⁵ His ways are prosperous at all times; He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight: As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

¹¹ Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see: but they shall see [your] zeal for the people, and be disappointed; yes, fire shall devour your adversaries.

⁵ "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

¹² The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; But they don't regard the work of Yahweh, Neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness;

¹⁵ Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

²⁵ Therefore he poured on him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he didn't know; and it burned him, yet he didn't lay it to heart.

⁹ They have deeply corrupted themselves, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.

⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, And the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways.

¹ Don't be envious of evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

²⁴ The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

¹⁵ Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

²⁷ They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

³⁸ Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

⁶ The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here; thinking, David can't come in here.

¹⁰ Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.

¹³ Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

⁵ How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.

⁶ A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this:

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

¹³ Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹² God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.