5 In Jehovah the God of Israel he trusted;+ and after him there proved to be no one like him among all the kings of Judah,+ even those who had happened to be prior to him.+

12 So, then, because we have so great a cloud of witnesses*+ surrounding us, let us also put off every weight+ and the sin that easily entangles us,+ and let us run with endurance+ the race+ that is set before us,+