<p class="poetry">A person has joy<n id="1" /> in giving an appropriate answer,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and a word at the right time<n id="3" /> &#8211; how good it is!p>

<p class="poetry">The steps of a person<n id="1" /> are ordained by<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">so how can anyone<n id="3" /> understand his own<n id="4" /> way?p>

<p class="poetry">If you do not have enough to pay,p> <p class="poetry">your bed<n id="1" /> will be taken<n id="2" /> right out from under you!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">What benefit<n id="1" /> do people<n id="2" /> get from all the effortp> <p class="poetry">which<n id="3" /> they expend<n id="4" /> on earth?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">I said of partying,<n id="1" /> &#8220;It is folly,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and of self-indulgent pleasure,<n id="2" /> &#8220;It accomplishes nothing!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whatever has happened is beyond human<n id="1" /> understanding;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.<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">To whom can you compare God?p> <p class="poetry">To what image can you liken him?p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Why do you try to refute me?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All of you have rebelled against me,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Why should any living person<n id="1" /> complainp> <p class="poetry">when punished for his sins?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So what will you do on the festival day,p> <p class="poetry">on the festival days of the <sc>Lordsc>?p>

<p class="bodytext">Judah replied, &#8220;What can we say<n id="1" /> to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves?<n id="2" /> God has exposed the sin of your servants!<n id="3" /> We are now my lord&#8217;s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.&#8221;p>

Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, &#8220;Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad?<n id="1" /> Am I not better to you than ten<n id="2" /> sons?&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What have I done? What is my offense?<n id="2" /> How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!&#8221;p>

Then the king said to Queen Esther, &#8220;In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman! What then have they done in the rest of the king&#8217;s provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;When you tell these people about all this,<n id="1" /> they will undoubtedly ask you, &#8216;Why has the <sc>Lordsc> threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the <sc>Lordsc> our God?&#8217;

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1502; (<i>Memi>)p> <p class="poetry">With what can I equate<n id="1" /> you?p> <p class="poetry">To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem?p> <p class="poetry">To what can I liken you<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that<n id="3" /> I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion?p> <p class="poetry">Your wound is as deep<n id="4" /> as the sea.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Who can heal you?<n id="6" />p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> God said to the woman, &#8220;What is this<n id="1" /> you have done?&#8221; And the woman replied, &#8220;The serpent<n id="2" /> tricked<n id="3" /> me, and I ate.&#8221;p>

But the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;What have you done?<n id="1" /> The voice<n id="2" /> of your brother&#8217;s blood is crying out to me from the ground!