<t /><p class="poetry">But whoever is among<n id="1" /> the living<n id="2" /> has hope;p> <p class="poetry">a live dog is better than a dead lion.p>

In the middle<n id="1" /> of the living beings was something like<n id="2" /> burning coals of fire<n id="3" /> or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

These are the ones who now take oaths<n id="1" /> in the name of the sinful idol goddess<n id="2" /> of Samaria.p> <p class="poetry">They vow,<n id="3" /> &#8216;As surely as your god<n id="4" /> lives, O Dan,&#8217; or &#8216;As surely as your beloved one<n id="5" /> lives, O Beer Sheba!&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">But they will fall down and not get up again.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.

<p class="bodytext">When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.

&#8220;Your servant our father is well,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;He is still alive.&#8221; They bowed down in humility.<n id="1" />p>

Pharaoh said to Jacob, &#8220;How long have you lived?&#8221;<n id="1" />

your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land &#8211; all its produce will be for you<n id="1" /> to eat.p>

He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

But you who remained faithful to the <sc>Lordsc> your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

So Samuel led<n id="1" /> Israel all the days of his life.

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is alive!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My protector<n id="2" /> is praiseworthy!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The God who delivers me<n id="4" /> is exalted as king!<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why does God<n id="2" /> give<n id="3" /> light to one who is in misery,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and life to those<n id="5" /> whose soul is bitter,p>

<p class="poetry">You will laugh at destruction and famine<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and need not<n id="2" /> be afraid of the beasts of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">I am blameless.<n id="1" /> I do not know myself.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I despise my life.p>

<p class="poetry">You gave me<n id="1" /> life and favor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your intervention<n id="3" /> watched over my spirit.p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I know that my Redeemer<n id="1" /> lives,p> <p class="poetry">and that as the last<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will stand upon the earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But God<n id="1" /> drags off the mighty by his power;p> <p class="poetry">when God<n id="2" /> rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;As surely as God lives,<n id="1" /> who has denied me justice,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the Almighty, who has made my life bitter<n id="3" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">Mankind does not know its place;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be found in the land of the living.p>