But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.

Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death – man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

I am suffering terribly. O Lord, revive me with your word!

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

נ (Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.

until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by.

If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.