<t /><p class="bodytext">I said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Oh, mother, how I regret<n id="2" /> that you ever gave birth to me!p> <p class="poetry">I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone.p> <p class="poetry">Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sounds of battle<n id="1" /> will resound to the ends of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will bring charges against the nations.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will pass judgment on all humankindp> <p class="poetry">and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.&#8217;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> so affirms it!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the one who will rescue them<n id="1" /> is strong.p> <p class="poetry">He is known as the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will strongly<n id="3" /> champion their cause.p> <p class="poetry">As a result<n id="4" /> he will bring peace and rest to the earth,p> <p class="poetry">but trouble and turmoil<n id="5" /> to the people who inhabit Babylonia.<n id="6" />p>