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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
