And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. ¹ 

So also you have sorrow ¹  now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. ² 

For the love of money is the root ¹  of all evils. ²  Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

For this finds God’s favor, ¹  if because of conscience toward God ²  someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

The Lord regretted ¹  that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. ² 

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! ¹  He tore his clothes,

When the people heard this troubling word ¹  they mourned; ²  no one put on his ornaments.

The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool?

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve.”

For my sighing comes in place of ¹  my food, ²  and my groanings ³  flow forth like water. ⁴ 

he sets ¹  the lowly ²  on high, that those who mourn ³  are raised ⁴  to safety.

But because it is heavier ¹  than the sand ²  of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. ³ 

He does not allow ¹  me to recover ²  my breath, for he fills ³  me with bitterness.

If I say, ¹  ‘I will ²  forget my complaint, I will change my expression ³  and be cheerful,’ ⁴ 

Only his flesh has pain for himself, ¹  and he mourns for himself.” ² 

“People ¹  cry out because of the excess of oppression; ²  they cry out for help because of the power ³  of the mighty. ⁴ 

See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins! ¹ 

I am dazed ¹  and completely humiliated; ²  all day long I walk around mourning.