Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more terrified,

The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Jehovah shall be exalted.

I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you, that you should fear a man, who shall die; or the son of man, who shall be made as grass?

And you forget Jehovah your Maker, who has stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. And you dread continually, every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?

And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied and have not remembered Me, nor laid it to your heart? Have I not been silent, even for a long time, and you did not fear Me?

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear Him!

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David.] i0 par Do you indeed speak justice, O silent ones? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?

Indeed, in heart you work injustice; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Shall the throne of iniquity, which fashions trouble by decree, have fellowship with You?

They gather together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not be astonished at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest watches; so there are those higher than they.

And I have also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest. And I caused rain to fall on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One parcel of land was rained on, and the parcel where it did not rain was dried up.