The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain – at the hill of Jerusalem.

In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.

I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,