Remember, Lord, in David’s behalf, All his affliction;

耶和华啊，求你记念大卫所受的一切苦难！

耶和华啊，求你记念大卫，记念他所受的一切苦难！

耶和华啊，求你记念大卫，记念他所受的一切苦难！

耶和华啊，求你顾念大卫和他所受的一切苦难。

耶和华啊！求你记念大卫，记念他的一切苦难。（本节在《马索拉文本》包括细字标题）

耶和华啊，求你因大卫的缘故，记住他所受的一切苦待！

耶和華啊，求你記念大衛所受的一切苦難！

耶和華啊，求你記念大衛，記念他所受的一切苦難！

耶和華啊，求你記念大衛，記念他所受的一切苦難！

耶和華啊，求你顧念大衛和他所受的一切苦難。

耶和華啊！求你記念大衛，記念他的一切苦難。（本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題）

永恆主啊，懷念着大衛哦！懷念他所受的一切辛苦；

耶和華啊，求你因大衛的緣故，記住他所受的一切苦待！

耶和華歟、大衛之難、尚其記憶兮、

耶和華兮、維彼大闢、屢遭患難、望爾不忘兮、

求主記念大衛所受之一切辛苦、

憶昔大維。勞心焦思。悃悃款款。主其念之。

Lord, remember David and all his self- denial.

Lord, remember David and all the times he didn’t do what he wanted.

Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured,

Lord, remember David and all that he suffered.

LORD, remember David and all the hardships he endured,

Lord, remember David And all his afflictions;

Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction;

Lord, remember David and all the hardships he endured,

A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David,[ and] all his afflictions:

O LORD, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort,

Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,

I will raise my eyes to the mountains; From where will my help come?

I cried to the Lord in my trouble, And He answered me.

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

When the Lord brought back the captives of Zion, We were like those who dream.

“ Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,

To You I have raised my eyes, You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Unless the Lord builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the Lord guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.

“ Had it not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel say,

Remember, Lord, Your compassion and Your faithfulness, For they have been from of old.Do not remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoings; Remember me according to Your faithfulness, For Your goodness’ sake, Lord.

Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run ahead of him.And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the road to the gate; and when any man who had a lawsuit was to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call out to him and say,“ From what city are you?” And he would say,“ Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”Then Absalom would say to him,“ See, your claims are good and right, but you have no one to listen to you on the part of the king.”Moreover, Absalom would say,“ Oh that someone would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has a lawsuit or claim could come to me, and I would give him justice!”And whenever a man approached to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.Absalom dealt this way with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.Now it came about at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king,“ Please let me go and pay my vow which I have made to the Lord, in Hebron.For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying,‘ If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’ ”The king said to him,“ Go in peace.” So he got up and went to Hebron.But Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel, saying,“ As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,‘ Absalom is king in Hebron!’ ”Then two hundred men went with Absalom from Jerusalem, who were invited and went innocently, for they did not know anything.And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people continually increased with Absalom.Then a messenger came to David, saying,“ The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“ Arise and let’s flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go quickly, or he will hurry and overtake us, and bring disaster on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”Then the king’s servants said to the king,“ Behold, your servants will do whatever my lord the king chooses.”So the king left, and all his household with him; but the king left ten concubines behind to take care of the house.The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.Now all of his servants passed by beside him, and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed by before the king.Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite,“ Why should you go with us too? Return and stay with your king, since you are a foreigner and an exile as well; return to your own place.You came only yesterday, so should I make you wander with us today, while I go wherever I go? Return and take your brothers back; mercy and truth be with you.”

Remember, Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and see our disgrace!

Out of the depths I have cried to You, Lord.

Remember my misery and my homelessness, the wormwood and bitterness.

So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me.

Now it came about, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that Jonathan committed himself to David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.And Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father’s house.Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his military gear, including his sword, his bow, and his belt.And David went into battle wherever Saul sent him, and always achieved success; so Saul put him in charge of the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.Now it happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with other musical instruments.The women sang as they played, and said,“ Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”Then Saul became very angry, for this lyric displeased him; and he said,“ They have given David credit for ten thousands, but to me they have given credit for only thousands! Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”And Saul eyed David with suspicion from that day on.Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul’s hand.Then Saul hurled the spear, for he thought,“ I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence, twice.Now Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had left Saul.So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.David was successful in all his ways, for the Lord was with him.When Saul saw that he was very successful, he was afraid of him.But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he would go out to battle and return before them.Then Saul said to David,“ Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought,“ My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”But David said to Saul,“ Who am I, and who is my family, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son in law?”So it came about at the time that Merab, Saul’s daughter, was to be given to David, that she was given instead to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they informed Saul, the thing was pleasing to him.For Saul thought,“ I will give her to him so that she may become a trap for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David,“ For a second time you may become my son in law, today.”Then Saul commanded his servants,“ Speak to David in secret, saying,‘ Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now then, become the king’s son in law.’ ”So Saul’s servants spoke these words to David. But David said,“ Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son in law, since I am only a poor man and insignificant?”Then Saul’s servants reported to him, saying,“ These are the words David spoke.”Saul then said,“ This is what you shall say to David:‘ The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’ ” But Saul plotted to have David fall by the hand of the Philistines.When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king’s son in law. So before the time had expired,David set out and went, he and his men, and fatally struck two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they presented all two hundred of them to the king, so that he might become the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal as a wife.When Saul saw and realized that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,then Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.Then the commanders of the Philistines went to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul. So his name was held in high esteem.

I was glad when they said to me,“ Let’s go to the house of the Lord.”