King

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

…and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.

Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.

With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.

…and Og king of Bashan—His loving devotion endures forever.

A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.

The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.

…a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

…the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

…a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

…the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

…you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

…so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.

Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,

…who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.