I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

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

And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.

In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.

And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

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.

And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;

Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.