
    For I took all this t o my heart, even to :'::i;:
    search out all this,Kthat the righteous ones
    giyi
    and the wise ones and their works are in the
    ,
    E
    ;J,
    2
    hand of The [true] GodWbtMankindz are not ~ s n ,'/S: 9
    f;:S
    aware of either the love or t h e hate that were Job
    P? 31:s
    1'5 37:"~
    all prior ts them. AT1 are the same in what I*r 3:t:
    all h a n u One eventualityv there is to the right- !;%;??!
    eous oney and the wicked one," the good one and 3&j{:;
    LR
    the clean one and the unclean one, and the one
    sacrificing and the one t h a t is not sacrificing.
    i
    The good one is the same as the sinner;' the one ";:!'k?l,{l
    swearing is the same as whoever has been afraid
    'M, ha-a.danl'. b'mThe [ h e ] God." M, hn-El.rr.hitrm> t!n I I e l ~ e w

    !'::

    definite article ha preceding the title EE.o.6irn' for ea~pltasrs.

    ECCLESIASTES 9 :3-10

    of a sworn oath This 1s what is calamitous in


    all that has been done under the sun, that, be1: 1
    cause there Is one eventuality to all," the heart
    +I:+!7*2>
    ~~:!i,
    i n of the sons of men&Is also full of bad,+and there
    17'4.7
    is madness' in their heart during their lifetime,
    ;
    'T'C :::2
    the dead ones.
    ,:, and after it-to
    4 For as respects whoever is joinedb to all the
    ,

    P l s R 14:zfl
    m c 2 : ~

    kc;o 6 5
    i':p 8'21

    'Bhqk

    .,,,
    ;

    '

    there exists confidence; because a llw


    ; dliving
    o t is better off than a dead lion.*'For tihe liv-

    U ~ 1I 6 . S
    :t;;~o
    F:t+ ? T 4

    '

    in^? are conscious that they will die;'<hut as for


    the dead: they are conscious of nothing at all,LL
    3?0 tr ::!
    0 I ~ 4:3
    n
    l~cifherdo thcy any mare have wage, because
    CI,,
    ,g
    I ,,,
    I I ~117:17
    S G : ~ ~ the remembrance of them has been f ~ r g o t t e n . ~
    Also thcjr love and their hate and their jealr!;1'si;Pr,1c141.15
    /:, "ousy
    have already perished," and they have no
    l.:r' 2 , ui
    pornon
    any more t o time indefinite in anything
    ;1% I:G
    ;.
    that has to be done under the sunOt
    t p:c 0:10
    7 Go, eat your foodf wlth rejoicing and drink
    I c 1 7
    I > [ . 1ti:l!S
    I K I n8L;n your wine with a good heart,u because already
    The [true] God" has found pleasure in your
    P,,,,:,,
    .'$ H , I z
    work,^ W n every occasion let your garments
    s.cb@
    hv 1(lm31
    ml:.;
    Jrub 11:s prove to be white2 and let oil not be lacking
    L R I ' 8:s
    I W 7::)
    upon your head.' See life with the wife whom
    7~1%'
    y o ~ tlaveu all. the days of your vain life that He
    19 n
    isn

    r r ~ b

    * I m ltrm.3

    you under the sun, dl t h e days of


    your vsnlty, for t h a t is your portion in life" and
    in your toil with which you are tailing under
    c,c,,
    <>It11 :3H
    the
    I U All that your hand" finds to da, do
    .2r.l, nl:zl
    C l ? r b 5.13
    wlth
    your
    very power,' for there is no work nor
    L(r:13
    1
    5 !,t
    dcvlslng
    nor
    kno~t.lleclge~
    nor wisdomp in She',~,
    ol,"*
    the
    place
    to
    which
    you
    are going.;."
    I:;l:l,:',';::iT
    sit 6:17

    .?b:ZI:c. z5.:H
    :;

    ~ R given
    S

    .,,,
    ..13

    31, bn-rr.dunt'. "Joined," 11 nmnr~nalrending and manF Hebrew


    ti~r~~~uticripta
    nnd L,X.Sy, a Li tcrnll?., '-hrend," 31. "The [ h e ]
    Clod.'' 11, Ln-El.o.hirrr2 tho EIcl,rrw drllnitc nrticle bn pwceding the
    titlr El.a.himr
    e ~ ~ i p l ~*n11,
    ~ iblr'dl;
    ~.
    LX-Y, L'Hatde~3';
    TTg, in'fc.ri; T, '.Ulc lsoose of t l ~ rgmre!'

    494

    ECCLESIASTES 9 :11-18

    11 I returned to seea' under the sun that the ;Fgt~19


    swift do not havetherace,'nor the rniqhty ones
    the bottlc.lc nor do the wise also have the $:;:;
    food," nor do the understanding ones also h ~ v ei;y~;o
    r;%:lc
    Jer 9 2 3
    thc richew,ln nor do even those havlng Imowl- nmlSa
    252
    edge h ~ v ethe favor;' because time and unfore:
    q
    i$z
    seen occurrence befall them all.a For manc2 ii;%i1
    nlso dors not h o w his time.' Just like fishes'
    that are being taken in an evil neti1and Iike tc79:s
    birds that are behg taken in a trap,' so the sons ULHt r S1Er!32
    ~1:15
    of menC themselves are be in^ ensnnred nt a v''c
    cal~rnitoustimely when it fallsupon them sud- sgbJgp

    ,:::

    ,f$z&,

    den1y.n
    i T i 1:28
    6:13
    13 Also this X saw as respects wisdom under 8Pr
    IT^ 5 3
    the sunm--and itd was great t o me: '"There was *xce:1
    E c 216
    a IIttle city and the mene in it were few, and ~ c s : l 1
    there mme to it a great khg and he surrounded
    it and built against it great strongholds." Ancl Ciz
    2!i5
    there was for~ndin it a man,[ needy [hut]. wise, W S,:n,20:22
    and that one provided escape for the city by his
    wisdom.' But no men remembered that ~leedy+I:; ;;
    manBrorQ And I myself said: "lIrisdom is better GC;?;;61s-

    ,,.

    P;

    than mightiness,- but the wisdom of the needy


    one Is despised and his words are not listened
    to."=

    e!.&

    '$:'iJ

    ;:ICo
    5 ,Ig

    I:2T

    .*Gc 41:m

    17 T h e words of the wise ones in quietness pa$%;:


    are more to be heardxthan the cry of one ruling n
    &
    ;;dur
    E~:24
    among stupid peop1e.n
    Jcr 44:s
    18 Wisdom is better than implements for rEc s:lc
    AghtingiV and merely one sinner can destroy " $ ~ ~ ~
    zs:~

    much goad.*

    GR
    x t 5.9

    see." The nebverb here i s in the infinitive nbsol~tteand


    ia in~person~l
    and indefinite w to time. b t ~ t o r n l l y ,"hrend," 3r.
    OM, l ~ n - n ~ d r r n ~ ' "It!'
    ,
    In feminine gender, cvidrntly rclerrinr to
    rrjqdotu, h11e ndjectira "great" also b ~ i Qemininrb,
    n ~
    ou "'wistlom" is,
    * M , aand.akhr'; the plural number of i d , BI, ish, r "But," VgT
    ~ n t l mnny
    ,
    IJehrsw tnanuscripts.

