Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.

Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor?

Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)

May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

I will declare your name to my countrymen! In the middle of the assembly I will praise you!

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.

Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.

“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.