<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> God planted an orchard<n id="1" /> in the east,<n id="2" /> in Eden;<n id="3" /> and there he placed the man he had formed.<n id="4" />

When the people<n id="1" /> moved eastward,<n id="2" /> they found a plain in Shinar<n id="3" /> and settled there.

Then the priest<n id="1" /> must remove its entrails by cutting off its tail feathers,<n id="2" /> and throw them<n id="3" /> to the east side of the altar into the place of fatty ashes,

The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho,<n id="1" /> toward the sunrise.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The everlasting God is a refuge,p> <p class="poetry">and underneath you are his eternal arms;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has driven out enemies before you,p> <p class="poetry">and has said, &#8220;Destroy!&#8221;p>

The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.<n id="1" />p>

From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah.

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops,<n id="1" /> the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east<n id="1" /> assembled. They crossed the Jordan River<n id="2" /> and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.<n id="1" />

&#8220;Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors<n id="1" /> for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

<p class="poetry">to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! He thunders loudly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember your people<n id="1" /> whom you acquired in ancient times,p> <p class="poetry">whom you rescued<n id="2" /> so they could be your very own nation,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!p>

<p class="poetry">I will remember the works of the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I recall the old days;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I meditate on all you have done;p> <p class="poetry">I reflect on your accomplishments.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is this really your boisterous city<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whose origins are in the distant past,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?p>

<p class="poetry">The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges.p> <p class="poetry">Their community will be reestablished in my favor<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I will punish all who try to oppress them.p>

The glory of the <sc>Lordsc> rose up from within the city and stopped<n id="1" /> over the mountain east of it.

<p class="poetry">You will be loyal to Jacobp> <p class="poetry">and extend your loyal love to Abraham,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which you promised on oath to our ancestors<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">in ancient times.<n id="3" />p>