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O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
O my God, my soul despairs within me.
Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of
Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
You are the most handsome of men; grace has
anointed your lips, since God has blessed you
forever.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
You have loved righteousness and
hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has
anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
I will
commemorate your name through all generations;
therefore the nations will praise you
forever and ever.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are
toppled into the depths of the seas,
God shall hear, and
afflict them, even he that abideth of old.
Selah. Because they have no changes,
therefore they fear not God.
God will hear and
humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages—
Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
Thou
therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
awake to visit all the heathen: be not
merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah.
O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel,
rouse Yourself to
punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
Selah Because thou hast been my help,
therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I
rejoice.
For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride is their
necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Therefore his people return
hither: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was
wroth: so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and His anger
flared against Israel,
Therefore their days did he
consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
So He ended their days in
futility, and their years in sudden terror.
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.
“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to
divert His wrath from destroying them.
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
So He raised His hand and
swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He
abhorred His own inheritance.
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they
stumbled, and there was no one to help.
He shall drink of the
brook in the way:
therefore shall he lift up the head.
He will drink from the
brook by the road;
therefore He will lift up His head.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
I believed,
therefore have I spoken: I was greatly
afflicted:
I believed,
therefore I said, “I am greatly
afflicted.”
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me:
therefore shall I see my desire upon them that
hate me.
The LORD is on my side; He is my helper.
Therefore I will look in triumph on those who
hate me.
Through thy precepts I get understanding:
therefore I
hate every false way.
I gain understanding from Your precepts;
therefore I
hate every false way.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like
dross:
therefore I love thy
testimonies.
All the wicked on earth You discard like
dross;
therefore I love Your
testimonies.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold;
yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I
hate every false way.
Therefore I
admire all Your precepts and
hate every false way.
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Surely thou
wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me
therefore, ye
bloody men.
My spirit grows
faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
So now, my sons,
listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
Therefore shall his
calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be
shattered beyond recovery.
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of
vengeance.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
Hearken unto me now
therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now, my sons,
listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now
therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Now
therefore, my sons,
listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion:
therefore a cruel
messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel
messenger will be sent against him.
The beginning of
strife is as when one letteth out water:
therefore leave off
contention, before it be
meddled with.
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so
abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
The
sluggard will not
plow by reason of the cold;
therefore shall he
beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The slacker does not
plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
He that goeth about as a
talebearer revealeth secrets:
therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
He who reveals secrets is a constant
gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with
mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be
futile.
Therefore I
hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is
grievous unto me: for all is vanity and
vexation of spirit.
So I
hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was
grievous to me. For everything is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to
despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
So my heart began to
despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Be not
rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be
hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:
therefore let thy words be few.
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be
hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also
divers vanities: but fear thou God.
For as many dreams bring
futility, so do many words.
Therefore, fear God.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs
heavily upon him.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for
childhood and youth are vanity.
So
banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and
vigor are fleeting.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as
ointment poured forth,
therefore do the virgins love thee.
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel,
Ah, I will ease me of mine
adversaries, and
avenge me of mine enemies:
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “
Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and
avenge Myself on My enemies.
Therefore thou hast
forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be
replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself:
therefore forgive them not.
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not
forgive them!
Therefore the LORD will
smite with a
scab the crown of the head of the daughters of
Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of
Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are
famished, and their multitude dried up with
thirst.
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their
pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go
Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
Therefore as the fire devoureth the
stubble, and the flame consumeth the
chaff, so their root shall be as
rottenness, and their
blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore is the anger of the LORD
kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath
smitten them: and the hills did
tremble, and their carcases were
torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains
quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel.
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him
Immanuel.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his
pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the
adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and
rush, in one day.
So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an
hypocrite and an
evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no
compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he shall
kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s
stout warriors, and under his
pomp will be
kindled a fire like a burning flame.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in
Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall
smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in
Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
Therefore shall all hands be
faint, and every man’s heart shall
melt:
Therefore all hands will fall
limp, and every man’s heart will
melt.
Therefore I will
shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Therefore I will make the heavens
tremble, and the earth will be
shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
And
Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz:
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be
grievous unto him.
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz.
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls
tremble within.
Therefore the abundance they have
gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the
brook of the willows.
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the
Brook of the Willows.
Therefore shall Moab
howl for Moab, every one shall
howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye
mourn; surely they are
stricken.
Therefore let Moab
wail; let them
wail together for Moab.
Moan for the
raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly
stricken.
Therefore I will
bewail with the
weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O
Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the
shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
So I
weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I
drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.
Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Wherefore my
bowels shall sound like an
harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a
harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge.
Therefore, though you
cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from
exotic vines—
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Therefore my body is filled with
anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am
bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will
weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the
spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me
weep bitterly! Do not try to
console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Therefore hath the
curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are
desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Therefore a
curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few
survive.
Wherefore
glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east.
Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
Therefore shall the strong people
glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of
ruthless nations will
revere You.
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have
wiped out all memory of them.
By this
therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be
purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in
sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be
atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like
crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
When the boughs thereof are
withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding:
therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will
shew them no favour.
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for
kindling; for this is a people without understanding.
Therefore their Maker has no
compassion on them, and their
Creator shows them no favor.
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye
scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make
haste.
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in
Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be
shaken.
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
So now, do not
mock, or your
shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Wherefore the Lord said,
Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the
precept of men:
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be
hid.
Therefore I will again
confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will
vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be
ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be
ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:
therefore have I
cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Egypt’s help is
futile and empty;
therefore I have called her
Rahab Who Sits Still.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye
despise this word, and trust in oppression and
perverseness, and stay
thereon:
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on
deceit,
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a
bulge in a high wall, whose
collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
But ye said, No; for we will
flee upon horses;
therefore shall ye
flee: and, We will
ride upon the swift;
therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
“No,” you say, “we will
flee on horses.”
Therefore you will
flee! “We will
ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
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.
Therefore the LORD longs to be
gracious to you;
therefore He rises to show you
compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Now,
therefore, make a
bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
remnant that is left.
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the
Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to
defy the living God, and He will
rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard.
Therefore lift up a prayer for the
remnant that still survives.”
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green
herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and
ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops,
scorched before it is grown.