One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ¹  at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ²  until the remaining few are as isolated ³  as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”

The ransom ¹  of a person’s ²  life is his wealth, but the poor person hears no threat. ³ 

A club is counted ¹  as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

He said ¹  to his people, “Look at ²  the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

Exercise appropriate caution so that there is no negligence in this matter. Why should danger increase to the point that kings sustain damage?”

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them ¹  both day and night.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, ¹  but the righteous have refuge ²  even in the threat of death. ³ 

A king’s wrath ¹  is like ²  a messenger of death, ³  but a wise person appeases it. ⁴ 

They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’ ¹ 

And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination – Jerusalem will dwell in security.

But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, ²  O God, as I offer my lament! Protect ³  my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks. ⁴ 

Banish ¹  emotional stress ²  from your mind. ³  and put away pain ⁴  from your body; ⁵  for youth ⁶  and the prime of life ⁷  are fleeting. ⁸ 

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, ¹  “We do not need to give you a reply ²  concerning this.

But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.

People will be fainting from fear ¹  and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ² 

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ¹  to anyone in this name.”

So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’

Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ¹  “May the gods judge me severely ²  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ³