Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

Give them, O Lord – what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king’s son the ability to make fair decisions!

Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”

Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.