Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

And he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amalekite.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.

And Jessae called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.

Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.

And ye shall take the ark and put it on the wagon; and ye shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a coffer by the side of it: and ye shall let it go, and sent it away, and ye shall depart.

And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say, What shall we do to the ark of the God of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let the ark of God come over to us; and the ark of the God of Israel came to Geth.

ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.

Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.

I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.

who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [and green herb for the service of men;]

Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers of death.

the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us to-day for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.

They have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.

His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.

And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as it is this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed.

They are sons of fools and vile men, whose name and glory are quenched from off the earth.

And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I am here, for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord had called the child.

And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord.

And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men.

in the mountain, and in the plain, and in Araba, and in Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and Nageb; the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.

The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; long suffering, and abundant in mercy.

For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh.

Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies.

And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Oza; and that place was called the breach of Oza until this day.

But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.

Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and be admonished of the power of the Lord.

sheep and all oxen, yea and the cattle of the field;

And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants detained before the Lord, and his name was Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.

My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.

And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheep-cote, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people, over Israel.

Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.

From Jordan to the great sea westward thou shalt give it them: the great sea shall be the boundary. But to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasse, to Ruben and to Gad Moses gave an inheritance beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them eastward,

whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.

but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.

He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory:

And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause.

And king David took from Metebac, and from the choice cities of Adraazar, very much brass: with that Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture.

Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

And Jonathan said, Behold, we will go over to the men, and will come down suddenly upon them.

They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.

And Memphibosthe did obeisance, and said, Who am I thy servant, that thou hast looked upon a dead dog like me?

But thou hast said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of thy words;) because thou sayest, I am pure, not having sinned;

And the children of Ammon went forth, and set the battle in array by the door of the gate: those of Syria, Suba, and Roob, and Istob, and Amalec, being by themselves in the field.

Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in thee; make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to thee.

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here am I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? am I not better to thee than ten children?

My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied my self to follow the Lord my God.

And David said to Urias, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion of meat from the king followed him.

And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for thyself: and he took off his shoe and gave it to him.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me.

Or will ye draw back? nay do, ye yourselves be judges.

and I gave thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom, and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Juda; and if that had been little, I would have given thee yet more.

And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northward.

And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.

And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth.

Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,

For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.

Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.

And Themar went to the house of her brother Amnon, and he was lying down: and she took the dough and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.

And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my damsels.

When Jacob and his sons went into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, then our fathers cried to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron; and they brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he made them to dwell in this place.

And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.

But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?

If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.

And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give commandment concerning thee.

And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.

And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they had save alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and they were content.

All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

Deep calls to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy billows and thy waves have gone over me.

For thy servant vowed a vow when I dwelt at Gedsur in Syria, saying, If the Lord should indeed restore me to Jerusalem, then will I serve the Lord.

So David persuaded his men by his words, and did not suffer them to arise and slay Saul: and Saul arose and went his way.

Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.

For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.

The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy.

And all the people rose up as one man, saying, No one of us shall return to his tent, and no one of us shall return to his house.

The Lord has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, because thou hast reigned in his stead; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Abessalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

And Chusi said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, and as a wild boar in the plain: and thy father is a man of war, and will not give the people rest.

And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not one of them be left before you.

For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us.

The moon and the stars to rule the night; for his mercy endures for ever.

Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.

Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.

And the borders will proceed from Tapho to the sea to Chelcana; and their termination will be at the sea; this is the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their families.

And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.

For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?

For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of our fathers:

Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast.

I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

It shall belong to Manasse, and Thapheth on the borders of Manasse shall belong to the sons of Ephraim.