Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.

Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.

May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

He said, “This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish.”

Ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber, and he will also perish forever.”

If I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!

I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

“Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart – with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God.

Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.