Seek the Lord’s favor, ¹  all you humble people ²  of the land who have obeyed his commands! ³  Strive to do what is right! ⁴  Strive to be humble! ⁵  Maybe you will be protected ⁶  on the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence ¹  continually!

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

They ¹  searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. ²  They were therefore excluded ³  from the priesthood.

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded ¹  from the priesthood.

My heart tells me to pray to you, ¹  and I do pray to you, O Lord. ² 

O God, arrogant men attack me; ¹  a gang ²  of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. ³ 

and those who turn their backs on ¹  the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.” ² 

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, ¹  they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived ²  to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

For foreigners ¹  attack me; ²  ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. ³  (Selah)

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

ק (Qof) I called for my lovers, ¹  but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had ²  searched for food to ³  keep themselves ⁴  alive. ⁵ 

So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ¹  so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana ¹  and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate ²  King Ahasuerus.