<p class="poetry">How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">and insulted him<n id="1" /> in the desert!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How great are his signs!p> <p class="poetry">How mighty are his wonders!p> <p class="poetry">His kingdom will last forever,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and his authority continues from one generation to the next.&#8221;p>

Pharaoh said to Jacob, &#8220;How long have you lived?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">How many are my<n id="1" /> iniquities and sins?p> <p class="poetry">Show me my transgression and my sin.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue<n id="2" /> me<n id="3" /> from their destructive attacks;p> <p class="poetry">guard my life<n id="4" /> from the young lions!p>

<p class="poetry">How long must your servant endure this?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When will you judge those who pursue me?p>

<p class="poetry">Will you never<n id="1" /> look away from me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will you not let me alone<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">long enough to swallow my spittle?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;How often<n id="1" /> is the lamp of the wicked extinguished?p> <p class="poetry">How often does their<n id="2" /> misfortune come upon them?p> <p class="poetry">How often does God apportion pain<n id="3" /> to them<n id="4" /> in his anger?p>

<p class="bodytext">Barzillai replied to the king, &#8220;How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

The king said to him, &#8220;How many times must I make you solemnly promise in<n id="1" /> the name of the <sc>Lordsc> to tell me only the truth?&#8221;

The king said to him, &#8220;How many times must I make you solemnly promise in<n id="1" /> the name of the <sc>Lordsc> to tell me only the truth?&#8221;

I asked, &#8220;Where are you going?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;To measure Jerusalem<n id="1" /> in order to determine its width and its length.&#8221;

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you are my God! I long for you!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">My soul thirsts<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">my flesh yearns for you,p> <p class="poetry">in a dry and parched<n id="5" /> land where there is no water.p>

by asking both the priests of the temple<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lord who rules over allsc> and the prophets, &#8220;Should we weep in the fifth month,<n id="2" /> fasting as we have done over the years?&#8221;