Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him.

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

So the Lord was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him.

ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today – even you.

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?