    ."To

    BO

    ECCLESIASTES 10:1-11

    495

    Dead IXesa are what cause the oil OF the


    ointment makerk ta stink, to bubble
    forth. [So] a little foolishness does t o one who

    .r

    is precious owing to wisdom anti glory.11


    LlL I :
    ! 2 The heart of the wise is at his right hand,v
    7-r 17 ir, but the heart of the stupid a t hjs IcTt hand.Y
    31.:c 1 o . I .I
    z r r 1 ~ 1 . l ~ 3 And he that is also in the way like that in
    l'r !1j:2.'$
    tvhlch the foolish is walking,* his own heartb
    I+, I R . G
    ,,:, :->.J Is lacking, and he certainly says to everybody
    j7r
    fle"1.k
    * F'r 13 ;I that he is foolish.'
    r , 4 If the spirit of: a mler should mount up
    Pc 2!r 1 1
    agninst
    you, do not leave youlo own place,ufor
    r;!:~~!x
    ~ i k 5n 2 4 calrnness itself allays great sins.'
    ,I'r 25315 5 There exists something calamitous that I
    have seen under the sun,' as when them is a
    :
    mistake" going forth on account of t h e one in
    IFn
    s{.3 . 1 ~ power:* Fmlishnese has k e n put in many
    K\*L 3 12
    ~ : E . ; L ' T ~high
    : I Q positions:
    but the rich ones themselves
    1'1' 2h.12
    keep dwelling merely in a low condition.
    3,. 1.11
    '2Sn 3,::6
    7 I have seen servants on horses but princes
    pr 19 lo
    1'1' 30 22
    walking on the earth just like ~ervants."
    *2sR17:23
    8 H e that is digging a pit will himself fall
    *:\
    1".:1:;
    right into it;* and he that is breaking through
    r'q 7:ll;
    r..; A:IS
    a stone wall, a serpent will bite him.k
    I'r 26 LV
    9 He that is quarrying out stonesa will hurt
    r rcn h . 1 . ~
    Itiini 5.19
    himself with them. He that is splitting logs will
    , ,
    rz;:2,2a have to be careful with t11em.r
    10 If an iron tool has become blunt and someone has not whetted its edgqRthen he will exert
    8 ~ ~ ~ s ; ~ o
    ~ I;F* 4
    ~1:m his on- vital energies. And the making of wisclom succeed means advantage.'
    JOS I:H
    1Ch 12732
    11 If the serpent bites when no charming
    I,> 9:1a
    results," then there is no advmtage to the one
    E:$!iLB
    ul'r W , J indulging i
    n the tongue.
    * I d i t ~ r n l l ~"Flie~
    t
    of death;' 3L Or "good motive!' ilFoolishI 15.28

    ,,

    ,, ,,

    "

    ncss," M ; "the foolish one," L - ~ L X V ~ ~ ~ .

    ECCLESIASTES 11:3-10

    497

    12 The words of the mouth of the wise one VJTi


    mean lavorlv hut the lips of the stupid one nval- ;
    ; Zig
    low him up.7 l a The start of the words of his y;gf4;8
    mouth is foolishness and the end aftenvard of PS &I:H
    111:14
    his mouth Is calamitous rnadnes~.~ And the Pr
    L~:sL22
    foolish one speaks many words.'
    r ISR
    l S a ?.,:I*
    :T SI
    M m a does not knorv what will come to be; El1:;?;'
    and that which will come t o be ~ f t e rhim, ~vho'5; pi;"

    can tell him?:

    Ps 6 z 9

    prove
    .$:ggI,
    '~1~~:13

    nrF

    En'6:l2

    15 The toil of the stupid ones makes them m s . 7


    4,14
    weary;' bbec~usenot one has Come to Icnow how AK,Jrts
    , 4::13
    Hiib
    213
    to go to the city."
    t P s 1107:.1
    137
    16 How will it be with you, 0 land, when '?Ch
    -2 ~ 1 31 3 1
    your Icing Is a boy* and your own princes keep9:$; ; :
    eating even in the morning?' l7 Happy are you,
    $:!:,
    O land, when your king is the son sf noble ones,*;;;
    and your own princes eat at the proper time for 'Fr 5m:2
    :I
    1.w ?R:7
    mightiness, not for mere drinking.*
    Ha 7 5
    IR Through great laziness the beamwork k,FJi:$s
    sinks in, and through t h e Iettlng down of the $
    ;:Hell
    ; G:II
    hands the house 1eaks.k
    n P s 113-1:15
    19 Breadb is for the laughter of the workers,
    and wine itself makes the life glad in but money" ~s ~~22x 3a 1 ;
    ISA
    h 21
    is w h ~ meets
    t
    a response in all things.'
    2Zc 23
    20 Even in your bedroom do not call dolvn ::;:$
    evil upon the king hirnself,a and in the interior ~,"p"r~f~lS
    rooms where you lie down do not call down evil ;y;;;$
    upon anyone rich;' for a flyingc creature of the ;::d
    heavens will convey the sound and something ~ aX,::Ia
    ZI\a 3.1
    onning wings will tell the matter.ll
    >-De15.10
    31:1
    Send out your breadd: upon the surface Ps
    ;
    A
    T;
    of the w a t e r ~ , ~ f o r i n t h e c a u r s e o i m a n LyY;:I,~ : I , I
    days you will f k d it again,,. Wive a portion di$,:O
    to seven, or even to eight,z for you do not
    "3Inn." I T , ha-n.dnmf. Or, " l b d , l l a Litrrlly, "the silver," N,
    d

    Thin, round or oval, and able t o float far

    the.

