The lotus trees conceal it in their ¹  shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.

Certainly ¹  you reward ²  the godly, ³  Lord. Like a shield you protect ⁴  them ⁵  in your good favor. ⁶ 

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon ¹  over the face of the deep,

A carpenter takes measurements; ¹  he marks out an outline of its form; ²  he scrapes ³  it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, ⁴  like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. ⁵ 

How long will you vacillate, ¹  you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? ²  For I, the Lord, promise ³  to bring about something new ⁴  on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’” ⁵ 

The countries are assembled all around you; ¹  take once more your rightful place over them! ² 

I maintain a pure lifestyle, ¹  so I can appear before your altar, ²  O Lord,

He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” ¹  It measured 15 feet ²  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet ³  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁴ 

You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come ¹  halfway up the altar. ² 

There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ¹ 

Have all the warriors march around the city one time; ¹  do this for six days.

Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

An evil person suffers much pain, ¹  but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. ² 

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, ¹  when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me? ² 

As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by ¹  their lips overwhelm them!

She will place a fair ¹  garland on your head; she will bestow ²  a beautiful crown ³  on you.”

The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah. ¹ 

He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns ¹  in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

And he told ¹  the army, ²  “Move ahead ³  and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”