now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.”

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.”

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear,

But Laban said to him, “If now it pleases you, stay with me; I have divined that the Lord has blessed me on your account.”

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”

Then Moses said, “What if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they may say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”

Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.”

So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.

Then he took up his discourse and said,
“Arise, O Balak, and hear;
Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the Lord said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter.

“Now the Lord was angry with me on your account, and swore that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself.

Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, “Listen to me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”

Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death.”

For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as it is this day.”

May the Lord judge between you and me, and may the Lord avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you.

Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”

“He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me on my high places.

and he said, “Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Lord, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.”

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.”

Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.

Remember me, O my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. For this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness.

and I arranged for the supply of wood at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

If I sin, then You would take note of me,
And would not acquit me of my guilt.

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.

“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me.

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!
For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away;
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.

The Lord judges the peoples;
Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

A Mikhtam of David.
Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.

A Psalm of David.
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my mind and my heart.

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation!

“Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”

Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness,
And do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me!

Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”
Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your power.

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;
Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.

For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.

May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

For the choir director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.
O God, hasten to deliver me;
O Lord, hasten to my help!

But I am afflicted and needy;
Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.

Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man,

O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, hasten to my help!

Be gracious to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry all day long.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.

Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,

Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

He.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.

Vav.
May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Lord,
Your salvation according to Your word;

They almost destroyed me on earth,
But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

I am exceedingly afflicted;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.

Qoph.
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.

Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your ordinances.

Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent men

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men
Who have purposed to trip up my feet.

Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

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

Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay,
That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Who is blind but My servant,
Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?

“Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.

‘Do not tremble and do not be afraid;
Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?
And you are My witnesses.
Is there any God besides Me,
Or is there any other Rock?
I know of none.’”

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been borne by Me from birth
And have been carried from the womb;

“Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.

Listen to Me, O islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
The Lord called Me from the womb;
From the body of My mother He named Me.

“Pay attention to Me, O My people,
And give ear to Me, O My nation;
For a law will go forth from Me,
And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples.

Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says the Lord.
“Because they have burned incense on the mountains
And scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

“Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her lover,
So you have dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord.

Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.

Correct me, O Lord, but with justice;
Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

But You know me, O Lord;
You see me;
And You examine my heart’s attitude toward You.
Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter
And set them apart for a day of carnage!

You who know, O Lord,
Remember me, take notice of me,
And take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that for Your sake I endure reproach.

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.

Do give heed to me, O Lord,
And listen to what my opponents are saying!

You have said to me, O Lord God, “Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses”—although the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’”