When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, {so that there is} neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD {remaineth} under curtains.

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day {that} the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old {and} stricken in age. {stricken...: Heb. come into days}

At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. {in: or, upon}

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

And as since the time that I commanded judges {to be} over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

{Is} not the LORD your God with you? and hath he {not} given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

{That} in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which {was} in Shushan the palace,

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: {that...: or, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem, etc}

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD {remaineth} under curtains.

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made {them} other five talents.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: {As for me}, I {had} in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, {are} they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? {book: Heb. words}

And he saw that rest {was} good, and the land that {it was} pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:

How he sware unto the LORD, {and} vowed unto the mighty {God} of Jacob;

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.