The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

I was beside myself with joy! There please give me your myrrh, O daughter of my princely people.

At that time men will trust in their creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

Therefore, listen to the Lord’s word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather them up.”

“I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me.

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes – both calamity and blessing?