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For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
As with a sword [crushing] in my bones, my enemies taunt and reproach me, while they say continually to me, Where is your God?
May he [Solomon as a type of King David's greater Son] be like rain that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You did give him as food for the creatures inhabiting the wilderness.
Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved!
I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.
You put away and count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Look upon me, be merciful unto me, and show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name.
Jerusalem, which is built as a city that is compacted together--
In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain.
A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.
To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good.
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty].
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, This is no sin--he is in the same class as [an open, lawless robber and] a destroyer.
Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing].
The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd.
Then shall the lambs feed [among the ruins] as in their own pasture, and [among] the desolate places of the [exiled] rich shall sojourners and aliens eat.
And the people will be burned as if to lime, like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.