<p class="poetry">The earth<n id="1" /> dries up<n id="2" /> and withers,p> <p class="poetry">the world shrivels up and withers;p> <p class="poetry">the prominent people of the earth<n id="3" /> fade away.p>

<p class="poetry">The time is coming when Jacob will take root;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Israel will blossom and grow branches.p> <p class="poetry">The produce<n id="2" /> will fill the surface of the world.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Come near, you nations, and listen!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, you people!p> <p class="poetry">The earth and everything it contains must listen,p> <p class="poetry">the world and everything that lives in it.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is the one who<n id="1" /> by his power made the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who by his wisdom established the world.p> <p class="poetry">And by his understanding he spread out the skies.p>

<p class="poetry">He is the one who<n id="1" /> by his power made the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place,p> <p class="poetry">by his understanding he spread out the heavens.p>

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

You will surely wear out,<n id="1" /> both you and these people who are with you, for this is too<n id="2" /> heavy a burden<n id="3" /> for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.

You must not have sexual intercourse<n id="1" /> with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it;<n id="2" /> it is a perversion.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> reigns!p> <p class="poetry">He is robed in majesty,p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is robed,p> <p class="poetry">he wears strength around his waist.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.p>

<p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc>, for he comes!p> <p class="poetry">For he comes to judge the earth!p> <p class="poetry">He judges the world fairly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the nations in accordance with his justice.<n id="2" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">I will punish the world for its evil,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and wicked people for their sin.p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to the pride of the insolent,p> <p class="poetry">I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Prepare to execute<n id="1" /> his sonsp> <p class="poetry">for the sins their ancestors have committed.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">or fill the surface of the world with cities.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> look for<n id="2" /> you during the night,p> <p class="poetry">my spirit within me seeks you at dawn,p> <p class="poetry">for when your judgments come upon the earth,p> <p class="poetry">those who live in the world learn about justice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">We were pregnant, we strained,p> <p class="poetry">we gave birth, as it were, to wind.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">We cannot produce deliverance on the earth;p> <p class="poetry">people to populate the world are not born.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1500; (<i>Lamedi>)p> <p class="poetry">Neither the kings of the earthp> <p class="poetry">nor the people of the lands<n id="1" /> ever thought<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that enemy or foe would enterp> <p class="poetry">the gates<n id="3" /> of Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Meshech-Tubal is there, along with all her hordes around her grave.<n id="1" /> All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living.

<p class="poetry">He lifts the weak<n id="1" /> from the dust;p> <p class="poetry">he raises<n id="2" /> the poor from the ash heapp> <p class="poetry">to seat them with princesp> <p class="poetry">and to bestow on them an honored position.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The foundations of the earth belong to the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and he has placed the world on them.p>

I will perform a mighty act among them<n id="1" /> and then send some of those who remain to the nations &#8211; to Tarshish, Pul,<n id="2" /> Lud<n id="3" /> (known for its archers<n id="4" />), Tubal, Javan,<n id="5" /> and to the distant coastlands<n id="6" /> that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.