And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:
And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:
And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:
And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.
And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.
So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.
He put to the sword twelve thousand men of edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;
Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)
I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)
Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your people. (Selah.)
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)
May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)
You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)
Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)
As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)
This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)
And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)
You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)
Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)
Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah.)
I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)
He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)
I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)
<To the chief music-maker. With corded instruments. A Psalm. A Song.> May God give us mercy and blessing, and let the light of his face be shining on us; (Selah.)
O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)
O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)
Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.)
Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)
When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)
There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)
When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)
With your arm you have made your people free, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah.)
You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)
Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.)
Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)
Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)
It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)
You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)
God came from Teman, and the holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.
Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.
The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
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