LXX Concordance for θεός

Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons[fn] and for days and years.

Then God said, “Let the water swarm with[fn] living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Then God said, “Let us make man[fn] in[fn] our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl[fn] on the earth.”

God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,

Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.”

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can't eat from any tree in the garden'? ”

“But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.' ”

The LORD God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

Then the LORD replied to him, “In that case,[fn] whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.

Enoch walked with God; then he was not there because God took him.

And he named him Noah,[fn] saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

And the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain[fn] with[fn] mankind forever, because they are corrupt.[fn] Their days will be 120 years.”

Then the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky ​— ​for I regret that I made them.”

And Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.

And Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.

two of each, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, just as God had commanded him.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live[fn] in my presence and be blameless.

“And to you and your future offspring[fn] I will give the land where you are residing ​— ​all the land of Canaan ​— ​as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.”

So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased ​— ​every male among the members of Abraham's household ​— ​and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.

When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac[fn] and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

But Isaac said to his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son? ”

He replied, “Because the LORD your God made it happen for me.”

“May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.

Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,[fn] I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.[fn]

She conceived and bore a son, and she said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

“In fact, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has said to you.”

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.

Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the LORD's sight, and the LORD put him to death.

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are.

“May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.”

“Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

Then he blessed Joseph and said:

The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”

Moses answered, “What if they won't believe me and will not obey me but say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you'? ”

The LORD said to him, “Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

“I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians.

“When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites,[fn] which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you must carry out this ceremony in this month.

“On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

“When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said, “The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”

The LORD is my strength and my song;[fn]

he has become my salvation.

This is my God, and I will praise him,

my father's God, and I will exalt him.

“If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”[fn]

After Moses came back, he summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don't let God speak to us, or we will die.”

And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the total darkness where God was.

“I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

“You must remain at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD's charge so that you will not die, for this is what I was commanded.”

“For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.

“the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD.”

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

“I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

“For their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I am the LORD.”

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “God, please heal her! ”

“I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God.”

How can I curse someone God has not cursed?

How can I denounce someone the LORD has not denounced?

There is no magic curse against Jacob

and no divination against Israel.

It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,

“What great things God has done! ”

But Balaam answered him, “Didn't I tell you: Whatever the LORD says, I must do? ”

“If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the LORD's command, to do anything good or bad of my own will? I will say whatever the LORD says.

Once more he proclaimed his poem:

Ah, who can live when God does this?

“And you saw in the wilderness how the LORD your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.

“For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these past forty years, and you have lacked nothing.'

“The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

“When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars ​— ​all the stars in the sky ​— ​do not be led astray to bow in worship to them and serve them. The LORD your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

“Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you, and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of anything he has forbidden you.

“He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them by oath, because the LORD your God is a compassionate God.

“You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him.

“Today, recognize and keep in mind that the LORD is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

“Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,

“Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the LORD your God has commanded you.

“Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

“Be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or the left.

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you ​— ​a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build,

“for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise, the LORD your God will become angry with you and obliterate you from the face of the earth.

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and he drives out many nations before you ​— ​the Hethites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you ​— ​

“For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

“Know that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps his gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commands.

“If you listen to and are careful to keep these ordinances, the LORD your God will keep his covenant loyalty with you, as he swore to your ancestors.

“You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

“do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:

“Remember that the LORD your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

“Keep in mind that the LORD your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

“For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hills;

“But understand that today the LORD your God will cross over ahead of you as a consuming fire; he will devastate and subdue them before you. You will drive them out and destroy them swiftly, as the LORD has told you.

“Understand that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul?

“He is your praise and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awe-inspiring works your eyes have seen.

“It is a land the LORD your God cares for. He is always watching over it from the beginning to the end of the year.

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.

“You will eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do,[fn] because the LORD your God has blessed you.

“You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.

“You are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God chooses ​— ​you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your city gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you do,

“When the LORD your God enlarges your territory as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat' because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

“But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD chooses.

