1. Yes, burdened sore, the people live in grief, But we perchance may give them some relief. This is the nation's heart.—Show kindness here, And through our regions peace will reappear. On wily flatterers look with angry frown, Thus warning those who conscience do not own. With fierce oppressors deal by strictest law, Till of Heaven's will they learn to stand in awe. Gentle to men from far, assist those near;— So shall the king be strong, with nought to fear.

2. Yes, burdened sore, the people live in grief, But we perchance may give them some relief. This is the nation's heart.—Here kindness show, And hither all will come with constant flow. On wily flatterers look with angry scorn;— Lo! noisy braggarts of their pride are shorn. The fierce oppressors with strong hand repress;— This course the people's sufferings shall redress. What service you have done, keep on to do;— So shall the king enjoy his rest through you.

3. Yes, burdened sore, the people live in grief, But we perchance may give them some relief. Show kindness here.—This is the nations' heart;— Repose will spread from this to every part. The indignant face to wily flatterers show, Thus awing those whose deeds no limits know. The fierce oppressors check with firmest will, So hindering them from acting out their ill. Then let us keep ourselves with reverent care, And to the virtuous for their help repair.

4. Yes, burdened sore, the people live in grief, But we perchance may give them some relief. This is the nation's heart.—Show kindness here, And thus dispel the people's anxious fear. To wily flatterers no indulgence give, Thus warning all who but for evil live. The fierce oppressors with strong hand keep down, That so the right no more be overthrown. As children, for such trust unfit are you, But vast the service which you have to do!

5. Yes, burdened sore, the people live in grief, But we perchance may give them some relief, Show kindness here.— This is the nation's heart;— So shall you soothe and heal the people's smart. View wily flatterers with indignant eye, And from the court the parasites will fly. 'Gainst fierce oppressors wage determined fight, And thus from vile reversal save the right. The king us all as priceless jade would prize;— Thus therefore I reprove you and advise.

About this reader

What is Scripture?

Scripture is a browser-based reader for sixteen sacred texts spanning multiple religious and literary traditions. It provides chapter-by-chapter navigation, full-text search across all works, word concordance with frequency analysis, verse-linked notes, text-to-speech, and deep linking to any chapter or verse.

Traditions Represented

The collection spans Abrahamic, East Asian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Finnish, and Norse traditions. It includes King James biblical text and Apocrypha, Pickthall's Quran, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Legge's Four Books, Tao Te Ching, and Book of Poetry, Chamberlain's Kojiki, West's Bundahishn, Kern's Lotus Sutra, Haug and West's Arda Viraf, Crawford's Kalevala, and Bellows' Poetic Edda.

The committed manifests and chapter files currently describe 121 books, 2,724 chapters, and 63,141 verse records. In poetry and prose works, a verse record can represent a line or paragraph rather than a canonically numbered scriptural verse.

Licensing

The application source is AGPL-3.0. Generated text downloads and their structured arrangement are CC BY-SA 4.0; the underlying historic source texts are treated as public-domain inputs. The corpus metadata therefore describes the distributed arrangement with its CC BY-SA license rather than the Public Domain Mark.

Concordance and Related Passages

The concordance is an exact-word occurrence index with linked records grouped by work. Related Passages is separate: a TF-IDF (term frequency-inverse document frequency) cosine-similarity index compares chapter vocabulary after stop-word removal and stores up to five cross-book matches above its threshold. It is a lexical discovery aid, not a claim of historical or theological equivalence.

Deep Linking

Every chapter and verse has a permanent URL. Chapter links follow the pattern /scripture/{work}/{book}-{chapter} (e.g., /scripture/ot/gen-1 for Genesis 1). Verse links append the verse number (e.g., /scripture/ot/gen-1:26 for Genesis 1:26). These URLs can be shared, bookmarked, or cited directly.

Accessibility

Scripture supports keyboard navigation throughout: Tab moves between controls, Enter activates verse actions, and arrow keys navigate chapters. The reading pane has a skip-to-content link. All overlays (search, concordance) are focus-trapped ARIA dialogs. Dynamic content regions use aria-live for screen reader announcements. Light and dark themes are available through the theme toggle. Verse numbers are visible to assistive technology. No flashing content or motion hazards.

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