Their territory extended<n id="1" /> from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon<n id="2" /> &#8211; that is, Hermon &#8211;

Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the <sc>Lordsc> your God as a freewill offering.

He picked up Elijah&#8217;s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.

<p class="bodytext">Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

<p class="poetry">People lie to one another;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they flatter and deceive.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> cut off<n id="1" /> all flattering lips,p> <p class="poetry">and the tongue that boasts!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We speak persuasively;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we know how to flatter and boast.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is our master?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A prayer of David.p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, consider my just cause!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to my cry for help!p> <p class="poetry">Listen to the prayerp> <p class="poetry">I sincerely offer!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You grant<n id="1" /> him his heart&#8217;s desire;p> <p class="poetry">you do not refuse his request.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">All who see me taunt<n id="1" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">they mock me<n id="2" /> and shake their heads.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">May lying lips be silenced &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">lips<n id="1" /> that speak defiantly against the innocent<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with arrogance and contempt!p>

<p class="poetry">I have told the great assembly<n id="1" /> about your justice.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! I spare no words!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you know this is true.p>

<p class="poetry">You are the most handsome of all men!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="3" /> God grants you continual blessings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they hurl insults at mep> <p class="poetry">and openly threaten to kill me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for they say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Who hears?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They speak sinful words.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">So let them be trapped by their own pridep> <p class="poetry">and by the curses and lies they speak!p>

<p class="poetry">As if with choice meat<n id="1" /> you satisfy my soul.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My mouth joyfully praises you,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,p> <p class="poetry">when he attacked the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I heard a voice I did not recognize.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their tongues wound like a serpent;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a viper&#8217;s<n id="2" /> venom is behind<n id="3" /> their lips. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">One who acts wickedly<n id="1" /> pays attention to evil counsel;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a liar listens<n id="3" /> to a malicious tongue.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For it is pleasing if<n id="1" /> you keep these sayings<n id="2" /> within you,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="3" /> they are ready on your lips.<n id="4" />p>