When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these?”

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness.

Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.

Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.

Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly.

Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated and having keen insight, and who were capable of entering the king’s royal service – and to teach them the literature and language of the Babylonians.