<p class="poetry">When you enter my presence,p> <p class="poetry">do you actually think I want this &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">animals trampling on my courtyards?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you will look for your opponents,<n id="1" /> you will not find them;p> <p class="poetry">your enemies<n id="2" /> will be reduced to absolutely nothing.p>

<p class="poetry">To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he then seeks a skilled craftsmanp> <p class="poetry">to make<n id="2" /> an idol that will not fall over.p>

<p class="poetry">The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;p> <p class="poetry">their tongues are parched from thirst.p> <p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lordsc>, will respond to their prayers;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.p>

<p class="poetry">I have not spoken in secret,p> <p class="poetry">in some hidden place.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I did not tell Jacob&#8217;s descendants,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Seek me in vain!&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the one who speaks honestly,p> <p class="poetry">who makes reliable announcements.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who seek the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,p> <p class="poetry">at the quarry<n id="2" /> from which you were dug!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I made myself available to those who did not ask for me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I appeared to those who did not look for me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8216;Here I am! Here I am!&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">to a nation that did not invoke<n id="3" /> my name.p>