<p class="poetry">He sucks the poison<n id="1" /> of serpents;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the fangs<n id="3" /> of a viper<n id="4" /> kill him.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I have been inactive<n id="1" /> for a long time;p> <p class="poetry">I kept quiet and held back.p> <p class="poetry">Like a woman in labor I groan;p> <p class="poetry">I pant and gasp.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snakep> <p class="poetry">and spin a spider&#8217;s web.p> <p class="poetry">Whoever eats their eggs will die,p> <p class="poetry">a poisonous snake is hatched.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is a message<n id="1" /> about the animals in the Negev:p> <p class="poetry">Through a land of distress and danger,p> <p class="poetry">inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">by snakes and darting adders,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they transport<n id="4" /> their wealth on the backs of donkeys,p> <p class="poetry">their riches on the humps of camels,p> <p class="poetry">to a nation that cannot help them.<n id="5" />p>