<p class="poetry">When worries threaten to overwhelm me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your soothing touch makes me happy.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My heart beats violently<n id="1" /> within me;p> <p class="poetry">the horrors of death overcome me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and my heart beats violently within me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">my anxiety intensified.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As I thought about it, I became impatient.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Finally I spoke these words:<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Create for me a pure heart, O God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Renew a resolute spirit within me!<n id="2" />p>

Moses then said to Aaron, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> spoke: &#8216;Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy,<n id="1" /> and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> So Aaron kept silent.

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, &#8220;Perhaps you live near us.<n id="1" /> So how can we make a treaty with you?&#8221;

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> look for<n id="2" /> you during the night,p> <p class="poetry">my spirit within me seeks you at dawn,p> <p class="poetry">for when your judgments come upon the earth,p> <p class="poetry">those who live in the world learn about justice.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is what the <sc>Lordsc> says concerning the false prophets:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.p> <p class="poetry">I tremble all over.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am like a drunk person,p> <p class="poetry">like a person who has had too much wine,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the way the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and his holy word are being mistreated.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1505; (<i>Sameki>)p> <p class="poetry">He rounded up<n id="1" /> all my mighty ones;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The Lord<n id="3" /> did this<n id="4" /> in<n id="5" /> my midst.p> <p class="poetry">He summoned an assembly<n id="6" /> against mep> <p class="poetry">to shatter my young men.p> <p class="poetry">The Lord has stomped like grapes<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">the virgin daughter, Judah.<n id="8" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1512; (<i>Reshi>)p> <p class="poetry">Look, O <sc>Lordsc>! I am distressed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my stomach is in knots!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart is pounding<n id="3" /> inside me.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, I was terribly rebellious!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Inside the house death is present.<n id="6" />p>

At that time<n id="1" /> my anger will erupt against them<n id="2" /> and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome<n id="3" /> them<n id="4" /> so that they<n id="5" /> will say at that time, &#8216;Have not these disasters<n id="6" /> overcome us<n id="7" /> because our<n id="8" /> God is not among us<n id="9" />?&#8217;