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ISRAËL (Histoire et Religion 9.)

8.

Le judaïsme après l'Exil.

Nous n'avons pas de précisions quant au nombre des Juifs revenus à Jérusalem et de ceux qui furent dispersés au loin. Nous savons qu'à une époque antérieure des Juifs vivaient en Egypte, et qu'un certain nombre d'autres (sans doute ceux qui appartenaient au parti favorable à l'Egypte) vinrent y chercher un refuge après la grande catastrophe. Une fraction importante de l'élite de la nation fut transportée à Babylone, d'autres restèrent attachés à leur sol natal. Ainsi commença la dispersion (voir Diaspora), qui continua, même après que la ville sacrée eut été rebâtie, et s'étendit jusque sur es territoires grecs et romains. Babylone, cependant, restait le centre le plus important de la vie du peuple juif, et c'est de là qu'elle devait renaître.

Le nouvel empire babylonien était sous la dépendance de son fondateur Nébucadnetsar. Quand il mourut en 561, après avoir régné pendant quarante-trois ans, le déclin fut rapide et la fin fut consommée vingt ans après, deux des quatre derniers rois ayant été assassinés. Cyrus entre alors en scène et se rend glorieux par ses victoires et ses conquêtes (Esa 41:2-23 45:1). Par lui le gouvernement du Proche Orient passe de la race sémitique à la race aryenne ; il se maintiendra pendant les deux siècles suivants. La Perse domine un vaste empire. Cyrus, probablement pour des motifs politiques, permit aux Juifs de retourner en Palestine. Il désirait avoir aux confins de l'Egypte un peuple ami. Quelles que fussent ses raisons, ce geste fraya la voie à la restauration du judaïsme. Dans les limites de l'empire perse pouvait se développer une nation dont tous les intérêts étaient concentrés dans sa religion.

Nous voici de retour à Jérusalem où, en l'an 520 environ, un autel fut élevé au culte de Jéhovah. Nous avons ici trois prophètes à mentionner : Malachie (s'il n'est pas un personnage fictif), Aggée et Zacharie. Ceux-ci exercèrent leur ministère du temps du gouverneur Zorobabel, et de Jéhosua, grand-prêtre. Leur mission diffère de celle des premiers prophètes ; au lieu de dénoncer l'idolâtrie, ils devaient encourager le peuple à rebâtir le temple et à pourvoir à son entretien (Ag 1:4-9 2:3) ; Aggée lui déclare qu'il souffre parce qu'il n'a pas rempli son devoir envers la maison de Dieu. La prophétie Ag 2:6-9 ne peut être regardée comme messianique ; elle prédit qu'après le cataclysme qui approche et ébranlera la terre, la gloire du second temple sera plus grande que celle du premier, et que les trésors afflueront vers lui. (cf. Heb 12:26) La partie authentique du livre de Zacharie est une admirable prédication, un message. de réconfort approprié aux besoins de la nation qui lutte (Za 11:4). La paix règne sur la terre mais le jugement est proche, les peuples qui ont opprimé les Juifs seront écrasés, la cité n'aura pas besoin de muraille, car Dieu sera pour elle comme une muraille de feu dont elle sera entourée (Za 2:5), et ses places seront remplies de jeunes garçons, de jeunes filles et de paisibles vieillards (Za 8:4). Pendant la période la plus difficile, sous le règne de Darius, ces hommes remplirent leur mission en contribuant au relèvement d'Israël. Le troisième prophète, Mala-chie, appartient à une époque postérieure, bien que les circonstances soient presque semblables ; ;'il réclame un clergé de moeurs plus pures (Mal 2:1-10), un état social plus noble (Mal 2:10-17), le paiement honnête des dîmes (Mal 3:7,12). Mais combien le style est différent ! nous ne trouvons pas, dans les livres précédents, ce ton de discussion scolastique. Cette méthode d'instruction et de raisonnement ne ressemble pas aux appels passionnés des grands prophètes, elle manque d'idéal. Çà et là jaillissent de brillants éclairs, mais il n'y a, dans le style, ni mouvements rapides, ni puissants coups d'aile. On peut dire que ce livre renferme des enseignements plutôt que de la prophétie (cf. certains passages de Esa 56 à Esa 66). Ainsi la reconstruction du temple, la fondation de l'Église juive sont entourées de circonstances très défavorables. La pauvreté du peuple, l'hostilité de ses voisins, les désillusions causées par les brillantes prophéties si imparfaitement accomplies, tout contribuait à inspirer un découragement profond. Le secours vint d'abord de Babylone, et plus tard d'ailleurs ; mais, dans ses premières phases, la lutte fut rude.

