<p class="poetry">Whoever obeys his<n id="1" /> command will not experience harm,p> <p class="poetry">and a wise person<n id="2" /> knows the proper time<n id="3" /> and procedure.p>

<p class="poetry">An ox recognizes its owner,p> <p class="poetry">a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but Israel does not recognize me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my people do not understand.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">He made the moon to mark the months,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but he does not recognize it!p> <p class="poetry">His head is filled with gray hair,p> <p class="poetry">but he does not realize it!p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> his sons are honored,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not know it;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">if they are brought low,p> <p class="poetry">he does not see<n id="4" /> it.p>

<p class="poetry">For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not let anything he desires<n id="2" /> escape.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you have said, &#8216;What does God know?p> <p class="poetry">Does he judge through such deep darkness?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he knows the pathway that I take;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Mankind does not know its place;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be found in the land of the living.p>

<p class="poetry">God understands the way to it,p> <p class="poetry">and he alone knows its place.p>

<p class="poetry">They say, &#8220;How does God know what we do?p> <p class="poetry">Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;p> <p class="poetry">I will protect him<n id="2" /> because he is loyal to me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> knows thatp> <p class="poetry">peoples&#8217; thoughts are morally bankrupt.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he knows what we are made of;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he realizes<n id="2" /> we are made of clay.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But they do not realize<n id="1" /> that the dead<n id="2" /> are there,p> <p class="poetry">that her guests are in the depths of the grave.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pay careful attention to<n id="1" /> the condition of your flocks,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">give careful attention<n id="3" /> to your herds,p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person cares for<n id="1" /> the legal rights<n id="2" /> of the poor;p> <p class="poetry">the wicked does not understand such<n id="3" /> knowledge.p>

<p class="bodytext">Taking an oath, David again<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Your father is very much aware of the fact<n id="2" /> that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Don&#8217;t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.&#8217; But as surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then a new king,<n id="1" /> who did not know about<n id="2" /> Joseph, came to power<n id="3" /> over Egypt.

<p class="bodytext">Now Samuel did not yet know the <sc>Lordsc>; the word of the <sc>Lordsc> had not yet been revealed to him.