They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.

May the Lord’s name be praised now and forevermore!

O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.

I consider my actions and follow your rules.

ר (Resh) See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law.

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.

Then tell them, ‘The Lord says, “I will soon fill all the people who live in this land with stupor. I will also fill the kings from David’s dynasty, the priests, the prophets, and the citizens of Jerusalem with stupor.

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them.”

He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing.