how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

The exiles from Judah will say, ‘The Lord has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion what the Lord our God has done!’

Then David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”

Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed the Lord our God.’

because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it.”

then you must say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”

They said to them, “We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

From where shall I get meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat!’

They told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”

you must say to them, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

Therefore the Lord brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”

If they say to us, ‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.

So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?