And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.' " So Aaron held his peace.

Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It [is] the LORD. Let Him do what seems good to Him."

"But if He says thus: 'I have no delight in you,' here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD."

I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did [it.]

[Through] the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

"Surely I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place and its inhabitants." ' " So they brought back word to the king.

These [are] the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;

"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'The fast of the fourth [month,] The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.'