Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly. ¹ 

Praise ¹  our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise! ² 

He wept loudly; ¹  the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it. ² 

The Lord thundered ¹  from the sky; the sovereign One ²  shouted loudly. ³ 

They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns. ¹ 

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! ¹  Look! He thunders loudly. ² 

Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done! ¹ 

Wisdom ¹  calls out ²  in the street, she shouts loudly ³  in the plazas; ⁴ 

When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ¹ 

So the people came to Bethel ¹  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ² 

Again they wept loudly. ¹  Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, ²  but Ruth ³  clung tightly to her. ⁴ 

Then David and the men ¹  who were with him wept loudly ²  until they could weep no more. ³ 

The king covered his face and cried out loudly, ¹  “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel. ¹ 

and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The choirs sang loudly ¹  under the direction of Jezrahiah.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; ¹  I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ² 

When Esau heard ¹  his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. ²  He said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” ¹  Then Esau wept loudly. ² 

May the Lord enable each of you to find ¹  security ²  in the home of a new husband!” ³  Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly. ⁴