One who beats an animal to death ¹  must make restitution for it, but ²  one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she ¹  dies as a result of the blow, ²  he will surely be punished. ³ 

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. ¹ 

“‘If a man beats any person to death, ¹  he must be put to death.

One who beats an animal to death ¹  must make restitution for it, life for life. ² 

My heart beats violently ¹  within me; the horrors of death overcome me. ² 

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. ¹ 

Those who anticipate my defeat ¹  attack me all day long. Indeed, ²  many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. ³ 

A poor person ¹  who oppresses the weak is like ²  a driving rain without food. ³ 

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

Certainly ¹  spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. ²  I would rather stand at the entrance ³  to the temple of my God than live ⁴  in the tents of the wicked.

A ¹  spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; ²  it throws him into convulsions ³  and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing ⁴  him severely.

After removing him, God ¹  raised up ²  David their king. He testified about him: ³  ‘I have found David ⁴  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ⁵  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ⁶ 

The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages ¹  the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, ²  and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”