Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.

17 – 19 2025 May 2025

Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.

The LORD begins today, above in Jeremiah 35:19, a chapter wherein He commands Jeremiah to speak to the house of the Rechabites, to bring them before those in the chambers of the house of God. The Rechabites are the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, who lived centuries before.

These descendants, after many years since their forefathers’ deaths, now in the presence of the keepers of God’s house (their Father’s family), are (in this chapter) proven to be keeping the commandments of their fathers, in comparison to God’s people who aren’t keeping His.

The name Jonadab is said to mean Jehovah (Jo) is willing, from the word nadab, (in the context of “the LORD of hosts” as a man of war, the commander of the army of heaven) meaning “to impel; hence, to volunteer (as a soldier), to present spontaneously:–offer freely, be (give, make, offer self) willing(-ly).”

What they (the Rechabites, the descendants of Jonadab the son Rechab) willingly gave is shown as the LORD commands Jeremiah to set wine before them and tell them to drink. Their answer is in Jeremiah 35:6 & 7 saying, “But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons forever: Neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you be strangers.”

These aspects speak of (the Rechabites) not having their minds corrupted, not building institutions, not bringing forth corrupt fruit, or becoming defiled by worldliness.

Earlier, in verses 3 & 4, the Rechabite and those (the house of the LORD) in whose presence they are, are in the meanings of their proper names described.

Jeremiah 35
1 The word which came unto Jeremiah [Jehovah rising and with Him raising His people] from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim [who Jehovah raised up, who eventually burned the written words Baruch {blessed} wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah] the son of Josiah [whom Jehovah healed] king of Judah, saying,
2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
3 Then I took Jaazaniah [who hears and obeys Jehovah] the son of Jeremiah [and become the children of the risen LORD], the son of Habaziniah [chob ‘atstsiyl – joined in the bosom of Jehovah], and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan [to whom the LORD’s mercy is shown], the son of Igdaliah [whose minds were enlarged, sent this understanding, by Jehovah], a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah [over the work of Jehovah] the son of Shallum [from shalam, meaning “to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications),” which is peace as it is given {left with us} by the LORD], the keeper of the door [the way out of death in hell into heaven and life]:
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink you wine [yayin – ferment trouble and disorder].

The point the LORD makes multiple times in Jeremiah 35 is the incrimination of disobedience to His word, in contrast to the obedience of the Rechabites.

Jeremiah 35
12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
13 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah [the leader of God’s house] and the inhabitants of Jerusalem [His people at large, into whom this teaching has flowed {yarah} His peace {shalam}], Will you not receive instruction to hearken to [shama’ – hear and obey] my words [only received when you believe, have faith, that it is My voice]? says the LORD.
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey [shama’ – they hear] their father’s commandment [even though he is not physically present]: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but you hearkened [shama’] not unto me.
15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets [in this written word], rising up early [in Jeremiah to raise you with My rising] and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land [‘adamah – this first generation of My new creation] which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened [shama’] unto me.
16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed [quwm – risen by hearing and obeying] the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people has not hearkened [shama’] unto me:
17 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts [I Am, a man of war], the God of Israel [those who have received Me and this expected end]; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced [dabar] against them: because I have spoken [dabar] unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered [‘anah – meaning “to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce.”]
18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he has commanded you:
19 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me [paniym – as My presence] forever.

The word nadad speaks of those whose mind and will are joined with the LORD. We see this when Jonadab (Jehonadab), the son of Rechab, is first mentioned in 2 Kings 10.

2 Kings 10
15 And when he [Jehu – he is Jehovah] was departed thence, he lighted on [matsa’ – meaning “to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present.”] Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right [is your will and mind aligned with Jehovah’s], as my heart [‘im – like mind] is [willing] with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand [join me in the LORD’s work]. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
17 And when he came to Samaria [God’s people worshipping idols men {beginning with Jeroboam} created and put in God’s place and called by His name], he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying [dabar] of the LORD, which he spoke [dabar] to Elijah. [This refers to its first appearance in 1 Kings 21:21 and repeated in 2 Kings 9:8 – see below.]
18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal [strange worship put in God’s, the Truth’s, place, which the people call by the LORD’s name], all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments [lbuwsh] for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments [malbuwsh – asking what garments, referring to Genesis 49:11].
23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD [Jehovah], but the worshippers of Baal only.
24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
26 And they brought forth the images [the things created by men] out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught [mowtsa’ah – meaning “a family descent, also a sewer] house [where men piss against a wall into a trench] unto this day. [1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil {as did Balaam} in the sight of the LORD. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will take away your posterity {‘achar – the last generation of your kind}, and will cut off {karath} from Ahab him that pisses against the wall {meaning His descendants}, and him that is shut up and left {without understanding} in Israel,]
28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel [the house of God], and that were in Dan [corrupting all judgment].
30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short [qatsah – to cut off, end as in qets; see qatseh below in Numbers 22:36 & 41]

The only other time the word mowtsa’ah (rendered above as “draught” house) appears is in Michah 5:2, giving us the ultimate point of these passages.

