⁴ Yes, you do away with fear, And hinder devotion before God.

¹³ So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],

¹⁴ and didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

³¹ Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

¹ He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

⁶ those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

¹⁰ "When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of Yahweh.'

¹⁴ They haven't cried to me with their heart, But they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh, For they break your law.

¹ > An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

² For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.

³ The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

¹⁰ Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call on God at all times?

¹⁴ "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

⁸ "But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;

⁵ But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.

⁶ Isn't your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope?

²¹ I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"