¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

¹⁶ Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

³ Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

⁵ And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.

⁶ Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

⁵ I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

¹⁴ Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:

¹⁵ And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

²⁹ Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

¹⁹ Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

³³ O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

⁶ Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

⁷ But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

¹⁰ You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

¹⁶ As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

²⁰ So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

¹³ Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.

¹⁸ Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

²² And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

¹⁵ Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

²⁸ And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

²⁹ And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

²³ And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?

⁷⁰ He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

⁷¹ From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

⁷² So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);

³ Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.