¹ Then said the LORD to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved by her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD towards the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

² So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:

³ And I said to her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

⁴ For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

⁵ Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

² And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

¹ It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;

² to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,

³ with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.

⁴ For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

⁵ How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.

⁶ A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:

⁷ though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

⁸ But you, Yahweh, are on high forevermore.

⁹ For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.

¹⁰ But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

¹¹ My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³ They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts.

¹⁴ They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

¹⁵ to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.