and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. ¹  For you repay men for what they do. ² 

I know, Lord, that your regulations ¹  are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. ² 

ע (Ayin) I do what is fair and right. ¹  Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

For they will be like ¹  an elegant ²  garland ³  on ⁴  your head, and like ⁵  pendants ⁶  around ⁷  your neck.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things ¹  you desire ²  can compare ³  with her. ⁴ 

Do not lust ¹  in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes; ² 

Excessive ¹  speech ²  is not becoming for a fool; ³  how much less are lies ⁴  for a ruler! ⁵ 

There are three things that are magnificent ¹  in their step, four things that move about magnificently: ² 

As to my case, I am in your power. ¹  Do to me what you deem fair and proper.

I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

Then ¹  someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell ²  my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple ¹  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ²  every day.

Now ¹  while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned ²  with beautiful stones and offerings, ³  Jesus ⁴  said,

For it is right ¹  for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

that is, ¹  into ²  an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

Let your ¹  beauty ²  not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry ³  or fine clothes –

And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, ¹  you accomplish nothing ²  by wearing a beautiful dress, ³  decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! ⁴  You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you. ⁵ 

I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.

Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals ¹  used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures ²  used to feed themselves from it.

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ²  Tell me what your wages should be.”