“When the LORD your God annihilates the nations before you, which you are entering to take possession of, and you drive them out and live in their land,

“That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has urged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the place of slavery, to turn you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. You must purge the evil from you.

“If you hear it said about one of your cities the LORD your God is giving you to live in,

“for you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

“You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place where he chooses to have his name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the LORD your God.

“Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates may come, eat, and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

“There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD is certain to bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance ​— ​

“When the LORD your God blesses you as he has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule many nations, but they will not rule you.

“Give to him, and don't have a stingy heart[fn] when you give, and because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.[fn]

“Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the LORD your God has blessed you with.

“Do not regard it as a hardship[fn] when you set him free, because he worked for you six years ​— ​worth twice the wages of a hired worker. Then the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

“Each year you and your family are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD chooses.

“Sacrifice to the LORD your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the LORD chooses to have his name dwell.

“You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the LORD your God is giving you.

“You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you.

“You are to hold a seven-day festival for the LORD your God in the place he chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you will have abundant joy.

“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

“Pursue justice and justice alone, so that you will live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.

“and do not set up a sacred pillar; the LORD your God hates them.

“If a man or woman among you in one of your towns that the LORD your God will give you is discovered doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and violating his covenant

“If a case is too difficult for you ​— ​concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults ​— ​cases disputed at your city gates, then go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

“You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do exactly as they instruct you.

“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,'

“For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.[fn]

“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.

“Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.

“When the LORD your God annihilates the nations whose land he is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses,

“If the LORD your God enlarges your territory as he swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land he promised to give them ​— ​

“In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

“Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

“When the LORD your God hands it over to you, strike down all its males with the sword.

“However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

“If a murder victim is found lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

“Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and pronounce blessings in his name, and they are to give a ruling in[fn] every dispute and case of assault.

“When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take some of them prisoner, and

“you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God's curse. You must not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

“Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.

“For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything indecent among you or he will turn away from you.

“You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother Israelite interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do[fn] in the land you are entering to possess.

“Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.

“Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

“You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

“When the LORD your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven. Do not forget.

“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it,

“You, the Levites, and the resident aliens among you will rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household.

“The LORD your God is commanding you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. Follow them carefully with all your heart and all your soul.

“When you cross the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster.

“Now if you faithfully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all his commands I am giving you today, the LORD your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.

“The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you from one direction but flee from you in seven directions.

“The LORD will make you prosper abundantly with offspring,[fn] the offspring of your livestock, and your land's produce in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give you.

“The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the LORD your God's commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

“They will besiege you within all your city gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

“Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

“so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which he is making with you today, so that you may enter into his oath

“Even if your exiles are at the farthest horizon, he will gather you and bring you back from there.

“The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.

“The LORD your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands, your offspring,[fn] the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as he delighted in that of your ancestors,

“For[fn] I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live[fn] and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

“I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not prolong your days in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan.

“The LORD your God is the one who will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will drive them out. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

“Be strong and courageous; don't be terrified or afraid of them. For the LORD your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.”

“My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven't these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? '

The Rock ​— ​his work is perfect;

all his ways are just.

A faithful God, without bias,

he is righteous and true.

“Haven't I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

“The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD![fn] He knows, and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the LORD

“but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I rescued you from him.

“For the LORD our God brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us all along the way we went and among all the peoples whose lands we traveled through.

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps[fn] under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Would you plead Baal's case for him? Would you save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead his own case because someone tore down his altar.”

When they told Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and called to them:

Listen to me, citizens of Shechem,

and may God listen to you:

“Isn't it true that you can have whatever your god Chemosh conquers for you, and we can have whatever the LORD our God conquers for us?

But Ruth replied:

Don't plead with me to abandon you

or to return and not follow you.

For wherever you go, I will go,

and wherever you live, I will live;

your people will be my people,

and your God will be my God.

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the LORD sees,[fn] for humans see what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart.”

From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

Then the LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God.

Lord GOD, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

“Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.”

Then someone reported to David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”

“LORD,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness! ”

Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well,” and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He delivered up the men who rebelled against my lord the king.”

my God,[fn] my rock where I seek refuge.

