Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?

When those who surround me rise up,
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies.
Wipe out all those who attack me,
for I am Your servant.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.

The Lord guards all those who love Him,
but He destroys all the wicked.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord values those who fear Him,
those who put their hope in His faithful love.

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.

He stores up success for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity

from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,

from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,

For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.

He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble.

For they are life to those who find them,
and health to one’s whole body.

All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.

I love those who love me,
and those who search for me find me.

giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.

“And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.

calling to those who pass by,
who go straight ahead on their paths:

Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord,
but those with blameless conduct are His delight.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy.

Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,
but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

Poverty and disgrace come to those
who ignore discipline,
but the one who accepts correction will be honored.

The evil bow before those who are good,
the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.

in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report
to those who sent you?

for the Lord will take up their case
and will plunder those who plunder them.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

Those who linger over wine,
those who go looking for mixed wine.

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and a generous blessing will come to them.

To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;
he refreshes the life of his masters.

The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Evil men do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

Don’t spend your energy on women
or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

There is no remembrance of those who came before;
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance
and an advantage to those who see the sun,

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.

I have my own vineyard.
The 1,000 are for you, Solomon,
but 200 for those who guard its fruits.

But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed,
and those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning
in pursuit of beer,
who linger into the evening,
inflamed by wine.

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
and opens wide its enormous jaws,
and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,
her crowds, and those who carouse in her!

Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

to those who say:
“Let Him hurry up and do His work quickly
so that we can see it!
Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place
so that we can know it!”

Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion
and clever in their own sight.

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
who are fearless at mixing beer,

You will not go to all the hills
that were once tilled with a hoe,
for fear of the thorns and briers.
Those hills will be places for oxen to graze
and for sheep to trample.

The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.

The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes
and writing oppressive laws

As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms,
whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

They crossed over at the ford, saying,
“We will spend the night at Geba.”
The people of Ramah are trembling;
those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.

Those who see you will stare at you;
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,

But you are thrown out without a grave,
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.

The waters of Dibon are full of blood,
but I will bring on Dibon even more than this—
a lion for those who escape from Moab,
and for the survivors in the land.

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And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

In the evening—sudden terror!
Before morning—it is gone!
This is the fate of those who plunder us
and the lot of those who ravage us.

Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;
the combers and weavers will turn pale.

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape?’”

But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the Lord. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the Lord’s presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing.

They no longer sing and drink wine;
beer is bitter to those who drink it.

For He has humbled those who live in lofty places—
an inaccessible city.
He brings it down; He brings it down to the ground;
He throws it to the dust.

Did the Lord strike Israel
as He struck the one who struck Israel?
Was he killed like those killed by Him?

On that day
a great trumpet will be blown,
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley.
Woe to those overcome with wine.

a spirit of justice
to the one who sits in judgment,
and strength
to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

All the many nations
going out to battle against Ariel—
all the attackers, the siege works against her,
and those who oppress her—
will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.

Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

For the ruthless one will vanish,
the scorner will disappear,
and all those who lie in wait with evil intent
will be killed—

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

Those who are confused will gain understanding,
and those who grumble will accept instruction.

You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen.
They do not look to the Holy One of Israel
and they do not seek the Lord’s help.

Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.

but those who trust in the Lord
will renew their strength;
they will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not faint.

Be sure that all who are enraged against you
will be ashamed and disgraced;
those who contend with you
will become as nothing and will perish.