Samson said to them, “Because you did this, ¹  I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.” ² 

Is ¹  not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource ²  been driven from me?

He is not the God of the dead but of the living. ¹  You are badly mistaken!”

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Your bow is ready for action; ¹  you commission your arrows. ²  Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface. ³ 

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹  Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah ¹  would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods. ² 

because he taught them like one who had authority, ¹  not like their experts in the law. ² 

But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. ¹ 

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord ¹  will come in the same way as a thief in the night. ² 

So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time. ¹ 

For our God is indeed a devouring fire. ¹ 

Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!”

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place ¹  and it is already very late.

Joshua campaigned against ¹  these kings for quite some time. ² 

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature ¹  without fear.

Turn away from evil! Do what is right! ¹  Then you will enjoy lasting security. ² 

Let Israel say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.