Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. Then David spoke to the LORD the words of this song, on the day when the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2. And he said: "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 3. The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. 4. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. 5. ‘When the waves of death surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 6. The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 7. In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears. 8. "Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. 9. Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10. He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. 11. He rode upon a cherub, and flew; And He was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12. He made darkness canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 13. From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. 14. "The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. 15. He sent out arrows and scattered them; Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them. 16. Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered, At the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils. 17. "He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters. 18. He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; For they were too strong for me. 19. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support. 20. He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. 21. "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. 22. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 23. For all His judgments were before me; And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. 24. I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. 25. Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in His eyes. 26. "With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; 27. With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd. 28. You will save the humble people; But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down. 29. "For You are my lamp, O LORD; The LORD shall enlighten my darkness. 30. For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. 31. As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. 32. "For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? 33. God is my strength and power, And He makes my way perfect. 34. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. 35. He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36. "You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your gentleness has made me great. 37. You enlarged my path under me; So my feet did not slip. 38. "I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed. 39. And I have destroyed them and wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet. 40. For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose against me. 41. You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me. 42. They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. 43. Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trod them like dirt in the streets, And I spread them out. 44. "You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me as the head of the nations. A people I have not known shall serve me. 45. The foreigners submit to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me. 46. The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts. 47. "The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! 48. It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me; 49. He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man. 50. Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name. 51. He is the tower of salvation to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore."
1. The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2. "Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim––do not conceal it ––Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her images are broken in pieces.’ 3. For out of the north a nation comes up against her, Which shall make her land desolate, And no one shall dwell therein. They shall move, they shall depart, Both man and beast. 4. "In those days and in that time," says the LORD, "The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the LORD their God. 5. They shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces toward it, saying , ‘Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.’ 6. "My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place. 7. All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries said, ‘We have not offended, Because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, The LORD, the hope of their fathers.’ 8. "Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the land of the Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the flocks. 9. For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain. 10. And Chaldea shall become plunder; All who plunder her shall be satisfied," says the LORD. 11. "Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, You destroyers of My heritage, Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, And you bellow like bulls, 12. Your mother shall be deeply ashamed; She who bore you shall be ashamed. Behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness, A dry land and a desert. 13. Because of the wrath of the LORD She shall not be inhabited, But she shall be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified And hiss at all her plagues. 14. "Put yourselves in array against Babylon all around, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, spare no arrows, For she has sinned against the LORD. 15. Shout against her all around; She has given her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her. 16. Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him who handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his own people, And everyone shall flee to his own land. 17. "Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones." 18. Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria. 19. But I will bring back Israel to his home, And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan; His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20. In those days and in that time," says the LORD, "The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.
20. "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21. "Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. 22. "For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23. "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. 24. "And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 25. "And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26. "men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. 27. "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28. "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." 29. Then He spoke to them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30. "When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. 31. "So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. 32. "Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place. 33. "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 34. "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35. "For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36. "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." 37. And in the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called Olivet. 38. Then early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple to hear Him.