Who has confronted Me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to Me.
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he beg you at length or speak gentle words to you?
I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.
Is he not fierce when he is roused? Who then is able to stand before Me?
“I will not keep silent about his limbs, or his might or the grace of his arrangement.
A psalm of David. The earth is Adonai’s and all that fills it— the world, and those dwelling on it.
My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.
Now then, if you listen closely to My voice, and keep My covenant, then you will be My own treasure from among all people, for all the earth is Mine.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.
Through patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.
They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
“The silver is mine and the gold is mine!”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.