    to be.a

    4 He that is watching the w i n d b i l l not sow


    Ps 139:15
    Jpr 1:s
    seed,
    and he that is looking at the clouds will
    Edob 5:9
    JOII 2li:ltl not reap,+
    dnl, X:26
    J ~ ~ , : c : ~ J 5 Just RS you are not aware of what is the
    Job ZS:4
    way of the spiriti' Inc the bones in the belly of
    p,41,.5
    P<
    Ec g2.5
    her that is pregnant,- in like manner you do
    Ro n : 3 3 not know the work of The [true] Godd who
    SEc 9:XO
    110 lfl:12 does d l thingsnm
    3Co 9%
    w r n:i
    6 In the morning sow your seed and until
    ncn:al
    yourhandrest,'fsr you
    1 ~ ~ 3 theeveningdonotlet
    : ~
    are not knowing where this will have success,"
    fi,":ji&
    either here or there, or whether both of them
    $5;y
    5:-#5
    will nlilce be good.
    Q I w 2:s
    cxhn 1:fi
    T Thc light is also sweet and it Is good for
    1 1 1 ~ : ~2 1 3
    r:c5:ld
    the
    e y e 8 t o see the sun;k "for if R mann should
    Ilc #:I5
    cr.;n 2 ~ livec
    9
    even many years, in all of them let him rerJnb 15-23
    3cr 1.736 joice." And let him remember the days ~f darko~.:r.
    ,,. 2.1t ness,r though they could be many; evwy [day]
    that haw come in is vanitywS
    I j!,;,J,6;:1
    9 Rejoicc,E young man, in your youth andl let
    1,~2:49 your hcnrt do you good in the days of your
    vi's W:6
    I+ x i 7
    young ~nunhood,and walk in the ways of your
    Fa. 12: 14
    ,?,.17.31 heart and In the things seen by your eyeseuBut
    1,o 2.G
    l,l:lfl know Ihnt on account of all these The [true]
    4:s God" will bring you into judgment.' l o So re:?r -(,

    '

    '

    a!

    11

    know what calamity will occur on the earth.'


    3 If f he clouds are filled [with water], they
    rsa 5 ~ 1 0 empty out a sheer downpour upon the earthio
    OPr 10:4
    and if a tree i ~ l I sto the south or If to the north,
    pr 2~
    Pr 24:34
    in the place where the tree falls there it will
    lcon:g

    'k:i&

    cl~118:45

    ,,,

    1ta1x

    m " 1 1 will prc~vclI n I I ~ . " 31, y'lrsr~r;this is und~ratooclto hr! tlie root
    vt~rhf rum wtticbI~t tlivi tit. nnmc Y'11o-~cnk'is f o r m ~ d .SW Eccle~inatrlil2 : 2'1, f u o t t ~ o ts~. 31, nf'n7~h.See Oeneia 1: 2. footnote (1.
    rk,"
    T n~brF H H I H ~ 1I ~ h r c l ~ umennscriptsv
    "'Thc [true] Gotl!'
    11, Irn-El.o.l~irrr'; Ihr IIt*brrir clclir~itearticle ha prcccdi~lgthe title
    1;l.w.hi~n' for pl~ipl~~~siw,
    WJi, ha-a.dirmt.
    ti11

    ECCLESIASTES f2: 1-7

    498

    499

    move vexation from your heart and ward off


    calamity from your flesh,P for youth and the y$b,l:H
    2'1'12.22
    prime of Ijfe are vanity.z
    zPr 22:15
    Remember, now, your grand Creatora
    in the days of your young manhood,' ':g:$!&
    l~efocethe calamitous days proceed to come: ;$hTIy:

    12

    -Imd:d

    just as it happened to be and the spirit' itself


    returns to The [true] God1lCwho gave it,'
    Nu IF:=
    8 '{The greatest ~anlty!"~'
    s~iclIhe congre~ # ,2b7 3
    , ,dl:14 g a t o ~ , ~"Everything
    JIRI~
    "
    is vanity."" And besides
    the fact that the congrejgtorL!hnd become wise,
    ,!I
    1
    he
    also taught the people kno~ttled~c
    continu-1 l i l Ilk3
    I ~ C I 1o:n
    ally,'
    and
    he
    pondered
    nnd
    made
    a
    thorough
    ellil 4 X3
    ilrl:l
    search, thathemight amnngemanyproverbs
    I'r 10.1
    in order." "me congregatorr sought to flnd the
    pPr 15il:Lq
    ZIAR

    -'11.

    -c:,- i 7

    or the years have arrived when you will say: gJy:;


    "I have no delight in them";" :b ~ f o r ethe sun ~$;;g:&
    and the light and the moon and t l l stars
    ~
    grow ~~b 3.11
    dark,O and the clouds have returned, aftaward 'g; :2;:,
    the donapour;+ "in the day when t h e keepers 4,","a7;i:7
    of the house tremble and the men of vital energy
    have bent themselves" and the grin ding women1'* f
    ;
    ,
    "
    :
    ;
    ;
    l
    :
    ,
    have quit working because they have become :
    .-lt
    ~ r 24:41
    47:2
    s
    few and the ladiesc seeing a t the u*indowsUhave * I r k s:n
    found it dark; and the doors onto the street
    have been c l o s e k when the sound of the grind- kB115:G
    ing mill becomes low, and one gets up nt the
    sound of a bird' and all the daughters' of song g,"p;5
    sound low.' "Also they have becon~e afraid r l S a 1 9 : 3 ~
    merely at what is high, and there are terrors jn
    4; ;?&: : :8
    the way." And the almond tree carries blossomst ~ S U1718
    and the grasshopper drags itself along and the
    caper berry bursts, because mand is ~valklngt o g",ir;,23 ,
    his long-lasting hcruseu and the wailetos have x;"G"et;$
    ce 5o:la
    marched around in the street;v before the yJg
    9:53
    siIver cord is removed and The golden bawl gets *Ge 319
    crushed,r and the jar at the spring is broken and fo"~,%%
    the water wheel for the cistern hns been ;",k4
    crushed. "en the dust returns t o the earth" cC'w1:2

    :': !;: i

    ,"J","bsi$

    .'C'rvntor." Thc Hebrm partiripte of the verb ''create" is here in


    tha plum1 number of grnndenr or cxrcllcnce. bd'The &ding
    tromm." The Hebrev pnrhciplr here is in rhe feminine gender,
    plurnl numhcr, because the w m e n did the grinding nt home and
    also 1,~enusc the teeth are feminine in g ~ n d in
    ~ r llebrem. "The
    lndics sreltig." Feminine, because the eyrs we f v d n i n e in gender
    in Hehrrts. M, Bn-a.rlnnot.

    ECCLESIASTES 12:3-14

    d~lightfufwardsx and the writing of correct


    of truth.'
    11
    The
    words of the wise ones are like axk.rp 7 ' ~ j
    1st1'13:21 goads,lCand just like nails drlven indn are those
    A r 2:.V
    n.rvr 1~1.4 indulging in collections~ [of sentences] ; they
    PFF
    ,22 1
    have heen given from one shephetrl.p " As reg ~ r d sanything besides Wesc, my soon, take a
    i,:;p!,$:,;!&
    J n f r 14):1J warning: To the malting of many boks'; there
    1 I 5 .I
    :15tl2:l:ia is no end," and much devotion [ t o them J is
    t 1 4 ~ 9.7
    1
    ah71 15.0
    ~warisomet o the flesh.#
    I-C,)10:18
    ,\c!
    :'.H
    23 The concIusion sf the matter, everything
    ti;; $<12 having been heard, is: Fear The [true] God.
    ~ ~ h h - ' + ~ and
    la
    keep his cammnndments.t For this Is the
    r 3 q 13 I: 10
    1 1 ~ 17
    ~ 2 whole [obligation] of man.f "For Tho I t m e ]
    1.10 5.,J
    I : I
    Godn himself will bring every sort of work into
    .I:L 7 2::M
    LuIz2
    the judgmentinrelationtoeveryhidden thing,
    :!dii-;: as to whether it is good or bad.^

    [':?J:~ I 1I ~ 1 7words

    ,Lb

    "''Tlrc [tl'un] Gad." 11, ha-ELo.7~in~"tthc I I c h ~ r ~deflnit~


    r
    article
    i a prthc~cfing the tr tle El.o.himr for empltnaia. b Lit~rnllg,"l'snity
    of cnnitirw 1'' WL-UXgSy. = Seo Ecclc~inntm 1 : 1, fcretnnt~ b.
    8 Litcwally, "plnt~torl,"as if built into a I~onhc.*'.Coll~ctitrn~."
    J[,
    o..qrrl).l~ir#h'; rtwivrtl from the Hebrew verb a.aaplr', Incanmng " t ~
    coll~rt." 9 Or, n'maakind.?'M, Jin-a-dam'.

