My eyes ¹  grow dim ²  from suffering; they grow weak ³  because of all my enemies. ⁴ 

Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise ¹  failed forever?

He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

ב (Bet) He has made my mortal skin ¹  waste away; he has broken my bones.

They ¹  stripped him and put a scarlet robe ²  around him,

He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ¹  some loaves of bread to the men ²  who are following me, ³  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; ¹  they must cover ²  from the waist to the thighs.

Moreover, the strength of their ¹  hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength ²  had perished;

I am numb with pain and severely battered; ¹  I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ² 

Please stop wounding me! ¹  You have almost beaten me to death! ² 

For they will be like ¹  an elegant ²  garland ³  on ⁴  your head, and like ⁵  pendants ⁶  around ⁷  your neck.

A foolish child ¹  is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife ²  is like ³  a constant dripping. ⁴ 

Like cold water to a weary person, ¹  so is good news from a distant land. ² 

“My people, how have I wronged you? ¹  How have I wearied you? Answer me!

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless ¹  men, ² 

The Lord answered, ¹  “If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only ²  in safe and open country, ³  how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River? ⁴ 

The Lord ¹  said, “Throw it to the ground.” So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, ²  and Moses ran from it.

They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, “Holiness to the Lord.”

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim ¹  nor by the prophets.