שׂוּם שִׂים

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.