<p class="poetry">For you have said, &#8216;My teaching<n id="1" /> is flawless,p> <p class="poetry">and I am pure in your sight.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">you will see the wicked paid back.<n id="1" />p>

Then Abimelech said, &#8220;Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free<n id="1" /> from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you.<n id="2" /> But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so.<n id="3" /> You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go.<n id="4" /> Go wherever you choose.&#8221;<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">He said, &#8220;My lord,<n id="1" /> if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">But Laban said to him, &#8220;If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here,<n id="1" /> for I have learned by divination<n id="2" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> has blessed me on account of you.&#8221;

So now we are in your power.<n id="1" /> Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.<n id="2" />

The king replied to Haman, &#8220;Keep your money,<n id="1" /> and do with those people whatever you wish.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Against you &#8211; you above all<n id="1" /> &#8211; I have sinned;p> <p class="poetry">I have done what is evil in your sight.p> <p class="poetry">So<n id="2" /> you are just when you confront me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you are right when you condemn me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> in your eyes a thousand yearsp> <p class="poetry">are like yesterday that quickly passes,p> <p class="poetry">or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be wise in your own estimation;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">fear the <sc>Lordsc> and turn away from evil.<n id="2" />p>

Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me<n id="1" /> your way, that I may know you,<n id="2" /> that I may continue to find<n id="3" /> favor in your sight. And see<n id="4" /> that this nation is your people.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Abram said to Sarai, &#8220;Since your<n id="1" /> servant is under your authority,<n id="2" /> do to her whatever you think best.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then Sarai treated Hagar<n id="4" /> harshly,<n id="5" /> so she ran away from Sarai.<n id="6" />p>

I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent<n id="1" /> this message<n id="2" /> to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.&#8217;&#8221;p>

But if you are going to deal<n id="1" /> with me like this, then kill me immediately.<n id="2" /> If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So they said, &#8220;If we have found favor in your sight,<n id="1" /> let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross<n id="2" /> the Jordan River.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east,<n id="1" /> for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to him, &#8220;This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, &#8216;I will give it to your descendants.&#8217;<n id="1" /> I have let you see it,<n id="2" /> but you will not cross over there.&#8221;p>

Gideon<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;If you really are pleased with me,<n id="2" /> then give me<n id="3" /> a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

But the Israelites said to the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit,<n id="1" /> but deliver us today!&#8221;<n id="2" />