When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked ¹  because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. ² 

When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, ‘Here I am!’

On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ¹  he carved ²  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

Then the king turned around ¹  and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. ² 

Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. ¹  He said to Ahaziah, “It’s a trap, ²  Ahaziah!”

Then the king turned around ¹  and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. ² 

In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins ¹  around them,

The singers ¹  were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

It wraps its roots around a heap ¹  of stones ²  and it looks ³  for a place among stones. ⁴ 

His troops ¹  advance together; they throw up ²  a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.

Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

Our God approaches and is not silent; ¹  consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages. ² 

They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. ¹ 

They ¹  neither know nor understand. They stumble ²  around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble. ³ 

You make it dark and night comes, ¹  during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

The ropes of death tightened around me, ¹  the snares ²  of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted ³  with trouble and sorrow.

For they will be like ¹  an elegant ²  garland ³  on ⁴  your head, and like ⁵  pendants ⁶  around ⁷  your neck.

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself. ¹ 

Shake off the dirt! ¹  Get up, captive ²  Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!

Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’” ¹