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 1:9-2: 4


    most beautiful one among women,' go out your-

    501
    'Es 2:1?

    Ps 4511

    in the footprints of the flock and pasture


    of the goats alongside the tabernacles
    doh ":I5
    The superlative song,"' which is Sol'o- *%i:;:,
    k ~ l0:t26 of the shepherds,"'
    Isn 31:l
    nr~n's:~' "May he kiss me with the kisses EE ijjj:;
    9 "To a mare of mfne in the chariots of
    nva 4 : l
    Phar'aoh I have likened you,k 0 girl companion
    of his mouth," for your expressions 05 endear- itn:~;ycL
    pg,"fa411
    IPe3.4
    of mine." Your cheeks are handsome among
    rnent@are better than wine." For fragratlce ;!*I,i f~:,?i
    #Pa 149:4
    r sup
    ~
    hair braids, your neck in a string of beads.'
    your oils are good.' Like an oil that fs pourled I ' . :,:I
    ; ; theCirclets
    W I s r i 3022
    of goldmwe shnEl make for you, along
    out is your name.@That is why m ~ i d e n sthem- a:'c/:iz2
    selves have loved you.' Draw me withn you;* ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ tul,K~1l42:7
    ~ ~flv~r.''~
    l3l3 'with 6 h . d 0f
    Mr 14:3
    1'2,3
    12 "AS long as the klng Is at his round tablet
    let us run.k The king has brought me into his ,;j;e4;;::
    my awn spikenard" has given out its fragrance.
    interior rooms!n Do let us be joyful and rejoice {;?];;"
    vE$
    ;$3
    ;
    ' ~ 4 "
    As a bag of myrrhv my dear one Is t o me; bein you,"^ let us mention your expresqions of c.1;: ~ ~1 i2z. 5
    CR 4:6
    cn 5.33
    w,.?J
    b
    e
    e n my brenstsy he will spend the nightz
    endearmenp mere than wine." Deservedly they &F:,
    Joh
    1
    9
    :
    3
    9
    ! .Ir,.T
    AS a cluster of henna' my dear one is to me,
    pGe4L1:25
    have loved you.t
    jlr :.?!I
    Ps 22 Z,
    among thc vincya~rlsof En-~e'di.""
    5 "A black girl 1 am but comeIy," 0 You $; i::
    fa4.5
    15 "Look! you are beautiful, 0 girl cornpandaughters of Je~usaEern,~
    like the tents of Ker- ,$;!,;%a
    :
    ion
    af mjnemA
    Look! you are beautiful.+ Your
    d a r , ~[yetf like the tent curtains of Solto.mon.
    E,E,4j;36,
    L ~ I:Yo
    0
    a Do not YOU Took at me because I am swarthy,= ~ - Ir:a
    eyes
    are
    [those
    of ] doves."'"
    0 C i ~4.1
    RO ia:i5
    because the sun has caught sight of me.' The 2~%,%j:~
    16
    "LOOIC!
    YOU are b e ~ u t l f u l my
    , ~ ~dear one,
    *F:pll 1!18
    sons of my own mother grew anmy with me; k:;,',::2:y
    Is one of foliage.
    W S ~ S : ~ also pleasant. Our divanQlso
    they appointed me the keeper of the vlneyardslc ;;dtlzji
    5;$2!4 l 7 The beams of our grand house1)are cedars,'
    [although] my vineyard, one t h a t was mine,
    our rafters juniper trees,
    *J,IlJ;i3
    X 7 r h 2:R
    ~UES
    J O I 2:7
    !'?l:3IE
    I did not keep.
    P e =:12
    'X mere saffronCof the coastal plaid I am,
    4 ~ 9
    nr;n 2:16
    7 "Do tell me, 0 you ~vhorn my soul has VT:S
    a lily of the valleys.'*n
    y 1 -. 1.':I.5
    a~ &: 1 3
    loved," where you do shepherd in^,^ where you :lzu t,,s
    2 "Like a lily among thorny weeds, so is my
    [-ti
    1,!,,2:r5
    3 :IS
    make the flock Lie down at midday.' Just why n J , ~ ~ ~ \ l j x
    girl companion among the daughters,"O'
    ;
    ;
    :
    :
    ;
    ;
    :
    .
    :
    ,
    should I become like a woman wrapped in ;:!,;to!?
    Am FI:5
    3 "Like an apple treeH among the trees of
    L r r 4.2
    mourning among t h e droves of your partners?'";;$;;;ll
    tI-yd5.a
    the
    forest, so is my dear one among the sons.t
    c-lb 5:9
    8 "If you do not know for yourself, 0 you +Jnll IO:IIJ
    J ~ I I3:31
    I
    His shade 1 have passionately desired and there
    U J O ~ I S : ~I have snt down, and 111s fruit has been sweet
    W,Slre'r 71aa7z-eki.rirn>Yg, g,%801'o.rnon'sS o n ~of Ssnm [On~b'birltm
    lJ, 15:s
    doll
    Cnrn$icnr~ti~?i
    ~ a l o n t o ' l ~ i s ]which
    ,
    in Hebrew i~ cnll~ti 'Hir I lnsito my palate,li He brought me into the house
    l~irn."'" b Or, "The most beautiful (mn.rt rxcellent;) son^,'' Litcr'nll y,

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON"

    E P ~ J :self
    ~

    Rc 19-8
    4

    your kids

    'L

    ;;;3

    "Tho song of songs,'' JILXS. Ltcl-nll "your e ~ l t l c r ~ ~ ~ r n r a31,


    ts.'
    ria.d~i'khn. Co~npsla Prou~rhsha : 11.
    "nfi~r.~'SPC Judgr9
    13:11, fuatrastc c; Bnth 1:16, f o o t ~ ~ d.
    ot~

    Jbr,

    500

    "You . . . I~enutiful";in H ~ l > r c win the nrn~culinegender and


    3 t ~ n ~rrfrrring
    r
    Lo lwr sbphcrd lover. L i t ~ ~ ~ 'l ll yu, I\OII~PY,"
    ~ ~
    1L
    b

    "n~])hotlcI." d "C'onstral plnin." Or, "Shnr'on."


