American Standard Version of 1901
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He that {Or, instructeth}chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct,Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah,And teachest out of thy law;
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along {Hebrew: one raised way.}the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for {Hebrew: them.}the redeemed: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.
Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of {Or, them that lie in wait for me}mine enemies;Make thy way {Or, level}straight before my face.
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of {Many ancient authorities read Bosor.}Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
For the word of Jehovah is right;And all his work is done in faithfulness.
Let thine eyes look right on,And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
{Or, Weigh carefully}Make level the path of thy feet,And let all thy ways be {Or, ordered aright}established.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:Remove thy foot from evil.
Yea, my {Hebrew: reins.}heart will rejoice,When thy lips speak right things.
If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to {Greek: healthful.}sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but {Greek: sick.}doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, {Or, by his love toward him}for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I {Or, have laid}lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
Also, {Or, desire without knowledge is not good}that the soul be without knowledge is not good;And he that hasteth with his feet {Or, misseth his way}sinneth.
And a certain man that was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a {Or, slit}flat nose, or anything superfluous,
ye also, as living stones, are built up a {Or, a spiritual house for a holy priesthood}spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.