And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done.

The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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

Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.”

No resident of Zion will say, “I am ill”; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.

The Lord said to me, “The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me!

They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.

Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher will have one portion.

Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion.

Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion.

Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion.