And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

And the priests were in their places, and the Levites with their instruments of music for the Lord's song, which David the king had made for the praise of the Lord whose mercy is unchanging for ever, when David gave praise by their hand; and the priests were sounding horns before them; and all Israel were on their feet.

He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.

And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.

And he put all the people in position, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, by the altar and the house and all round the king.

Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come from the land where they were prisoners to Jerusalem: and they made the Levites, of twenty years old and over, responsible for overseeing the work of the house of the Lord.

Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;

And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.

Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:

And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

And when the king saw Esther the queen waiting in the inner room, looking kindly on her he put out the rod of gold in his hand to her. So Esther came near and put her fingers on the top of the rod.

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.

For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.

And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.

But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.

But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

Have pity on me, have pity on me, O my friends! for the hand of God is on me.

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.

As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.