And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.

Come, let Us go down and confound their language, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.

And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and Girgashites and Hivites and Jebusites.

For the Lord said to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people; take heed lest I bring on you another plague and destroy you: now then put off your glorious apparel, and [your] ornaments, and I will show you what I will do to you.

For behold, the Lord comes forth out of His place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the earth.

For I have come down from heaven, not that I might do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Because the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a word of command, with [the] voice of an archangel, and with [the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

You have set our transgressions before You; our age is in the light of Your countenance.

[This translation omits this verse.]

I, the Lord, search the hearts, and test the mind, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his doings.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, and I will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will He do any evil.

And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes, to whom we must give an account.

For the Lord said to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people; take heed lest I bring on you another plague and destroy you: now then put off your glorious apparel, and [your] ornaments, and I will show you what I will do to you.

And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness, that He might afflict you, and try you, and that the things in your heart might be made manifest, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

you shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord your God is testing you, to see whether you love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

God, [even] God is the Lord, and [even] God Himself knows, and Israel shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let Him not deliver us this day.

For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have proved me, and known me.

You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways.

the last and the first: You have fashioned me, and laid Your hand upon me.

Where shall I go from Your Spirit? And to where shall I flee from Your presence?

If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],

When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.

For You, O Lord, have possessed my reins; You have helped me from my mother's womb.

My bones, which You made in secret, were not hidden from You, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.

But Your friends, O God, have been greatly honored by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.

Oh that You would slay the wicked, O God. Depart from me, you men of blood!

Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate You? And [have I not] wasted away because of Your enemies?

Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;

And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. Because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!