Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, ¹  but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ ²  You get renewed energy, ³  so you don’t collapse. ⁴ 

You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

Its boughs were strong, fit ¹  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ² 

The Lord God appointed ¹  a little plant ²  and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue ³  him from his misery. ⁴  Now Jonah was very delighted ⁵  about the little plant.

The Lord said, “You were upset ¹  about this little ²  plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day. ³ 

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, ¹  I set aside childish ways.

So he named it Shibah; ¹  that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba ²  to this day.

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, ¹  and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

Warriors ¹  were scarce, ²  they were scarce in Israel, until you ³  arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector ⁴  in Israel.

The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David ¹  refreshed himself.

King David was very old; ¹  even when they covered him with blankets, ²  he could not get warm.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. ¹ 

When I refused to confess my sin, ¹  my whole body wasted away, ²  while I groaned in pain all day long.

I said, “I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.” ¹  (Selah)

but when the hot wind ¹  blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

When he came to the steps, Paul ¹  had to be carried ²  by the soldiers because of the violence ³  of the mob,

(When they heard ¹  that he was addressing ²  them in Aramaic, ³  they became even ⁴  quieter.) ⁵  Then ⁶  Paul said,

Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, ¹  our ancestor Isaac –