<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers receive his guidance,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They carefully plot<n id="1" /> against your people,p> <p class="poetry">and make plans to harm<n id="2" /> the ones you cherish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who goes about slandering others<n id="1" /> reveals<n id="2" /> secrets,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who is trustworthy<n id="3" /> conceals a matter.p>

<p class="poetry">Plans fail<n id="1" /> when there is no counsel,p> <p class="poetry">but with abundant advisers they are established.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who goes about gossiping<n id="1" /> reveals secrets;p> <p class="poetry">therefore do not associate<n id="2" /> with someone who is always opening his mouth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">We would share personal thoughts with each other;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in God&#8217;s temple we would walk together among the crowd.p>

<p class="poetry">I am as full of anger as you are, <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am tired of trying to hold it in.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> answered,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Vent it, then,<n id="3" /> on the children who play in the streetp> <p class="poetry">and on the young men who are gathered together.p> <p class="poetry">Husbands and wives are to be included,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.p>