Psalms 92–97

Psalm 92:1-97:12

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.

Psa.92.1 - Details

Original Text

מזמור שיר ליום השבת׃

Morphology

  • מזמור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שיר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השבת: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Exodus 20:8-11 (thematic): The Decalogue's command to 'remember the Sabbath day' provides the law background for a psalm designated specifically for the Sabbath—both frame the day as set apart for God.
  • Deuteronomy 5:12-15 (verbal): Deuteronomy's parallel formulation of the Sabbath command (observe/keep the Sabbath day) echoes the liturgical designation of Psalm 92 as intended for that holy day.
  • Isaiah 58:13-14 (thematic): Isaiah links honoring the Sabbath with delight in the Lord and worship; Psalm 92 as a 'song for the Sabbath' fits this theme of Sabbath observance expressed in praise and blessing.
  • Exodus 31:16-17 (allusion): The Sabbath as a perpetual sign between God and Israel in Exodus resonates with the psalm's liturgical placement—an ongoing, communal act of worship tied to Sabbath identity.
  • Hebrews 4:9-10 (thematic): The New Testament motif of 'Sabbath rest' for God's people in Hebrews develops the theological meaning of Sabbath observance, connecting the liturgical use of a Sabbath psalm to the idea of covenantal rest in God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day.
2 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

Psa.92.2 - Details

Original Text

טוב להדות ליהוה ולזמר לשמך עליון׃

Morphology

  • טוב: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • להדות: VERB,qal,inf
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ולזמר: CONJ+VERB,qal,inf
  • לשמך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+2,m,sg
  • עליון: ADJ,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 100:4 (verbal): Commands worshippers to enter with thanksgiving and to 'bless his name'—a close verbal and liturgical parallel to giving thanks and singing to God's name.
  • Psalm 147:7 (verbal): Explicit call to 'sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving,' mirroring the paired actions of singing and thanksgiving in Ps 92:2.
  • Psalm 95:1-2 (thematic): A communal exhortation to sing, shout for joy, and come before God with thanksgiving—same liturgical theme of praise and thanksgiving.
  • Isaiah 12:4 (allusion): A prophetic call to 'give thanks to the LORD' and 'call upon his name'—an OT proclamation that resonates with singing and praise directed to God's name.
  • Hebrews 13:15 (thematic): NT echo: believers are urged to offer 'a sacrifice of praise' and to acknowledge God’s name—recaptures the link between thanksgiving, praise, and naming God found in Ps 92:2.

Alternative generated candidates

  • It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
3 to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness at night;

Psa.92.3 - Details

Original Text

להגיד בבקר חסדך ואמונתך בלילות׃

Morphology

  • להגיד: INF,hiph
  • בבקר: PREP
  • חסדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • ואמונתך: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs+2ms
  • בלילות: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 42:8 (verbal): Day/night contrast with God’s steadfast love and nocturnal song—close verbal and thematic parallel (day/夜, steadfast love/夜-praise).
  • Psalm 63:6 (thematic): Remembrance and meditation on God during the night watches—theme of nightly devotion and praise.
  • Psalm 119:62 (verbal): “At midnight I rise to give thanks to you” — explicit practice of nocturnal praise, echoing proclamation of God's faithfulness at night.
  • Psalm 77:6 (thematic): Recalling song and meditating in the night; similar motif of remembering and reflecting on God's acts/faithfulness after dark.
  • Psalm 119:148 (thematic): Waking before the watches of the night to meditate on God’s promises—combines night watchfulness with meditation on God’s steadiness/faithfulness.

Alternative generated candidates

  • to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness at night;
4 on the ten-stringed lute, on the harp, on the melody with the lyre.

Psa.92.4 - Details

Original Text

ע‍לי־ עשור ועלי־ נבל עלי הגיון בכנור׃

Morphology

  • ע: ADJ,m,pl,cons
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • עשור: NUM,card,10
  • ועלי: CONJ+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • נבל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • הגיון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בכנור: PREP

Parallels

  • Psalm 33:2-3 (verbal): Both passages call for praise to the LORD with stringed instruments (lyre/nevel, harp/kinnor) and making melody — close vocabulary and musical imagery.
  • Psalm 150:3-5 (verbal): A litany of instruments used to praise God (trumpet, lute, harp, tambourine, strings) echoes the Psalm 92 emphasis on praising God with varied musical accompaniment.
  • Psalm 81:2 (verbal): Direct call to 'make a joyful noise' with lyre/harp and tambourine—similar imperative to use instruments in worship as in Psalm 92.
  • Exodus 15:20-21 (thematic): Miriam and the women praise God with timbrels and song after deliverance; thematically parallels the use of musical praise to celebrate God's acts.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:1 (structural): Describes David organizing Levites as singers and instrumentalists for worship, paralleling Psalm 92's focus on organized liturgical music (specific instruments and musical service).

Alternative generated candidates

  • on the ten-stringed lyre, on the lute, on the harp—making melody on the strings.
5 For the LORD has made me glad by his deeds; at the works of his hands I sing for joy.

Psa.92.5 - Details

Original Text

כי שמחתני יהוה בפעלך במעשי ידיך ארנן׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • שמחתני: VERB,hiph,perf,2,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • בפעלך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,m,sg
  • במעשי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • ידיך: NOUN,f,pl,cs,2ms
  • ארנן: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 19:1 (verbal): Speaks of the heavens declaring 'the work of his hands'—the same phrase and theme of rejoicing in God's creative works.
  • Psalm 104:31 (structural): Both verses link divine glory and delight to God's works; here the text portrays God rejoicing in his works, paralleling the psalmist's joy in them.
  • Psalm 145:10 (thematic): Declares that all God's works praise him and his faithful bless him, echoing the theme of joy and praise directed toward God's deeds.
  • Psalm 111:2 (verbal): Affirms that 'great are the works of the LORD' and that they are a subject of delight—closely related language and emphasis on rejoicing in God's works.
  • Habakkuk 3:18 (thematic): Expresses the prophet's determination to rejoice in the LORD despite circumstances, paralleling the personal rejoicing in God's actions found in Ps 92:5.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For you, LORD, have made me glad by your deeds; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
6 How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.

Psa.92.6 - Details

Original Text

מה־ גדלו מעשיך יהוה מאד עמקו מחשבתיך׃

Morphology

  • מה: PRON,int
  • גדלו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,suff:3ms
  • מעשיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,2,ms
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מאד: ADV
  • עמקו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • מחשבתיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs,2,m

Parallels

  • Psalm 139:17-18 (verbal): Uses the same key term 'thoughts' of God and a similar exclamation about their vastness/unfathomable number ('How precious are your thoughts... How vast is the sum of them').
  • Romans 11:33 (thematic): Celebrates the inscrutable wisdom and judgments of God ('Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!... unsearchable his judgments'), echoing Psalm 92:6's emphasis on the depth of God's thoughts and works.
  • Job 11:7 (verbal): Poses the rhetorical challenge of fathoming God ('Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?'), closely paralleling Psalm 92:6's claim about the depth of God's thoughts.
  • Isaiah 55:8-9 (thematic): Contrasts human and divine thought and ways ('For my thoughts are not your thoughts...'), thematically related to the psalm's assertion of the greatness and depth of God's counsels.
  • Psalm 40:5 (thematic): Speaks of the LORD's many wondrous works and the inability to fully comprehend them ('Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done... none can fathom'), resonating with Psalm 92:6's admiration for God's great works and deep thoughts.

Alternative generated candidates

  • How great are your works, LORD! Very deep are your thoughts.
7 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

Psa.92.7 - Details

Original Text

איש־ בער לא ידע וכסיל לא־ יבין את־ זאת׃

Morphology

  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בער: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידע: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • וכסיל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יבין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • זאת: DEM,f,sg

Parallels

  • Isaiah 44:18 (verbal): Uses the same double-negation of knowledge/understanding about people who are blind/ignorant—'they know not, neither do they understand,' paralleling the psalm's 'a senseless man does not know; a fool does not understand.'
  • Isaiah 6:9-10 (thematic): God commissions hardening so that people 'hear but do not understand, and see but do not perceive,' echoing the theme of willful or divinely-permitted failure to understand in Psalm 92:7.
  • Matthew 13:13-15 (quotation): Jesus cites Isaiah to explain why many 'hear but do not understand'—a New Testament restatement of the motif that the senseless/fool do not grasp divine truth, paralleling the psalmic line.
  • Proverbs 18:2 (thematic): Proverbs observes that 'a fool does not delight in understanding,' thematically matching Psalm 92:7's contrast between the wise and the senseless who fail to know or understand.

Alternative generated candidates

  • A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand this.
8 When the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers blossom—to be cut off forever.

Psa.92.8 - Details

Original Text

בפרח רשעים ׀ כמו עשב ויציצו כל־ פעלי און להשמדם עדי־ עד׃

Morphology

  • בפרח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • רשעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כמו: PREP
  • עשב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויציצו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • כל: DET
  • פעלי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr
  • און: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • להשמדם: PREP+VERB,hiph,inf,3,pl
  • עדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP

Parallels

  • Psalm 37:2 (verbal): Directly parallels the image of the wicked fading 'like the grass'; both verses use grass/withering language to stress the transience of the wicked's prosperity.
  • Isaiah 40:6-8 (verbal): Uses the explicit formula 'all flesh is grass' and the fading of flowers to affirm the same theme of fleeting life and glory as Psalm 92:8.
  • Job 14:2 (thematic): Compares human life to a flower that is cut down, echoing the idea that apparent vigor is temporary and ends in destruction or decay.
  • Psalm 37:35-36 (thematic): Describes seeing the wicked flourish briefly and then suddenly perish—mirrors Psalm 92:8's contrast between transient success and ultimate destruction.
  • Psalm 1:4 (thematic): Portrays the wicked as unstable/ephemeral (chaff) driven away by the wind; shares the common motif that the wicked do not endure despite momentary prosperity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are destined to be destroyed forever.
9 But you are exalted forever, O LORD.

Psa.92.9 - Details

Original Text

ואתה מרום לעלם יהוה׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • מרום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לעלם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 97:9 (verbal): Uses closely related language of God's exaltation—'You, LORD, are most high over the earth; you are exalted far above all gods,' echoing the declaration that the LORD is exalted.
  • Psalm 113:4–5 (verbal): Proclaims the LORD's high and lofty status—'The LORD is high above all nations; his glory above the heavens,' paralleling the theme of God's exaltation and height.
  • Psalm 10:16 (thematic): Declares God's eternal kingship—'The LORD is king forever and ever'—which corresponds to the sense of the LORD being exalted for all time.
  • Exodus 15:18 (thematic): 'The LORD shall reign forever and ever' (the song of deliverance), affirming God's eternal reign and exalted status like Psalm 92:9's 'you are exalted forever.'
  • Isaiah 57:15 (allusion): Describes God as the 'High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity,' an image of transcendent, eternal exaltation that resonates with the brief declaration in Psalm 92:9.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But you, LORD, are exalted forever.
10 For behold, your enemies, O LORD; for behold, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of evil shall be scattered.

