<p class="poetry">Indeed, God is exalted in his power;p> <p class="poetry">who is a teacher<n id="1" /> like him?p>

<p class="bodytext">Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree<n id="1" /> of Moreh<n id="2" /> at Shechem.<n id="3" /> (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)<n id="4" />

For a long time<n id="1" /> Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

<p class="poetry">Terrify them, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations know they are mere mortals!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">As they pass through the Baca Valley,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he provides a spring for them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The rain<n id="3" /> even covers it with pools of water.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The leaders and the highly respected people<n id="1" /> are the head,p> <p class="poetry">the prophets who teach lies are the tail.p>

He said to his servant, &#8220;Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.&#8221; As the servant ran, Jonathan<n id="1" /> shot the arrow beyond him.

So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel.<n id="1" /> He taught them how to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Citizens of Zion,<n id="1" /> rejoice!p> <p class="poetry">Be glad because of what the <sc>Lordsc> your God has done!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For he has given to you the early rains<n id="3" /> as vindication.p> <p class="poetry">He has sent<n id="4" /> to you the rains &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">both the early and the late rains<n id="5" /> as formerly.p>

Finally he told her his secret.<n id="1" /> He said to her, &#8220;My hair has never been cut,<n id="2" /> for I have been dedicated to God<n id="3" /> from the time I was conceived.<n id="4" /> If my head<n id="5" /> were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.&#8221;