No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

The Babylonian tyrant ¹  pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. ²  When he catches ³  them in his dragnet, he is very happy. ⁴ 

When he pulls it out ¹  and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point ²  out of his liver, terrors come over him.

he who commands the sun and ¹  it does not shine ²  and seals up ³  the stars;

For he ¹  knows deceitful ²  men; when he sees evil, will he not ³  consider it? ⁴ 

He draws up drops of water; they distill ¹  the rain into its mist, ² 

For God is the judge! ¹  He brings one down and exalts another. ² 

Hatred ¹  stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. ² 

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Every wise woman ¹  builds ²  her household, ³  but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

The wise person ¹  can scale ²  the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold ³  in which they trust. ⁴ 

This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: ¹  Every male among you must be circumcised. ² 

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. ¹  The rules set down by the Lord ²  are reliable ³  and impart wisdom to the inexperienced. ⁴ 

Therefore we must be wary ¹  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.