the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

he makes the Bear, ¹  Orion, ²  and the Pleiades, ³  and the constellations of the southern sky; ⁴ 

Why ²  do the nations rebel? ³  Why ⁴  are the countries ⁵  devising ⁶  plots that will fail? ⁷ 

Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone ¹  and oppressed!

The Lord is elevated ¹  in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

¹ Some traveled on ²  the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. ³ 

He calmed the storm, ¹  and the waves ²  grew silent.

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!

For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.

Though his ¹  officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes, ² 

But Jesus ¹  said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet ²  and invited ³  many guests. ⁴ 

For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.” ¹ 

See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!

All Jerusalem was terrified ¹  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

“Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh ¹  will go into exile ²  along with his priests and his officials.

From one of them came a small horn. ¹  But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. ² 

So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city ¹  – it required three days to walk through it!) ² 

and placed it ¹  in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. ²  Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance ³  of the tomb and went away.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, ¹  for you have become much more powerful ²  than we are.”

You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit. ¹