The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes.

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

For the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the Lord has spoken!

But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.