<p class="poetry">You will be protected<n id="1" /> from malicious gossip,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and will not be afraid of the destruction<n id="3" /> when it comes.p>

<p class="poetry">And<n id="1" /> you will know<n id="2" /> that your home<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">will be secure,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and when you inspect<n id="5" /> your domains,p> <p class="poetry">you will not be missing<n id="6" /> anything.p>

<p class="poetry">He returns no more to his house,p> <p class="poetry">nor does his place of residence<n id="1" /> know him<n id="2" /> any more.p>

<p class="poetry">He who removes mountains suddenly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who overturns them in his anger;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">he who commands the sun and<n id="1" /> it does not shine<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and seals up<n id="3" /> the stars;p>

<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> would I speak and not fear him,p> <p class="poetry">but it is not so with me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">before I depart, never to return,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to the land of darknessp> <p class="poetry">and the deepest shadow,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He grows up<n id="1" /> like a flower and then withers away;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your own mouth condemns<n id="1" /> you, not I;p> <p class="poetry">your own lips testify against<n id="2" /> you.p>

<p class="poetry">to whom alone the land was givenp> <p class="poetry">when no foreigner passed among them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes,<n id="1" /> the lamp<n id="2" /> of the wicked is extinguished;p> <p class="poetry">his flame of fire<n id="3" /> does not shine.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;If<n id="1" /> I cry out,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Violence!&#8217;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I receive no answer;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">but there is no justice.p>

<p class="poetry">He has blocked<n id="1" /> my way so I cannot pass,p> <p class="poetry">and has set darkness<n id="2" /> over my paths.p>

<p class="poetry">I summon<n id="1" /> my servant, but he does not respond,p> <p class="poetry">even though I implore<n id="2" /> him with my own mouth.p>

<p class="poetry">Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.p>

<p class="poetry">if he retains it for himselfp> <p class="poetry">and does not let it go,p> <p class="poetry">and holds it fast in his mouth,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has seized a house which he did not build.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their houses are safe<n id="1" /> and without fear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and no rod of punishment<n id="3" /> from God is upon them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">And another man<n id="1" /> dies in bitterness of soul,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">never having tasted<n id="3" /> anything good.p>

<p class="poetry">Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as he goes back and forthp> <p class="poetry">in the vault<n id="2" /> of heaven.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>