Not one will come into the land which I gave my word you would have for your resting-place, but only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.
And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.
And early in the morning they got up and went to the top of the mountain, saying, We are here and we will go up to the place which the Lord said he would give us: for we have done wrong.
Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.
But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.
And Balaam said to the ass, You have made me seem foolish: if only I had a sword in my hand I would put you to death.
And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.
Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?
What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.
Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?
If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all?
But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
<CHETH> The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.
If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.
Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.
Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.
Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.
You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.
Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.
For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.
In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;
So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;
But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.
If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.
The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.
I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.
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