Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, {and} doth teach him. {For...: or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach him}

{How} thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; {how} thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

And all thy children {shall be} taught of the LORD; and great {shall be} the peace of thy children.

Good and upright {is} the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they {were} all dead corpses.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

The LORD {is} King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. {punish: Heb. visit upon}

And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. {both...: Heb. from man unto beast}

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, {that} when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. {punish: Heb. visit upon} {stout...: Heb. greatness of the heart}

{Art} thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}

Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding.

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. {O...: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur} {and: or, though}

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, {and} punishments upon the people;

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

But the LORD is my defence; and my God {is} the rock of my refuge.