The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai; before the Lord God of Israel.

My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The Lord had brought this all about because of his blazing anger.

My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside.

Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.

And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

For they flee from the swords – from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new.

The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.

These men change night into day; they say, ‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

Then they cry out – but he does not answer – because of the arrogance of the wicked.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.