² Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.

⁹ Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.

³ Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.

¹⁶ After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;

⁷ Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

¹³ For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

¹⁴ But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

⁵ And the voice of the angel of the waters came to my ears, saying, True and upright is your judging, O Holy One, who is and was from all time:

⁶ For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

²⁰ Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

² For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.

¹² For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

¹⁷ But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

⁷ To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

⁸ To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

⁹ To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

⁴⁷ The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:

⁴⁸ It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

² And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.

⁴⁷ It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

¹¹ Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.

¹ O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

⁸ Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord.

¹⁵ By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

¹⁹ Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

²⁰ And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

⁴³ Be glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.