the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

ד (Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

I will put hooks in your jaws and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales. I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways, and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.

The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.

For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.

My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

He will infect you with all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will persistently afflict you.

But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day.

Again they wept loudly. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung tightly to her.

Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.

He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses.

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.