The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?

Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth!

A thanksgiving psalm. Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.

An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

Like a slice of pomegranate is your forehead behind your veil.

to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,