Un nouveau mouvement de grande importance nous amène au milieu du siècle suivant lorsque, la réforme deutéronomique étant achevée, le code sacerdotal pénétra la vie de la nation et régla tous les services et l'entretien du temple. Ce code s'était lentement développé. Les « lois de sainteté » (Le 17 à Le 26) sont antérieures à Ézéchiel, et le code sacerdotal qui les compléta fut certainement influencé par ce prophète. Le chapitre qui l'introduit (Ge 1-2:4) montre que la notion la plus élevée du monothéisme a été atteinte. Un seul Dieu est créateur du monde, des cieux et de la terre et de toutes les manifestations de la vie sur la terre et dans les mers. Cette loi fut lue publiquement et acceptée aux jours d'Esdras et de Néhémie (Ne 8). On ne pourrait exposer en quelques phrases les importants débats auxquels a donné lieu la mission de ces deux hommes. La réalité de l'existence d'Esdras a même été mise en doute. On a vu en lui la personnification de l'activité des scribes, si féconde à cette époque et dans celle qui suivit. Cette opinion ne paraît pas plausible. Tout le mouvement concernant les scribes doit s'être incarné en des formes réelles et non fictives. Le patriote Néhémie fut certainement un homme en chair et en os, dont l'histoire nous est parvenue avec toute la réalité de la vie (Ne 1).

A eux deux, Esdras et Néhémie entreprirent un travail complexe :

La construction de la muraille qui devait les protéger contre des voisins inquiétants.

La condamnation des « mariages mixtes », procès laborieux qui fut conduit avec rudesse et intolérance.

La séparation tranchée d'avec les Samaritains, dont la religion était regardée comme impure.

L'affirmation des principes de l'orthodoxie légale. Seuls des hommes de caractère ferme et des règles sévères pouvaient préparer le judaïsme aux luttes violentes qu'il avait encore à livrer. La Judée était un petit pays fermé aux relations extérieures, vivant sa vie propre, portion insignifiante du grand empire perse. Les destinées de cet empire jusqu'en 333 relèvent de l'histoire profane, qui raconte la tentative d'invasion de l'Europe brisée par la résistance héroïque des Grecs (Marathon, 490 ; Salamine, 486).

Il dut y avoir à cette époque une grande activité littéraire, bien que nous ignorions les noms de ceux qui, sous l'influence des idées ecclésiastiques qui se firent jour plus tard, récrivirent l'histoire dans les livres des Chroniques ou composèrent les Proverbes, importante contribution aux « Livres sapientiaux ». Les uns sont un monument du judaïsme, les autres une règle pratique de conduite pour toutes les circonstances de la vie. Le livre des Psaumes, dans sa forme actuelle, est postérieur à l'exil, bien que certaines parties lui soient antérieures. Les Ps 1 Ps 19:8-14, Ps 119, qui glorifient « la Loi », appartiennent à l'époque où la Thora fut complétée. Les Ps 8 Ps 104 semblent s'appuyer sur Ge 1 ; le Ps 139 est un long développement de l'idée religieuse ; le Ps 73 traite le même sujet que le livre de Job, il est postérieur à Jérémie ; les Ps 50 et Ps 51, avec leur notion de la spiritualité du sacrifice, appartiennent probablement à la même époque. Des hymnes chantés pendant les fêtes autour des autels peuvent avoir survécu aux générations précédentes, mais les poèmes théologiques et de caractère personnel sont plus récents. Les Psaumes doivent leur puissance stimulante aux poèmes inspirés par les sentiments si intenses du prophète Jérémie et aux poésies lyriques du second Ésaïe.

