Do not turn me over to my enemies, ¹  for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me. ² 

He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, ¹  – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’”

if I have eaten its produce without paying, ¹  or caused the death ²  of its owners, ³ 

But the eyes of the wicked fail, ¹  and escape ²  eludes them; their one hope ³  is to breathe their last.” ⁴ 

But man ¹  dies and is powerless; ²  he expires – and where is he? ³ 

How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ¹  My strength is gone, ²  and I am breathless.”

I will speak, ¹  so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

Then ¹  he warned them not to tell anyone about him. ² 

The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. ¹  May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.

who ¹  would take his ²  rod ³  away from me so that his terror ⁴  would not make me afraid.

You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand ¹  in a wide open place.

I will boast ¹  in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice! ² 

Do not reject me! ¹  Do not take your Holy Spirit ²  away from me! ³ 

Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you! ¹ 

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

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent ¹  from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword ¹  – no one who breathed remained – and burned ²  Hazor.

and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe. ¹ 

Until the dawn arrives ¹  and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.