<p class="poetry">He summons the heavens above,p> <p class="poetry">as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">My people are obsessed<n id="1" /> with turning away from me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they call to Baal,<n id="3" /> but he will never exalt them!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">These are the final words of David:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The oracle of David son of Jesse,p> <p class="poetry">the oracle of the man raised up asp> <p class="poetry">the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Israel&#8217;s beloved<n id="2" /> singer of songs:p>

<p class="poetry">They turn to Baal;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are like an unreliable bow.p> <p class="poetry">Their leaders will fall by the swordp> <p class="poetry">because their prayers to Baal<n id="2" /> have made me angry.p> <p class="poetry">So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.<n id="3" />p>