Bohairic Coptic Old Testament

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix the pins, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;

O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.

We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

And if thy brother do not come nigh thee, and thou dost not know him, thou shalt bring it into thy house within; and it shall be with thee until thy brother shall seek them, and thou shalt restore them to him.

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.

And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.

and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of thy neck, captive daughter of Sion.

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and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and shall find thee. If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God,

The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose land ye inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree.

And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, Ye have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharao and his servants, and all his land;

O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me.

Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labour for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.

O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory.

Why did I come, and there was no man? why did I call, and there was none to hearken? Is not my hand strong to redeem? or can I not deliver? behold, by my rebuke I will dry up the sea, and make rivers a wilderness; and their fish shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst.

Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.

And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded.

So then ye alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you?

For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence;

and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompence; to comfort all that mourn;

Speak, and let the children of Israel keep the passover in its season.

Take a millstone, grind meal: remove thy veil, uncover thy white hairs, make bare the leg, pass through the rivers.

Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us:

For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.

who will not be able to save themselves from war, but they themselves are led away captive.

Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments.

maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;

Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honour.

Look to Abraam your father, and to Sarrha that bore you: for he was alone when I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him.

Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.

And the Lord, said to the devil, Whence comest thou? Then the devil said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth.

And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.

and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Salpaad our brother to his daughters.

If ye do indeed speak righteousness, then do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.

I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and not caused mine enemies to rejoice over me.

Charge the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries.

I will go before thee, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and burst iron bars.

And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this people into my power, I will devote it and its cities to thee.

As God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour:

a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom thou knowest, and concerning whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Enac?

A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

Who raised up righteousness from the east, and called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint it an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?

He shall not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor shall his voice be heard without.

And if thou pass through water, I am with thee; and the rivers shall not overflow thee: and if thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned; the flame shall not burn thee.

And the Lord said to me, Fear him not, for I have delivered him, and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon.

Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!

And Ezekias was glad of their coming, and he shewed them the house of his spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not shew.

And when Balac son of Sepphor saw all that Israel did to the Amorite,

Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee.

Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Speak, ye priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double the amount of her sins.

God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.

Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

And Ezekias turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

and they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and before all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying,

To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

Charge the children of Israel, and thou shalt speak to them, saying, Ye shall observe to offer to me in my feasts my gifts, my presents, my burnt-offerings for a sweet-smelling savour.

O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.

Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.

Blessed is the man that does these things, and the man that holds by them, and keeps the sabbaths from profaning them, and keeps his hands from doing unrighteousness.

So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.

And the Lord said to me,

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.

The Lord reigns; let the people rage; it is he that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved.

And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it.

For the wrath of the Lord is upon all nations, and his anger upon the number of them, to destroy them, and give them up to slaughter.

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.

To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? is it not he that has much strength, and he who has a strong arm?

Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord has wrought wonderful works, his right hand, and his holy arm, have wrought salvation for him.

Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.

And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Libanus has been given to it, and the honour of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God.

O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in their heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.

Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

I know that thou canst do all things, and nothing is impossible with thee.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.

For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine.

What beginning or fear is hiseven he that makes all things in the highest?

Except the Lord build the house, they that build labour in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watches in vain.

Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day

even they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not enquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharao, and protected by the Egyptians.

while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them,