<p class="poetry">It is fitting<n id="1" /> to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,p> <p class="poetry">and your faithfulness during the night,p>

<p class="bodytext">Israel said, &#8220;Why did you bring this trouble<n id="1" /> on me by telling<n id="2" /> the man you had one more brother?&#8221;p>

Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you<n id="1" /> reaches me.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">If there is an angel beside him,p> <p class="poetry">one mediator<n id="1" /> out of a thousand,p> <p class="poetry">to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So they proclaim that the <sc>Lordsc>, my protector,p> <p class="poetry">is just and never unfair.<n id="1" />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 cannot solve it,<n id="1" /> you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.&#8221; They said to him, &#8220;Let us hear your riddle.&#8221;<n id="2" />

He said to them,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Out of the one who eats came something to eat;p> <p class="poetry">out of the strong one came something sweet.&#8221;p> <p class="bodyblock">They could not solve the riddle for three days.p>

Now,<n id="1" /> my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify<n id="1" /> their family connection<n id="2" /> or their ancestry,<n id="3" /> as to whether they really were from Israel):p>

<p class="bodytext">These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify<n id="1" /> their family connection<n id="2" /> or their ancestry,<n id="3" /> as to whether they were really from Israel):p>

and the Sabeans<n id="1" /> swooped down<n id="2" /> and carried them all away, and they killed<n id="3" /> the servants with the sword!<n id="4" /> And I &#8211; only I alone<n id="5" /> &#8211; escaped to tell you!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">They are coming to Zion to declare therep> <p class="poetry">how the <sc>Lordsc> our God is getting revenge,p> <p class="poetry">getting revenge for what they have done to his temple.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">One messenger after another will come bringing news.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will bring news to the king of Babylonp> <p class="poetry">that his whole city has been captured.<n id="2" />p>

The king issued an order<n id="1" /> to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men<n id="2" /> in order to explain his dreams to him.<n id="3" /> So they came and awaited the king&#8217;s instructions.<n id="4" />p>

At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God&#8217;s sight.<n id="1" /> Therefore consider the message and understand the vision:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But I<n id="1" /> am full of the courage that the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s Spirit gives,p> <p class="poetry">and have a strong commitment to justice.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion,p> <p class="poetry">and Israel with its sin.<n id="3" />p>

(I was standing between the <sc>Lordsc> and you at that time to reveal to you the message<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:p>

When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of<n id="1" /> the road, for he was very worried<n id="2" /> about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report,<n id="3" /> the whole city cried out.p>

But when I leave you, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s spirit will carry you away so I can&#8217;t find you.<n id="1" /> If I go tell Ahab I&#8217;ve seen you, he won&#8217;t be able to find you and he will kill me.<n id="2" /> That would not be fair,<n id="3" /> because your servant has been a loyal follower of<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc> from my youth.