of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who went out to battle, expert in war with all weapons of war, stouthearted men who could keep ranks;

of the Danites who could keep battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;

of Asher, those who could go out to war, able to keep battle formation, forty thousand;

All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with a loyal heart, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of one mind to make David king.

And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions),

and he said: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God in heaven or on earth like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

But let no one come into the house of the Lord except the priests and those of the Levites who serve. They may go in, for they are holy; but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.

Then the whole assembly agreed to keep the feast another seven days, and they kept it another seven days with gladness.

Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who are beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.

And I said: “I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,

“Now therefore, our God, The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

Who keeps our soul among the living, And does not allow our feet to be moved.

To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!

Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.

The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

ק QOPH

I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes.

He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,

That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.