He'll deliver the afflicted through their afflictions and open their ears when they are oppressed."

"Now I'll conclude with this: my heart is trembling violently; it feels like it's about to leap from my body!

Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"

when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs?

Will you trust him that he'll bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?"

When the trumpet blasts he'll neigh, "Aha! Aha!' From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, and their shouting."

His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass."

"Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!

then I will applaud you myself! I'll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!"

Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again!

His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together.

Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I'll interrogate you and then inform me.

So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job."

I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

The Law of the LORD is perfect, restoring life. The testimony of the LORD is steadfast, making foolish people wise.

He causes me to lie down in pastures of green grass; he guides me beside quiet waters.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."

They say, "Wickedness is entrenched in him. Once he is brought low, he will not rise again."

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.

When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering gold."

They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.

We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD his might and awesome deeds that he has performed.

He established a decree in Jacob, and established the Law in Israel, that he commanded our ancestors to reveal to their children

They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law.

Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low.

God of hosts, restore to us the light of your favor. Then we'll be delivered. For the Director: On the Gittith. By Asaph.

Even the sparrow found a house for herself and the swallow a nest to lay her young at your altar, LORD of the Heavenly Armies, my king and God.

I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

How blessed is the man whom you instruct, LORD, whom you teach from your Law,

Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?

in the LORD's presence, who comes to judge the earth; He'll judge the world righteously; and its people fairly.

In a pillar of cloud he spoke to them; they obeyed his decrees and the Law that he gave them.

I lie awake, yet I am like a bird isolated on a rooftop.

When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens.

yet stooping low to observe the sky and the earth?

the LORD watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.

How blessed are those whose life is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD!

Then I will always keep your Law, forever and ever,

The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.

Though the wicked lay a trap for me, I haven't wandered away from your precepts.

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

"I will not enter my house, or lie down on my bed,

If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!

Pay attention to my cry, for I have been brought very low. Deliver me from my tormentors, for they are far too strong for me.

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil.

but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.

When you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.

Listen, my son: accept my words, and you'll live a long, long time.

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life

Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight.

He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."

Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold,

Since Sheol and Abaddon lie open in the LORD's presence, how much more the hearts of human beings!

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and you'll be wise for the rest of your life.

Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.

Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse person, but whoever is cautious stays far away from them.

for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you.

You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words.

Your eyes will see strange things, and with slurred words you'll speak what you really believe.

Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you.

For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.

Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked, but whoever keeps it fights them.

Whoever keeps the Law is a discerning son, but whoever keeps company with gluttons brings shame to his father.

If someone quits listening to the Law even his prayer is detestable.

Without prophetic vision, people abandon restraint, but those who obey the Law are happy.

If you pamper a servant from his childhood, later on he'll become ungrateful.

Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it.

Again, if two lie close together, they will keep warm, but how can only one stay warm?

If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out on the earth; if a tree falls toward the south or the north, wherever it falls, there it will lay.

So remember your Creator during your youth! Otherwise, troublesome days will come and years will creep up on you when you'll say, "I find no pleasure in them,"

Tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock? Where do you make your flock lie down at noon? Why should I be considered a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.

Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I'll go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

I told myself, "I'll go up the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit. May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples.

Let us go early to the vineyards, let us see whether the vine has budded, whether the blossom has opened, whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I'll give you my love.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

"Please come, and let's reason together," implores the LORD. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they'll be white like snow. Though they're like crimson, they'll become like wool.

If you're willing and obedient, you'll eat the best that the land produces;

but if you refuse and rebel, you'll be devoured by the sword, because the LORD has spoken."

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies, the one who is Israel's Mighty One, declares: "Now I'll get relief from his enemies and avenge myself on his foes.

When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy.

Let me restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you'll be called "The Righteous City' and "The Faithful City of Zion'.

They'll be ashamed of the oak trees that you desired; and you'll blush because of the gardens that you have chosen.

You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden.