The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Everything was verified by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.

The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284.

When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry.

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.

Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;