By this time Gideon and his three hundred men had come to the Jordan River and had crossed it. They were exhausted, but were still pursuing the enemy.

My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.

My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.

Jesus knew that by now everything had been completed; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, "I am thirsty."

We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair;

there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.

Come, LORD! Save me, my God! You punish all my enemies and leave them powerless to harm me.

Victory comes from the LORD --- may he bless his people.

The LORD alone is God; God alone is our defense.

He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains.

O LORD, you protect me and save me; your care has made me great, and your power has kept me safe.

I pursue my enemies and catch them; I do not stop until I destroy them.

You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.

The sun rose as Jacob was leaving Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.

Three times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.

When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live.

Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well."

Abraham answered, "I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.

David said to himself, "One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistia. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel, and I will be safe."

We want to remind you, friends, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive.

We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. But this happened so that we should rely, not on ourselves, but only on God, who raises the dead.

Should I go on? There isn't enough time for me to speak of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

David asked the men who were near him, "What will the man get who kills this Philistine and frees Israel from this disgrace? After all, who is this heathen Philistine to defy the army of the living God?"

I have killed lions and bears, and I will do the same to this heathen Philistine, who has defied the army of the living God.

Do not announce it in Gath or in the streets of Ashkelon. Do not make the women of Philistia glad; do not let the daughters of pagans rejoice.