Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their intense pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,

the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets,

That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

At that time they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep.

Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

When the men of Judah arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” Shaphan read it out loud before the king.

All their neighbors assisted them with silver utensils, gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention all the voluntary offerings.

Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.

Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”

a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.