And she fell at his feet and said: On me, my lord, on me be this iniquity! And please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.

Then Judah came near to him and said: O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

But the Spirit of Jehovah had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah had fallen upon him.

Let our lord now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who knows how to play the harp; and it shall be that he shall play it with his hand when the evil spirit from God is upon you, and you shall be well.

Then one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who knows how to play, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Jehovah is with him.

And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by his son David to Saul.

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.

And it happened on the next day that the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; and there was a spear in Saul's hand.

And David said to Abishai and all his servants, See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life; so, why not this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for thus Jehovah has commanded him.

Again the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

And Jehovah said to him, In what way? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And Jehovah said, You shall entice him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.

Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

And Jehovah smelled a soothing aroma. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again smite every living thing as I have done.

And I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell your soothing aromas.

ALEPH: Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the Law of Jehovah.

They also do no iniquity; they walk in His Ways.

O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Statutes!

I will give thanks unto You with uprightness of heart, when I learn Your righteous Judgments.

These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are an abomination to his soul:

a heart that devises evil plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,

Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

But even if we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

I could wish that those who unsettle your minds would even cut themselves off.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. The Lord render to him according to his works.

And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations where Jehovah will drive you.

And there you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

For Jehovah has made the Jordan a border between you and us, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. You have no portion in Jehovah. Thus your sons would make our sons cease to fear Jehovah.

but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your sons may not say to our sons in time to come, You have no portion in Jehovah.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Maschil. For the sons of Korah.] i0 par As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living Mighty God; when shall I come and appear before God?

Woe is me, that I have sojourned in Meshech, that I have dwelt in the tents of Kedar!

Then you shall be in awe and become radiant, and your heart shall tremble and swell for joy; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come unto you.

Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.

For the king will hear and deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?