The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.

When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,

But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’

Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

But evil men will die; the Lord’s enemies will be incinerated – they will go up in smoke.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.

Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority.

Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.