<p class="poetry">So I concluded that wisdom is better than might,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a poor man&#8217;s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens<n id="2" /> to his advice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your princes feast at the proper time<n id="2" /> &#8211; with self-control and not in drunkenness.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions,p> <p class="poetry">and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will kill all the archers of Elam,p> <p class="poetry">who are the chief source of her military might.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Nations will see this and be disappointed by<n id="1" /> all their strength,p> <p class="poetry">they will put their hands over their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">and act as if they were deaf.<n id="2" />p>

Moses<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;It is not the sound of those who shout for victory,<n id="2" /> nor is it the sound of those who cry because they are overcome,<n id="3" /> but the sound of singing<n id="4" /> I hear.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">May all your enemies perish like this, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">But may those who love you shinep> <p class="poetry">like the rising sun at its brightest!&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">And the land had rest for forty years.p>

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Baasha&#8217;s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Omri&#8217;s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat&#8217;s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Jehu&#8217;s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Jehoahaz&#8217;s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.<n id="1" />

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk.<n id="1" /> In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

O <sc>Lordsc>, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign<n id="1" /> over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler<n id="2" /> of all.

You are the source of wealth and honor;<n id="1" /> you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.<n id="2" />

Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How faint is the whisper<n id="2" /> we hear of him!p> <p class="poetry">But who can understand the thunder of his power?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Now I am sure<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> will deliver<n id="2" /> his chosen king;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he will intervene for him<n id="4" /> from his holy heavenly temple,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and display his mighty ability to deliver.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song<n id="2" /> by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: &#8220;David is hiding with us.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, deliver me by your name!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me<n id="5" /> by your power!p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I am old and gray,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, do not abandon me,p> <p class="poetry">until I tell the next generation about your strength,p> <p class="poetry">and those coming after me about your power.<n id="2" />p>