<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I said, &#8216;I want to cut them in pieces.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I want to make people forget they ever existed.p>

<p class="poetry">I rashly declared,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;All men are liars.&#8221;p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1495; (<i>Kheti>)p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is my source of security.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have determined<n id="2" /> to follow your instructions.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pay attention and listen to my message!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The waters closed over my head;p> <p class="poetry">I thought<n id="1" /> I was about to die.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Have I<n id="1" /> ever said,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Give me something,p> <p class="poetry">and from your fortune<n id="3" /> make gifts<n id="4" /> in my favor&#8217;?p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> I say,<n id="2" /> &#8220;My bed will comfort me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">my couch will ease<n id="4" /> my complaint,&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;If I have put my confidence in goldp> <p class="poetry">or said to pure gold,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;You are my security!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">I said to myself, &#8216;Age<n id="1" /> should speak,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and length of years<n id="3" /> should make wisdom known.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore I say, &#8216;Listen<n id="1" /> to me.p> <p class="poetry">I, even I, will explain what I know.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">In my self-confidence I said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will never be upended.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But I trust in you, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">I declare, &#8220;You are my God!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">If I had publicized these thoughts,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I would have betrayed your loyal followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I thought,<n id="1" /> &#8216;You are gods;p> <p class="poetry">all of you are sons of the Most High.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I say, &#8220;My foot is slipping,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">your loyal love, O <sc>Lordsc>, supports me.p>

<p class="poetry">I said of partying,<n id="1" /> &#8220;It is folly,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and of self-indulgent pleasure,<n id="2" /> &#8220;It accomplishes nothing!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So now, go back where you came from!<n id="1" /> I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the <sc>Lordsc> has stood in the way of your honor.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">My teaching will drop like the rain,p> <p class="poetry">my sayings will drip like the dew,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as rain drops upon the grass,p> <p class="poetry">and showers upon new growth.p>

The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger told<n id="1" /> Manoah, &#8220;Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.<n id="2" />

When they came back, Elisha<n id="1" /> was staying in Jericho. He said to them, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you, &#8216;Don&#8217;t go&#8217;?&#8221;p>