14 “Because he[a] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:14 That is, probably the king

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

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Their hearts are like an oven;(A)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

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24 well nourished(A) in body,[a]
    bones(B) rich with marrow.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it[a] would be utterly scorned.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:7 Or he

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

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15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(A)

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15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

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19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(A)

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19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

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21 So I find this law at work:(A) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

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And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’

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And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

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He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate.(A) Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

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And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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10 Fishermen(A) will stand along the shore; from En Gedi(B) to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets.(C) The fish will be of many kinds(D)—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.(E)

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10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

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