Psa.92.10 - Details

Original Text

כי הנה איביך ׀ יהוה כי־ הנה איביך יאבדו יתפרדו כל־ פעלי און׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • הנה: PART
  • איביך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • הנה: PART
  • איביך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יאבדו: VERB,qal,impf,3,mp
  • יתפרדו: VERB,hitp,imperfect,3,m,pl
  • כל: DET
  • פעלי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr
  • און: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Numbers 10:35 (quotation): Contains the liturgical formula 'Rise up, O LORD... let thine enemies be scattered,' a verbal parallel to the image of the LORD's enemies being scattered and undone.
  • Psalm 68:1 (verbal): 'Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered' closely echoes the idea and wording of the enemies' destruction and dispersion in Ps 92:10.
  • Psalm 37:20 (thematic): Speaks of the wicked perishing and being consumed like smoke, paralleling Ps 92:10's assertion that the LORD's enemies will perish and be dispersed.
  • Psalm 9:3 (thematic): Describes enemies turning back and perishing at God's presence, echoing the theme of divine defeat and destruction of the wicked found in Ps 92:10.
  • Isaiah 41:11–12 (allusion): Promises that those who contend with Israel will be ashamed, confounded and made as nothing—an analogous prophetic portrayal of the enemies' downfall and scattering.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For behold, your enemies, O LORD; behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
11 You have exalted my horn like the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

Psa.92.11 - Details

Original Text

ותרם כראים קרני בלתי בשמן רענן׃

Morphology

  • ותרם: VERB,qal,perf,3,ms
  • כראים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • קרני: NOUN,f,sg,suff1
  • בלתי: NEG
  • בשמן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • רענן: ADJ,m,sg

Parallels

  • 1 Samuel 2:1,10 (verbal): Hannah's song speaks of 'my horn is exalted' (v.1) and v.10 speaks of God exalting 'the horn of his anointed'—the same image of a horn raised in divine vindication and honor as in Ps 92 (and linked to anointing).
  • Psalm 75:10 (thematic): Uses the horn as a symbol of strength and status—'the horns of the righteous shall be exalted'—paralleling Ps 92's theme of the righteous' horn being lifted up.
  • Psalm 23:5 (verbal): 'Thou anointest my head with oil' echoes the concrete image of being anointed with oil in Ps 92 ('anointed with fresh oil'), both signaling blessing, honor, and renewal.
  • Psalm 45:7 (thematic): Speaks of God anointing with 'the oil of gladness,' linking divine anointing with royal/eschatological exaltation—paralleling Ps 92's connection between exalted horn and fresh anointing.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have anointed me with fresh oil.
12 My eyes have seen the downfall of my foes; my ears have heard of the wicked who rise against me.

Psa.92.12 - Details

Original Text

ותבט עיני בשורי בקמים עלי מרעים תשמענה אזני׃

Morphology

  • ותבט: VERB,hifil,perf,3,f,sg
  • עיני: NOUN,f,pl,cons+1s
  • בשורי: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,suff
  • בקמים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • מרעים: VERB,qal,ptc,,m,pl
  • תשמענה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • אזני: NOUN,f,pl,suff

Parallels

  • Psalm 35:1-3 (thematic): David petitions God to contend with those who rise up against him; both passages portray adversaries assembling against the psalmist and the speaker’s awareness of hostile threats.
  • Psalm 27:2-3 (thematic): Describes evildoers advancing against the speaker and his trust that they will be thwarted—parallels the motif of enemies 'rising up' against the faithful individual.
  • Psalm 17:11-13 (allusion): Speaks of enemies lying in wait, watching the psalmist’s steps and preparing to strike—echoes the eye/ear imagery of vigilance and hostile intent found in the verse.
  • Psalm 140:9-11 (thematic): A plea for rescue from wicked men who plot and rise up against the speaker; thematically linked by the danger posed by adversaries and the psalmist’s appeal to God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My eye has seen the downfall of my foes; my ears have heard the doom of the wicked who rise against me.
13 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psa.92.13 - Details

Original Text

צדיק כתמר יפרח כארז בלבנון ישגה׃

Morphology

  • צדיק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כתמר: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יפרח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כארז: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בלבנון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישגה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 1:3 (thematic): Both portray the righteous as a flourishing, well‑rooted tree beside water—an image of stability, fruitfulness, and blessing.
  • Jeremiah 17:7-8 (thematic): The blessed person who trusts in the LORD is compared to a tree planted by water that prospers and endures—parallel language of flourishing and resilience.
  • Psalm 52:8 (verbal): Uses similar tree imagery ('a green olive tree in the house of God') to express the faithful one’s flourishing in God’s presence.
  • Hosea 14:6-7 (verbal): Speaks of shoot/branch imagery and compares restored Israel’s beauty and fragrance to the olive and Lebanon—echoing the motif of flourishing trees and Lebanon’s cedars.
  • Ezekiel 17:22-24 (allusion): God plants a sprig that becomes a majestic cedar on the high mountain (Lebanon); the transformation into a cedar echoes Psalm 92’s cedar imagery of growth and exaltation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The righteous flourish like the palm tree; they grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
14 Planted in the house of the LORD, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Psa.92.14 - Details

Original Text

שתולים בבית יהוה בחצרות אלהינו יפריחו׃

Morphology

  • שתולים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • בבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • בחצרות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • אלהינו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:1,pl
  • יפריחו: VERB,hiphil,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 1:3 (verbal): Both verses use the planted-tree imagery (tree beside streams) to describe the righteous who prosper and bear fruit.
  • Jeremiah 17:7-8 (thematic): Speaks of one 'planted by the water' who prospers and does not fear heat—similar language of being rooted and flourishing through trust in God.
  • Psalm 52:8 (verbal): Declares 'I am like a green olive tree in the house of God,' echoing the motif of a tree planted in the house of the LORD and thriving.
  • Isaiah 61:3 (allusion): Refers to the people as 'oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD,' employing the theme of divine planting and enduring flourishing.
  • Psalm 92:12 (structural): Earlier in the same psalm the righteous are compared to trees (palm/cedar) that flourish—an internal parallel reinforcing the planted/fruitful image.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Planted in the house of the LORD, they flourish in the courts of our God.
15 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and fresh,

Psa.92.15 - Details

Original Text

עוד ינובון בשיבה דשנים ורעננים יהיו׃

Morphology

  • עוד: ADV
  • ינובון: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בשיבה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • דשנים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • ורעננים: CONJ+ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • יהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 92:12-14 (structural): Immediate context: the same psalm uses the planted-tree metaphor and states that the righteous, planted in the house of the LORD, will still bear fruit in old age.
  • Psalm 1:3 (thematic): Similar tree imagery for the righteous—'like a tree planted by streams of water' whose leaf does not wither and who prospers in all he does, paralleling the idea of fruitfulness and freshness.
  • Jeremiah 17:7-8 (verbal): Uses the same planted-by-water metaphor and explicitly links trust in the LORD to sustained green leaves and continual fruit-bearing—even under adverse conditions, echoing Ps. 92:15.
  • Isaiah 40:31 (thematic): Promises renewed strength and endurance for those who wait on the LORD—a related theme of continued vitality and flourishing (often applied to old age) found in Ps. 92:15.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They still bear fruit in old age; they are full of sap and green,
16 to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Psa.92.16 - Details

Original Text

להגיד כי־ ישר יהוה צורי ולא־ עולתה בו׃

Morphology

  • להגיד: INF,hiph
  • כי: CONJ
  • ישר: ADJ,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • צורי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • ולא: CONJ
  • עולתה: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3,m,sg
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 32:4 (verbal): Uses the image of God as Rock and affirms God's perfect/just character—'The Rock, his work is perfect... a God of faithfulness and without iniquity,' echoing 'the LORD is upright... my rock, there is no unrighteousness in him.'
  • Psalm 18:31 (verbal): Directly parallels the 'rock' language: 'For who is God, but the LORD? and who is a rock, except our God?'—connecting the declaration of Yahweh's uprightness and role as rock.
  • 1 Samuel 2:2 (verbal): Hannah's hymn declares 'there is none holy as the LORD... neither is there any rock like our God,' echoing the exclusive righteousness and rock-metaphor of Psalm 92:16.
  • Psalm 119:137 (thematic): Asserts God's righteousness and upright judgments—'Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments'—thematically reinforcing the claim that the LORD is upright and without wrongdoing.

Alternative generated candidates

  • to declare that the LORD is upright—my rock, and in him there is no unrighteousness.
1 The LORD reigns; he is robed with majesty; the LORD is girded with might— the world stands firm and shall not be shaken.

Psa.93.1 - Details

Original Text

יהוה מלך גאות לבש לבש יהוה עז התאזר אף־ תכון תבל בל־ תמוט׃

Morphology

  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • גאות: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לבש: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • לבש: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עז: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • התאזר: VERB,hitpael,impf,3,m,sg
  • אף: ADV
  • תכון: VERB,qal,imperfect,2,m,sg
  • תבל: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בל: PART
  • תמוט: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 96:10 (verbal): Repeats the proclamation 'The LORD reigns' and the idea that the world is established and will not be moved—close verbal and thematic parallel to Ps 93:1.
  • Psalm 97:1 (verbal): Begins with the same declaration 'The LORD reigns,' calling for the earth to rejoice—another psalmic refrain of divine kingship.
  • Psalm 29:10 (thematic): Speaks of Yahweh enthroned over the waters and reigning as king forever, echoing Ps 93's theme of divine sovereignty and eternal rule.
  • Psalm 104:1 (verbal): Attributes majesty and splendid clothing to God ('clothed with splendor and majesty'), paralleling Ps 93:1's language of Yahweh being robed in majesty and girded with strength.
  • Exodus 15:18 (thematic): Proclaims 'The LORD shall reign for ever and ever' after the victory at the sea—an early, Old Testament affirmation of Yahweh's eternal kingship reflected in Ps 93:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty. The LORD is clothed; he has girded himself with strength. Indeed the world is established; it shall not be moved.
2 Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.

Psa.93.2 - Details

Original Text

נכון כסאך מאז מעולם אתה׃

Morphology

  • נכון: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • כסאך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:2ms
  • מאז: ADV
  • מעולם: ADV
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 45:6 (verbal): Declares the throne as eternal—"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever"—echoing Ps 93:2's affirmation that the throne is established from of old and God is from everlasting.
  • Daniel 7:9 (thematic): Vision of the 'Ancient of Days' seated on an eternal throne; thematically parallels Ps 93:2's emphasis on God's timeless, established kingship.
  • Psalm 10:16 (thematic): Proclaims the LORD's everlasting kingship—"The LORD is king forever and ever"—matching Ps 93:2's assertion of God's eternal reign.
  • Psalm 29:10 (verbal): Speaks of the LORD enthroned forever—"The LORD sat as king at the flood... the LORD sits as king forever"—similar language of a throne established and enduring.
  • Isaiah 9:7 (thematic): Messianic promise that the government of the Davidic throne will be established and endure forever, echoing Ps 93:2's motif of an established, everlasting throne.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.
3 The floods lift up, O LORD; the floods lift up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

Psa.93.3 - Details

Original Text

נשאו נהרות ׀ יהוה נשאו נהרות קולם ישאו נהרות דכים׃

Morphology

  • נשאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • נהרות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • נשאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • נהרות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • קולם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
  • ישאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • נהרות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • דכים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 29:3 (verbal): Uses the same thunderous-water imagery — ‘voice’/‘many waters’ and the Lord’s relation to tumultuous waters, echoing the phrasing and theme of roaring floods.
  • Revelation 1:15 (allusion): Describes Christ’s voice as ‘like the sound of many waters,’ clearly drawing on the Psalms’ motif of a voice like overwhelming waters.
  • Job 38:8-11 (thematic): God’s control and restraint of the sea is depicted (shutting up the sea, setting limits), matching the theme of Yahweh’s sovereignty over tumultuous waters.
  • Psalm 104:6-9 (thematic): Portrays the primeval waters and God’s rebuke causing them to flee — similar imagery of waters subdued by the Lord’s power.
  • Nahum 1:4 (thematic): Speaks of God rebuking the sea and drying up rivers; parallels the depiction of Yahweh’s dominion over raging waters and floods.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The floods have lifted up their voice, O LORD; the floods lift up their pounding waves.
4 Mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.

