He alone is my protector ¹  and deliverer. He is my refuge; ²  I will not be upended. ³ 

He alone is my protector ¹  and deliverer. He is my refuge; ²  I will not be upended. ³ 

The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, ¹  my nard ²  gave forth its fragrance. ³ 

He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

you built yourself a chamber ¹  and put up a pavilion ²  in every public square.

Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”

Other seeds fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up and choked them. ² 

The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

Other seed fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up with it and choked ²  it.

Her ¹  parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one ²  what had happened.

Then ¹  Jesus ²  went out and made his way, ³  as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, ⁴  and the disciples followed him.

But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, ¹  they began to confer with one another,

Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come! ¹ 

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. ¹ 

“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough ¹  for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry. ² 

The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God.”

On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from ¹  the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah ²  took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. ³ 

Then the king said, “Who is that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! ²  Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. ³  Have mercy on me ⁴  and respond to ⁵  my prayer!