<p class="poetry">thus<n id="1" /> I have been made to inherit<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">months of futility,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and nights of sorrow<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">have been appointed<n id="5" /> to me.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Truly,<n id="1" /> I know that this is so.p> <p class="poetry">But how<n id="2" /> can a human<n id="3" /> be just before<n id="4" /> God?<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;It is all one!<n id="1" /> That is why I say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;He destroys the blameless and the guilty.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">because they have turned away from following him,p> <p class="poetry">and have not understood<n id="1" /> any of his ways,p>

<p class="poetry">Not so with the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">Instead<n id="1" /> they are like wind-driven chaff.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="1" /> the wicked cannot withstand<n id="2" /> judgment,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are the most handsome of all men!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="3" /> God grants you continual blessings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then the nations will praise you<n id="2" /> forever.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason we do not fear<n id="1" /> when the earth shakes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">is worthy of your reputation, O God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You execute justice!<n id="2" />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">For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I hate all deceitful actions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has not done so with any other nation;p> <p class="poetry">they are not aware of his regulations.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Such<n id="1" /> are the ways<n id="2" /> of all who gain profit unjustly;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="4" /> takes away the life<n id="5" /> of those who obtain it!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly;p> <p class="poetry">in an instant<n id="1" /> he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.p>

<p class="poetry">So it is with<n id="1" /> the one who has sex with<n id="2" /> his neighbor&#8217;s wife;p> <p class="poetry">no one<n id="3" /> who touches<n id="4" /> her will escape<n id="5" /> punishment.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Likewise, know<n id="1" /> that wisdom is sweet<n id="2" /> to your soul;p> <p class="poetry">if you find it,<n id="3" /> you will have a future,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and your hope will not be cut off.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not say, &#8220;I will do to him just as he has done to me;p> <p class="poetry">I will pay him back<n id="1" /> according to what he has done.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,p> <p class="poetry">so honor<n id="1" /> is not fitting for a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow,p> <p class="poetry">so a curse without cause<n id="1" /> does not come to rest.<n id="2" />p>