Wednesday, March 21, 2029

^41:4Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM. ⁵The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together, ⁶every one judging for his neighbour and that to assist his brother: and one will say, ⁷The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved: ⁹whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee. ¹⁰Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.

¹¹Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish. ¹²Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be. ¹³For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee, ¹⁴Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

^17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. ²And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. ³And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, ⁴And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. ⁵And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

⁶And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. ⁷And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. ⁸And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. ⁹And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

^15:20A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. ²¹The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. ²²They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors. ²³A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal. ²⁴The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. ²⁵The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

²⁶An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour. ²⁷A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. ²⁸The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. ²⁹God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. ³⁰The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. ³²He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that minds reproofs loves his soul.

³³The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith. ^16:2All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day. ⁵Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. ⁷The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. ⁸He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. ⁹All the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.

^41:4Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM. ⁵The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together, ⁶every one judging for his neighbour and that to assist his brother: and one will say, ⁷The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved: ⁹whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee. ¹⁰Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.

¹¹Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish. ¹²Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be. ¹³For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee, ¹⁴Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

^17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. ²And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. ³And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, ⁴And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. ⁵And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

⁶And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. ⁷And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. ⁸And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. ⁹And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

^15:20A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. ²¹The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. ²²They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors. ²³A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal. ²⁴The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. ²⁵The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

²⁶An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour. ²⁷A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. ²⁸The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. ²⁹God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. ³⁰The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. ³²He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that minds reproofs loves his soul.

³³The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith. ^16:2All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day. ⁵Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. ⁷The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. ⁸He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. ⁹All the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.

^43:9All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth. ¹⁰Be ye my witnesses, and I too am a witness, saith the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know, and believe, and understand that I am he: before me there was no other God, and after me there shall be none.

¹¹I am God; and beside me there is no Saviour. ¹²I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange god among you: ye are my witnesses, and I am the Lord God, ¹³even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back? ¹⁴Thus saith the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sakes I will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships.

^5:15But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. ¹⁶Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them. ¹⁷He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies. ¹⁸He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.

¹⁹He shall take holiness for an invincible shield. ²⁰His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise. ²¹Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark. ²²And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them. ²³Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.

^6:1Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth. ²Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. ³For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.