'Sons' in the Bible

Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

Jehovah is in his holy temple: Jehovah -- in the heavens is His throne. His eyes see -- His eyelids try the sons of men.

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.

Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

A Psalm of David. Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.

How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.

My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

Thou hast redeemed with strength Thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.

I -- I have said, 'Gods ye are, And sons of the Most High -- all of you,

Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned to the captivity of Jacob.

By sons of Korah. -- A Psalm, a song. His foundation is in holy mountains.

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!

He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.

O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!

Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.

The heavens -- the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So are the sons of the young men.

Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

And see the sons of thy sons! Peace on Israel!

If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.

Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,

To make known to sons of men His mighty acts, The honour of the majesty of His kingdom.

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

And He exalteth the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints, Of the sons of Israel, a people near Him. Praise ye Jah!

Israel doth rejoice in his Maker, Sons of Zion do joy in their king.