Psa.93.4 - Details

Original Text

מקלות ׀ מים רבים אדירים משברי־ ים אדיר במרום יהוה׃

Morphology

  • מקלות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • רבים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • אדירים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • משברי: NOUN,m,pl,const
  • ים: NOUN,m,sg,cs
  • אדיר: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • במרום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Ps.29:3-4 (verbal): Both verses use watery imagery to describe Yahweh's power—the LORD's voice/majesty is mightier than many waters and the breakers of the sea.
  • Job 38:8-11 (thematic): God's command to restrain the sea and set its limits parallels Psalm 93's theme of the Lord's sovereign supremacy over the chaotic waters.
  • Job 26:12 (verbal): Speaks of God routing or stilling the sea 'by his power,' echoing Psalm 93's depiction of divine might over vast waters.
  • Nahum 1:4-5 (thematic): Describes the LORD's control over storms and floods and his irresistible power—similar language of divine dominion over the sea and its tumult.
  • Ps.18:16-17 (thematic): God's act of drawing the psalmist out of 'many waters' echoes the motif of Yahweh's authority over overwhelming waters found in Psalm 93:4.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Mightier than the thundering of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.
5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness befits your house, O LORD, for evermore.

Psa.93.5 - Details

Original Text

עדתיך ׀ נאמנו מאד לביתך נאוה־ קדש יהוה לארך ימים׃

Morphology

  • עדתיך: NOUN,f,pl,suff_2ms
  • נאמנו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • מאד: ADV
  • לביתך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cs+PRON,2,f,sg
  • נאוה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • קדש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • לארך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 19:7 (verbal): ’The testimony of the LORD is sure’ echoes Ps 93:5’s opening claim about the certainty of God’s testimonies (very sure).
  • Psalm 111:7 (verbal): Declares that ‘all his commandments are sure,’ closely paralleling Ps 93:5’s affirmation of the trustworthiness of God’s testimonies/commandments.
  • Psalm 119:160 (thematic): ’The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever’ links the truth and enduring nature of God’s word/judgments to Ps 93:5’s ‘testimonies… for ever.’
  • Psalm 26:8 (thematic): ’LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth’ parallels the theme that God’s dwelling/house is holy and fitting for his presence (cf. ‘holiness becometh thy house’).
  • 1 Kings 8:13 (allusion): Solomon’s declaration that he built a house for God ‘to dwell therein for ever’ echoes Ps 93:5’s claim about the perpetuity and sanctity of the LORD’s house.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Your testimonies are very sure; holiness adorns your house, O LORD, for length of days.
1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs—O God, to whom vengeance belongs—shine forth!

Psa.94.1 - Details

Original Text

אל־ נקמות יהוה אל נקמות הופיע׃

Morphology

  • אל: NEG
  • נקמות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • נקמות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • הופיע: VERB,hiph,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 32:35 (verbal): Declares 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay'—the motif of God as the one who executes vengeance parallels the plea for the 'God of vengeance' in Ps 94:1.
  • Romans 12:19 (quotation): Paul quotes Deut 32:35 ('Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord') to insist that God will avenge wrongs—an NT echo of the same theological claim in Ps 94:1.
  • Isaiah 61:2 (thematic): Speaks of 'the day of vengeance of our God' alongside comfort for God’s people; parallels the theme of divine vindication and retributive justice in Ps 94:1.
  • Nahum 1:2 (verbal): Describes the LORD as 'a jealous and avenging God' who takes vengeance and is full of wrath—language very close to the characterization 'God of vengeance' in Ps 94:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; repay the proud what they deserve.

Psa.94.2 - Details

Original Text

הנשא שפט הארץ השב גמול על־ גאים׃

Morphology

  • הנשא: VERB,qal,ptc,3,m,sg,def
  • שפט: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • השב: VERB,hif,imp,2,m,sg
  • גמול: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • גאים: ADJ,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 18:25 (verbal): Abraham appeals to God as “the Judge of all the earth,” mirroring Psalm 94’s address to God as judge.
  • Deuteronomy 32:35 (verbal): “Vengeance is mine; I will repay” parallels Psalm 94’s call for God to return recompense to the proud (השב גמול).
  • Isaiah 33:22 (thematic): Declares the LORD as judge, lawgiver, and king — thematically echoing Psalm 94’s appeal to God’s judicial authority.
  • Romans 12:19 (quotation): “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord” echoes the OT motif (cf. Deut. 32:35) and parallels Psalm 94’s plea for God to repay the proud.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay the proud what they deserve.
3 How long, O LORD, shall the wicked exult? How long shall the wicked shout for joy?

Psa.94.3 - Details

Original Text

עד־ מתי רשעים ׀ יהוה עד־ מתי רשעים יעלזו׃

Morphology

  • עד: PREP
  • מתי: ADV,int
  • רשעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • מתי: ADV,int
  • רשעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יעלזו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Habakkuk 1:2 (verbal): Both open with the cry 'How long...?' (Heb. 'עד־ מתי'), asking God how long injustice and the wicked's triumph will continue.
  • Psalm 35:17 (verbal): A similar lament—'O LORD, how long will you look on?'—expresses urgency over enemies' success and God's apparent delay in acting.
  • Job 21:7 (thematic): Job questions the prosperity and long life of the wicked—parallel theme of indignation and puzzlement at the wicked's flourishing.
  • Psalm 73:3 (thematic): The psalmist complains about envying the arrogant because of the apparent prosperity of the wicked, echoing Psalm 94:3's concern with wicked rejoicing.
  • Psalm 10:3 (thematic): Describes the wicked's boasting and apparent triumph—connects to Psalm 94:3's depiction of the wicked exulting while injustice persists.

Alternative generated candidates

  • How long shall the wicked, O LORD—how long shall the wicked exult?
4 They pour out words, they speak conceit; all the workers of evil boast themselves.

Psa.94.4 - Details

Original Text

יביעו ידברו עתק יתאמרו כל־ פעלי און׃

Morphology

  • יביעו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • ידברו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • עתק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יתאמרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • כל: DET
  • פעלי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr
  • און: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 12:4 (verbal): Uses very similar language about false/lofty speech and identifies those who do evil (Hebrew phrasing parallels “מרומים דברי שקר… כל־ פעלי און”).
  • Psalm 73:8 (thematic): Speaks of the proud/wicked who ‘set their mouth against the heavens’ and boast, echoing the theme of arrogant speech by evildoers.
  • Psalm 10:3 (thematic): Describes the wicked who ‘boast’ and speak from a proud heart—parallel motif of arrogant, self‑assertive words by the unjust.
  • Psalm 52:2 (thematic): Focuses on the deceitful and destructive words of the wicked (‘thy tongue deviseth mischiefs’), linking to the verse’s concern with harmful speech of evildoers.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They pour out arrogant words; all the workers of wickedness boast.
5 They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your inheritance.

Psa.94.5 - Details

Original Text

עמך יהוה ידכאו ונחלתך יענו׃

Morphology

  • עמך: NOUN,m,sg,suff-2m
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ידכאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ונחלתך: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,cons,2,m,sg
  • יענו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 79:1-4 (verbal): The nations enter and profane God's inheritance and 'have slain thy servants'—a close verbal parallel to 'they slay thy people' and 'afflict thy heritage.'
  • Psalm 44:22 (verbal): Speaks of the community being slain 'all the day' and counted as sheep for the slaughter—thematically and verbally akin to the persecution of God's people in Ps 94:5.
  • Psalm 74:4-5 (thematic): Describes enemies conspiring to destroy God's people and defile the sanctuary—parallels the hostile intent and violence against the LORD's heritage in Ps 94:5.
  • Micah 2:1-2 (thematic): Condemns those who covet and seize fields and oppress their neighbors—echoes the theme of violent oppression and dispossession of another's inheritance.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and the stranger, and slay the fatherless.

Psa.94.6 - Details

Original Text

אלמנה וגר יהרגו ויתומים ירצחו׃

Morphology

  • אלמנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וגר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • יהרגו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ויתומים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ירצחו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:22 (verbal): The legal prohibition against afflicting widows and orphans—Psalm 94 condemns those who do the opposite (harming/killing them).
  • Deuteronomy 10:18 (thematic): God is described as executing justice for the widow and orphan; Psalm 94 indicts human agents who persecute these vulnerable groups, opposing divine concern.
  • Psalm 10:18 (thematic): A psalmic plea for God to judge on behalf of the oppressed, specifically mentioning the fatherless—shares the same concern about violence toward widows/orphans as Ps 94.
  • Job 24:3–4 (thematic): Depicts social violence against the fatherless and widows (deprived of shelter/clothing), paralleling the abuse and murder of vulnerable people in Ps 94:6.
  • Zechariah 7:10 (thematic): Prophetic injunction not to oppress the widow, the orphan, or the sojourner—echoes the social-justice theme and condemns the mistreatment named in Ps 94:6.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They kill the widow and the foreigner, and murder the fatherless.
7 They say, “The LORD will not see; the God of Jacob will not perceive.”

Psa.94.7 - Details

Original Text

ויאמרו לא יראה־ יה ולא־ יבין אלהי יעקב׃

Morphology

  • ויאמרו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,pl
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יראה: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • יה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יבין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יעקב: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 10:11 (verbal): The wicked say in their heart that God has forgotten or will not see: 'He says in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it.”'—a near verbal parallel to Ps 94:7's claim that God does not see or understand.
  • Psalm 73:11 (verbal): The taunt that God lacks knowledge: 'They say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”'—expresses the same skeptical presumption about God's awareness found in Ps 94:7.
  • Job 21:7-15 (thematic): Job records the observation and taunts about the apparent prosperity and impunity of the wicked—questions and claims that God does not notice or punish their deeds echo the sentiment of Ps 94:7.
  • Psalm 36:1 (thematic): 'Transgression speaks to the wicked... there is no fear of God before his eyes.' This describes the wicked's attitude of impunity and indifference to God's presence, thematically related to the claim in Ps 94:7 that God will not see or consider.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They say, 'The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.'
8 Fools among the people—when will you be wise?

Psa.94.8 - Details

Original Text

בינו בערים בעם וכסילים מתי תשכילו׃

Morphology

  • בינו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • בערים: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • בעם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וכסילים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • מתי: ADV,int
  • תשכילו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Proverbs 1:22 (verbal): A direct verbal and thematic parallel: both address the 'simple' or 'foolish' with the question 'how long/when will you be wise?', urging people to gain understanding.
  • Galatians 3:1 (verbal): Paul's rebuke 'O foolish Galatians…' parallels the Psalm's denunciation of fools for lack of understanding and calls for repentance and wisdom.
  • Mark 8:17 (thematic): Jesus reproaches his disciples for not understanding ('Do you not yet perceive?'), echoing the Psalm's demand that the people grow in insight and wisdom.
  • Psalm 14:1 (thematic): Both verses treat the motif of the 'fool' who lacks knowledge of God; Psalm 14 declares the folly of denying God, similar to Psalm 94's call for understanding among the people.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Understand, you senseless among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who planted the ear—does he not hear? He who formed the eye—does he not see?

Psa.94.9 - Details

Original Text

הנטע אזן הלא ישמע אם־ יצר עין הלא יביט׃

Morphology

  • הנטע: VERB,qal,ptc,3,m,sg,def
  • אזן: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
  • הלא: PART
  • ישמע: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • יצר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עין: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • הלא: PART
  • יביט: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 20:12 (verbal): Uses nearly identical language — “the hearing ear and the seeing eye” — attributing ear and eye to Yahweh’s creation, echoing the rhetorical question about whether God does not hear/see.
  • Job 34:21 (thematic): Affirms that God’s eyes are on human ways and that he sees all a person’s steps, paralleling the Psalm’s appeal to God’s capacity to hear and see human affairs.
  • Psalm 33:13-15 (thematic): Declares that the LORD looks down from heaven, sees all people, and fashions hearts, connecting God’s seeing/hearing with his role as creator and judge as in Ps 94:9.
  • Psalm 139:1-2 (allusion): Speaks of God’s intimate knowledge and perception of the psalmist’s innermost actions and thoughts, reflecting the same conviction that the Creator perceives hearing and sight and thus knows human deeds.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He who planted the ear—does he not hear? He who formed the eye—does he not see?
10 He who disciplines the nations—will he not reprove? He who teaches mankind—does he not know?

