O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

Serve the Lord in fear! Repent in terror!

He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,

If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”

If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.

Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, “May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure.”

the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword.

Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, “Put your hand under my thigh

They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.