People

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.

Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.

And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.

As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.

…to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.

Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

…and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

…when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

…that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.

The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.

O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah

O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

…from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

…of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.