If God places no trust in his holy ones, ¹  if even the heavens ²  are not pure in his eyes,

Where are your earlier faithful deeds, ¹  O Lord, ²  the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? ³ 

O children ¹  of Abraham, ²  God’s ³  servant, you descendants ⁴  of Jacob, God’s ⁵  chosen ones!

for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body. ¹ 

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, ¹  likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel. ² 

The night watchmen found me – the ones who guard the city walls. ¹  “Have you seen my beloved?” ² 

He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating ¹  them,

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones ¹  who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me ¹  peace about the northland.” ² 

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

The ¹  foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? ¹ 

Yet these men, ¹  as a result of their dreams, ²  defile the flesh, reject authority, ³  and insult ⁴  the glorious ones. ⁵ 

If he takes another wife, ¹  he must not diminish the first one’s food, ²  her clothing, or her marital rights. ³ 

These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening.

These were the ones chosen ¹  from the community, leaders ²  of their ancestral tribes. ³  They were the heads of the thousands ⁴  of Israel.

But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, ¹  and they will enjoy ²  the land that you have despised.