David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” ¹  So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

Is not wisdom found among the aged? ¹  Does not long life bring understanding?

It is not the aged ¹  who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

On what ¹  were its bases ²  set, or who laid its cornerstone –

You will not be afraid ¹  of sudden ²  disaster, ³  or when destruction overtakes ⁴  the wicked; ⁵ 

You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other ¹  two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod.

You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. ¹  The rings ²  will be places ³  for poles to carry it with.

He also made ¹  two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, ²  as places ³  for poles to carry it with.

and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper ¹  two ends of the breastpiece.

They made two rings of gold and put them on the other ¹  two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod. ² 

The sovereign master ¹  will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; ²  but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them. ³ 

¹ The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel on their stone-hard ²  hearts. It is inscribed with a diamond ³  point on the horns of their altars. ⁴ 

I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go. ¹ 

א (Alef) ¹ Alas! ²  Gold has lost its luster; ³  pure gold loses value. ⁴  Jewels ⁵  are scattered on every street corner. ⁶ 

For it says ¹  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ²  and whoever believes ³  in him ⁴  will never ⁵  be put to shame.” ⁶ 

You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

“I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. ¹  I want to make people forget they ever existed.

May God bless us! ¹  Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. ² 

You set up all the boundaries ¹  of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter. ² 

I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to ¹  your regulations.