You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

你救我脱离百姓的争竞，立我作列国的元首；我素不认识的民必侍奉我。

你救我脱离百姓的纷争，立我作列国的元首；我素不认识的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脱离百姓的纷争，立我作列国的元首；我素不认识的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脱离我百姓的攻击，立我做列国的元首。素不认识的民族也归顺我。

你救我脱离了人民的争竞，你立我作列国的元首；我不认识的人民要服事我。

你救我脱离民众的纷争，立我作列国之首，连我不认识的民也服事我。

你救我脫離百姓的爭競，立我作列國的元首；我素不認識的民必事奉我。

你救我脫離百姓的紛爭，立我作列國的元首；我素不認識的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脫離百姓的紛爭，立我作列國的元首；我素不認識的百姓必事奉我。

你救我脫離我百姓的攻擊，立我做列國的元首。素不認識的民族也歸順我。

你救我脫離了人民的爭競，你立我作列國的元首；我不認識的人民要服事我。

你解救了我脫離萬族民的爭競；你立了我做列國的首領；我不認識的民事奉了我。

你救我脫離民眾的紛爭，立我作列國之首，連我不認識的民也服事我。

爾援我於庶民之競爭、立我為列邦之元首、我所不識之民、必服役我兮、

民相爭、爾援我兮、他邦之族、使我長之兮、未識之人、使我投之兮。

異邦人與我爭戰、主拯救我、使我作列國之元首、不認識我之民、亦奉事我、

被我痛擊而粉碎兮。如飄風之揚灰。被我委棄於道旁兮。如糞壤之成堆。

You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

You saved me when my own people attacked me. You made me the ruler over nations. People I didn’t know serve me now.

You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

You gave me victory over my accusers. You appointed me ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;[ and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people[ whom] I have not known shall serve me.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which does not know you will run to you, Because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.”

Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David became steadily stronger, while the house of Saul became steadily weaker.

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church,

for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,“ The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.For the kingdom is the Lord’s And He rules over the nations.

but now has been disclosed, and through the Scriptures of the prophets, in accordance with the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;

And all the people were quarreling throughout the tribes of Israel, saying,“ The king rescued us from the hands of our enemies and saved us from the hands of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

So He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what they had not been told, they will see, And what they had not heard, they will understand.

You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.Foreigners pretend to obey me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.

Again Isaiah says,“ There shall come the root of Jesse, And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles, In Him will the Gentiles hope.”

And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.Ish bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

Now it happened afterward that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.And He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and a full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the Euphrates River.And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed twenty two thousand men among the Arameans.Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the Lord helped David wherever he went.David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,Toi sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze.King David also consecrated these gifts to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued:from Aram, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.He also put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped David wherever he went.So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or counted; And in the place Where it is said to them,“ You are not My people,” It will be said to them,“ You are the sons of the living God.”

This is what the Lord God says:“ Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My flag to the peoples; And they will bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground And lick the dust from your feet; And you will know that I am the Lord; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,“ Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you,‘ You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a leader over Israel.’ ”So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord in Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years.At Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty three years over all Israel and Judah.Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they said to David,“ You shall not come in here, but even those who are blind and those who limp will turn you away,” thinking,“ David cannot enter here.”Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.And David said on that day,“ Whoever strikes the Jebusites is to reach those who limp and those who are blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” For that reason they say,“ People who are blind and people who limp shall not come into the house.”So David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of armies was with him.Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.And David realized that the Lord had appointed him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard about it, he went down to the stronghold.Now the Philistines came and overran the Valley of Rephaim.So David inquired of the Lord, saying,“ Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You hand them over to me?” And the Lord said to David,“ Go up, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”Then David came to Baal perazim and defeated them there; and he said,“ The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal perazim.And the Philistines abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.Now the Philistines came up once again and overran the Valley of Rephaim.So David inquired of the Lord, but He said,“ You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the baka shrubs.And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the baka shrubs, then you shall act promptly, for then the Lord will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”Then David did so, just as the Lord had commanded him; he struck and killed the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

Moab is My washbowl; I will throw My sandal over Edom; I will shout aloud over Philistia.”

He says,“ It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the protected ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Now it happened afterward that the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.Then David said,“ I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console him about his father. But when David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites,the commanders of the Ammonites said to their lord Hanun,“ Do you think that David is simply honoring your father since he has sent you servants to console you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to explore the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their robes in the middle as far as their buttocks, and sent them away.When messengers informed David, he sent servants to meet them, because the men were extremely humiliated. And the king said,“ Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back, and then you shall return.”Now when the sons of Ammon saw that they had become repulsive to David, the sons of Ammon sent messengers and hired the Arameans of Beth rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob with twelve thousand men.When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all the army, the warriors.And the sons of Ammon came out and lined up for battle at the entrance of the city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were stationed by themselves in the field.Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him at the front and at the rear, he selected warriors from all the choice men in Israel, and lined them up against the Arameans.But the remainder of the people he placed under the command of his brother Abishai, and he lined them up against the sons of Ammon.And he said,“ If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.Be strong, and let’s show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”So Joab and the people who were with him advanced to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled from him.When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they assembled together.And Hadadezer sent word and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.Now when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans lined up against David and fought him.But the Arameans fled from Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Arameans and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the sons of Ammon anymore.