²⁸ In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

¹² In the exulting of the righteous the glory `is' abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

⁴ They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

² In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

²³ and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

²⁴ And the word of God did grow and did multiply,

¹⁷ and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy `are' to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.