Family Verses
God's design for family — love, honor, and commitment that reflect His covenant love.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul {is} even as a weaned child. {myself: Heb. my soul}
A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, {and} all his afflictions:
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
[A Song of degrees of David.] Behold, how good and how pleasant {it is} for brethren to dwell together in unity! {together...: Heb. even together}
[A Song of degrees.] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all {ye} servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us {required of us} mirth, {saying}, Sing us {one} of the songs of Zion. {a song: Heb. the words of a song} {wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps}
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? {strange...: Heb. land of a stranger?}
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase {it}, rase {it, even} to the foundation thereof. {Rase it: Heb. Make bare}
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy {shall he be}, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. {destroyed: Heb. wasted} {rewardeth...: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us}
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison {is} under their lips. Selah.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.