Les grandes discussions passionnées sur le problème de la souffrance, contenues dans le livre de Job, appartiennent à cette époque. Elles peuvent être un écho des souffrances de la nation ; en réalité c'est bien un problème personnel qui est posé. Comme introduction à ses poèmes, l'auteur peut s'être servi de la simple histoire de « Job le patient », mais son Job à lui ne l'était pas. Anciens et modernes ont transformé sa patience en discours téméraires allant jusqu'au blasphème. On a dit avec raison que ce livre est une protestation contre l'idée que toute souffrance provient du péché. Il est cela, mais il est plus encore : il montre que ce problème est plein de mystères et ne peut être résolu par des débats irritants. On est surpris que le judaïsme ait pu produire un tel livre ; peut-être sa conservation n'est-elle due qu'à certains passages destinés à adoucir les angles et à le rendre plus conforme à la saine orthodoxie. De l'avis unanime, le livre de Job est l'un des plus beaux qui existent ; il affirme dans un style admirable le droit que possède l'âme brisée, éperdue, d'en appeler directement à Dieu, le Juge suprême (Job 23:3 et suivant). Si nous y joignons les deux courtes et belles histoires de Ruth et de Jonas, nous avons une démonstration plus complète encore de l'universalité du judaïsme, au sein duquel le légalisme, par certains de ses côtés, devenait de plus en plus étroit. Le livre de Ruth, qu'il contienne ou non un enseignement particulier, montre que l'art de la narration n'était pas mort : largeur d'esprit, bonté à l'égard de l'étranger, simplicité et charme idylliques l'animent. Dans le livre de Jonas nous trouvons « l'idée missionnaire ». Il tourne en ridicule l'opinion que la prophétie est l'affaire du seul prédicateur et que sa réputation a plus d'importance que la miséricorde de Dieu envers ceux qui se repentent. « Le grand poisson » est une image hardie au sujet de laquelle on a perdu trop de temps (Jer 51:34). Que ce livre représente ou non Israël menacé d'infidélité à sa vocation missionnaire, ou qu'il soit une protestation contre le prédicateur qui, dans son zèle ignorant, oublie que Dieu et l'humanité sont plus grands que les systèmes théologiques, l'ouvrage renferme un enseignement immortel (Jon 4:9,11).

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      Genèse 1

      1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
      2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
      3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
      4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
      5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.
      6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
      7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
      8 God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
      9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
      10 God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.
      11 God said, "Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth"; and it was so.
      12 The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
      13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
      14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
      15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth"; and it was so.
      16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
      17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
      18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
      19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
      20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
      21 God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
      22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
      23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
      24 God said, "Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.
      25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
      26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
      27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
      28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
      29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
      30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so.
      31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

      Genèse 2

      1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.
      2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
      3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
      4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

      Lévitique 17

      1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
      2 "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
      3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
      4 and hasn't brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
      5 This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh.
      6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
      7 They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.'
      8 "You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
      9 and doesn't bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to sacrifice it to Yahweh; that man shall be cut off from his people.
      10 "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
      11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
      12 Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood."
      13 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
      14 For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
      15 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.
      16 But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"

