<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> repaid<n id="1" /> me for my godly deeds;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he rewarded<n id="3" /> my blameless behavior.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sons of Issachar:p> <p class="bodytext">Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron &#8211; four in all.p>

<p class="poetry">God does not restrain his anger;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">under him the helpers of Rahab<n id="2" /> lie crushed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can you count on<n id="1" /> it to bring in<n id="2" /> your grain,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and gather the grain<n id="4" /> to your threshing floor?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> repaid<n id="1" /> me for my godly deeds;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he rewarded<n id="3" /> my blameless behavior.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May those who wait to ambush me<n id="1" /> be repaid for their evil!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">As a demonstration of your faithfulness,<n id="3" /> destroy them!p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore they have more than enough food to eat,p> <p class="poetry">and even suck up the water of the sea.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A gentle response<n id="1" /> turns away anger,p> <p class="poetry">but a harsh word<n id="2" /> stirs up wrath.<n id="3" />p>

the owner of the pit must repay<n id="1" /> the loss. He must give money<n id="2" /> to its owner, and the dead animal<n id="3" /> will become his.

If there are still many years, in keeping with them<n id="1" /> he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,

<p class="poetry">A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the work of his hands<n id="2" /> will be rendered to<n id="3" /> him.p>

<p class="poetry">Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is a faithful messenger to those who send him,p> <p class="poetry">for he refreshes the heart<n id="2" /> of his masters.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> also has a covenant lawsuit<n id="1" /> against Judah;p> <p class="poetry">he will punish Jacob according to his waysp> <p class="poetry">and repay him according to his deeds.p>

<p class="poetry">But Ephraim bitterly<n id="1" /> provoked him to anger;p> <p class="poetry">so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">his Lord<n id="3" /> will repay him for the contempt he has shown.<n id="4" />p>

but if only a few years remain<n id="1" /> until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption.

<p class="poetry">Cry out, O nations, with his people,p> <p class="poetry">for he will avenge his servants&#8217; blood;p> <p class="poetry">he will take vengeance against his enemies,p> <p class="poetry">and make atonement for his land and people.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty.<n id="1" /> Even though today the <sc>Lordsc> delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s chosen one.

For I made this vow<n id="1" /> when I was living in Geshur in Aram: &#8216;If the <sc>Lordsc> really does allow me to return to Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> I will serve the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;

He said, &#8220;Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won&#8217;t refuse you.&#8221;<n id="1" />

does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge,<n id="1" /> does not commit robbery,<n id="2" /> but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,