<p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lordsc>, tell<n id="1" /> you not to be afraid,p> <p class="poetry">you descendants of Jacob, my servant,p> <p class="poetry">for I am with you.p> <p class="poetry">Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you,p> <p class="poetry">I will not completely destroy you.p> <p class="poetry">I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure.p> <p class="poetry">I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Abraham<n id="1" /> spoke to him again,<n id="2" /> &#8220;What if forty are found there?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;I will not do it for the sake of the forty.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Abraham<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;May the Lord not be angry<n id="2" /> so that I may speak!<n id="3" /> What if thirty are found there?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;I will not do it if I find thirty there.&#8221;p>

Indeed,<n id="1" /> you had little before I arrived,<n id="2" /> but now your possessions have increased many times over.<n id="3" /> The <sc>Lordsc> has blessed you wherever I worked.<n id="4" /> But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

So I will extend my hand<n id="1" /> and strike Egypt with all my wonders<n id="2" /> that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh,<n id="1" /> for compelled by my strong hand<n id="2" /> he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know<n id="1" /> you by name.&#8221;p>

Say to them, &#8216;As I live,<n id="1" /> says<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing.<n id="3" />

I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have said, &#8220;I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;p>

For I will honor you greatly,<n id="1" /> and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.&#8217;&#8221;p>

But Balaam replied<n id="1" /> to Balak, &#8220;Did I not tell you, &#8216;All that the <sc>Lordsc> speaks,<n id="2" /> I must do&#8217;?&#8221;p>

He said to them, &#8220;Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely!<n id="1" /> I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Now, my dear, don&#8217;t worry!<n id="1" /> I intend to do for you everything you propose,<n id="2" /> for everyone in the village<n id="3" /> knows that you are a worthy woman.<n id="4" />

Now may the <sc>Lordsc> show you true kindness!<n id="1" /> I also will reward you,<n id="2" /> because you have done this deed.

God will severely judge Abner<n id="1" /> if I do not do for David exactly what the <sc>Lordsc> has promised him,<n id="2" />

Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Then the king said to them, &#8220;I will do whatever seems best to you.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So the king stayed beside the city gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

David said to the Gibeonites, &#8220;What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s inheritance?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">who announces the end from the beginningp> <p class="poetry">and reveals beforehand<n id="1" /> what has not yet occurred,p> <p class="poetry">who says, &#8216;My plan will be realized,p> <p class="poetry">I will accomplish what I desire,&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">Therefore the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will now purify them in the fires of affliction<n id="2" /> and test them.p> <p class="poetry">The wickedness of my dear people<n id="3" /> has left me no choice.p> <p class="poetry">What else can I do?<n id="4" />p>