⁷ The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

⁶ He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

¹³ Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

⁴⁸ For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

⁹ And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

⁵ You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

⁶ You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

¹⁰ And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

³⁶ And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

¹³ O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

¹⁵ Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

²³ Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

¹⁷ His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

¹⁶ And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

³⁴ For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.