<p class="poetry">a false witness who pours out lies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and a person who spreads discord<n id="2" /> among family members.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The faithful witness<n id="1" /> tells what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a false witness<n id="3" /> speaks<n id="4" /> deceit.p>

<p class="poetry">A truthful witness<n id="1" /> does not lie,p> <p class="poetry">but a false witness<n id="2" /> breathes out lies.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A truthful witness<n id="1" /> rescues lives,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who breathes lies brings<n id="3" /> deception.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A false witness<n id="1" /> will not go unpunished,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who spouts out<n id="2" /> lies will not escape punishment.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A false witness will not go unpunished,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who spouts out<n id="1" /> lies will perish.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Scornful people<n id="1" /> inflame<n id="2" /> a city,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who are wise turn away wrath.p>

<p class="poetry">He is secure at all times.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He has no regard for your commands;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he disdains all his enemies.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Because of the violence done to the oppressed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the painful cries<n id="2" /> of the needy,p> <p class="poetry">I will spring into action,&#8221;<n id="3" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Until the dawn arrives<n id="1" /> and the shadows flee,p> <p class="poetry">turn,<n id="2" /> my beloved &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">be like a gazelle or a young stagp> <p class="poetry">on the mountain gorges.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Until the dawn arrives<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the shadows flee,p> <p class="poetry">I will go up to the mountain of myrrh,p> <p class="poetry">and to the hill of frankincense.p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind!p> <p class="poetry">Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May my beloved come into his gardenp> <p class="poetry">and eat its delightful fruit!p>

<p class="poetry">I will pour out my anger on you;p> <p class="poetry">the fire of my fury I will blow on you.p> <p class="poetry">I will hand you over to brutal men,p> <p class="poetry">who are skilled in destruction.p>

<p class="poetry">For the message is a witness to what is decreed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Even if the message<n id="3" /> is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for it will certainly come to pass &#8211; it will not arrive late.p>