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And all the Gentiles who are called by 6 I spread out my hands to You;
My name,” My soul longs for You like a thirsty
Says the LORD who does this thing. land. Selah
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“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Proverbs 30:1–4
LORD,
“When the plowman shall overtake the The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, his
reaper, 30 utterance. This man declared to Ithiel—
And the treader of grapes him who to Ithiel and Ucal:
sows seed;
The mountains shall drip with sweet
wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it. 30:1–33 The words of Agur. This is a collec-
14 I will bring back the captives of My tion of proverbs written by an unknown sage
people Israel; who was likely a student of wisdom at the
They shall build the waste cities and time of Solomon (1 Kin. 4:30,31). Agur reflects
inhabit them; humility (vv. 1–4), a deep hatred for arrogance
They shall plant vineyards and drink (vv.7–9),and a keen theological mind (vv.5,6).
wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat
fruit from them.
I will plant them in their land, 2 Surely I am more stupid than any man,
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And no longer shall they be pulled up And do not have the understanding of
From the land I have given them,” a man.
Says the LORD your God. 3 I neither learned wisdom
Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who has ascended into heaven,
or descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
9:15 no longer shall they be pulled up from Who has bound the waters in a garment?
the land. The ultimate fulfillment of God’s Who has established all the ends of the
land promise to Abraham (Gen. 12:7; 15:7; earth?
17:8) will occur during Christ’s millennial reign What is His name, and what is His
on earth (Joel 2:26,27). Son’s name,
If you know?

Psalm 143:1–6
A Psalm of David. 30:4 Who…What…? These questions can be
answered only by revelation from God. A man
ear my prayer, O LORD, can know the “what” about creative wisdom
H Give ear to my supplications! through observation of the physical world and
In Your faithfulness answer me, its inner workings, but cannot know the “who.”
And in Your righteousness. The “who”can be known only when God reveals
2 Do not enter into judgment with Your Himself,which He has in Scripture.This is the tes-
servant, timony and conclusion of Job (Job 42:1–6),
For in Your sight no one living is Solomon (Eccl. 12:1–14), Isaiah (Is. 40:12–17;
righteous. 46:8–11; 66:18,19), and Paul (Rom. 8:18–39). His
Son’s name. Jesus Christ.John 1:1–18.
For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
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He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in darkness, Revelation 6:1–17
Like those who have long been dead.
Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed 6 the seals; and I heard one of the four liv-
within me; ing creatures saying with a voice like thunder,
My heart within me is distressed. 2
“Come and see.” And I looked, and behold, a
5 white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works; a crown was given to him, and he went out
I muse on the work of Your hands. conquering and to conquer.
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