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If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

…when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

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

Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

…my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

…when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.

His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.

My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,

“Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’

Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.