¹“You shall not sacrifice to the Lᴏʀᴅ your God a bull or sheep which has any blemish or defect, for that is an abomination to the Lᴏʀᴅ your God. ²“If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the Lᴏʀᴅ your God, in transgressing His covenant, ³who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, ⁴and it is told you, and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel, ⁵then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked thing, and shall stone to death that man or woman with stones. ⁶Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness. ⁷The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among you. ⁸“If a matter arises which is too hard for you to judge, between degrees of guilt for bloodshed, between one judgment or another, or between one punishment or another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God chooses. ⁹And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; they shall pronounce upon you the sentence of judgment. ¹⁰You shall do according to the sentence which they pronounce upon you in that place which the Lᴏʀᴅ chooses. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they order you. ¹¹According to the sentence of the law in which they instruct you, according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left from the sentence which they pronounce upon you. ¹²Now the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lᴏʀᴅ your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel. ¹³And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously. ¹⁴“When you come to the land which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’ ¹⁵you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lᴏʀᴅ your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. ¹⁶But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lᴏʀᴅ has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’ ¹⁷Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. ¹⁸“Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. ¹⁹And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lᴏʀᴅ his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, ²⁰that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.

¹Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O my soul! O Lᴏʀᴅ my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, ²Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. ³He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, ⁴Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. ⁵You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever, ⁶You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains. ⁷At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. ⁸They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them. ⁹You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth. ¹⁰He sends the springs into the valleys, They flow among the hills. ¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹²By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches. ¹³He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. ¹⁴He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart. ¹⁶The trees of the Lᴏʀᴅ are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, ¹⁷Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees. ¹⁸The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows its going down. ²⁰You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about. ²¹The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. ²²When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens. ²³Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening. ²⁴O Lᴏʀᴅ, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions— ²⁵This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great. ²⁶There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there. ²⁷These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. ²⁸What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. ²⁹You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. ³⁰You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. ³¹May the glory of the Lᴏʀᴅ endure forever; May the Lᴏʀᴅ rejoice in His works. ³²He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. ³³I will sing to the Lᴏʀᴅ as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. ³⁴May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lᴏʀᴅ. ³⁵May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O my soul! Praise the Lᴏʀᴅ!

¹“Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant, And Israel whom I have chosen. ²Thus says the Lᴏʀᴅ who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. ³For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring; ⁴They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses.’ ⁵One will say, ‘I am the Lᴏʀᴅ’s’; Another will call himself by the name of Jacob; Another will write with his hand, ‘The Lᴏʀᴅ’s,’ And name himself by the name of Israel. ⁶“Thus says the Lᴏʀᴅ, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lᴏʀᴅ of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God. ⁷And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to them. ⁸Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.’ ” ⁹Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. ¹⁰Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing? ¹¹Surely all his companions would be ashamed; And the workmen, they are mere men. Let them all be gathered together, Let them stand up; Yet they shall fear, They shall be ashamed together. ¹²The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint. ¹³The craftsman stretches out his rule, He marks one out with chalk; He fashions it with a plane, He marks it out with the compass, And makes it like the figure of a man, According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house. ¹⁴He cuts down cedars for himself, And takes the cypress and the oak; He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it. ¹⁵Then it shall be for a man to burn, For he will take some of it and warm himself; Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; Indeed he makes a god and worships it; He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. ¹⁶He burns half of it in the fire; With this half he eats meat; He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He even warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.” ¹⁷And the rest of it he makes into a god, His carved image. He falls down before it and worships it, Prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” ¹⁸They do not know nor understand; For He has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, And their hearts, so that they cannot understand. ¹⁹And no one considers in his heart, Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it; And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” ²⁰He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” ²¹“Remember these, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! ²²I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.” ²³Sing, O heavens, for the Lᴏʀᴅ has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lᴏʀᴅ has redeemed Jacob, And glorified Himself in Israel. ²⁴Thus says the Lᴏʀᴅ, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lᴏʀᴅ, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; ²⁵Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And drives diviners mad; Who turns wise men backward, And makes their knowledge foolishness; ²⁶Who confirms the word of His servant, And performs the counsel of His messengers; Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’ To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’ And I will raise up her waste places; ²⁷Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry! And I will dry up your rivers’; ²⁸Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,” And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’

¹Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. ²And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. ³They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. ⁴These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God. ⁶Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— ⁷saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” ⁸And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” ⁹Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” ¹²Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. ¹³Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.” ¹⁴Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” ¹⁶So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” ¹⁹So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. ²⁰And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.