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

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,

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

Lord, remember David And all his afflictions;

Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction;

Lord, remember David and all the hardships he endured,

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

Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that[ was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh[ but] in vain.

Blessed[ is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

If[ it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they[ have been] ever of old.Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.

They that trust in the LORD[ shall be] as mount Zion,[ which] cannot be removed,[ but] abideth for ever.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was[ so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city[ art] thou? And he said, Thy servant[ is] of one of the tribes of Israel.And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters[ are] good and right; but[ there is] no man[ deputed] of the king to hear thee.Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!And it was[ so], that when any man came nigh[ to him] to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem,[ that were] called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city,[ even] from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.And David said unto all his servants that[ were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not[ else] escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants[ are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women,[ which were] concubines, to keep the house.And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou[ art] a stranger, and also an exile.Whereas thou camest[ but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth[ be] with thee.

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that[ was] upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him,[ and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.And the women answered[ one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed[ but] thousands: and[ what] can he have more but the kingdom?And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and[ there was] a javelin in Saul’s hand.And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall[ with it]. And David avoided out of his presence twice.And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD[ was] with him.Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.And David said unto Saul, Who[ am] I? and what[ is] my life,[ or] my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in[ the one of] the twain.And Saul commanded his servants,[ saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you[ a] light[ thing] to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I[ am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed?And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.And Saul saw and knew that the LORD[ was] with David, and[ that] Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth,[ that] David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.