Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.

So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,
And whom You teach out of Your law;

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their spirit, they expire
And return to their dust.

“Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”

To imprison his princes at will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.

He gave them also the lands of the nations,
That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,

Let his days be few;
Let another take his office.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in princes.

Blessed are You, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

Take away reproach and contempt from me,
For I observe Your testimonies.

I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.

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Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.

The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.

You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
And teach me Your ordinances.

Deal with Your servant according to Your lovingkindness
And teach me Your statutes.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes.

Let my lips utter praise,
For You teach me Your statutes.

“If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For I trust in You;
Teach me the way in which I should walk;
For to You I lift up my soul.

Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
I take refuge in You.

Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My stronghold and my deliverer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.

O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?

Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.

Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.

Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.

Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

For the Lord will plead their case
And take the life of those who rob them.

If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?

Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.

Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.

“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the young men.
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

“My very own vineyard is at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.

And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us concerning His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go forth from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,

For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”

He dug it all around, removed its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it
And also hewed out a wine vat in it;
Then He expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only worthless ones.

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.

And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

They will be terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.

Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the Lord as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors.

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

“Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.

Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.

Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

And you made a reservoir between the two walls
For the waters of the old pool.
But you did not depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

Take your harp, walk about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.

In the days to come Jacob will take root,
Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

“To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?

Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,
To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
So ruthlessly shattered
That a sherd will not be found among its pieces
To take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
The lame will take the plunder.

Say to those with anxious heart,
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with vengeance;
The recompense of God will come,
But He will save you.”

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

‘I dug wells and drank waters,
And with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the rivers of Egypt.’

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”

Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the former events, declare what they were,
That we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;

‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it;
Yes, let him recount it to Me in order,
From the time that I established the ancient nation.
And let them declare to them the things that are coming
And the events that are going to take place.

“Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil, strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

“Your nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.”

Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before they took place I proclaimed them to you,
So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’

“Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the first I have not spoken in secret,
From the time it took place, I was there.
And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
Who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
And to the quarry from which you were dug.

There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne,
Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.