<p class="poetry">They allow their children to run<n id="1" /> like a flock;p> <p class="poetry">their little ones dance about.p>

<p class="poetry">The mountains skipped like rams,p> <p class="poetry">the hills like lambs.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,p> <p class="poetry">like lambs, O hills?p>

<p class="poetry">He makes Lebanon skip like a calfp> <p class="poetry">and Sirion<n id="1" /> like a young ox.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A time to weep, and a time to laugh;p> <p class="poetry">a time to mourn, and a time to dance.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The chariot drivers will crack their whips;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the chariot wheels will shake the ground;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the chariot horses<n id="3" /> will gallop;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the war chariots<n id="5" /> will bolt forward!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wild animals will rest there,p> <p class="poetry">the ruined<n id="1" /> houses will be full of hyenas.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Ostriches will live there,p> <p class="poetry">wild goats will skip among the ruins.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They sound like<n id="1" /> chariots rumbling<n id="2" /> over mountain tops,p> <p class="poetry">like the crackling<n id="3" /> of blazing fire consuming stubble,p> <p class="poetry">like the noise of<n id="4" /> a mighty army<n id="5" /> being drawn up for battle.<n id="6" />p>

As the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul&#8217;s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.<n id="1" />p>