<p class="poetry">They speak as if they rule in heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and lay claim to the earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1508; (<i>Pei>)p> <p class="poetry">All our enemies have gloated over us;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> open their mouths to devour me<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a roaring lion that rips its prey.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are ready to devour me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they say, &#8220;Aha! Aha! We&#8217;ve got you!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">who speak lies,p> <p class="poetry">and make false promises.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who speak lies,p> <p class="poetry">and make false promises.<n id="2" />p>

Three hundred men lapped;<n id="1" /> the rest of the men<n id="2" /> kneeled to drink water.

<p class="bodytext">From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command &#8211; they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">his form was so marred he no longer looked human<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">so now<n id="2" /> he will startle<n id="3" /> many nations.p> <p class="poetry">Kings will be shocked by his exaltation,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for they will witness something unannounced to them,p> <p class="poetry">and they will understand something they had not heard about.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1508; (<i>Pei>)p> <p class="poetry">All your enemiesp> <p class="poetry">gloated over you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They sneered and gnashed their teeth;p> <p class="poetry">they said, &#8220;We have destroyed<n id="2" /> her!p> <p class="poetry">Ha! We have waited a long time for this day.p> <p class="poetry">We have lived to see it!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Then the Levitical priests<n id="1" /> will approach (for the <sc>Lordsc> your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name,<n id="2" /> and to decide<n id="3" /> every judicial verdict<n id="4" />)

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;The prophets who mislead my peoplep> <p class="poetry">are as good as dead.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If someone gives them enough to eat,p> <p class="poetry">they offer an oracle of peace.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But if someone does not give them food,p> <p class="poetry">they are ready to declare war on him.<n id="3" />p>