My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge,

and my Savior, you save me from violence.

The LORD lives ​— ​blessed be my rock!

God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are ​— ​while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this? ”

“Your Majesty, Araunah gives everything here to the king.” Then he said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

“LORD my God, you have now made your servant king in my father David's place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.[fn]

“The LORD my God has now given me rest on every side; there is no enemy or misfortune.

“May all the peoples of the earth know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel, because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel. He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

He had commanded him about this, so that he would not follow other gods, but Solomon did not do what the LORD had commanded.

and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you rebelled against the LORD's command and did not keep the command that the LORD your God commanded you ​— ​

But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don't have anything baked ​— ​only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times. He cried out to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, please let this boy's life come into him again! ”

“As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,' he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions?[fn] If the LORD is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn't answer him a word.

“Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers with fire, he is God.”

All the people answered, “That's fine.”

At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he's a god! Maybe he's thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away;[fn] or maybe he's on the road. Perhaps he's sleeping and will wake up! ”

When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God! ”

“Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.' ”

“Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: ‘Don't let your God, on whom you rely, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

“Even previously when Saul was king, you were leading Israel out to battle and bringing us back. The LORD your God also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.' ”

Then the Spirit enveloped[fn] Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:

We are yours, David,

we are with you, son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

and peace to him who helps you,

for your God helps you.

So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

So David again inquired of God, and God answered him, “Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

Then King David went in, sat in the LORD's presence, and said,

Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far?

David said to God, “Wasn't I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? LORD my God, please let your hand be against me and against my father's family, but don't let the plague be against your people.”

Ammiel the sixth,

Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth,

for God blessed him.

“He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He won't leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the LORD's house is finished.

“LORD God, let your promise to my father David now come true. For you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Listen[fn] to your servant's prayer and his petition,

LORD my God,

so that you may hear the cry and the prayer

that your servant prays before you,

Now therefore:

Arise, LORD God, come to your resting place,

you and your powerful ark.

May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation,

and may your faithful people rejoice in goodness.

“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on his throne as king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, he has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

He prayed to him, and the LORD was receptive to his prayer. He granted his request and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the LORD is God.

May the God who caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who dares[fn] to harm or interfere with this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out diligently.

You, the LORD,

are the God who chose Abram

and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,

and changed his name to Abraham.

Rise up, LORD!

Save me, my God!

You strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

Pay attention to the sound of my cry,

my King and my God,

for I pray to you.

Punish them, God;

let them fall by their own schemes.

Drive them out because of their many crimes,

for they rebel against you.

LORD my God, I seek refuge in you;

save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,

LORD my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice on my hands,

Rise up, LORD, in your anger;

lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;

awake for me;[fn]

you have ordained a judgment.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,

but establish the righteous.

The one who examines the thoughts and emotions[fn]

is a righteous God.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;

he hides his face and will never see.”

Consider me and answer, LORD my God.

Restore brightness to my eyes;

otherwise, I will sleep in death.

The fool says in his heart, “There's no God.”

They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

I call on you, God,

because you will answer me;

listen closely to me; hear what I say.

The LORD is my rock,

my fortress, and my deliverer,

my God, my rock where I seek refuge,

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my stronghold.

Then the earth shook and quaked;

the foundations of the mountains trembled;

they shook because he burned with anger.

LORD, you light my lamp;

my God illuminates my darkness.

God ​— ​his way is perfect;

the word of the LORD is pure.

He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

The LORD lives ​— ​blessed be my rock!

The God of my salvation is exalted.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Why are you so far from my deliverance

and from my words of groaning?

I was given over to you at birth;[fn]

you have been my God from my mother's womb.

LORD, I appeal to you.[fn]

God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

LORD, I call to you;

my rock, do not be deaf to me.

If you remain silent to me,

I will be like those going down to the Pit.

LORD my God,

I cried to you for help, and you healed me.

so that I can sing to you and not be silent.

LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

But I trust in you, LORD;

I say, “You are my God.”

