With what should I ¹  enter the Lord’s presence? With what ²  should I bow before the sovereign God? ³  Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ²  Tell me what your wages should be.”

Moses said ¹  to God, ²  “Who am I, that I should go ³  to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

The most rewarded ¹  of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.

The Israelites went up to Bethel ¹  and asked God, ²  “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” ³  The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”

Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.” ¹ 

I should have been as though I had never existed; ¹  I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!

Of what importance is the human race, ¹  that you should notice ²  them? Of what importance is mankind, ³  that you should pay attention to them, ⁴ 

O Lord, of what importance is the human race, ¹  that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, ²  that you should be concerned about them? ³ 

You should not have stood at the fork in the road ¹  to slaughter ²  those trying to escape. ³  You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity. ⁴ 

But when they bring you before the synagogues, ¹  the ²  rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense ³  or what you should say,

For I have not spoken from my own authority, ¹  but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me ²  what I should say and what I should speak.

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. ¹  Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? ¹ 

But Simeon and Levi replied, ¹  “Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”

So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do.

The ¹  remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. ² 

The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool?

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