Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to desolation.

like a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.

They are exalted for a little while, then they are gone. They are brought low; they are all drawn together out of the way, and cut off like heads of grain.

For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not linger.

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be of sound mind and calm in your prayers.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?

And a white robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who were about to be killed as they were, was filled up.

I have seen the wicked, ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; indeed, I sought for him, but he could not be found.

For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.

And then the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place is noticed no more.

He shall never again return to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.

Why then do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and You shall seek me diligently, but I will no longer be.

But a strong man dies and is laid away; indeed man expires and where is he?

He shall fly away like a dream, and not be found; yea, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

The eye that has seen him shall see him no more, nor will his place regard him anymore.

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Then he said, I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, that they not also come to this place of torment.

The Mighty God will likewise destroy you forever; He will take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and has rooted you out of the land of the living. Selah.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God who judges in the earth.

The upright see it and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth.

Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they shall understand the goodness of Jehovah.

And it came to pass, after about ten days, that Jehovah struck Nabal, and he died.

And when David heard that Nabal had died, he said, Blessed is Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil! For Jehovah has returned the evil of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, Pick him up, and throw him into the parcel of the land of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I were riding together behind Ahab his father, that Jehovah had laid this burden upon him:

And when he came in, he ate and drank. Then he said, Go now, see to this accursed woman, and bury her, for she was a king's daughter.

Therefore they came back and reported to him. And he said, This is the Word of Jehovah, which He has spoken by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the one harassing the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

Those who see you shall stare at you and consider diligently, saying, Is this the man who made the earth to tremble; who shook kingdoms;

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.