For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Wait upon Jehovah; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, upon Jehovah!

Jehovah is their strength, and He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

i1 [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] i0 par I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the preaching of the message might be fulfilled through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

My glory was fresh within me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

It is the Mighty God who clasps me with strength and makes my way perfect.

He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is stretched by my arms.

The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slaughter those who walk uprightly.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

But You have delivered us from our enemies, and have put to shame those who hated us.

And I will strengthen them in Jehovah, and they shall walk up and down in His name, says Jehovah.

Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

And God said to him, Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name. And He called his name Israel.

God also said to him: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come forth from your loins.

Moreover He said, I am the God of your fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

i1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said,] i0 par I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

As for the Mighty God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tested; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.

It is the Mighty God who clasps me with strength and makes my way perfect.

He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is stretched by my arms.

how he swore to Jehovah, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

until I find a place for Jehovah, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Those who erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and those who murmured shall learn doctrine.

You shall also suck the milk of the nations, and suckle the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry in your eyes because you sold me here; for God has sent me before you to preserve life.

And God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

And I will nourish you there, so that you and your house, and all that you have, not come to poverty; for there are yet five years of famine.

And Joseph sustained his father, his brothers, and all his father's house with food, according to the mouths of the children.

Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones. And he comforted them and spoke to their hearts.

Let Jehovah the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

And Jehovah said to Moses: Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand upon him;

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the Spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, it came to pass that Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying:

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon I have given to you, as I have said to Moses.

No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not abandon you nor forsake you.

Only be strong and very courageous, that you may take heed to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant has commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to what I have done among them. Afterward I have brought you out.

And they cried out unto Jehovah; and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I have done in Egypt. And you dwelt in the wilderness many days.

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the lords of Jericho fought against you; also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

I have given you a land for which you have not labored, and cities which you have not built, and you dwell in them; you are eating of the vineyards and olive groves which you have not planted.

And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers have served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

for Jehovah our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who has done those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us in all the way that we have gone and among all the people through whom we have passed.

And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous Mighty God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Jehovah!

Now therefore, he said, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and established for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which He has spoken to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.

And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders whose days were prolonged after Joshua, who had known all the works of Jehovah which He had done for Israel.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which had been given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Shoshannimeduth. A Psalm of Asaph.] i0 par Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a Mighty God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

The stone which the builders have rejected has become the Head of the corner.

Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I have founded in Zion a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Cornerstone, a sure Foundation; he who trusts in It shall not be anxious.

For behold, the stone which I have laid before Joshua, on the one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its engraving, says Jehovah of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

Have you not even read this Scripture: The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner;

And He looked at them and said, What then is this that is written: The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?

This is the Stone which was counted as nothing by you builders, which has become the Head of the Corner.

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone,

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be ashamed.

and a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the Word, to which they also were appointed.