Micha 5
1 Now gather yourself in troops [gadad – Gad], O daughter of troops [gduwd – see Genesis 49:19]: he [the communists in church and state] has laid siege against us: they [the communists in power] shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah [the children blessed with this bread of life], though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [mowtsa’ah] have been from of old, from everlasting.
3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she [the church] which travails has brought forth: then the [elect] remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel [and they shall be My ONE BODY].
4 And he shall stand and feed [ra’ah – as a shepherd, an overseer seeing as the LORD sees] in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name [identity] of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends [‘ephec] of the earth [ending the old and beginning the new].
5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian [the communists] shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces [in power in church and state, as antichrists possessed by Satan’s evil spirit], then shall we raise against him seven [Godly] shepherds [ra’ah], and eight principal [the new generation I create; nciyk – through whom My peace is poured out] men.

Deuteronomy 32
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongs vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself [nacham – be the Comforter] for his servants, when he sees [ra’ah] that their power is gone, and there is none shut up [ephec’], or left [with understanding].
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock [their false teachers, false prophets, and false preachers] in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings [‘ephec]? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make my arrows [chets] drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days [‘achariyth – in these last days of darkness].
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear [shama’ – and obey the voice of the LORD], you sons of Jacob; and hearken [shama’ – and obey] unto Israel your father.
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4 Unstable [pachaz – ebullition, effervescence, “recklessness, wantonness, unbridled license, frothiness”] as water [this tells of the advice of the serpent, as one of God’s children, with unbridled license, recklessly reinterpreting His word], you shall not excel [not remain among God’s risen people]; because you went up to your father’s bed [went into the women – God’s people who have His words]; then defiled [corrupted] you it: he went up to my couch [took God’s place among His sleeping people].

8 Judah [the leaders God chooses], you are he whom your brethren shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck [stopping corrupt words from reaching the mouths] of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up [so he will roar]?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet [speaking of the Davidic king line], until Shiloh come [meaning peace and tranquility – the one {Joseph’s seed – the one separated} from who it will again flow – see Ezekiel 21:27, overturning it until he comes whose right it is]; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine [this speaking of the lowly {Zechariah 9:9}, God’s elect remnant, outside the established sects, bound until Shiloh comes, when they are loosed]; he washed his garments [lbuwsh] in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

As we know, the birthright to the throne is in the tribe of Joseph. (1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

Genesis 49
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way [as a serpent raised as a standard on a pole {nec}, as the son of man must be lifted], an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels [‘aqeb – this is the heel bruised in the judgment, meaning the serpents among the people, are rendered without effect when the corruption they picked up on their journey through time is washed away by these life-giving waters], so that his rider shall fall backward [so the body of Christ will return to the place from which she fell – see, in Isaiah 28:13, what causes them to fall backward, saying “But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.”].
18 (I have waited for [You to finish] your [full circuit of] salvation [yshuw’ah – Joshua, Jesus, Jehovah’s Salvation manifested in the flesh], O LORD [Jehovah].)
19 Gad [the LORD’s army, overcome until their return to Him], a troop [gduwd] shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last [‘aqeb – the heels, when the wicked are taken and snared by this testimony heard, precept upon precept and line upon line].
20 Out of Asher [happy] his bread shall be fat [happiness returns when the word of God prospers], and he shall yield royal dainties [ma’adan – speaking of the royal line again raised up – referring us to its use in Proverbs 29:17, telling us this is when rest returns, when we, by correction, give the Father “delight”].
21 Naphtali [by this wrestling – unknowingly with the LORD] is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words [our tongue {the word of God} is loosed and we teach it as received directly from Him].
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well [a tree of life by these waters, the written word of God]; whose branches run over the wall [the wall of lies men have created and teach]:
23 The archers [chets ba’al – the arrows of the gods of this world whose teaching has blinded all from seeing the Father in the son, the seed of the woman who brings forth the man child – see Revelation 12:17, saying “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”] have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow [qesheth – the bow in the cloud] abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under [the deep meaning that lies below the surface], blessings of the breasts, and of the womb [seed, the son]:
26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors [all those who have come before us, and were only blessed with part of what is perfected in our return to the LORD] unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

The opened mouths of the LORD’s elect remnant, the mouths of ass and its colt, are what open the eyes of the false prophets and they then speak only the words (the blessing) the LORD puts in their mouths.

Numbers 22
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto you, that you have smitten me these three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because you have mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill you.
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which you have ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto you? and he said, Nay.
31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore have you smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me:
33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain you, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that you stood in the way against me: now, therefore, if it displeases you, I will get me back again.
35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak [devastator, or annihilator].
36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon [the brawling stream, words of strife], which is in the utmost [qatseh – this end] coast.
37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto you to call you? wherefore came you not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honour?
38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto you: have I now any power at all to say anything? the words that God put in my mouth, that shall I speak.
39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth [the place of many ways, many opinions].
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places [bamah] of Baal [ba’al – the first time the name appears], that thence [then and there] he might see [ra’ah] the utmost [qatseh – this end] part of the people.

