It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag ¹  and a fortress. ² 

He will take pity ¹  on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

Yes, ¹  throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; ²  the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. ³ 

We escaped with our lives, ¹  like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

“Get out of Babylon, my people! Flee to save your lives from the fierce anger of the Lord! ¹ 

Archers ¹  will not hold their ground; ²  fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses. ³ 

Do you not know that you are God’s temple ¹  and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

You also lived your lives ¹  in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands ¹  on all their wrists ²  and make headbands ³  for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! ⁴  Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, ¹  you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

God sent me ¹  ahead of you to preserve you ²  on the earth and to save your lives ³  by a great deliverance.

The same law will apply ¹  to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you.”

Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, ¹  and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood. ² 

And the whole community ¹  of the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven, since all the people were involved in the unintentional offense.

Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, ¹  in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens ²  rain down dew. ³ 

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us ¹  from death.”

Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice ¹  and took an oath, “As surely as the Lord lives, he will not be put to death.”

But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!”