<p class="poetry">his food is turned sour<n id="1" /> in his stomach;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it becomes the venom of serpents<n id="3" /> within him.p>

<p class="poetry">We reflect on your loyal love, O God,p> <p class="poetry">within your temple.p>

<p class="poetry">He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp,p> <p class="poetry">all around their homes.p>

<p class="poetry">When worries threaten to overwhelm me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your soothing touch makes me happy.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who hates others disguises<n id="1" /> it with his lips,p> <p class="poetry">but he stores up<n id="2" /> deceit within him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You make us like filthy scum<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the estimation<n id="2" /> of the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">I will uproot your images of Asherah<n id="1" /> from your midst,p> <p class="poetry">and destroy your idols.<n id="2" />p>

When they had eaten them,<n id="1" /> no one would have known<n id="2" /> that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.

Then the one presenting the offering<n id="1" /> must present a gift to the <sc>Lordsc> from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails,<n id="2" />

Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the <sc>Lordsc>: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull:<n id="1" /> the fat covering the entrails<n id="2" /> and all the fat surrounding the entrails,<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, I have heard the report of what you did;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am awed,<n id="2" /> <sc>Lordsc>, by what you accomplished.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">In our time<n id="4" /> repeat those deeds;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in our time reveal them again.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!<n id="7" />p>

After three days the leaders went through the camp

<p class="poetry">My heart beats violently<n id="1" /> within me;p> <p class="poetry">the horrors of death overcome me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Disaster is within it;p> <p class="poetry">violence<n id="1" /> and deceit do not depart from its public square.p>

<p class="poetry">Your enemies roar<n id="1" /> in the middle of your sanctuary;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they set up their battle flags.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you remain inactive?p> <p class="poetry">Intervene and destroy him!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But God has been my<n id="1" /> king from ancient times,p> <p class="poetry">performing acts of deliverance on the earth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He made cursing a way of life,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so curses poured into his stomach like waterp> <p class="poetry">and seeped into his bones like oil.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and my heart beats violently within me.<n id="1" />p>