Psa.94.10 - Details

Original Text

היסר גוים הלא יוכיח המלמד אדם דעת׃

Morphology

  • היסר: VERB,hifil,perf,3,m,sg
  • גוים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • הלא: PART
  • יוכיח: VERB,hiph,imprf,3,m,sg
  • המלמד: VERB,piel,part,0,m,sg
  • אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • דעת: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Job 36:22 (verbal): Both verses use similar language about God as teacher—'Who teacheth like him?'—emphasizing God's unique role in instructing mankind.
  • Isaiah 28:26 (verbal): Isaiah speaks of God instructing and teaching the farmer/worker, echoing the wording and idea of God as one who 'teaches knowledge' to people.
  • Daniel 2:21 (thematic): Daniel attributes wisdom and knowledge to God's sovereign distribution—parallel to Psalm 94's theme that God is the source/teacher of knowledge.
  • Psalm 32:8 (thematic): God's promise 'I will instruct thee and teach thee' parallels Psalm 94's portrayal of God as instructor of human knowledge and guidance.
  • Proverbs 3:11-12 (thematic): These verses treat God's reproving/correcting of people as a form of loving instruction, linking the Psalm's coupling of God's teaching with his reproof/chastening.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Does he who disciplines the nations not reprove? He who teaches mankind knowledge—does he not understand?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man; that they are but a fleeting breath.

Psa.94.11 - Details

Original Text

יהוה ידע מחשבות אדם כי־ המה הבל׃

Morphology

  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ידע: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מחשבות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • המה: PRON,3,m,pl
  • הבל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 139:2 (verbal): Speaks of God perceiving human thoughts (“You know my thoughts from afar”), directly paralleling the Psalm’s assertion that the LORD knows man’s thoughts.
  • Jeremiah 17:10 (verbal): God declares he 'searches the heart and tests the mind,' closely matching the idea that the LORD knows human thoughts and inner motives.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:9 (verbal): Affirms that the LORD 'searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought,' echoing the Psalm’s claim about divine knowledge of human thoughts.
  • Hebrews 4:12-13 (thematic): Stresses that nothing in creation is hidden from God and that all are exposed to his sight—the New Testament application of God’s exhaustive knowledge of human thoughts and intentions.
  • 1 Samuel 16:7 (thematic): Contrasts human judgment with divine insight—'the LORD looks at the heart'—relating to the Psalm’s theme that God knows inner thoughts which humans may not see.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are but vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach from your law.

Psa.94.12 - Details

Original Text

אשרי ׀ הגבר אשר־ תיסרנו יה ומתורתך תלמדנו׃

Morphology

  • אשרי: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • הגבר: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • תיסרנו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • יה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומתורתך: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+poss,2,m
  • תלמדנו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 3:11-12 (verbal): Both passages commend divine discipline as a sign of God's care: 'do not despise the LORD's discipline... for whom the LORD loves he corrects' — close verbal and theological parallel to 'blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD.'
  • Hebrews 12:5-11 (quotation): The author cites the principle of parental divine discipline (echoing Proverbs) and develops it: God's chastening is proof of sonship and is for our training and holiness, paralleling Psalm 94:12's link between chastening and being taught by God's law.
  • Job 5:17 (thematic): Job (via Eliphaz) declares that the man whom God reproves is blessed — a direct thematic parallel affirming that divine reproof leads to blessing, like Psalm 94:12.
  • Psalm 119:71 (thematic): 'It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes' — closely parallels the idea that God's discipline/affliction leads to learning and conforming to his law, matching Psalm 94:12's 'and teach us out of your law.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, whom you teach out of your law,
13 To give him relief from the days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Psa.94.13 - Details

Original Text

להשקיט לו מימי רע עד יכרה לרשע שחת׃

Morphology

  • להשקיט: VERB,hiph,inf
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • מימי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • רע: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • יכרה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לרשע: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שחת: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ps.7:15 (verbal): Uses the same imagery of digging a pit for the wicked (a trap laid for evildoers), paralleling the 'until a pit is dug for the wicked' language.
  • Ps.94:23 (structural): Within the same psalm: both verses affirm God’s vindication of the righteous and the coming retribution on the wicked—rest for the godly until God executes judgment.
  • Ps.37:9-10 (thematic): Promises that the wicked will be cut off and that the righteous will be delivered/inherit in due time—echoes the promise of relief for the godly concomitant with judgment on the wicked.
  • Isa.26:20 (thematic): Calls the faithful to wait in safety 'until the indignation is past,' similarly portraying a period of protection or rest for God's people until divine judgment on the wicked is carried out.
  • 2 Thess.1:6-7 (thematic): Speaks of God repaying affliction to persecutors and granting relief to the afflicted when the Lord is revealed—New Testament parallel of relief for the righteous coinciding with judgment on evildoers.

Alternative generated candidates

  • to give him relief from the days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not forsake his people, nor will he abandon his heritage.

Psa.94.14 - Details

Original Text

כי ׀ לא־ יטש יהוה עמו ונחלתו לא יעזב׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יטש: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עמו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ונחלתו: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יעזב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 31:6 (verbal): God's promise not to fail or abandon his people — language close to 'will not forsake his inheritance,' affirming divine presence with Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 31:8 (verbal): Assurance that the LORD goes before Israel and will not leave or forsake them; a parallel verbal motif of divine non‑abandonment.
  • Joshua 1:5 (verbal): The promise 'I will never leave you nor forsake you' to Joshua echoes the same assurance that God will not abandon his people or their possession.
  • Hebrews 13:5 (quotation): New Testament citation of the OT promise ('I will never leave you nor forsake you'), explicitly invoking the theme of God's refusal to abandon his people.
  • Psalm 37:28 (thematic): Affirms that the LORD loves justice and will not abandon the faithful — thematically aligned with God not forsaking his 'inheritance' or people.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For the LORD will not forsake his people, nor will he abandon his inheritance.
15 For justice shall return to the righteous, and all upright in heart shall follow it.

Psa.94.15 - Details

Original Text

כי־ עד־ צדק ישוב משפט ואחריו כל־ ישרי־ לב׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עד: PREP
  • צדק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישוב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • משפט: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואחריו: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • כל: DET
  • ישרי: NOUN,m,pl,const
  • לב: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Amos 5:24 (verbal): Presents the closely linked pair 'justice' and 'righteousness' (or righteousness and justice) as an ideal that should prevail—parallel language and moral vision to Ps 94:15.
  • Isaiah 1:17 (thematic): Calls the people to 'learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression'—an ethical exhortation that connects pursuit of justice with upright life, echoing Ps 94:15's association of justice and the upright.
  • Psalm 89:14 (verbal): Declares 'Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne,' pairing the same concepts as foundational and divinely rooted—linguistic and theological parallel to Ps 94:15's coupling of justice and righteousness.
  • Micah 6:8 (thematic): Summarizes what God requires—'to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly'—linking right conduct (uprightness of heart) with justice, resonant with Ps 94:15's promise that the upright will follow justice.
  • Jeremiah 23:5-6 (thematic): Promises a Davidic ruler who will 'execute justice and righteousness in the land,' expressing the restoration of justice and righteousness—a prophetic counterpart to the restorative note in Ps 94:15.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For judgment will return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand for me against workers of iniquity?

Psa.94.16 - Details

Original Text

מי־ יקום לי עם־ מרעים מי־ יתיצב לי עם־ פעלי און׃

Morphology

  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • יקום: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • עם: PREP
  • מרעים: VERB,qal,ptc,,m,pl
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • יתיצב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • עם: PREP
  • פעלי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr
  • און: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Ps.35:1 (verbal): A direct plea for support against adversaries—'Plead my cause... fight against them that fight against me' parallels the cry for someone to rise and stand against the wicked.
  • Ps.43:1 (thematic): Both appeal for vindication and defense before unjust opponents—asking God to judge/plead the psalmist's cause against evildoers.
  • Ps.118:6-7 (thematic): Expresses confidence that the LORD stands with the speaker so no man can prevail—answers the question of who will stand with the righteous against foes.
  • Isa.59:16 (allusion): God 'saw that there was no man... no intercessor,' prompting divine action; thematically mirrors the search for someone to rise up and stand against iniquity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand up for me against workers of iniquity?
17 If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

Psa.94.17 - Details

Original Text

לולי יהוה עזרתה לי כמעט ׀ שכנה דומה נפשי׃

Morphology

  • לולי: CONJ
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עזרתה: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3fs
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • כמעט: ADV
  • שכנה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • דומה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs

Parallels

  • Psalm 94:18 (structural): Immediate context: v.17’s hypothetical is continued and resolved in the next verse — when the psalmist’s foot slipped God’s steadfast love held him up (direct continuation of the help theme).
  • Psalm 121:1-2 (thematic): Same reliance on the LORD as helper — help comes from the LORD who watches over Israel, echoing the dependence expressed in Ps 94:17.
  • Psalm 116:8-9 (verbal): Language of deliverance of the soul and preservation from death or despair parallels Ps 94:17’s claim that, without the LORD’s help, the psalmist’s life/spirit would have failed.
  • Isaiah 41:10 (thematic): God’s promise to uphold and strengthen ("I will uphold you") parallels the image of God preventing the psalmist from slipping or being overcome.
  • Hebrews 13:6 (allusion): New Testament echo of the same trust: 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear,' reflecting the psalmist’s confidence in God’s sustaining help.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

Psa.94.18 - Details

Original Text

אם־ אמרתי מטה רגלי חסדך יהוה יסעדני׃

Morphology

  • אם: CONJ
  • אמרתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • מטה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • רגלי: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • חסדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • יסעדני: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg+1cs

Parallels

  • Ps.73:2-3 (verbal): Uses almost identical imagery of slipping/stumbling—“my feet had almost slipped” parallels the confession of a slipped foot and need for divine help.
  • Ps.94:19 (structural): Immediate context/continuation: after God’s steadying, the psalmist describes God’s consolations that sustain him in distress.
  • Ps.18:18-19 (thematic): Portrays the LORD as the psalmist’s stay/rescue in calamity—parallel theme of God holding up or supporting the one who is falling.
  • Ps.121:3-4 (verbal): God’s protection of the foot—“he will not let your foot be moved”—echoes the motif of divine care that prevents or remedies a fall.
  • Prov.24:16 (thematic): The idea of falling and being raised (the righteous rises again) resonates with the psalmist’s experience of slipping and being upheld by God’s steadfast love.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When I said, 'My foot is slipping,' your steadfast love, LORD, upheld me.
19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me, your consolations delight my soul.

Psa.94.19 - Details

Original Text

ברב שרעפי בקרבי תנחומיך ישעשעו נפשי׃

Morphology

  • ברב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שרעפי: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s
  • בקרבי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss1s
  • תנחומיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs+2ms
  • ישעשעו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs

Parallels

  • Psalm 23:4 (verbal): Both speak of God's comforting presence in danger and distress — “thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” parallels God’s consolations that cheer the soul.
  • Psalm 119:50 (verbal): Explicit link between comfort and affliction: “This is my comfort in my affliction, that thy word hath quickened me,” echoing consolation as relief for inner trouble.
  • Isaiah 40:1 (allusion): The prophetic call “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people” thematically parallels divine consolation given to soothe and restore those in anguish.
  • Matthew 5:4 (thematic): “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” resonates with the promise that God’s consolation brings joy and relief to the afflicted soul.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (thematic): Paul’s portrayal of God as one who “comforts us in all our tribulations” echoes the psalm’s theme that divine consolations revive and gladden the soul.

Alternative generated candidates

  • In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me, your consolations have brought joy to my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness, which frames mischief by statute, have fellowship with you?

