<p class="bodytext">Jonathan replied, &#8220;All right!<n id="1" /> We&#8217;ll go over to these men and fight them.

They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army<n id="1" /> in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.&#8221;p>

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle;<n id="1" /> the archers<n id="2" /> spotted him and wounded him severely.p>

Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon&#8217;s men.<n id="1" />

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha<n id="1" /> stood by the Jordan.

When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants<n id="1" /> and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way.<n id="2" />p>

Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.)<n id="1" />

The men of Jericho<n id="1" /> built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.<n id="2" />p>

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Therefore,<n id="1" /> blessed<n id="2" /> is the man whom God corrects,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so do not despise the discipline<n id="4" /> of the Almighty.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Truly,<n id="1" /> I know that this is so.p> <p class="poetry">But how<n id="2" /> can a human<n id="3" /> be just before<n id="4" /> God?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">as water wears away stones,p> <p class="poetry">and torrents<n id="1" /> wash away the soil,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so you destroy man&#8217;s hope.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How then can a human being be righteous before God?p> <p class="poetry">How can one born of a woman be pure?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Far from where people live<n id="1" /> he sinks a shaft,p> <p class="poetry">in places travelers have long forgotten,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">far from other people he dangles and sways.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So these three men refused to answer<n id="2" /> Job further, because he was righteous in his<n id="3" /> own eyes.

<p class="poetry">Now in this, you are not right &#8211; I answer you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God is greater than a human being.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He entreats God, and God<n id="1" /> delights in him,p> <p class="poetry">he sees God&#8217;s face<n id="2" /> with rejoicing,p> <p class="poetry">and God<n id="3" /> restores to him his righteousness.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">That person sings<n id="1" /> to others,<n id="2" /> saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I have sinned and falsified what is right,p> <p class="poetry">but I was not punished according to what I deserved.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Of what importance is the human race,<n id="1" /> that you should notice<n id="2" /> them?p> <p class="poetry">Of what importance is mankind,<n id="3" /> that you should pay attention to them,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Terrify them, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations know they are mere mortals!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>