the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the descendants of Amon.

These sought their record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion {determined} to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger}, abundant in loyal love, so you did not abandon them.

Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in this way? And among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet the foreign women made even him sin.

{If it pleases} the king, let {a royal edict} go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media so that it will not be altered, that Vashti cannot come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to her neighbor who [is] better than she.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all of the provinces of your kingdom; their laws [are] different from every [other] people, and they do not {observe} the laws of the king; it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.

These days [are] to be remembered and [are] to be kept in every generation, and in family, province, and city; and these days of Purim are not [to be] neglected among the Jews, and their memory shall not come to an end among their offspring.

Let darkness seize that night; let it not rejoice among [the] days of [the] year; let it not enter among [the] number of [the] months.

Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?

Both [the] gray-haired and [the] old [are] among us-- {those older than your father}.

But {all of you must return}--{please come}! But I shall not find a wise [person] among you.

[There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.

"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.

I chose their way, and I sat [as] head, and I dwelled like a king among the troops, like [one] who comforts mourners.

They bray among [the] bushes; they are gathered under [the] nettles.

And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you.

Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--

for he adds transgression to his sin; he claps hands among us, and he multiplies his words against God.'"

{They die in their youth}, and their life [ends] among the male shrine prostitutes.

Sing [praises] to Yahweh [who] sits [enthroned] in Zion. Tell his deeds among the peoples,

Save, O Yahweh, for [the] pious have ceased [to be]; for [the] faithful have vanished from [among the] children of humankind.

[The] wicked prowl about when vileness [is] exalted among [the] children of humankind.

Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, O Yahweh, and I will sing [the praise] of your name:

You will destroy their {offspring} from [the] earth, and their {descendants} from among [the] children of humankind.

They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.

Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.

I will give thanks [to] you in [the] great assembly; among [the] mighty people I will praise you.

You have given us as sheep [for] food, and among the nations you have scattered us.

You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of [the] head among [the] peoples.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.

Kings' daughters [are] among your noble ladies. The queen stands at your right hand in gold of Ophir.

Even the daughter of Tyre [will come] with a gift. [The] rich from among people will seek your {favor}.

Be still, and know that I [am] God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.

He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord; I will give you praise among [the] nations.

the one who has kept our soul among the living, and has not allowed our foot to slip.

that your way may be known on the earth, your salvation among all nations.

The chariots of God [are] twice ten thousand, [with] thousands doubled. The Lord [is] among them [at] Sinai, distinctive [in victory].

You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].

You [are] the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

He sent among them flies that devoured them and frogs that destroyed them.

So he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, [the] tent he had placed among humankind.

Why should the nations say, "Where [is] their God?" Let it be known among the nations before our eyes, [by] the avenging of the blood of your servants that was poured out.

You have made us [an object of] strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves.

There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.

set free among the dead, like [the] slain lying in [the] grave, whom you no longer remember, even those cut off from your hand.

For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Tell his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

Say among the nations, "Yahweh is king! Yes, [the] world is established [so that] it will not be moved. He will judge [the] peoples fairly."

Moses and Aaron [were] among his priests; Samuel also [was] among [those who] called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.

Along them the birds of the heavens abide. From among [the] branches they {sing}.

Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.

and they wandered about {among the nations}, from [one] kingdom to another people,

Then he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

and to disperse their {descendants} among the nations and to scatter them among the lands.

Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Yahweh; I will give you praise among the nations,

He will judge among the nations; he will fill [them] with corpses. He will shatter [the] {rulers} of many countries.

Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great [things] for these [people]."

And he brought Israel out from among them, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking {sense},

Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.

Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of {their meat}.

She [is] also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.

A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"

a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from {any face};

Her husband is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land.

Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] prevalent among humankind.

What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one [upright] woman among all these.

The words of the wise are heard in peace [more] than the shouting of a ruler [is heard] among the fools.

If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow {the tracks} of the flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.

To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh, I compare you, my beloved.

Like a lily among the thorns, so [is] my love among the maidens.

As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so [is] my beloved among the young men. In his shade {I sat down with delight}, and his fruit [was] sweet to my palate.

{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Your teeth [are] like a flock of shorn ewes that came up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none bereaved among them.

Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies.

{How is your beloved better than another lover}, O most beautiful among women? {How is your beloved better than another lover}, that you adjure us thus?

My beloved [is] radiant and {ruddy}, distinguished {among} ten thousand.

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned that we may seek him with you?

{I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Your teeth [are] like a flock of the ewes that have come up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none bereaved among them.

And it shall happen in the future of the days the mountain of the house of Yahweh [shall] be established; it will be among the highest of the mountains, and it shall be raised from [the] hills. All [of] the nations shall travel to him;

And then [the] lambs will graze as [in] their pasture, and {fatlings, kids will eat among the sites of ruins.}

None [is] weary, and none among him stumbles; none slumbers and none sleeps. And no loincloth on his waist is opened, and no thong of his sandals is drawn away.

And I said, "Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I [am] a man {of unclean lips}, and I [am] living among a people {of unclean lips}, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!"

And many shall stumble among them, and they shall fall and they shall be broken, and they shall be ensnared and they shall be caught."

Bind up [the] testimony; seal [the] teaching among my disciples.

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send leanness among his sturdy warriors, and a burning like [the] burning of fire will burn under his glory.

And you will say on that day, "Give thanks to Yahweh; call on his name. Make his deeds known among the peoples; bring to remembrance that his name [is] exalted.

Let my outcasts [of] Moab dwell as aliens among you; be a hiding place for them from [the] presence of [the] destroyer." When the oppressor is no more, destruction has stopped, [the] {one who tramples has} disappeared from the land,

For it shall be like this in the midst of the earth, among the nations, like [the] beating of an olive tree, like gleanings when a grape harvest is at an end.

An oracle of the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, [of] lioness and lion, {among} them [are] snake and flying serpent; they carry their wealth on [the] {backs} of male donkeys and their treasures on [the] humps of camels, to a people [that] cannot profit [them].

And he breaks it like a vessel of {a potter} breaks, [that] is crushed; he has no compassion, and no potsherd is found among its fragments {to take fire} from [the] hearth, or {to skim} water from [the] cistern."

But how can you drive back {one governor among the least of my master's servants}, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?