י (Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. ¹  Give me understanding so that I might learn ²  your commands.

So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure ¹  of creeping thing and beast – detestable images ²  – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. ³ 

He answered, “But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!” ¹ 

So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity ¹  is like gold or silver or stone, an image ²  made by human ³  skill ⁴  and imagination. ⁵ 

When morning came, ¹  the Jews formed ²  a conspiracy ³  and bound themselves with an oath ⁴  not to eat or drink anything ⁵  until they had killed Paul.

He wrote ¹  a letter that went like this: ² 

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!

No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. ¹  This is what the Lord will do for his servants – I will vindicate them,” ²  says the Lord.

After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, ¹  if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind ²  and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him, ³ 

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “The Chaldeans ¹  formed three bands and made a raid ²  on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! ³  And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; ¹  when I awake you will reveal yourself to me. ² 

The Lord created ¹  me as the beginning ²  of his works, ³  before his deeds of long ago.

Like an archer who wounds at random, ¹  so is the one who hires ²  a fool or hires any passer-by.

Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ¹  and strengthened me.

At ¹  that time ²  they made an idol in the form of a calf, ³  brought ⁴  a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing ⁵  in the works of their hands. ⁶ 

In the beginning ¹  God ²  created ³  the heavens and the earth. ⁴ 

So Potiphar ¹  left ²  everything he had in Joseph’s care; ³  he gave no thought ⁴  to anything except the food he ate. ⁵  Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. ⁶ 

So ¹  I again considered ²  another ³  futile thing on earth: ⁴