If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

Let thy priest be clothed with righteousness; And let thy saints shout for joy.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.

My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.

Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand;

Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.

If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits.

I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.

Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father,'saying , Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;

Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth.

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.

Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea , let him make peace with me.

Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:

neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice , the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause , that thou mayest be justified.

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.

Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.

Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

He is near that justifieth me; who will content with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.