Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

Even by saying ¹  these things, they scarcely persuaded ²  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left ¹  his father’s ²  presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. ³ 

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of ¹  the ungodly and sinners? ² 

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce ¹  than gold from Ophir.

because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity. ¹ 

Scarcely ¹  had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him ²  tightly and would not let him go ³  until I brought him to my mother’s house, ⁴  to the bedroom chamber ⁵  of the one who conceived me.

He pursues them and passes by unharmed; ¹  he advances with great speed. ² 

(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) ¹ 

A ¹  spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; ²  it throws him into convulsions ³  and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing ⁴  him severely.

If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, ¹ 

They were not yet filled up, ¹  their food was still in their mouths,

a land where you may eat food ¹  in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron ²  and from whose hills you can mine copper.

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.

As we ran under the lee of ¹  a small island called Cauda, ²  we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat ³  under control.

If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; ¹  and they did not cause the light of my face to darken. ² 

From the north he comes in golden splendor; ¹  around God is awesome majesty.

No one ¹  could see ²  another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

But when they gazed intently ¹  from a distance but did not recognize ²  him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. ³ 

O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me? ¹