LXX Concordance for ψυχήν

He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them[fn] said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back and don't stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away! ”

“Your servant has indeed found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can't run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

With her last breath ​— ​for she was dying ​— ​she named him Ben-oni,[fn] but his father called him Benjamin.[fn]

When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them.[fn] He said, “Let's not take his life.”

Now in Midian the LORD told Moses, “Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.”

The enemy said:

“I will pursue, I will overtake,

I will divide the spoil.

My desire will be gratified at their expense.

I will draw my sword;

my hand will destroy[fn] them.”

“Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation to deny herself.

“If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don't forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don't slip from your mind[fn] as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

“Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger[fn] might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die,[fn] since he did not previously hate his neighbor.

“But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,

“Do nothing to the young woman, because she is not guilty of an offense deserving death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

“When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck heads of grain with your hand, but do not put a sickle to your neighbor's grain.

“You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.

“that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”

“When I saw that you weren't going to deliver me, I took my life in my own hands and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why then have you come today to fight against me? ”

The Danites said to him, “Don't raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven't had any wine or beer; I've been pouring out my heart before the LORD.

David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What did I do wrong? How have I sinned against your father so that he wants to take my life? ”

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you'?

“Look, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. Recognize[fn] that I've committed no crime or rebellion. I haven't sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord's life is tucked safely in the place[fn] where the LORD your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies' lives like stones from a sling.

“So don't let my blood fall to the ground far from the LORD's presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”

But the woman said to him, “You surely know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you setting a trap for me to get me killed? ”

The woman came over to Saul, and she saw that he was terrified and said to him, “Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do.

They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here's the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who intended to take your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

“We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can't be recovered. But God would not take away a life; he would devise plans so that the one banished from him does not remain banished.

Then David said to Abishai and all his servants, “Look, my own son, my own flesh and blood,[fn] intends to take my life ​— ​how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse me; the LORD has told him to.

“Now please come and let me advise you. Save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

The king swore an oath and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don't make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ”

but he went on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! LORD, take my life, for I'm no better than my ancestors.”

He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”

“I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Armies,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they're looking for me to take my life.”

so that I prefer strangling[fn] —

death rather than life in this body.[fn]

How long will you torment me

and crush me with words?

Their children are established while they are still alive,[fn]

and their descendants, before their eyes.

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,

and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

“He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,

and I will continue to see the light.”

in order to turn him back from the Pit,

so he may shine with the light of life.

Turn, LORD! Rescue me;

save me because of your faithful love.

or they[fn] will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground

and leave my honor in the dust.Selah

The LORD examines the righteous,

but he hates the wicked

and[fn] those who love violence.

For you will not abandon me to Sheol;

you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

from[fn] the wicked who treat me violently,[fn]

my deadly enemies who surround me.

Rise up, LORD!

Confront him; bring him down.

With your sword, save me from the wicked.

Rescue my life from the sword,

my only life[fn] from the power of these dogs.

He renews my life;

he leads me along the right paths[fn]

for his name's sake.

LORD, I appeal to you.[fn]

Guard me and rescue me;

do not let me be disgraced,

for I take refuge in you.

Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshed

Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with the evildoers,

who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors

while malice is in their hearts.

LORD, you brought me up from Sheol;

you spared me from among those

going down[fn] to the Pit.

I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love

because you have seen my affliction.

You know the troubles of my soul

I have heard the gossip of many;

terror is on every side.

When they conspired against me,

they plotted to take my life.

Let those who intend to take my life

be disgraced and humiliated;

let those who plan to harm me

be turned back and ashamed.

They hid their net for me without cause;

they dug a pit for me without cause.

Yet when they were sick,

my clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled myself with fasting,

and my prayer was genuine.[fn]

Lord, how long will you look on?

Rescue me from their ravages;

rescue my precious life from the young lions.

Those who intend to kill me set traps,

and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;

they plot treachery all day long.

Let those who intend to take my life

be disgraced and confounded.

Let those who wish me harm

be turned back and humiliated.

I said, “LORD, be gracious to me;

heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

I remember this as I pour out my heart:

how I walked with many,

leading the festive procession to the house of God,

with joyful and thankful shouts.

But God will redeem me

from the power of Sheol,

for he will take me.Selah

For strangers rise up against me,

and violent men intend to kill me.

