Psalm 18
1 1 ನನ್ನ ಬಲವಾಗಿರುವ ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
2 ಕರ್ತನು ನನ್ನ ಬಂಡೆಯೂ ನನ್ನ ಕೋಟೆಯೂ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸು ವಾತನೂ ನನ್ನ ದೇವರೂ ನಾನು ಭರವಸವಿಡುವ ನನ್ನ ಬಲವೂ ನನ್ನ ಗುರಾಣಿಯೂ ನನ್ನ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯ ಕೊಂಬೂ ನನ್ನ ಉನ್ನತವಾದ ದುರ್ಗವೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
3 ಸ್ತುತಿಸತಕ್ಕ ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಮೊರೆಯಿಡುತ್ತೇನೆ; ಹೀಗೆ ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಶತ್ರುಗಳೊಳಗಿಂದ ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.
4 ಮರಣದ ದುಃಖಗಳು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಆವರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವು, ಭಕ್ತಿಹೀನರ ಪ್ರವಾಹಗಳು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹೆದರಿಸಿದವು.
5 ಪಾತಾಳದ ದುಃಖಗಳು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡವು; ಮರಣದ ನೇಣುಗಳು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತಿದವು.
6 ನನ್ನ ಇಕ್ಕಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಬೇಡಿದೆನು; ನನ್ನ ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಮೊರೆಯಿಟ್ಟೆನು; ಆತನು ತನ್ನ ಮಂದಿರದೊಳಗಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಸ್ವರವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದನು; ನನ್ನ ಮೊರೆಯು ಆತನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಗೂ ಆತನ ಕಿವಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮುಟ್ಟಿತು.
7 ಆಗ ಆತನು ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದನು. ಭೂಮಿಯು ಕದಲಿ ಕಂಪಿಸಿತು; ಪರ್ವತಗಳ ಅಸ್ತಿವಾರಗಳು ಸಹ ನಡುಗಿ ಕದಲಿದವು;
8 ಆತನ ಮೂಗಿನಿಂದ ಹೊಗೆ ಎದ್ದು ಆತನ ಬಾಯಿಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಬೆಂಕಿ ದಹಿಸಿತು; ಕೆಂಡಗಳು ಅದರಿಂದ ಉರಿದವು.
9 ಆತನು ಆಕಾಶ ಗಳನ್ನು ಬೊಗ್ಗಿಸಿ ಇಳಿದನು; ಆತನ ಪಾದಗಳ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಗತ್ತಲು ಇತ್ತು.
10 ಆತನು ಕೆರೂಬಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೂತು ಹಾರಿದನು; ಹೌದು, ಗಾಳಿಯ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾರಿದನು.
11 ಕತ್ತಲನ್ನು ತನಗೆ ಮರೆಯ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿ ಯೂ ಕತ್ತಲಿನ ನೀರುಗಳನ್ನು ಆಕಾಶದ ಮಂದವಾದ ಮೋಡಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಸುತ್ತಲು ಡೇರೆಯಾಗಿಯೂ ಮಾಡಿ ದನು.
12 ಆತನ ಮುಂದಿದ್ದ ಪ್ರಕಾಶದಿಂದ ಆತನ ಮಂದವಾದ ಮೋಡಗಳೂ ಕಲ್ಮಳೆಗಳೂ ಉರಿಗೆಂಡ ಗಳೂ ಹಾದು ಹೋದವು.
13 ಕರ್ತನು ಆಕಾಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಡುಗಿದನು; ಮಹೋನ್ನತನು ಕಲ್ಮಳೆಯಿಂದಲೂ ಉರಿಗೆಂಡಗಳಿಂದಲೂ ತನ್ನ ಶಬ್ದವನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟನು
14 ಹೌದು, ತನ್ನ ಬಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಚದುರಿಸಿದನು; ಮಿಂಚುಗಳನ್ನೆಸೆದು ಅವರನ್ನು ಗಲಿಬಿಲಿ ಮಾಡಿದನು.
15 ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ನಿನ್ನ ಗದರಿಕೆಯಿಂದಲೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಮೂಗಿನ ಶ್ವಾಸದ ಗಾಳಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ನೀರಿನ ಕಾಲುವೆಗಳ ನೆಲೆಯು ಕಾಣಬಂದು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಅಸ್ತಿವಾರಗಳು ಬೈಲಾದವು.
16 ಆತನು ಮೇಲಿನಿಂದ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ಬಹಳ ನೀರುಗಳೊಳಗಿಂದ ಎಳೆದನು.