    M, hn.sfi-slta.rcin. * Or, "!ow p l a i u ~ . ~ '
    a

    Or,

    ' ' ~ ~ c I I H " ; ,or,

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 2:%15

    502

    503

    ;:::$:z

    of wine,v and his bannery over me was Iwe.as


    DO YOU people refresh me with cakes of
    raisins,' sustain me with apples, fox I am loveo; ; : ; ; ; ; ; ,
    sick.O ' His left hand is under my hmd, and his O(; i +5.5n s : ~
    ,~
    own right hand embraces me." I: have put mu L ~ , n:3
    under on.lh,"O daughters of Jerusalem,' by the $,;$!%.%
    I
    female gazelles" or by the hinds of the field,' ?,"l,'i?;4i:+
    that I'QW try not to a~vakenor arouse Iowa [in
    *:*%I2.18
    me] until It feels inclined."
    l'r. B:J
    8 "The sound of my clear one!" Look! this CIIA::~
    one 1s comlng,n climbing upon the mountains, ;:'n%!?
    leaplng" upon the hills. ' My dear one is resem- '(::h9bn
    bling a gazellet or the roe of the stags. Look! y,:?%
    f:
    this one is standing behind our xvall, gazing ;;;;;,2;
    through the nlndows, glancing through the lat- rn h:14
    tices, My dear one has answered and said t o
    me: 'Rise up, you girl companion d mine,y my rCn4:7
    beautiful one, and come away." a : For, look! the 2Ek:?ji:=D,
    2"01i:17
    rainy seasonly itself has passed, the do~f~npour
    itself is over, it has gone its WRY, l2 Blossoms cpn;$$
    themselves have appeared In the InndYnthe very $sn25:10
    time of vine trimming has arrived and the voice AF1;1i$\9
    of the turtledove" itself has been heard in our .::;,!:$'
    -, ':45:113
    land.s"1
    fox the fig treePoit has gained a ma- "
    ~t" I ~ I : P D
    ture color far its earIy figs; and the vines are y:;,oI;;l:
    abloom, they have given [their] fragrance. ( ' R a5.::s
    Rise up, come, 0 girl companion of mine,' my 4 . 6~ o
    beautiful one, and come au?ayay." 140m y dove* k11cl1lO:2a
    in the retreats of the crag, in the hiding place I 1 I > < 45 11
    of the steep way, show me your form, let me
    hear your voice,k for your voice i s pleasurable ";;$:;,ST
    ( ' 0 1 t .22
    and your form i s comely.' "'"
    rJb! 15:4
    1
    I,U 13:32
    15 "Do YOU people grtsb hold of the foxesr ~1Zr
    I
    L'1):28
    far us, the little foxes that t:ar making wil of 2pr ~ : 3
    the vineyards,@as our vfneyards are abloorn."f ,:.!:'?:f2
    a trLo~c.''
    3Is a.Ln.ba71'. b Or, "the siatm:'
    411

    z:?:;:"

    W : S

    16 "Xy dear one is mine and I: am hlsauHe is


    shepherdfngv among the li1ies.y " Until the day
    breathes2 and the shadows have fled, turn
    around, 0 my dear one, be like t h e mzelle" or
    like the me of the stags upon the mountains

    y(-,l?:I
    :

    ,C;L2:7
    I

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 2: 1

    of ~eparation.~
    c':L 2 0
    "On my bed during the nights I have sought
    CIh K: 14
    :I 1:7
    the one whom my soul has loved.' I sought
    11.P 1:R
    him but I did not find him." Let me rise ~zp,'
    d1,!1 1394
    Clh11 ~il1.1
    please, and go round about in the city;' in the
    nn-l:t:li
    .

    'upb rn:14

    streets and in the public squares let me seek


    the one whom my soul has loved. I sought him
    hut I did not find him. m e watchmena ~vho
    were going around in the city found me: 'The
    one whom my soul has loved have you men
    .Job 20:15 seen?'" Hardly hncl I passed on from them until I found the one whom m y soul has loved.*
    mp9,$T;2
    1 mabbed hold of hlm and I would not let go of
    I I ~ I I I , until
    ~ ~ I h ~ hrou~llt
    d
    him into my mother's
    MI m.1) llnusen and into the interior room of her that
    J f ~ :'ll:lT
    h
    :
    t
    i
    had been pregnant with me. $ 1have put l'ou
    I
    '1 :c
    under oath,' 0 daughters of Jem~alern,~
    by the
    w:, 2.7
    .F!;Fifl3 female gazelles1 or by the hinds" of the field,
    YOU try I I Q t~o swaken or arouse love [in
    t:; ,k:;~ r ~ ~that
    ~ 1 ~8 rv.5
    : 1 funtil
    l
    me]
    it feels fnclined."V
    6 '"E'irhathis this thing that is coming up from
    \(IH
    nrnrN.#
    . 19
    I
    Y,IVP ::a
    the wildernmr like coEumas of smoke," being
    xl..u 1.'(:21
    prfumed with myrrh and frankincense, even
    with every sort of cent powder of a trader?"'
    "zij.74
    t 'I\ tl:3
    7 "Look! it I s his couch, the one belonging to
    So130.mon.Sixty mighty menEare all around it,
    from the mighty menc of Israel," a all of them
    ":El

    @E%:::,

    -" o l ~ f t mountains." Litornllyl "mountain4


    101;

    of Be'ther," 31.

    The! ~xncld rt~cnningof "Bc'the~~'~


    i s yet unexplained, bLiteraUy,
    ('Whnt" hut with a f d n i n o predicateFM. E "3fight;a men." 31,
    gtt~.l~o.~im'.

    TKE SONG OF SOLOMON 3:9-4:

    6;

    being taught in war- b$;2!;$


    in possession of a
    fare, each one with his sward upon his thigh
    *NC 4:n
    because of dread during the nights."'
    9 "It is the litter t h a t King Sol'o.rnon has
    made for himself from the trees of LebYa.non.
    Its pillars be has made of silver, its supports
    of gold. Its seat is of wool dyed reddish purple,
    its interior being fitted out lovinglyR by the
    a 2.7
    daughters of Jerusalem.'w
    T o 3.5
    11 "Goout and look, 0 YOU da~~ghters
    of Zion,- a m 1 1:m
    on KingSol'o.monwith~e~vreath
    that hismath- k.!;t?2iz
    e i wove for him on the day of his rnarriagek
    and on the day of he rejoicing of his heart.'" rFf:i;:;
    "Laok! you are b e a ~ t i f u l0
    , ~girl companion
    ii74
    of mine." Look! you are beautiful.! Your '&':i:t4
    eyes are [those of] doves, behind your vei1.u
    Your hairv is like a drove of goatsCy that have ;:;@$;:21
    hopped down from the mountainous region of
    Gil'e.ad.cz Your teeth are like a &ove of ;$"~f&y
    N U aaho
    freshly-shorn [ewes]' that have gone up from *Ca
    6U
    t h e washing, all of which are bearing twins,
    with none among them having b s t its young ug:;2;e
    ones,= Your lipsAarejust like a scarletv thread, ;;A 0; ; ; ;
    io:ra
    and your speaking is agreeable.+ Like a slice PICA 5:13
    7,0
    of pomegranate are your temples behind your
    veil." ' Your n e c P is like the tower of David, e$E:;:$
    built in courses of stone, upon which are hung :1:;:!F2
    a thousand shieIds,f all the drcular shields of "y;;:io
    t h e mighty rnen.b T o u r ha breasts* are like ;I.
    12:s
    two r m , the t w i n s of a female gazelle, that ssol
    l n I:??
    C'A ;:3
    are feeding among the
    6 "Until the day breathesu and the shadows
    $:?a
    have fled, I shall go m y way to the mountain
    of rnj.rrhv and to the hill of frankincense."" CT'"-'3.?3

    ;;::

    :'$:$,',z3

    Or,,posGblp, by s cornettion of M, L'aithebony." b "Bfigh@ men!'

    ' With me from Leb'a.non, O bride,= with me


    from Leb'a.nonA may you come. May you descend from the top of Anti-Leb"a-n~n,~
    from
    fl]Ll';:i?&
    ,1., 5 4 5 ~ 1 3 the top of Se'nirPbeven Her'mon, from the lairs
    of lions, from the mountains of leopards. You
    *t!,t.;;:p
    .I-h 3 f i
    have made my heart beat, O my sister,+ [my]
    j ! < b ]!I 7
    1
    1
    bride? youhnvemademyheartbeatbbyone
    t l l t i7 ti
    vrt
    of
    by one pendant of your necklace."
    -tTIh
    , I : 10 I" HYoOwZ I ~eyes,'
    b e ~ ~ lul
    t f fyottr expressions of endear11?. 12
    men t nrc,lt 0 my sister:" my bride! How much
    ,
    n( ' n 1. I
    bet t r y your expressions of endearment are than
    V( L 1:a
    1 ~1
    winen
    and the fragrance of your oiIs than a11
    (71 5:;
    .I
    ,23 SOY^^ of perfume!" With comb honey your lipsa
    t i l ,5: . 1 3
    Icecp drip pin^,^ 0 [ m y I bride. Woneyu and milk
    tI!;1;d!]:5 arc under your tongue, and the fragrance of
    ~ a r m e n t s q slike the fragrance of h b ' a ;,y(.n
    ?/:; jynRi l your
    nonaV A ~ a r d e nbarred in is my sister,Y [my]
    1\11 7:15
    I
    bridc, a gardcnc barred in, a spring sealed up,
    Your skin is a paradjsed of pomegranates,"
    '
    wivth the choicest fruits,' hennaz plants along
    i" ":;k 7/:::;I
    .t2
    with spikcnnrd" p l ~ n t s ;l4 spikenard and safI'fr H:"
    I
    1
    Iron, cane nnd crnnamon,' dong with all sorts
    I $ ' d l 1.14
    r.rqri r :a2
    of
    trees of frankincense, myrrhe" and aloes,"
    !I '>I;:I
    t,~, 5 1 3
    &long
    with $11 the finest perfumes; l5 [and] a
    <;,. 11, 101
    and
    ,I.:\. :U,:;J spritifi of gardens," a 1x7elleof freshc .~r?ater,"
    l b l h ~ . 1 ~
    trickling st rcnrns from Leb'a.nsn.k l E Awake, 0
    h
    . :,, 11.7 north \rrind,and come in, 0 south wind." Breathe
    1 '.,
    H
    upon my gaden-r Let its perfwnes trickle."
    ,I,,I!~l~,~m
    $,.,,.,..d ,
    MI,,.
    "Let my dear one come into his garden and
    r b ! ;,
    ,,
    .a.]"I#
    cnt its choimst f n ~ i t ~ "
    -- !,iE~rn!ly, " ~ f . r i ~ n ' ~ ~ n l It.
    ~ , " .Or, " ~ O I P hare encol-d
    me."

    ,.,
    ?-

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    cn4:1
    *2Ca I I:*
    213r3:1.1

    . rif.
    l l . 21:n
    3.25

    ,
    ,:,

    N, gtb.ba.rr~~a',

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 4;7-16


    7 "YOU Rre altogether beautifu1,Y 0 girl cornp ~ n j a nof mine,&and there is no defect in you."

    505

    504

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    dl',

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    OI*, "pnrk [ ~ Y w P I - I - P ] . ">I, I ~ l ~ ~ . d 7Sg,
    ~ ' ;~ ~ ~ v . c l ~ I,LTYgp
    ~i's~;

    "(

    l v t i ~ ~ ~ n t l i r~~( bI . I" ~

    Iit~rntIy,"liring," N.

    1, 1 1 0 ~ ~

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 5 :1 - 4

    506

    I1

    "'Ihave come into my garden,t 0 my sister,ll tg$;E


    [my] bride.' I have plucked my myrrhy
    along with my spice. I have eaten my honey- ;~~sa;~l
    comb dong with my honey;^ I have drunk my uCa4:g
    vca 4:s
    wine along with my milk."
    yca 4:14
    "Eat, O companions! Drink and become drunk "g:"U"

    with expressions of endear~nent!"~'


    oCa
    Ca 1:2
    1:4
    2 "I am asleep, but m y heart is awake/ ACa 39
    There is the sound of my dear one k n ~ c k i n g ! "41+3:20
    ~
    "Open to me,' 0 my sister,e my girl corn- ;g;?ix
    panion, my dove," my perfect one! For my head "Ca 2 2 4
    is filled with dew, the locks of my hair with the
    drops of the night."
    3 " 'I have put off my robe, How can I put it
    back on? I have washed my feet. Haw can I
    soil them?' My dear one himself pulled back
    his hand from the hale [of the door], and my
    inward part+ themselves became boisterous tygp;;E
    within me.b 1 got up, even I, to open to my
    dear onelu and my own hands dripped with u ~ u 1 2 : a
    myrrhv and my fingers with liquidc myrrh, vE;2::f4
    upon the hollows of the 1ock.d 1 opened, even
    I, to my dear one, but my dear one himself had
    turned away, he had passed d0ng.y My very
    soul had gone out [of me] wlwn he spoke. I
    sought him but I did not find him.* I called him
    2;l
    but he did not answer me. The watchmeno that OCa 3:3
    were going about in the city found me. T h e y
    1Pa 424
    struck me, they wounded me.* The watchmen +Ca
    2:7
    of the walls lifted my wide wrap off me.+
    Ca 8:4
    SCa 1-5
    8 "I have put YOU under oath,' 0 daughters -3h0
    of J e r ~ s a l e m that,
    , ~ if YOU find m y dear one," "Et5i%

    ;z

    "Within iue,"' upward of flfty


    Rebrew manuscripts and some printed Hebrew editions ; i'over
    him:' M L X X T g S y . c literally, "current (passing along)," 11.
    d That is, the hollow into which the d o o ~
    llolt i~ pushed.
    a

    Or, "become drunkJ0 dear ones!"