The word shathan, rendered “pisses,” meaning to make water, is meant to refer us to the twice-used word shatham, meaning “to unveil (figuratively):–be open.” It appears both times in Numbers 24 as Balaam speaks of himself as a man whose eyes are open.

Numbers 24
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open [shatham] has said:
4 He has said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag [the king of the Amalekites: Gog, the enemies of God and His people throughout history], and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of a unicorn [the Almighty and Omnipotent]: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows [chets].
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesses you, and cursed is he that curses you.
10 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to promote you unto great honor [as it is this day, honor is only bestowed upon those who curse God’s faithful people]; but, lo, the LORD has kept you back from honor.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to your messengers which you sent unto me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind; but what the LORD says, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days [‘achariyth].
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open [shatham] has said:
16 He has said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom [the enemies mixed among us] shall be a possession, Seir [the devils in power] also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remain of the city.
20 And when he looked on Amalek [the heads of the enemies of God], he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end [‘achariyth] shall be that he perish forever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites [the children of Cain], and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, and you put your nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur [the communists] shall carry you away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this!

This brings us back to Rechab, (rakab) meaning “to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to dispatch.” It’s the word used above in Genesis 49:17 to tell of the “rider” that falls backward, in Numbers 22:30 as the ass speaks of Balaam as the one who has “ridden” her, and in 2 Kings 10:16 telling of when Jonadab did “ride” with Jehu in his chariot. These aspects also allude to several other uses of the word telling of it as the LORD’s coming.

Zechariah 9
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding [rakab] upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river [these water flowing from the Rock that can be trusted] even to the ends of the earth [ending the old and beginning the new].
11 As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
12 Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double [blessing] unto you;
13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim [Joseph’s seed, doubly blessed; he long shot arrow], and raised up [in this resurrection in My new creation] your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece [yavan – yayin: fermenting trouble and dioreder], and made you as the sword of a mighty man.
14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow [chets – Ephraim] shall go forth as the lightning [with this understanding]: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds [from where the LORD’s voice is heard] of the south.

Deuteronomy 33
26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rides [rakab] upon the heaven [this full understanding] in your help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before you; and shall say, Destroy them.
28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like unto you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto you; and you shall tread upon their high places [bamah].

2 Samuel 22
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the [words as] floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The sorrows of hell [sh’owl – sheol] compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and [bringing understanding from there, He] came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode [rakab] upon a cherub [speaking his word, manifesting the LORD’s presence in the conversation, at the mercy seat], and did fly [in the heavens, as an Eagle, the final face of the unfolding presence of God]: and he was seen upon the wings [kanaph – the word completed] of the wind [ruwach – by the work of the LORD’s Spirit in the flesh].
12 And he made darkness [man ignorance of Him and His way] pavilions round about him, dark waters [wherein this deep understanding is reserved], and thick clouds of the skies [from where it is sent in this time of war].
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice [qowl].
15 And he sent out arrows [chets], and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the channels of the sea [flowing His teaching into this generation that is the last and the first] appeared, the [good] foundations of the [new] world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath [ruwach – His Almighty Spirit] of his nostrils [and His presence is perceived].
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew [mashah – only used here, repeated in Paslms 18:16, and in Exodus 2:10 speaking of Moses] me [as He did Moses] out of many waters [caught up into heaven, away from the words, the many corrupt opinions, of ignorant men who can know nothing because they choose to remain dead in hell];
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

In the above, David speaks of (his experience as the pattern for all to follow) Psalms 38, which begins with the prologue, “A Psalm of David, to bring [all] to remembrance [zakar].”

Psalms 38
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows [chets – Your bolts of lightning] stick fast [nachath – come down from heaven into hell] in me, and your hand [you works] presses me sore [nachath – come down from heaven into hell].
3 There is no soundness in my [dead] flesh [body] because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my [scattered dead] bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities are gone over [‘abar – have carried into death] my head [mind]: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My [unseen] wounds stink [are perceived] and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 LORD, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.
10 My heart panteth, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off [rachowq – in this time when the world is ruled by the evil decrees of the wicked in power].
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opened not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heard not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O LORD my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation.
To the Chief Musician, even to Jeduthun [the one worthy of praise]

Proverbs 17
17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: whithersoever it turns, it prospers.
9 He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
10 A reproof enters [natchath – sent from heaven into hell] more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seek only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent [into hell] against him.

Psalms 65
A Psalm and Song of David.
1 Praise waits for you, O God, in Zion: and unto you shall the vow be performed.
2 O you that hears prayer, unto you shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom you choose, and cause to approach unto you, that he may dwell in your courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, even of your holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [rachowq – now] upon the sea [all humanity]:
6 Which by his strength sets fast the mountains [His government]; being girded with power:
7 Which still the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at your tokens: you makes the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 You visit [paqad] the earth [‘erets], and water it [with your word from heaven]: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them corn, when you have so provided for it.
10 You water the ridges thereof abundantly: you settle [nachath – sending your word from heaven into hell] the furrows thereof: you make it soft with showers: you bless the springing [life] thereof.
11 You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness [the desolate earth]: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
To the Chief Musician.