Then Rahab ¹  let them down by a rope ²  through the window. (Her ³  house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) ⁴ 

Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook?

A rope is hidden for him ¹  on the ground and a trap for him ²  lies on the path.

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, ¹  who pull sin as with cart ropes. ² 

A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, ¹  a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.

She said, “I agree to these conditions.” ¹  She sent them on their way ²  and then tied the red rope in the window.

(40:25) ¹  “Can you pull in ²  Leviathan with a hook, and tie down ³  its tongue with a rope?

but I was let down in a rope-basket ¹  through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

“You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

It makes its tail stiff ¹  like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

May they be humiliated and continually terrified! ¹  May they die in shame! ² 

Yes, ¹  we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. ¹ 

The Lord protects ¹  the untrained; ²  I was in serious trouble ³  and he delivered me.

Finally he sent his son to them, ¹  saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Can you bind the wild ox ¹  to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

“Blessed ¹  are the poor in spirit, ²  for the kingdom of heaven belongs ³  to them.

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; ¹  we wailed in mourning, ²  yet you did not weep.’

Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?