<p class="poetry">his body<n id="1" /> well nourished,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the marrow of his bones moist.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">His bones<n id="1" /> were full of his youthful vigor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.p>

<p class="poetry">For I am overcome with shame<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my whole body is sick.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember your covenant promises,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous do not encounter<n id="1" /> any harm,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked are filled with calamity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit;p> <p class="poetry">no place is untouched.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Finally Jacob said<n id="1" /> to Laban, &#8220;Give me my wife, for my time of service is up.<n id="2" /> I want to have marital relations with her.&#8221;<n id="3" />

except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the <sc>Lordsc> wholeheartedly.&#8217;

<p class="poetry">Your very best valleys were full of chariots;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">horsemen confidently took their positions<n id="2" /> at the gate.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1510; (<i>Tsadei>)p> <p class="poetry">Our enemies<n id="1" /> hunted us down at every step<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that we could not walk about in our streets.p> <p class="poetry">Our end drew near, our days were numbered,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for our end had come!p>

<p class="poetry">The city&#8217;s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">her inhabitants lie,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their tongues speak deceptive words.<n id="3" />p>

Moses said, &#8220;You have been consecrated<n id="1" /> today for the <sc>Lordsc>, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So his servants told David these things and David agreed<n id="1" /> to become the king&#8217;s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired<n id="2" />

When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks<n id="1" /> of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

When the time comes for you to die,<n id="1" /> I will raise up your descendant,<n id="2" /> one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

<p class="bodytext">Then King Ahasuerus responded<n id="1" /> to Queen Esther, &#8220;Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough<n id="2" /> to act in this way?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">When you spread out your hands in prayer,p> <p class="poetry">I look the other way;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when you offer your many prayers,p> <p class="poetry">I do not listen,p> <p class="poetry">because your hands are covered with blood.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Indeed, O <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> you have abandoned your people,p> <p class="poetry">the descendants of Jacob.p> <p class="poetry">For diviners from the east are everywhere;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they consult omen readers like the Philistines do.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Plenty of foreigners are around.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the waters of Dimon<n id="1" /> are full of blood!p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">A lion will attack<n id="3" /> the Moabite fugitivesp> <p class="poetry">and the people left in the land.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason my stomach churns;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">cramps overwhelm mep> <p class="poetry">like the contractions of a woman in labor.p> <p class="poetry">I am disturbed<n id="2" /> by what I hear,p> <p class="poetry">horrified by what I see.p>