<p class="bodytext">When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

<p class="poetry">You will come to your grave in a full age,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.p>

<p class="poetry">As<n id="1" /> a cloud is dispersed and then disappears,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so the one who goes down to the grave<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">does not come up again.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even though his stature<n id="1" /> reaches to the heavensp> <p class="poetry">and his head touches the clouds,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">Who is allowed to ascend<n id="1" /> the mountain of the <sc>Lordsc>?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?p>

<p class="poetry">God has ascended his throne<n id="1" /> amid loud shouts;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> has ascended his throne amid the blaring of ram&#8217;s horns.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not disregard<n id="1" /> what your enemies say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> reached up to the sky,p> <p class="poetry">then dropped into the depths.p> <p class="poetry">The sailors&#8217; strength<n id="2" /> left them<n id="3" /> because the danger was so great.<n id="4" />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">The wise person<n id="1" /> can scale<n id="2" /> the city of the mightyp> <p class="poetry">and bring down the stronghold<n id="3" /> in which they trust.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a thorn<n id="1" /> that goes into the hand of a drunkard,p> <p class="poetry">so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Many<n id="1" /> daughters<n id="2" /> have done valiantly,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but you surpass them all!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Their slain will be left unburied,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their corpses will stink;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the hills will soak up their blood.<n id="3" />p>

Hezekiah said, &#8220;What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple?&#8221;

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Who is this that rises like the Nile,p> <p class="poetry">like its streams<n id="1" /> turbulent at flood stage?p>

<p class="poetry">I will put an end in Moabp> <p class="poetry">to those who make offerings at her places of worship.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to those who sacrifice to other gods.p> <p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sea has swept over Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">She has been covered by a multitude<n id="1" /> of its waves.<n id="2" />p>

They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret,<n id="1" /> she sent for<n id="2" /> the rulers of the Philistines, saying, &#8220;Come up here again, for he has told me<n id="3" /> his secret.&#8221;<n id="4" /> So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.