The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, ¹  and the hills are clothed with joy. ² 

Yet you will die like mortals; ¹  you will fall like all the other rulers.” ² 

I collapse ¹  from grief. Sustain me by your word! ² 

I am suffering terribly. O Lord, revive me with your word! ¹ 

Those who love your law are completely secure; ¹  nothing causes them to stumble. ² 

in the twilight, the evening, ¹  in the dark of the night. ² 

A lying tongue ¹  hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. ² 

The young men perform menial labor; ¹  boys stagger from their labor. ² 

He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away. ¹ 

They all began to weep loudly, ¹  and hugged ²  Paul and kissed him, ³ 

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

the Israelites counterattacked. ¹  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ²  they struck down ³  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, ¹  an object something like a large sheet descending, ²  being let down from heaven ³  by its four corners, and it came to me.

Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? ¹ 

People ¹  have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; ²  they unite ³  together against me.

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man ¹  when he cries for help in his distress. ²