Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh’s Passover.
On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of brass, he lived.
I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan.
Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.”’”
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”
He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
“He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”
I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.
For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Lover
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”
My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.