who ate the best of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise and help you; let them be your refuge!

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.

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

That day – let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

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

God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

He said to them, “The Lord will need to be with you if I release you and your dependents! Watch out! Trouble is right in front of you!

As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”

Elijah replied, “That’s a difficult request! If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”

“Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would.

Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!”

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

“‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.

“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Do a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ it will become a snake.”