I also saw in my dream ¹  seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.

I have seen ruthless evil men ¹  growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. ² 

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, ¹  growing brighter and brighter ²  until full day. ³ 

Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing ¹  on one stalk, healthy ²  and good.

Because the storm was growing worse and worse, ¹  they said to him, “What should we do to you to make ²  the sea calm down ³  for us?”

Instead, they tried to row ¹  back to land, ²  but they were not able to do so ³  because the storm kept growing worse and worse. ⁴ 

But those who wait for the Lord’s help ¹  find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, ²  they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

They will be like a shrub ¹  in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live.