They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.