<p class="poetry">Half of it he burns in the fire &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">over that half he cooks<n id="1" /> meat;p> <p class="poetry">he roasts a meal and fills himself.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, he warms himself and says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">I am<n id="1" /> the one who forms lightp> <p class="poetry">and creates darkness;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who brings about peacep> <p class="poetry">and creates calamity.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>, who accomplishes all these things.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they are like straw,p> <p class="poetry">which the fire burns up;p> <p class="poetry">they cannot rescue themselvesp> <p class="poetry">from the heat<n id="1" /> of the flames.p> <p class="poetry">There are no coals to warm them,p> <p class="poetry">no firelight to enjoy.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,p> <p class="poetry">and I will darken your land,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Woe<n id="1" /> to those who wish for the day of the <sc>Lord!sc>p> <p class="poetry">Why do you want the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s day of judgment to come?p> <p class="poetry">It will bring darkness, not light.p>

<p class="poetry">In that day,&#8221; says the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;I will make the sun set at noon,p> <p class="poetry">and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">My enemies,<n id="1" /> do not gloat<n id="2" /> over me!p> <p class="poetry">Though I have fallen, I will get up.p> <p class="poetry">Though I sit in darkness, the <sc>Lordsc> will be my light.<n id="3" />p>

It will happen in one day (a day known to the <sc>Lordsc>); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.<n id="1" />

The Gazites were told,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Samson has come here!&#8221; So they surrounded the town<n id="2" /> and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave.<n id="3" /> They relaxed<n id="4" /> all night, thinking,<n id="5" /> &#8220;He will not leave<n id="6" /> until morning comes;<n id="7" /> then we will kill him!&#8221;

Saul said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout<n id="1" /> them until the break of day.<n id="2" /> We won&#8217;t leave any of them alive!&#8221;<n id="3" /> They replied, &#8220;Do whatever seems best to you.&#8221;<n id="4" /> But the priest said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s approach God here.&#8221;

Otherwise, as surely as the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Israel, lives &#8211; he who has prevented me from harming you &#8211; if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning&#8217;s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time<n id="1" /> and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing<n id="2" /> until morning&#8217;s light.

So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River.<n id="1" /> By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.p>

Then they said to one another, &#8220;It&#8217;s not right what we&#8217;re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven&#8217;t told anyone.<n id="1" /> If we wait until dawn,<n id="2" /> we&#8217;ll be punished.<n id="3" /> So come on, let&#8217;s go and inform the royal palace.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">The light of the full moon will be like the sun&#8217;s glarep> <p class="poetry">and the sun&#8217;s glare will be seven times brighter,p> <p class="poetry">like the light of seven days,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when the <sc>Lordsc> binds up his people&#8217;s fractured bones<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and heals their severe wound.<n id="3" />p>