Daniel 4:37
Hebrew Text— Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
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Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.
Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; “for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.
Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
“The house which I am building will be great; for our God is greater than all gods.
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.
Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
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!”
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.
but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
Yahweh says, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze.
“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
(for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house;
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.
Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherah poles and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.
Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. His dominion is from generation to generation.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”