They divide my clothing among them
And cast lots for my garment.

I will give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will praise You among a mighty people.

You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton]
And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the people.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the people;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.

Who keeps us among the living,
And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.

God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us,
And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.

That Your way may be known on earth,
Your salvation and deliverance among all nations.

When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds,
You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,
Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

We do not see our symbols;
There is no longer any prophet [to guide us],
Nor does any among us know for how long.

You are the [awesome] God who works [powerful] wonders;
You have demonstrated Your power among the people.

He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them,
And frogs which destroyed them.

He sent upon them His burning anger,
His fury and indignation and distress,
A band of angels of destruction [among them].

So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
The tent in which He had dwelled among men,

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.

“Let there be no strange god among you,
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

God stands in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods (divine beings).

There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works [of wonder and majesty] like Yours.

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—
‘This one was born there.’”

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

Cast away [from the living] and abandoned among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in a [nameless] grave,
Whom You no longer remember,
And they are cut off from Your hand.

For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the divine beings is like the Lord,

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;
And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?

Declare His glory among the nations,
His marvelous works and wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved;
He will judge and rule the people with fairness.”

Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called on His name;
They called upon the Lord and He answered them.

You send springs into the valleys;
Their waters flow among the mountains.

Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests;
They lift up their voices and sing among the branches.

O give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the people.

They exhibited His wondrous signs among them,
Great miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt).

He brought the sons of Israel out [of Egypt] with silver and gold,
And among their tribes there was not one who stumbled.

And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations
And scatter them in the lands [of the earth].

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices,
And a plague broke out among them.

He also made them objects of compassion
Among those who had carried them away captive.

Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the nations,
That we may give thanks to Your holy name
And glory in praising You.

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the people;
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people],
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth;
And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

The Lord is on my side, He is among those who help me;
Therefore I will look [in triumph] on those who hate me.

Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!

Then our mouth was filled with laughter
And our tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

And brought Israel out from among them,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible],
I saw among the youths
A young man lacking [good] sense,

Fools mock sin [but sin mocks the fools],
But among the upright there is good will and the favor and blessing of God.

The ear that listens to and learns from the life-giving rebuke (reprimand, censure)
Will remain among the wise.

A wise servant will rule over the [unworthy] son who acts shamefully and brings disgrace [to the family]
And [the worthy servant] will share in the inheritance among the brothers.

A wise king sifts out the wicked [from among the good]
And drives the [threshing] wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].

Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,

She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],
And she increases the faithless among men.

There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

The lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn back before any;

Her husband is known in the [city’s] gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.

which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand [who pleases God], but I have not found [such] a woman among all these [a thousand in my harem].

The words of wise men heard in quietness are better than the shouting of one who rules among fools.

(The Bridegroom)
“If you do not know [where your lover is],
O you fairest among women,
Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.

(The Bridegroom)
“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Like an apple tree [rare and welcome] 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 and delicious to my palate.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.

“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.

(The Chorus)
“What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
That you should so command us to take an oath?”

(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved is exquisitely handsome and ruddy,
Outstanding among ten thousand.

(The Chorus)“Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where is your beloved hiding himself,
That we may seek him with you?”

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who feeds his flock among the lilies.”

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,
Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]
On the mountains of spices.”

Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture,
And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.

No one among them is weary or stumbles,
No one slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at their waist undone [as if unprepared for action],
Nor is the strap of their sandal broken.

“Many [among them] will stumble over them;
Then they will fall and be broken,
They will even be snared and trapped.”

Bind up the testimony, seal the law and the teaching among my (Isaiah’s) disciples.

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives
Or fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield].
In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away,
But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, will send a wasting disease among the stout warriors of Assyria;
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

And in that day you will say,
“Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name [in prayer].
Make His deeds known among the peoples [of the earth];
Proclaim [to them] that His name is exalted!”

“Let our outcasts of Moab live among you;
Be a [sheltered] hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
Oppressors [who trample men] have completely disappeared from the land,

For the Lord God of hosts says this, “Go to this [contemptible] steward,
To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household [but is building himself a tomb worthy of a king, and say to him],

For so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over [and only a little of the fruit remains].

The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the needy of mankind will rejoice and celebrate in the Holy One of Israel.

“Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
Crushed so savagely
that there cannot be found among its pieces a potsherd [large enough]
To take [coals of] fire from a fireplace,
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

The sinners in Zion are terrified;
Trembling has seized the godless.
[They cry] “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their land from my hand, that [you should think that] the Lord would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?’”

I said, “I will not see the Lord
The Lord in the land of the living;
I will no longer see man among the inhabitants of the world.

Then Isaiah said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

“But when I look [on the pagan prophets and priests], there is no one [who could predict these events],
And there is no counselor among them,
Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

But this is a people despoiled and plundered;
All of them are trapped in holes,
Or are hidden away in prisons.
They have become a prey with no one to rescue them,
And a spoil, with no one to say, “Give them back!”

Who among you will listen to this?
Who will listen and pay attention in the time to come?

All the nations have gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them (the idolaters) can predict this [that Judah would return from captivity]
And proclaim to us the former events?
Let them provide their witnesses so that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say [in acknowledgement], “It is the truth.”

“I have declared [the future] and saved [the nation] and proclaimed [that I am God],
And there was no strange (alien) god among you;
Therefore you are My witnesses [among the pagans],” declares the Lord,
“That I am God.

And they will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the streams of water.’

He cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain nourishes it.

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?

“Assemble, all of you, and listen!
Who among them [the idols and Chaldean astrologers] has declared these things?
The Lord loves him (Cyrus of Persia); he will do His pleasure and purpose against Babylon,
And his arm will be against the Chaldeans [who reign in Babylon].

Who is among you who fears the Lord,
Who obeys the voice of His Servant,
Yet who walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him trust and be confident in the name of the Lord and let him rely on his God.