^Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built. 10For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the Adversary; for I set all men every one against his neighbour. ^Butnowlwill not be unto <the remnant of this people' as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12For as the seed of peace, the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
ZECHARIAH 13 And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, 0 house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a bless- ing; fear not, but let your hands be strong. 14For thus saith the LORD of hosts: As I purposed to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked Me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented ^ot; 15so again do I purpose in these •days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear ye not. 16These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates; 17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD/ 18And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying: 19'Thus saith the LORD of hosts. The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful seasons; therefore love ye truth and peace. 20Thus saith the LORD of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities; ^and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying: Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will go also. w Yea, many peoples and mighty nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favour of the LORD. ^Thus saith the LORD of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you;!
Q The burden of the word of the ^ LORD.
In the land of Hadrach, And in Damascus shall be His resting-place; For the LORD'S is the eye of man And all the tribes of Israel. 2And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise. lAndTyre did build herself a strong- hold, And heaped up silver as the dust, And fine gold as the mire of the streets. 4Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, And He will smite her power into the sea; And she shall be devoured with fire. 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also, and shall be sore pained, And Ekron, for her expectation shall be ashamed; And the king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhab- ited.
6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, And his detestable things from between his teeth, And he also shall be a remnant for our God; And he shall be as a chief in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite. 8And I will encamp about My house against the army, That none pass through or return; And no oppressor shall pass through them any more; For now have I seen with Mine eyes.
ZECHARIAH 9Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion, Shout, 0 daughter of Jerusalem; Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, He is triumphant, and victorious, Lowly, and riding upon an ass, Even upon a colt the foal of an ass. 10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, And the battle bow shall be cut off, And he shall speak peace unto the nations; And his dominion shall be from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth. 11 As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit Wherein is no water. "Return to the stronghold, Ye prisoners of hope; Even to-day do I declare That I will render double unto thee. 13For I bend Judah for Me, I nil the bow with Ephraim; And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, 0 Javan, And will make thee as the sword of a mighty man. "And the LORD shall be seen over them, And His arrow shall go forth as the lightning; And the Lord GOB will blow the horn, And will go with whirlwinds of the south.
15The LOUD of hosts will defend them; And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; And they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar. "And the LORD their God shall save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they shall be as the stones of a crown, Glittering over His land. 17For how great is their goodliness, and how great is their beauty1 Corn shall make the young men flourish, And new wine the maids.
1 A Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain, Even of the LORD that maketh lightnings; And He will give them showers of rain, To every one grass in the field. 2For the teraphim have spoken van- And the diviners have seen a lie, And the dreams speak falsely, They comfort in vain; Therefore they go their way like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
3Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, And I will punish the he-goats; For the LORD of hosts hath re- membered His flock the house of Judah, And maketh them as His majestic horse in the battle. Out of them shall come forth the corner-stone, Out of them the stake, Out of them the battle bow, Out of them every master together. 5And they shall be as mighty men, Treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle, And they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; And the riders on horses shall be confounded.
ZECHARIAH 6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph And I will bring them back, for have compassion upon them, And they shall be as though I had not east them off; ' For I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them. 7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, And their heart shall rejoice as through wine; Yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice, Their heart shall be glad in the LORD. 8I will hiss for them, and gather them, For I have redeemed them; And they shall increase as they have increased. 9And I will sow them among the peoples, And they shall remember Me in far countries; And they shall live with their chil- dren, and shall return. 10I will bring them back also out of the land of Egypt, And gather them out of Assyria; And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, And place shall not suffice them. uAnd over the sea affliction shall pass, And the waves shall be smitten in the sea, And all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; And the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the sceptre of Egypt shall de- part away. ^And I will strengthen them in the LORD; And they shall walk up and down in His name, Saith the LORD.
Open thy doors, 0 Lebanon, That the fire may devour thy cedars.
2Wail, 0 cypress-tree, for the cedar is fallen, Because the glorious ones are spoiled; Wail, 0 ye oaks of Bashan, For the strong forest is come down.
8Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, For their glory is spoiled; Hark! the^ roaring of young lions, For the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled.
