Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God

Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.

“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!

Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll,

After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.

Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They said, “Caesar’s.”

About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band.

So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.