<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> I would strengthen<n id="2" /> you with my words;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">comfort from my lips would bring<n id="4" /> you relief.p>

<p class="poetry">The wild animals go to their lairs,p> <p class="poetry">and in their dens they remain.p>

<p class="poetry">I summon<n id="1" /> my servant, but he does not respond,p> <p class="poetry">even though I implore<n id="2" /> him with my own mouth.p>

<p class="poetry">I also could speak<n id="1" /> like you,p> <p class="poetry">if<n id="2" /> you were in my place;p> <p class="poetry">I could pile up<n id="3" /> words against youp> <p class="poetry">and I could shake my head at you.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, the wicked<n id="1" /> prepare<n id="2" /> their bows,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they put their arrows on the strings,p> <p class="poetry">to shoot in the darkness<n id="4" /> at the morally upright.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you pass through the waters, I am with you;p> <p class="poetry">when you pass<n id="1" /> through the streams, they will not overwhelm you.p> <p class="poetry">When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;p> <p class="poetry">the flames will not harm<n id="2" /> you.p>

<p class="poetry">Half of it he burns in the fire &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">over that half he cooks<n id="1" /> meat;p> <p class="poetry">he roasts a meal and fills himself.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, he warms himself and says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">No one thinks to himself,p> <p class="poetry">nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I burned half of it in the fire &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">yes, I baked bread over the coals;p> <p class="poetry">I roasted meat and ate it.p> <p class="poetry">With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?p> <p class="poetry">Should I bow down to dry wood?&#8217;<n id="1" />p>