Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.

Watch over my life because I [am] faithful. You [are] my God; save your servant. [I am] the one who trusts you.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you {all day long}.

Make glad the soul of your servant, because {I desire you}, O Lord.

In the day of my trouble I call to you, because you answer me.

because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.

Do a sign [that] benefits me, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

[The] heavens are yours, [the] earth yours as well, [the] world with its fullness, [because] you founded them.

because our shield belongs to Yahweh, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.

Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O Yahweh.

Because of the sound of my groaning my bones cling to my skin.

because of your indignation and anger, for you have picked me up and thrown me away.

You rise up and take pity on Zion, because [it is] time to favor it, for [the] appointed time has come.

Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them had fallen upon them.

because they rebelled against his Spirit, and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

because they rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High,

Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted.

Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.

a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

because your loyal love [is] great above [the] heavens, and your faithfulness [reaches] to [the] clouds.

because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone, poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay [them].

Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body} like water, and into his bones like oil.

But you, O Yahweh my Lord, deal with me for your name's sake. Because your loyal love [is] good, deliver me,

Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness.

I love [him], because Yahweh has heard {the voice of my supplications}.

Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call {all my days}.

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.

Rage seizes me because of [the] wicked, those who forsake your law.

[In the] middle of [the] night I rise to give you thanks, because of your righteous ordinances.

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I hope in your word.

Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me [with] lies. As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.

I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

Streams of water flow down [from] my eyes, because [people] do not heed your law.

My zeal consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.

I see [the] treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word.

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles because of your word.

I heed your precepts and testimonies, because all my ways [are] before you.

Let my lips pour out praise, because you teach me your statutes.

Let my tongue sing [of] your word, because all your commands [are] right.

Let your hand be my help, because I have chosen your precepts.

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.

[It is] like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing-- life forever.

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word according to all your name.

and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory [is] great.

I praise you, because I am fearfully [and] wonderfully [made]. Wonderful [are] your works, and my soul knows [it] well.

Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. [The] righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me.

And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.

Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created.

let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone [is] is exalted. His splendor [is] above earth and heavens.

Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

Do not fret because of the evildoers; do not envy the wicked.

So I hated life because the work done under the sun [is] grievous to me. For everything [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Keep [the] command of [the] king {because of your oath to God}.

Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans} fills up within them to do evil.

Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will be good for those who fear God--because they fear {his presence}.

But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong [their] days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing {God's presence}.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this [is] your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.

When the guards of the house tremble, and the men of strength are bent; the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows see dimly.

They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets.

Do not gaze at me because I am black, because the sun has stared [at] me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own "vineyard" I did not keep.

For you will be ashamed of [the] oaks [in] which you delighted, and you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.

For you have forsaken your people, house of Jacob, because they are full from [the] east, and [of] soothsayers like the Philistines, and {they make alliances} with the offspring of foreigners.

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen because their speech and their deeds [are] against Yahweh, defying the eyes of his glory.

And Yahweh said: "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and they walk [with] outstretched neck, and they give flirting glances [with their] eyes, {mincing along as they go}, and {with their feet they rattle their bangles},

Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.

When it was reported to the house of David, saying "Aram stands by Ephraim," his heart and the heart of his people shook like the shaking of the trees of [the] forest because of [the] wind.

And you must say to him, 'Take heed and be quiet! You must not fear, and your heart must not be faint because of these two stumps of smoldering firebrands, {because of the fierce anger of} Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

Because Aram has plotted evil against you [with] Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,

And this shall happen: because of the abundance of milk production, he will eat curds, for every one that is left in the midst of the land will eat curds and honey.

"Because this people has refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices [over] Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

And this shall happen: on that day, he will remove his burden from your shoulder and his yoke from your neck, {and a yoke will be destroyed because of fat}.

Therefore I will make [the] heavens tremble, and the earth will quake from its place because of the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, and in the day his anger burns.

You will not be united with them in burial because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. [The] descendants of evildoers will not be mentioned for eternity!

Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the sin of their ancestors. Let them not rise and take possession of [the] earth or fill up [the] face of [the] world [with] cities."

An oracle of Moab: Because Ar is devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed; because Kir of Moab is devastated in a night, it is destroyed.

On that day, {its fortified cities} will be like the {abandonment of the wooded place and the summit}, which they deserted because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.

For Yahweh said this to me: "I will be quiet, and I will look from my dwelling place like {clear heat because of light}, like a cloud of dew in [the] heat of harvest."

And the land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt, everyone [to] whom one mentions it will be afraid in himself because of the plan of Yahweh of hosts that he [is] planning against him.

And it will be a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they cry out to Yahweh because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and a {defender}, and he will deliver them.

And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their pride.

You will protect a firm inclination [in] peace, [in] peace because he trusts in you.

[The] dead do not live; dead spirits do not rise because you have punished and destroyed them, and you have destroyed all memory of them.

Like pregnant woman on the point of giving birth, she writhes; she cries in her labor pains. So we were because of your presence, Yahweh.

And these also stagger because of wine and stagger because of strong drink; priest and prophet stagger because of strong drink; they are confused because of wine. They stagger because of strong drink; they err in vision. They stagger [in the] rendering of a decision,

Because you have said, "We have {made} a covenant with death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol. [The] overwhelming flood, when it passes through, will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves in falsehood."

And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,

Everyone will start to stink because of a people [that] cannot profit them, not for help and not for profiting, but for shame and also for disgrace."

Therefore the holy one of Israel says this: "Because you [are] rejecting this word and you trust in oppression and {cunning} and you rely on it,

One thousand {because of} a threat of one, {because} of a threat of five you shall flee, until you are left like flagstaff on {top} of mountain, and like signal on hill.

Ah! Those who go down [to] Egypt for help! They rely on horses and trust in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very numerous, and they do not look to the holy one of Israel, and they do not consult Yahweh.

And his rock will pass over because of terror, and his officers will be terrified because of [the] flag," {declares} Yahweh, who has a fire in Zion and has a furnace in Jerusalem.

At [the] sound of tumult, peoples fled; because of your exaltation, nations scattered.

Isaiah said to them, "You must say this to your master: 'Thus says Yahweh: "You must not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, [with] which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

And Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: 'Because you have prayed to me {concerning} Sennacherib, king of Assyria,

Because you were enraged {against} me, and your noise has come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way [by] which you came.