<p class="poetry">For I am aware of all his regulations,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I do not reject his rules.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The dice are thrown into the lap,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but their every decision<n id="2" /> is from the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are frightening and terrifying;p> <p class="poetry">they decide for themselves what is right.<n id="1" />p>

In the eleventh year, in the month Bul<n id="1" /> (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob.p> <p class="poetry">I will show compassion on their ruined homes.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Seek the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s favor,<n id="1" /> all you humble people<n id="2" /> of the land who have obeyed his commands!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Strive to do what is right!<n id="4" /> Strive to be humble!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Maybe you will be protected<n id="6" /> on the day of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angry judgment.p>

<p class="poetry">The just <sc>Lordsc> resides<n id="1" /> within her;p> <p class="poetry">he commits no unjust acts.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Every morning he reveals<n id="3" /> his justice.p> <p class="poetry">At dawn he appears without fail.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Yet the unjust know no shame.p>

Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, &#8220;This way they can&#8217;t tell on us, saying, &#8216;This is what David did.&#8217;&#8221; Such was his practice the entire time<n id="1" /> that he lived in the country of the Philistines.