Psalm 29

Psalm 29 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 29

A Psalm of David.

 ^1[a]ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.     ²Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.
    ³The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters.
    ⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
    ⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
    ⁶He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
    ⁷The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning.
    ⁸The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
    ⁹The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!
    ¹⁰The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever!
    ¹¹The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Psalm 35

Psalm 35 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 35

[A Psalm] of David.

 ¹CONTEND, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!     ²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help!
    ³Draw out also the spear and javelin and close up the way of those who pursue and persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance!
    ⁴Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek and require my life; let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt!
    ⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the ^[a]Angel of the Lord driving them on!
    ⁶Let their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them.
    ⁷For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.
    ⁸Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.
    ⁹Then I shall be joyful in the Lord; I shall rejoice in His deliverance.
    ¹⁰All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, You Who deliver the poor and the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who snatches away his goods?
    ¹¹Malicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
    ¹²They reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement.
    ¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast.
    ¹⁴I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.
    ¹⁵But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me.
    ¹⁶Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth.
    ¹⁷Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions!
    ¹⁸I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among a mighty throng.
    ¹⁹Let not those who are wrongfully my foes rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without cause.^{(A)
    20}For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.
    ²¹Yes, they open their mouths wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it!
    ²²You have seen this, O Lord; keep not silence! O Lord, be not far from me!
    ²³Arouse Yourself, awake to the justice due me, even to my cause, my God and my Lord!
    ²⁴Judge and vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness (Your rightness and justice); and let [my foes] not rejoice over me!
    ²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up and utterly destroyed him.
    ²⁶Let them be put to shame and confusion together who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify and exalt themselves over me!
    ²⁷Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.
    ²⁸And my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, and justice, and of [my reasons for] Your praise all the day long.

Proverb 13

Proverbs 13 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 13

 ¹A WISE son heeds [and is the fruit of] his father's instruction and correction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.     ²A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
    ³He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
    ⁴The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied.^{(A)
    5}A [consistently] righteous man hates lying and deceit, but a wicked man is loathsome [his very breath spreads pollution] and he comes [surely] to shame.
    ⁶Righteousness (rightness and justice in every area and relation) guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness plunges into sin and overthrows the sinner.
    ⁷One man considers himself rich, yet has nothing [to keep permanently]; another man considers himself poor, yet has great [and indestructible] riches.^{(B)
    8}A rich man can buy his way out of threatened death by paying a ransom, but the poor man does not even have to listen to threats [from the envious].
    ⁹The light of the [uncompromisingly] righteous [is within him--it grows brighter and] rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked [furnishes only a derived, temporary light and] shall be put out shortly.
    ¹⁰By pride and insolence comes only contention, but with the well-advised is skillful and godly Wisdom.
    ¹¹Wealth [not earned but] won in haste or unjustly or from the production of things for vain or detrimental use [such riches] will dwindle away, but he who gathers little by little will increase [his riches].
    ¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
    ¹³Whoever despises the word and counsel [of God] brings destruction upon himself, but he who [reverently] fears and respects the commandment [of God] is rewarded.
    ¹⁴The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
    ¹⁵Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard [like the barren, dry soil or the impassable swamp].
    ¹⁶Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly.
    ¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador brings healing.
    ¹⁸Poverty and shame come to him who refuses instruction and correction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.
    ¹⁹Satisfied desire is sweet to a person; therefore it is hateful and exceedingly offensive to [self-confident] fools to give up evil [upon which they have set their hearts].
    ²⁰He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it.^{(C)
    21}Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good.
    ²²A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up.
    ²³Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.
    ²⁴He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early.^{(D)
    25}The [uncompromisingly] righteous eats to his own satisfaction, but the stomach of the wicked is in want.

Havu LaAdonai (Ascribe to the Lord), Psalm 29:1-2