You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

你曾斥责外邦，你曾灭绝恶人；你曾涂抹他们的名，直到永永远远。

你曾斥责列国，灭绝恶人；你曾涂去他们的名，直到永永远远。

你曾斥责列国，灭绝恶人；你曾涂去他们的名，直到永永远远。

你斥责列国，消灭恶人，永永远远抹去他们的名字。

你斥责了列国，灭绝了恶人；你涂抹了他们的名，直到永永远远。

你斥责了列国，消灭了恶人，抹掉了他们的名号，直到永永远远。

你曾斥責外邦，你曾滅絕惡人；你曾塗抹他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你曾斥責列國，滅絕惡人；你曾塗去他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你曾斥責列國，滅絕惡人；你曾塗去他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你斥責列國，消滅惡人，永永遠遠抹去他們的名字。

你斥責了列國，滅絕了惡人；你塗抹了他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你叱責了列國，使惡人滅亡；你塗抹了他們的名到永永遠遠。

你斥責了列國，消滅了惡人，抹掉了他們的名號，直到永永遠遠。

斥列邦而翦惡類、永塗其名兮、

敗惡黨罰異邦兮、永世塗抹其名兮、

主斥責列國、翦除惡人、塗抹其名、直至永遠、

公義已見伸。睿斷洵無愆。

You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

You have punished the nations. You have destroyed evil people. You have erased their names from your book for ever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever.

You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David,“ You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying,‘ David cannot invade this place!’”But David captured the fortress of Zion( that is, the city of David).David said on that day,“ Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the‘ lame’ and the‘ blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said,“ The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.David’s power grew steadily, for the LORD God who commands armies was with him.King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.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.David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, they sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah, in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob.When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

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

But David replied to the Philistine,“ You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!This very day the LORD will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a Godand all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves! For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine.David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah from the Philistines.He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish his authority over the Euphrates River.David seized from him 1,700 charioteers and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of the chariot horses.The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.From Tebah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,he sent his son Joram to King David to extend his best wishes and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze.King David dedicated these things to the LORD, along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations that he had subdued,including Aram, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

Why should the nations say,“ Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”

You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD who rules over all.

Then David said to Abigail,“ Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.Now Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, had a spear that weighed three hundred bronze shekels, and he was armed with a new weapon. He had said that he would kill David.But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David’s men took an oath saying,“ You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!”Later there was another battle with the Philistines, this time in Gob. On that occasion Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha.Yet another battle occurred with the Philistines in Gob. On that occasion Elhanan the son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.These four were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by David and his soldiers.

From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All- Powerful.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.Foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?