No one is concerned about justice; ¹  no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words ²  and tell lies; they conceive of oppression ³  and give birth to sin.

one who casts spells, ¹  one who conjures up spirits, ²  a practitioner of the occult, ³  or a necromancer. ⁴ 

For he will rescue the needy ¹  when they cry out for help, and the oppressed ²  who have no defender.

(as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”). ¹  He is our father ²  in the presence of God whom he believed – the God who ³  makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do. ⁴ 

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election ¹  would stand, not by works but by ²  his calling) ³  –

Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ¹  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ²  obey ³  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ⁴ 

Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ¹  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ²  obey ³  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ⁴ 

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

calling out ¹  to those who are passing by her ²  in the way, ³  who go straight ⁴  on their way.

Let each one remain in that situation in life ¹  in which he was called.

“Do not say, ‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. ¹  Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.

For the promise ¹  is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; ¹  when he intervenes, ²  how will I respond to him?

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord ²  speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west. ³ 

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again ¹  what has occurred ²  in the past. ³ 

I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord!

I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

The commander ¹  orders ²  his officers; they stumble ³  as they advance; ⁴  they rush to the city wall ⁵  and they set up ⁶  the covered siege tower. ⁷