"For the LORD'Sportionis His people;Jacobis the allotmentof His inheritance.
For the kingwill hearand deliverhis maidservantfrom the handof the manwho would destroybothme and my sonfrom the inheritanceof God.'
"I am of those who are peaceable[and] faithfulin Israel.You are seekingto destroya city,even a motherin Israel.Whywould you swallowup the inheritanceof the LORD?"
(for they are Your peopleand Your inheritancewhichYou have broughtforthfrom Egypt,from the midstof the ironfurnace),
"For You have separatedthem from allthe peoplesof the earthas Your inheritance,as You spokethroughMosesYour servant,when You broughtour fathersforthfrom Egypt,O LordGOD."
Therefore the angerof the LORDwas kindledagainst His peopleAnd He abhorredHis inheritance.
That I may seethe prosperityof Your chosenones,That I may rejoicein the gladnessof Your nation,That I may glorywith Your inheritance.
For the LORDhas chosenJacobfor Himself, Israelfor His own possession.
SaveYour peopleand blessYour inheritance;Be their shepherdalso, and carrythem forever.
Blessedis the nationwhoseGodis the LORD,The peoplewhom He has chosenfor His own inheritance.
RememberYour congregation,which You have purchasedof old,Which You have redeemedto be the tribeof Your inheritance;[And] thisMountZion,whereYou have dwelt.
From the careof the eweswith sucklinglambsHe broughthim To shepherdJacobHis people,And IsraelHis inheritance.
"Terrorand dreadfallupon them; By the greatnessof Your armthey are motionlessas stone;UntilYour peoplepassover,O LORD,Untilthe peoplepassoverwhomYou have purchased.
He said,"IfnowI have foundfavorin Your sight,O Lord,I pray,let the Lordgoalong in our midst,eventhoughthe peopleare so obstinate,and pardonour iniquityand our sin,and takeus as Your own possession."
whomthe LORDof hostshas blessed,saying,"Blessedis EgyptMy people,and Assyriathe workof My hands,and IsraelMy inheritance."
He has castthe lotfor them, And His handhas dividedit to them by line.They shall possessit forever;From generationto generationthey will dwellin it.
"The peoplewhomI formedfor Myself Will declareMy praise.
The portionof Jacobis not like these;For the Makerof allis He, And Israelis the tribeof His inheritance;The LORDof hostsis His name.
"I broughtyou into the fruitfullandTo eatits fruitand its goodthings.But you cameand defiledMy land,And My inheritanceyou madean abomination.
The portionof Jacobis not like these;For the Makerof allis He, And of the tribeof His inheritance;The LORDof hostsis His name.
"Thereforeyou will havenoone stretchinga measuringlineFor you by lotin the assemblyof the LORD.
"The LORDwill possessJudahas His portionin the holyland,and will againchooseJerusalem.
[I pray that] the eyesof your heartmay be enlightened,sothat you will knowwhatis the hopeof His calling,whatare the richesof the gloryof His inheritancein the saints,
Yet they are Your people,even Your inheritance,whomYou have broughtout by Your greatpowerand Your outstretchedarm.'
for the LORDour Godis He who broughtus and our fathersup out of the landof Egypt,from the houseof bondage,and whodidthesegreatsignsin our sightand preservedus through allthe wayin whichwe wentand among allthe peoplesthrough whosemidstwe passed.
Then Samueltookthe flaskof oil,pouredit on his head,kissedhim and said,"Has not the LORDanointedyou a ruleroverHis inheritance?
