Can you count the months of their gestation? Do you know the time when they give birth,

Leaping in his excitement, he takes in the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!

Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated.

He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride."

I can count all my bones. They look at me; they stare at me.

It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.

Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.

March around Zion; encircle her; count her towers.

But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.

You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle have not you recorded them in your book?

Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced.

Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

The LORD reigns! He is clothed in majesty; the LORD is clothed, and he is girded with strength. Indeed, the world is well established, and cannot be shaken.

They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."

You have set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell.

They have hands, but cannot touch; feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even groan with their throats.

Direct my footsteps by your promise, and do not let any kind of iniquity rule over me.

Those who are trusting in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be overthrown. They remain forever.

Mouths are attributed to them, but they cannot speak; sight is attributed to them, but they cannot see;

Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.

Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.

Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude

Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.

Whoever oppresses the poor defies their Creator, but whoever is kind to the needy honors them.

Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to the LORD the benefit of his gift will return to him in abundance.

They will be destroyed suddenly, and who knows what kind of punishment will come from these two?

Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.

Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot remain steady:

Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.

What is crooked cannot be made straight; what is not there cannot be counted.

Just as he came naked from his mother's womb, he will leave as naked as he came; he will receive no profit from his efforts he cannot carry away even a handful.

Whatever exists has been named already; people know what it means to be human and a person cannot defeat one who is more powerful than he.

I saw all of it as the activity of God. Frankly, a human being cannot understand what happens on earth, because however hard a man works to discover it, he will not find out. Despite what he thinks he knows, he will not be able to figure it out.

Here's another tragedy that I've observed on earth, a kind of error that comes from an overseer:

There are sixty queens and eighty mistresses, and too many young women to count,

Mighty bodies of water cannot extinguish love, rivers cannot put it out. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would surely be viewed with contempt.

Stop bringing useless offerings! Incense is detestable to me, as are your New Moons, Sabbaths, and calling of convocations. I cannot stand iniquity within a solemn assembly.

What survives of the trees in his forest will be so few that a child can count them."

"At that time, Jacob's glory will have become weakened, and his strong flesh will turn gaunt;

Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.

Because you said: "We have entered into a covenant with death, and we have an agreement with Sheol, so when the overwhelming scourge makes its choice, it cannot reach us, since we have made lies our refuge and have concealed ourselves inside falsehood,'

It must be ground; one cannot keep threshing it forever. Even if he drives his cart and horses over it, he cannot crush it.

"And this entire vision has become for you like the words of a sealed book. When people give it to someone who can read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I cannot, because it is sealed.'

Or when they give the book to someone who cannot read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I don't know how to read.'"

There is only loathsome destruction through a people that cannot benefit them, who bring neither help nor profit, but only shame and disgrace."

An oracle about the animals of the Negev: "Through a land of trouble, dryness, and distress, of lionesses and roaring lions, where there is no water, a land of vipers and darting snakes, he carries their riches on donkeys' backs, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot benefit them,

No longer will you see those arrogant people, those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language you cannot understand.

"Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot reliably hold the mast in its place, and the sail cannot spread out. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided even the lame will carry off plunder.

"Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! This is what the king of Assyria says: "Don't let Hezekiah deceive you for he cannot save you!

For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot sing your praise; and those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the eternal God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary; and his understanding cannot be fathomed.

Now, all the forming of images means nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their own witnesses cannot see, and they know nothing. So they will be put to shame.

They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.

He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, "There's a lie in my right hand."

This is what the LORD says to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, as I strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him and gates that cannot keep closed:

"Gather together and come; draw near and enter, your fugitives from the nations. Those who carry around their wooden idols know nothing, nor do those who keep praying to a god that cannot save.

"To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?

And they lift it on their shoulders, carry it, set it up in its place, and there it stands. It cannot move from that spot. One may even call to it, but it cannot answer nor save him from his distress.

They are created now, and not long ago; you didn't hear them before today, so you cannot say, "Yes, I knew them.'

His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!

"Look! You fast only for quarreling, and for fighting, and for hitting with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice heard on high.

"Is this the kind of fast that I have chosen, merely a day for a person to humble himself? Is it merely for bowing down one's head like a bulrush, for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call a fast, an acceptable day to the LORD?

Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

"Indeed, my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."

"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.

"You don't fear me, do you?' declares the LORD. "You don't tremble before me, do you? I'm the one who put the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot cross. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail against it, though they roar, they cannot cross it.'

To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it.

"Look, you're trusting in deceptive words that cannot benefit.

The wise men will be put to shame. They'll be dismayed and taken captive. Look, they have rejected the message from the LORD! So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."

The LORD is the true God; he's the living God and the everlasting king. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You are like a deceptive brook, whose waters cannot be depended on.

and say to them, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In this same way I'll break this people and this city, just as someone breaks a potter's vessel which he then cannot put back together again. They'll bury corpses in Topheth until there is no more room to bury anyone.

When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!

This is what the LORD says: "I'm about to send the sword, famine, and plague on them, and I'll make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten because they're so bad.

As the heavenly bodies cannot be counted, and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I'll multiply the descendants of my servant David and the descendants of Levi who serve me.'"

"The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, beside the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall.

They'll cut down her forest, though it's impenetrable," declares the LORD, "for they're more numerous than locusts, and there are too many of them to count.

But I'll strip Esau bare. I'll uncover his hiding places so he cannot conceal himself. His offspring, his relatives, and his neighbors will be destroyed, and he will no longer exist.

To Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad will be humiliated. Their courage melts because they have heard bad news. There is anxiety like the sea that cannot be calmed.

Fled from cherished Zion are all that were her splendor. Her princes have become like deer that cannot find their feeding grounds. They flee with strength exhausted from their pursuers.

The yoke of my sins was bound on, fastened together by his hand. They settled on my neck; he caused my strength to fail. The LORD placed me in the power of those I cannot resist.

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.

You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce.

"Go away! Unclean!" they shouted at them. "Go away! Go away! Don't touch!" When they fled away and wandered, those among the nations decreed, "They cannot live here!"

because you're not going to a people whose speech you cannot understand or whose language is difficult to speak. Instead, you're going to the house of Israel.

This isn't a large group of people whose speech is unintelligible to you or whose language is difficult for you to comprehend. Frankly, if I had sent you to that kind of people, they would certainly have listened to you!

As I continued to listen, he also told the others, "Follow him through the city and start killing. Don't spare anyone you see, and don't show pity of any kind.

In order to stir up my anger and in order to take vengeance, I set the blood on a bare rock so that it cannot be covered.'

There is wickedness in your obscene conduct. Even though I've cleansed you, you uncleanness cannot be washed away. You cannot be cleansed again until my rage against you has subsided.'

therefore as I'm alive and living" declares the Lord GOD, "I'm going to deal with you as your anger deserves. When I judge you, I'll treat you like you did the Israelis that is, with the same kind of envy that motivated your constant hatred of them.

You'll be fully satiated at my table, dining on horse flesh, horsemen, elite soldiers, and every kind of warrior," declares the Lord GOD.

The first portion of all the first fruits of every kind and every offering of any kind is to be for the priests. You are to give the priest the first portion of your grain. As a result a blessing will rest on your household.