They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, ¹  and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

Those who make cloth ¹  will be demoralized; ²  all the hired workers will be depressed. ³ 

If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, ¹  so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world ² .

he who shakes the earth out of its place ¹  so that its pillars tremble; ² 

By ¹  wisdom a house is built, ²  and through understanding it is established;

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹  And yet God’s works ²  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss ¹  and then go to destruction. The ²  inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that ³  the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

Why do you forget ¹  the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky ²  and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long ³  at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor? ⁴ 

Above the foundation ¹  the best ²  stones, chiseled to the right size, ³  were used along with cedar.

In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps ¹  and finished in the seventh month.

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; ¹  he established the heavens by understanding. ² 

The pillars ¹  of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. ² 

The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. ¹  There is the sound of great destruction.

He builds the upper rooms of his palace ¹  in heaven and sets its foundation supports ²  on the earth. ³  He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The Lord is his name.

You ¹  build Zion through bloody crimes, ²  Jerusalem ³  through unjust violence.

You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. ¹  You strike the leader of the wicked nation, ²  laying him open from the lower body to the neck. ³  Selah.

The king is strong; he loves justice. ¹  You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; ²  you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

So Moab wails over its demise ¹  – they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. ² 

He is your constant source of stability; ¹  he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; ²  he gives all this to those who fear him. ³