Look! Israel’s protector does not sleep or slumber!

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.

The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business,

“So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity – do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.