When the wicked arise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

When the righteous multiply, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Thus David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the leader in uplifting singing. David also wore a linen ephod.

On that day David first gave this psalm by the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to give thanks unto Jehovah:

Sing unto Him, make music unto Him; talk of all His wondrous works.

Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually.

O seed of Israel His servant, You children of Jacob, His elect.

Remember His covenant forever, the word which He has commanded, for a thousand generations,

and established it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for a perpetual covenant,

when you were few in number, even very few, and were sojourning in it.

He permitted no man to do them wrong; yea, He reproved kings for their sakes,

Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; proclaim His salvation from day to day.

For Jehovah is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods.

Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.

Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, bow down before Jehovah in the beauty of holiness.

Let the Heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; and let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns.

Then the trees of the forest shall cry out for joy before Jehovah, for He has come to judge the earth.

And say, Save us, O God of our salvation; gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to Your holy name, to boast in Your praise.

And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. So all the assembly blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down and prostrated themselves before Jehovah and the king.

And they ate and drank before Jehovah with great gladness that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before Jehovah as the prince, and Zadok as priest.

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the good that Jehovah had done to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel.

And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites who were teaching the good understanding of Jehovah; and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings and making confession unto Jehovah the God of their fathers.

For Hezekiah king of Judah had given to the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep, and the rulers had given to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of violet and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

And in every province and city, wherever the king's command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them.

When the ear heard, it blessed me, and when the eye saw, it bore witness to me;

The blessing of the dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

I broke the fangs of the perverse, and flung out the prey from his teeth.

My root was open to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.

And as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

saying: Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest!

Moreover, my father, look! Indeed, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, recognize and consider that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. And yet you are hunting my soul to take it.

Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

So he went and did according to the Word of Jehovah, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to provide for you.

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

And Elijah said to her, Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate many days.

Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was very severe until there was no breath left in him.

And he said to her, Give me your son. So he took him out of her bosom and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out unto Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray, let this child's soul return into him.

And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives!

Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid one hundred men of the prophets of Jehovah, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beer-sheba of Judah, and left his servant there.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your rulers eat in the morning.

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But Jehovah hid them.

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tried, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, oppressed;

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in her open places, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon her.