But if only God would speak, ¹  if only he would open his lips against you, ² 

Your wickedness affects only ¹  a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. ² 

If only my people would obey me! ¹  If only Israel would keep my commands! ² 

If only I were predisposed ¹  to keep your statutes!

The plans of the diligent ¹  lead ²  only to plenty, ³  but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. ⁴ 

So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the Lord your God that he would only ¹  take this death ²  away from me.”

“If only I had ¹  someone to hear me! Here is my signature – ²  let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment ³  that my accuser had written. ⁴ 

Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.

“Only the tribe of Levi ¹  you must not number ²  or count ³  with ⁴  the other Israelites.

‘Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves.

You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

So the Israelites ¹  removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.

Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

“Oh, ¹  if only my grief ²  could be weighed, ³  and my misfortune laid ⁴  on the scales too! ⁵ 

If only you would keep completely silent! ¹  For you, that would be wisdom. ² 

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

“He has put my relatives ¹  far from me; my acquaintances only ²  turn away from me.

Would he contend ¹  with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me. ² 

I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord, my only source of well-being.” ¹