<p class="poetry">He will yet<n id="1" /> fill your mouth with laughter,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your lips with gladness.p>

<p class="poetry">Before his time<n id="1" /> he will be paid in full,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and his branches will not flourish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">his body<n id="1" /> well nourished,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the marrow of his bones moist.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I would lay out my case<n id="1" /> before himp> <p class="poetry">and fill my mouth with arguments.p>

<p class="poetry">For I am full of words,p> <p class="poetry">and the spirit within me<n id="1" /> constrains me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked,p> <p class="poetry">judgment and justice take hold of you.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do you hunt prey for the lioness,p> <p class="poetry">and satisfy the appetite<n id="1" /> of the lions,p>

<p class="poetry">Do you count the months they must fulfill,p> <p class="poetry">and do you know the time they give birth?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">or with princes who possessed gold,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who filled their palaces<n id="2" /> with silver.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or fill his belly<n id="2" /> with the east wind?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">His bones<n id="1" /> were full of his youthful vigor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.p>

<p class="poetry">In the fullness of his sufficiency,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">distress<n id="2" /> overtakes him.p> <p class="poetry">the full force of misery will come upon him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But it was he<n id="1" /> who filled their housesp> <p class="poetry">with good things &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">yet the counsel of the wicked<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">was far from me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can you fill its hide with harpoonsp> <p class="poetry">or its head with fishing spears?p>

<p class="poetry">People<n id="1" /> have opened their mouths against me,p> <p class="poetry">they have struck my cheek in scorn;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they unite<n id="3" /> together against me.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;While he is<n id="1" /> filling his belly,p> <p class="poetry">God<n id="2" /> sends his burning anger<n id="3" /> against him,p> <p class="poetry">and rains down his blows upon him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">And surely, he drew you<n id="1" /> from the mouth of distress,p> <p class="poetry">to a wide place, unrestricted,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and to the comfort<n id="3" /> of your tablep> <p class="poetry">filled with rich food.<n id="4" />p>