Bohairic Coptic Old Testament

until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

His glory is great in thy salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty.

And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through the rings.

And ye shall carry thither your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your first-fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your freewill-offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the first-born of your herds, and of your flocks.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

We will exult in thy salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

And they buried him in Gai near the house of Phogor; and no one has seen his sepulchre to this day.

And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.

And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs:

And thou shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence.

Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury.

Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink.

In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course.

I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.

And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.

Therefore I charge thee, saying, Thou shalt separate for thy self three cities.

On thee have I been stayed from the womb: from the belly of my mother thou art my protector: of thee is my praise continually.

for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.

Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.

For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people.

And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.

The earth has yielded her fruit; let God, our God bless us.

Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him,

And those men said to Moses, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: shall we therefore fail to offer the gift to the Lord in its season in the midst of the children of Israel?

who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, being girded about with power;

And the Lord thy God will put these curses upon thine enemies, and upon those that hate thee, who have persecuted thee.

And whenever ye shall gather the assembly, ye shall sound, but not an alarm.

They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,

The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee.

For he is my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved.

The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills.

And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoar-frost.

Thou shalt add days to the days of the king; thou shalt lengthen his years to all generations.

God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.

For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number of chariots.

He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;

They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.

My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house.

Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.

The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.

God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.

And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and a thousand five hundred shekels;

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.

They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause.

They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me.

Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.

I will willingly sacrifice to thee: I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord; for it is good.

And ye shall offer for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord wine for a drink-offering, the third part of a hin.

I went forth to meet the Philistine; and he cursed me by his idols.

And Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous and strong; for thou shalt go in before this people into the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and thou shalt give it to them for an inheritance.

and put fire on them, and put incense on them before the Lord to-morrow; and it shall come to pass that the man whom the Lord has chosen, he shall be holy: let it be enough for you, ye sons of Levi.

Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turns the captivity of his people, Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad.

And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?

And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.

Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord.

And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.

They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth

The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

And the priest shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall go into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean till evening.

Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.

Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook.

Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?

one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory,

And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.

The high praises of God shall be in their throat, and two-edged swords in their hands;

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.

Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee.

And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Madiam, and their divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balac.

O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Ermonites, from the little hill.

He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.

And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.

Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?

There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased.

Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.

And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way,

And Phinees the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose out of the midst of the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand,

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he heard them.

I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.