Psa.94.20 - Details

Original Text

היחברך כסא הוות יצר עמל עלי־ חק׃

Morphology

  • היחברך: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • כסא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הוות: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • יצר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עמל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • חק: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Isa. 10:1 (verbal): Condemns those who 'decree iniquitous decrees' and write oppressive statutes—language and idea closely parallel the charge against rulers who frame injustice by statute.
  • Isa. 1:23 (thematic): Accuses princes of being rebels and companions of thieves who accept bribes and pervert justice, echoing the theme of corrupt leadership allied with wrongdoing.
  • Ps. 82:2-4 (thematic): God rebukes unjust judges and rulers who show partiality and fail to defend the oppressed; shares the psalm's concern with rulers perverting justice under God's sovereignty.
  • Prov. 29:12 (thematic): Observes that when a ruler listens to lies his officials become corrupt—reflects the dynamic of leadership fostering injustice found in Psalm 94:20.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Will the throne of wickedness be allied with you, which fashions mischief by statute?
21 They plot against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

Psa.94.21 - Details

Original Text

יגודו על־ נפש צדיק ודם נקי ירשיעו׃

Morphology

  • יגודו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • על: PREP
  • נפש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • צדיק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ודם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • נקי: ADJ,m,sg
  • ירשיעו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ps.35:11 (thematic): Speaks of false witnesses and malicious plotting against the speaker — parallels the idea of conspiring against the righteous and condemning the innocent.
  • Ps.37:12-15 (verbal): 'The wicked plot against the just' and 'they gnashed on him with their teeth' echo the imagery of devising harm against the righteous found in Ps 94:21.
  • Ps.109:2 (verbal): 'The mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me' parallels the hostile counsel and accusations aimed at the righteous/innocent.
  • Prov.6:16-19 (verbal): Lists 'hands that shed innocent blood' as an abomination — directly echoes the condemnation of shedding/condemning innocent blood in Ps 94:21.
  • Isa.59:7 (thematic): Describes people who 'make haste to shed innocent blood' and whose thoughts are evil — thematically parallels the charge of conspiring against and condemning the innocent.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They plot against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.

Psa.94.22 - Details

Original Text

ויהי יהוה לי למשגב ואלהי לצור מחסי׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • למשגב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • לצור: VERB,qal,inf
  • מחסי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s

Parallels

  • Psalm 18:2 (verbal): Uses the same imagery and language—'The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge'—directly parallel to God as rock/refuge/stronghold.
  • Psalm 31:3 (verbal): 'For you are my rock and my fortress'—shares the exact metaphors of rock and fortress as protection and refuge in distress.
  • Psalm 62:6 (verbal): 'He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I shall not be shaken'—again portrays God as rock/fortress and the psalmist’s refuge and security.
  • Proverbs 18:10 (thematic): 'The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe'—same theme of the LORD as a stronghold/tower of refuge for the righteous.
  • Nahum 1:7 (thematic): 'The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him'—portrays God as a dependable stronghold and refuge in trouble, echoing Psalm 94:22.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He will repay them for their iniquity and cut them off in their wickedness; the LORD our God will cut them off.

Psa.94.23 - Details

Original Text

וישב עליהם ׀ את־ אונם וברעתם יצמיתם יצמיתם יהוה אלהינו׃

Morphology

  • וישב: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • עליהם: PREP,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אונם: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3,m,pl
  • וברעתם: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs,3,m,pl
  • יצמיתם: VERB,hiphil,imperfect,3,m,sg,obj:3,m,pl
  • יצמיתם: VERB,hiphil,imperfect,3,m,sg,obj:3,m,pl
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהינו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:1,pl

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 32:35 (verbal): Uses the same divine claim of recompense—'Vengeance is mine; I will repay'—paralleling God’s promise to repay the wicked for their iniquity.
  • Romans 12:19 (quotation): Direct NT citation of the Lord’s declaration 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' applied to the theme of divine retribution rather than human revenge.
  • Hebrews 10:30 (quotation): Quotes the same divine formula ('Vengeance is mine; I will repay') and links it to God’s role as judge, echoing Psalm 94’s assertion that the LORD will punish the wicked.
  • Psalm 28:4 (verbal): Prays that God 'repay them for their deeds'—a close verbal and thematic parallel emphasizing divine recompense for evil actions.
  • Psalm 7:16 (thematic): Depicts retribution—'his mischief returns on his own head'—a thematic parallel affirming that the wicked will suffer the consequences of their evil, as Psalm 94 declares.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He will repay them their iniquity and will cut them off in their wickedness; the LORD our God will cut them off.
1 Come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.

Psa.95.1 - Details

Original Text

לכו נרננה ליהוה נריעה לצור ישענו׃

Morphology

  • לכו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • נרננה: VERB,qal,impf,1,pl
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • נריעה: VERB,qal,cohort,1,c,pl
  • לצור: VERB,qal,inf
  • ישענו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 100:1 (verbal): Opening call to communal praise—'Make a joyful noise to the LORD' echoes the summons to sing and shout in Ps 95:1.
  • Psalm 98:4 (verbal): Commands all the earth to 'make a joyful noise' and 'break forth into joyous song,' closely parallel in tone and vocabulary to Ps 95:1.
  • Psalm 18:46 (18:47 MT) (verbal): Uses the title 'rock' and 'rock of my salvation'—language identical in imagery to Ps 95:1's 'Rock of our salvation.'
  • Exodus 15:1 (thematic): A song of praise sung after divine deliverance ('I will sing to the LORD')—parallels Ps 95:1's joyful, victorious worship language.
  • Isaiah 12:6 (thematic): A communal shout of praise ('Shout aloud and sing for joy') celebrating God's saving acts, thematically matching Ps 95:1's call to sing and shout to the Rock of salvation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Come, let us sing to the LORD; let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; make a joyful noise to him with songs.

Psa.95.2 - Details

Original Text

נקדמה פניו בתודה בזמרות נריע לו׃

Morphology

  • נקדמה: VERB,qal,cohort,1,com,pl
  • פניו: NOUN,m,pl,cons+3,m,sg
  • בתודה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בזמרות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • נריע: VERB,qal,cohort,1,com,pl
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 100:4 (verbal): Both exhort entry into God's presence 'with thanksgiving' (בזאת תודה); similar worship language of approach and gratitude.
  • Psalm 92:1 (verbal): Explicit affirmation that it is good 'to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises' — same pairing of thanksgiving and singing.
  • Psalm 98:4 (verbal): Calls for the whole earth to 'make a joyful noise' (רננו/נריע), echoing the summons to shout and sing before God.
  • Colossians 3:16 (thematic): New Testament instruction to teach and admonish one another with 'psalms, hymns and spiritual songs,' singing with thankfulness in the heart to God — parallels the Psalm's link of song and thanksgiving.
  • Acts 16:25 (structural): Narrative example of believers 'singing hymns to God' together (Paul and Silas), illustrating the Psalm's call to joyful, communal singing in worship.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Psa.95.3 - Details

Original Text

כי אל גדול יהוה ומלך גדול על־ כל־ אלהים׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • אל: NEG
  • גדול: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ומלך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • גדול: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • כל: DET
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 96:4 (verbal): Uses almost the same language: declares the LORD great and to be feared 'above all gods,' echoing Ps 95:3's praise of God's supremacy over other gods.
  • Psalm 135:5-6 (verbal): Explicitly states 'the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods,' closely mirroring Ps 95:3's affirmation of God's greatness and superiority.
  • Deuteronomy 10:17 (thematic): Proclaims Yahweh as 'God of gods and Lord of lords,' the same theological theme of divine supremacy found in Ps 95:3.
  • Psalm 47:2 (thematic): Speaks of the LORD as a great King over all the earth, paralleling Ps 95:3's emphasis on God's kingship and exalted rule above all others.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.

Psa.95.4 - Details

Original Text

אשר בידו מחקרי־ ארץ ותועפות הרים לו׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בידו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • מחקרי: NOUN,m,pl,const
  • ארץ: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ותועפות: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • הרים: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 38:4-6 (thematic): God’s sovereignty over the earth’s foundations, depths and mountains — God challenges human understanding of creation and the placing of the earth’s foundations.
  • Isaiah 40:12 (verbal): Uses the image of God holding/measuring the waters and the earth in his hand — close verbal imagery to 'in whose hand are the depths of the earth.'
  • Psalm 95:5 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same thought within the psalm: the sea and dry land belong to the LORD, formed by his hands (direct parallel and completion of v.4).
  • Psalm 24:1-2 (thematic): Affirms the earth belongs to Yahweh and that he founded it upon the seas — a parallel declaration of divine ownership and creative act.
  • Psalm 104:6-8 (thematic): Describes God’s control over the waters and mountains (waters above the mountains then restrained) underscoring divine mastery over earth’s depths and heights.

Alternative generated candidates

  • In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Psa.95.5 - Details

Original Text

אשר־ לו הים והוא עשהו ויבשת ידיו יצרו׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • הים: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
  • והוא: CONJ+PRON,3,m,sg
  • עשהו: VERB,qal,ptc,ms,sg+3,m,sg
  • ויבשת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ידיו: NOUN,f,pl,abs,suff:3,m,sg
  • יצרו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 1:9-10 (verbal): The creation narrative describing God gathering the waters and making the dry land echoes the claim that the sea is His and that His hands formed the dry land.
  • Job 38:8-11 (allusion): God's speech about shutting up the sea and setting its bounds and causing dry land to appear parallels the psalm's emphasis on God's sovereign act in making the sea and forming the land.
  • Isaiah 45:12 (verbal): God declares that He made the earth and stretched out the heavens, and that His hands formed creation—language closely matching the psalm's 'His hands formed the dry land.'
  • Psalm 104:5-9 (thematic): A poetic depiction of God establishing the earth and setting limits on the waters mirrors Psalm 95’s affirmation that the sea belongs to God and the dry land is His workmanship.
  • Psalm 24:1 (thematic): The assertion that the earth and everything in it belong to the LORD complements Psalm 95:5’s claim of divine ownership and creative activity regarding sea and land.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Psa.95.6 - Details

Original Text

באו נשתחוה ונכרעה נברכה לפני־ יהוה עשנו׃

Morphology

  • באו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • נשתחוה: VERB,hitp,cohort,1,_,pl
  • ונכרעה: VERB,qal,cohort,1,_,pl
  • נברכה: VERB,qal,cohort,1,_,pl
  • לפני: PREP
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עשנו: NOUN,ptc,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 99:5 (thematic): Call to worship and bow before the LORD; both psalms exhort worship at God's sanctuary/footstool and emphasize his holiness.
  • Psalm 99:9 (thematic): Another parallel psalmic summons to worship and bow down before the holy God, echoing communal liturgical praise.
  • Revelation 4:10 (verbal): The twenty‑four elders fall down and worship before the throne—an apocalyptic scene that echoes the posture of prostration and worship in Ps 95:6.
  • Philippians 2:10 (verbal): Paul declares that every knee will bow at the name of Jesus; parallels the motif of kneeling/bowing in worship found in Ps 95:6.
  • Genesis 24:26–27 (structural): Abraham falls on his face and worships the LORD—an early narrative instance of prostration before God comparable to the psalmist's injunction to bow and kneel.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Come, let us bow down and worship; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker.
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep of his hand. Today, if you would hear his voice:

Psa.95.7 - Details

Original Text

כי הוא אלהינו ואנחנו עם מרעיתו וצאן ידו היום אם־ בקלו תשמעו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • אלהינו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:1,pl
  • ואנחנו: CONJ+PRON,1,pl
  • עם: PREP
  • מרעיתו: NOUN,f,sg,poss:3ms
  • וצאן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ידו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • היום: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אם: CONJ
  • בקלו: PREP
  • תשמעו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 100:3 (verbal): Almost identical wording: 'we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture' — same language of corporate belonging and pasture imagery.
  • Ezekiel 34:31 (verbal): Very close phrasing reversed: 'Ye are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture; and I am your God' — same shepherd/sheep metaphor and covenantal identification.
  • Psalm 23:1 (thematic): Shared shepherd motif: 'The LORD is my shepherd' expresses the same pastoral care and dependent relationship between God and his people.
  • Hebrews 3:7 (quotation): Direct New Testament citation of Psalm 95:7–8 ('Today if ye will hear his voice…') used as a warning against hardening the heart.
  • Hebrews 4:7 (quotation): Reiterates the Psalm's 'Today if ye will hear his voice' line to link hearing God's voice with entering God's rest.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep of his hand. Today, if you will hear his voice:
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Psa.95.8 - Details

Original Text

אל־ תקשו לבבכם כמריבה כיום מסה במדבר׃

Morphology

  • אל: NEG
  • תקשו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • לבבכם: NOUN,m,sg,poss
  • כמריבה: PREP+NOUN,prop,f,sg,abs
  • כיום: ADV
  • מסה: NOUN,prop,f,sg,abs
  • במדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Exodus 17:1-7 (verbal): Earliest narrative of Massah and Meribah: the people quarrel with Moses and test God for water; Exodus 17:7 names the place 'Massah' and 'Meribah', which Psalm 95 recalls.
  • Numbers 20:2-13 (verbal): Later Meribah episode at Kadesh where Israel's quarreling and testing of God leads to Moses striking the rock; a key background for Psalm 95's warning.
  • Deuteronomy 6:16 (verbal): Direct admonition not to 'put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah' — an explicit echo of the Massah/Meribah tradition behind Psalm 95:8.
  • Hebrews 3:7-8 (quotation): New Testament directly quotes Psalm 95:7–8 ('Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts'), using the Psalm's warning against the Israelite rebellion.
  • Psalm 78:17, 41 (thematic): Psalm 78 recounts Israel's recurrent testing and unbelief in the wilderness (asking for food, testing God), thematically paralleling the Massah/Meribah motif invoked in Psalm 95:8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the wilderness.
9 when your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my works.

