so that times of refreshing ¹  may come from the presence of the Lord, ²  and so that he may send the Messiah ³  appointed ⁴  for you – that is, Jesus.

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

In the past he said to them, ¹  “This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” ²  But they refused to listen.

He ¹  will descend like rain on the mown grass, ²  like showers that drench ³  the earth. ⁴ 

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, ¹  so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart ²  of his masters.

“Stolen waters ¹  are sweet, and food obtained in secret ²  is pleasant!”

You are a garden spring, ¹  a well ²  of fresh water ³  flowing down from Lebanon.

After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop. ¹ 

They waited for me as people wait ¹  for the rain, and they opened their mouths ²  as for ³  the spring rains.

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

The words of a person’s mouth are like ¹  deep waters, ²  and ³  the fountain of wisdom ⁴  is like ⁵  a flowing brook. ⁶ 

A king’s wrath is like ¹  the roar of a lion, ²  but his favor is like dew on the grass. ³ 

Sustain ¹  me with raisin cakes, ²  refresh me with apples, ³  for I am faint with love. ⁴  The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration

(Now Jesus had been talking about ¹  his death, but they ²  thought he had been talking about real sleep.) ³ 

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

As they pass through the Baca Valley, ¹  he provides a spring for them. ²  The rain ³  even covers it with pools of water. ⁴ 

It is like the dew of Hermon, ¹  which flows down upon the hills of Zion. ²  Indeed ³  that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life. ⁴ 

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of ¹  Lebanon.

Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” ¹  When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him. ² 

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.