<p class="poetry">They willfully challenged God<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.p>

<p class="poetry">They asked for food,<n id="1" /> and he sent quails;p> <p class="poetry">he satisfied them with food from the sky.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May his children<n id="1" /> roam around begging,p> <p class="poetry">asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pray<n id="1" /> for the peace of Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">May those who love her prosper!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ask me,p> <p class="poetry">and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the ends of the earth as your personal property.p>

<p class="poetry">Violent men perjure themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and falsely accuse me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He asked you to sustain his life,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You make that quite clear to me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.p>

<p class="poetry">for there our captors ask us to compose songs;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Sing for us a song about Zion!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have asked the <sc>Lordsc> for one thing &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">this is what I desire!p> <p class="poetry">I want to live<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house<n id="2" /> all the days of my life,p> <p class="poetry">so I can gaze at the splendor<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and contemplate in his temple.p>