In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!

so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem,

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

Don’t spread the news in Gath! Don’t shed even a single tear! In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust!

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.