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I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