Psa.95.9 - Details

Original Text

אשר נסוני אבותיכם בחנוני גם־ ראו פעלי׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נסוני: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • אבותיכם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,2,m,pl
  • בחנוני: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • גם: ADV
  • ראו: VERB,qal,impv,2,pl
  • פעלי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr

Parallels

  • Exodus 17:7 (thematic): Narrative of Massah and Meribah where Israel tested the LORD (‘Is the LORD among us?’) despite witnessing His works — the historical setting behind Ps 95:8–9.
  • Numbers 14:22-23 (verbal): Speaks of the wilderness generation that ‘tested’ God and did not obey — uses the language of testing that Psalm 95 attributes to Israel and records God’s judgment.
  • Hebrews 3:8-11 (quotation): New Testament passage that directly cites Psalm 95’s warning about hardening hearts and recounts the wilderness generation’s testing of God, applying the Psalm to hearers.
  • Psalm 78:41 (verbal): Parallel Israelite lament that they ‘turned back and tempted God’ and forgot His works — a psalmic retelling of the same theme of testing God after seeing His deeds.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When your fathers tested me; they tried me and saw my works.
10 For forty years I was vexed with that generation; I said, “They are a people who err in heart, and they have not known my ways.”

Psa.95.10 - Details

Original Text

ארבעים שנה ׀ אקוט בדור ואמר עם תעי לבב הם והם לא־ ידעו דרכי׃

Morphology

  • ארבעים: NUM,m,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אקוט: VERB,qal,perf,1,ms,sg
  • בדור: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • עם: PREP
  • תעי: ADJ,part,m,pl,abs
  • לבב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הם: PRON,personal,3,m,pl
  • והם: CONJ+PRON,3,m,pl
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ידעו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • דרכי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,1,_,sg

Parallels

  • Hebrews 3:10 (quotation): Direct NT quotation of Ps 95:10 (they always go astray in their heart and have not known my ways) used to warn against unbelief and hardness of heart.
  • Numbers 14:29-33 (verbal): God pronounces forty years of wandering on that generation because of their rebellion; links the forty‑year sentence with their unfaithfulness and refusal to follow God's ways.
  • Deuteronomy 1:34-36 (allusion): Moses recalls the LORD's anger at the people and the decree that that generation would not enter the promised land—paralleling God's grievance with the rebellious generation.
  • Psalm 78:40-42 (thematic): Retells Israel's repeated provoking of God in the wilderness and their forgetfulness/ testing of him—echoes the charge that the people erred in their hearts and did not know God's ways.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Forty years I was provoked with that generation and said, 'They are a people who err in heart, and they do not know my ways.'
11 Therefore I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Psa.95.11 - Details

Original Text

אשר־ נשבעתי באפי אם־ יבאון אל־ מנוחתי׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נשבעתי: VERB,niphal,perf,1,_,sg
  • באפי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,suf,1,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • יבאון: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אל: NEG
  • מנוחתי: NOUN,f,sg,poss1s

Parallels

  • Hebrews 3:11 (quotation): Directly cites Psalm 95:11 — 'I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest' — using it as a warning about unbelief and failure to enter God's rest.
  • Hebrews 4:3-5 (quotation): Explicitly appeals to Psalm 95:11 (verse 5) in its argument about God's rest and the divine oath that barred the disobedient from entering that rest.
  • Numbers 14:30 (verbal): God declares that the faithless generation will not enter the promised land ('your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness... you shall not enter the land'), paralleling the consequence of the divine oath in Psalm 95:11.
  • Deuteronomy 1:35-37 (thematic): Records God's sworn refusal to allow the rebellious generation to enter the land because of their lack of faith — thematically parallel to Psalm 95:11's oath in wrath denying entry into God's rest.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Psa.96.1 - Details

Original Text

שירו ליהוה שיר חדש שירו ליהוה כל־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • שירו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • שיר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • חדש: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • שירו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כל: DET
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Ps.98:1 (verbal): Begins with the identical injunction 'Sing to the LORD a new song' and continues the theme of God's marvelous acts prompting worldwide praise.
  • Ps.33:3 (verbal): Commands to 'Sing to him a new song; play skillfully'—shares the specific phrase 'new song' and the call to musical praise.
  • Ps.149:1 (verbal): Opens with 'Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song,' echoing the exact call to sing a new song in corporate worship.
  • Isa.42:10 (allusion): Calls for singing 'a new song' from the ends of the earth—links the motif of a universal, renewed praise extending to all nations.
  • Rev.5:9 (allusion): The heavenly 'new song' sung to the Lamb recalls the psalmic theme of a fresh song of praise connected to God's saving acts and universal worship.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing to the LORD; bless his name; proclaim his salvation day by day.

Psa.96.2 - Details

Original Text

שירו ליהוה ברכו שמו בשרו מיום־ ליום ישועתו׃

Morphology

  • שירו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ברכו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • שמו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • בשרו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • מיום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישועתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms

Parallels

  • Psalm 105:1-2 (verbal): Commands to give thanks/call on the LORD, sing to him, and make known his deeds—language and imperatives parallel to 'Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation.'
  • Isaiah 12:4 (verbal): 'Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds' closely echoes the summons to bless God's name and proclaim his salvation.
  • Psalm 145:2 (thematic): 'Every day I will bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever' parallels the daily/continual proclamation and blessing of God's name.
  • Psalm 98:1-2 (thematic): Calls for singing to the LORD because he has accomplished salvation—connects the call to sing with the declaration of God's saving acts.
  • Psalm 34:1 (thematic): 'I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth' echoes the ongoing, day-by-day theme of blessing and declaring God's goodness.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Sing to the LORD; bless his name; proclaim his salvation day by day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all peoples.

Psa.96.3 - Details

Original Text

ספרו בגוים כבודו בכל־ העמים נפלאותיו׃

Morphology

  • ספרו: VERB,qal,impv,2,_,pl
  • בגוים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כבודו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • בכל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • העמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • נפלאותיו: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • 1 Chronicles 16:24 (verbal): Almost identical wording in the ark‑psalm: 'Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples,' a direct liturgical parallel/quotation of the same tradition.
  • Psalm 105:1 (verbal): Shares the command to make known God's deeds among the nations ('Give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples'), echoing the same motif of proclamation.
  • Isaiah 12:4 (allusion): Isaiah calls for declaring the LORD's deeds among the peoples ('...make known his deeds among the nations'), echoing the psalmic summons to proclaim God's glory to the nations.
  • Revelation 15:3–4 (allusion): New Testament hymn language celebrating 'great and marvelous are your deeds' and God's rule over the nations, reflecting the psalm's theme of proclaiming God's wondrous works to all peoples.
  • Romans 15:9 (thematic): Paul speaks of the Gentiles glorifying God for his mercy—a thematic development of the psalm's call for the nations to hear and praise God's works.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
4 For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

Psa.96.4 - Details

Original Text

כי גדול יהוה ומהלל מאד נורא הוא על־ כל־ אלהים׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • גדול: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ומהלל: VERB,piel,ptc,3,m,sg
  • מאד: ADV
  • נורא: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • כל: DET
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 95:3 (verbal): Directly parallels the wording and idea: both declare Yahweh a great God and a great King above all gods, asserting his supremacy.
  • Exodus 15:11 (verbal): The victory-song rhetoric asks who is like Yahweh among the gods and emphasizes his majestic uniqueness—echoing the praise of God's greatness and fearfulness.
  • Deuteronomy 10:17 (thematic): Declares Yahweh as 'God of gods, Lord of lords,' a legal/Deuteronomic formulation of divine supremacy that parallels the psalm's claim that he is to be feared above all gods.
  • Psalm 86:8 (verbal): Affirms there is none like the Lord among the gods, closely echoing the psalmist's claim of Yahweh's incomparable status and deserving of praise.
  • Psalm 96:5 (structural): The immediate context: it contrasts Yahweh's greatness with the gods of the nations (called idols), reinforcing why Yahweh is to be feared above all other gods.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

Psa.96.5 - Details

Original Text

כי ׀ כל־ אלהי העמים אלילים ויהוה שמים עשה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • כל: DET
  • אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • העמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אלילים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ויהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שמים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 10:11-12 (verbal): Explicit contrast between worthless idols and the true God who made the heavens and earth—Jeremiah 10:12 declares that the LORD made the earth by his power, echoing Psalm 96:5’s claim that Yahweh made the heavens while the gods of the nations are idols.
  • Isaiah 45:18 (thematic): Affirms Yahweh as creator of the heavens and earth ('he created the heavens'), underscoring the same creator–idol contrast of Psalm 96:5.
  • Isaiah 40:25-26 (thematic): Challenges idolaters by pointing to the Creator of the stars and heavens; like Psalm 96:5 it grounds Yahweh’s supremacy in his work of creation against powerless idols.
  • Psalm 115:4-8 (thematic): Denounces the idols of the nations as man‑made, mute objects and implicitly contrasts them with the living God—parallels the assertion in Psalm 96:5 that the gods of the peoples are idols.
  • Psalm 135:15-18 (thematic): Similar polemic against idols as the handiwork of humans and incapable of creator‑acts; reinforces Psalm 96:5’s opposition between idols and Yahweh, the maker of the heavens.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Psa.96.6 - Details

Original Text

הוד־ והדר לפניו עז ותפארת במקדשו׃

Morphology

  • הוד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • והדר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לפניו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • עז: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ותפארת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • במקדשו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Ps.29:2 (verbal): Both verses call for ascribing glory and worshiping God in splendor/majesty; shared language about worship in the 'splendor' or 'majesty' of holiness.
  • Ps.93:1 (verbal): Speaks of the LORD 'robed in majesty' and having put on strength—language of majesty and strength parallels 'honor and majesty' and 'strength' in God's sanctuary.
  • Isa.6:3 (thematic): Heavenly vision where God's holiness and glory fill the temple; thematically parallels the presence of beauty/majesty in God's sanctuary.
  • Exod.15:11 (verbal): Proclaims the LORD 'majestic in holiness' and awesome in glorious deeds—verbal and theological resonance with God's majesty and holiness before him.
  • 1 Chr.16:29 (quotation): Liturgical call to 'worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness' from the same cultic/psalmic tradition, echoing the emphasis on God's majesty and the splendor of his sanctuary.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of peoples; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

Psa.96.7 - Details

Original Text

הבו ליהוה משפחות עמים הבו ליהוה כבוד ועז׃

Morphology

  • הבו: VERB,qal,imp,2,pl
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • משפחות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • עמים: NOUN,pl,m,abs
  • הבו: VERB,qal,imp,2,pl
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כבוד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועז: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 29:1 (verbal): Almost identical wording: a call to 'ascribe to the LORD ... glory and strength'—same verb and nouns, though addressed to heavenly beings rather than 'families of the peoples.'
  • 1 Chronicles 16:28-29 (quotation): Chronicles repeats the summons nearly verbatim—'Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength'—a direct liturgical echo of Ps 96:7.
  • Deuteronomy 32:3 (thematic): Moses' call to proclaim the name of the LORD and 'ascribe greatness to our God' parallels the Psalmic injunction to ascribe honor to Yahweh—shared cultic language of public confession and praise.
  • Revelation 5:13 (thematic): A universal doxology in heaven and earth ascribes blessing, honor, glory and might to God and the Lamb, reflecting Ps 96's theme of all peoples/families giving glory and strength to the Lord.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts.

