Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

The Lord strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king.

The Lord’s shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, “Majestic!”

The Lord’s angel camps around the Lord’s loyal followers and delivers them.

for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.

They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.

A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!

Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?

Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.

We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.