Will you never ¹  look away from me, ²  will you not let me alone ³  long enough to swallow my spittle?

that the elation of the wicked is brief, ¹  the joy of the godless ²  lasts but a moment. ³ 

when the waters become hard ¹  like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

I am committed to peace, ¹  but when I speak, they want to make war. ² 

The one who tells the truth ¹  will endure forever, but the one who lies ²  will last only for a moment. ³ 

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What will I do with ¹  this people? – a little more ²  and they will stone me!” ³ 

But the Kohathites ¹  are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ¹ 

So King David had him brought ¹  from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in ²  Lo Debar.

“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

When the king arrived back from Damascus and ¹  saw the altar, he approached it ²  and offered a sacrifice on it. ³ 

And that you visit ¹  them every morning, and try ²  them every moment? ³ 

Can you count on ¹  it to bring in ²  your grain, ³  and gather the grain ⁴  to your threshing floor? ⁵ 

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

When you ignore them, they panic. ¹  When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.

ג (Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live ¹  and keep ²  your instructions. ³ 

The ropes of the wicked tighten around ¹  me, but I do not forget your law.

even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me.

My child, do not go down ¹  their way, ²  withhold yourself ³  from their path; ⁴ 

My child, do not let them ¹  escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion. ²