<p class="poetry">If I am guilty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">why then<n id="2" /> weary myself<n id="3" /> in vain?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you hide your face<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and regard me as your enemy?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why did I not<n id="2" /> die<n id="3" /> at birth,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and why did I not expirep> <p class="poetry">as<n id="5" /> I came out of the womb?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why does God<n id="2" /> give<n id="3" /> light to one who is in misery,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and life to those<n id="5" /> whose soul is bitter,p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you pursue me like God does?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you never be satiated with my flesh?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Moreover, the strength of their<n id="1" /> hands &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">what use was it to me?p> <p class="poetry">Men whose strength<n id="2" /> had perished;p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> I have sinned &#8211; what have I done to you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O watcher of men?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Why have you set me as your target?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have I become a burden to you?<n id="5" />p>