So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.

He replied, “Yes, go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.’”

Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

O Lord, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.

What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.

“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.

But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!