Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">My days<n id="1" /> are swifter<n id="2" /> than a weaver&#8217;s shuttle<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and they come to an end without hope.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;My days<n id="1" /> are swifter than a runner,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they speed by without seeing happiness.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen carefully<n id="1" /> to the thunder of his voice,p> <p class="poetry">to the rumbling<n id="2" /> that proceeds from his mouth.p>

He wept loudly;<n id="1" /> the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh&#8217;s household heard about it.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved<n id="1" /> during their lives,p> <p class="poetry">and not even in their deaths were they separated.p> <p class="poetry">They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> thundered<n id="1" /> in<n id="2" /> the sky;p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign One<n id="3" /> shouted.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His horses move more swiftly than eagles.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">I cry out,<n id="3" /> &#8220;We are doomed,<n id="4" /> for we will be destroyed!&#8221;p>

When<n id="1" /> the dove returned to him in the evening, there was<n id="2" /> a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Esau said to his father, &#8220;Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then Esau wept loudly.<n id="2" />p>

From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.<n id="1" />

You said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> our God has shown us his great glory<n id="1" /> and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us<n id="2" /> that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

<p class="bodytext">When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, &#8220;Is that your voice, my son David?&#8221; Then Saul wept loudly.<n id="1" />