And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father Of David.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand Of David.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul Of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And Saul was afraid Of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears Of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
And Saul was yet the more afraid Of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
And Jonathan spake good Of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to theeward very good:
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies Of David every one from the face of the earth.
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house Of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand Of David's enemies.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting Of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
And the men Of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name Of David, and ceased.
So and more also do God unto the enemies Of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
And when the servants Of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers Of David, and became his wife.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants Of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants Of David.
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants Of David.
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked Of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
But the servants Of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house Of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house Of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand Of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne Of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken Of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears Of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
And, behold, the servants Of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated Of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city Of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city Of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city Of David with gladness.
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city Of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants Of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants Of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son Of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son Of David loved her.
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants Of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
And Absalom met the servants Of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Then there was a famine in the days Of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men Of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand Of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Now these be the last words Of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
Now the days Of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Then sat Solomon upon the throne Of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne Of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne Of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city Of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes Of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead Of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover Of David.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city Of David, which is Zion.
And it was in the heart Of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room Of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city Of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart Of David his father.
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city Of David his father.
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city Of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house Of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house Of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
And rent the kingdom away from the house Of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart Of David his father.
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city Of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city Of David.
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city Of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city Of David.
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city Of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
For he rent Israel from the house Of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God Of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way Of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Now these were the sons Of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
These were all the sons Of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign Of David.
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days Of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city Of David.
So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city Of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
And the fame Of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
And David made him houses in the city Of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city Of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house Of David thy servant be established before thee.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons Of David were chief about the king.
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants Of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand Of David, and by the hand of his servants.
For by the last words Of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence Of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign Of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren Of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son Of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead Of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
Now the acts Of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
And Solomon the son Of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city Of David, which is Zion. Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. read more Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: show less
Now it was in the heart Of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room Of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies Of David thy servant.
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city Of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house Of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
And he appointed, according to the order Of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city Of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way Of David and Solomon.
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son Of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city Of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son Of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons Of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city Of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city Of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city Of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house Of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God Of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city Of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons Of David.
And they buried him in the city Of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city Of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city Of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment Of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
And the Levites stood with the instruments Of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words Of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son Of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city Of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city Of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons Of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
Now after this he built a wall without the city Of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways Of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God Of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son Of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing Of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment Of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance Of David king of Israel.
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons Of David; Hattush.
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city Of David.
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres Of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment Of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments Of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city Of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house Of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment Of David, and of Solomon his son.
For in the days Of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
{A Psalm Of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm Of David.} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
{To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm Of David.} Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
{To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm Of David.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
{Shiggaion Of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.} O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm Of David.} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
{To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm Of David.} I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
{To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm Of David.} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
{A Psalm Of David.} LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
{A Prayer Of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm Of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
{A Psalm Of David.} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
{A Psalm Of David.} Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. read more I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. show less
{A Psalm Of David.} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
{A Psalm Of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
{A Psalm Of David.} Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house Of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
{A Psalm Of David, Maschil.} Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
{A Psalm Of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
{A Psalm Of David.} Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
{A Psalm Of David.} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
{A Psalm Of David, to bring to remembrance.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm Of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. read more Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. show less
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm Of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm Of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?} Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam Of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam Of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam Of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam Of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
{To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam Of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
{To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm Of David.} Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm Of David.} Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
{A Psalm Of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song Of David.} Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song Of David.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm Of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David, to bring to remembrance.} Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
{A Psalm Of David.} Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
{A Song or Psalm Of David.} O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
{A Psalm Of David.} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
{A Song of degrees Of David.} I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
{A Song of degrees Of David.} If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
{A Song of degrees Of David.} LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
{A Song of degrees Of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
{A Psalm Of David.} I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. read more Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. show less
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm Of David.} Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
{A Psalm Of David.} LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
{Maschil Of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.} I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
{A Psalm Of David.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
{A Psalm Of David.} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Thy neck is like the tower Of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
And it was told the house Of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house Of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
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.
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle Of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city Of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
And the key of the house Of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God Of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies Of David.
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne Of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
O house Of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne Of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne Of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne Of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne Of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed Of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne Of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle Of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house Of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house Of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
And I will pour upon the house Of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house Of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house Of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son Of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son Of David, have mercy on us.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son Of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son Of David.
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son Of David.
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son Of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son Of David; they were sore displeased,
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son Of David.
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son Of David, have mercy on me.
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son Of David, have mercy on me.
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son Of David?
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house Of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city Of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage Of David:)
Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son Of David,
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son Of David, have mercy on me.
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed Of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth Of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days Of David;
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies Of David.
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle Of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed Of David according to the flesh;
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed Of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key Of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root Of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring Of David, and the bright and morning star.
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| 1 Kgs (27) | 2 Kgs (10) | 1 Chron (21) | 2 Chron (37) | Ezra (2) |
| Neh (7) | Esth | Job | Psa (75) | Prov (1) |
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| Rom (1) | 1 Cor | 2 Cor | Gal | Ephes |
| Phil | Col | 1 Thess | 2 Thess | 1 Tim |
| 2 Tim (1) | Titus | Philem | Hebrews | James |
| 1 Pet | 2 Pet | 1 John | 2 John | 3 John |
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