I ¹  continually think about ²  this, and I ³  am depressed. ⁴ 

since he is a double-minded individual, ¹  unstable in all his ways.

But Absalom said, “Call for ¹  Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” ² 

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being. ¹ 

He says to himself, ¹  “I will never ²  be upended, because I experience no calamity.” ³ 

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; ¹  I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. ² 

Carrying out a wicked scheme ¹  is enjoyable ²  to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment. ³ 

Do you see ¹  a man wise in his own eyes? ²  There is more hope for a fool ³  than for him.

But if ¹  that evil slave should say to himself, ²  ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Taking an oath, David again ¹  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ²  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ³  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

She said, “If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, ¹  which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, ¹  ‘No eye can see me,’ and covers his face with a mask.

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.” ¹ 

He is secure at all times. ¹  He has no regard for your commands; ²  he disdains all his enemies. ³ 

When someone comes to visit, ¹  he pretends to be friendly; ²  he thinks of ways to defame me, ³  and when he leaves he slanders me. ⁴ 

Who is the Lord ¹  trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? ²  Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast! ³ 

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. ¹  He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster. ² 

For ¹  a while he refused, but later on ²  he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, ³ 

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!