Wake up and rise to my defense,

to my cause, my God and my Lord!

How priceless your faithful love is, God!

People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

For I put my hope in you, LORD;

you will answer me, my Lord, my God.

LORD, do not abandon me;

my God, do not be far from me.

LORD my God, you have done many things —

your wondrous works and your plans for us;

none can compare with you.

If I were to report and speak of them,

they are more than can be told.

“I delight to do your will, my God,

and your instruction is deep within me.”

I am oppressed and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and my deliverer;

my God, do not delay.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,

so I long for you, God.

My tears have been my food day and night,

while all day long people say to me,

“Where is your God? ”

Why, my soul, are you so dejected?

Why are you in such turmoil?

Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,

my Savior and my God.

My adversaries taunt me,

as if crushing my bones,

while all day long they say to me,

“Where is your God? ”

[fn]Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause

against an unfaithful nation;

rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.

Then I will come to the altar of God,

to God, my greatest joy.

I will praise you with the lyre,

God, my God.

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

You are my King, my God,

who ordains[fn] victories for Jacob.

Your throne, God, is[fn] forever and ever;

the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

“Stop fighting, and know that I am God,

exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

Sing a song of wisdom,[fn]

for God is King of the whole earth.

God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.

“Listen, my people, and I will speak;

I will testify against you, Israel.

I am God, your God.

But God says to the wicked:

“What right do you have to recite my statutes

and to take my covenant on your lips?

Be gracious to me, God,

according to your faithful love;

according to your abundant compassion,

blot out my rebellion.

God, create a clean heart for me

and renew a steadfast[fn] spirit within me.

The fool says in his heart, “There's no God.”

They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might!

God, listen to my prayer

and do not hide from my plea for help.

God, you will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;

men of bloodshed and treachery

will not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.

Will they escape in spite of such sin?

God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.

This I know: God is for me.

I am obligated by vows[fn] to you, God;

I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,

for I take refuge in you.

I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings

until danger passes.

God, be exalted above the heavens;

let your glory be over the whole earth.

My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident.

I will sing; I will sing praises.

God, be exalted above the heavens;

let your glory be over the whole earth.

Rescue me from my enemies, my God;

protect me from those who rise up against me.

My faithful God[fn] will come to meet me;

God will let me look down on my adversaries.

To you, my strength, I sing praises,

because God is my stronghold —

my faithful God.

God, you have rejected us;

you have broken us down;

you have been angry. Restore us![fn]

God, haven't you rejected us?

God, you do not march out with our armies.

God, hear my cry;

pay attention to my prayer.

God, you have heard my vows;

you have given a heritage

to those who fear your name.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

God has spoken once;

I have heard this twice:

strength belongs to God,

God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.

I thirst for you;

my body faints for you

in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

But God will shoot them with arrows;

suddenly, they will be wounded.

Praise is rightfully yours,[fn]

God, in Zion;

vows to you will be fulfilled.

For you, God, tested us;

you refined us as silver is refined.

However, God has listened;

he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

Let the peoples praise you, God;

let all the peoples praise you.

Let the peoples praise you, God,

let all the peoples praise you.

God will bless us,

and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

God arises. His enemies scatter,

and those who hate him flee from his presence.

God, when you went out before your people,

when you marched through the desert,Selah

You, God, showered abundant rain;

you revived your inheritance when it languished.

People have seen your procession, God,

the procession of my God,

my King, in the sanctuary.

Your God has decreed your strength.

Show your strength, God,

you who have acted on our behalf.

God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.

The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

Blessed be God!

Save me, God,

for the water has risen to my neck.

God, you know my foolishness,

and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

But as for me, LORD,

my prayer to you is for a time of favor.

In your abundant, faithful love, God,

answer me with your sure salvation.

But as for me ​— ​poor and in pain —

let your salvation protect me, God.

God, hurry to rescue me.

LORD, hurry to help me!

Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;

let those who love your salvation

continually say, “God is great! ”

LORD, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.

Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,

from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.

God, do not be far from me;

my God, hurry to help me.

