And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a deliverer to Israel, and he delivered them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

And call upon Me in the day of affliction; and I shall deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. Pause.

When He slew them, they sought Him; and they returned and sought diligently after God.

let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days in which You afflicted us, the years in which we saw evil.

And pray to Me, and I will hearken to you; and you shall earnestly seek Me, and you shall find Me;

for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.

Cry out to Me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not.

All these could sling with stones at a hair, and not miss.

and [using] the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and [shooters] with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,

But evil men said, Who [is] this man [that] shall save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts.

A man's gift enlarges him, and seats him among princes.

Many court the favor of kings, but every bad man becomes a reproach to [another] man.

A secret gift calms anger, but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.

Hearken not to Hezekiah; thus says the king of the Assyrians: If you wish to be blessed, come out to me; and you shall all eat [of] his own vine and his [own] fig trees, and you shall drink water out of your own cisterns;