Psalm 24

Of David. A psalm.

²⁶ for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”^[a](A)

⁴³ If your hand causes you to stumble,^(A) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,^(B) where the fire never goes out.^(C)

¹⁷ If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom;^(A) then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs.

¹¹ He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed,^(A) consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up,^(B) for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;

Israel’s Sons^(A)

2 These were the sons of Israel: