^12 (A)The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and ^(B)the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments.

¹⁵ But the previous governors who were before me ^[a]laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so ^(A)because of my fear of God.

Prosperity Comes from the Lord.

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.

¹⁰ For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have set ^(A)our hope on ^(B)the living God, who is ^(C)the Savior of all mankind, especially of believers.