I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.

Elisha said to him, “Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,

saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.

Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army; by my God’s power I can jump over a wall.

Trust in the Lord and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!

Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.

But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us!