<p class="poetry">In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving<n id="1" /> for meat;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they challenged God<n id="3" /> in the desert.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not crave that ruler&#8217;s<n id="1" /> delicacies,p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> that food is deceptive.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he is unchangeable,<n id="1" /> and who can change<n id="2" /> him?p> <p class="poetry">Whatever he<n id="3" /> has desired, he does.p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen Zion;p> <p class="poetry">he decided to make it his home.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;This will be my resting place forever;p> <p class="poetry">I will live here, for I have chosen it.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The appetite<n id="1" /> of the sluggard<n id="2" /> craves<n id="3" /> but gets nothing,p> <p class="poetry">but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The appetite<n id="1" /> of the wicked desires<n id="2" /> evil;p> <p class="poetry">his neighbor is shown no favor<n id="3" /> in his eyes.p>

<p class="poetry">All day long he craves greedily,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the righteous gives and does not hold back.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not envy evil people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">do not desire<n id="2" /> to be with them;p>

David was thirsty and said, &#8220;How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!&#8221;

I will select<n id="1" /> you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

David was thirsty and said, &#8220;How I wish someone would give me some water to drink<n id="1" /> from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!&#8221;

<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> the king will be attracted by<n id="2" /> your beauty.p> <p class="poetry">After all, he is your master! Submit<n id="3" /> to him!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not eat the food of a stingy person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">do not crave his delicacies;p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Now the mixed multitude<n id="2" /> who were among them craved more desirable foods,<n id="3" /> and so the Israelites wept again<n id="4" /> and said, &#8220;If only we had meat to eat!<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah,<n id="1" /> because there they buried the people that craved different food.<n id="2" />

You must not desire<n id="1" /> another man&#8217;s<n id="2" /> wife, nor should you crave his<n id="3" /> house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> look for<n id="2" /> you during the night,p> <p class="poetry">my spirit within me seeks you at dawn,p> <p class="poetry">for when your judgments come upon the earth,p> <p class="poetry">those who live in the world learn about justice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But I have not pestered you to bring disaster.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You know that.p> <p class="poetry">You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Woe<n id="1" /> to those who wish for the day of the <sc>Lord!sc>p> <p class="poetry">Why do you want the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s day of judgment to come?p> <p class="poetry">It will bring darkness, not light.p>