The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the Lord’s advice.

The sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not recognize the Lord’s authority.

For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)

He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake,

He did what the Lord approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

“Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?

There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me.”

If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,

He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?

The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

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

If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’