Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their colleagues in the days of Jeshua.

In the days of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of the families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.’

I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.