Their houses are safe ¹  and without fear; ²  and no rod of punishment ³  from God is upon them. ⁴ 

Let his own eyes see his destruction; ¹  let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

He says to himself, ¹  “I will never ²  be upended, because I experience no calamity.” ³ 

Certainly ¹  the Lord is just; ²  he rewards godly deeds; ³  the upright will experience his favor. ⁴ 

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living? ¹ 

Taste ¹  and see that the Lord is good! How blessed ²  is the one ³  who takes shelter in him! ⁴ 

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey! ¹ 

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; ¹  then his splendor will again appear in our land. ² 

ו (Vav) May I experience your loyal love, ¹  O Lord, and your deliverance, ²  as you promised. ³ 

May I experience your compassion, ¹  so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! ¹  How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Therefore ¹  they will eat from the fruit ²  of their way, ³  and they will be stuffed full ⁴  of their own counsel.

Death and life are in the power ¹  of the tongue, ²  and those who love its use ³  will eat its fruit.

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:

We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. ¹ 

So ¹  with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  if anyone obeys ²  my teaching, ³  he will never see death.” ⁴ 

For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all. ¹ 

Does not nature ¹  itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,