“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.

“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told Samuel:

David replied, “What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”

Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back.”’

“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,

so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.

Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;

Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!

So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!