He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">For he looks to the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">and observes everything under the heavens.p>

<p class="poetry">Look at me!<n id="1" /> Answer me, O <sc>Lordsc> my God!p> <p class="poetry">Revive me,<n id="2" /> or else I will die!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O God, invincible warrior,<n id="1" /> come back!p> <p class="poetry">Look down from heaven and take notice!p> <p class="poetry">Take care of this vine,p>

<p class="poetry">I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?p> <p class="poetry">Does the one who forms the human eye not see?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he will look down from his sanctuary above;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from heaven the <sc>Lordsc> will look toward earth,<n id="2" />p>

When one looks out over the land, he sees<n id="1" /> distress and darkness, gloom<n id="2" /> and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> removed the defenses<n id="2" /> of Judah.p> <p class="poetry">At that time<n id="3" /> you lookedp> <p class="poetry">for the weapons in the House of the Forest.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look at Abraham, your father,p> <p class="poetry">and Sarah, who gave you birth.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but I blessed him<n id="3" /> and gave him numerous descendants.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I looked, but there was no one to help;p> <p class="poetry">I was shocked because there was no one offering support.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">So my right arm accomplished deliverance;p> <p class="poetry">my raging anger drove me on.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, reflect on<n id="2" /> what has happened to us;p> <p class="poetry">consider<n id="3" /> and look at<n id="4" /> our disgrace.p>

<p class="poetry">Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings,<n id="1" /> I will not be satisfied;p> <p class="poetry">I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I thought<n id="1" /> I had been banished from your sight,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that I would never again<n id="3" /> see your holy temple!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you force me to witness injustice?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why do you put up with wrongdoing?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Destruction and violence confront<n id="3" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">conflict is present and one must endure strife.<n id="4" />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>

The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> took him outside and said, &#8220;Gaze into the sky and count the stars &#8211; if you are able to count them!&#8221; Then he said to him, &#8220;So will your descendants be.&#8221;p>

He added, &#8220;I am the God of your father,<n id="1" /> the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.&#8221; Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look<n id="2" /> at God.p>

<p class="bodytext">And when Moses went out<n id="1" /> to the tent, all the people would get up<n id="2" /> and stand at the entrance to their tents<n id="3" /> and watch<n id="4" /> Moses until he entered the tent.<n id="5" />

With him I will speak face to face,<n id="1" /> openly,<n id="2" /> and not in riddles; and he will see the form<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?&#8221;