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 <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1">A Great Assembly</div><div class="p"> 1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6and Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.</div><div class="p"> 9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.</div><div class="p"> 13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.</div><div class="p"> 16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.</div>
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 <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"> 1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. 2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. 4Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.</div><div class="s2">The Confession</div><div class="p"> 5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: 9and didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 10and shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 14and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: 15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.</div><div class="p"> 16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, 17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. 18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; 19yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. 20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.</div><div class="p"> 26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. 27Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; 29and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 31Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.</div><div class="s2">Sealing the Covenant</div><div class="p"> 32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 33Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 34neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 36Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37and it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.</div>
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 <div class="label">10</div><div class="s2">Those who sealed it</div><div class="p"> 1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. 9And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 14The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 18Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.</div><div class="s2">Special Obligations</div><div class="p"> 28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; 29they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; 30and that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: 31and if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.</div><div class="p"> 32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 33for the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: 35and to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: 36also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: 37and that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. 39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.</div>
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 <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1">Inhabitants of Jerusalem</div><div class="p"> 1And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.</div><div class="p"> 3Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. 4And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 5and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.</div><div class="p"> 7And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 8And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.</div><div class="p"> 10Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. 12And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, 13and his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14and their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.</div><div class="p"> 15Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. 17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.</div><div class="p"> 19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.</div><div class="s2">In Other Cities</div><div class="p"> 20And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.</div><div class="p"> 22The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. 23For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 24And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.</div><div class="p"> 25And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, 26and at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet, 27and at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof, 28and at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 29and at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 31The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, 32and at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 36And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.</div>
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 <div class="label">12</div><div class="s2">Zerubbabel's Company</div><div class="p"> 1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.</div><div class="p"> 8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. 10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 11and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.</div><div class="p"> 12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.</div><div class="p"> 22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. 23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. 25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. 26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.</div><div class="s1">At the Dedication</div><div class="p"> 27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; 29also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. 30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.</div><div class="p"> 31Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 32and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: 36and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. 37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.</div><div class="p"> 38And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 39and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. 40So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 41and the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 43Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.</div><div class="p"> 44And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. 45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.</div>
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 <div class="label">13</div><div class="s2">Nehemiah's Reforms</div><div class="p"> 1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.</div><div class="p"> 4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 5and he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. 6But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 7and I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.</div><div class="p"> 10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. 13And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. 14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.</div><div class="s2">Keeping the Sabbath</div><div class="p"> 15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.</div><div class="p"> 19And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 21Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. 22And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.</div><div class="p"> 23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. 25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. 26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. 27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?</div><div class="p"> 28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. 29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.</div><div class="p"> 30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 31and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.</div>