Psa.96.8 - Details

Original Text

הבו ליהוה כבוד שמו שאו־ מנחה ובאו לחצרותיו׃

Morphology

  • הבו: VERB,qal,imp,2,pl
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כבוד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שמו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • שאו: VERB,qal,imp,2,pl
  • מנחה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובאו: VERB,qal,imp,2,mp
  • לחצרותיו: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Ps.29:2 (verbal): Shares the nearly identical injunction 'Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name,' echoing the command to give God glory.
  • Ps.100:4 (verbal): Calls worshipers to 'enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise,' paralleling 'bring an offering and come into his courts.'
  • Ps.95:2 (thematic): Invites the community to 'come before his presence with thanksgiving' and make a joyful noise—thematic parallel of coming into God's presence with offerings and praise.
  • Ps.96:9 (structural): Immediate continuation of v.8 within the same psalm; develops the worship motif with 'Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness,' linking glory, offering, and courtly worship.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

Psa.96.9 - Details

Original Text

השתחוו ליהוה בהדרת־ קדש חילו מפניו כל־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • השתחוו: VERB,hitp,imp,2,m,pl
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בהדרת: PREP
  • קדש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חילו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+pr3ms
  • מפניו: PREP+3ms
  • כל: DET
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Psalm 29:2 (verbal): Uses almost the same wording—'worship the LORD in the beauty/splendor of holiness'—a direct verbal parallel calling for worship in God's holy splendor.
  • Psalm 95:6 (thematic): Calls the people to bow down and worship the LORD their Maker; shares the theme of corporate reverent worship before God.
  • Habakkuk 2:20 (thematic): Proclaims 'the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him,' paralleling the call for all the earth to stand in awe/tremble before God.
  • Isaiah 6:3-5 (thematic): The vision of God's holiness ('Holy, holy, holy') produces fear and self‑awareness in the worshiper—echoes worship in holiness and the awe/trembling before God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Worship the LORD in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns; the world also is established; it shall not be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.”

Psa.96.10 - Details

Original Text

אמרו בגוים ׀ יהוה מלך אף־ תכון תבל בל־ תמוט ידין עמים במישרים׃

Morphology

  • אמרו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בגוים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • אף: ADV
  • תכון: VERB,qal,imperfect,2,m,sg
  • תבל: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בל: PART
  • תמוט: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • ידין: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עמים: NOUN,pl,m,abs
  • במישרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Ps.93:1 (verbal): Shares the opening declaration 'The LORD reigns' and the language about the world being established/unchanging ('the world also is established; it shall not be moved'), a close verbal parallel.
  • Ps.97:1 (verbal): Begins with the same proclamation 'The LORD reigns' and develops the theme of God's kingship over the earth, echoing the call to recognize YHWH's rule.
  • 1 Chron.16:31-33 (quotation): Part of David's thanksgiving that echoes the psalmic formula 'say among the nations, “The LORD reigns”' and the theme of the nations' response and God's coming judgment—drawing on the same liturgical material.
  • Ps.98:9 (verbal): Contains virtually identical language about God's coming judgment ('For he comes to judge the earth... He will judge the peoples with equity'), paralleling the judgment clause of Ps 96:10.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Say among the nations, 'The LORD reigns; yes, the world is established; it shall not be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.'
11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.

Psa.96.11 - Details

Original Text

ישמחו השמים ותגל הארץ ירעם הים ומלאו׃

Morphology

  • ישמחו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ותגל: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ירעם: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • הים: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
  • ומלאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ps.98:7-8 (verbal): Nearly identical imagery — heaven, earth, and the sea (and its fullness) are called to roar/rejoice in response to God's reign.
  • Isa.44:23 (allusion): Calls on the heavens and earth to sing and rejoice because the LORD has acted; shares the summons of cosmic praise found in Ps 96:11.
  • Isa.49:13 (verbal): Directly echoes the call for heaven and earth to be glad and sing, paralleling the language of cosmic rejoicing in Psalm 96:11.
  • Ps.148:7-10 (thematic): A broader catalogue of creation (sea, depths, weather, animals) praising the LORD — the same theme of the natural world responding in praise.
  • Job 38:7 (thematic): Depicts cosmic beings and creation rejoicing at God's creative acts, resonating with the motif of the heavens and earth rejoicing in Psalm 96:11.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it.
12 Let the fields be joyful, and all that is in them; then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

Psa.96.12 - Details

Original Text

יעלז שדי וכל־ אשר־ בו אז ירננו כל־ עצי־ יער׃

Morphology

  • יעלז: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • שדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וכל: CONJ+PRON,indef
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • אז: ADV
  • ירננו: VERB,piel,impf,3,m,pl
  • כל: DET
  • עצי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • יער: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 96:11 (structural): Immediate context—v.11–13 form a unit calling heaven, earth, and nature to rejoice; v.12 continues the same liturgical summons (fields and trees responding in joy).
  • Psalm 98:7–8 (verbal): Close parallel in language and imagery: both psalms call natural features (rivers/hills/trees) to clap or sing for joy before the LORD, reflecting a shared hymn tradition of creation praise.
  • Isaiah 55:12 (verbal): Isaiah uses nearly the same motif—mountains and hills break forth into singing and 'all the trees of the field' clap—echoing the image of nature rejoicing in salvation/return.
  • Revelation 5:13 (thematic): A New Testament example of cosmic praise: every creature in heaven and on earth sings to the Lamb, continuing the biblical theme of all creation responding in song to God’s acts.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Let the field exult, and everything in it; then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
13 Before the LORD—for he comes; for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

Psa.96.13 - Details

Original Text

לפני יהוה ׀ כי בא כי בא לשפט הארץ ישפט־ תבל בצדק ועמים באמונתו׃

Morphology

  • לפני: PREP
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לשפט: PREP+VERB,qal,inf
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ישפט: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • תבל: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בצדק: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועמים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • באמונתו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 98:9 (verbal): Almost identical wording — both verses proclaim God’s coming to judge the earth and that he will judge the world/peoples in righteousness or equity.
  • Psalm 9:8 (verbal): Shares the key legal formula “he judges the world/peoples with righteousness/uprightness,” echoing the same portrayal of God as righteous judge.
  • Psalm 96:10 (structural): Within the same psalm the adjacent verse declares the LORD’s reign and likewise affirms that he will judge the peoples with righteousness/fairness, reinforcing the present verse’s theme.
  • Isaiah 11:4–5 (thematic): Prophetic description of the coming ruler who judges with righteousness and faithfulness — parallels the motif of a divinely ordained, just judgment of the nations and the earth.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Before the LORD, for he comes; he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his truth.
1 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad.

Psa.97.1 - Details

Original Text

יהוה מלך תגל הארץ ישמחו איים רבים׃

Morphology

  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • תגל: VERB,qal,impf,2,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ישמחו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • איים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • רבים: ADJ,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 96:10-11 (verbal): Repeats the declaration 'The LORD reigns' and summons the earth to rejoice—very close liturgical language and imagery to Psalm 97:1.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:31 (structural): Part of the ark-dedication liturgy that calls heaven and earth to rejoice and proclaims 'The LORD reigns,' echoing the communal praise formula of Ps 97:1.
  • Psalm 93:1 (verbal): Begins with the same assertion 'The LORD reigns,' emphasizing God's kingship and establishing the same theological theme of divine sovereignty over the earth.
  • Psalm 98:4-9 (thematic): Calls all the earth (sea, coastlands, rivers, hills) to sing and rejoice before the LORD—shares the cosmological rejoicing motif found in Ps 97:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad.
2 Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Psa.97.2 - Details

Original Text

ענן וערפל סביביו צדק ומשפט מכון כסאו׃

Morphology

  • ענן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וערפל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • סביביו: NOUN,m,pl,pr_3ms
  • צדק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומשפט: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מכון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כסאו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms

Parallels

  • Psalm 89:14 (verbal): Nearly identical wording: 'Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne,' directly parallels the declaration about God's rule in Ps 97:2.
  • Psalm 18:11 (verbal): Describes thick clouds and darkness surrounding God ('his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies'), matching the imagery of clouds and darkness encircling the Lord in Ps 97:2.
  • Exodus 24:15-16 (structural): The cloud covering Mount Sinai and the glory of the LORD dwelling on the mountain links the motif of cloud as the visible accompaniment of God's presence found in Ps 97:2.
  • Psalm 99:4 (thematic): Affirms the kingly love of justice and the establishment of equity ('The King in his might loves justice'), echoing Ps 97:2's emphasis on righteousness and justice as the basis of God's reign.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3 A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies round about.

Psa.97.3 - Details

Original Text

אש לפניו תלך ותלהט סביב צריו׃

Morphology

  • אש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לפניו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • תלך: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • ותלהט: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • סביב: ADV
  • צריו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 50:3 (verbal): Both verses use nearly identical imagery of God coming with a devouring fire that consumes before him and creates upheaval around him.
  • Deuteronomy 4:24 (quotation): Describes the LORD as a 'consuming fire,' echoing the theme of divine holiness and destructive power that burns up enemies.
  • Exodus 13:21 (structural): Depicts the LORD going before Israel as a pillar of fire, a theophanic motif of divine presence and guidance 'before' the people, paralleling the image of fire preceding God.
  • Psalm 18:8-9 (verbal): Theophanic language—smoke, devouring fire, and violent manifestations of God's presence—parallels the imagery of fire consuming opponents around the Lord.
  • Hebrews 12:29 (quotation): New Testament echo of the OT motif: 'our God is a consuming fire,' reflecting the same idea of God's purifying/judgmental fire that destroys hostile forces.

Alternative generated candidates

  • A fire goes before him and burns up his foes round about.
4 His lightnings light the world; the earth saw and trembled.

Psa.97.4 - Details

Original Text

האירו ברקיו תבל ראתה ותחל הארץ׃

Morphology

  • האירו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ברקיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • תבל: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ראתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ותחל: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Psalm 77:18 (verbal): Uses nearly the same language: "Thy thunder was in the heavens; the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook," closely matching the lightning and earth‑trembling imagery.
  • Psalm 18:7-15 (thematic): Theophany language—thunder, lightning, and the earth shaking as the LORD appears (earthquake and cosmic upheaval connected to divine presence).
  • Job 37:3 (verbal): Speaks of God directing lightning under the whole heaven and to the ends of the earth, echoing the motif of lightning illuminating the world.
  • Habakkuk 3:4-6 (thematic): A theophany depiction: God’s brightness and flashing rays and the shaking of the earth—same motif of divine light/brightness and earth trembling.
  • Exodus 19:16-18 (allusion): Sinai theophany with thunder, lightning, smoke, and the mountain quaking—parallel setting where divine lightning/manifestation causes the earth and people to tremble.

