<p class="poetry">For no one<n id="1" /> can eat and drink<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or experience joy<n id="3" /> apart from him.<n id="4" />p>

I am not able to bear this entire people alone,<n id="1" /> because it<n id="2" /> is too heavy for me!

If you think, &#8220;These nations are more numerous than I &#8211; how can I dispossess them?&#8221;

Now yes, it is true that<n id="1" /> I am a guardian,<n id="2" /> but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

<p class="poetry">I loathe<n id="1" /> it;<n id="2" /> I do not want to live forever;p> <p class="poetry">leave me alone,<n id="3" /> for my days are a vapor!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Will you never<n id="1" /> look away from me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will you not let me alone<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">long enough to swallow my spittle?p>

<p class="poetry">Are not my days few?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Cease,<n id="2" /> then, and leave<n id="3" /> me alone,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">that I may find a little comfort,<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will never<n id="1" /> declare that you three<n id="2" /> are in the right;p> <p class="poetry">until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!p>

<p class="poetry">Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> has heard the sound of my weeping!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not remain far away from me,p> <p class="poetry">for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my sins overwhelm me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you do not withhold<n id="1" /> your compassion from me.p> <p class="poetry">May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reject me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not take your Holy Spirit<n id="2" /> away from me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the most remote place on earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you in my despair.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Lead me<n id="3" /> up to an inaccessible rocky summit!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You cause those who know me to keep their distance;p> <p class="poetry">you make me an appalling sight to them.p> <p class="poetry">I am trapped and cannot get free.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to my cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">for I am in serious trouble!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me from those who chase me,p> <p class="poetry">for they are stronger than I am.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I have examined all this by wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;I am determined<n id="1" /> to comprehend this&#8221;<n id="2" /> &#8211; but it was beyond my grasp.<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman<n id="1" /> for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.p>

So now, <sc>Lordsc>, kill me instead,<n id="1" /> because I would rather die than live!&#8221;<n id="2" />