<p class="poetry">Can the papyrus plant grow tall<n id="1" /> where there is no marsh?p> <p class="poetry">Can reeds flourish<n id="2" /> without water?p>

<p class="poetry">They go about naked, without clothing,p> <p class="poetry">and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">if I have eaten its produce without paying,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or caused the death<n id="2" /> of its owners,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Concerning my right, should I lie?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My wound<n id="2" /> is incurable,p> <p class="poetry">although I am without transgression.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Who is this<n id="1" /> who darkens counsel<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with words without knowledge?p>

<p class="poetry">She is harsh<n id="1" /> with her young,p> <p class="poetry">as if they were not hers;p> <p class="poetry">she is unconcernedp> <p class="poetry">about the uselessness of her labor.p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever strikes it with a sword<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">will have no effect,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.p>

<p class="poetry">He spreads out the northern skies<n id="1" /> over empty space;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he suspends the earth on nothing.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sons of senseless and nameless people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they were driven out of the land with whips.<n id="2" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8216;I am pure, without transgression;p> <p class="poetry">I am clean<n id="2" /> and have no iniquity.p>

<p class="poetry">you asked,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Who is this who darkens counselp> <p class="poetry">without knowledge?&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">But<n id="2" /> I have declared without understanding<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">things too wonderful for me to know.<n id="4" />p>