For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me ¹  when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”

The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them ¹  with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. ²  He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt. ³ 

With pride ¹  comes only ²  contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised. ³ 

A perverse person ¹  spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends. ² 

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm. ¹ 

Who stirs up this one from the east? ¹  Who ²  officially commissions him for service? ³  He hands nations over to him, ⁴  and enables him to subdue ⁵  kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow. ⁶ 

By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

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

For look, they wait to ambush me; ¹  powerful men stalk ²  me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ³ 

For as the churning ¹  of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger ²  produces strife. ³ 

Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done! ¹ 

The whole city was stirred up, ¹  and the people rushed together. ²  They seized ³  Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, ⁴  and immediately the doors were shut.

so that he may initiate a search of the records ¹  of his predecessors ²  and discover in those records ³  that this city is rebellious ⁴  and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts ⁵  from long ago. ⁶  It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.

For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations ¹  from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. ²  Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier ³  who does not return from the battle empty-handed. ⁴ 

An adversary ¹  opposed ²  Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. ³ 

All of them conspired together to move with armed forces ¹  against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

Did you not pour ¹  me out like milk, and curdle ²  me like cheese? ³ 

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. ¹ 

He then orders it all to melt; ¹  he breathes on it, ²  and the water flows.

a false witness who pours out lies, ¹  and a person who spreads discord ²  among family members. ³