<p class="poetry">O<n id="1" /> my son, O son of my womb,p> <p class="poetry">O son<n id="2" /> of my vows,p>

<p class="poetry">Why<n id="1" /> has your heart carried you away,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and why do your eyes flash,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How painful<n id="1" /> are honest words!p> <p class="poetry">But<n id="2" /> what does your reproof<n id="3" /> prove?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is higher<n id="1" /> than the heavens &#8211; what can you do?p> <p class="poetry">It is deeper than Sheol<n id="2" /> &#8211; what can you know?p>

<p class="poetry">But you say, &#8216;What will it profit you,&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and, &#8216;What do I gain by not sinning?&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How will he severely punish you,p> <p class="poetry">you deceptive talker?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How vast is their sum total!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How beautiful you are! How lovely,p> <p class="poetry">O love,<n id="1" /> with your delights!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Danger awaits one who says<n id="1" /> to his father,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;What in the world<n id="2" /> are you fathering?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to his mother,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;What in the world are you bringing forth?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;My people, how have I wronged you?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How have I wearied you? Answer me!p>

He said, &#8220;You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, &#8216;What do you want?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

He went on to say, &#8220;Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Cain, &#8220;Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

<p class="poetry">How<n id="1" /> can I curse<n id="2" /> one whom God has not cursed,p> <p class="poetry">or how can I denounce one whom the <sc>Lordsc> has not denounced?p>

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan responded to his father Saul, &#8220;Why should he be put to death? What has he done?&#8221;

<p class="poetry">What is my strength, that I should wait?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and what is my end,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that I should prolong my life?p>

<p class="poetry">Who is the Almighty, that<n id="1" /> we should serve him?p> <p class="poetry">What would we gainp> <p class="poetry">if we were to pray<n id="2" /> to him?&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How then can a human being be righteous before God?p> <p class="poetry">How can one born of a woman be pure?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he intervenes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">how will I respond to him?p>

<p class="poetry">If you sin, how does it affect God?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If your transgressions are many,p> <p class="poetry">what does it do to him?<n id="2" />p>