17 ಆತನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಬಲವುಳ್ಳ ಶತ್ರುವಿ ನಿಂದಲೂ ಹಗೆಮಾಡಿದವನಿಂದಲೂ ಬಿಡಿಸಿದನು; ಅವರು ನನಗಿಂತ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.
18 ನನ್ನ ಆಪ ತ್ತಿನ ದಿವಸದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಅವರು ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡರು; ಆದರೆ ಕರ್ತನು ನನ್ನ ಆಧಾರನಾದನು.
19 ಆತನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ವಿಶಾಲಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಬಿಟ್ಟನು. ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ಆತನು ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತೋಷಪಟ್ಟನು.
20 ಕರ್ತನು ನನ್ನ ನೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನನಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲ ಕೊಟ್ಟನು. ನನ್ನ ಕೈಗಳ ಶುದ್ಧತ್ವದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನನಗೆ ಬದಲು ಕೊಟ್ಟನು.
21 ನಾನು ಕರ್ತನ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಕೊಂಡು ನನ್ನ ದೇವರನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟುಹೋಗುವ ದುಷ್ಟತ್ವವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಮಾಡಲಿಲ್ಲ.
22 ಆತನ ತೀರ್ಪುಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ನನ್ನ ಮುಂದೆ ಇದ್ದವು; ಆತನ ನೇಮಗಳನ್ನು ನನ್ನಿಂದ ತೊಲಗಿಸ ಲಿಲ್ಲ.
23 ಆತನ ಮುಂದೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣನಾಗಿದ್ದು ನನ್ನ ಅಕ್ರಮದಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಿಕೊಂಡೆನು.
24 ಆದದ ರಿಂದ ಕರ್ತನು ನನ್ನ ನೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರವೂ ಆತನ ಕಣ್ಣೆದುರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಕೈಗಳ ಶುದ್ಧತ್ವದ ಪ್ರಕಾರವೂ ನನಗೆ ಬದಲು ಕೊಟ್ಟನು.
25 ನೀನು ಕರುಣೆಯು ಳ್ಳವನಿಗೆ ಕರುಣೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುವಿ; ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ನಾದ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣನಾಗಿರುವಿ.
26 ಶುದ್ಧ ನಿಗೆ ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗಿರುವಿ; ಮೂರ್ಖನಿಗೆ ಮೂರ್ಖನಾಗಿ ರುವಿ.
27 ಕುಂದಿಸಿದ ಜನರನ್ನು ನೀನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವಿ; ಆದರೆ ನೀನು ಗರ್ವಿಷ್ಟರ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ತಗ್ಗಿಸುವಿ.
28 ನೀನು ನನ್ನ ದೀಪವನ್ನು ಬೆಳಗಿಸುವಿ; ನನ್ನ ದೇವ ರಾದ ಕರ್ತನು ನನ್ನ ಕತ್ತಲೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವನು.
29 ನಿನ್ನಿಂದ ನಾನು ದಂಡಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಿದ್ದೆನು; ನನ್ನ ದೇವರಿಂದ ಗೋಡೆ ನೆಗೆದೆನು.
30 ದೇವರ ಮಾರ್ಗವಾದರೋ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾದದ್ದು; ಕರ್ತನ ವಾಕ್ಯವು ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ; ಆತನು ತನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಭರವಸವಿಟ್ಟವರೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೆ ಗುರಾಣಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
31 ಕರ್ತನಲ್ಲದೆ ದೇವರು ಯಾರು? ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ನಮ್ಮ ದೇವರ ಹೊರತು ಬಂಡೆಯು ಯಾರು?
32 ಪರಾ ಕ್ರಮದಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ನಡುವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಮಾಡುವ ದೇವರು ಆತನೇ.
33 ನನ್ನ ಕಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಜಿಂಕೆಗಳ ಕಾಲುಗಳಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಉನ್ನತ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳ ಮೆಲೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
34 ಆತನು ನನ್ನ ಕೈಗಳಿಗೆ ಯುದ್ಧವನ್ನು ಕಲಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಹೀಗೆ ನನ್ನ ತೋಳುಗಳು ಉಕ್ಕಿನ ಬಿಲ್ಲನ್ನು ಮುರಿಯುತ್ತವೆ.
