<p class="poetry">The pillars<n id="1" /> of the heavens tremblep> <p class="poetry">and are amazed at his rebuke.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A rebuke makes a greater impression on<n id="1" /> a discerning personp> <p class="poetry">than a hundred blows on a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">At the sound of your battle cry,<n id="1" /> O God of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">both rider<n id="2" /> and horse &#8220;fell asleep.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is burned<n id="1" /> and cut down.p> <p class="poetry">They die because you are displeased with them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your shout made the waters retreat;p> <p class="poetry">at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">A wise son accepts<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s discipline,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a scoffer<n id="3" /> does not listen to rebuke.p>

<p class="poetry">The ransom<n id="1" /> of a person&#8217;s<n id="2" /> life is his wealth,p> <p class="poetry">but the poor person hears no threat.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">It is better for a person to receive<n id="1" /> a rebuke from those who are wise<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than to listen to the song<n id="3" /> of fools.p>

<p class="poetry">The depths<n id="1" /> of the sea were exposed;p> <p class="poetry">the inner regions<n id="2" /> of the world were uncoveredp> <p class="poetry">by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s battle cry,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by the powerful breath from his nose.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The depths<n id="1" /> of the sea<n id="2" /> were exposed;p> <p class="poetry">the inner regions<n id="3" /> of the world were uncoveredp> <p class="poetry">by<n id="4" /> your battle cry,<n id="5" /> <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">by the powerful breath from your nose.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">until the remaining few are as isolated<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">as a flagpole on a mountaintopp> <p class="poetry">or a signal flag on a hill.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Your children faint;p> <p class="poetry">they lie at the head of every streetp> <p class="poetry">like an antelope in a snare.p> <p class="poetry">They are left in a stupor by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger,p> <p class="poetry">by the battle cry of your God.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, the <sc>Lordsc> comes with fire,p> <p class="poetry">his chariots come like a windstorm,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to reveal his raging anger,p> <p class="poetry">his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why does no one challenge me when I come?p> <p class="poetry">Why does no one respond when I call?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Is my hand too weak<n id="2" /> to deliver<n id="3" /> you?p> <p class="poetry">Do I lack the power to rescue you?p> <p class="poetry">Look, with a mere shout<n id="4" /> I can dry up the sea;p> <p class="poetry">I can turn streams into a desert,p> <p class="poetry">so the fish rot away and diep> <p class="poetry">from lack of water.<n id="5" />p>