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 <div class="label">91</div><div class="q1"> 1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High</div><div class="q2">Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.</div><div class="q1"> 2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:</div><div class="q2">My God; in him will I trust.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,</div><div class="q2"> And from the noisome pestilence.</div><div class="q1"> 4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:</div><div class="q2">His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;</div><div class="q2"> Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;</div><div class="q1"> 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;</div><div class="q2"> Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;</div><div class="q2"> But it shall not come nigh thee.</div><div class="q1"> 8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold</div><div class="q2">And see the reward of the wicked.</div><div class="q1"> 9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,</div><div class="q2"> Even the most High, thy habitation;</div><div class="q1"> 10There shall no evil befall thee,</div><div class="q2">Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11For he shall give his angels charge over thee,</div><div class="q2">To keep thee in all thy ways.</div><div class="q1"> 12They shall bear thee up in their hands,</div><div class="q2">Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.</div><div class="q1"> 13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:</div><div class="q2">The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:</div><div class="q2">I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.</div><div class="q1"> 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:</div><div class="q2">I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.</div><div class="q1"> 16With long life will I satisfy him,</div><div class="q2">And shew him my salvation.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">94</div><div class="q1"> 1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth;</div><div class="q2">O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.</div><div class="q1"> 2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:</div><div class="q2">Render a reward to the proud.</div><div class="q1"> 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked,</div><div class="q2">How long shall the wicked triumph?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things?</div><div class="q2"> And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?</div><div class="q1"> 5They break in pieces thy people, O LORD,</div><div class="q2">And afflict thine heritage.</div><div class="q1"> 6They slay the widow and the stranger,</div><div class="q2">And murder the fatherless.</div><div class="q1"> 7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see,</div><div class="q2">Neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.</div><div class="q1"> 8Understand, ye brutish among the people:</div><div class="q2">And ye fools, when will ye be wise?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?</div><div class="q2">He that formed the eye, shall he not see?</div><div class="q1"> 10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct?</div><div class="q2">He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?</div><div class="q1"> 11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man,</div><div class="q2">That they are vanity.</div><div class="q1"> 12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD,</div><div class="q2">And teachest him out of thy law;</div><div class="q1"> 13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,</div><div class="q2">Until the pit be digged for the wicked.</div><div class="q1"> 14For the LORD will not cast off his people,</div><div class="q2">Neither will he forsake his inheritance.</div><div class="q1"> 15But judgment shall return unto righteousness:</div><div class="q2">And all the upright in heart shall follow it.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?</div><div class="q2"> Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?</div><div class="q1"> 17Unless the LORD had been my help,</div><div class="q2">My soul had almost dwelt in silence.</div><div class="q1"> 18When I said, My foot slippeth;</div><div class="q2">Thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.</div><div class="q1"> 19In the multitude of my thoughts within me</div><div class="q2">Thy comforts delight my soul.</div><div class="q1"> 20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,</div><div class="q2">Which frameth mischief by a law?</div><div class="q1"> 21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,</div><div class="q2">And condemn the innocent blood.</div><div class="q1"> 22But the LORD is my defence;</div><div class="q2">And my God is the rock of my refuge.</div><div class="q1"> 23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness;</div><div class="q2"> Yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">97</div><div class="q1"> 1The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice;</div><div class="q2">Let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.</div><div class="q1"> 2Clouds and darkness are round about him:</div><div class="q2">Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.</div><div class="q1"> 3A fire goeth before him,</div><div class="q2">And burneth up his enemies round about.</div><div class="q1"> 4His lightnings enlightened the world:</div><div class="q2">The earth saw, and trembled.</div><div class="q1"> 5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD,</div><div class="q2">At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6The heavens declare his righteousness,</div><div class="q2">And all the people see his glory.</div><div class="q1"> 7Confounded be all they that serve graven images,</div><div class="q2">That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Zion heard, and was glad;</div><div class="q2">And the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 9For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth:</div><div class="q2">Thou art exalted far above all gods.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10Ye that love the LORD, hate evil:</div><div class="q2">He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.</div><div class="q1"> 11Light is sown for the righteous,</div><div class="q2">And gladness for the upright in heart.</div><div class="q1"> 12Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous;</div><div class="q2">And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">98</div><div class="d">A Psalm.</div><div class="q1"> 1O sing unto the LORD a new song;</div><div class="q2">For he hath done marvellous things:</div><div class="q1">His right hand, and his holy arm,</div><div class="q2">Hath gotten him the victory.</div><div class="q1"> 2The LORD hath made known his salvation:</div><div class="q2">His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.</div><div class="q1"> 3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:</div><div class="q2">All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth:</div><div class="q2">Make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.</div><div class="q1"> 5Sing unto the LORD with the harp;</div><div class="q2">With the harp, and the voice of a psalm.</div><div class="q1"> 6With trumpets and sound of cornet</div><div class="q2">Make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;</div><div class="q2">The world, and they that dwell therein.</div><div class="q1"> 8Let the floods clap their hands: Let the hills be joyful together</div><div class="q1"> 9Before the LORD;</div><div class="q2">For he cometh to judge the earth:</div><div class="q1">With righteousness shall he judge the world,</div><div class="q2">And the people with equity.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">99</div><div class="q1"> 1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble:</div><div class="q2">He sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.</div><div class="q1"> 2The LORD is great in Zion;</div><div class="q2">And he is high above all the people.</div><div class="q1"> 3Let them praise thy great and terrible name;</div><div class="q2"> For it is holy.</div><div class="q1"> 4The king's strength also loveth judgment; Thou dost establish equity,</div><div class="q2">Thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.</div><div class="q1"> 5Exalt ye the LORD our God,</div><div class="q2">And worship at his footstool; For he is holy.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name;</div><div class="q2">They called upon the LORD, and he answered them.</div><div class="q1"> 7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar:</div><div class="q2">They kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God:</div><div class="q2">Thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.</div><div class="q1"> 9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill;</div><div class="q2">For the LORD our God is holy.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">102</div><div class="d">A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 1Hear my prayer, O LORD,</div><div class="q2">And let my cry come unto thee.