The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.

In Susa the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.