<p class="poetry">who rejoice<n id="1" /> even to jubilation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and are exultant<n id="3" /> when<n id="4" /> they find the grave?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are bubbling with joy as they walk in processionp> <p class="poetry">and enter the royal palace.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the hills are clothed with joy.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will go<n id="1" /> to the altar of God,p> <p class="poetry">to the God who gives me ecstatic joy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that I express my thanks to you,<n id="3" /> O God, my God, with a harp.p>

<p class="poetry">Our food has been cut off right before our eyes!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards,p> <p class="poetry">and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts;p> <p class="poetry">no one treads out juice in the wine vats<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Joy and gladness will disappearp> <p class="poetry">from the fruitful land of Moab.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses.p> <p class="poetry">No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers,p> <p class="poetry">not the shouts of those making wine.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly<n id="1" /> like the nations,p> <p class="poetry">for you are unfaithful<n id="2" /> to your God.p> <p class="poetry">You love to receive a prostitute's wages<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">on all the floors where you thresh your grain.p>

But he<n id="1" /> responded to Daniel, &#8220;I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided<n id="2" /> your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age?<n id="3" /> If that happened,<n id="4" /> you would endanger my life<n id="5" /> with the king!&#8221;