“Remember ¹  the Sabbath ²  day to set it apart as holy. ³ 

I ¹  look for ²  you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice. ³ 

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you ¹  about our common salvation, I now feel compelled ²  instead to write to encourage ³  you to contend earnestly ⁴  for the faith ⁵  that was once for all ⁶  entrusted to the saints. ⁷ 

I will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! ¹ 

For in this earthly house ¹  we groan, because we desire to put on ²  our heavenly dwelling,

begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping ¹  the saints.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. ²  O God, you are my God! I long for you! ³  My soul thirsts ⁴  for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched ⁵  land where there is no water.

Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again ¹  to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?” ² 

Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly ¹  to God, and everyone ²  must turn from their ³  evil way of living ⁴  and from the violence that they do. ⁵ 

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave ¹  of Christ, ²  greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured ³  in all the will of God.

I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, ¹  and I will remember the land.

After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The ¹  rest were hardened,

You have purified ¹  your souls by obeying the truth ²  in order to show sincere mutual love. ³  So ⁴  love one another earnestly from a pure heart. ⁵ 

So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.

But ¹  if you will look ²  to God, and make your supplication ³  to the Almighty,

We ¹  wait for the Lord; he is our deliverer ²  and shield. ³ 

For he knows what we are made of; ¹  he realizes ²  we are made of clay. ³ 

to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands. ¹ 

Yes, ¹  he remembered the sacred promise ²  he made to Abraham his servant.