<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">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>

<p class="poetry">He strikes them for their wickedness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in a place where people can see,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not long for the cover of nightp> <p class="poetry">to drag people away from their homes.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Under the lotus trees it lies,p> <p class="poetry">in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.p>

<p class="poetry">God does not restrain his anger;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">under him the helpers of Rahab<n id="2" /> lie crushed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;If<n id="1" /> evil is sweet in his mouthp> <p class="poetry">and he hides it under his tongue,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He locks the waters in his clouds,p> <p class="poetry">and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.p>

<p class="poetry">The earth, from which food comes,p> <p class="poetry">is overturned below as though by fire;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it,p> <p class="poetry">nor can its price be weighed out in silver.p>

<p class="poetry">He shatters the great without inquiry,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and sets up others in their place.p>

<p class="poetry">Under the whole heaven he lets it go,p> <p class="poetry">even his lightning to the far corners<n id="1" /> of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Look at every proud man and abase him;p> <p class="poetry">crush the wicked on the spot!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Its underparts<n id="1" /> are the sharp points of potsherds,p> <p class="poetry">it leaves its mark in the mudp> <p class="poetry">like a threshing sledge.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he looks to the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">and observes everything under the heavens.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>

<p class="poetry">(Who has confronted<n id="1" /> me that I should repay?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Everything under heaven belongs to me!)<n id="3" />p>