¹⁵ I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.^(A)

¹⁹ For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.^(A)

²¹ So I find this law at work:^(A) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’

² He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate.^(A) Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

¹⁰ Fishermen^(A) will stand along the shore; from En Gedi^(B) to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets.^(C) The fish will be of many kinds^(D)—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.^(E)