Where is your king? Wasn’t he supposed to save you? Where are the rulers in all your towns? You said,‘ Give us a king and princes.’

你曾求我说：‘给我立王和首领。’现在你的王在哪里呢？治理你的在哪里呢？让他在你所有的城中拯救你吧！

现在，你的王在哪里呢？让他在你的各城中拯救你吧！你曾说“给我立君王和官长”，那些治理你的又在哪里呢？

现在，你的王在哪里呢？让他在你的各城中拯救你吧！你曾说“给我立君王和官长”，那些治理你的又在哪里呢？

你曾求我为你设立君王和首领，现在拯救你的君王在哪里呢？在各城管理你的首领在哪里呢？

现在你的王在哪里？让他拯救你吧！你所有的领袖在哪里？让他们治理你吧！因为论到他们你曾请求：‘把王和领袖赐给我。’

你曾求我說：給我立王和首領。現在你的王在哪裏呢？治理你的在哪裏呢？讓他在你所有的城中拯救你吧！

現在，你的王在哪裏呢？讓他在你的各城中拯救你吧！你曾說「給我立君王和官長」，那些治理你的又在哪裏呢？

現在，你的王在哪裏呢？讓他在你的各城中拯救你吧！你曾說「給我立君王和官長」，那些治理你的又在哪裏呢？

你曾求我為你設立君王和首領，現在拯救你的君王在哪裡呢？在各城管理你的首領在哪裡呢？

現在你的王在哪裡？讓他拯救你吧！你所有的領袖在哪裡？讓他們治理你吧！因為論到他們你曾請求：‘把王和領袖賜給我。’

論到王和首領你曾求說：『將王和首領賜給我吧！』那麼你的王在哪裏，好拯救你呢？你的首領都在哪裏，好保衛你呢？

昔爾曰、以王與牧伯賜我、今爾王安在、俾救爾於諸邑、爾之士師安在、

昔爾求我、欲得王公、護爾城邑、今爾王安在、士師安在、

昔爾求我云、願為我設立王公、或作昔爾求我云願為我設王為我立侯伯今爾王安在、治理爾者安在、何不在爾諸邑救護爾、

Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said,‘ Give me a king and princes’?

Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said,“ Give me a king and princes”?

Now where is your king? Let him save you! Where are all the leaders of the land, the king and the officials you demanded of me?

Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities, and the rulers you demanded, saying,“ Give me a king and leaders”?

Where then is your king, That he might save you in all your cities; And your judges, to whom you said,“ Give me a king and princes”?

I will be your King; Where is any other, That he may save you in all your cities? And your judges to whom you said,‘ Give me a king and princes’?

Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities, and the rulers you demanded, saying,“ Give me a king and leaders”?

I will be thy king: where[ is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,“ Give me a king and princes”?

Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said,‘ Give me a king and princes?’

My people appoint kings I do not want. They choose princes without my permission. They use their silver and gold to make statues of gods. That is how they destroy themselves.”

They said to him,“ You are old. Your sons don’t live as you do. So appoint a king to lead us. We want a king just like the kings all the other nations have.”Samuel wasn’t pleased when they said,“ Give us a king to lead us.” So he prayed to the Lord.

Then they’ll say,“ We don’t have a king. That’s because we didn’t have any respect for the Lord. But suppose we did have a king. What could he do for us?”

All the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned. They sent for him. They wanted him to meet with the whole community. Then they made him king over the entire nation of Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained true to David’s royal family.

But the king of Assyria found out that Hoshea had turned against him. Hoshea had sent messengers to So, the king of Egypt. Hoshea didn’t send gifts to the king of Assyria anymore. He had been sending them every year. So Shalmaneser grabbed him and put him in prison.

Then the Lord gave them leaders. The leaders saved them from the power of those robbers.But the people wouldn’t listen to their leaders. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. They served other gods and worshiped them. They didn’t obey the Lord’ s commands as their people before them had done. They quickly turned away from the path their people had taken.When the Lord gave them a leader, he was with that leader. The Lord saved the people from the power of their enemies. He did it as long as the leader lived. The Lord felt very sorry for the people. They groaned because of what their enemies did to them. Their enemies treated them badly.

That’s because the Lord is our judge. The Lord gives us our law. The Lord is our king. He will save us.

Let Israel be filled with joy because God is their Maker. Let the people of Zion be glad because he is their King.

I am your Lord and King. I am your Holy One. I created you.”

Then where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come when you are in trouble! Let them save you if they can! Judah, you have as many gods as you have towns.

Nathanael replied,“ Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the king of Israel.”

The Lord sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah and me. He saved you from the power of your enemies who were all around you. So you lived in safety.“ But then you saw that Nahash, the king of Ammon, was about to attack you. So you said to me,‘ No! We want a king to rule over us.’ You said it even though the Lord your God was your king.

He’ll say,“ Where are their gods now? Where is the rock they went to for safety?Where are the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices? Where are the gods who drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let those gods rise up to help you! Let them keep you safe!“ Look! I am the One! There is no other God except me. I put some people to death. I bring others to life. I have wounded, and I will heal. No one can save you from my power.

Sing praises to God. Sing praises. Sing praises to our King. Sing praises.God is the King of the whole earth. Sing a psalm of praise to him.

Our king is like a shield that keeps us safe. He belongs to the Lord. He belongs to the Holy One of Israel.

The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord. His name will be the only name.

In spite of what Samuel said, the people refused to listen to him.“ No!” they said.“ We want a king to rule over us.Then we’ll be like all the other nations. We’ll have a king to lead us. He’ll go out at the head of our armies and fight our battles.”

You are my King and my God. You give victories to the people of Jacob.

Listen to the cries of my people from a land far away. They cry out,“ Isn’t the Lord in Zion? Isn’t its King there anymore?” The Lord says,“ Why have they made me so angry by worshiping their wooden gods? Why have they made me angry with their worthless statues of gods from other lands?”

God, you have been my king for a long time. You are the only God who can save anyone on earth.

The Lord is King for ever and ever. The nations will disappear from his land.

The Lord says,“ People of Israel, I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You must not worship any god but me. You must not have any savior except me.