<p class="poetry">Take note of my brief lifespan!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why do you make all people so mortal?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not accuse<n id="1" /> anyone<n id="2" /> without legitimate cause,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">if he has not treated you wrongly.p>

<p class="poetry">Blessed is the one<n id="1" /> who listens to me,p> <p class="poetry">watching<n id="2" /> at my doors day by day,p> <p class="poetry">waiting<n id="3" /> beside my doorway.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the work of his hands<n id="2" /> will be rendered to<n id="3" /> him.p>

<p class="poetry">Death and Destruction<n id="1" /> are before the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> the hearts of humans!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who lacks wisdom<n id="1" /> strikes hands in pledge,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and puts up financial security<n id="3" /> for his neighbor.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Many people profess their loyalty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a faithful person<n id="2" /> &#8211; who can find?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I passed by the field of a sluggard,p> <p class="poetry">by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is tormented<n id="1" /> by the murder<n id="2" /> of another will flee to the pit;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">let no one support him.p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> there is not one truly<n id="2" /> righteous person on the earthp> <p class="poetry">who continually does good and never sins.p>

<p class="poetry">Proud men will be brought low,p> <p class="poetry">arrogant men will be humiliated;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> alone will be exalted<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in that day.p>

<p class="poetry">The Elamites picked up the quiver,p> <p class="poetry">and came with chariots and horsemen;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the men of Kir<n id="2" /> prepared<n id="3" /> the shield.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The downtrodden will again rejoice in the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">the poor among humankind will take delight<n id="1" /> in the Holy One of Israel.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">those who bear false testimony against a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Since you are precious and special in my sight,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I love you,p> <p class="poetry">I will hand over people in place of you,p> <p class="poetry">nations in place of your life.p>

<p class="poetry">Let your private parts be exposed!p> <p class="poetry">Your genitals will be on display!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will get revenge;p> <p class="poetry">I will not have pity on anyone,&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">(just as many were horrified by the sight of you)<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he was so disfigured<n id="2" /> he no longer looked like a man;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="1" /> has solemnly sworn,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I will fill your land with enemy soldiers.p> <p class="poetry">They will swarm over it like locusts.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will raise up shouts of victory over it.&#8217;p>

In the fire<n id="1" /> were what looked like<n id="2" /> four living beings.<n id="3" /> In their appearance they had human form,<n id="4" />

They had human hands<n id="1" /> under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,