<p class="bodytext">Ishmael lived a total of<n id="1" /> 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records:<n id="1" /> Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi&#8217;s life was 137 years.)p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath&#8217;s life was 133 years.)p>

<p class="bodytext">David said to Saul, &#8220;Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father<n id="1" /> in Israel that I should become the king&#8217;s son-in-law?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Barzillai replied to the king, &#8220;How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

<p class="poetry">I have asked the <sc>Lordsc> for one thing &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">this is what I desire!p> <p class="poetry">I want to live<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house<n id="2" /> all the days of my life,p> <p class="poetry">so I can gaze at the splendor<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and contemplate in his temple.p>

<p class="poetry">My dwelling place<n id="1" /> is removed and taken away<n id="2" /> from mep> <p class="poetry">like a shepherd&#8217;s tent.p> <p class="poetry">I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">from the loom he cuts me off.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">You turn day into night and end my life.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion<n id="1" /> to the king and said<n id="2" /> to him, &#8220;O King Darius, live forever!

<p class="poetry">I went down<n id="1" /> to the very bottoms<n id="2" /> of the mountains;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the gates<n id="4" /> of the netherworld<n id="5" /> barred me in<n id="6" /> forever;<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">but you brought me<n id="8" /> up from the Pit,<n id="9" /> O <sc>Lordsc>, my God.p>

<p class="bodytext">Amram married<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram&#8217;s life was 137 years.)p>

<p class="poetry">For no one knows what is best for a person during his life<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">during the few days of his fleeting life &#8211; p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> they pass away<n id="3" /> like a shadow.p> <p class="poetry">Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Enjoy<n id="1" /> life with your beloved wife<n id="2" /> during all the days of your fleeting<n id="3" /> lifep> <p class="poetry">that God<n id="4" /> has given you on earth<n id="5" /> during all your fleeting days;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work<n id="7" /> on earth.<n id="8" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Due to the noise<n id="1" /> caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother<n id="2" /> then entered the banquet room. She<n id="3" /> said, &#8220;O king, live forever! Don&#8217;t be alarmed! Don&#8217;t be shaken!