    "ca2:5

    k ~ *5:7s
    nMt 2150
    ~0h6:68
    13eb 1:9
    rcn2:7

    "$+%6

    tGe 49:10
    Ue 15:18
    r?;a4a:6
    5

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 5 :9-6 :4

    507

    Ph 2:10
    co?1:lx

    should tell him that I am lovesick.''*


    9 "HOWis your dear one more than any other
    dear one,k 0 you most beautiful one among
    women? HOWis your dear one more than any
    other dear one," t h a t you have put us under
    such an oath as this?jar
    30 "My dear one is dazzling and ruddy,a the
    most conspicuousa of ten t h o ~ s a n d'I. ~His head
    is gold, refined g01d.u The locks of his hair are
    YOU

    date clusters. His black


    ,"R"21.2ii0
    vca 195
    I9:l2

    [hair] is like the raven.


    His eyesm a r e like doves" by t h e channels of
    C15a7:2z
    water, which are bathing themselves in milklo
    sitting within the rims. 13His cheeks are like
    lcae:Z
    a garden bed of spice,3owers of scented herbs.
    His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.n
    c$,a51;g3
    LPs 454
    l4 His hands are cylinders o
    f gold,* filled with
    Ps 7832
    ~hrysolite.~
    His abdomen is an ivory plate
    +Re215
    covered with sapphires. l5 His legs are pillars'
    e E ~
    of marble based on socket pedestals? of refined
    "Ps92:la gold. His appearance is like Leb'a.non,Woice
    *PsG:2
    like the cedars. Is His palate is sheer s\vee.tness,
    Ca 2:3
    sca1:x and everything about him is altogether desirrCa 1:s
    able.* This is my dear onek and this is my boy
    hE12:17
    0 daughters of Jeru~alern."~'
    !5icompanion,
    1'
    lnRe

    I
    L

    It@ 198
    tCa 5:9
    7 Ec 2.5
    ua 5:1

    lz

    "Where has your dear one gone, 0 most

    beautiful one among women?" Where has


    Ca 8-13
    your dear one turned,t that me may seek him
    yCa3:13
    wit11 you?"
    zF,":~i:ll.
    2 "My own dear one has gone down to his
    L",7;:,7
    cca7:10
    garden,'
    to the garden bed of spice plants,y to
    2Co 31:2
    ~a 3:29
    shepherdz
    among the gardens, and to pick lilies."
    Ee 21.2
    I am my dear one's and my dear one is mine?
    AIEa 40:11
    He is shepherding4 among the Iilies."
    +
    j 0 4 "You are beautiful,@0 girl companion of
    "Conspicno~s." Literally, "Mted up like a banner," A%. M,

    {zk

    tar-611ish'.

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 6:5-13

    508

    mine; like Pleasant City,aa comely Itke Jerusa- *gl,i9,


    lem; awesome as companies gat hered around :;5~433

    banfiemag Turn away your eyesk from In f r o n t


    of me, for they themselves have ~ l l ~ r r n eme.
    d
    Cn G:IO
    2Co 2:14
    Your hair is like a drove of gaats t h ~ have
    t
    kCa I:I$
    hopped down from GiI'e.ad.n "our teeth nre like
    :jy
    a drove of elves that have come uy~from the mash- nCna:1
    ing, all of which are bearing twins, none among
    them havinglost its young onesr Like a slice of r h k 2
    pomegranate m-e your tempIes behind your veil.' tCa4:3
    "There may be sixty queens and eighty cancuPS 45.14
    bines and maidens without number.u I' One there ~1IKi11:1
    is who ia my dove," my perfect 0ne.y One there is
    g;4
    who belongs to her motherqZShe l s the pure one
    :
    C
    F ;:;,
    of the one giving birth to her." The daughters * I s a = l : l
    have seen her and have proceeded to piwonounce I" ""'
    mP1
    her happy; queens and conc~blnes,~
    and have
    proceeded to praise her: I* Who is this woman" Ck
    SR 4 3 2 8
    that is looking downlike the dawn,( benutjful lilce 1Isa
    603
    the full moon,' pure like the glowing sun," awe;i510
    some nr companies gathered around banners?' "'
    11 "To the garden* of nut trees I had gone fsa w.8
    down, t o see t h e buds in the tarrent valley,k to *p-&32g
    see whether the vine had sprouted, whetlrer the "11
    -;.>.It 11 73 24 3
    pomegranate tl*ees had blossorned,n I did not 'g;;;n
    know [what, but] my own soul had put m e at ~0 2:14
    CLEC
    I C 2'5
    ~n : l g
    the charlotso of my 15-iJ.ling pe~ple."~lr
    13 "Come back, come back," 0 Shu'lam.mite! g;;;;
    Conle back, come back, that we may hehold ;&;h7;zls

    8cz;;;i~

    1I

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 7 :1-12


    "Row beautiful your steps have become in
    vrun m~
    [your] s s n d a l s , ~0 willing daughter!y The
    no I I ~ T J
    F;yIlb1;:l5 curvings of your thighs are like orn~rnents,~
    yl , l , h II
    509

    the work of an artisan's hands.* a Your navel


    roIl is a round bowl. Let not the mixedAwine
    t h l ' r 7:s:X
    be lacking [from it]. Your belly Is a heap of
    pl,
    wheat," fenced about wjth Illirs.' Your two
    ,~:~?,"$
    *''a 2.2
    breast9 are like two roes, the twins sf a female
    Ql.18 1.13
    ~ : l gazelle,' Your necku is like an ivory tower."
    *<.lt 4 5
    I 1
    Your eyesn are like the pools in H e ~ h ' b ~ n ,by
    r
    C l t 4:.1
    the gate of Bath-rab'bim. Your nose is like t h e
    kr:rr n:14
    I&(
    11
    L
    tower of kb'a.non,s which is l o o k i out
    ~ ~ towmd
    [.,L 4:s
    Darnas~us.~
    Your
    head
    upon
    you
    is
    Hke
    Car'rnel
    1.~l;'~3;~~
    nll<';:?
    i t ; f h 1 5 ~ 2 land the tresses of your head are like wool dyed
    1
    rclctdish purple.' The king is held bound by the
    V(+lh I . I
    bin, 45.11 florvingg.~ How beautfful you arex and haw
    C'iu 1.15
    pleasant you are, O beloved gir1," among exCn2:l.i
    quisite delights!' ' This stature of yours does
    resemble a palm tree" and your b r e ~ s t s date
    ,~
    @;lr;FI,:a3
    *('a
    clusters,
    I
    have
    said:
    'I
    s13alI
    go
    up
    on
    the
    t.qll 4 :5
    paltn tree, that I may take hold of its fruit
    stalks of dates.'O And, please, may your breasts
    og
    Jsam:s become Iike clusters of the vine, and the frall!. T':2
    -c.;I 2 3
    pance of your nose like apples,' "and your palate
    ""01'I5
    er3r 2x31 like the best wine that is going with a smooth~ , : I Pr,::,!
    ~I

    P.I8.l .lrb,l:l

    +I,,., ;+?:a5

    4 1 ;

    '

    ~c~~z

    YOU !"c

    "What do YOU pmple hehold in the Shu'lammite?"'

