The Words of the LORD, Pure Words

"Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.  The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: who have said, 'With …

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The Excellent Name of the LORD

"O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have You ordained strength because of Your enemies, that You might still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your …

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For Song in the House of the LORD

"Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and …

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Let Me Fall Now into the Hand of the LORD

"And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.  And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, 'Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.' And Joab answered, 'The LORD make His people an hundred …

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What One Nation on Earth is Like Israel?

"And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, 'Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?  And yet this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; for Thou hast also spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to …

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You Can Be Sure, Your Sin Will Find You Out

"And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, 'There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: …

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The Kindness and Mercy of the King

And David said, 'Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?'  And of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, 'Art thou Ziba?' And he said, …

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The Sacred Holiness of the LORD

Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.  And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of Hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.  …

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A King Mourns the Death of the King and His Dynasty

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his …

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When a King Hates God’s King

...Or When a Man hates God's Man "And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.  But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, 'Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I pray you, take heed to yourself until the …

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