And they cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the walls, to fear them and to dismay them, that they might have taken the city.

But when the ambassadors of the lords of Babylon were sent to him to enquire of the wonder that chanced in the land, God left him: to tempt him, that all that was in his heart might be known.

And the singers the children of Asaph stood in their standing according to the commandment of David and Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king's seer of visions: and the porters waited at every gate, and might not depart from their service. But their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he caused it to be proclaimed throughout all his empire, yea and by writing also, saying,

There have been mighty kings also at Jerusalem which have reigned over all that is beyond the water, and toll, tribute and a yearly custom was given unto them.

We asked their names also, that we might certify thee, and have written the names of the men that were their rulers.

and hath inclined his mercy unto me in the presence of the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's high estates. And I was comforted, according to the hand of the LORD my God over me, and so gathered I the heads of Israel together, that they might go up with me.

And even there at the water beside Ahava, I proclaimed a fast, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and our children and all our substance.

They are thy servants, and thy people whom thou hast delivered through thy great power and mighty hand.

After him builded Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half quarter of Bethzur, until the other side over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was repaired, and unto the house of the mighty.

Therefore took he the money, that through fear I should do so, and sin: that they might have an evil report of me, to blaspheme me.

And the reed sea didst thou divide in sunder before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea dry-shoed: and their persecutors threwest thou into the deep as a stone, in the mighty waters;

And the children went in, and possessed the land, and thou subduedest before them the inhabiters of the land, even the Cananites, and gavest them into their hand, and their kings and the people of the land, that they might do with them what they would.

Now our God, thou great God, mighty and terrible, thou that keepest covenant and mercy, regard not a little all the travail that hath happened unto us, and our kings, princes, priests, prophets, fathers and all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

And we cast the lot among the priests, Levites and the people, for offering of the wood to be brought unto the house of our God from year to year, after the houses of our fathers that it might be burnt at times appointed, upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

and that we should bring the firstlings of our dough, and our heave offerings, and the fruits of all manner of trees, of wine also and of oil, unto the priests to the chests the house of our God. And the tithes of our land unto the Levites, that the Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our ministration.

And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, were the Levites sought out of all their places, that they might be brought to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication and gladness, with thanksgivings, with singing, with cymbals, Psalteries, and harps.

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and servants. And the mighty men of Persia and Media, the captains also, and rulers of his countries, were before him;

to fetch the queen Vashti with the crown regal, that he might show the people and princes her fairness: for she was beautiful.

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's building, that he might know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

And when they spake this daily unto him and he followed them not, they told Haman, that they might see whether Mordecai's matters would endure: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

and came before the king's gate: for there might no man enter within the king's gate, that had a sackcloth on.

Then Esther called Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains which stood before her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, that he might know what it were, and wherefore he did so.

And he gave him the copy of the commandment, that was devised at Susa to destroy them, that he might show it unto Esther, and to speak to her and charge her; that she should go into the king, and make her prayer and supplication unto him for her people.

And the king said, "Who is in the court?" For Haman was gone into the court without before the king's house, that he might speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the tree, that he had prepared for him.

and how Esther went and spake to the king, that through letters his wicked device - which he imagined against the Jews - might be turned upon his own head, and how he and his sons were hanged on the tree.

and suddenly there came a mighty great wind out of the South, and smote the four corners of the house: which fell upon thy children, so that they are dead, and I alone am gotten away, to tell thee."

The things that sometime I might not away withal, are now my meat for very sorrow.

"O that I might have my desire! O that God would grant me the thing, that I long for!

What power have I to endure? Or, what is mine end, that my soul might be patient?

To deliver me from the enemy's hand, or to save me from the power of the mighty?

He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength. Who ever prospered that took part against him?

If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive it.

that he might show thee out of his secret wisdom how manifold his law is! Then shouldest thou know that God had forgotten thee, because of thy sins.

He leadeth away the priests into captivity, and turneth the mighty upside down.

Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men!

What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?

Though a body might plead with God, as one man doth with another,

One dieth now when he is mighty and at his best, rich and in prosperity;

O that I might see him and find him: O that I might come before his seat,

That I might know, what answer he would give me: and that I might understand, what he would say unto me.

They pluck down the mighty with their power, and when they themselves are gotten up, they are never without fear, as long as they live.

And though they might be safe, yet they will not receive it, for their eyes look upon their own ways.

When he set the rain in order, and gave the mighty floods a law;

when the mighty kept still their voice, and when their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths;

The power and strength of their hands might do me no good, and as for their age, it is spent and past away without any profit.

For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

For such one never sayeth, 'Where is God that made me? And that shineth upon us, that we might praise him in the night?

"Behold, God casteth not away the mighty, for he himself is mighty in power and wisdom.

Hath God ordained then, that the glorious life of thee, and all such mighty men should not be put down?

Behold, God is of a mighty high power: Where is there such a guide and lawgiver as he?

He sendeth fear upon every man, that they might know their own works.

that it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the ungodly might be shaken out?

She remembereth not that they might be trodden with feet or broken with some wild beast.

Darest thou lay hand upon him? It is better for thee to consider what harm might happen thee therethrough, and not to touch him.

The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}

He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and shall take me out of many waters. {TYNDALE: He sent from on high and fetched me, and plucked me out of mighty waters.}

He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me. {TYNDALE: He delivered me from my mighty enemy, and from them that hated me and were too strong for me.}

For who is God, but the LORD? Or, who hath any strength, but our God? {TYNDALE: Who is a God save the LORD, and who mighty save our God?}

Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; thou hast thrown them all down under me, that rose up against me. {TYNDALE: And thou compassedest me about with might to battle, and madest them that rose against me to stoop under me.}

Who is this King of glory? It is the LORD strong and mighty, even the LORD mighty in battle.

{A Psalm of David} Ascribe unto the LORD, O ye mighty, ascribe unto the LORD worship and strength.

The voice of the LORD is mighty in operation; the voice of the LORD is a glorious voice.

There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

But mine enemies live, and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.

Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou Most Mighty, according to thy worship and renown.

The princes of the people are gathered together unto the God of Abraham; for God is far higher exalted, than the mighty lords of the earth.

{The Psalm of Asaph} The LORD, even the most mighty God, hath spoken, and called the world; from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.

Our God shall come, and not keep silence: there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

"Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and was mighty in his wickedness!"

For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.

That thy beloved might be delivered, help them with thy righthand, and hear me.

In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might; and in God is my trust.

Thus do I look for thee in thy Sanctuary, that I might behold thy power and glory.

Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, even for thine enemies, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning. Lo, he doth send out his voice, yea and that a mighty voice.

Ascribe ye the power unto God; his glory is in Israel, and his might in the clouds.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took.

Thou bringest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks; thou driest up mighty rivers.

Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers.

The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

that we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to show the honour of the LORD, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done.

that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

that they also might put their trust in God, and not to forget what he had done, but to keep his commandments.

How he turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers;

And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure.

As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

O LORD God of hosts, who is like unto thee in power? Thy truth, most mighty LORD, is on every side.

Thou hast subdued Egypt, like one that is wounded; thou scatterest thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, and high is thy righthand.

Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst, "I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the LORD that dwelleth on high is mightier.

O that my words might please him, for my joy is in the LORD.

that he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his senators wisdom.

that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

that we might see the pleasure of thy chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.

Nevertheless, he helped them for his name's sake, that he might make his power to be known.

He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed.