<p class="poetry">But no one says, &#8216;Where is God, my Creator,p> <p class="poetry">who gives songs in the night,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, all you warriors of his,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you servants of his who carry out his desires!<n id="2" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Some traveled on<n id="2" /> the sea in ships,p> <p class="poetry">and carried cargo over the vast waters.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who make cloth<n id="1" /> will be demoralized;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all the hired workers will be depressed.<n id="3" />p>

You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters,<n id="1" /> and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

<p class="bodytext">Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, you angels of his,p> <p class="poetry">you powerful warriors who carry out his decreesp> <p class="poetry">and obey his orders!<n id="1" />p>

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful.<n id="1" /> In fact, those who challenge<n id="2" /> God escape!&#8217;&#8221;p>

Elijah said to her, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Go and do as you planned.<n id="1" /> But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

<p class="bodytext">Abram said to Sarai, &#8220;Since your<n id="1" /> servant is under your authority,<n id="2" /> do to her whatever you think best.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then Sarai treated Hagar<n id="4" /> harshly,<n id="5" /> so she ran away from Sarai.<n id="6" />p>

The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.<n id="1" />

They worked hard and made the repairs.<n id="1" /> They followed the measurements specified for God&#8217;s temple and restored it.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.

<p class="poetry">So I said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Oh, my dear people,<n id="2" /> put on sackclothp> <p class="poetry">and roll in ashes.p> <p class="poetry">Mourn with painful sobsp> <p class="poetry">as though you had lost your only child.p> <p class="poetry">For any moment now<n id="3" /> that destructive army<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">will come against us.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Pack your bags for exile,p> <p class="poetry">you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For Memphis will be laid waste.p> <p class="poetry">It will lie in ruins<n id="2" /> and be uninhabited.p>

He has filled them with skill<n id="1" /> to do all kinds of work<n id="2" /> as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are<n id="3" /> craftsmen in all the work<n id="4" /> and artistic designers.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">So her husband Elkanah said to her, &#8220;Do what you think best.<n id="1" /> Stay until you have weaned him. May the <sc>Lordsc> fulfill his promise.&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

They would then hand over<n id="1" /> the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen<n id="2" /> assigned to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple,

Have them hand it over to the construction foremen<n id="1" /> assigned to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,<n id="2" />

Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Your servants melted down the silver in the temple<n id="2" /> and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.&#8221;