God, you have taught me from my youth,

and I still proclaim your wondrous works.

Therefore, I will praise you with a harp

for your faithfulness, my God;

I will sing to you with a lyre,

Holy One of Israel.

God, give your justice to the king

and your righteousness to the king's son.

God is indeed good to Israel,

to the pure in heart.

The wicked say, “How can God know?

Does the Most High know everything? ”

Why have you rejected us forever, God?

Why does your anger burn

against the sheep of your pasture?

God, how long will the enemy mock?

Will the foe insult your name forever?

Rise up, God, champion your cause!

Remember the insults

that fools bring against you all day long.

We give thanks to you, God;

we give thanks to you, for your name is near.

People tell about your wondrous works.

God is known in Judah;

his name is great in Israel.

God, your way is holy.

What god is great like God?

The water saw you, God.

The water saw you; it trembled.

Even the depths shook.

God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,

desecrated your holy temple,

and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

Restore us, God;

make your face shine on us,

so that we may be saved.

“I am the LORD your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Rise up, God, judge the earth,

for all the nations belong to you.

God, do not keep silent.

Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,

like straw before the wind.

Even a sparrow finds a home,

and a swallow, a nest for herself

where she places her young —

near your altars, LORD of Armies,

my King and my God.

Consider our shield,[fn] God;

look on the face of your anointed one.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield.

The LORD grants favor and honor;

he does not withhold the good

from those who live with integrity.

Will you not revive us again

so that your people may rejoice in you?

I will listen to what God will say;

surely the LORD will declare peace

to his people, his faithful ones,

and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.

You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.

I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,

and will honor your name forever.

God, arrogant people have attacked me;

a gang of ruthless men intends to kill me.

They do not let you guide them.[fn]

“He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, the rock of my salvation.'

I will say[fn] concerning the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust:

to declare, “The LORD is just;

he is my rock,

and there is no unrighteousness in him.”

But the LORD is my refuge;

my God is the rock of my protection.

LORD our God, you answered them.

You were a forgiving God to them,

but an avenger of their sinful actions.

Acknowledge that the LORD is God.

He made us, and we are his[fn]—

his people, the sheep of his pasture.

My soul, bless the LORD!

LORD my God, you are very great;

you are clothed with majesty and splendor.

My heart is confident, God;

I will sing; I will sing praises

with the whole of my being.[fn]

God, be exalted above the heavens,

and let your glory be over the whole earth.

God, haven't you rejected us?

God, you do not march out with our armies.

God of my praise, do not be silent.

Help me, LORD my God;

save me according to your faithful love

You are my God, and I will give you thanks.

You are my God; I will exalt you.

God, how precious[fn] your thoughts are to me;

how vast their sum is!

God, if only you would kill the wicked —

you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me —

Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my concerns.

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”

Listen, LORD, to my cry for help.

Teach me to do your will,

for you are my God.

May your gracious Spirit

lead me on level ground.

Blessed be the LORD, my rock

who trains my hands for battle

and my fingers for warfare.

God, I will sing a new song to you;

I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you —

I[fn] exalt you, my God the King,

and bless your name forever and ever.

The LORD reigns forever;

Zion, your God reigns for all generations.

Hallelujah!

Don't turn to the right or to the left;

keep your feet away from evil.

A guilty one's conduct is crooked,

but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,

and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

He has made everything appropriate[fn] in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts,[fn] but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

I know that everything God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of him.

I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”

Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

It will pour into Judah,

flood over it, and sweep through,

reaching up to the neck;

and its flooded banks[fn]

will fill your entire land, Immanuel!

Devise a plan; it will fail.

Make a prediction; it will not happen.

For God is with us.[fn]

Here I am with the children the LORD has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion.

“Indeed, God is my salvation;

I will trust him and not be afraid,

for the LORD, the LORD himself,

is my strength and my song.

He has become my salvation.”

LORD, you are my God;

I will exalt you. I will praise your name,

for you have accomplished wonders,

plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

For the LORD is our Judge,

the LORD is our Lawgiver,

the LORD is our King.

