<p class="poetry">As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As wax melts before fire,p> <p class="poetry">so the wicked are destroyed before God.p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> heard this, he was furious.p> <p class="poetry">A fire broke out against Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and his anger flared up<n id="2" /> against Israel,p>

<p class="poetry">How long will this go on, O <sc>Lordsc>?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you stay angry forever?p> <p class="poetry">How long will your rage<n id="2" /> burn like fire?p>

<p class="poetry">How long, O <sc>Lordsc>, will this last?p> <p class="poetry">Will you remain hidden forever?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will your anger continue to burn like fire?p>

<p class="poetry">They surrounded me like bees.p> <p class="poetry">But they disappeared as quickly<n id="1" /> as a fire among thorns.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, in the name of the <sc>Lordsc> I pushed them away.p>

<p class="poetry">May he rain down<n id="1" /> fiery coals upon them!p> <p class="poetry">May he throw them into the fire!p> <p class="poetry">From bottomless pits they will not escape.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He brings an end to wars throughout the earth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters<n id="2" /> the bow and breaks<n id="3" /> the spear;p> <p class="poetry">he burns<n id="4" /> the shields with fire.<n id="5" />p>