¹ Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

⁹ This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

³⁷ "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

³⁸ For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

³⁹ and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

¹³ In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark;

⁷ Noah went into the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood.

²⁶ As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

⁷ By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

²⁰ who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

⁵ and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

⁶ and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

⁷ and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

⁸ (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):

⁹ the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

¹⁵ that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

¹⁶ holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

³⁹ For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

³ Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.

⁴ Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.

⁵ To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity;

⁶ kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

¹⁹ He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.

²⁰ In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword.

²¹ You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

²² At destruction and famine you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

²³ For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

²⁴ You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

¹⁸ Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, On those who hope in his loving kindness;

¹⁹ To deliver their soul from death, To keep them alive in famine.

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust."

³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

⁴ He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day;

⁶ Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you.

⁸ You will only look with your eyes, And see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, And the Most High your dwelling place,

¹⁰ No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

⁶ Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

⁷ The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

²⁶ In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, And he will be a refuge for his children.

¹⁰ The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: The righteous run to him, and are safe.

¹⁰ Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

¹¹ Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

²⁰ Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation be past.

²¹ For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

⁴ Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, But the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

⁷ When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, And expectation of power comes to nothing.

⁸ A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.

⁹ He who walks blamelessly walks surely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.