<p class="poetry">Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His appetite<n id="2" /> is as big as Sheol&#8217;s;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like death, he is never satisfied.p> <p class="poetry">He gathers<n id="4" /> all the nations;p> <p class="poetry">he seizes<n id="5" /> all peoples.p>

<p class="poetry">All of them intend<n id="1" /> to do violence;p> <p class="poetry">every face is determined.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;You who force your neighbor to drink wine<n id="1" /> are as good as dead<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so you can look at their genitals.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You made people like fish in the sea,p> <p class="poetry">like animals in the sea<n id="1" /> that have no ruler.p>

<p class="poetry">For the stones in the walls will cry out,p> <p class="poetry">and the wooden rafters will answer back.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason the law lacks power,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and justice is never carried out.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="3" /> the wicked intimidate<n id="4" /> the innocent.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason justice is perverted.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of his success<n id="1" /> he offers sacrifices to his throw netp> <p class="poetry">and burns incense to his dragnet;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for because of them he has plenty of food,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and more than enough to eat.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He does this so he can build his nest way up highp> <p class="poetry">and escape the clutches of disaster.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">God comes<n id="1" /> from Teman,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign<n id="3" /> one from Mount Paran.<n id="4" /> <i>Selahi>.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">His splendor covers the skies,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">his glory<n id="7" /> fills the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">When the mountains see you, they shake.p> <p class="poetry">The torrential downpour sweeps through.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The great deep<n id="2" /> shouts out;p> <p class="poetry">it lifts its hands high.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, you have been active from ancient times;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my sovereign God,<n id="2" /> you are immortal.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, you have made them<n id="4" /> your instrument of judgment.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Protector,<n id="6" /> you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are too just<n id="1" /> to tolerate<n id="2" /> evil;p> <p class="poetry">you are unable to condone<n id="3" /> wrongdoing.p> <p class="poetry">So why do you put up with such treacherous people?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour<n id="5" /> those more righteous than they are?<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You have shed human bloodp> <p class="poetry">and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.p>