¹² And she kept him safe with her in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah was ruling the land.

⁸ The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

⁵ For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

¹⁴ For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

¹⁸ You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

¹⁹ How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

¹ You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

¹² Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.