I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it; and I will wait on thy name, before thy godly ones, for it is good.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee; I will praise thy name, O Jehovah, because it is good.

Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)

Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!

Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

Because thou hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;

They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.

At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.

I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption;

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.

The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked:

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth him with the joy of his heart.

because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

then I saw that all is the work of God, and that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek it out, yet doth he not find it; and even, if a wise man think to know it, he shall not be able to find it out.

The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,

And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Look not upon me, because I am black; Because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me: They made me keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.

They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.

For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with what comes from the east, and use auguries like the Philistines, and ally themselves with the children of foreigners.

For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;

and thou shalt say unto him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, and let not thy heart faint before these two ends of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck; and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. ...

Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

And the land of Judah shall be a dismay unto Egypt: every one that thinketh of it shall be afraid for himself, because of the counsel of Jehovah of hosts, which he hath purposed against it.

and it shall be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of the oppressors, and he will send them a saviour and defender, who shall deliver them.

Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Bread corn is crushed, because he will not ever be threshing it; and if he drove the wheels of his cart and his horses over it, he would not crush it.

Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in oppression and wilfulness, and depend thereon,

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!

Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.

and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

And men appointed his grave with the wicked, but he was with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was there guile in his mouth.

Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.

Behold, thou shalt call a nation thou knowest not, and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;

I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.

so that he who blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of truth: because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from mine eyes.

I also will choose their calamities, and will bring their fears upon them; because I called, and none answered, I spoke, and they did not hear, but did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.

because ye shall suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; because ye shall drink out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom.

For I hear a voice, as of a woman in travail, anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion: she moaneth, she spreadeth forth her hands, saying, Woe unto me! for my soul faileth because of murderers.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;