^hus said the LORD my God: Teed the flock of slaughter; Vhose buyers slay them, and hold them- selves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not. 6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.' 7So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Graciousness, and the other I called Binders; and I fed the flock. 8And I cut off the three shepherds hi one month; 'for My soul became im- patient of them, and their soul also loathed Me/ Then said I: 'I will not feed you; that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.' "And [ took my staff Graciousness, and cut it asunder, 'that I might break My covenant which I had made with aU ;he peoples/ 11And it was broken inx that day; and the poor of the flock that ave heed unto me knew of a truth that it was the word of the LORD.
ZECHARIAH ZECHARIAH l2And I said unto them: 'If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear/ So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver. 13And the LORD said unto me: 'Cast it into the treasury, the goodly price that I was prized at of them.' And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the treasury, in the house of the LORD. 14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken.
15And the LORD said unto me: 'Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces/ 17Woe to the worthless shepherd That leaveth the flock!
The sword shall be upon his arm, And upon his right eye; His arm shall be clean dried up, And his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
1 O The burden of the wbrd of the LORD concerning Israel.
The saying of the LORD, who stretch- ed forth the heavens, And laid the foundation of the earth, And formed the spirit of man within him 2Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering Unto all the peoples round about, And upon Judah also shall it fall to be in the siege against Jeru- salem.
JAnd it shall come to pass in that day, That I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peo- ples; All that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; And all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it. 4In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with bewil- derment, And his rider with madness; And I will open Mine eyes upon the house of Judah, And will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5And the chiefs of Judah shall say in their heart: 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength Through the LORD of hosts their God.' 6In that day will I make the chiefs of Judah Like a pan of fire among wood, And like a torch of fire among sheaves; And they shall devour all the peoples round about, On the right hand and on the left; And Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, That the glory of the house of David And the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah. 8In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; And he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David, And the house of David shall be as a godlike being, As the angel of the LORD before them.
ZECHARIAH 9And it shall come to pass in that day, That I will seek to destroy all the nations That come against Jerusalem. 10And I will pour upon the house of David, And upon the inhabitants of Jeru- salem, The spirit of grace and of supplica- tion; And they shall look unto Me because athey have thrust him through; And they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, And shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. nln that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12And the land shall mourn, every family apart: The family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; "The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; The family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; 14A11 the families that remain, Every family apart, and their wives apart.
13 In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For purification and for sprinkling.
2And it shall come to pass in that day, Saith the LORD of hosts, That I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, And they shall no more be remem- bered; » That is, the nations.
And also I will caus^the prophets And the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
8And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begot him shall say unto him: 'Thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the LOBD'; and his father and his mother that begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be brought to shame every one through his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive; 6but he shall say: 1 1 am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.' 6And one shall say unto him: 'What are these wounds between thy hands?' Then he shall answer: 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
7Awake, 0 sword, against My shep- herd, And against the man that is near unto Me, Saith the LORD of hosts; Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; And I will turn My hand upon the little ones.
8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, Two parts therein shall be cut off and die; But the third shall be left therein.
9And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will refine them as silver is re- fined, And will try them as gold is tried; They shall call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', See verse 9.
ZECHARIAE And they shall say. 'The LORD is my God/ ~| A Behold, a day of the LORD com- When thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; And the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, And the women ravished, And half of the city shall go forth into captivity, But the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 8Then shall the LORD go forth, And fight against those nations, As when He fighteth in the day of battle. 4And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, Which is before Jerusalem on the east, And the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof Toward the east and toward the west, So that there shall be a very great valley; And half of the mountain shall re- move toward the north, And half of it toward the south. 6And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; For the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; Yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah; And the LORD my God shall come, And all the holy ones with Thee. 6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light, But heavy clouds and thick; 7And there shall be one day Which shall be known as the LORD'S, Not day, and not night; But it shall come to pass, that at evening tune there st^all be light. 8And it shall come-to pass in that day, That living waters shall go out from Jerusalem: Half of them, toward the eastern sea, And half of them toward the western sea; In summer and in winter shall it be* 9And the LORD shall be King over all the earth; In that day shall the LORD be One, and His name one.
