Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, ¹  until I come to my lord at Seir.”

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Lead on. ¹  Do not stop unless I say so.” ² 

For wild animals ¹  are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

There are three things that are magnificent ¹  in their step, four things that move about magnificently: ² 

For we consider that a person ¹  is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. ² 

I chose ¹  the way for them ²  and sat as their chief; ³  I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners. ⁴ 

So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them. ¹ 

May he make us submissive, ¹  so we can follow all his instructions ²  and obey ³  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

The Lord spoke ¹  about Damascus. ²  “The people of Hamath and Arpad ³  will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest. ⁴