Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.

He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.

And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father's house.

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.

And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.

And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took one, and brought it to him.

And Elisaie cried out to Giezi, and said, Call this Somanite. So he called her, and she came in to him: and Elisaie said, Take thy son.

And he set before them a great feast, and they ate and drank: and he dismissed them and they departed to their master. And the bands of Syria came no longer into the land of Israel.

And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned.

Then went up Azael king of Syria, and fought against Geth, and took it: and Azael set his face to go against Jerusalem.

And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisaie said, Shoot. And he shot. And Elisaie said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphec until thou have consumed them.

And Amessias the son of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.

In the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Manaem the son of Gaddi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years.

for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, said he, she refused to obey king Artaxerxes,

And the king loved Esther, and she found favour beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen's crown.

And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.

For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.

While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, The horsemen formed three companies against us, and surrounded the camels, and took them for a prey, and slew the servants with the sword; and I only escaped, and am come to tell thee.

There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?

But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.

Wilt thou visit him till the morning, and judge him till the time of rest?

He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.

For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.

renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.

And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee as from the noonday.

He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.

Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.

Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.

And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.

There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.

And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.

And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.

For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him.

Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.

Wherefore men shall fear him; and the wise also in heart shall fear him.

And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?

And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians share him?

The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory.

But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;

There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them.

He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.

He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities.

He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.

The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

There will I cause to spring up a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed.

they have ears, but they cannot hear; for there is no breath in their mouth.

and slew mighty kings; for his mercy endures for ever:

But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.

For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.

The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied; deliver me from my distresses.

and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.

O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.

For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.

Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.

Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee.

Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.

But I will sing to thy strength, and in the morning will I exult in thy mercy; for thou hast been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction.

I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.

Wherefore do ye conceive evil, ye swelling mountains? this is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.

Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end.

Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and feared; and the depths were troubled.

And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing against any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt,

And ye shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.

Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.

Let not a man oppress his neighbour, and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord thy God.

And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.

And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in mount Sina the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.

Remember what things Amalec did to thee by the way, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt:

And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall pursue you; and ye shall flee, no one pursuing you.

And on the second day twelve calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.

Why did ye not eat the sin-offering in the holy place? for because it is most holy he has given you this to eat, that ye might take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord.

pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.