What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition,<n id="1" /> O <sc>Lordsc> God!

What more can David say<n id="1" /> to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">You defend<n id="1" /> the fatherless and oppressed,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;An awful disease<n id="2" /> overwhelms him,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For with great wisdom comes<n id="1" /> great frustration;p> <p class="poetry">whoever increases his<n id="2" /> knowledge merely<n id="3" /> increases his<n id="4" /> heartache.p> <p class="poetry">

<p class="bodytext">King Solomon then swore an oath by the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;May God judge me severely,<n id="1" /> if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!<n id="2" />

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1508; (<i>Pei>)p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> himself<n id="1" /> has scattered them;p> <p class="poetry">he no longer watches over them.p> <p class="poetry">They did not honor the priests;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not show favor to the elders.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1514; (<i>Tavi>)p> <p class="poetry">O people of Zion,<n id="1" /> your punishment<n id="2" /> will come to an end;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not prolong your exile.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">But, O people of Edom,<n id="5" /> he will punish<n id="6" /> your sin<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">and reveal<n id="8" /> your offenses!p>

Eli<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;What message did he speak to you? Don&#8217;t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely<n id="2" /> if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!&#8221;p>

Say to Amasa, &#8216;Are you not my flesh and blood?<n id="1" /> God will punish me severely,<n id="2" /> if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> those left in Israel, those who remain of the family<n id="2" /> of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them.<n id="3" /> Instead they will truly<n id="4" /> rely on the <sc>Lordsc>, the Holy One of Israel.<n id="5" />

At that time<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> will again lift his hand<n id="3" /> to reclaim<n id="4" /> the remnant of his people<n id="5" /> from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros,<n id="6" /> Cush,<n id="7" /> Elam, Shinar,<n id="8" /> Hamath, and the seacoasts.<n id="9" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wake up! Wake up!p> <p class="poetry">Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Put on your beautiful clothes,p> <p class="poetry">O Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> holy city!p> <p class="poetry">For uncircumcised and unclean pagansp> <p class="poetry">will no longer invade you.p>

<t /><p class="poetry"><v id="(2:1)" /><n id="1" /> Look! A herald is running<n id="2" /> on the mountains!p> <p class="poetry">A messenger is proclaiming deliverance:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah!p> <p class="poetry">Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For never again<n id="5" /> will the wicked<n id="6" /> Assyrians<n id="7" /> invade<n id="8" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="9" /> have been completely destroyed.&#8221;<n id="10" />p>

know for certain that the <sc>Lordsc> our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you;<n id="1" /> they will be a whip that tears<n id="2" /> your sides and thorns that blind<n id="3" /> your eyes until you disappear<n id="4" /> from this good land the <sc>Lordsc> your God gave you.p>