<p class="poetry">The clouds<n id="1" /> go round in circles,p> <p class="poetry">wheeling about according to his plans,p> <p class="poetry">to carry out<n id="2" /> all that he commands themp> <p class="poetry">over the face of the whole inhabited world.p>

<p class="poetry">Stand up angrily,<n id="1" /> <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Rise up with raging fury against my enemies!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">By day the <sc>Lordsc> decrees his loyal love,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and by night he gives me a song,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a prayer<n id="3" /> to the living God.p>

<p class="poetry">God has decreed that you will be powerful.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,p>

<p class="poetry">Be my protector and refuge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a stronghold where I can be safe!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For you are my high ridge<n id="3" /> and my stronghold.p>

<p class="poetry">He established a rule<n id="1" /> in Jacob;p> <p class="poetry">he set up a law in Israel.p> <p class="poetry">He commanded our ancestorsp> <p class="poetry">to make his deeds known to their descendants,<n id="2" />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">I have given orders to my chosen soldiers;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my boasting, arrogant ones.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> stretched out his hand over the sea,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shook kingdoms;p> <p class="poetry">he<n id="2" /> gave the orderp> <p class="poetry">to destroy Canaan&#8217;s fortresses.<n id="3" />p>

We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.<n id="1" />

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, &#8220;I am no longer allowed to go<n id="1" /> into the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

<p class="bodytext">Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard,<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">But how can it rest<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have<n id="2" /> given it orders?p> <p class="poetry">I have ordered it to attackp> <p class="poetry">the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning<n id="1" /> I acted just as I was commanded.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;But you made the Nazirites drink wine;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you commanded the prophets, &#8216;Do not prophesy!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, look! The <sc>Lordsc> is giving the command.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will smash the large house to bits,p> <p class="poetry">and the small house into little pieces.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Moses commanded the Israelites: &#8220;This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the <sc>Lordsc> has commanded to be given<n id="1" /> to the nine and a half tribes,

They said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> commanded my lord to give<n id="1" /> the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the <sc>Lordsc> to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the <sc>Lordsc> your God that I am delivering to<n id="1" /> you.

<p class="bodytext">Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,