No resident of Zion will say, “I am ill”; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.

But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done.

So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine from their diet and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.

When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:

When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel!”

Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is on your mind. Do as you’re inclined. I’m with you all the way!”

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

(Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest.

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.