You have made your people experience hard times; ¹  you have made us drink intoxicating wine. ² 

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! ¹  Look! He thunders loudly. ² 

But God has been my ¹  king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth. ² 

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king. ¹ 

in order to protect him from times of trouble, ¹  until the wicked are destroyed. ² 

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

I am determined to obey ¹  your statutes at all times, to the very end.

Seven ¹  times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

he plots evil with perverse thoughts ¹  in his heart, he spreads contention ²  at all times.

A friend ¹  loves at all times, and a relative ²  is born to help in adversity. ³ 

For you know in your own heart ¹  that you also have cursed others many times.

Do not cause me dismay! ¹  You are my source of safety in times of trouble.

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish ¹  a nation or kingdom.

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven. ¹ 

This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. ¹ 

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

But understand this, that in the last days difficult ¹  times will come.

The prophet ¹  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! ²  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

In times of prosperity ¹  be joyful, but in times of adversity ²  consider this: God has made one as well as the other, ³  so that no one can discover what the future holds. ⁴