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;

Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction;

Lord, remember David and all the hardships he endured,

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

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

Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,

I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help?

In my distress I cried to the Lord, And He heard me.

Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream.

“ Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say—

Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.

Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.

“ If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, For they are from of old.Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say,“ What city are you from?” And he would say,“ Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel.”Then Absalom would say to him,“ Look, your case is good and right; but there is no deputy of the king to hear you.”Moreover Absalom would say,“ Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any suit or cause would come to me; then I would give him justice.”And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him.In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.Now it came to pass after forty years that Absalom said to the king,“ Please, let me go to Hebron and pay the vow which I made to the Lord.For your servant took a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, saying,‘ If the Lord indeed brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’”And the king said to him,“ Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,“ As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,‘ Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and they went along innocently and did not know anything.Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city— from Giloh— while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.Now a messenger came to David, saying,“ The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem,“ Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”And the king’s servants said to the king,“ We are your servants, ready to do whatever my Lord the king commands.”Then the king went out with all his household after him. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts.Then all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, passed before the king.Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite,“ Why are you also going with us? Return and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place.In fact, you came only yesterday. Should I make you wander up and down with us today, since I go I know not where? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you.”

Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!

Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;

Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.

So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Lord, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me.

Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father’s house anymore.Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved 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.Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.So the women sang as they danced, and said:“ Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said,“ They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”So Saul eyed David from that day forward.And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in Saul’s hand.And Saul cast the spear, for he said,“ I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.Now Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul.Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him.But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.Then Saul said to David,“ Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul thought,“ Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”So David said to 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 happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.So Saul said,“ I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,“ You shall be my son-in-law today.”And Saul commanded his servants,“ Communicate with David secretly, and say,‘ Look, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’”So Saul’s servants spoke those words in the hearing of David. And David said,“ Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?”And the servants of Saul told him, saying,“ In this manner David spoke.”Then Saul said,“ Thus you shall say to David:‘ The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.So when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the days had not expired;therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.Thus Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him;and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David’s enemy continually.Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.

I was glad when they said to me,“ Let us go into the house of the Lord.”