If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence,<n id="1" /> and he will not have to pay for what was torn.p>

If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.<n id="1" />p>

If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.

<p class="poetry">I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,p> <p class="poetry">and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will execute vengeance on my foes,p> <p class="poetry">and repay those who hate me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you will have a pact with the stones<n id="1" /> of the field,p> <p class="poetry">and the wild animals<n id="2" /> will be at peace<n id="3" /> with you.p>

<p class="poetry">if you become<n id="1" /> pure<n id="2" /> and upright,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">even now he will rouse himself<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">and will restore<n id="5" /> your righteous abode.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">No one denounces his conduct to his face;p> <p class="poetry">no one repays him for what<n id="1" /> he has done.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is it your opinion<n id="1" /> that God<n id="2" /> should recompense it,p> <p class="poetry">because you reject this?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">But you must choose, and not I,p> <p class="poetry">so tell us what you know.p>

<p class="poetry">(Who has confronted<n id="1" /> me that I should repay?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Everything under heaven belongs to me!)<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are the reason I offer praise<n id="1" /> in the great assembly;p> <p class="poetry">I will fulfill my promises before the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They repay me evil for the good I have done;p> <p class="poetry">though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will sing praises to your name continually,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as I fulfill<n id="2" /> my vows day after day.p>

<p class="poetry">and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For you repay men for what they do.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David, a song.p> <p class="poetry">Praise awaits you,<n id="2" /> O God, in Zion.p> <p class="poetry">Vows made to you are fulfilled.p>

<p class="poetry">Make vows to the <sc>Lordsc> your God and repay them!p> <p class="poetry">Let all those who surround him<n id="1" /> bring tribute to the awesome one!p>

<p class="poetry">O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How blessed will be the one who repays youp> <p class="poetry">for what you dished out to us!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">for you will heap coals of fire on his head,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> will reward you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I cry out<n id="1" /> until morning;p> <p class="poetry">like a lion he shatters all my bones;p> <p class="poetry">you turn day into night and end my life.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">who commissions<n id="1" /> Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to carry out all my wishes<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and to decree concerning Jerusalem, &#8216;She will be rebuilt,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and concerning the temple, &#8216;It will be reconstructed.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sound of battle comes from the city;p> <p class="poetry">the sound comes from the temple!p> <p class="poetry">It is the sound of the <sc>Lordsc> paying back his enemies.p>