Warriors ¹  were scarce, ²  they were scarce in Israel, until you ³  arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector ⁴  in Israel.

My kinsmen have failed me; my friends ¹  have forgotten me. ² 

(the ransom price for a human life ¹  is too high, and people go to their final destiny), ² 

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. ¹ 

If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

There ¹  the wicked ²  cease ³  from turmoil, ⁴  and there the weary ⁵  are at rest.

Look away from him and let him desist, ¹  until he fulfills ²  his time like a hired man.

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. ¹ 

When words abound, transgression is inevitable, ¹  but the one who restrains ²  his words ³  is wise.

If you stop listening to ¹  instruction, my child, you will stray ²  from the words of knowledge.

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building ¹  the city.

Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; ¹  Sarah had long since passed menopause.) ² 

Samson said to them, “Because you did this, ¹  I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.” ² 

When Naomi ¹  realized that Ruth ²  was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her. ³ 

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even ¹  the barren woman gives birth to seven, ²  but the one with many children withers away. ³ 

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹  Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹  Ramah and abandoned the project. ² 

I loathe ¹  it; ²  I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, ³  for my days are a vapor! ⁴ 

Are not my days few? ¹  Cease, ²  then, and leave ³  me alone, ⁴  that I may find a little comfort, ⁵ 

“But there is hope for ¹  a tree: ²  If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.