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The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness" sake, O LORD.

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king"s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king"s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.