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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