He will save us.

“Don't let Hezekiah persuade you to rely on the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD will certainly rescue us! This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.' ”

“Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.' ”

“Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: ‘Don't let your God, on whom you rely, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem won't be handed over to the king of Assyria.

“this is the word the LORD has spoken against him:

Virgin Daughter Zion

despises you and scorns you;

Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head

behind your back.

“Comfort, comfort my people,”

says your God.

Jacob, why do you say,

and Israel, why do you assert,

“My way is hidden from the LORD,

and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be afraid, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you; I will help you;

I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.

For I am the LORD your God,

who holds your right hand,

who says to you, “Do not fear,

I will help you.

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.

I am the LORD, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

“Submit your case,” says the LORD.

“Present your arguments,” says Jacob's King.

“I am the LORD. That is my name,

and I will not give my glory to another

or my praise to idols.

Who gave Jacob to the robber,[fn]

and Israel to the plunderers?

Was it not the LORD?

Have we not sinned against him?

They were not willing to walk in his ways,

and they would not listen to his instruction.

“For I am the LORD your God,

the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.

I have given Egypt as a ransom for you,

Cush and Seba in your place.

“You are my witnesses” —

this is the LORD's declaration —

“and my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.

No god was formed before me,

and there will be none after me.

This is what the LORD, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the LORD of Armies, says:

I am the first and I am the last.

There is no God but me.

He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it.

He bows down to it and worships;

he prays to it, “Save me, for you are my god.”

“I am the LORD, and there is no other;

there is no God but me.

I will strengthen[fn] you,

though you do not know me,

This is what the LORD says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush

and the Sabeans, men of stature,

will come over to you

and will be yours;

they will follow you,

they will come over in chains

and bow down to you.

They will confess[fn] to you,

‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other;

there is no other God.' ”

“Speak up and present your case[fn] —

yes, let them consult each other.

Who predicted this long ago?

Who announced it from ancient times?

Was it not I, the LORD?

There is no other God but me,

a righteous God and Savior;

there is no one except me.

“Remember what happened long ago,

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and no one is like me.

This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:

I am the LORD your God,

who teaches you for your benefit,

who leads you in the way you should go.

And now, says the LORD,

who formed me from the womb to be his servant,

to bring Jacob back to him

so that Israel might be gathered to him;

for I am honored in the sight of the LORD,

and my God is my strength —

For I am the LORD your God

who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar —

his name is the LORD of Armies.

How beautiful on the mountains

are the feet of the herald,

who proclaims peace,

who brings news of good things,

who proclaims salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns! ”

“For the LORD has called you,

like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,

a wife of one's youth when she is rejected,”

says your God.

“There is no peace for the wicked,”

says my God.

“The LORD will always lead you,

satisfy you in a parched land,

and strengthen your bones.

You will be like a watered garden

and like a spring whose water never runs dry.

“Will I bring a baby to the point of birth

and not deliver it? ”

says the LORD;

“or will I who deliver, close the womb? ”

says your God.

Have you not brought this on yourself

by abandoning the LORD your God

while he was leading you along the way?

Your own evil will discipline you;

your own apostasies will reprimand you.

Recognize[fn] how evil and bitter it is

for you to abandon the LORD your God

and to have no fear of me.

This is the declaration

of the Lord GOD of Armies.

“But even in those days” ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration ​— ​“I will not finish you off.

“Therefore, take note! I am against the prophets” ​— ​the LORD's declaration ​— ​“who steal my words from each other.

“But if you say, ‘The burden of the LORD,' then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘The burden of the LORD,' and I specifically told you not to say, ‘The burden of the LORD,'

I have surely heard Ephraim moaning,

“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined

like an untrained calf.

Take me back, so that I can return,

for you, LORD, are my God.

The captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

“that the LORD your God may tell us the way we should go and the thing we should do.”

As I live —

this is the King's declaration;

the LORD of Armies is his name —

the king of Babylon[fn] will come like Tabor among the mountains