<p class="poetry">He calmed the storm,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the waves<n id="2" /> grew silent.p>

<p class="poetry">I was stone silent;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I held back the urge to speak.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My frustration grew;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A time to rip, and a time to sew;p> <p class="poetry">a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, &#8220;Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I have been inactive<n id="1" /> for a long time;p> <p class="poetry">I kept quiet and held back.p> <p class="poetry">Like a woman in labor I groan;p> <p class="poetry">I pant and gasp.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In light of all this,<n id="1" /> how can you still hold back, <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I have decreed:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;p> <p class="poetry">I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,<n id="2" />p>

The king of Israel said to his servants, &#8220;Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;p> <p class="poetry">for the sake of Jerusalem<n id="1" /> I will not be quiet,p> <p class="poetry">until her vindication shines brightly<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and her deliverance burns like a torch.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;p> <p class="poetry">they should keep praying all day and all night.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You who pray to<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, don&#8217;t be silent!p>

They said, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s attack them,<n id="1" /> for<n id="2" /> we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic,<n id="3" /> but don&#8217;t hesitate<n id="4" /> to invade and conquer<n id="5" /> the land.

Some members of the prophetic guild<n id="1" /> in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, &#8220;Do you know that today the <sc>Lordsc> is going to take your master from you?&#8221;<n id="2" /> He answered, &#8220;Yes, I know. Be quiet.&#8221;p>

Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, &#8220;Do you know that today the <sc>Lordsc> is going to take your master from you?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;Yes, I know. Be quiet.&#8221;p>

Then they said to one another, &#8220;It&#8217;s not right what we&#8217;re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven&#8217;t told anyone.<n id="1" /> If we wait until dawn,<n id="2" /> we&#8217;ll be punished.<n id="3" /> So come on, let&#8217;s go and inform the royal palace.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">Whom are you worried about?p> <p class="poetry">Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfullyp> <p class="poetry">and not remember mep> <p class="poetry">or think about me?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because I have been silent for so long,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you are not afraid of me.<n id="3" />p>