With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

ס (Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. “Ha! Is this the city they called ‘The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!’?”

Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.’”