Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

As ¹  a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, ²  so the one who goes down to the grave ³  does not come up again. ⁴ 

Who entrusted ¹  to him the earth? And who put him over ²  the whole world?

Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ¹  but God always ²  protects my heart and gives me stability. ³ 

Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him! ¹ 

Certainly ¹  my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. ² 

The one who winks his eyes ¹  devises perverse things, and ²  one who compresses his lips ³  brings about ⁴  evil.

The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, ¹  my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

“They cry, ¹  ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, ²  and still we have not been delivered.’

But with an overwhelming flood ¹  he will make a complete end of Nineveh; ²  he will drive ³  his enemies into darkness.

that I must go down ¹  and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. ²  If not, ³  I want to know.”

The Lord went on his way ¹  when he had finished speaking ²  to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home. ³ 

Then the man ¹  searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

Their buds and their branches will be one piece, ¹  all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

Their buds and their branches were of one piece; ¹  all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it. ¹ 

However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

You have stolen my heart, ¹  my sister, ²  my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, ³  with one jewel of your necklace.

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.