10A11 the land shall be turned as the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king's winepresses. 11 And men shall dwell therein, And there shall be no more extermi- nation; But Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
12And this shall be the plague where- with the LORD will smite All the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, And their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, And their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13And it shall come to pass in that day, That a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; And they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, And his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. 14And Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem; ZECHARIAH And the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, Gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15And so shall be the plague of the horse, Of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, And of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as this plague.
16And it shall come to pass, that every *ie that is left of all the nations that ame against Jerusalem shall go up rom year to year to worship the King, he LORD of hosts, and to keep the east of tabernacles. 17And it shall •e, that whoso of the families of the arth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to rorship the King, the LORD of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. l8And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, they shall have no overflow; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of taber- nacles. 20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses: HOLT UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the basins before the altar. 21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein; and in that day there shall be no more a trafficker in the house of the LORD of hosts.
MALACHI I THE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
2I have loved you, saith the LORD.
Yet ye say: 'Wherein hast Thou loved us?'
Was not Esau Jacob's brother?
Saith the LORD; Yet I loved Jacob; 3But Esau I hated, And made hip mountains a desola- tion, And gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
4Whereas Edom gaith: 'We are beaten down, But we will return -and build the waste places'; Thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; And they shall be called The border of wickedness, And The people whom the LORD execrateth for ever. 5And your eyes shall see, And ye shall say: 'The LORD is great beyond the border of Israel/ 6A son honoureth his father, And a servant his master; If then I be a father, Where is My honour? And if I be a master, Where is My fear?
MALACHI Saith the LORD of hosts Unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say: 'Wherein have we despised Thy name?' ^e offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. And ye say: 'Wherein have we poUuted Thee?7 In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.7 8And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil1 And when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil!
Present it now unto thy governor; WiU he be pleased with thee? Or will he accept thy person? Saith the LORD of hosts. 9And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of God That He may be gracious unto us! — This hath been of your doing. — Will He accept any of your persons? Saith the LORD of hosts. 100h that there were even one among you that would shut the doors, That ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, Saith the LORD of hosts, Neither will I accept an offering at your hand. "For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name is great among the nations; And in every place offerings are presented unto My name, Even pure oblations; For My name is great among the nations, Saith the LORD of hosts. 12But ye profane it, In that ye say: ( The table of the Lord is polluted, And the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.7 13 Ye say also: 'Behold, what a weariness is itT And ye have 'snuffed at it, Saith the LORD of hosts; And ye have brought that which was taken by violence, And the lame, and the sick; Thus ye bring the offering; Should I accept this of your hand?, Saith the LORD. "But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, Whereas he hath in his flock a male3 And voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; For I am a great King, Saith the LORD of hosts, And My name is feared among the nations.
O And now, this commandment Is for you, 0 ye priests. 2If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory unto My name, Saith the LORD of hosts, Then will I send the curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings; Yea, I curse them, Because ye do not lay it to heart. 3Behold, I will rebuke the seed for your hurt, And will spread dung upon your faces, Even the dung of your sacrifices; And ye shall be taken away unto it. 4Know then that I have sent This ccimmandment unto you, That My covenant might be with Levi, Saith the LORD of hosts. 6My covenant was with him Of life and peace, and I gave them to him, And of fear, and he feared Me, And was afraid of My name.
MALACHI 6The law of truth was in his mouth And unrighteousness was not f ounc in his lips; » He walked wfth Me in peace and uprightness, And did turn many away from iniquity. Tor the priest's lips should keep knowledge, And they should seek the law at his mouth; For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8But ye are turned aside out of the way; Ye have caused many to stumble in the law; Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Saith the LOKD of hosts. ^Theref ore have I also made you Contemptible and base before all the people, According as ye have not kept My ways, But have had respect of persons in the law.
l°Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, Profaning the covenant of our fathers?
llJudah hath dealt treacherously, And an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; For Judah hath profaned the holi- ness of the LORD which He loveth, And hath married the daughter of a strange god. 12May the LORD cut off to the man that doeth this Him that calleth and him that answereth out of the tents of Jacob, And him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. i 18And this further ye do: Ye cover the altar of the LORD with tears, With weeping, and with sighing, Insomuch that He regardeth not the offering any more, Neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14Yet ye say: ' Wherefore?' Because the LORD hath been wit- ness Between thee and the wife of thy youth, Against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, Though she is thy companion, And the wife of thy covenant. 15And not one hath done so Who had exuberance of spirit! For what seeketh the one? A seed given of God. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16For I hate putting away, Saith the LORD, the God of Israel, And him that covereth his garment with violence, Saith the LORD of hosts; Therefore take heed to your spirit, That ye deal not treacherously.
