It's a cadence you can't quite imagine.

Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen.

Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Amen.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

saying, Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.

Grace be with you all. Amen.

I always tell my students, If you have a deceptive cadence, be sure to raise your eyebrows. Then everybody will know.

And blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen, and Amen.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Saying, Amen Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away. The woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

And then there was the language, the rhythmic cadence of it, reminding me of evenings spent listening to Bedouin elders recite hours long narrative poems entirely from memory.

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

The four living creatures said, Amen! The elders fell down and worshiped.

To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.

Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.