Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, 'Amen, praise Jah!'

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

{A Psalm of David.} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Confirm what You said to Your servant,
for it produces reverence for You.

Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even your salvation, as you have said.

Remember what you said to your servant, by which you caused me to hope.

CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said.

The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.

I look forward to the night watches, when I may meditate on what you have said.

Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.

I watch the treacherous, and despise them, because they do not do what you have said.

I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.

Let my prayer come before you; take me out of trouble, as you have said.

I said, "O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

{A Song of degrees of David.} I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

He said, "I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'

Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it is not satisfied with water, And fire -- it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

{I said to myself}, "Look! I have become great and have increased [in] wisdom more than anyone who {has preceded} me over Jerusalem. {I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge}."

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'

Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

I said , The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, 'He is a fool.'

If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

“Do not gaze at me because I am deeply tanned,
[I have worked in] the sun; it has left its mark on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me keeper of the vineyards,
But my own vineyard (my complexion) I have not kept.”

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who is veiled
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

“To me, my love, you are like
My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“While the king was at his table,
My perfume (Solomon) sent forth [his] fragrance [surrounding me].

“I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”

(The Bridegroom)
“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free],
That you do not rouse nor awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

(The Bridegroom)
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”

(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.

(The Shulammite Bride)“On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

I said , I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

(The Bridegroom)“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,
How very beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Awake, O north wind,
And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];
Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],
Let its spices flow forth.
Let my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choicest fruits.” Cross references: Song of Solomon 4:7 : John 14:18; Eph 5:27 Song of Solomon 4:8 : 2 Cor 11:2, 3 Song of Solomon 4:10 : John 15:9; Rom 8:35 Song of Solomon 4:13 : John 15:5; Eph 5:9 Song of Solomon 4:15 : John 4:10; 7:37, 38 end of crossrefs

(The Shulammite Bride)
“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;
My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is exquisitely handsome and ruddy,
Outstanding among ten thousand.

(The Bridegroom)
“You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As majestic as an army with banners!

But one is my dove, my darling. She is the only beloved of her mother, and dear unto her that bare her. When the daughters saw her, they said, she was blessed: Yea the Queens and concubines praised her.

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

(The Shulammite Bride)“It goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved,
Gliding gently over his lips while he sleeps.
“I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is for me.

“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country,
Let us spend the night in the villages.

(The Chorus)
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning upon her beloved?”

(The Chorus)
“We have a little sister
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for [in marriage]?

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

And gone have many peoples and said, 'Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

And it hath been, he who is left in Zion, And he who is remaining in Jerusalem, 'Holy' is said of him, Of every one who is written for life in Jerusalem.

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.