35 ನಿನ್ನ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯ ಗುರಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ಸಹ ನನಗೆ ನೀನು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೀ; ನಿನ್ನ ಬಲಗೈ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದಿದೆ. ನಿನ್ನ ಸಾತ್ವಿಕತ್ವವು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿಯದೆ.
36 ನನ್ನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗ ಳನ್ನು ವಿಶಾಲಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಪಾದಗಳನ್ನು ಎಡವದಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀ.
37 ನನ್ನ ಶತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಂದಟ್ಟಿ ಹಿಡಿದಿ ದ್ದೇನೆ; ಅವರನ್ನು ಸಂಹರಿಸಿಬಿಡುವ ವರೆಗೆ ನಾನು ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಲಿಲ್ಲ.
38 ಅವರು ಏಳಲಾರದ ಹಾಗೆ ಅವ ರಿಗೆ ಗಾಯ ಮಾಡಿದೆನು; ಅವರು ನನ್ನ ಪಾದಗಳ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
39 ನೀನು ಯುದ್ಧಕಾಗ್ಕಿ ಪರಾ ಕ್ರಮದಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ನಡುವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ನನ್ನ ಎದುರಾಳಿಗ ಳನ್ನು ಅಧೀನ ಮಾಡಿದಿ.
40 ನನ್ನ ಹಗೆಯವರನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುವಂತೆ ಶತ್ರುಗಳ ಕುತ್ತಿಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೀನು ನನಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೀ.
41 ಅವರು ಮೊರೆಯಿಟ್ಟರು, ಆದರೆ ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವವರು ಯಾರೂ ಇದ್ದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕರ್ತನಿಗೂ ಮೊರೆ ಇಟ್ಟರು, ಆದರೆ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಆತನು ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊಡ ಲಿಲ್ಲ.
42 ಗಾಳಿಯ ಮುಂದಿನ ಧೂಳಿನಹಾಗೆ ಅವ ರನ್ನು ಹೊಡೆದು ಪುಡಿಪುಡಿ ಮಾಡಿದನು; ಬೀದಿಯ ಕೆಸರಿನಹಾಗೆ ಅವರನ್ನು ಹೊರಗೆ ಚೆಲ್ಲಿಬಿಟ್ಟನು.
43 ನೀನು ಜನರ ವಿವಾದಗಳಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿದ್ದೀ; ಅನ್ಯ ಜನಾಂಗಗಳ ತಲೆಯಾಗಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀ; ನಾನ ರಿಯದ ಜನರು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸುವರು.
44 ನನ್ನ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದೊಡನೆ ಅವರು ನನಗೆ ವಿಧೇಯ ರಾಗುವರು.
45 ಪರಕೀಯರು ನನಗೆ ಅಧೀನರಾ ಗುವರು ಮತ್ತು ಅವರು ಬಾಡಿಹೋಗುವರು; ತಮ್ಮ ದುರ್ಗಗಳೊಳಗಿಂದ ನಡುಗುತ್ತಾ ಬರುವರು.
46 ಕರ್ತನು ಜೀವಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ನನ್ನ ಬಂಡೆ ಯಾದಾತನು ಸ್ತುತಿಹೊಂದಲಿ; ನನ್ನ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯ ದೇವರು ಘನಹೊಂದಲಿ.
47 ನನಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಮುಯ್ಯಿಗೆ ಮುಯ್ಯಿತೀರಿಸುವಾತನೂ ಜನರನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಅಧೀನಮಾಡುವಾತನೂ ದೇವರು ತಾನೇ.
48 ನನ್ನ ಶತ್ರುಗಳಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸುವನು; ಹೌದು, ನೀನು ನನ್ನ ಎದುರಾಳಿಗಳಿಂದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಮೇಲೆ ಎತ್ತುತ್ತೀ; ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರ ಮಾಡುವವನಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸಿದ್ದೀ.
49 ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ಅನ್ಯಜನಾಂಗ ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನಗೆ ಉಪಕಾರಸ್ತುತಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ. ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಕೊಂಡಾಡಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸುವೆನು.
50 ಆತನು ತನ್ನ ಅರಸನಿಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟು ತನ್ನ ಅಭಿಷಕ್ತನಾದ ದಾವೀದನಿಗೂ ಅವನ ಸಂತತಿಗೂ ಕೃಪೆಯನ್ನು ಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,
2 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
3 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
14 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
15 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
16 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
17 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
24 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
28 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
29 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
30 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
32 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
33 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
35 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
39 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
44 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
46 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
48 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
49 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
50 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
51 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.