You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm – indeed, a scalp.

Of Asher he said: Asher is blessed with children, may he be favored by his brothers and may he dip his foot in olive oil.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

Then David said to Abigail, “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.”

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise in the future and forevermore! We agree! We agree!

The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)

By David. The Lord, my protector, deserves praise – the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war,

Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

They said to him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch sat down and read it to them.

Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place,

So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll.

so that you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed you, but have always treated you well before sending you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord.”

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Jethro said, “Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians’ control!

But God said to Balaam, “You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”