22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of ^vsoldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.”

12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and ^kprolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who ^lfear God, because they fear before him.