<p class="poetry">A wise person is cautious<n id="1" /> and turns from evil,p> <p class="poetry">but a fool throws off restraint<n id="2" /> and is overconfident.<n id="3" />p>

But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant

<p class="poetry">He despises a reprobate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but honors the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are the reason I offer praise<n id="1" /> in the great assembly;p> <p class="poetry">I will fulfill my promises before the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remain loyal to<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, you chosen people of his,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for his loyal followers<n id="3" /> lack nothing!p>

<p class="poetry">For you, O God, hear my vows;p> <p class="poetry">you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will declare what he has done for me.p>

<p class="poetry">For as the skies are high above the earth,p> <p class="poetry">so his loyal love towers<n id="1" /> over his faithful followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and is faithful to their descendants,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O family of Levi, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">You loyal followers<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>, praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Charm is deceitful<n id="1" /> and beauty is fleeting,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a woman who fears the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> will be praised.p>

The men feared the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> greatly,<n id="2" /> and earnestly vowed<n id="3" /> to offer lavish sacrifices<n id="4" /> to the Lord.<n id="5" />p>

Rescue me,<n id="1" /> I pray, from the hand<n id="2" /> of my brother Esau,<n id="3" /> for I am afraid he will come<n id="4" /> and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.<n id="5" />

how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.<n id="1" />

So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

<t /><n id="2" /><p class="bodytext">There was a man<n id="3" /> in the land of Uz<n id="4" /> whose<n id="5" /> name was Job.<n id="6" /> And that man was pure<n id="7" /> and upright,<n id="8" /> one who feared God and turned away from evil.<n id="9" />

<p class="poetry">You loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> praise him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How great is your favor,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which you store up for your loyal followers!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter<n id="3" /> in you.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is best to take hold of one warning<n id="1" /> without letting go of the other warning;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the one who fears God will follow<n id="3" /> both warnings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But it will not go well with the wicked,p> <p class="poetry">nor will they<n id="1" /> prolong their<n id="2" /> days like a shadow,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because they<n id="4" /> do not stand in fear<n id="5" /> before God.p>