eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He subdued nations beneath us<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and countries<n id="2" /> under our feet.p>

<p class="poetry">They repay me evil for good,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and hate for love.p>

<p class="poetry">A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a rope will replace a belt,p> <p class="poetry">baldness will replace braided locks of hair,p> <p class="poetry">a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe,p> <p class="poetry">and a prisoner&#8217;s brand will replace beauty.p>

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth &#8211; just as he inflicts an injury on another person<n id="1" /> that same injury<n id="2" /> must be inflicted on him.

<p class="poetry">then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat,p> <p class="poetry">and in place of barley, weeds!&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">The words of Job are ended.p>

<p class="poetry">They repay me evil for the good I have done;p> <p class="poetry">though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Under three things the earth trembles,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and under four things it cannot bear up:p>

<p class="poetry">Since you are precious and special in my sight,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I love you,p> <p class="poetry">I will hand over people in place of you,p> <p class="poetry">nations in place of your life.p>

<p class="poetry">you who practice ritual sex<n id="1" /> under the oaks and every green tree,p> <p class="poetry">who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.p>

<p class="poetry">He made the sky sink<n id="1" /> as he descended;p> <p class="poetry">a thick cloud was under his feet.p>

<p class="poetry">You widen my path;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my feet<n id="2" /> do not slip.p>

<p class="poetry">You give me strength for battle;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make my foes kneel before me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him.p>

<p class="poetry">Below his roots dry up,p> <p class="poetry">and his branches wither above.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;The dead<n id="2" /> tremble<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">those beneath the watersp> <p class="poetry">and all that live in them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They brayed<n id="1" /> like animals among the bushesp> <p class="poetry">and were huddled together<n id="2" /> under the nettles.p>

<p class="poetry">They come in as through a wide breach;p> <p class="poetry">amid the crash<n id="1" /> they come rolling in.<n id="2" />p>