for the needy are not permanently ignored, ¹  the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed. ² 

But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity. ¹ 

He humbles princes; ¹  the kings of the earth regard him as awesome. ² 

As for their enemies, ¹  they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress ²  and suffering.

The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a ¹  meadow flower ²  from Sharon, ³  a lily ⁴  from the valleys.

Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear ¹  before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared ²  whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ ¹ 

until I make your enemies a footstool ¹  for your feet.”’ ² 

You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, ¹ 

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, ¹  and sexually assaulted her. ² 

“Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, ¹  her husband can confirm or nullify. ² 

But she said to him, “No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. ¹  The tallest trees ²  will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

What can I say? He has decreed and acted. ¹  I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. ² 

If they do this, tell ¹  them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’” ² 

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, ¹  take off the crown! Things must change! ²  Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud! ³ 

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ¹  Do not be conceited. ² 

who will transform these humble bodies of ours ¹  into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate ¹  him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”