For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;

“At that time I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,

For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.”

and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.

The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.

Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.

The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”