<p class="poetry">The one who puts up security for a stranger<n id="1" /> will surely have trouble,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever avoids<n id="3" /> shaking hands<n id="4" /> will be secure.p>

<p class="poetry">A person who has friends<n id="1" /> may be harmed by them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.p>

<p class="poetry">lest the <sc>Lordsc> see it, and be displeased,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and turn his wrath away from him.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">This displeased Jonah terribly<n id="1" /> and he became very angry.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Israel said, &#8220;Why did you bring this trouble<n id="1" /> on me by telling<n id="2" /> the man you had one more brother?&#8221;p>

how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time,<n id="1" /> and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.<n id="2" />

Omri did more evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> than all who were before him.

God was also offended by it,<n id="1" /> so he attacked Israel.p>

I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah&#8217;s household possessions out of the storeroom.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Surely, God does not reject a blameless man,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor does he grasp the hand<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">of the evildoers.p>

<p class="poetry">He despises a reprobate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but honors the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> wild dogs surround me &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a gang of evil men crowd around me;p> <p class="poetry">like a lion they pin my hands and feet.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When evil men attack me<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to devour my flesh,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when my adversaries and enemies attack me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they stumble and fall.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You, by your power,<n id="1" /> defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you crushed<n id="3" /> the people living there<n id="4" /> and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.<n id="5" />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">Who will rise up to defend me<n id="1" /> against the wicked?p> <p class="poetry">Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are robbed of sleep<n id="2" /> until they make someone stumble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">One who acts wickedly<n id="1" /> pays attention to evil counsel;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a liar listens<n id="3" /> to a malicious tongue.<n id="4" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Wash! Cleanse yourselves!p> <p class="poetry">Remove your sinful deeds<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from my sight.p> <p class="poetry">Stop sinning!p>

<p class="poetry">You will be broken,<n id="1" /> O nations;p> <p class="poetry">you will be shattered!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth!p> <p class="poetry">Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!p> <p class="poetry">Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!<n id="3" />p>