    Ksa 5~
    LU

    is:?

    r ;

    pt'rt 1 11

    r 'a '1 :1.7


    11 G : I I
    ,tr 15.d

    rPs 116?:3

    rt

    f r a 1.6

    III:R
    VNlt

    scra 2:1-I

    "Something like the dance of trvo camps!"aul$ei5:i

    'L$ :":#,

    Wr, ''like Tir'snh? 3L. With this rwue chnpter O ~ n r l ain M,


    nft.~rrnhi~hcli~pter'7 begins. Here ohrrptcl~O cnda ill LSS\*gSy.
    Wr, "(Inllce of SIa4hn.na'~~a."'

    2 1.1
    13'X!l

    r r a H;V

    nes@formydearone,'softlyflorvingaverth@
    lips of sleeping ones."Y
    10 "I am my dear one's" ~ n toward
    d
    me is
    his 1onging.n 'Do come, 0 my dear one, let
    US go forth t o the fie1d;r do let us lodge among
    the henna" plankb "Do let us rise early and
    go to the vineyards, that w e may see whether
    the vine has s p r ~ u t e d ,the
    ~ bbssom has burst
    open,u the pomegranatev trees have bloomed.

    Lil~mUy,t10lore,t7 31. b"The village~," LXXf'g(By). But soe


    Tlio Song o f Solomon 1 : 14;4 : 13.

    THJ2 SONG OF SOLOMON 7 :1%8:7

    There I shall give my expressions of endearment


    to you.7 Is The mandrakesZ themseIves have ygi::?O
    given [their] fragrance, and by our entrance- Z:g;;::{
    ways there are a11 sorts of the choicest fruits.'
    -y;:;fi
    Tile new ones as well as the old," 0 my dear ~ ( j 1?:8
    h
    c : n 5 :*2
    one, 1 have treasured up for you."
    1,;trh 5.9
    L'illl 1 11
    "0 that you were like a brother of mmfne, :!;{:;
    .i,fl
    sucking-the breasts of my mother!' Should : I '\<n' C66;
    11
    q
    I fwd you outside I would kiss you,' People ;!;.te~
    -1's3:E;
    would not even despise me, I would leacl you,
    I 2
    I would bring you into the h o ~ ~of
    s emy mother,' .k;d.:'
    who used to teach me.' I would give you a drink,if;,:;
    '%:"20
    of spiced wine," the fresh juice of pomegranates.' k r n 5.1
    "is
    left hand would be under my head, and
    VCR2:6
    his own right hand would embrace meVr
    Joh 329
    4 "I have put YOU under oath, 0 daughters El)Jts:25
    of J e r ~ s a l e m that
    , ~ YOU try not to awaken or
    arouse love [in me] until it feels fnclined."t
    5 "Who is this womanu coming up from the$
    :$''
    wilderness,' leaning upon her dear one?'"
    ~;;+;;ip
    ~318
    "Under the apple tree I aroused you.azThere w?.Cna "'3
    youra mother was in birth pangs with you,n".uQ 3. r
    There she that was giving birth t o youa experl- !::[$,i:
    :En 4 ~ 1 8
    enced birth pangs?
    S;n .1:2fl
    6 "Place me as a seal upon wura heart: as Ay;;?i:23
    a seal upon youra a m ; ' because love is as :S4br2~:24
    strong as death is,' insistence on exclusive de--'?g$:,4,,15
    votfon3 is as unyielding as She'db is. Its blaz- ",q;9;:
    lngs arethe bhzings of a fire, the flame of Jah.cn i c 11.2
    ~
    32
    Many waters themselves are not able to ex- mF:r
    1 : In:a
    ~
    *The pronoun i s in the masanline gender. bM,sh'dl; L-ET,

    Vg, i?r.jet'atcs. e"Jal~.'' This is the only placc in Tho


    Song of Solomon where the divine name, in ahhre\-iatd form,
    mcurs. 8ce Exodw 15:2, footnote b; Psalm 68: 4, footnote n.
    Also sw C. D. Ginsburg's latmdwetion to tbp Wo,s~orefico-Criticat
    Ediriols of t h e B e b v ~ t nBibI8 (18973,pages 386, 387.
    'Wa'des'';

    5 11

    510

    THE SONG OF SOLOMON 8:8-14

    tlnguish love, nor cRn rivers themselves wash


    it away. I F a maria wauId give all the valuable
    npr6:m things of his house for Iove,n persons tvould
    'positively despise
    8 "We have a little slster that does not have
    any breasts, What shall; w e do for our sister on
    the dny that she will be spoken for?"
    9 "If she should be a wall, we shall build upon
    her a battlement of silver; but if she should be
    adoar, !la shall block her up with a cedar plank."
    YCA 4:s
    10 "I am ~l wall, and my breastsv are like towCII 7:3
    cay:*
    ers.
    In this cme I have become in his eyes like
    Esc 105'
    her that is finding peace.
    I1 "There was a vineyard' that Solro.mon
    *EE
    , ,,,:,,
    2 : ~
    1
    :
    happened to have in Ba'al-ha'mon. He gave the
    hl L -1 :39
    air I?:I
    vineyard over to the keepers." Each onea would
    0L.u 2o:a
    bring In for its fruitage a thousand silver piecesnc
    32 "My vineyard, which belongs t o me, is at
    my disposal.Yhe thousand belong to you, O
    Sol'o.mon, and two hundred to those keeping its
    fruitage."
    13 "0youAwho are dwelling in the gardens,'
    *gLf:',3,
    the
    partners are paying attention to your voice.
    cl1z.11
    cflfl:?
    1
    Let me hear it."'
    14 "Run away, my dear one, and make yourselfqike a gazelle or like a roe of the stags upon
    :i:zo the mountains of spices."*

    'z

    32, ids. Or, "him." Or, thoasnud pieces of &neY.'' a Liternlly, "is hrfare ~nc.'"
    C''You."I n the feminine gendcr, the same na
    tl~rpmnoiln ''YOIIT" in t h i s RIW% 1 b * T ~ ~ ~ m eIn
    l f .the
    1 7 mas&e
    g n ~ el*.
    t Compnre Tho Poug of Skloraon P :8, 9, I F , 17.

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