The Lord protects ¹  the untrained; ²  I was in serious trouble ³  and he delivered me.

To impart ¹  shrewdness ²  to the morally naive, ³  and ⁴  a discerning ⁵  plan ⁶  to the young person. ⁷ 

so ¹  I myself will laugh ²  when disaster strikes you, ³  I will mock when what you dread ⁴  comes,

Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine. ¹ 

let them ¹  drink and forget ²  their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

He is not the God of the dead but of the living. ¹  You are badly mistaken!”

At ¹  that time ²  a great disturbance ³  took place concerning the Way. ⁴ 

So now do as they say. ¹  But seriously warn ²  them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.” ³ 

This is another misfortune: ¹  Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

You said, ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ ¹  You did not think about these things; ²  you did not consider how it would turn out. ³ 

even for kings ¹  and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Grieve, mourn, ¹  and weep. Turn your laughter ²  into mourning and your joy into despair.

If you do not listen and take seriously ¹  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ²  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

If you afflict them ¹  in any way ²  and they cry to me, I will surely hear ³  their cry,

or in the warp or woof ¹  of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, ² 

This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, ¹  who does not have sufficient means for his purification.” ² 

The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they ¹  treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

Joab answered, “Get serious! ¹  I don’t want to swallow up or destroy anything!

Realize ¹  now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”