ט (Tet) You are good ¹  to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised. ² 

You gave me ¹  life and favor, ²  and your intervention ³  watched over my spirit.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. ¹ 

So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this ¹  you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent ²  tricked ³  me, and I ate.”

But the Lord said, “What have you done? ¹  The voice ²  of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Then Abimelech asked ¹  Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?” ² 

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose ¹  you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. ² 

Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated ¹  great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. ¹  It is we who have been in the wrong!

Since man’s days ¹  are determined, ²  the number of his months is under your control; ³  you have set his limit ⁴  and he cannot pass it.

For you defended my just cause; ¹  from your throne you pronounced a just decision. ² 

When you did these things, I was silent, ¹  so you thought I was exactly like you. ²  But now I will condemn ³  you and state my case against you! ⁴ 

I will continually ¹  thank you when ²  you execute judgment; ³  I will rely ⁴  on you, ⁵  for your loyal followers know you are good. ⁶ 

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; ¹  you have done great things. ²  O God, who can compare to you? ³ 

All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, ¹  O Lord. They will honor your name.

The king is strong; he loves justice. ¹  You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; ²  you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

How many living things you have made, O Lord! ¹  You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; ²  the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Have you not copied their behavior ¹  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time ²  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

“‘See, I strike my hands together ¹  at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed ²  they have done among you.