I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice – yours alone.

Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.

I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

In the past he said to them, “This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? I will not go!”

You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man – the Holy One among you – I will not come in wrath!

He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”

He turned aside to her along the road and said, “Come on! I want to have sex with you.” (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, “What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?”

‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.

Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!”

“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”