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Ask a QuestionRehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:
After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, "Each of you is exacting usury from his brother." So I called a great assembly against them.
But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.
If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
"I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustained me.
You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.
Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:
After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, "Each of you is exacting usury from his brother." So I called a great assembly against them.
But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.
If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
"I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustained me.
You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.
Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.