When ¹  our time was over, ²  we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied ³  us outside of the city. After ⁴  kneeling down on the beach and praying, ⁵ 

When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed ¹  a bay ²  with a beach, ³  where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

So they slipped ¹  the anchors ²  and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage ³  that bound the steering oars ⁴  together. Then they hoisted ⁵  the foresail ⁶  to the wind and steered toward ⁷  the beach.

(Now the man Moses was very humble, ¹  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

They sent for him, ¹  and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

People lie to one another; ¹  they flatter and deceive. ² 

A song of ascents. ²  I look up ³  toward you, the one enthroned ⁴  in heaven.

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ¹ 

We have had our fill ¹  of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

A song of ascents, ²  by David. “If the Lord had not been on our side” – let Israel say this! –

if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us, ¹ 

The Lord deserves praise, ¹  for ²  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

No one ¹  can be established ²  through wickedness, but a righteous root ³  cannot be moved.

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

I will bless those who bless you, ¹  but the one who treats you lightly ²  I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another ³  by your name.”

Gilead stayed put ¹  beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan – why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? ²  Asher remained ³  on the seacoast, he stayed ⁴  by his harbors. ⁵ 

Ahiezer, the leader, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, Jehu the Anathothite,