<p class="poetry">Moses and Aaron were among his priests;p> <p class="poetry">Samuel was one of those who prayed to him.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They<n id="2" /> prayed to the <sc>Lordsc> and he answered them.p>

<p class="poetry">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,p> <p class="poetry">and his courts with praise!p> <p class="poetry">Give him thanks!p> <p class="poetry">Praise his name!p>

<p class="poetry">He delivered his people;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he ordained that his covenant be observed forever.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His name is holy and awesome.p>

<p class="poetry">Let them praise the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for his name alone is exalted;p> <p class="poetry">his majesty extends over the earth and sky.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, they live in the holy city;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they trust in<n id="2" /> the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">whose name is the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.p>

<p class="poetry">Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your children<n id="2" /> like its granules.p> <p class="poetry">Their name would not have been cut offp> <p class="poetry">and eliminated from my presence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">who churns up the sea so that its waves surge.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies is his name!p>

<p class="poetry">Be amazed at this, O heavens!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Under his rule<n id="1" /> Judah will enjoy safety<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and Israel will live in security.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">This is the name he will go by:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has provided us with justice.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

&#8220;I, the <sc>Lordsc>, do these things. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, form the plan to bring them about.<n id="1" /> I am known as the <sc>Lordsc>. I say to you,

<p class="poetry">and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">He is called the God who commands armies!p>

He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right<n id="1" /> side and called it Jakin;<n id="2" /> he erected the other pillar on the left<n id="3" /> side and called it Boaz.<n id="4" />

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people<n id="1" /> began to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

He named him Noah,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;This one will bring us comfort<n id="2" /> from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the <sc>Lordsc> has cursed.&#8221;

Then the <sc>Lord&#8217;sc>s angel said to her,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are now<n id="1" /> pregnantp> <p class="poetry">and are about to give birth<n id="2" /> to a son.p> <p class="poetry">You are to name him Ishmael,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> has heard your painful groans.<n id="4" />p>

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi.<n id="1" /> He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.p>

When his brother came out with<n id="1" /> his hand clutching Esau&#8217;s heel, they named him Jacob.<n id="2" /> Isaac was sixty years old<n id="3" /> when they were born.p>

So Esau said to Jacob, &#8220;Feed<n id="1" /> me some of the red stuff &#8211; yes, this red stuff &#8211; because I&#8217;m starving!&#8221; (That is why he was also called<n id="2" /> Edom.)<n id="3" />p>

So Leah became pregnant<n id="1" /> and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,<n id="2" /> for she said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has looked with pity on my oppressed condition.<n id="3" /> Surely my husband will love me now.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, &#8220;This time I will praise the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221; That is why she named him Judah.<n id="1" /> Then she stopped having children.p>