Gilead is a city full of evildoers; ¹  its streets are stained with bloody footprints! ² 

They attack me, now they surround me; ¹  they intend to throw me to the ground. ² 

The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.

You crown the year with your good blessings, ¹  and you leave abundance in your wake. ² 

“Surely now you count my steps; ²  then you would not mark ³  my sin. ⁴ 

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; ¹  those who complain will acquire insight. ² 

You keep track of my misery. ¹  Put my tears in your leather container! ²  Are they not recorded in your scroll? ³ 

Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ¹  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ²  among all the thousands of Judah.”

But even if it were ¹  true that I have erred, ²  my error ³  remains solely my concern!

The Lord watches over the innocent day by day ¹  and they possess a permanent inheritance. ² 

I keep track of ¹  every bird in the hills, and the insects ²  of the field are mine.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner ¹  shuts his mouth.

I remember your ancient regulations, ¹  O Lord, and console myself. ² 

For her house ¹  sinks ²  down to death, and her paths lead ³  to the place of the departed spirits. ⁴ 

a heart that devises wicked plans, ¹  feet that are swift to run ²  to evil,

The integrity of the upright guides them, ¹  but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them. ² 

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. ¹  They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting. ² 

צ (Tsade) Our enemies ¹  hunted us down at every step ²  so that we could not walk about in our streets. Our end drew near, our days were numbered, ³  for our end had come!