For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know ¹  at that time ²  that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’”

For this reason the law lacks power, ¹  and justice is never carried out. ²  Indeed, ³  the wicked intimidate ⁴  the innocent. ⁵  For this reason justice is perverted. ⁶ 

David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur.

he who ¹  crushes ²  me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason. ³ 

They surround me and say hateful things; ¹  they attack me for no reason.

All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. ¹  Help me!

For this reason ¹  I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. ¹  I hate all deceitful actions. ² 

For this reason all hands hang limp, ¹  every human heart loses its courage. ² 

צ (Tsade) For no good reason ¹  my enemies hunted me down ²  like a bird.

“For you took pledges ¹  from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked. ² 

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, ¹  and by reason of his majesty ²  I was powerless.

For this reason ¹  the wicked cannot withstand ²  judgment, ³  nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. ⁴ 

But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; ¹  those who hate me without cause outnumber me. ² 

For this reason ¹  I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. ² 

For this reason the sovereign master, ¹  the Lord, says: “It will not take place; it will not happen.

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. ¹  For this reason I call her ‘Proud one ²  who is silenced.’” ³ 

For this reason whoever is smart ¹  keeps quiet ²  in such a time, for it is an evil ³  time.