We have plenty of straw and feed,&#8221; she added,<n id="1" /> &#8220;and room for you<n id="2" /> to spend the night.&#8221;p>

Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

So Saul inquired of the <sc>Lordsc>, but the <sc>Lordsc> did not answer him &#8211; not by dreams nor by Urim<n id="1" /> nor by the prophets.

<p class="poetry">Moreover,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Both the prophets and priests are godless.p> <p class="poetry">I have even found them doing evil in my temple!p>

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The gray-haired<n id="1" /> and the aged are on our side,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">men far older than your father.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The men of Israel said to Gideon, &#8220;Rule over us &#8211; you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian&#8217;s power.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">What they loved,<n id="1" /> as well as what they hated<n id="2" /> and envied,<n id="3" /> perished long ago,p> <p class="poetry">and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.<n id="4" />p>

Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage.<n id="1" />p>

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers,<n id="1" /> and the magicians<n id="2" /> of Egypt by their secret arts<n id="3" /> did the same thing.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Neither curse them at all<n id="1" /> nor bless them at all!&#8221;<n id="2" />

As for me, the <sc>Lordsc> was also angry with me on your account. He said, &#8220;You also will not be able to go there.

But Absalom said, &#8220;Call for<n id="1" /> Hushai the Arkite, and let&#8217;s hear what he has to say.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Pay attention, all you people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">both rich and poor!p>

<p class="poetry">For you know in your own heart<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that you also have cursed others many times.p>

<p class="poetry">You plant them like trees and they put down their roots.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They grow prosperous and are very fruitful.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They always talk about you,p> <p class="poetry">but they really care nothing about you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Babylon must fall<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the Israelites she has killed,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">just as the earth&#8217;s mortally wounded fellp> <p class="poetry">because of Babylon.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You too will act like drunkards;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will go into hiding;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you too will seek refuge from the enemy.p>

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful.<n id="1" /> In fact, those who challenge<n id="2" /> God escape!&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They were hungry and thirsty;p> <p class="poetry">they fainted from exhaustion.<n id="1" />p>