His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

They are ready to devour me; they say, “Aha! Aha! We’ve got you!”

Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies.

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line of Judah.

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

י (Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple – those whom you had commanded: “They must not enter your assembly place.”

So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)