David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.

Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife –

In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks.

So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.

Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.