If they say to us, ‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay ¹  right there and not go up to them.

But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”

Will your idle talk ¹  reduce people to silence, ²  and will no one rebuke ³  you when you mock? ⁴ 

By your power ¹  we will drive back ²  our enemies; by your strength ³  we will trample down ⁴  our foes! ⁵ 

“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.” ¹ 

The Lord is about to deliver me, ¹  and we will celebrate with music ²  for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ³ 

So if a prophet prophesied ¹  peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true.”

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for ¹  new heavens and a new earth, in which ²  righteousness truly resides. ³ 

He said, “Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night ¹  and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.” ²  “No,” they replied, “we’ll spend the night in the town square.” ³ 

Draw me ¹  after you; let us hurry! ²  May the king ³  bring ⁴  me into his ⁵  bedroom chambers! ⁶  The Maidens ⁷  to the Lover: We will ⁸  rejoice and delight in you; ⁹  we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

Intermarry with us. ¹  Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. ² 

But if you do not agree to our terms ¹  by being circumcised, then we will take ²  our sister ³  and depart.”

Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

The people said to Joshua, “We will worship ¹  the Lord our God and obey him.” ² 

They said, ¹  “Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”

All the assembly replied in a loud voice: “We will do just as you have said! ¹ 

he does great and unsearchable things, ¹  and wonderful things without number.

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

By God’s power we will conquer; ¹  he will trample down ²  our enemies.

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. ¹  (Selah)