in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet,

in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

In God – I boast in his promise – in the Lord – I boast in his promise –

So Isaac settled in Gerar.

Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness,

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

But as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you – make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

in Hazar Shual, in Beer Sheba and its villages,

He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge –

who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.