O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

A Psalm of Asaph.
God takes His stand in His own congregation;
He judges in the midst of the rulers.

Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their spirit, they expire
And return to their dust.

He gave them also the lands of the nations,
That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,

Let his days be few;
Let another take his office.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in princes.

Take away reproach and contempt from me,
For I observe Your testimonies.

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.

If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
I take refuge in You.

My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My stronghold and my deliverer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.

O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?

He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.

Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.

Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.

Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,

He has taken a bag of money with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”

On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

The righteous is delivered from trouble,
But the wicked takes his place.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

For the Lord will plead their case
And take the life of those who rob them.

If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.

Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda,
Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.

Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

The king gives stability to the land by justice,
But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.

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

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every man,
And the living takes it to heart.

Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

“Do not stare at me because I am swarthy,
For the sun has burned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

“I have taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

“My very own vineyard is at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.

In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,

For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”

and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.

And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

They will be terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.

Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the Lord as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors.

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

“Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.

at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.

All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
Though they had fled far away.

And you made a reservoir between the two walls
For the waters of the old pool.
But you did not depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

Take your harp, walk about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.

In the days to come Jacob will take root,
Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

“To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?

So the word of the Lord to them will be,
“Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive.

Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,
To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
So ruthlessly shattered
That a sherd will not be found among its pieces
To take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
The lame will take the plunder.

Say to those with anxious heart,
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with vengeance;
The recompense of God will come,
But He will save you.”

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”

‘And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the storm carries them away like stubble.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its remotest parts
And said to you, ‘You are My servant,
I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the former events, declare what they were,
That we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;

‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it;
Yes, let him recount it to Me in order,
From the time that I established the ancient nation.
And let them declare to them the things that are coming
And the events that are going to take place.

Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.

Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also makes a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.

Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

“Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil, strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

“Your nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.”

“Can the prey be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”

Surely, thus says the Lord,
“Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will save your sons.

There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne,
Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.

Thus says your Lord, the Lord, even your God
Who contends for His people,
“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,
The chalice of My anger;
You will never drink it again.

Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?

“How blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who takes hold of it;
Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,