¹ If there rise in the midst of thee a prophet or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he foretell a sign and a wonder,

² And that come to pass which he spoke, and he say to thee: Let us go and follow strange gods, which thou knowest not, and let us serve them:

³ Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer: for the Lord your God trieth you, that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart, and with all your soul, or not.

⁴ Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and hear his voice: him you shall serve, and to him you shall cleave.

⁵ And that prophet or forger of dreams shall be slain: because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage: to make thee go out of the way, which the Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

⁶ If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers,

⁷ Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other,

⁸ Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,

⁹ But thou shalt presently put him to death. Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people.

¹⁰ With stones shall he be stoned to death: because he would have withdrawn thee from the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage:

¹¹ That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this.

¹² If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say:

¹³ Children of Belial are gone out of the midst of thee, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, and have said: Let us go, and serve strange gods which you know not:

¹⁴ Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it, and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed,

¹⁵ Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle.

¹⁶ And all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets thereof, and shalt burn them with the city itself, so as to consume all for the Lord thy God, and that it be a heap for ever: it shall be built no more.

¹⁷ And there shall nothing of that anathema stick to thy hand: that the Lord may turn from the wrath of his fury, and may have mercy on thee, and multiply thee as he swore to thy fathers,

¹⁸ When thou shalt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, keeping all his precepts, which I command thee this day, that thou mayst do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God.

¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

² My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

³ But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.

⁴ Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

⁵ They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

⁶ But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

⁷ All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

⁸ "He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

⁹ But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

¹⁰ I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

¹¹ Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

¹³ They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

¹⁷ I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

¹⁸ They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹ But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

²¹ Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

²² I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.

²³ You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

²⁴ For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

²⁵ Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

²⁶ The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

²⁸ For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.

²⁹ All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.

³⁰ Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

³¹ They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. A Psalm by David.