<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> grants success to the onep> <p class="poetry">whose behavior he finds commendable.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> delivers the godly;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he protects them in times of trouble.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I said, &#8220;My endurance has expired;p> <p class="poetry">I have lost all hope of deliverance<n id="1" /> from the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">For the one who finds me finds<n id="1" /> lifep> <p class="poetry">and receives<n id="2" /> favor from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">A good person obtains favor from the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> condemns a person with wicked schemes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who finds<n id="1" /> a wife finds what is enjoyable,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and receives a pleasurable gift<n id="3" /> from the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The steps of a person<n id="1" /> are ordained by<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">so how can anyone<n id="3" /> understand his own<n id="4" /> way?p>

Is anything impossible<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc>? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.&#8221;<n id="2" />

But Naboth replied to Ahab, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

The people of Judah<n id="1" /> assembled to ask for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s help;<n id="2" /> they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s help.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the whole earth fear<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you say, Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">Why do you say, Israel,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is not aware of what is happening to me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My God is not concerned with my vindication&#8221;?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Laban and Bethuel replied, &#8220;This is the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s doing.<n id="1" /> Our wishes are of no concern.<n id="2" />

and the land is subdued before the <sc>Lordsc>, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the <sc>Lordsc> and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.p>

Now his father and mother did not realize this was the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s doing,<n id="1" /> because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines<n id="2" /> (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).p>

After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, &#8220;I asked the <sc>Lordsc> for him.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who try to hide their plans from the <sc>Lordsc> are as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who do their work in secret and boast,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Who sees us? Who knows what we&#8217;re doing?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by their God, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For the land of Babylonia is<n id="3" /> full of guiltp> <p class="poetry">against the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1496; (<i>Teti>)p> <p class="poetry">Her city gates have fallen<n id="1" /> to the ground;p> <p class="poetry">he smashed to bits<n id="2" /> the bars that lock her gates.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her king and princes were taken into exile;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">there is no more guidance available.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">As for her prophets,p> <p class="poetry">they no longer receive<n id="6" /> a vision from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Ask the <sc>Lordsc> for rain in the season of the late spring rains<n id="1" /> &#8211; the <sc>Lordsc> who causes thunderstorms &#8211; and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.