Obadiah

Psalm 116

I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 117

O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures for ever.

Praise ye the LORD.

Obadiah

The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom;

We have heard a rumor from the LORD,

and an ambassador is sent among the heathen,

Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen:

thou art greatly despised.

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee,

thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock,

whose habitation is high;

that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle,

and though thou set thy nest among the stars,

thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night,

(how art thou cut off!)

would they not have stolen till they had enough?

if the grape-gatherers came to thee,

would they not leave some grapes?

How are the things of Esau searched out!

how are his hidden things sought up!

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:

the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee,

and prevailed against thee;

they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee:

there is none understanding in him.

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD,

even destroy the wise men out of Edom,

and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed,

to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,

and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side,

in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces,

and foreigners entered into his gates,

and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother

in the day that he became a stranger;

neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah

in the day of their destruction;

neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction

in the day of their calamity,

nor have laid hands on their substance

in the day of their calamity;

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway,

to cut off those of his that did escape;

neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen:

as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee:

thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain,

so shall all the heathen drink continually,

yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down,

and they shall be as though they had not been.

But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance,

and there shall be holiness;

and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire,

and the house of Joseph a flame,

and the house of Esau for stubble,

and they shall kindle in them, and devour them;

and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau;

for the LORD hath spoken it.

And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.

Proverbs 14

Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.

He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.