Lexicon :: Strong's H2142 - zāḵar

Remember your congregation,

which you purchased long ago

and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.

Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.

I think of God; I groan;

I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.Selah

They remembered that God was their rock,

the Most High God, their Redeemer.

Do not hold past iniquities[fn] against us;

let your compassion come to us quickly,

for we have become very weak.

They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation

so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

“I will make a record of those who know me:

Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush —

each one was born there.”

abandoned[fn] among the dead.

I am like the slain lying in the grave,

whom you no longer remember,

and who are cut off from your care.[fn]

Remember how short my life is.

Have you created everyone for nothing?

He has remembered his love

and faithfulness to the house of Israel;

all the ends of the earth

have seen our God’s victory.

For he knows what we are made of,

remembering that we are dust.

Remember the wondrous works he has done,

his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,[fn]

Remember me, LORD,

when you show favor to your people.

Come to me with your salvation

Let the iniquity of his fathers

be remembered before the LORD,

and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.

He has provided food for those who fear him;

he remembers his covenant forever.

The LORD remembers us and will bless us.

He will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

Remember your word to your servant;

you have given me hope through it.

LORD, remember David

and all the hardships he endured,

He remembered us in our humiliation

His faithful love endures forever.

By the rivers of Babylon —

there we sat down and wept

when we remembered Zion.

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all you have done;

I reflect on the work of your hands.

Let him drink so that he can forget his poverty

and remember his trouble no more.

for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Indeed, if someone lives many years,

let him rejoice in them all,

and let him remember the days of darkness, since they will be many.

All that comes is futile.

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,

and the years approach when you will say,

“I have no delight in them”;

Take me with you ​— ​let’s hurry.

Oh, that the king would bring[fn] me to his chambers.

We will rejoice and be glad in you;

we will celebrate your caresses more than wine.

It is only right that they adore you.

and on that day you will say,

“Give thanks to the LORD; proclaim his name!

Make his works known among the peoples.

Declare that his name is exalted.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,

and you have failed to remember

the rock of your strength;

therefore you will plant beautiful plants

and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

The land of Judah will terrify Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble because of what the LORD of Armies has planned against it.

Pick up your lyre,

stroll through the city,

you forgotten prostitute.

Play skillfully,

sing many a song

so that you will be remembered.

LORD our God, lords other than you have owned[fn] us,

but we remember your name alone.

Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to him.