1 Samuel 24:14

As Yahweh’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.

Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, “The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Syria.”

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

“ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.

Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.

He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others will spring.

How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;

“Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says Yahweh, “and they will fish them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

“You, son of man, the Lord Yahweh says to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.

You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.

“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.

They went out into the field, harvested their vineyards, trod the grapes, celebrated, and went into the house of their god and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.

He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.

Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to Saul’s house your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!

God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him;

Now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.

The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap,