<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed, you have said in my hearing<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">(I heard the sound of the words!):p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do you think this to be<n id="1" /> just:p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="2" /> you say, &#8216;My right before God.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You came near<n id="1" /> on the day I called to you;p> <p class="poetry">you said,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Do not fear!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The king said, &#8220;One says, &#8216;My son is alive; your son is dead,&#8217; while the other says, &#8216;No, your son is dead; my son is alive.&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="poetry">I say to the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;You are the Lord,p> <p class="poetry">my only source of well-being.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">until the time when his prediction<n id="1" /> came true.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s word<n id="2" /> proved him right.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Every word of God is purified;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he is like<n id="2" /> a shield for those who take refuge in him.<n id="3" />p>

I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this!<n id="1" /> But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!&#8221;

<p class="poetry">The one true God acts in a faithful manner;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s promise is reliable;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.p>

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

<p class="poetry">The one true God acts in a faithful manner;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s promise<n id="2" /> is reliable;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he is a shield to all who take shelter<n id="4" /> in him.p>

Why did you say, &#8216;She is my sister,&#8217; so that I took her<n id="1" /> to be my wife?<n id="2" /> Here is your wife!<n id="3" /> Take her and go!&#8221;<n id="4" />

But you<n id="1" /> said, &#8216;I will certainly make you prosper<n id="2" /> and will make<n id="3" /> your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Moses said, &#8220;The people around me<n id="1" /> are 600,000 on foot;<n id="2" /> but you say, &#8216;I will give them meat,<n id="3" /> that they may eat<n id="4" /> for a whole month.&#8217;

Nathan said, &#8220;My master, O king, did you announce, &#8216;Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne&#8217;?

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk.<n id="1" /> In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

You defeated Edom<n id="1" /> and it has gone to your head.<n id="2" /> Gloat over your success,<n id="3" /> but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You said to yourself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will climb up to the sky.p> <p class="poetry">Above the stars of El<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will set up my throne.p> <p class="poetry">I will rule on the mountain of assemblyp> <p class="poetry">on the remote slopes of Zaphon.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You were complacent in your evil deeds;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you thought,<n id="2" /> &#8216;No one sees me.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">Your self-professed<n id="3" /> wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,p> <p class="poetry">when you say, &#8216;I am unique! No one can compare to me!&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but you do not say, &#8216;I give up.&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You get renewed energy,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so you don&#8217;t collapse.<n id="4" />p>