<p class="poetry">Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Your raging fury causes people to fear you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Scatter abroad<n id="1" /> the abundance<n id="2" /> of your anger.p> <p class="poetry">Look at every proud man<n id="3" /> and bring him low;p>

<p class="poetry">Pour out your judgment<n id="1" /> on them!p> <p class="poetry">May your raging anger<n id="2" /> overtake them!p>

<p class="poetry">You withdrew all your fury;p> <p class="poetry">you turned back from your raging anger.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Will you stay mad at us forever?p> <p class="poetry">Will you remain angry throughout future generations?<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;O that<n id="1" /> you would hide me in Sheol,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and conceal me till your anger has passed!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O that you would set me a time<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and then remember me!<n id="5" />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>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A well-written song<n id="2" /> by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Why does your anger burn<n id="4" /> against the sheep of your pasture?p>

<p class="poetry">You are awesome! Yes, you!p> <p class="poetry">Who can withstand your intense anger?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> you will say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I praise you, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for even though you were angry with me,p> <p class="poetry">your anger subsided, and you consoled me.p>

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

<p class="poetry">Your neck is like a tower made of ivory.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Your eyes are the pools in Heshbonp> <p class="poetry">by the gate of Bath-Rabbim.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Your nose is like the tower of Lebanonp> <p class="poetry">overlooking Damascus.p>

<p class="poetry">I want<n id="1" /> to climb the palm tree,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and take hold of its fruit stalks.p> <p class="poetry">May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and may the fragrance of your breath be like apricots!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">I said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;<sc>Lordsc>, you know how I suffer.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Take thought of me and care for me.p> <p class="poetry">Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me.p> <p class="poetry">Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me.p> <p class="poetry">Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1513; (<i>Sin/Shini>)p> <p class="poetry">The young boys and old menp> <p class="poetry">lie dead on the ground in the streets.p> <p class="poetry">My young women<n id="1" /> and my young menp> <p class="poetry">have fallen by the sword.p> <p class="poetry">You killed them when you were angry;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you slaughtered them without mercy.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is the <sc>Lordsc> mad at the rivers?p> <p class="poetry">Are you angry with the rivers?p> <p class="poetry">Are you enraged at the sea?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Is this why<n id="2" /> you climb into your horse-drawn chariots,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">your victorious chariots?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Judah approached him and said, &#8220;My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you.<n id="1" /> Please do not get angry with your servant,<n id="2" /> for you are just like Pharaoh.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">But Moses sought the favor<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> his God and said, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Why<n id="1" /> should the Egyptians say,<n id="2" /> &#8216;For evil<n id="3" /> he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy<n id="4" /> them from the face of the earth&#8217;? Turn from your burning anger, and relent<n id="5" /> of this evil against your people.

Gideon said to God, &#8220;Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign.<n id="1" /> Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.&#8221;<n id="2" />