</div><div class="q1"> 2Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;</div><div class="q2">Incline thine ear unto me: In the day when I call answer me speedily.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3For my days are consumed like smoke,</div><div class="q2">And my bones are burned as an hearth.</div><div class="q1"> 4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass;</div><div class="q2">So that I forget to eat my bread.</div><div class="q1"> 5By reason of the voice of my groaning</div><div class="q2">My bones cleave to my skin.</div><div class="q1"> 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness:</div><div class="q2">I am like an owl of the desert.</div><div class="q1"> 7I watch, and am as a sparrow</div><div class="q2">Alone upon the house top.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Mine enemies reproach me all the day;</div><div class="q2"> And they that are mad against me are sworn against me.</div><div class="q1"> 9For I have eaten ashes like bread,</div><div class="q2">And mingled my drink with weeping,</div><div class="q1"> 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:</div><div class="q2">For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.</div><div class="q1"> 11My days are like a shadow that declineth;</div><div class="q2">And I am withered like grass.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever;</div><div class="q2">And thy remembrance unto all generations.</div><div class="q1"> 13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:</div><div class="q2">For the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.</div><div class="q1"> 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,</div><div class="q2">And favour the dust thereof.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD,</div><div class="q2">And all the kings of the earth thy glory.</div><div class="q1"> 16When the LORD shall build up Zion,</div><div class="q2">He shall appear in his glory.</div><div class="q1"> 17He will regard the prayer of the destitute,</div><div class="q2">And not despise their prayer.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 18This shall be written for the generation to come:</div><div class="q2">And the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;</div><div class="q2">From heaven did the LORD behold the earth;</div><div class="q1"> 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner;</div><div class="q2">To loose those that are appointed to death;</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion,</div><div class="q2">And his praise in Jerusalem;</div><div class="q1"> 22When the people are gathered together,</div><div class="q2">And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 23He weakened my strength in the way;</div><div class="q2">He shortened my days.</div><div class="q1"> 24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:</div><div class="q2">Thy years are throughout all generations.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:</div><div class="q2">And the heavens are the work of thy hands.</div><div class="q1"> 26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure:</div><div class="q2">Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;</div><div class="q1">As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:</div><div class="q2"> 27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.</div><div class="q1"> 28The children of thy servants shall continue,</div><div class="q2">And their seed shall be established before thee.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">104</div><div class="q1"> 1Bless the LORD, O my soul.</div><div class="q2">O LORD my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty:</div><div class="q1"> 2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:</div><div class="q2">Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:</div><div class="q1"> 3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:</div><div class="q2">Who maketh the clouds his chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind:</div><div class="q1"> 4Who maketh his angels spirits;</div><div class="q2">His ministers a flaming fire:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth,</div><div class="q2"> That it should not be removed for ever.</div><div class="q1"> 6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:</div><div class="q2">The waters stood above the mountains.</div><div class="q1"> 7At thy rebuke they fled;</div><div class="q2">At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.</div><div class="q1"> 8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys</div><div class="q2">Unto the place which thou hast founded for them.</div><div class="q1"> 9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;</div><div class="q2">That they turn not again to cover the earth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10He sendeth the springs into the valleys,</div><div class="q2"> Which run among the hills.</div><div class="q1"> 11They give drink to every beast of the field:</div><div class="q2">The wild asses quench their thirst.</div><div class="q1"> 12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,</div><div class="q2"> Which sing among the branches.</div><div class="q1"> 13He watereth the hills from his chambers:</div><div class="q2">The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.</div><div class="q1"> 14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,</div><div class="q2">And herb for the service of man:</div><div class="q1">That he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,</div><div class="q2"> And oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 16The trees of the LORD are full of sap;</div><div class="q2">The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;</div><div class="q1"> 17Where the birds make their nests:</div><div class="q2"> As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.</div><div class="q1"> 18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats;</div><div class="q2"> And the rocks for the conies.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 19He appointed the moon for seasons:</div><div class="q2">The sun knoweth his going down.</div><div class="q1"> 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night:</div><div class="q2">Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.</div><div class="q1"> 21The young lions roar after their prey,</div><div class="q2">And seek their meat from God.</div><div class="q1"> 22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,</div><div class="q2">And lay them down in their dens.</div><div class="q1"> 23Man goeth forth unto his work</div><div class="q2">And to his labour until the evening.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 24O LORD, how manifold are thy works!</div><div class="q2">In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.</div><div class="q1"> 25 So is this great and wide sea,</div><div class="q2">Wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.</div><div class="q1"> 26There go the ships: There is that leviathan,</div><div class="q2"> Whom thou hast made to play therein.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 27These wait all upon thee;</div><div class="q2">That thou mayest give them their meat in due season.</div><div class="q1"> 28 That thou givest them they gather:</div><div class="q2">Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.</div><div class="q1"> 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:</div><div class="q2">Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.</div><div class="q1"> 30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:</div><div class="q2">And thou renewest the face of the earth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 31The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever:</div><div class="q2">The LORD shall rejoice in his works.</div><div class="q1"> 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth:</div><div class="q2">He toucheth the hills, and they smoke.</div><div class="q1"> 33I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live:</div><div class="q2">I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.</div><div class="q1"> 34My meditation of him shall be sweet:</div><div class="q2">I will be glad in the LORD.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 35Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more.</div><div class="q2">Bless thou the LORD, O my soul.</div><div class="qr">Praise ye the LORD.</div><div class="b"></div>
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