Surely, no one ¹  knows his appointed time! ²  Like fish that are caught in a deadly ³  net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people ⁴  are ensnared ⁵  at an unfortunate ⁶  time that falls upon them suddenly.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Set me like a cylinder seal ¹  over your heart, ²  like a signet ³  on your arm. ⁴  For love is as strong as death, ⁵  passion ⁶  is as unrelenting ⁷  as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, ⁸  it is a blazing flame. ⁹ 

senseless, covenant-breakers, ¹  heartless, ruthless.

The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, ¹  but the one who hates ²  unjust gain will prolong his days.

This was the one who exploited ¹  our people ²  and was cruel to our ancestors, ³  forcing them to abandon ⁴  their infants so they would die. ⁵ 

Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives! ¹ 

Disaster is within it; violence ¹  and deceit do not depart from its public square.

They mock ¹  and say evil things; ²  they proudly threaten violence. ³ 

Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority. ¹ 

Deliver me ¹  from oppressive men, so that I can keep ²  your precepts.

Surely oppression ¹  can turn a wise person into a fool; ²  likewise, ³  a bribe corrupts ⁴  the heart. ⁵ 

Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror? ¹ 

The filthy, ¹  stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished! ² 

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he ¹  heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.

because of what the enemy says, ¹  and because of how the wicked ²  pressure me, ³  for they hurl trouble ⁴  down upon me ⁵  and angrily attack me.

The Lord is like a lion who has left his lair. ¹  So their lands will certainly ²  be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation ³  and by the fierce anger of the Lord.”

As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.