And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.

If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

If I have sinned – what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,