18:26 So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
18:27 Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord 4 (although I am but dust and ashes), 5 18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy 6 the whole city because five are lacking?” 7 He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
18:29 Abraham 8 spoke to him again, 9 “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
18:30 Then Abraham 10 said, “May the Lord not be angry 11 so that I may speak! 12 What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
18:31 Abraham 13 said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
18:32 Finally Abraham 14 said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
For the music director; according to the sheminith style; 16 a psalm of David.
12:1 Deliver, Lord!
For the godly 17 have disappeared; 18
people of integrity 19 have vanished. 20
14:3 Everyone rejects God; 21
they are all morally corrupt. 22
None of them does what is right, 23
not even one!
53:2 God looks down from heaven 24 at the human race, 25
to see if there is anyone who is wise 26 and seeks God. 27
53:3 Everyone rejects God; 28
they are all morally corrupt. 29
None of them does what is right, 30
not even one!
53:4 All those who behave wickedly 31 do not understand 32 –
those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,
and do not call out to God.
7:1 I am depressed! 33
Indeed, 34 it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered,
and the grapes have been harvested. 35
There is no grape cluster to eat,
no fresh figs that I crave so much. 36
7:2 Faithful men have disappeared 37 from the land;
there are no godly men left. 38
They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; 39
they hunt their own brother with a net. 40