You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever.

你曾斥责外邦，你曾灭绝恶人；你曾涂抹他们的名，直到永永远远。

你曾斥责列国，灭绝恶人；你曾涂去他们的名，直到永永远远。

你曾斥责列国，灭绝恶人；你曾涂去他们的名，直到永永远远。

你斥责列国，消灭恶人，永永远远抹去他们的名字。

你斥责了列国，灭绝了恶人；你涂抹了他们的名，直到永永远远。

你斥责了列国，消灭了恶人，抹掉了他们的名号，直到永永远远。

你曾斥責外邦，你曾滅絕惡人；你曾塗抹他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你曾斥責列國，滅絕惡人；你曾塗去他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你曾斥責列國，滅絕惡人；你曾塗去他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你斥責列國，消滅惡人，永永遠遠抹去他們的名字。

你斥責了列國，滅絕了惡人；你塗抹了他們的名，直到永永遠遠。

你叱責了列國，使惡人滅亡；你塗抹了他們的名到永永遠遠。

你斥責了列國，消滅了惡人，抹掉了他們的名號，直到永永遠遠。

斥列邦而翦惡類、永塗其名兮、

敗惡黨罰異邦兮、永世塗抹其名兮、

主斥責列國、翦除惡人、塗抹其名、直至永遠、

公義已見伸。睿斷洵無愆。

You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

You have punished the nations. You have destroyed evil people. You have erased their names from your book for ever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.

Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.’

David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. The Jebusites taunted David, saying,“ You’ll never get in here! Even the blind and lame could keep you out!” For the Jebusites thought they were safe.But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.On the day of the attack, David said to his troops,“ I hate those‘ lame’ and‘ blind’ Jebusites. Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel.” That is the origin of the saying,“ The blind and the lame may not enter the house.”So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.And David realized that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel and had blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, and they had more sons and daughters.These are the names of David’s sons who were born in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel’s elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.

Saul groaned to his armor bearer,“ Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

David replied to the Philistine,“ You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies— the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!”As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.

After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah and Berothai.When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek— and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.

He drove out the nations before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.

Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff, asking,“ Where is their God?” Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have spilled the blood of your servants.

to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried in the family tomb.

Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’”

You will destroy those who tell lies. The Lord detests murderers and deceivers.

On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

David replied to Abigail,“ Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today!

Once again the Philistines were at war with Israel. And when David and his men were in the thick of battle, David became weak and exhausted.Ishbi benob was a descendant of the giants; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds, and he was armed with a new sword. He had cornered David and was about to kill him.But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men declared,“ You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.

From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.

The life of the godly is full of light and joy, but the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

“ You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.Foreign nations cringe before me; as soon as they hear of me, they submit.They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?