<p class="poetry">My spirit is broken,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my days have faded out,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the grave<n id="3" /> awaits me.p>

<p class="poetry">My breath is repulsive<n id="1" /> to my wife;p> <p class="poetry">I am loathsome<n id="2" /> to my brothers.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">My strength leaves me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am absolutely shocked.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does not allow<n id="1" /> me to recover<n id="2" /> my breath,p> <p class="poetry">for he fills<n id="3" /> me with bitterness.p>

<p class="poetry">You gave me<n id="1" /> life and favor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your intervention<n id="3" /> watched over my spirit.p>

<p class="poetry">Is my<n id="1" /> complaint against a man?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">If so,<n id="3" /> why should I not be impatient?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;I will remember God while I groan;p> <p class="poetry">I will think about him while my strength leaves me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For the arrows<n id="1" /> of the Almighty<n id="2" /> are within me;p> <p class="poetry">my spirit<n id="3" /> drinks their poison;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">God&#8217;s sudden terrors<n id="5" /> are arrayed<n id="6" /> against me.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Therefore,<n id="1" /> I will not refrain my mouth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;p> <p class="poetry">I will complain<n id="3" /> in the bitterness of my soul.p>

<p class="poetry">Into your hand I entrust my life;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will rescue<n id="2" /> me, O <sc>Lordsc>, the faithful God.p>

<p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;During the night I will remember the song I once sang;p> <p class="poetry">I will think very carefully.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">I tried to make sense of what was happening.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If only<n id="1" /> you will respond<n id="2" /> to my rebuke,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">then<n id="4" /> I will pour<n id="5" /> out my thoughts<n id="6" /> to youp> <p class="poetry">and<n id="7" /> I will make<n id="8" /> my words known to you.p>

<p class="poetry">O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life;p> <p class="poetry">may years of life be restored to me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Restore my health<n id="2" /> and preserve my life.&#8217;p>

A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly,<n id="1" /> my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the <sc>Lordsc> rested powerfully<n id="2" /> on me.

I will put my Spirit within you;<n id="1" /> I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes<n id="2" /> and carefully observe my regulations.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The king told them, &#8220;I have had a dream,<n id="1" /> and I<n id="2" /> am anxious to understand the dream.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed,<n id="1" /> and the visions of my mind<n id="2" /> were alarming me.

<p class="poetry">Even on male and female servantsp> <p class="poetry">I will pour out my Spirit in those days.p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;My spirit will not remain in<n id="1" /> humankind indefinitely,<n id="2" /> since<n id="3" /> they<n id="4" /> are mortal.<n id="5" /> They<n id="6" /> will remain for 120 more years.&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even when my strength leaves me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you watch my footsteps.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In the path where I walkp> <p class="poetry">they have hidden a trap for me.p>