Then she handed ¹  the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

The Lord repaid ¹  me for my godly deeds; ²  he rewarded ³  my blameless behavior. ⁴ 

Drink from the stream; I have already told ¹  the ravens to bring you food ²  there.”

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

The Lord repaid ¹  me for my godly deeds; ²  he rewarded ³  my blameless behavior. ⁴ 

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

By David; a well-written song. ²  How blessed ³  is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, ⁴  whose sin is pardoned! ⁵ 

Create for me a pure heart, O God! ¹  Renew a resolute spirit within me! ² 

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

“I would feed Israel the best wheat, ¹  and would satisfy your appetite ²  with honey from the rocky cliffs.” ³ 

who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water! ¹ 

¹ The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over. ² 

To discern ¹  the meaning of ²  a proverb and a parable, ³  the sayings of the wise ⁴  and their ⁵  riddles. ⁶ 

May your fountain be blessed, ¹  and may you rejoice ²  in your young wife ³  –

Insight ¹  is like ²  a life-giving fountain ³  to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools. ⁴ 

The words of a person’s mouth are like ¹  deep waters, ²  and ³  the fountain of wisdom ⁴  is like ⁵  a flowing brook. ⁶ 

A king’s wrath is like ¹  the roar of a lion, ²  but his favor is like dew on the grass. ³ 

Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return ¹  to you; renew our life ²  as in days before, ³ 

The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.

¹  No ²  one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’” ³