Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: / Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.