“I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.

I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”

ח (Khet) The Lord is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions.

Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!

The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

If I say, “My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!’

I said to myself, ‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.”

But I trust in you, O Lord! I declare, “You are my God!”

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

I said of partying, “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, “It accomplishes nothing!”

So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.

The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”