      Lévitique 26

      1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.
      2 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
      3 "'If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
      4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
      5 Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
      6 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
      7 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
      8 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
      9 "'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
      10 You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.
      11 I will set my tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you.
      12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
      13 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
      14 "'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;
      15 and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;
      16 I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
      17 I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.
      18 "'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
      19 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass;
      20 and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
      21 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.
      22 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate.
      23 "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me;
      24 then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.
      25 I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
      26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
      27 "'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk contrary to me;
      28 then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
      29 You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
      30 I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
      31 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
      32 I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein will be astonished at it.
      33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
      34 Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
      35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you lived on it.
      36 "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.
      37 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
      38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will eat you up.
      39 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
      40 "'If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,
      41 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
      42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
      43 The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
      44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God;
      45 but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.'"
      46 These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.

      Néhémie 1

      1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
      2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
      3 They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."
      4 It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
      5 and said, "I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
      6 Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned.
      7 We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
      8 "Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;
      9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.'
      10 "Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
      11 Lord , I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cup bearer to the king.

      Néhémie 8

      1 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
      2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
      3 He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
      4 Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
      5 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
      6 and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
      7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stayed in their place.
      8 They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
      9 Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Don't mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
      10 Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don't be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength."
      11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."
      12 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
      13 On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
      14 They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
      15 and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."
      16 So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of God's house, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
      17 All the assembly of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
      18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

      Job 23

      3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

      Psaumes 1

      1 Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
      2 but his delight is in Yahweh's law. On his law he meditates day and night.
      3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
      4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
      5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
      6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

      Psaumes 8

      1 <> Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
      2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
      3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
      4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
      5 For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
      6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
      7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
      8 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
      9 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

      Psaumes 19

      8 Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
      9 The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
      10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
      11 Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
      12 Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
      13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
      14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

      Psaumes 50

      2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
      3 Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
      4 He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
      5 "Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
      6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
      7 "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
      8 I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
      9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
      10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
      11 I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
      12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
      13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
      14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
      15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
      16 But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
      17 since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
      18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
      19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
      20 You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
      21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
      22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
      23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."

      Psaumes 51

      1 <> Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
      2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
      3 For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
      4 Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
      5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
      6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
      7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
      8 Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
      9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
      10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
      11 Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy Spirit from me.
      12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
      13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.
      14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
      15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
      16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
      17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
      18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
      19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

      Psaumes 73

      2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
      3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
      4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
      5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
      6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
      7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
      8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
      9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
      10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
      11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
      12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
      13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
      14 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
      15 If I had said, "I will speak thus"; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
      16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
      17 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
      18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
      19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
      20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
      21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
      22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
      23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
      24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
      25 Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
      26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
      27 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
      28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

      Psaumes 104

      1 Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
      2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
      3 He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
      4 He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.
      5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
      6 You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
      7 At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
      8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
      9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.
      10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
      11 They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
      12 The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
      13 He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
      14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
      15 wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
      16 Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
      17 where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
      18 The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
      19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
      20 You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
      21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
      22 The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.
      23 Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.
      24 Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
      25 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
      26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
      27 These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
      28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
      29 You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
      30 You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
      31 Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
      32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
      33 I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
      34 Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
      35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