They do not let God guide them.[fn]Selah

Though many are against me,

he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.

They stir up strife,[fn] they lurk,

they watch my steps

while they wait to take my life.

For you rescued me from death,

even my feet from stumbling,

to walk before God in the light of life.

I am surrounded by lions;

I lie down among devouring lions —

people whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

They prepared a net for my steps;

I was despondent.

They dug a pit ahead of me,

but they fell into it!Selah

Because look, LORD, they set an ambush for me.

Powerful men attack me,

but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

But those who intend to destroy my life

will go into the depths of the earth.

God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

He keeps us alive[fn]

and does not allow our feet to slip.

I mourned and fasted,

but it brought me insults.

Let those who seek to kill me

be disgraced and confounded;

let those who wish me harm

be turned back and humiliated.

For my enemies talk about me,

and those who spy on me plot together,

May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;

may those who intend to harm me

be covered with disgrace and humiliation.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.

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

Bring joy to your servant's life,

because I appeal to you, Lord.

For your faithful love for me is great,

and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.

LORD, why do you reject me?

Why do you hide your face from me?

When I am filled with cares,

your comfort brings me joy.

For he stands at the right hand of the needy

to save him from those who would condemn him.

Then I called on the name of the LORD:

“LORD, save me! ”

For you, LORD, rescued me from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling.

“LORD, rescue me from lying lips

and a deceitful tongue.”

The LORD will protect you from all harm;

he will protect your life.

Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul

like a weaned child with its mother;

my soul is like a weaned child.

But my eyes look to you, LORD, my Lord.

I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.[fn]

Look to the right and see:[fn]

no one stands up for me;

there is no refuge for me;

no one cares about me.

Free me from prison

so that I can praise your name.

The righteous will gather around me

because you deal generously with me.

For the enemy has pursued me,

crushing me to the ground,

making me live in darkness

like those long dead.

Let me experience

your faithful love in the morning,

for I trust in you.

Reveal to me the way I should go

because I appeal to you.

For your name's sake, LORD,

let me live.

In your righteousness deliver me from trouble,

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;

the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste,

but to turn from evil is detestable to fools.

The highway of the upright avoids evil;

the one who guards his way protects his life.

The one who keeps commands preserves himself;

one who disregards[fn] his ways will die.

A king's terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;

anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

for the LORD will champion their cause

and will plunder those who plunder them.

To be a thief's partner is to hate oneself;

he hears the curse but will not testify.

There is a person without a companion,[fn] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things? ” This too is futile and a miserable task.

The new wine mourns;

the vine withers.

All the carousers now groan.

Indeed, it was for my own well-being

that I had such intense bitterness;

but your love has delivered me

from the Pit of destruction,

for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.

So he poured out his furious anger

and the power of war on Jacob.

It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;

it burned him, but he didn't take it to heart.

And you, devastated one, what are you doing

that you dress yourself in scarlet,

that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,

that you enhance your eyes with makeup?

You beautify yourself for nothing.

Your lovers reject you;

they intend to take your life.

Therefore, here is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who intend to take your life. They warn, “Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will certainly die at our hand.”

I have abandoned my house;

I have deserted my inheritance.

I have handed the love of my life

over to her enemies.

“In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who intend to take your life, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans.

and warned him, “Don't you realize that Baalis, king of the Ammonites, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you? ” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.

“But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity” ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration ​— ​“but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.” ' ”

All her people groan

while they search for bread.

They have traded their precious belongings for food

in order to stay alive.

LORD, look and see

how I have become despised.

I weep because of these things;

my eyes flow[fn] with tears.

For there is no one nearby to comfort me,

no one to keep me alive.

My children are desolate

because the enemy has prevailed.

I have been deprived[fn] of peace;

I have forgotten what prosperity is.

My eyes bring me grief

because of the fate of all the women in my city.

“But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have rescued yourself.

“However, suppose the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn't blow the ram's horn, so that the people aren't warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives. Then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.'

As my life was fading away,

I remembered the LORD,

and my prayer came to you,

to your holy temple.

“And now, LORD, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

LORD, I have heard the report about you;

LORD, I stand in awe of your deeds.

Revive your work in these years;

make it known in these years.

In your wrath remember mercy!