Alternative generated candidates

  • His lightnings light the world; the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Psa.97.5 - Details

Original Text

הרים כדונג נמסו מלפני יהוה מלפני אדון כל־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • הרים: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • כדונג: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נמסו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • מלפני: PREP
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מלפני: PREP
  • אדון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כל: DET
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Nahum 1:5 (verbal): Speaks of mountains quaking and hills melting at God’s presence—a close verbal and thematic parallel to 'mountains melt like wax before the Lord.'
  • Isaiah 64:1 (verbal): Prayer for God to come down 'that the mountains might flow down'—uses melting/flowing mountain imagery similar to Ps 97:5.
  • Habakkuk 3:6 (thematic): Describes ancient mountains crumbling and everlasting hills bowing at the divine presence—same theme of cosmic upheaval before Yahweh.
  • Psalm 114:4 (thematic): At the exodus the mountains 'skipped like rams'—another poetic depiction of mountains moved or altered by God's presence, paralleling Ps 97:5.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory.

Psa.97.6 - Details

Original Text

הגידו השמים צדקו וראו כל־ העמים כבודו׃

Morphology

  • הגידו: VERB,hiph,impv,2,m,pl
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • צדקו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • וראו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • כל: DET
  • העמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • כבודו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 19:1 (verbal): Both verses say the heavens declare God's character—Psalm 19:1: 'The heavens declare the glory of God,' closely echoing 'the heavens declare his righteousness.'
  • Isaiah 40:5 (thematic): Isaiah foretells the revelation of the LORD's glory to all flesh—'the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it'—paralleling 'all the peoples see his glory.'
  • Romans 1:20 (thematic): Paul argues that creation makes God's invisible attributes known to all people—creation reveals God's power/glory, resonating with the heavens declaring his righteousness to the nations.
  • Habakkuk 2:14 (thematic): Habakkuk proclaims that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD's glory as the waters cover the sea, echoing the universal revelation of God's glory to all peoples.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples have seen his glory.
7 Let those who serve carved images be put to shame, who boast of idols—worship him, all you gods.

Psa.97.7 - Details

Original Text

יבשו ׀ כל־ עבדי פסל המתהללים באלילים השתחוו־ לו כל־ אלהים׃

Morphology

  • יבשו: VERB,qal,imprf,3,m,pl
  • כל: DET
  • עבדי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • פסל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • המתהללים: VERB,hitpael,ptcp,3,m,pl,def
  • באלילים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • השתחוו: VERB,hitp,imp,2,m,pl
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • כל: DET
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 96:5 (thematic): Affirms Yahweh’s supremacy over so-called gods/idols; contrasts the LORD who made the heavens with worthless idols, echoing Ps 97’s denunciation of idolaters and claim that all gods must bow to Yahweh.
  • Psalm 115:4-8 (thematic): Condemns the impotence of carved idols (silver and gold) and the folly of trusting them—paralleling Ps 97’s rebuke of those who serve and boast in idols.
  • Psalm 82:1 (structural): Depicts God presiding among the ‘gods’ (the divine council); Ps 97.7’s address to ‘all you gods’ to worship Yahweh resonates with the divine-council motif of divine beings summoned before the true God.
  • Isaiah 46:5-7 (thematic): Mocks the making and carrying of idols that cannot move or speak, paralleling Ps 97’s shaming of idol-worshipers and asserting the living God’s supremacy over lifeless images.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 (thematic): New Testament reflection that 'there are many so‑called gods' but ‘to us there is one God,’ echoing Ps 97’s idea that other 'gods' are subordinate and must acknowledge/worship the one true God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Confounded be all who serve carved images and boast of idols; bow down to him, all you gods.
8 Zion hears and is glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O LORD.

Psa.97.8 - Details

Original Text

שמעה ותשמח ׀ ציון ותגלנה בנות יהודה למען משפטיך יהוה׃

Morphology

  • שמעה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ותשמח: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ציון: NOUN,prop,f,sg,abs
  • ותגלנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • בנות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • למען: PREP
  • משפטיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,2ms
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Zephaniah 3:14 (verbal): Directly echoes the call for Zion/its daughters to rejoice ('Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel'), parallel imperative to rejoice before the LORD.
  • Zechariah 9:9 (verbal): Begins with 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion,' same vocative to Zion/daughter of Zion urging rejoicing in connection with the LORD's salvation/judgment.
  • Joel 2:23 (verbal): Explicitly summons 'children of Zion' to be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God, closely matching Ps 97:8's address and reason for rejoicing (the LORD's acts/judgments).
  • Isaiah 52:9 (thematic): Calls Zion/Jerusalem to 'break forth into joy' because the LORD has comforted his people—parallels Ps 97:8's exhortation to gladness grounded in the LORD's saving/judicial acts.
  • Psalm 98:4 (thematic): A neighboring psalmic summons to make a joyful noise for the LORD because he has done marvelous things; thematically parallels Ps 97:8's rejoicing in the LORD's judgments/salvation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Zion hears and is glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O LORD.
9 For you, LORD, are high above all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

Psa.97.9 - Details

Original Text

כי־ אתה יהוה עליון על־ כל־ הארץ מאד נעלית על־ כל־ אלהים׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עליון: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • כל: DET
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מאד: ADV
  • נעלית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • כל: DET
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 95:3 (verbal): Explicitly states the LORD is a great God and a King above all gods, closely mirroring the claim of YHWH’s supremacy 'above all the earth' and 'above all gods.'
  • Psalm 96:4-5 (thematic): Asserts the greatness of the LORD and contrasts him with the 'gods of the peoples' (idols), echoing Psalm 97:9’s theme of YHWH’s exaltation over all gods.
  • Deuteronomy 10:17 (structural): Declares YHWH as 'God of gods and Lord of lords,' a juridical/theological formulation of divine supremacy comparable to Psalm 97:9’s exalted language.
  • Exodus 15:11 (allusion): The triumphant song asks 'Who is like you among the gods, O LORD?'—an ancient hymn that parallels Psalm 97:9’s praise of YHWH’s uniqueness and superiority.
  • Isaiah 37:16 (thematic): Hezekiah addresses YHWH as enthroned above the cherubim and sole God, reflecting the motif of the LORD’s supreme, exalted position over all.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For you, LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
10 You who love the LORD, hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Psa.97.10 - Details

Original Text

אהבי יהוה שנאו רע שמר נפשות חסידיו מיד רשעים יצילם׃

Morphology

  • אהבי: NOUN,m,sg,poss-1s
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • שנאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • רע: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • שמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נפשות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • חסידיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss3ms
  • מיד: PREP
  • רשעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יצילם: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 8:13 (verbal): Explicitly links fearing the LORD with hating evil—closely echoes the command “hate evil” addressed to those who love Yahweh.
  • Psalm 145:20 (verbal): States that the LORD preserves all who love him and that the wicked perish—parallels the preservation/deliverance of God’s faithful in Ps 97:10.
  • Psalm 37:28 (thematic): Affirms that the LORD loves justice and will not forsake his saints, preserving them while the wicked are cut off—similar theme of divine protection of the godly and judgment on the wicked.
  • Psalm 34:17-19 (thematic): Speaks of the LORD hearing the righteous and delivering them from trouble (many afflictions), resonating with Ps 97:10’s promise that God saves his faithful from the hand of the wicked.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You who love the LORD, hate evil; he preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.

Psa.97.11 - Details

Original Text

אור זרע לצדיק ולישרי־ לב שמחה׃

Morphology

  • אור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • זרע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לצדיק: PREP
  • ולישרי: CONJ+PREP+ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • לב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שמחה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 112:4 (verbal): Uses similar language: 'Light dawns for the upright'—direct verbal parallel tying light to the upright/righteous.
  • Proverbs 4:18 (thematic): Compares the path of the righteous to increasing light ('like the dawn'), echoing the idea of light as the destiny or portion of the righteous.
  • Psalm 27:1 (thematic): Declares the LORD as 'my light and my salvation,' linking divine light with protection and joy for the righteous.
  • Psalm 119:105 (thematic): 'Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path'—connects light with guidance and blessing given to the righteous/faithful.
  • Isaiah 60:1 (thematic): 'Arise, shine, for your light has come'—applies the motif of light coming to God's people, paralleling joy and restoration for the upright.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous; give thanks to his holy name.

Psa.97.12 - Details

Original Text

שמחו צדיקים ביהוה והודו לזכר קדשו׃

Morphology

  • שמחו: VERB,qal,imp,2,mp
  • צדיקים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ביהוה: PREP+PN,sg
  • והודו: CONJ+VERB,piel,imprf,3,m,pl
  • לזכר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קדשו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 32:11 (verbal): Same exhortation: 'Be glad/rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous'—a direct call for the righteous to rejoice.
  • Psalm 33:1 (verbal): Similar wording calling the righteous to rejoice and praise the LORD, linking rejoicing with praise of God's name.
  • Psalm 30:4 (verbal): Very close verbal parallel: 'Sing unto the LORD... and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness'—nearly identical phrasing about giving thanks for God's holiness.
  • Psalm 29:2 (thematic): Connects worship/thanks with God's holiness: 'worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness,' echoing the appeal to praise because of God's holiness.
  • Psalm 105:3 (thematic): Links rejoicing and glorying in God's holy name: 'Glory in his holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD,' similar theme of righteous rejoicing over God's holiness.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous; give thanks to the remembrance of his holiness.

A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness at night;

on the ten-stringed lute, on the harp, on the melody with the lyre.

For the LORD has made me glad by his deeds; at the works of his hands I sing for joy.

How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.

A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

When the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers blossom—to be cut off forever. But you are exalted forever, O LORD.

For behold, your enemies, O LORD; for behold, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of evil shall be scattered.

You have exalted my horn like the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

My eyes have seen the downfall of my foes; my ears have heard of the wicked who rise against me.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Planted in the house of the LORD, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and fresh,

to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

The LORD reigns; he is robed with majesty; the LORD is girded with might— the world stands firm and shall not be shaken.

Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.

The floods lift up, O LORD; the floods lift up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

Mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.

Your testimonies are very sure; holiness befits your house, O LORD, for evermore.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs—O God, to whom vengeance belongs—shine forth!

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; repay the proud what they deserve.

How long, O LORD, shall the wicked exult? How long shall the wicked shout for joy?

They pour out words, they speak conceit; all the workers of evil boast themselves.

They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your inheritance.

They kill the widow and the stranger, and slay the fatherless.

They say, “The LORD will not see; the God of Jacob will not perceive.”

Fools among the people—when will you be wise?

He who planted the ear—does he not hear? He who formed the eye—does he not see?

He who disciplines the nations—will he not reprove? He who teaches mankind—does he not know?

The LORD knows the thoughts of man; that they are but a fleeting breath.

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach from your law.

To give him relief from the days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the LORD will not forsake his people, nor will he abandon his heritage.

For justice shall return to the righteous, and all upright in heart shall follow it.

Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand for me against workers of iniquity?

If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

In the multitude of my anxieties within me, your consolations delight my soul.

Shall the throne of wickedness, which frames mischief by statute, have fellowship with you?

They plot against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood. But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.

He will repay them for their iniquity and cut them off in their wickedness; the LORD our God will cut them off.

Come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; make a joyful noise to him with songs.

For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us bow down and worship; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep of his hand. Today, if you would hear his voice:

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,

when your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my works.

For forty years I was vexed with that generation; I said, “They are a people who err in heart, and they have not known my ways.”

Therefore I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Sing to the LORD; bless his name; proclaim his salvation day by day.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all peoples.

For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of peoples; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns; the world also is established; it shall not be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.”

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.

Let the fields be joyful, and all that is in them; then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

Before the LORD—for he comes; for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad.

Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies round about.

His lightnings light the world; the earth saw and trembled.

The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory.

Let those who serve carved images be put to shame, who boast of idols—worship him, all you gods.

Zion hears and is glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O LORD.

For you, LORD, are high above all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

You who love the LORD, hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous; give thanks to his holy name.