<p class="poetry">Therefore I say, &#8216;Listen<n id="1" /> to me.p> <p class="poetry">I, even I, will explain what I know.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">The godless at heart<n id="1" /> nourish anger,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not cry out even when he binds them.p>

<p class="poetry">Who can understand the spreading of the clouds,p> <p class="poetry">the thunderings of his pavilion?<n id="1" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">His thunder announces the coming storm,p> <p class="poetry">the cattle also, concerning the storm&#8217;s approach.p>

<p class="poetry">He loads the clouds with moisture;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he scatters his lightning through the clouds.p>

<p class="poetry">It is as if I have been given fertile fieldsp> <p class="poetry">or received a beautiful tract of land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> you rejected and embarrassed us!p> <p class="poetry">You did not go into battle with our armies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My hand will support him,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my arm will strengthen him.p>

<p class="poetry">I will appoint him to be my firstborn son,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the most exalted of the earth&#8217;s kings.p>

<p class="poetry">You turn back<n id="1" /> his sword from the adversary,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and have not sustained him in battle.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So the <sc>Lordsc> was angry with his people<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and despised the people who belong to him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">ears, but cannot hear,p> <p class="poetry">noses, but cannot smell,p>

<p class="poetry">She has prepared her meat,<n id="1" /> she has mixed her wine;p> <p class="poetry">she also has arranged her table.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If the righteous are recompensed on earth,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> the wicked sinner!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A gentle response<n id="1" /> turns away anger,p> <p class="poetry">but a harsh word<n id="2" /> stirs up wrath.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A gift given<n id="1" /> in secret subdues<n id="2" /> anger,p> <p class="poetry">and a bribe given secretly<n id="3" /> subdues<n id="4" /> strong wrath.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wicked person&#8217;s sacrifice<n id="1" /> is an abomination;p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> when he brings it with evil intent!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So that<n id="1" /> your confidence may be in the <sc>Lord,sc>p> <p class="poetry">I am making them known to you today<n id="2" /> &#8211; even you.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and increases the unfaithful<n id="2" /> among men.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but who can stand before jealousy?<n id="2" />p>