17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet, ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil Is good in the sight of the LORD, And He delighteth in them; Or where is the God of justice?'
Q Behold, I send My messenger, And he shall clear the way before Me, And the Lord, whom ye seek, Will suddenly come to His temple; MALACHI And the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye delight in, Behold, he cometh, Saith the LORD of hosts. 2But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth?
For he is like a refiner's fire, And like fullers' soap; 3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, And he shall purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver; And there shall' be they that shall offer unto the LORD Offerings in righteousness. *Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem Be pleasant unto the LORD, As in the days of old, And as in ancient years 5And I will come near to you to judgment; And I will be a swift witness Against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, And against false swearers; And against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, The widow, and the fatherless, And that turn aside the stranger from his right, And fear not Me, Saith the LORD of hosts. 6For I the LORD change not; And ye, 0 sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside From Mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, Saith the LORD of hosts.
But ye say: 'Wherein shall we re- turn?'
8WiU a man rob God?
Yet ye rob Me.
But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?'
In tithes and heave-offerings.
9Ye are cursed with the curse, Yet ye rob Me, Even this whole nation. 10Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now herewith, Saith the LORD of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, And pour you out a blessing, That there shall be more than suf- ficiency.
"And I will rebuke the devourer for your good.
And he shall not destroy the fruits of your land; Neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, Saith the LORD of hosts. 12And all nations shall call you happy; For ye shall be a delightsome land, Saith the LORD of hosts.
13Your words have been all too strong against Me, Saith the LORD.
Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we spoken against Thee?' 14Ye have said: 'It is vain to serve God; And what profit is it that we have kept His charge, And that we have walked mourn- fully Because of the LORD of hosts? 18And now we call the proud happy; Yea, they that work wickedness are built up; MALACHI Yea, they try God, and are deliv- ered.'
16Then they that feared the LORD Spoke one with another- And the LORD hearkened, and heard, And a book of remembrance was written before Him, For them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon His name. 17And they shall be Mine, saith the LORD of hosts, In the day that I do make, even Mine own treasure; And I will spare them, as a man spareth His own son that seryeth him. 18Then shall ye again discern between the righteous and the wicked, Between him that serveth God And him that serveth Him not. 19For, behold, the day cometh, It burneth as a furnace; And all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; And the day that cometh shall set them ablaze, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 20But unto you that fear My name Shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; And ye shall go forth, and gambol As calves of the stall. aAnd ye shall tread down the wicked; For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet In the day that I do make, Saith the LORD of hosts.
^Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, Which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, Even statutes and ordinances. ^Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming Of the great and terrible day of the LORD. ^And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, And the heart of the children to their fathers; Lest I come and smite the land with utter destruction.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coining Of the great and terrible day of the LOED.
THE WRITINGS 3PA.QH PROVERBS 883 JOB 924 SONG pp SONGS 966 RUTH 973 LAMENTATIONS 978 ECCLESIASTES 987 EZRA 1027 NEHEMIAH 1039 I CHRONICLES • 1058 II CHRONICLES 1094 PSALMS BOOK I 1 HAPPY is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stood in the way of sinners, Nor sat in the seat of the scornful. 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; And in His law doth he meditate day and night. 3And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, And whose leaf doth not wither; And in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.
4Not so the wicked; But they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away, therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.
O Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in yain?
2The kings of the earth stand up, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD, and against His anointed: 3'Let us break their bands asun- der, And cast away their cords from us.'
4He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, The Lord hath them in derision.
Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, And affright them in His sore dis- pleasure1 6' Truly it is I that have established My king Upon Zion, My holy mountain ' 7I will tell of the decree: The LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, This day have I begotten thee 8Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, And the ends of the earth for thy possession. 9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces 10Now therefore, 0 ye kings, be wise; Be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
"Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. ^Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, When suddenly His wrath is kindled.
1 Happy are all they that take refuge in PSALMS