Therefore we do not despair, ¹  but even if our physical body ²  is wearing away, our inner person ³  is being renewed day by day.

for they will provide ¹  a long and full life, ²  and they will add well-being ³  to you.

ה (He) He shot ¹  his arrows ²  into my heart. ³ 

Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.

So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

They made two rings of gold and put them on the other ¹  two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod. ² 

Then the one presenting the offering ¹  must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails, ² 

Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the Lord: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails, ¹ 

“‘Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull: ¹  the fat covering the entrails ²  and all the fat surrounding the entrails, ³ 

Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. ¹  They name their lands after themselves, ² 

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. ¹  They are always telling lies. ²  Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them. ³ 

But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean ¹  the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ² 

And his affection for you is much greater ¹  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung –

Then the one making the offering ¹  must present all its fat: the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails,

and he washed the entrails and the legs and offered them up in smoke on top of the burnt offering on the altar.

All my closest friends ¹  detest me; and those whom ²  I love have turned against me. ³ 

“This is why ¹  my troubled thoughts bring me back ²  – because of my feelings ³  within me.

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known ¹  even in the heart ²  of fools.

The human spirit ¹  is like ²  the lamp ³  of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. ⁴