^10 (A)Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may ^(B)go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

^17 (A)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be ^(B)like sheep which have no shepherd.”

^9 (A)Therefore give to Your servant an ^[a]understanding heart ^(B)to judge Your people, that I may ^(C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

² Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, ^(A)you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, ^(B)‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”

^5 (A)Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but ^(B)our sufficiency is from God,

² And he said to them: “I ^(A)am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer ^(B)go out and come in. Also the Lord has said to me, ^(C)‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’

^5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, ^(B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and ^(C)it will be given to him.

^16 (A)To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And ^(B)who is sufficient for these things?