And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing and what might happen to her.

Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job.

How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away. I will praise the Lord at all times; my mouth will continually praise him.

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

A song of ascents, by David. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

I thought to myself, “Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.

This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?