      Psaumes 119

      1 <> Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh's law.
      2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
      3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
      4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
      5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
      6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
      7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
      8 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.
      9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
      10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
      11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
      12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
      13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
      14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
      15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
      16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
      17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
      18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
      19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.
      20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
      21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
      22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
      23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
      24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
      25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
      26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
      27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
      28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.
      29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
      30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
      31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.
      32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
      33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
      34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
      35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
      36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
      37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
      38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
      39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
      40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
      41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
      42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
      43 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
      44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
      45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
      46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
      47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
      48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
      49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
      50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
      51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.
      52 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
      53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
      54 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.
      55 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
      56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
      57 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
      58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
      59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
      60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
      61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.
      62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
      63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
      64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
      65 Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
      66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
      67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
      68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
      69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
      70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
      71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
      72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
      73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
      74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
      75 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
      76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
      77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
      78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
      79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
      80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
      81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
      82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
      83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.
      84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
      85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
      86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
      87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn't forsake your precepts.
      88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
      89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
      90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
      91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
      92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
      93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
      94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
      95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
      96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
      97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
      98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
      99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
      100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
      101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
      102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
      103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
      104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
      105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
      106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
      107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
      108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
      109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.
      110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.
      111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
      112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
      113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
      114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
      115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
      116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
      117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
      118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
      119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
      120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
      121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.
      122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.
      123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
      124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
      125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
      126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
      127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
      128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
      129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
      130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
      131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
      132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
      133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.
      134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
      135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
      136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law.
      137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
      138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
      139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
      140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
      141 I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.
      142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
      143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
      144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
      145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
      146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
      147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
      148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
      149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
      150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
      151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
      152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
      153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don't forget your law.
      154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
      155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your statutes.
      156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
      157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
      158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't observe your word.
      159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
      160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
      161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
      162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.
      163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
      164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
      165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
      166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
      167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
      168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
      169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
      170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
      171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
      172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
      173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
      174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
      175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
      176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.

      Psaumes 139

      1 <> Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
      2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
      3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
      4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
      5 You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
      6 This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.
      7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
      8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol , behold, you are there!
      9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
      10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
      11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night";
      12 even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
      13 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.
      14 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
      15 My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
      16 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
      17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
      18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
      19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
      20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
      21 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
      22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
      23 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
      24 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

      Esaïe 41

      2 Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
      3 He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
      4 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he."
      5 The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
      6 Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, "Be strong!"
      7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
      8 "But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
      9 You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;'
      10 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.
      11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
      12 You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.
      13 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Don't be afraid. I will help you.'
      14 Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you," says Yahweh, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
      15 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
      16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
      17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
      18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
      19 I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
      20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
      21 Produce your cause," says Yahweh. "Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
      22 "Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
      23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

      Esaïe 45

      1 Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

      Esaïe 56

      1 Thus says Yahweh, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
      2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
      3 Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, "Yahweh will surely separate me from his people"; neither let the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."
      4 For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
      5 to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
      6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;
      7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
      8 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered."
      9 All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
      10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
      11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
      12 "Come," say they, "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure."

      Esaïe 66

      1 Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
      2 For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
      3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
      4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn't listen; but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."
      5 Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, 'Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;' but it is those who shall be disappointed.
      6 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his enemies.
      7 "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.
      8 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
      9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?" says Yahweh: "shall I who cause to bring forth shut the womb?" says your God.
      10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
      11 that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory."
      12 For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.
      13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem."
      14 You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
      15 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
      16 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.
      17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together," says Yahweh.
      18 "For I know their works and their thoughts: the time comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
      19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
      20 They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.
      21 Of them also will I take for priests and for Levites," says Yahweh.
      22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me," says Yahweh, "so your seed and your name shall remain.
      23 It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me," says Yahweh.
      24 "They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

      Jérémie 51

      34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.

      Jonas 4

      9 God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."
      11 Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?"

      Aggée 1

      4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
      5 Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.
      6 You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."
      7 This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways.
      8 Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.
      9 "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

      Aggée 2

      3 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Isn't it in your eyes as nothing?
      6 For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
      7 and I will shake all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of Armies.
      8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of Armies.
      9 'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says Yahweh of Armies; 'and in this place will I give peace,' says Yahweh of Armies."

      Zacharie 2

      5 For I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

      Zacharie 8

      4 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

      Zacharie 11

      4 Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.

      Malachie 2

      1 "Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
      2 If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of Armies, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
      3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
      4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says Yahweh of Armies.
      5 "My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
      6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
      7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.
      8 But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Armies.
      9 "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
      10 Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
      11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
      12 Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
      13 This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
      14 Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
      15 Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
      16 For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says Yahweh of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.
      17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

      Malachie 3

      7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Armies. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'
      12 "All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.

      Hébreux 12

      26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."
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