NEHEMIAH 3
1: Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
2: And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3: But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
4: And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5: And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
6: Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
7: And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
8: Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
9: And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
10: And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
11: Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12: And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13: The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
14: But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
15: But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16: After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
17: After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
18: After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
19: And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
20: After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21: After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22: And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23: After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
24: After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
25: Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26: Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
27: After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
28: From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29: After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
30: After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
31: After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
32: And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

NEHEMIAH 4
1: But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2: And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3: Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4: Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6: So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7: But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8: And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9: Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10: And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11: And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12: And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13: Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14: And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15: And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16: And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17: They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18: For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19: And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20: In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21: So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22: Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23: So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

PSALM 78
1: Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2: I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4: We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5: For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8: And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9: The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10: They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11: And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12: Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13: He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14: In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15: He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16: He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17: And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18: And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19: Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20: Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21: Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22: Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23: Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24: And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25: Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26: He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27: He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28: And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29: So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30: They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31: The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32: For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33: Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34: When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
35: And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36: Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37: For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38: But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39: For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40: How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41: Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42: They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43: How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
44: And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45: He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46: He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47: He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48: He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49: He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50: He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51: And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52: But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53: And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54: And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55: He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56: Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57: But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58: For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59: When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60: So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61: And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62: He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63: The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64: Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65: Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66: And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67: Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68: But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69: And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70: He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71: From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72: So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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