He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?

Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither are there any works like unto thy works.

Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long'shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things,'so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits end.

Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,

The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.

When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;

Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders poison is under their lips. Selah

Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And'such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in network of silver.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly'shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and fitly set.

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.

Thy body is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.

Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof .

This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.

I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are'soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.