¹⁵ Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.

⁴² And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

¹¹ in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

¹ And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over.

¹⁵ And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,

¹⁴⁷ I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

¹⁰ All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

³⁵ And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

²⁵ Lo, I did tell you beforehand.